Dimensional Descent

"What is this supposed to mean?"

Joel stood as the core of the group, he knew that he had to. If he let anyone else lead the conversation, there would definitely be some words exchanged that couldn't be taken back. It was his duty to at least try to keep things as amicable as he could, but even he was on the verge of losing his temper.

They had all been worried about Leonel. This state of ignorance they were all in just made things a million times worse, especially since they were all forced to stay here without the ability to interfere.

It could be said that their nerves were fried, their tempers were short and their fuses were even shorter. It was a powder keg that was difficult to keep control of, even for Joel.

He could barely keep the edge of aggression from his voice, his tone even and calm. At that moment, he wished he could detach himself as easily as Leonel did.

At that moment, Yuri stood with several things in her hands.

One was the Segmented Cube that Leonel almost always left with Aina these days. It was one of his most important treasures, and it was the closest thing to home he had. His reasons, then, for leaving it with Aina so often was clear.

He wanted her to know that he would always return, that she was where his heart was and only with her could he truly unwind and relax.

trying to make use of it. But, Joel knew enough about the

it, it would begin recording and relaying the situation back. He knew that if Leonel knew what was happening now, regardless of the danger,

the talisman. Every time it happened, her gaze seemed to become more and more dead, the paleness of her

or twice a minute he would pour his

it for her 19th

to her was the day she was finally open about the feelings she had for him. She had almost forced herself onto Leonel for fear that if she hadn't done so,

back then, working on the Crafts that helped them win the war against Terrain. Aina could still remember every feeling of horror,

last thing was

things were, Aina found this to be the second hardest to part with. Every item was like

to hide. If any other man had given her such a thing, Aina might have assigned it with feelings of self loathing and

ashamed of her face, he hadn't given it to her because he wanted to help her hide either… He had only given it to her for the sake of helping her live in

forever marred by the people she hated most in the world, that her mother had likely

she received