A Fleeting Smile

**A Fleeting Smile** is the first story episode of Shoto Relief.

## In-Game Summary

A demon appears suddenly, taking Ao's life. Lily is frozen with shock, but manages to escape after Omnis calls out to her. Omnis and Lilly sort out the facts of this world back at the karaoke room. Omnis explains how he came from another world, and isn't the same as their Omnis. Lilly slowly begins to open up... About this world destroyed by demons.

## Plot

In the flux bubble, the giant demon that killed Ao rushes past Omnis and begins eating her body. Lilly starts spiraling into a loop of despair, ignoring Omnis as he tries to get her to run. Knowing that they don't have much time, Omnis slams into Lilly to snap her out of it. He manages to convince her to mourn Ao later, and the two flee the flux bubble. As they run away, Omnis silently apologises to the girls who died.

Back in the Karaoke Room, Omnis checks on Lilly. Noticing she is spiritless, he tries to find a way to encourage her, and his antics result in her smiling. Omnis is briefly stunned by her cute appearance. When Lilly comments on his out-of-character reaction, Omnis remembers that Lilly does not yet know that he isn't the native Omnis. He decides to clarify the situation, and proceeds to explain his history to Lilly. She initially finds it hard-to-swallow, but after a short reflection on his behaviour, decides to believe him. Omnis is moved to tears.

Now that Lilly is aware he is a parallel existence, Omnis asks her where the other version of him is. However, Lilly doesn't know. She hasn't seen the other Omnis in a long time - not since the world started being destroyed by the demons.

## Transcript

*(Inside the flux bubble)*

Omnis
Guh...?!
Narration
A shadow clouded my vision.
The enormous demon rushed past me with incredible speed.
Narration
As it slowly landed, it bent over.
I could see what it was after...
Lilly
No...! Ao is...
Narration
The demon began to consume the pile of meat which was once Ao.
Lilly
Because I couldn't fight... Ao is...!
Omnis
Get it together!! You don't have time to freeze up!
Lilly
I'm sorry, Ao... I'm so sorry...! It's all my fault... aagh!
Omnis
(Crap. At this rate, we're next...)
Omnis
Snap out of it, Lilly!
*(Omnis slams his body into Lilly)*

Lilly
Eek?! Wh-what are you doing, Omnis?!
Omnis
Keep it together! Or else we're going to be the next victims!
Omnis
I'm heartbroken over Ao too... But right this second, we need to survive!
Omnis
If I can save you... I'll do anything!
Narration
I wanted to scoop Lilly up and run, but I was in that hateful, powerless body.
Narration
Right now, it was all I could do to encourage her.
Lilly
Omnis...
Lilly
...Yes, you're right.
Lilly
It hurts, but I can stand it for now... Let's run, Omnis!
Omnis
Let's hurry while it's still distracted!
*(The two flee)*

Narration
Lilly and I started running, trying to get away from the demon.
Omnis
(Forgive me... magical girls of this world. I couldn't save you. I'm truly sorry...)
*(Scene change to the Karaoke Room)*

Omnis
...Are you all right, Lilly? No injuries?
Lilly
...Yeah.
Omnis
(...I've got to do something to give her some fight back.)
Omnis
You want a drink? You must be thirsty after running. I'll bring you something.
Lilly
No... I'm fine.
Omnis
Even so, I think drinking something would help you recover.
Lilly
...Omnis, you can't touch anything. You're not able to bring me anything.
Omnis
Hah! I forgot...
Narration
In this body, I could only touch the girls, demons, and the living mold bodies.
Omnis
I-if drinks are impossible, then I'll bring food!
Lilly
You can't touch food either. Fufu... Omnis, you silly.
Narration
She smiled for just a moment. But-
Omnis
Oh...
Lilly
Hm? What's wrong?
Omnis
Nothing... You just finally smiled.
Omnis
...Yeah. I really think you're cuter when you smile.
Lilly
What the heck? Why are you being weird now?!
Omnis
...Is it that weird?
Lilly
Yeah... You never say stuff like that usually.
Omnis
Really? I'm just the same as always... Oh, right...
Narration
Of course. This was another world than the one I knew.
Omnis
The magical girls here are murdering each other to be the last one left, right?
Lilly
Huh? Y-yeah... Why are you asking me now?
Lilly
You're the one who started the whole thing.
Lilly
...Because of that, the only magical girls left are me and Hanabi...
Omnis
I roped you all into this... huh...
Narration
I had a lot of questions. But there was something I had to do first.
First, I had to clear up Lilly's misunderstandings.
Omnis
Lilly, listen to me carefully. You may not believe what I'm about to tell you.
Omnis
But it's extremely important.
Narration
I tried to speak to Lilly as earnestly as possible.
Lilly sat up straight and looked at me, understanding my intentions.
Omnis
-That's what happened, and then I awakened in this world.
Narration
I summarized everything that had happened up until now.
That I had fought alongside the magical girls in another world...
...and that the Omnis they had contact with here was a different person.
Lilly
...Is that all true?
Omnis
I know it's hard to believe, but it's the truth.
Lilly
Hmm. Well, you are very different from how Omnis was before...
Lilly
...I understand. I'll believe you.
Omnis
Oh! Really?!
Lilly
I'm only half-convinced, but you were desperate to help me escape and all.
Omnis
Y-yeah!
Narration
It was the first time someone had understood me in this bloodthirsty world.
Lilly
...What's wrong, Omnis? Are you... crying?
Omnis
I-I'm not crying! I'm... trembling with excitement!
Lilly
...Really? If you say so.
Omnis
...All right. Now that I've cleared that up, there's something I want to confirm.
Omnis
Where is the Omnis of this world? We've got to find him to stop this fighting.
Narration
This world's Omnis might be part of the reason everything was happening.
I needed to ask why he started this fight, and everything else.
Lilly
...Sorry, I don't know.
Omnis
...You don't know?
Lilly
I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't seen Omnis for a while.
Lilly
Probably not once since the world became like this.
Omnis
Like this? What do you mean?
Lilly
You saw it, right?
Lilly
This world is... being completely destroyed by the demons.