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M was tired. She was tired of life.

She wanted an end.

She got her wish granted by the Ouroboros.

She had secretly swapped bodies with her counterpart of Mio.

She had been kept in a empty cell, away from the others. She could still hear the others voices. She could hear Noah in anguish.

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Behind Bars Once More.

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"Just stop. Please!" She said firmly.

"Mio, are you okay?" Noah said surprised.

"Don't worry about me. I'm totally fine." She said with sadness in her breath. "I've made my peace."

"Even if I can never leave here, I'm content. I'll live on in others. Knowing that is enough for me."

"Please, don't worry." She said

...

M stared up at the moon. It was half full... the days passed by so quickly.

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Time Runs Out

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"Tomorrow..."

She heard Noah's voice once again.

"Do you think an Offseer can ever reach others? You know..." Noah sighed. "I thought that our lives were like our music, always in our hands, under our control. I wasn't facing the truth. Even if I could reach people, I wouldn't be able to save them. I should have known that." Noah took a shakey breath. "It's unbearable, seeing lives slip away from you. Even though they're right there." Noah started to cry. "What am I even doing?"

"It's dark out, huh?" M said. "No moon... But the starlight, it's so nice and warm."

"Mio..."

"Hey, when the two of us first met, you asked me if I wanted to survive."

"Yeah?"

"I replied, that I didn't mind either way."

"Yeah."

"I'll correct that. Now I want to live, to live and learn.
A whole lot more, Noah, there's so much for us to see."

Noah gasped. "Finally, you called me by my name."

"Oh yeah, sorry. I guess I felt that if I did, my heart would down right break. Because I'd be admitting the truth." She sighed. "But you know, these feelings that grew within me, they're thanks to you. That's why you're not allowed to say that it's been for nothing. You've enriched my live, Noah, thats clear now."

She paused before speaking again.

"You know, I don't want this to be it. If I were given the chance, if this road I've walked were to keep on going. I'd like to spend that time with my Noah."

Noah started to bail his eyes out.

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Eclipse.

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It was Homecoming, Her Homecoming. M heard the flutes do the standard Agneian Offseer melody.

She was being flanked by two Agneian soldiers. They opened the large metal doors.

She heard cheers and claps from the assembled audience.

She walked up the steps and was forced to neal in front of the Queen.

She felt herself vanishing, as the golden motes swirled off her.

She turned her head back to see Noah crying.

"It's been fun, Noah." She smiled towards him she disappeared.

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M felt like her head was going to explode. She had a major headache. That was going to be bitch for the rest of the day...

Wait, she was supposed to be dead. She opened her eyes to see she was in a broken room. Sunlight was beaming in from a hole in the ceiling.

She felt rocks under her back and her feet were soaked in water. She sat up and looked around. She was on a small island of rock surrounded be water.

"Ahh, you are finally awake." M heard a voice behind her say. It sounded mechanical but sweet.

She turned around to see a small, blue mechanical creature hooked up to a white arm.

"What??" M was extremely confused.

"I found you passed out in the water and didn't know if you would wake."