Episode 5: Regression

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(Four years pass and Eva begins to wake from a coma caused by her outburst. In her sleep, she reimagined the events of four years ago. She hears Araru speak to her and she opens her eyes. She notices that she is underground in a covered pit, artificially made, and it's near pitch black.)

Araru: (That outburst, how did she do it? It was unbelievable power. And it felt...familiar. Hmm…) Wake up, girl. You've slept long enough.

Eva: *Stays put and closes her eyes*

Araru: I said, get up.

Eva: …….No.

Araru: Blasted girl! Get up! Maintaining your body for four years was not an easy task! Your body is running out of nutrients, acquire more!

Eva: I...can't…

Araru: And why not??

Eva: *Melancholic* I'm terrified...terrified of what's become of the world you obliterated.

Araru: You mean the world I made better? A world where no pests can cause any trouble?

Eva: …

Araru: You plan to just stay here? Lay in the dark?

Eva: ...It's better than nothing. 

Araru: This is nothing, you fool. I do not know why, but four years ago I sensed a change in your body. Your natural cell destruction slowed to that of one third of a human's. Although it's been four years, biologically you're 11 years old. So physically one year has passed and that was all I could provide in nutrients for you. Stay here and you die.

Eva: Okay.

Araru: What!?

Eva: ...Why should I care what happens? Nothing's out there anymore.

Araru: It seems I will have to take you over once again-.

Eva: *Freaking out* No! Please!

(He attempts to take control, but finds that he is unable to.)

Araru: (What's this? I can't gain control. There's a mental block. Despite me residing in her cranial area, something is keeping me from a full take over...hmmm.) If you don't want me to do it, I suggest you get up!

Eva: *Tearing up* Fine!

(Eva gets up and the space turns out to be smaller than she expected. She can feel that the ceiling can easily give, but she hesitates to push up.)

Araru: I've seen your mind, girl. You really want to be stuck in that eternal dream sequence. Watching your parents die?

Eva: *Starting to push up* I just wanted to be able to see them again...Even if it's my mother's lifeless eyes, or my father's hate filled ones…

(She lifts up and emerges from underground. A bright light fills her eyes as they try to adjust. She looks around to see not a desolate land, but a land full of beauty and color. Plant life prospered greatly with vivid mixtures of greens and accents of blue, reds, yellows, and purples. The air is extremely fresh and fills one who breathes it in with euphoria. She quickly runs to a coast and makes her way to a tall cliff area. She then can see that the ocean itself is crystal clear. The land is rich with soil and rocks are very pure, separating into their respective states with metal ores being pure as well. Tears start to well up in her eyes and she rubs them multiple times, as she cannot believe what she is seeing.)

Eva: How?? How is this possible??

Araru: It is of my design. I am not just calamity. I have the ability to create as well.

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