Hololive English: The undead timeline

22 - Can't catch a break

Amelia's pov

Mai set us up in a house that has enough room for six people. Everyone's asleep in their own rooms besides me. I spent all day learning about how the village works and assisting Mai so I'm exhausted but at the same time I can't sleep. I wonder how Ollie is doing. It's been almost two days since she left. I hope she's okay. I get up and leave the house, careful not to wake anyone up because they're also exhausted from doing their jobs. I walk around the village. The village is pretty busy during the day but at night the only people outside are usually just patrol watching for any zombies that might've snuck into the village.

Mai: Hey, what are you doing up?

I turn around, Mai is standing right there.

Amelia: I can't sleep.

Mai: Oh, I don't blame you. You must have a lot on your mind.

Amelia: I guess I do. Right now I'm just hoping Ollie is okay.

Mai: She's tough. I think she's fine. I have a question for you though.

Amelia: Yeah?

Mai: You're not from this timeline right?

Amelia: Correct.

Mai: So what makes you want to save it so badly? I mean obviously you have to get the final piece of the watch from the goddess but you made the decision that you're going to save this timeline before you knew she had the final piece right?

I've mentioned the whole timeline situation to her while Ollie has been gone. She seems like someone I can trust.

Amelia: Well I guess there's multiple reasons. One reason is although these girls aren't my friends back home, I still consider them friends. They saved me and they probably don't even realize it. Without them, I wouldn't have ever found the pieces of the watch that I already have, I wouldn't have known about the blood moon, or the goddess, and I might've been a zombie by now if it weren't for them.

Mai nods.

Amelia: I also feel like I owe it to a few people. Back on the mountain we were lost in a forest during a blizzard and probably would have froze to death if it weren't for this couple named Shiro and Itsuki. They took us into their home even though we were strangers and could've robbed them or something. Unfortunately, we were attacked by a group of camouflage zombies that were hiding in the snow. They broke in and bit Shiro, but before he was bitten, he talked to me about killing the goddess. I wasn't sure about it at first, my top priority was getting home but then Itsuki also saved us. She distracted the group of zombies so we could get away safely, the last thing I heard from her was her saying we could repay her by killing the goddess. That got me thinking, why did I avoid the decision to kill the goddess?

Mai seems to be listening closely.

Amelia: I guess it was because I was afraid of dying. Dying is scary but I was more afraid that if I died, my friends back home would never know what happened to me. I'd just disappear and never come back. For the rest of their lives they'd be wondering where I went and if I was still alive. Leaving them behind is the last thing I'd want to do. Once I got out of the forest I realized that the people here are my friends too, and I'm not just going to leave them to suffer the wrath of some sadistic goddess that doesn't even belong in this timeline.