Furina When The Curtain Falls

Scene 22 | My Beginning, Your Ending

When did her love for Fontaine begin she wonder?

Was it when her bluish eyes opened for the first time to behold the unending view of the sea and felt the softest caress of love from her creator? She was merely an elemental creature back then. A naive yet loyal thing, stalking the shadows of the Goddess of Waters like a confused duckling and following her orders like any of her fellow familiars.

Or was it when she first saw humans that laughed together inside Fontaine despite the abyssal war and Egeria had whispered to her softly, 'this is the reason why I continue to fight.' A child and mother offered the archon their courtesy before passing by them with happy smiles on their faces, making Egeria's expression be filled with more warmth. 'Why I would do anything for them.'

She had not understood it then.

She was once given a moment to rest from Egeria's orders and walked aimlessly around Fontaine, not knowing what to do without her creator's orders. Perhaps it was that time where it all began, when she stepped inside a small opera and saw the people cheering for something at the front and she had tilted her head in confusion.

When her eyes trailed to the stage her breath was taken away.

Colors exploded from her very eyes, from the various colors of the set to the music that entered her ears flowing perfectly like water. Alone in the stage was a woman with all the spotlight on her. She sang, she acted, she stole all their breaths away including hers and the people cheered. The play triggered emotions buried deep within her aquatic body. They were brought forth in a starting symphony and within her, an excitement bloomed.

She had scurried off to Egeria who was surprised at her excitement. The Goddess of Waters petted her head, patiently listening to her words about the opera. And as she did, something flickered in her creator's eyes. She asked what it was and Egeria had replied, 'nothing', with a knowing smile on her face.

During those time, her love for the arts bloomed and she would sometimes take some time off for herself to transform into a human and act with the other Fontainians. She had formed bonds with others and remembered wishing that the happiness with those people she performed with stage would last forever.

Alas, time was cruel and it eroded their bodies before she knew it. Kneeling in front of their death bed, clutching desperately to their skinny hands as their once vigor face turned lifeless with bathed breath. She had wept in Egeria's arms, her tears were merely a manifestation of her oceanid powers and wasn't a genuine tear.

She had asked again and again, why she couldn't be the same as them, why she couldn't die like a human as well? How unfair it was for the life of humans were short and theirs long? And they had to watch as those previous life dwindle to the wind and disappeared, their symphonies and songs disappearing at the erosion of time.

Perhaps it was that time she had finally convinced Egeria to do what she did.

When the Goddess of waters gave them the opportunity to become human, she had finally felt real tears fall down her mismatched eyes.

Oh joy she felt from her beating, human heart. Fragile she was, yet the romance of humans had always captured her attention. She could finally grow old and die, she could be the human she sought for the longest time. To be a simple, delicate creature and enjoy life to the fullest until death arrives. Although she was nervous of her own fragility now that her oceanid powers were gone, it was a sacrifice she knew she considers as a gift.

The happiness of being human didn't last. Because ignorance may be a bliss but it is also a sin. She helplessly watched her mother, her creator, her God, put her head to the dirty ground, bowing down to the Heavens, begging for forgiveness for a crime that shouldn't be.