Gate of Memoirs/Ill Omens

Paranoid visions of a different future showing a reality that could have been.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "A God"	Music: "A God"
 	
*The shade falls away, leaving only the Elysian throne—a faded copy of the one in the castle.
*A rusted crown sits upon its rotted velvet seat, stained in black blood.
 	
*Miriam's indignation at the mocking shade ebbs away as she kneels, trembling, before the object.
 	
*Miriam: Gortius?
 	
*<He will die.>
 	
*Miriam nearly drops the crown out of shock as the deathly whisper echoes behind her.
*She whips around, gazing in horror at the gaping visage of a hooded entity.
 	
*What does one do when the abyss stares back?
 	
*For a long while, neither spoke, the space between them as interminable as their alien landscape despite their proximity.
*Choking on barely restrained emotion, Miriam whispers raggedly.
 	
*Miriam: Is this an omen? Or is this vile destiny?
*Miriam: My death by illness averted...and now Gortius is to die in my stead?
 	
*The entity inclines its head, almost in acknowledgement.
*<Do you understand?>
*<It will happen regardless.>
*<You cannot stop it.>
 	
*Miriam: And if I followed him into death as he followed me...
*Miriam: Evie will...
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*A ripple propels her mind forward to a time cast in shifting sands.
*Evie: "Where's mama? I thought she'd be back..."
*Estia: "Your mother is...away for the moment."
*Estia: "Your papa has been very sick and she needs to look after him."
*Evie: "What about the kingdom?"
*Estia: "... ..."
*Estia: "I'm taking care of it."
*Evie: "Okay. Tell mama to come back soon?"
*Estia: "Of course."
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*Xenon: "My queen. The plans are in place."
*Estia: "And the little girl?"
*Drip. Drip.
*Red— A thread of life unraveling on marble floor.
*Innocent—An eternity of slumber granted by cruel silver.
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*Betrayal—
*A knife-edge smirk cutting across a face too familiar;
*once family, never blood.
 	
*Miriam falls to her knees, swallowed by the visions.
*Paranoia? Deception? Or something more?
 	
*And the entity only looks on, unmoved.
*Kranus: <What will you do?>