角色故事•一(解鎖條件:角色等級20)
少女迷路了。
她不知自己是自何時起迷失了方向。她只是走,在黑夜中不停地走,追趕着太陽和月亮,一遍又一遍,直到倒下。
她想起初入大學時的模樣,想起自己選擇的專業——星際航行動力學,而現在,她正躺在泥濘的道路上。
她抬頭看向星空,此時她望見流星,一條,兩條,三..然後是許多細小的,絢爛的,明明滅滅的光芒,最後,壯麗的烈光撕裂了黑夜。
她的四肢拖着身體前進,領她來到陸地的盡頭,海洋的起點,-道海岸線,潮水推搡着她,就像潮水對待擱淺的列車那樣,孤零零的,像是迷路了。
她走進它,見舷窗外的風景開始變換。列車向她展示了無數瑰麗陸離的世界。它們很遠,在故鄉之外,他們很近,乘着列車便能到達。
她嘗試着修複列車,它短暫地啟動,但足以帶她掠過故鄉的上空。她一眼就看到了回家的路,從高空看來,回程近在咫尺,連故鄉的海都如此微不足道。
它問她是否願意同行。她好奇那是一段怎樣的旅程。
「那是行至起點的旅程。」
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."