Diary Log - September 5, 2024

Elara's Experiences

So I’ve been homeless ever since the Solaire/FMS explosion back in April. With my portal bag, I’ve learned that it doesn’t just hold objects. It has the ability to hold people as well, so I’ve basically made a portable bedroom inside of it that I can take anywhere. A few weeks ago, I found an odd hole in the wall over by Supernova Arcade, which let me spy on them at different intervals each night. And one night, I heard some weird talking coming from the main arcade. I heard his laugh, Luna’s brother Chandra… or I guess his name would be Sirius now. He and some other scientists were standing over by the restaurant talking about some kind of additives they wanted to try adding to it. That’s when I saw it for the first time. It was like a golden dust of some kind they were adding to the popcorn. I thought, okay maybe that’s like artificial butter or something. But it didn’t make sense, or rather, what my eyes saw made no sense.

Listen: Does artificial popcorn butter fucking GLISTEN in the dark? It looked shiny! It looked like glitter! But I smelled something weird. It smelled… really good. It was so sweet and overwhelming, my mind… I don’t remember what happened next. I just know the next thing I knew, I was waking up with a bunch of Nova goons standing over me while I was connected to a table. My arms and legs were restrained. I knew something bad happened. I heard his laugh once more, his awful fucking laugh, some Mandark shit if you catch my drift. I tried to release myself, but it was impossible. I was stuck and there was nothing I could do. I don’t even remember.

Fast forward some days later, I was ensnared in their trap and then I felt my own mana return to me. With some focus, I was able to burn the restraints off of me and make my escape though something was off. 1. All of the entrances were open. And 2. I felt an intense pain on my head, but I didn’t know what to make of it. I didn’t have time to look into a mirror, I just needed to leave and tell Luna what happened! Glancing through a window, I saw I was extremely high up above the clouds. I knew I was in Nova Tower. I fought my way through the tower. Anyone who got in my way was either murdered on the spot by yours truly or singed by my magic. The pain coming from my head was breathtaking though and at some point, I passed out again.

I woke up again at the very top of the tower as if someone was fucking with me or this was a horrible nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. I wanted to scream. I wanted to find a way to wake up! But then I felt it. A searing pain near my heart. It was… over. “This is it, I’m dying right here.” And then.. I don’t remember what happened. I was in some other room, but I couldn’t see. I could sense glass all around me, but past that, it was pure darkness. I sensed someone in the room mutter something along the lines of LUNA v3.0. That's when I saw her Sapphire soul next to mine. And I sensed my own body being controlled without 'me' in it. We knew we needed to escape. We fought in our small prisons to try and bust free.

And that’s all I remember. I am one of you now, Luna and Hinata. We are... closer connected than you think.