Zeka and Liora walk together through the bright white world, searching for some answers.
They hit a wall. A weird one that seems wobbly like water.
But they enter it anyway.
And then they meet the mirrors.
The third stage, What is my identity?.
As they enter the other side of the dream world, where everything there is literally just mirrors.
They decided to walk through it because their gut feelings said so...
And then they look at their reflection.
That's not Zeka and Liora. That's... someone else entirely?
They don't see themselves, but that's clearly them. Just a few moments later?
Zeka appears as a happy, joyful person instead of the actual "Zeka," and Liora appears enjoyed too.
There's clearly something wrong here. What are these mirrors? And why are they showing the exact opposite of them?
But when they walk farther, they realize it's not just the opposite; it shows a different side of them every time they pass a mirror. And now they see themselves very horrified by something or someone. They are just shaking in the mirror, while that's not even what they look like now. They are just standing in front of the mirror, still without moving or shaking, just standing.
It's like watching a movie of yourself that just doesn't make any sense.
And then they walked further, and they met themselves under the sea, running from whales and sharks.
Then they meet something... terrifying...
Liora in this one is just a cat, while Zeka... is dead, a hole right on his heart which is missing, an eye out of its place, and him twitching every few seconds.
a dead body that twitches, hollowed eyes, lying on the floor.
Somehow, both of them ignore it because they think these mirrors are just some sort of game.
Liora got bright gold mixed with white wings and a crown over her, while Zeka is just a skull.
This one was the most confusing because, first, they don't know what these are. Secondly, they see something that feels paranormal. And as well, they ignore the warnings...
Suddenly, Zeka trips over his own bare foot and falls over Liora. making her hit the ground hard on her back as he traps her under his weight.
He obviously didn't mean it, but it was just an accident. until they saw the mirror.
They saw two adult versions of them, literally kissing each other in this exact position they just did.
Zeka is still confused about this because of what is going on.
While Liora is... hiding her face between her hands as if trying to dissolve. blushing at it's peakest every time she looks in the mirror.
Unlike the rest, who don't remember a single thing, only Liora remembers everything before they enter this world since the beginning. She only tried to hide the fact that she knows everything, but at this moment she cracked...
And just like that, Zeka looks back at her and tries to analyze what she is doing. And then he reds up.
He finally realizes what is going on, two of them kissing as if trying to take each other's soul. (in the mirror)
While both of them are in an awkward position. (beside the mirror)
Zeka finally jumps off her to give her some space as she turns around and immediately walks away, trying to disappear through thin air.
Zeka tries to make the situation less awkward, but he just makes it worse by falling into a clear hole that was right in front of him.
Liora doesn't look back, but she eventually hits another wall, passing through it.
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meanwhile...
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Genseki walks through the mirror's place and meets a lot of reflections of himself doing something he probably wouldn't do now.
Like watching a version of himself so happy the smile is just too wide, and then watching a version of himself crashing out as if trying to erase himself.
This world simply doesn't make any sense to him. It's just too complicated and weird for him.
He passes by a few mirrors later, and finally. He finds something... hollowed? It's him, but. hollow? Why? he doesn't seem angry, but he seems like to have the energy of a guy who wants revenge. a kind of revenge that waited for years just to do it.
And it wasn't him now or the adult version; it was the late teenage version of himself.
About to end the world just for revenge?
Genseki, though, doesn't take it seriously; he just continues anyway.
And right after he falls into a hole, the same hole, same size, same inch, the same hole Liora and Zeka fall in.
The hole is too deep, but dark.
The sensation of the fall isn't there, the air, the pressure, nothing. Just falling as if he's a feather falling in space.
And then he hits the next stage.
The Failure Of Realities...
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