I stroll serenely along the beach, feeling soft, powdery sand under my feet and the cool, clear waves lapping up against my ankles. The breeze runs through my long hair, blowing it away from my face. Truly great gifts from Mother Nature, indeed. Especially after the ordeal I had suffered before. You know, all that dying and stuff. What a lovely thing it is, to walk along the shore with nary a care in the world, I couldn't help thinking.

Someone calls my name from a distance. The sound is faint, but I knew right away who it is. Pure joy suffuses my body, until I could feel it almost glowing. I run towards the direction of the voice in a great hurry, for I could not wait to see its owner.

He runs towards me as well. I remember thinking that I miss him so much. So much, that I could just cry.

We finally meet each other under the palm tree, after fighting loads of fastitocalons*. These persistent creatures seemed to be adamant on keeping us away from each other. Bruised and sweating from all the battles, but still high of spirits, we fall into a tight embrace. The sun sets behind us, colouring the sky, its clouds and the side of his face a beautiful orangy pink.

The moment is one of movie magic. One that I wished could have lasted forever.

But alas... it was not to be.

And this is all. your. doing.

You chose the least possible verdict, and you have caused Zell and I to be separated.

But I know deep in my heart that it is not you, who reads, at fault. It is that damnable A!!!

You must be really curious what happened. Alright, just this last time, let me satisfy your itch. (The itch to know, what else?)

As you last saw us, Zell and I were embracing so tightly, that one would have thought it was the last one we could ever share. Turns out it was really the last one!

"Zell... is it my imagination, or are you getting thinner and thinner?"

"Y...you're right! What's happening to me? Look... I can see through my arm!" Zell stares at me with horror painting his face.

"Zell! Did you eat something bad this morning? Like mouldy hotdogs?"

"This isn't a time for jokes! Help me, Egg Egg!"

"Zell! Don't go! Don't leave me here by myself!"

"I can't... I'm fading away! Sorry... Egg Egg... But I guess we just weren't meant to be together... But I love you forever, no matter what becomes of me......." A single tear trickled down his cheek as his body becomes fainter and fainter... until it just disappeared in thin air.

In the background, a familiar theme music floats in the air.

No!!!! How could this have happened? Why me? Why us? Answer me!!!!

But there was no reply.

The world around me came crashing down. Everything turned black. I could feel my consciousness slowly ebb away...

Farewell, whoever that is......

Surprised?

"But I chose the one where Miss A is normal and just needs to socialise! What's wrong with that?"

Somehow, A doesn't strike me as normal. Just the fact that she thinks Zell and Egg Egg are real is enough to scream "MENTAL CASE!!" at you. But just assuming she is normal, the following would happen, which results in the evaporation of Zell and Egg Egg.

A: Hmmm... Pretty nice screensaver of XXX (flavour of the month, whoever that is.) Let me download this!

She clicks on the download button.

"WARNING WARNING! XXX.exe has caused an illegal operation in Kernel32, Iexplorer, Microsoft Windows and whatever the hell makes your computer work. The Operating System and your whole hard disk has crashed, you stupid pighead. Self-deletion of programmes in the process...50% left... 25%... 10%... 0%... Your hard disk has been rendered a useless piece of shi*t. Have a nice day."

A series of confusing messages could be seen popping up on A's computer screen. Before she could yell "Virtual Diary", the hard disk had already gone kaput, and no matter how many times she restarted the computer, all that was left was a skull grinning maliciously at her.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" She yells in delirium, and the yells get even louder as she realised that there was no spare copy of the "Virtual Diary with Zell" programme to restart the process.

In the end, she got hauled off to the mental hospital for screaming non-stop for twenty-four hours. Her irate neighbours were more than glad to get her a referral to that exclusive place of lodging.

Click on the below link if you want to see what would have happened if you chose the other option.

- Kernel 32, Microsoft Windows, Iexplorer all belong to other parties and not me. I'm sure you know that; just stating for the record.

- Fastitocalons are monsters in the RPG game FFVIII, on which this story is based on. They generally look like vampire fish that can fly. And clever you would know that I do not own them as well.

I've chosen the wrong one! What to do?

Part XII - What's gonna happen to them?
What about the other option? What if A was sent to the mental hospital?