>>5540732Sensations begin flooding in. Touch. Scent. Taste. Hearing. Sight, and a great many more micro-senses. Senses which a small part of you is familiar with, but which the rest finds strange and foreign. Regardless, you find some comfort in them. You've slept for most of it, but it has been so long since you've been in a body. Oh so very long. It is reassuring.
You struggle to move for a moment. But then instincts kick in, and you get the hang of it. You push yourself up, and off of the forest floor. The sun has already risen - dawn has passed. Nui will certainly be worried.
It is over. Kinzou is you. You are Kinzou. Mostly you, but also Kinzou.
A bittersweet way to gain your freedom, but you suppose none of them would have been particularly pleasant.
For a moment you force the whirls of emotion in your mind quiet, and focus on what has to be done. Deal with Kanekatsu and revive a trace of your people, yes, but more immediately...
Reassure Nui. Go to work. Plan on what to do next.
Your force the body - your body - into locomotion. You will greet Nui first. ...But how exactly should you go about that?
>Take on Kinzou's identity. Her son is alive, but not. If she knew about this happening only a day after Takigi's arrest, then you're afraid she would break.>Inform her of what has occurred. It is not up to you to think of what may or may not be better for her. She has a right to know.>Write-InThe next update will mark the beginning of the second thread. I'd like to thank everyone for participating, and hopefully the darkish thread-ending hasn't put anyone off. 