Scenario:Isaac - Prayer in the Sky

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Prayer in the Sky

On the long trek through the forest, Isaac continues catching up with Gwynne on their past via transceiver. Upon arriving at the location of the crew's battle against Grace, Isaac pushes past the scorched trees in search of her body.



A foul miasma fills the forest, perhaps left by the Otherworld invaders.
Isaac: ...
Gwynne's Voice: And then... Wait, are you still listening?
Isaac: Of course I am. So tell me how you found out I existed.
While tuning in to the siren of his hazard suit and his sister's voice, Isaac continues onward.
Gwynne's Voice: I overheard Mom and Dad talking about an "Isaac" one night.
Isaac: Was it difficult knowing the truth?
Gwynne's Voice: Hm, not exactly. I always figured something was up with our family structure.
Gwynne's Voice: What with them being Draph and me being Human.
Isaac: Ah, makes sense.
Gwynne's Voice: I never found our physical differences to be an obstacle though. I was a member of that family through and through.
Isaac: Good to hear.
Gwynne's Voice: But I always wanted to know what you were thinking when you put me in their hands.
Isaac: I'm sure you did...
Isaac: This might sound self-serving, but I did it for your sake.
Isaac: Without our family's wishes to bog you down, I wanted you to find your own path in life.
Gwynne's Voice: What do you mean?
Isaac: I grew up knowing that I was created to repay the skydwellers' kindness and return to the moon.
Isaac: When you came out of Mom's womb, she and Dad were overjoyed at the success of their "backup plan." It kind of disgusted me how they spoke of you.
Gwynne's Voice: ...
Isaac: Then again, I was able to think like that only because of all the time I spent with your foster parents.
Isaac: They taught me that in order to love skydwellers, I first had to love myself... I should really add that to our list of family creeds.
Gwynne's Voice: Love yourself? Then why did you try to go to the moon all alone?
Isaac: I knew firsthand what it was like for our ancestors, so I couldn't just abandon their wishes.
Isaac: I knew that if I didn't fulfill their dream of returning to the moon, I, too, would pass it on to the next generation.
Isaac: A lot was going through my head at the time.
Isaac: I figured if I could return to the moon, my only remaining mission would be to love skydwellers.
Isaac: It was such a natural thing for your parents that I didn't think to add it the list of family creeds at the time. Even I was pulling it off somehow.
Gwynne: Did you ever wonder what kind of person I might grow up to be in that family?
Isaac: I certainly didn't think you'd join the Society and come chasing after me one day.
Gwynne's Voice: I see.
As the two talk about their respective pasts, Isaac notices something.
Isaac: Hrm... You said the battle with Grace happened in a clearing, right?
Gwynne's Voice: Mm-hm. Already there, Isaac?
Isaac: I'm seeing lots of clean-cut rocks. Looks like the work of Grace's wire.
Gwynne's Voice: Think you'll find her?
Isaac: Here's hoping. Good thing my suit's got plenty of handy-dandy functionality.
While stomping through burnt tree branches, Isaac adjusts the scanner spectrum of his gear and begins combing the ground.

Prayer in the Sky: Scene 2

Isaac eventually finds a clump of mineral fiber shaped like a person—Grace's body—along with a soot-filled spherical object once part of Grace. An Otherworlder taking her appearance shows up. Isaac immediately sees through the disguise but does not disclose the fact, hoping to glean some info first.



Isaac scans the ruins of the forest battleground.
Isaac: Now this is a surprise...
He finds something under the cinders of a felled tree and stops in his tracks.
Gwynne's Voice: You found her?
Isaac: This must be her.
Underneath the mountain of ash is something that looks like a mass of grimy steel wool.
Pulling it out reveals the silhouette of a person.
Isaac: I found a giant chunk of mineral fiber shaped like a person. This had to be Grace.
Isaac: The glass she consumed must've had a fibrotic reaction, scarring her bodily tissue. The fire couldn't burn it.
Gwynne's Voice: ...
Isaac: Oops, sorry if I grossed you out. Anyway, I'm taking her back.
Isaac gently lays out the chunk of mineral fiber on the ground.
Isaac: Huh?
A spherical object stained with soot falls off from Grace's remains.
Isaac: This metal thing must be something she left behind. There's liquid inside...
It makes a rattling sound when shook, revealing that something solid is stuck inside amid all the liquid.
Isaac: Are these runes that are etched onto the surface? What do they mean...
Woman's Voice: Hehe... Good job finding my stomach. It did a fine job of digesting all the glass I ate.
Isaac: ...!
Isaac's knee-jerk reaction is to immediately turn off his transceiver.
Grace: Those are old alchemical runes, etched onto the organ replacement of a very weak child.
Isaac: Grace... I had no idea you'd made such modifications to your body.
Grace: I'm sure my stomach's still functional. Why don't you take it for yourself, Isaac? Along with a bunch of my other parts.
Isaac: Thing is, I don't think my body's very receptive of mods. I learned that firsthand on the moon.
Grace: Oh? I guess moon life wasn't for you then?
Isaac: It was awful. I finally understood why they abandoned my ancestors.
Grace: Yes, the moon is a cruel place.
Isaac: No argument there.
Grace: Don't you want to get back at them?
Isaac: Honestly, I'd rather not get involved anymore.
Grace: What a shame. At the least you'll make for a nice data dump.
Isaac: You mean to kill me and send me to the Otherworld?
Grace: That's right. Once you're dead, everything about you will be ours.
Isaac: Can I ask you a question before that?
Isaac: Were you hoping for a successor?
Grace: A successor?
Isaac: The talk about me taking your stomach... Did you want to marry me because you knew you weren't long for this world?
Grace: Who knows.
Grace: No matter how much we torture her in the Otherworld, she refuses to tell us anything of import.
Isaac: ...
Grace: Rather than waiting endlessly for answers that may never come from her, I thought I'd ask you directly.
Isaac: You're the worst.
A flame spews out of Isaac's tool and scorches the Otherworlder's face.
Otherworlder: Gwoooh...
Isaac: Central Axis, Otherworld—you're all the same! Cloning people on a whim to use as your weapons!
Isaac: But am I really any better? Uh, the things I've done... Aah!
Isaac: Huff... Huff... Before I forget...
Once his breathing settles down, he turns his transceiver back on.
Gwynne's Voice: Isaac! Can you hear me? What happened!
Isaac: Sorry, the transceiver fell off my ear. It was tough putting it back on from inside the suit.
Gwynne's Voice: Don't worry me like that...
Isaac: Thanks for caring. My childhood buddies raised you well.
Gwynne's Voice: Let's not forget I'm also a little sister who's finally reunited with her long-lost brother. Maybe you should write that somewhere on the helmet of your hazard suit.
Isaac: I will. Have a marker ready for me.
Gwynne's Voice: Sure, one that uses permanent ink.
Isaac: I'm heading back.
Gwynne's Voice: Be careful.
Carrying Grace's body on his shoulder and connecting her stomach to the hazard suit, Isaac retraces his steps.

Prayer in the Sky: Scene 3

Isaac carries back Grace's body, with the spherical object—Grace's stomach—showing signs of life when attached to his hazard suit. He tells the Otherworlder following closely behind that if Grace's stomach is alive, then she herself isn't entirely dead—ergo, the Otherworlders cannot do with her as they please. The Otherworlder disappears, and Isaac makes it safely back to Gwynne.



Isaac moves swiftly through the forest as a reddish sky peeks in through the canopy.
Grace: What are you in such a rush for, Isaac?
Isaac: I have to get back before sunrise.
Gwynne's Voice: Yawn... Wow. I can't believe I stayed up all night.
Isaac: Sorry about that. You definitely helped me big-time though.
Grace: You're such a tease, Isaac... I'm right here even if you pretend not to see me.
Isaac: ...
The Otherworlder pretending to be Grace trails behind Isaac as if nothing had happened.
Grace: That wasn't very nice of you to blast me with flames.
Grace: Fortunately we're able to recycle the dead—multiple times, if the situation calls for it.
Isaac: Just as you made (Captain)'s crew pull the trigger, I figured I had to muster the courage to do the same.
Gwynne's Voice: Huh? Sorry, Isaac, I don't think I heard that right.
Isaac: Ah... Just mumbling about the thing Grace left behind. I think it's a digestive organ.
Gwynne's Voice: Wha?
Grace: That's right, my stomach.
Isaac: It showed signs of activity when I connected it to the hazard suit, meaning it's still alive. I doubt anyone will mind if I take the thing for myself.
Grace: Heh, it's all yours.
Gwynne's Voice: Hm... Show me later.
Isaac: I will. This reminds me of something I read about the moon once.
Isaac: Apparently, if a moondweller's organ became damaged, they could replace it with another from a different moondweller. This happened a long time ago.
Gwynne's Voice: Are you for real?
Isaac: I've never seen the operation myself, but it's incredible to think they already had the technology to do so.
Grace: That's definitely impressive.
Isaac: What's more, the organ's receiver inherits certain characteristics of the donor.
Gwynne's Voice: What do you mean?
Isaac: There have been reports of post-transplant personality changes.
Gwynne's Voice: And the reason for it?
Isaac: Some say people's souls dwell in their organs.
Gwynne's Voice: Pssh, gimme a break.
Isaac: Yeah, I'd take it with grain of salt. One thing's for sure though—Grace's stomach lives on as an extra function of my suit.
Isaac: Therefore is it possible to say that Grace isn't entirely dead yet?
Grace: ...
Gwynne's Voice: You've been acting kinda weird, Isaac. Did something happen over there?
Isaac: If a part of her is still alive, then she hasn't really kicked the bucket. Meaning Otherworlders can't do with her as they please.
Grace: ...
The footsteps that were trailing behind Isaac disappear without a trace.
Isaac: ...
Gwynne's Voice: Isaac, you feeling all right?
Isaac: Yep. Much better now.
Isaac: I'll get back to the ship soon enough. Then we can offer a prayer to Grace together.
Gwynne's Voice: Sounds good to me. Thanks, Isaac.
Isaac: Not a problem. It's the least I can do to repay all you've done for me—a total stranger to you only until recently.
Isaac: But let's keep this a secret from the others. I think Grace would rest better that way.
Gwynne's Voice: Right.
Isaac: Are you still unsure whether to mourn for her?
Gwynne's Voice: Well, everyone does hate her...
Isaac: Well, she certainly did do a lot of awful things.
Isaac: Our relationship with her was a bit more complex, but I'd say we were on relatively good terms with her.
Gwynne's Voice: You think so?
Isaac: In a way, I'm no different from her. I've used and sacrificed people to achieve my own goals...
Isaac: (Captain) and the others are too nice to ever say it, but I'm a rotten scumbag in my own right.
Gwynne's Voice: That's some twisted logic.
Isaac: I'm not trying to justify anything.
Isaac: I'm just saying it's okay to shed a tear or two when we're sad.
Gwynne's Voice: Mm, fair enough. How much longer do you need to get back?
Isaac: Might take until morning.
Gwynne's Voice: I'll be waiting.
Isaac: Sorry. I'm going as fast as I can.
Seeing that the sky is getting brighter, Isaac breaks into a jog.
Some time passes by.
Isaac: Thanks for waiting, Gwynne.
Gwynne: Welcome back, Isaac.
Their bond as siblings stronger than ever, the two enjoy an early breakfast.
All the while, the two discuss what they can do for their shared acquaintance.