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[ENTER THE PALACE]
[You find yourself with a sensation like floating in water.]
[Above, the sky is dark. You can occasionally see things shifting, like gusts of wind, or perhaps waves of water. Is it…even a sky above you? Or is it some kind of giant ocean? Whatever it is, you can’t make it out very well. All around you, you appear to be floating in what appears to be water. It looks like a great, wide ocean of…space in every direction around you, with stars and lights twinkling in the distance. It looks like water and feels like water, but it doesn’t make you wet. You can reach your hand into it and pull some out, the purple and violet water and the tiny points of light inside it will even rest in your hands if you cup them to carry it, but once you’re not trying to hold it anymore, it’ll flow off of you, not a single drop remaining behind. You feel something similar if you go underneath the surface. The “water” doesn’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose when give the chance, it merely drifts around you, allowing you to breathe and see unabated. And you can see for a great distance, the twinkling stars illuminating the ocean of space all around you. Though perhaps less dark and empty, it feels every bit as vast as the sky above. You feel like you could swim forever and never reach the edge.]
[It’s quiet, here, with little noise around you but the starry ocean’s waves crashing back into its surface. It’s peaceful. In another situation, it might even be comfortable.]
[Above, the sky is dark. You can occasionally see things shifting, like gusts of wind, or perhaps waves of water. Is it…even a sky above you? Or is it some kind of giant ocean? Whatever it is, you can’t make it out very well. All around you, you appear to be floating in what appears to be water. It looks like a great, wide ocean of…space in every direction around you, with stars and lights twinkling in the distance. It looks like water and feels like water, but it doesn’t make you wet. You can reach your hand into it and pull some out, the purple and violet water and the tiny points of light inside it will even rest in your hands if you cup them to carry it, but once you’re not trying to hold it anymore, it’ll flow off of you, not a single drop remaining behind. You feel something similar if you go underneath the surface. The “water” doesn’t touch your eyes, mouth or nose when give the chance, it merely drifts around you, allowing you to breathe and see unabated. And you can see for a great distance, the twinkling stars illuminating the ocean of space all around you. Though perhaps less dark and empty, it feels every bit as vast as the sky above. You feel like you could swim forever and never reach the edge.]
[It’s quiet, here, with little noise around you but the starry ocean’s waves crashing back into its surface. It’s peaceful. In another situation, it might even be comfortable.]
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[The room is immaculately organized, as if the person that owns it gets pissed off at the mere idea of somebody seeing anything out of place. There’s a bookshelf up against one wall filled with novels and texts, a desk up against the opposite wall with notebooks, writing supplies and a little desk buddy that happens to be a black cat. Next to the desk, on the wall, is a whiteboard with a schedule for classes, a schedule for online tutoring, a schedule for studying and a to-do list which just lists a bunch of books. The bed is neatly made and the clothes hanging in the closet are all freshly pressed.]
[On the bed is a glowing violet orb. Agnis looks at it. Then at you.]
If you want to understand a bit of what I was talking about before, please, touch that. [She points at the orb.]
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All right... sorry about the fingerprints.
[She reaches out and touches it!]
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[Tsumugi immediately bursts into tears]
Noooo..!
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Are you alright?
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[she cries into the handkerchief, unable to control herself.]
You're such a good sister...
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[Step 5: Use the NessaShare app.
Open the NessaShare app and share your thoughts on the memory you acquired to earn NessaPoints.
Shadow Nessa: You don’t have to talk specifically about the memory. It can be anything, honestly. Just make sure it’s pithy and clever. But also, detailed and eloquent. Don’t suck up, I find it very annoying when people are cloying with me. But I’m extremely susceptible to being buttered up, so throw in some compliments. Look, I’m rambling, just share something honest and poignant about how fascinating my life is and you’ll be well compensated for it.]
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I simply...did the best with what I had.
After what Nessa had been through...after what she'd lost, and what she'd gone through. I just thought she deserved someone that. Wouldn't let her down.
So I tried to be that, for her.
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[she cries again]
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....I was all she had, at that time. She was so weak, because of the damage that Esmau had done to her. It took such a long time for her body to adapt to having something like the Voidheart in it...the Order made me promise to keep the Voidheart a secret from the non-Witches, so I couldn't even take her to a hospital. So I nursed her back to health the best I could.
She was in such an unfair position, and she had nobody else. I just thought...
She deserved to feel like a child.
[She stares at the bed for a while, and eventually lets out a sigh.]
As you can see, her involvement with the Voidheart has been hurting her since she was a child. Before she had any choice in the matter. But...she's always tried her hardest to be strong.
[Agnis turns and walks up to the door. She glances back at Tsumugi.]
If you want to know what caused all of this, go to the forest. Speak to our mother, and our grandmother. They're the ones who set all of this in motion.
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[Step 2: Speak to Lyra and Lilith.
Lyra, Nessa and Agnis’ mother and Lilith, their grandmother, can be found in the Dark Forest in the East Wing. Speak to them to learn what happened to Nessa as a child.
Shadow Nessa: Mother is fine. She should talk to you without too much problem and may even try to help you. ….we’ll cross the road of whether or not you should accept it when we get there. Lilith, on the other hand, is… …well, you’re going to meet her yourself. Just make sure you have some decent running shoes on.]
[Welcome to the Palace: Step 5 Completed!]
[Step 6: Open the NessaWallet, then spend NessaPoints in the NessaShop.
Open the NessaShop app and spend your points on a service or spell.
Shadow Nessa: So I know you’re probably scrambling to re-purchase all of your techniques, but here’s a thought. Your techniques all stink. That’s why when I was scrambling to get your heart started again, they were the first thing I tossed off - by the way, if this didn't come up in our conversation? I had to get rid of all of your techniques to get your heart started again and they're for sale in the shop now. But you should buy some magic instead. It’s much better and more interesting than your old techniques. Don’t you want to be a cool witch like me? And Sprezzatura, I know you’re thinking something along the lines of ‘I was already a witch, this unhinged rant clearly doesn’t apply to me’, it applies twice as much to you. Your magic stinks even worse than everybody else’s techniques. What the hell is a Thunderstep? That sounds like something you use to treat athlete’s foot. Use my magic instead. It’s better.]
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I'll be there, if Lilith tries anything.
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[Step 7: Return to Shadow Nessa.
Return to the Courtyard and speak to Shadow Nessa.
Shadow Nessa: Honestly, I’m a little proud of you. I placed the lowest hurdles I could think of in front of you and you managed to clear them. My expectations for you were low, and you passed them. Come back and we’ll go over a final few things.]
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