Chapter 192: Side Story: What IF?
’Ugh... where am I...?’
A young — or perhaps old — man groaned, echoing across a large, spacious room. His features, carefully carved into an exquisite statue, tended as he found himself in an unfamiliar location. And yet, his eyes were closed... so how could he have noticed?
Well, for someone who was almost omniscient when it came to his surroundings, he didn’t need sight to recognize the recognizable.
’Seats... walls... a movie theater? Nothing here... seems real, though.’
The young man, who just remembered who he was; Sunless, also known by most as Sunny, cracked his eyes open. Not out of necessity, but simply because he could. Countless velvet seats were aligned throughout the room, and before him, a strange, indistinct screen wavered like a shattered illusion.
’Memoria? Looks like everything here is made of it.’
Sunny clicked his tongue. A long time ago, such a thing wouldn’t have been much of an obstacle. With what he had sacrificed, however, it was now a perfect prison. The shadows themselves were fabricated, and could be destroyed, controlled, or created by whoever captured him...
’...Huh?’
Now that he thought about it, what had he been doing before this? What did he sacrifice? Why did he know so much about Memoria?