[b]Shurelia[/b]

Music.

It flowed all around her, on the wind, in the tremors of the Earth, in the sun shining overhead. No, that was not correct. It was not purely music, but rather it was sound. Sound from an infinite source, one that could make even the most tone deaf Reyvatiel sound like a chorus. 

Shurelia was music, and music was Shurelia.

She was a Reyvatiel, one of the Origin, the first of her kind. Not the greatest, perhaps, but she liked to think that she had served to the best of her abilities during her time as Administrator of Ar Tonelico. There had been successes, and there had been plenty of mistakes. Perhaps this, sacrificing the Tower, sacrificing [i]herself[/i], all to stop Mir, perhaps that would make up for the worst of her errors. If it took her own life to let the world know peace, then she would freely give it. 

as her song went on, she felt herself begin to fade. The systems of the tower began to deactivate, and it felt like the same was happening to her. Yet her voice rang strong and true, to complete this task and end this war once and for all. Her mind drifted, thinking to those she was leaving. Lyner, Leard, Misha, even Ayatane. This was their world now, and all she could do was apologize for the situation that she had left them in. They would have to do their best.

The song ended, and she was left with an aching emptiness before her own neural processes stopped as well. Her body collapsed as darkness consumed her, pulled into Suspension along with Ar Tonelico itself. 

At least, that was how it should have worked. 

The first thing she felt upon waking up, besides the concrete, was anger. She knew what waking up meant, and she thought she had been clear on her instructions. This was the only way to stop Mir, and if they had brought her back anyway then they were more foolish than she remembered. That trick would not work a second time. So as she sat up, she was prepared to give Lyner, or Leard, or whoever was responsible a piece of her mind.

"Huh?" Anger was replaced by confusion as she looked around. This was...this was not Platina, or any part of Ar Tonelico that she knew. It didn't feel like the Cosmosphere either. Had she fallen into the Sea of Death?Was this some kind of trick by Mir, an effort to subvert what she had done to seal her off from the rest of the world? It was possible, though it didn't explain why she had awoken to find herself in this strange town. It would not be out of place down on the surface, but even then she could not recognize the style. 

Rising to her feet, her face took on a serious expression as she activated her Linkage Armor. It flashed into place, engulfing her in a warm protectiveness that was quite familiar after so long using it. Her minds eye turned to the Tower, to try and figure out what exactly was going on here. "What are you up to?"

Then the readings came back, leaving her to wonder yet again. She couldn't detect the Tower at all. If she was awake then it should be active, yet it wasn't even in suspension. It was like the Tower wasn't there at all. That left her with a few options. It could still be a trick by Mir, or she was merely out of range of the Tower. At the very worst the Tower itself was gone, but if she was here then that didn't seem likely. 

"Very well, I will just have to do some more observation," the Reyvatiel decided at last. She was next to some kind of store, though the selection was small compared to Platina. There was only one way to figure out what was going on. If this was a trick by Mir, she would know soon enough. With that resolved she set off, heading down the street to see if there was anyone around in this town.