Isabel/Story

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## Behind the Scenes

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Cat Protano

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## Profile

A member of Inherit, the Pilgrims that possess advanced technology and fight Raptures, yet disregard humanity for their own desires. Isabel in particular is obsessed with the protagonist for some reason, and will go to any lengths to keep him with her forever, even if it means imprisoning him and killing anyone who she believes will take him away.

### Nikke Backstory

An aerial pursuer with a twisted mind. She will track her target to the ends of the earth, regardless of whether they're friend or foe. It's because of her that Inherit is a force to be reckoned with in the skies.

## Story

### Background

Not much is known about Isabel's life when she was human, but it was implied she grew up in a broken family. This fueled her desire to become a housewife and start a family.

### Character Story

*Canonically set after the events of Chapter 21*

#### Episode 1 - Rescue

Main article: Isabel/Episode 1
After waking up in an unknown location, the commander detects someone calling out for him. Upon fully regaining consciousness, he learns that he was in the care of Isabel. He didn't know how he got here or what happened before he passed out. The last thing he remembered was being separated from the Counters during a battle and getting hit by a stray bullet. Isabel thinks he was in quite the predicament, but fortunately, she nursed him back to health and fully changed him into a new pair of clothes personally. Since he was asleep for two whole days, the Pilgrim offered to make him something to eat. The protagonist asks to help, but she wants him to rest up since he still has a nasty wound on his leg. She is more than happy to do everything she can for him.

After she leaves to make dinner, the commander weighs his options. His leg is throbbing with pain so he can't walk and he can't contact the Counters. Isabel returns not long after having cooked beef, bacon, and tomato stew made from ingredients she procured from the surface. Wanting him to taste it, she feeds him a spoonful. Now having tasted real food, he knows how much better it is than eating Splendamin from the Ark. She was pleased he enjoyed it and would happily keep feeding him. After he stops eating, the Pilgrim senses the protagonist has a question to ask. He was surprised Isabel was being so kind towards him, but she eluded the answer as to why claiming she was being teased. She clarified that she considered the two of them a couple and have been in love since they first met. She hid her feelings for him at first, but after learning he felt the same, she has been elated ever since. The commander has no idea what she's talking about, but all she says in response is that she's been waiting for him to come back to her and knows everything about him to the very last detail, including having romantic feelings for her. Because of how close she thinks they are, she's willing to do anything for him, even if it's something she doesn't know how to do.

There was one condition however; he is not allowed to go outside.

#### Episode 2 - The Newlyweds

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It's past noon and the protagonist lies motionless in bed. After remembering Isabel forbid him from leaving, he tries to open a window to look outside only to discover it's broken. He figured he should tell the Pilgrim about it later, only for her to enter his room not long after. She asked him what to cook for lunch since she didn't know what he wanted. Fortunately, he's not a picky eater. He again wants to aid Isabel, but she's still concerned about his leg. Even so, he would rather do something as opposed to lying down all day. Due to insistence, she lets him join her so the two can talk, nothing more.

She has him try the next meal she's been preparing and though it tastes a bit off at first, she easily fixes it with his advice. Isabel was pleased to understand the protagonist's tastes better. She noticed he had a stain on his shirt and cleans it off for him with the latter able to feel her breathing as she does it. The Pilgrim thinks the two are so close that they are a little family with her as the dutiful housewife. In truth, she had always dreamt to be wed to someone like the commander. Ever since she was a child, her dream was to start a normal family of her own to make up for not having one growing up. So long as this arrangement is temporary, he was willing to be her spouse for the meantime.

Though the idea of being the commander's bride is very appealing, she is not ready to perform certain "nighttime activities" newlyweds partake in after tying the knot. While she has no experience with such matters, he assures her he's not asking her to do anything like that. Even so, Isabel wants to give it a shot and will try her best to please her "husband". She suggests he keep his door open and prepare himself for tonight. The protagonist realizes trying to convince the Pilgrim that he's not interested in those things would be a waste of time and decides to just play along.

As the evening rolls around, the two are nervous about what they are going to be engaging in later on. Isabel heard that concentrating on something can relieve stress so the two agree to watch a movie together. After sharing her vast selection, he lets her make the ultimate decision. She picks *Revi's Holiday* since it's a love story, fitting the mood. She confesses to having always wanted to watch this movie with the protagonist and is ecstatic it's finally happening. After it began, the two sat closer together. They sat in awkward silence for a while until Isabel touched her fingertips to his with them becoming entwined together. As the movie plays on, the Pilgrim questions if she's allowed to be this happy. All she wanted at first was to protect the protagonist, but she can't help but get more and more greedy.

Since today was a special day, she felt it was fine to indulge herself. After asking for consent to do as she pleases with him which he allows, the two kiss each other, embracing each other in a bond of passion.

#### Episode 3 - Dangerous Nights

After the movie ended, the two prepared to head to bed. Isabel wants to quickly take a bath and teases him to not fall asleep just yet since their fun is just getting started. After promising to wait for her, she kisses the protagonist's forehead and heads to her bath. After remembering their earlier conversation about the two of them engaging in "nighttime activities" together, he takes her advice and slightly opens his door. Before he could climb back into bed, he hears what sounds like a signal flare being fired outside. Since Raptures never use them, he assumes the Counters are nearby looking for him. He tries to a~~sk Isabel for help~~ open a window to see for himself, but it won't budge. After successfully opening one in another room and learning it is covered by an iron plate, he shambles to the foyer for a better view.

Upon reaching the door at the front of the foyer, the commander discovers it's locked and requires a 4-digit password to open. His first two attempts of typing in 0000 and Isabel's production code end in failure, but his final try of inputting his birthday manages to unlock it. Before he can get the door open however, Isabel returns looking upset with him. He told her about the signal flare and while she sees what he's getting at, she reminds him he's still too injured to walk. Since tracking is her specialty, Isabel will find his squad and return before he knows it. Though he doesn't completely trust her, she promises her Darling to find his friends and come back to him so they can continue where they left off. Noticing Isabel wants to hear something from him before she departs, he asks her to be careful and assures her he will wait for her. Feeling happier than ever, she kisses him on the check then soars off. He soon learns that she changed the password to the lock after leaving.

#### Episode 4 - The Pursuit

Following Isabel's departure, a ruckus could be heard outside like a mix between gunshots and explosions. He rationalizes this as the Counters fighting Raptures and decides to continue waiting. Worrying about his friends' safety, The commander is determined to escape and see what's going on for himself.

After limping his way to the foyer door yet again, he has to input a new password to unlock it. He considers using ~~his birthday again~~ the first four digits of his Citizenship ID but he fails to open it. Since each ID has eight numbers in it, he tries to use a different part of it. After entering the ~~3rd through 6th digits~~ last four digits of his ID, the door becomes unlocked and he heads outside to get some answers.

Despite being pitch black out, Isabel's shining wings illuminate through the dusk as if she was the moon itself. After seeing the Pilgrim firing attacks in the direction of the Counters, he realizes she has no intention of reuniting them but wants everything standing between her and her obsession terminated. Remembering that she would race to her Darling if he calls her, he tries to contact her with his phone, but she is out of range. The protagonist moves towards her location, but falls over from the pain in his leg and from losing blood. Despite that, he gets back up and keeps going. He tries a more literal approach and yells for her causing her to race over to him surprised to see him up and about. She knows he wants her to stop attacking his Nikkes but doesn't understand his affection for them given they failed to protect him. The commander's bond with his squad is greater than what he and Isabel share, a notion foreign to her since most commanders view Nikkes as disposable. Despite believing he is no different, he refuses to abandon his comrades.

This caused her to think that he values the Counters over her despite the special "thing" he had given her previously. She's spied on all the things they've done together and their closeness makes Isabel want to fry his squad. Her initial plan was to kill them personally and manipulate him into serving her while having him locked away so he would never know the truth. She feels betrayed since she feels they belong together and became "married." She also shared it was her who separated the protagonist from the Counters. After the Pilgrim became more and more frustrated, he tried to calm her down only for her to call him a liar for refusing to wait for her. Intent on kidnapping him again, she plans on taking him back while tying up his arms and legs. Even though he will be unable to move, she will provide him with all he needs and the two will live a happy life alone together, forever.

#### Episode 5 - The Shape of Love

Reminiscing about the time he and Isabel were working together while the Counters and Inherit were on a joint operation, the commander remembers when he gave Isabel a postcard as a way to share how he felt about her. He admits to not having someone special enough to send one to personally but agrees to give it to her at her request. She really appreciated it since nothing like this has been given to her before.

The protagonist awakens to being Isabel's hostage yet again and she offers to make him something since he looked famished and to watch a movie with him after. When he tries to reach out, he's horrified to discover he's bound in handcuffs. Isabel would handle anything he needed, but after he asks to remove the handcuffs, she refuses so he can't run away again. She then pulls out the postcard he gave her before now full of her feelings towards her Darling. She was initially going to send it back to him as a gesture of love, but she wants him to read it now. It reads as follows...

*Hello Darling,*

*I hope you're doing well. I think of you every night when I... My love, I've seen you hanging around other Nikkes. You're not trying to make me jealous, are you? You brute! If this is all a joke on your part, I fail to see the humor in it. We are meant to be together, how can you be so brazen and see other women... I want to kill them all, but you're the one who is truly at fault here, my darling. What should I do to make you know my suffering...*

After reading it through, Isabel confesses to spending many nights writing down her true feelings, but apologizes for being too emotional at parts. Now that their "love" has come to fruition, she wants the commander to get cleaned up for their "wedding night". By this point, the protagonist has had about enough of her nonsense and makes it clear what she's doing doesn't show love at all. She can't understand how she's not expressing her love for him and once again promises to take care of him, but he turns her down again. Believing that her Darling has spent too much time with his squad, she decides to go finish them off so he will forget about them eventually. Before she leaves, she forcibly feeds him a cup of cloudy liquid causing him to pass out again.

As the night continues on, the protagonist briefly regains consciousness multiple times. Before dawn came, the Counters found him and Anis tried to wake him up. Neon worries something happened to him, but Rapi notices he was drugged. The three begin to free him before he fades off again.

His next lucid vision shows him the Counters trying to flee from Isabel who is still bent on killing them. Once morning arrives however, The commander wakes up in his room. He tries to move, but discovers his squad stayed with him while he rested. The three were worried sick about him and Rapi informed him he was unconscious for three days. Fortunately, he had no reason to fear for his safety. Anis shares that they lost contact with him through his Comblink, but after they discovered some clues as to where he was, Isabel found them and tried to incinerate them. He apologizes for worrying them, but Anis tells him to get cleaned up and to take care of himself since he had a crazy night.

After taking a shower, the protagonist questions if he is truly free from Isabel until he hears some rustling coming from the other room. Fearing that the Pilgrim has returned to kidnap him again, he realizes that even though he may have escaped her grasp, he can never outrun her shadow. Upon exiting the bathroom, he discovers the clothes he wore before were gone and a fresh pile of clean garments were in their place. After investigating them, a piece of paper falls out and he proceeds to read it. It says...

*You're just out for a little stroll, right? Don't come back too late.*

*Love, your one and only.*

## References

Notes

References
1. ↑ Isabel's character story."