Gate of Memoirs/An Eternal Hunt

Flesh, given purpose, cares not for strength of will--only devotion.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Future Resolve"	Music: "Future Resolve"
 	
*The winged terror's mortal keen reverberates around the air as it is brought low by your combined efforts.
*Its thrashing, spiked tail conjures forth images of sinuous, grasping tendrils roiling in an echoing, limitless black.
*The rolled, white eyes; pinpricks of stars yet unseen, yet unknown,
*and every other phantom point you perceive upon its body a reflection of the cosmic space above.
*This constellation of madness woven into a single entity Kyria calls a "dragon"; you do not see it at all.
 	
*Driven by blind rage, Kyria clings to the underside of its scaled belly, face contorted in fury.
*With a violent cry, she plunges the broken lance again and again through its immense throat—
 	
*But she fails to notice one large, cruelly curved claw slicing through her abdomen.
 	
*As the beast bleeds out, the stranger rushes to cradle the fallen knight in their arms.
Music: "Daydream" 	Music: "Daydream"
 	
*You see through their eyes just then—Kyria's tear-streaked face, dark blood already bubbling through her fatal wound.
 	
*Despite that, she manages a weak smile. The foolish woman.
*Kyria: Just promise me, ...
*Kyria: That you'll remember me, at least?
 	
*You—You?—grasp her hand, and feel her slipping away.
*Crimson life mixed with dark, foul poison—spilling across ancient rock and tile.
*You remember little else.
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Ghost"	Music: "Ghost"
 	
*You sit and contemplate everything in silence, as Kyria—alive, whole, and hale—watches you with keen eyes.
 	
*Kyria: Aye, it was quite the fight. I'm just glad we both got out of it in one piece.
 	
*What happened to the summoner with her? 
*Had they gone back, ostensibly to the Summoners' Hall?
*Or—if it HAD been you, then why don't you remember her at all?
*Setting aside that, something about Kyria struck you as familiar.
*You'd seen this change before. She'd somehow been born anew.
*Like others, elsewhere, in different worlds...
 	
*Kyria stands, beaming, as realization dawns upon your face.
*Kyria: You understand now, don't you?
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Sky Fort"	Music: "Sky Fort"
 	
*You find yourself back in the valley, where it'd all started.
*This time, Kyria seems almost divine atop her steed, to say nothing of the faint halo behind her.
*One by one, riding out of the brume, the other knights fall in silently beside their leader.
*Skeletal and wraithlike, their helmets do little to mask their haunted visages from boring into your soul.
*You realize these were the same knights that had fallen along the inner lair of the beast.
*And up front, flanking either side of Kyria, are two prominent figures with eagle-talon necklaces.
*This is Kyria's ascension.
 	
*Kyria: You told me once before, that... That I should walk my own path.
*Kyria: That I'm in charge of my own destiny.
 	
*Kyria: With my brothers at my side—in blood and in bond—I believe I've found it.
*Kyria: And look, I found you this time.
*Kyria: You'll join our hunt, won't you?
 	
*Kyria: You've seen what happens when evil grows unchecked. The Light has given me strength in purpose.
*Kyria: Come! I've found our next quarry.
 	
*Kyria: A twisted little speck.
 	
*You shudder to imagine what she means.
 	
*After all you've seen, it could very well be...
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Tree of Gaia"	Music: "Tree of Gaia"
 	
*—Light of the Grand, some weeks before.
 	
*Elaina closes her heavy tome with a thud and a sigh.
*Elaina: Nothing useful here either. 
*Elaina: Just cryptic remarks and equally strange readings.
 	
*The past few nights of stargazing had alerted her to a strange disturbance.
*A hitch in the stars, almost.
 	
*A sensation so unique, so alien, that it was almost like that one entity in that depraved laboratory,
*where she'd been taken prisoner by a mad god from another world.
 	
*Elaina: There is a foul moon in the air tonight.
*Elaina: Would that I could recall their name...
 	
*A smart knock on the door interrupts her thoughts.
 	
*Nia: Elaina? You haven't had anything all night.
*Nia: Sure you don't want supper?
 	
*Elaina: I'm all right. Thank you.
 	
*Elaina: Ah... Before you go, Nia.
*Elaina: Remember when we returned to Elysia safely all those months ago?
*Elaina: Were you able to remember our friend's name, after all?
*Elaina: The one who sent us back?
 	
*Nia: I'm pretty sure I told you—
 	
*Nia: ...!
 	
*Elaina: Nia?
 	
*Nia: I, um...
 	
*Nia: No, I guess not... Sorry, Elaina.
 	
*Elaina watches in silence as Nia hurries out of her study.
*Elaina: I see...
Portrait	Dialogue
 	
*Elaina: The threads of time are unravelling, one by one by one.