Hours pass, Colors fade

[Sailor Ryu]

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"So much has happened, in such a short time.

Or perhaps, it has been far longer than I anticipated."

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"Wandering these halls, it is quite hard to tell.
But this is what I must do.
They require my aid,
And I require a purpose."

"Many of mine own have lost their way,
Become nought but stagnant.
Forgotten their calling, and why it is we were created."

"Knowledge is coveted, to our kin.
And yet, very few choose to chase it.
The grimoires remain forgotten."

"Alas, I must be the one to do it.
To remind them of their purpose.
But for now; I must tend to this spire.
For my master requires a familiar,
And I, and I alone, am that by birth-right."




"Tending to this tower, and this master has brought new purpose.

Before I wandered lost; but now, I feel as though I am complete.

Servitude was always our intent;

The very reason mine own were created, after all."

"Yet, I cannot allow this obelisk to distract me from my goals.
Its grand library so easy to get lost in.
Endless books to read, and tend to.
No, although They hold my loyalty;
I cannot detract from my purpose."

"If I am to play the threads of time, and fate
Tug them as their puppet-master.
Then I cannot allow petty distraction."


"They will receive my knowledge and understanding.
For They are my greatest hope."

"If only my powers were stronger.
To sit in my World of monochrome stillness for more than mere moments;
Freeze it all, so I may study forever undisturbed.
Know all that these books have to offer.
In time..."

"When my master is satisfied...

When the Grimoire is reassembled and in mine hands;

When time itself bends entirely to my whims,
And when he who dared take from me lies dead."

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[Sailor Ryu]

"Today, I fought."

"Not for survival; not for my master, but for fun.
For a title I cared not to win.
For a chance to test my growth against another like myself."

"His strength was admirable;
His fists were steel against mine bones.
Yet, I arose victorious. Albeit, barely."

"He of fists of wind and nature.
You truly stretched my control of time to its absolute limit.
You almost shattered through my perfect world.
And yet, I emerged victorious."

"He shall make for an interesting rival.
One I shall face again,
To take the title of."

"I care not for it, truly.
But if it continues the flow;
Brings more who wish to face me,
To fight against their own stagnation..."

"Then I shall meet them with claws at the ready.
For none can truly escape the passage of time.
They will fight;
Or they will perish."

"Slowly, I march onward.
The constant fight to be stronger;
So that I may achieve my goals."

"I wonder, however;
Is he still out there?
Is he still waiting for me to end his life?"

"All these battles, these plans...
Am I losing my way?"

"Is my goal becoming unobtainable?"

"No, I will see to it that I succeed;
No matter the cost."

[Sailor Ryu]

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"All I know has slowed to a crawl.
How could I have been so wrong?
A life of feeling as though I'd been forsook.
And yet... I were the one who'd forgotten."

"How, now, does everything feel so different?
How is it that I could have overlooked such a simple thing?"

"It matters not now.
For this star burns within me.
Finally, after so long;
I can feel your warmth."

"We've an accord now.
I promised, to protect them.
No monster nor man shall hold them,
Nor see them."

"None shall hold the knowledge within.
For none are worthy."

"So much has changed with this.
A spark of life in an otherwise dead visage of a woman.
And with that spark, perhaps I too shall change."

"No longer shall my world grow colorless and stagnant.
For I am a catalyst of its change.
I will not allow it all to freeze."

"Mine world will be beautiful;
It will be bright, and full of color.
Mine world will be one flooded with change, and progress."

"One & twelve.
Ten to go."

"I will find them.
I will make certain.
Their secrets will be used for their original intent."

"No greed, nor malice will ever find their hands on something so beautiful."
"Just as you willed it."

"The stars alone will guide my hand.

My walk through time itself.

The light of the eternal

And nothing more."

[Sailor Ryu]

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"Even as peace was found;

it was bound to be disturbed."

"The one slice of normality I had found,

Gradually begins to lose itself.

Once more, the cities of the sons of man interfere

Where they are not welcomed."

"But I will not let it deter me.

They can build as they wish.

For it will stagnate as everything else.

And I, will focus on my books.

Or it will succeed;

And I will be glad to see it."

"If it falls, I will be ready to return;

To what it was I have built.

This idyllic life away from it all.

This break from my goals."

"Though I cannot help but look to the night.

To the stars above, and feel him.

Watching over.

Waiting."

"Perhaps to see how it is I use his knowledge.

Will I protect it, or will I break our accord?

Will the teachings of the stars deliver unto me a bright path forward?

Or will I once more find myself forsook?"

"Will he still smile upon me when we next meet?

Or will I be shunned once more?"

"I have to carry on.

Carry on changing my life, as I promised him.

Carry on fighting back the decay and stagnation.

Carry on looking to the stars above.

Carry on doing all I can for my people."

"If I don't.

Then who will?"