角色故事•一(解锁条件:角色等级20)
少女迷路了。
她不知自己是自何时起迷失了方向。她只是走,在黑夜中不停地走,追赶着太阳和月亮,一遍又一遍,直到倒下。
她想起初入大学时的模样,想起自己选择的专业——星际航行动力学,而现在,她正躺在泥泞的道路上。
她抬头看向星空,此时她望见流星,一条,两条,三..然后是许多细小的,绚烂的,明明灭灭的光芒,最后,壮丽的烈光撕裂了黑夜。
她的四肢拖着身体前进,领她来到陆地的尽头,海洋的起点,-道海岸线,潮水推搡着她,就像潮水对待搁浅的列车那样,孤零零的,像是迷路了。
她走进它,见舷窗外的风景开始变换。列车向她展示了无数瑰丽陆离的世界。它们很远,在故乡之外,他们很近,乘着列车便能到达。
她尝试着修复列车,它短暂地启动,但足以带她掠过故乡的上空。她一眼就看到了回家的路,从高空看来,回程近在咫尺,连故乡的海都如此微不足道。
它问她是否愿意同行。她好奇那是一段怎样的旅程。
「那是行至起点的旅程。」
Character Story: Part I
• Unlocked at Character Level 20
The girl is lost.
She can't remember when she became lost. She just walked and walked, on and on into the dark night, chasing the sun and the moon, over and over again — until she falls.
She remembers what she looked like as a college freshman, remembers her chosen major — interstellar travel dynamics — and now she's lying face down in the mud.
She looks up to the stars, and just then sees meteors streaming down: one, two, three... And then more, smaller ones, flickering and flashing ever so finely before a magnificent blaze tore open the night.
Her limbs drag her forward, leading her on to where the land meets the ocean. At the shoreline, the waters jostle against her like how the tide treats that stranded Express, alone and lost.
She walks in and see the scenery outside beginning to change. The Express shows her a myriad of magnificent worlds. They are faraway, beyond her homeworld, yet also close enough to be a simple train ride.
She tries to repair the Express. It starts up only briefly, but it is enough to skid across the sky of her home. She immediately sees the path home. From that altitude, the journey is so short, and even the ocean of her homeworld appears so insignificant.
It asked her whether she'd like to travel together. She wonders what kind of journey that would be.
"A journey to the beginning."
"Let's go then." Without hesitation, the girl replied, "Just as you brought me home, so would I take you home, too."