The Etheriel Girl

Act 5: The Real Timoria

The eye in the night sky gazes upon the land of Timoria, the place of dreams– now remains desolate, abandoned and evacuated after they witnessed a beast with 6 blood red eyes and sharp tentacles drooling with black sludge. The beast stabbed and devoured 24 innocent Pokemon during the concert at the Opera house, leaving trails of blood, which lead to nowhere. The victims were ferociously grabbed by the sheer force of its tentacles and dragged to a place no one knows, their fate remains unknown. The monster which once hid in the depths and snuck within the shadows– now looms at every corner of this nightmarish paradise.

Star, Irii and Espye stand at the heart of this paradise, now a wasteland, before the Great attractor– an unknown abyssal being that devoured anything which dared to gaze upon its nothingness. The void roared with the sound of raging waves, while cold winds howled and converged toward it. The winds swirled around the trio, sending chills down their spine and overwhelmed their ears with mournful cries as they got sucked by it.

Espye stared at the Great Attractor and said, "Our time has come to jump into the Real Timoria."

Irii stammered after hearing that and replied, "You can't be serious! This is the place where the private investigators met their demise– no one in their right mind would jump in there!" Her voice was filled with concern. The atmosphere syncs with the intensity of the wind. Irii and Espye stare at each other.

Star lazily stretches his arms and let out a great yawn as if they weren't standing upon a massacred wasteland. He glares at them with half-lidded eyes, utterly indifferent to the gravity of the situation. "Just let me jump inside alone, if I die... Eh, it doesn't matter," He shrugged.

Both of them shouted, "WHAT?" In unison.

"I meant that I will offer protection to you all when we enter the unknown," She revealed, "There is no way we are letting jump alone."

Irii approached Star and said, "I understand that Nularia's loss has taken a toll, but Nularia would never want you to be in such a sorry state because of her. There is still–"

Star interrupted, "That's irrelevant." He said with a lifeless gaze– just like the void he stared. He continued, "Let's put personal matters aside and focus on the main reason we are here in the first place."

Irii puts his face down and lets out a deep breath and continues, "Okay.... "

Espye awkwardly froze and said, "We have time to waste, but are you alright Star?"

Star answered with an oddly stubborn voice, "Yes." Suddenly, he felt something rush past him sending chills down his spine. He looked behind and froze as he witnessed a black figure floating near the entrance of the mall and stared at him. The figure with a witch-like hat and yellow eyes glared at him. When the realisation struck him, his eyes were vigorously shaken, his breath choked him, and his heart pounded harder and harder, trying to break free from his rib cage. He blinked once, twice, but she didn't fade.

Nularia's voice, which once soothed him, resonated within his ears as if she was alive. The lines between reality and illusion blurred in front of his narrowed eyes, and the world around him turned black and white. Her sweet voice turned louder and louder, bouncing within his mind.

"No.." He whispered as his breaths became louder and his sanity crumbled.

"What happened?" Irii and Espye interfered with a hint of concern, but their voices didn't reach his ears. Nularia's voice ripped through his sanity and reality. He suddenly closed his eyes and dug his claws through his ears. "Get out... GET OUT!" he chanted and chanted, begging for mercy– but her voice transcends into chaos– it just wouldn't stop.

He claws at his ears, desperate to rip them apart.

He deeply desired to gauge his eyes out,