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The apple's body broke, and the raging fruit still grew…
Yuri didn't know what she was thinking.
Could the Golden Bough really be in there?
She dealt with this sort of abnormality before.
“I'll go check it out!”
She knew it would kill her, but there was nothing to lose at this point.
None would know, and none would care. There was nobody to mourn her, no funeral to be had, not even the butterflies could reach her. She was ready to accept the inevitable.
Something glowed from within the forbidden fruit's flesh. A radiance that halted her vision while a voice rang out.
<Yuri, don't go!>
It sounded strange. Both mechanical and natural at the same time. She could hear the sounds of a ticking clock synchronized with her beating heart, getting faster and faster. A new pain had begun to make itself known, everything became a blur. Consciousness was fading.
Sin, E.G.O, chained, rewinding, reviving, a flaming clock watches on.
…
The Abnormality devoured Yuri in one bite.
She was gone without a trace…
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
The clock never stopped turning.
Tick
She was stuck in a state of limbo.
Tock
Neither alive…
Tick
Nor dead.
Tock
She didn't want to die,
Tick
but she couldn't deal with the guilt of leaving everyone else behind.
Tock
Why…
Tick
Why was she the only one that survived?
Tock
Tick
Tock
Tick
There was a light, she reached out on instinct.
Tock
Something grabbed her, senses gradually returned.
Tick
Voices of others swelled, the coworkers she abandoned.
Tock
“YuUrriII”
Tick
“trAItOooRrr”
Tock
The ticking began to fade.
Tick
As a voice took its place.
<Yuri?>
Mechanical, yet natural.
<Please be okay…>
Her heart never stopped beating.
<Come on…>
She was saved from eternal rest.
<Wake up!>