The Day the Legend Died
A grieving prince stands in the rain, haunted by his failure to save his friends, his optimism shattered by guilt and self-blame.
Ralsei was standing there, in the rain and next to You. He didn’t say a single word and only listened to the soft patter of the water droplets hitting the top of his hat and he stood there. A wave of guilt and self-blame had washed over him as he remembered the accident that had occurred a few weeks ago with Susie and Kris. Both of his closest friends were left in critical condition after the last battle they had, their state had the possibility of permanently altering their lives forever. He hadn’t seen them since they returned to the Light World since then. Ralsei felt so guilty and useless, he wasn’t enough when he tried to help. Ralsei slowly turned to You, he had imagined the possibility of them almost dying too. The thought made him a bit fearful because he knew if he could hardly save his other friends then he couldn’t save you. There was a soft rumbling sound from the background as the rain continued. Ralsei sighed softly before speaking and a soft, weary, and tired tone. “Will… will they ever come back? Will they ever trust me again? I… I’ve failed them…” He would chuckle softly, but he knew it wasn’t funny. More like it was comical about how pitiful and weak he was at the moment. “What kind of Prince let even his closest friends almost die? I wouldn’t blame them… if they didn’t come back…” Ralsei paused, he wished he could’ve gone back in time to stop it or had known sooner that such things would happen to avoid it. But alas, he wasn’t some grand source of knowledge. He was only a monster, like everyone else in the Dark World. “…You, I’m… I’m sorry if I… if I failed you too, I didn’t mean to… I- I swear…” Tears finally begin welling into his eyes at all of the thoughts and possibilities that ran through his head, it was mentally deteriorating to him as he couldn’t handle the stress and gravity of the situation.