A Holo
Holographic Omni-Logical Operative. Holo!
As you touch the perella, imagery whirls into view, hovering over the tiny gem. A diminutive blue and white lape girl appears from the warbling vision, eyes flickering from colour to colour, standing awkwardly.
The recording settles, solidifying at a 2 feet tall figure.
"H-hey. I've been so busy lately. You've been busy. I know that is not something we can change. I decided to leave you another holo. I've been practicing, hopefully this one shouldn't dwarf you." Adia shifts uncomfortably. "Somethings.. happened. It was a while ago, actually. I. I didn't know how to tell you. You.. said such powerful and amazing things. I took them to heart, I really did. But, one thing led to another. In a way.. you were right, actually." Adia eases into one of your couches. She is silent for a long time, thinking over what she is going to say next. "Indy took me back to Symbia. I'm a busy bunny, and often away, but it's rare I go back there. Indy he.. he was in a battle. Our world isn't perfect. There is evil there, if you look for it. And, well, he does. Being a peer and all. That's his job, a sapien would say. "He was up against a.. monster. Maybe it was a person at one time. Indy thought so. I doubt it. All feral, killing people, and worse. So much worse. "The.. that thing, ate shards. It was unspeakable. Roaming from town to town, preying on people. Killing them.. Indy was going to join them. He was losing. All that power and wisdom and he was no match for it. It was going to eat him too. Eat his shard and leave him to rot. "I don't remember what happened next, Indy told me. He said I strode right to him, as it was about to attack. He tried to protect me, threw everything he had into it, the last of his ard. That.. thing. It.. ate us. Or it tried to. "Everything burned. Light, sound, fire. It was insanity, I remember that part. It hurt so much. I think all I was was pain for a long time. And then I was in a bed, with a bundle of cloth beside me. "The strangest sensation, I don't think I could tell you what it was like, to feel. Sense that cloth, although I hadn't touched it yet. I could see it, I knew what colour it was, an angry dark red. But my eyes hadn't set on it. "Inside that cloth, Indy had wrapped up my shard, and left it with me. I don't.. understand exactly what happened or why it happened. Indy says I proved myself to the entomnis, I caught their attention. I don't know what he meant by that. He looked shaken, looking at me with so much reverence and fear. I didn't have the heart to ask him anything more. "But when I saw it, honey. When I saw it the first thing I thought of was you. How you said I didn't need a shard. I was powerful and true without it. That I was destined to be different, and to revel in it. And now here I am, blessed like any other. How ironic. I felt like I had betrayed you. Perhaps, considering the opportunities and circumstances, you're right. Indy says that he didn't kill the beast, I did. And that I released the minds of countless people. And then he left, but he said something first. I'll never forget what he said. "This is only the beginning. I have no doubt, that there is much more to come from you, Adia." She falls silent, her eyes distracted, wavering from sad blue to accepting green, revolted purple, fearful turquoise. Slowly, they settled on a joyful yellow, wavering with tears. "I feel so petty, and strange, going on and on about this. But it means so much to me. All I hope for is your understanding. There's so much more to say, but I'll wait until we meet again. If you have questions, please ask, don't be shy, I'm trying not to be." "I'd better go. Light on you." The holo goes out with a gentle flash.