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From Now, to Forever

Summary:

As the Narrator prepares to place his soul in the Construct, something goes wrong and They both vanish. Now he's stuck as something not quite a person but not quite an echo and has to find Them before the world ends, all the while taking care of these two strange children that seem strangely attached to him.

This has always been a love story.

Notes:

Inspired by an au idea by @rollthehighlightswiththelowlifes on tumblr. They'll probably wind up posting their own somewhere but to hell with it--I had ideas and REALLY wanted to write them.

Whatever they end up writing will probably be very different from this anyhow.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Prologue

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30th June, ‘258. Evening.

 If all goes well, this will be my final entry.

If I am to succeed, all knowledge of my exploits cannot be known to anyone, and that includes myself. I already destroyed all my past records and have ensured no one will look for me. No one will miss me. It will be as if I was never alive at all.

And in a few moments, I won’t. I will destroy myself, and the fading pieces will exist to guide Him and nothing more. Such is the price to defeat the end.

No… no, that is not the price. A single mortal soul could never defeat death itself. The true cost is far greater, but it is a necessary sacrifice.

…I am stalling, I acknowledge. Tearing time itself in two was infinitely easier than this will ever be. Ironic. Perhaps I am wasting time, but if I am correct my voice will be the first thing He hears.

And then I am on the clock.

If by some improbability You find this, then I do pity You–though that will not be true for long. Hopefully you never had to learn what She truly was before You succeeded, but know I do not regret my actions, nor what I had you do. This is what had to be done. Maybe now you understand why.

There is no use stalling further; the cutting board will be waiting for me regardless.


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1st July

something went wrong.

Notes:

SO IT BEGINS!!!!

I have NO idea when the first (real) chapter will be finished but hopefully it isn't months from now (i say. NOT jinxing anything at all what are you talking about)

Again, the original au idea - the 'nurture au' - was by @rollthehighlightswiththelowlifes on tumblr. This was cool!!! The idea was cool and it sparked cool ideas!!!