Missing Pieces

**Missing Pieces** is the twenty-sixth episode of Reflection.

*CLASH! Brains and brawns and blades smash one into the other to determine the future course of OPIA. Beneath the earth, Ace comes face to face with the denizens of the derelict while Basilisk Id gets used to her new home.*

## Summary

In a decayed tower within the Old World, the Golden Knight and Stephano visit Helena, delivering food and a Pyromancer suit. They briefly discuss their upcoming plan against Eternity before watching a transmission from the Director that managed to pierce through the Coda. They then return to the Derelict. Back at the Derelict, Laughter and Sei Miscellany speak to the OPIA prisoners interred there, where they learn that Sei looks a lot like Eternity. In the middle of their conversation, Fio arrives to trade Danger for Basil. As Laughter also leaves the prison, he encounters Vaultwatcher on the floor, who is surprised to see him. At his request, he hides him inside of his suit. He and Sei then encounter the Golden Knight, Fio, and Stephano at the Derelict's bar, where they discuss their upcoming missions and plans of attack to prevent the approaching executions. On Logic's floor of the Derelict, Logic shows Basil to her new room. She experiences a vision of her past selves, but confronts them this time instead of fleeing from them.

On the surface, Arg0s recieves a transmission from Ridill. Elsewhere in Cialla, Ace, Willow, and Ridill fight against Gram and Treble. Over the course of the fight, with the help of Arg0s, they manage to convince Gram of their ability to both pull off their mission and make sure that the Demonic Courts don't get their hands on Ridill for whatever purposes they want her for. After Gram leaves, Treble takes Ace and Willow along with her on a job. Meanwhile, Arg0s finds himself forcibly dragged into Fio's body, where he encounters Stephano and Nectar. They discuss countermeasures to be taken against Eternity should Fio be taken for execution. After returning to his body, Arg0s finds himself next to Mic in front of Fio's Simulacrum in Cialla, where Mic reveals that she was given Fio's "key" that allows her to harness the entire Flame of the Derelict. Elsewhere, Treble, Ace, Willow, and Ridill arrive at the hotel OPIA is residing at in Cialla. Once Arg0s and Mic arrive, they spend some time relaxing with other FLOW agents before planning to return to Fuse City.

Back in the Derelict, Logic speaks to Basil in his quarters, where he discusses his origins as one of the last remaining Omeri, as well as his reasons for serving as a Pyromancer. They are eventually interrupted by an upset Stephano who was appalled to hear that a guest was brought to the Derelict without him knowing. On the floor of the Court of Inner World, Laughter and Sei meet with Isaac. Laughter asks Isaac what his understanding of Pyromancy is, and Isaac explains that, to him, it's the ability to actualize certain visions of reality through Flame. On the surface, Cast drives Treble, Ace, and Willow back to Fuse City. Over the course of their drive, Treble explains to them the idea of Tiers of Knowledge, and how if Arg0s even simply hears the word "Exulansis", he will ascend to the second Tier, which Treble thinks would be detrimental to him since beings at higher Tiers are less easily able to connect with and understand the mundane world. At the same time, Ridill, Arg0s, Lugh, and Circuit also travel by car back towards Fuse. While stopping at a rest stop, they discuss some of their current personal issues, primarily Circuit's struggle with her next stage of development as an AI. Meanwhile, Liam and Pixie arrive at the Eternal City. After leaving Isaac's floor, Laughter and Sei return to their "floor", where Laughter begins experiencing visions of the previous inhabitant of his suit, an Omeri who seemed to have been colleagues with Logic. Sei places Laughter down on his bed and uses her abilities to lessen the pain of the experience, bringing him to a different vision of one of the lifeforms she drew upon to inform her own shape, a frog that witnessed a conversation between two ancient people. Back at OPIA, Dr. Verona gives Willow a Pyromancer suit as a gift before her Element examination. Outside, Ridill watches the Fuse City skyline with Ace and Arg0s before abruptly giving them ski masks and asking if they want to break into GEIST HQ.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Ace Galatine
* Basilisk Id
* Arg0s
* Willow Wisp
* Ridill Arondite

### FLOW

* Lugh
* Twice
* Melli Luxity
* Lyst Solais
* Satyr
* Colt
* Breach
* Charybdis
* Liam
* Helena
* Pixie

### OPIA

* Mic
* Cast
* Circuit
* Danger
* Dr. Verona

### Demonic Courts

* Fio
* Isaac
* Logic
* Pyromancer of Laughter
* Golden Knight
* Sei Miscellany
* Stephano
* Nectar

### Exulansis

* Gram
* Treble