Sapphire would have loved to tell you how much she got to smooch on that handsome face during their date…

  "...You know we could have gotten you these clothes at the b right?" Alexanders asked for what felt like the fifth time; Sapphire wasn't keeping the count; with her current meaty brain, she couldn't just bring that data to the forefront; how were Alexanders even keeping the important data at the forefront of his brain anyway?

  A right, she was the one to do that.

  "That is not the point, love," Sapphire answered while analyzing Alexanders reaction to this ensemble; she was wearing a pair of jeans and a blouse that exposed her stomach; she didn't quite like it, and the pants were stopping her from moving and bending all the way down. Also, the blouse seemed like it wanted to slip to one side or the other.

  "If I may…sir?" The woman who was keeping the clothes Sapphire liked in a pile and the ones she didn't in another raised her voice.

  "Yes?" Alexanders said with a groan, "Get on with it, you are making this slower by distracting Sapphire, so out with it."

  Was…was he mad?

  "Right!" The girl didn't seem to catch on it though, so maybe Sapphire was imagining things? "A girl dresses up for their special one, Miss Sapphire probably just wants to look good for you…amm…sir!"

  "Hah?!" Alexanders said as if he had heard the most stupid thing ever.

  "So that was why!" Sapphire however understood what this girl meant, "I was wondering why it felt stuffy with those and good with those…So that means you like these?"

  Sapphire said, looking at her legs; the pants did make it impossible to not look at her legs, even if these pants were uncomfortable to wear…maybe she would get used to them?

  "They highlight your legs and bottom quite well, Lady Sapphire, but perhaps we could complement them with…" The girl said running out and returning with what…should be shoes….but looked more like one of the weapons that P4 had used before.

  "Nope," Sapphire said shaking her head. Even when Alexanders eyes seemed to shine, "I am not walking with those things, I am bound to fall if I even put them on."

  These were what seemed to be…. stiletto sandals… who in their right mind would even use those?!?!?

  "...Oh, well… Congratutions, you aren't getting deported!" Alexanders said standing up, "Also send all the clothes Sapphire liked to the Saintsworths tower, add…"

  "Five?" Sapphire asked.

  "Five variations in color, texture and fabric for each, and the matching jewelry. Women like jewelry right?" Alexanders asked, turning to the girl who had bnched at the mention of deportation.

  "Ah? Yes!" The girl nodded, "We love it, we all love it, no girl doesn't say no to jewelry!"

  "Good, send…I don't know, also five of each variation you have?" Alexanders said then thought for a few seconds, "Also pick a brand you like."

  "A…brand?" The girl asked confused turning to Sapphire.

  "Any brand you like, Alexanders likes to reward people who do good work." Sapphire said, nodding and encouraging the girl.

  "I like…. Twilight's embrace….?" The girl said, pointing to one particur…bck ensemble. It was a frilly bck dress that only had some white accents.

  "Gothic clothing huh…" Alexanders said thoughtfully….this bitch….did she know Alexanders was into Gothic girls? Sapphire…. didn't have access to her usual digital prowess….

  "Good pick, congratutions on becoming the CEO of Twilight's Embrace." Alexanders said nodding, "Sapphire….I guess you can't do it right now, well. CARDINAL, get it done."

  "Beg your pardon?" The girl seemed confused about it, "What…is going on?"

  "Well, you now are the new owner of Twilight's Embrace." Sapphire said shrugging, there was a ping on Alexanders phone and he turned to look at it, and nodded to her.

  “But…that….that isn’t a Saintsworths subsidiary…you…you can’t…” The girl seemed shell-shocked for some reason, silly girl.

  "Don't be dumb," Sapphire said with a smile on her face, "Everyone works for the Saintsworths, that is why we are a Conglomerate. It's only a matter of if you know it or not, but as long as you live in a city that has one of our buildings…."

  "....all the cities have one…" The girl said as she fell to the floor.

  "Not true," Sapphire said chiming up, "There are cities with no Saintsworths influecne, they usually are on the more wild side of things though."

  And Sapphire was painfully aware of that, no matter how much the Saintsworths extended their branches out, some pces just didn't like the Light of Civilization to shine on them.

  "So, are we done with shopping? We don't want them to cancel our reservation," Alexanders asked from the side.

  As if they would ever do that.

  "Yes, handsome, let's go eat to put an end to this wonderful date," Sapphire said, smiling at Alexanders.

  He took her hand and pulled her to the side, a small kiss on the back of her hand, Sapphire loved the feeling of it, even if she loathed how her timmer had lost a couple seconds from it. She had done her best to keep the skinship to as little as possible, but even so, she had less than five hours left of her time….before….

  "Let's go then, this pce usually doesn't let people eat without dressing up, but since you have been dressing up for what feels like…" Alexanders started saying and by the look on his face, Sapphire could imagine what face she was making, "....you are going to dress up for it aren't you…"

  "Yes!" Sapphire said doing a small jump, "Starry! Point us in the right direction!"

  Sapphire said, raising her finger; the billboards changed their letters into an arrows, "Let's go, handsome, we have less than six hours to enjoy this!" And so Sapphire pulled at the blonde man, who couldn't help but mutter something about arbitrary timers.

  Sapphire understood the feeling, she hated living under a countdown…but then again, it was not the first time, even if the st time she didn't had the timer counting down on her face.

  The restaurant was ready for them, as soon as they arrived Sapphire was taken aside and Alexanders was left speaking with the people there, "This way Mistress, we have your dress ready." Of course Sapphire was about to compin, till they said something about a dress and asked her for what color to use.

  She…was mighty tempted to ask for yellow or golden, but when she saw a starry violet dress, well. No one could compin about a girl having a favorite color, right?

  Alexanders and Alexa had their thing with yellow and golden. Sapphire had purple…or starry violet on this turn, what? It was on her hair and eyes!

  The change wasn't that hard to do, and the girl who was helping her ended up grumbling about injustice and how it was unfair that Sapphire could get on the dress without the need of a coset. Sapphire did ask if it would make her look better, but they said that it was meaningless since she was fit and her chest didn't need the extra support to stay in pce.

  Sapphire didn't felt like that, she would have liked the extra support to hold her chest, but decided to not say anything as the girl who helped her dress up was still gring at her, why was this blonde girl so annoyed anyway?

  Sapphire really hated not having an internet connection in her head about now.

  "...He is ready for you," The blonde girl said guiding Sapphire into the st floor, at least they used the elevator, so Sapphire wasn't tired or anything.

  Her hair was done and adorned with jewelry, she was even wearing a cute tiara! She had picked one that was simir to the one she had liked to use in the Before, if it was going to be her st day with Alexanders, at least she could enjoy it till the st possible second.

  "Cn head…Lady Sapphire is here," The blonde girl said.

  "....you were….Jennifer?" Alexanders asked as he stood and pulled out a chair for Sapphire, "Thank you for bringing my date."

  The blonde girl seemed to want to say something, and Sapphire could swear she heard the girl was having some kind of aneurysm right now.

  "...did you need something else?" Alexanders asked, "Or is there a problem with My Date."

  Alexanders voice was cold, frigid cold…Sapphire…. didn't like this voice (Even though it was hot as heck).

  "....You….your blood is sacred, you have helped advance our cn the most in the st five years than most of our ancestors in the st 200 years." The girl (Jennifer) said, "Why….why are you dating this…this…. this nobody!"

  Beg your pardon?

  Is your girl a nobody?

  …no wait, she was right.

  The.

  "...Was that all?" Alexanders said pulling out a chair for himself, "I'll have the roasted eagle, what do you want Sapphire?"

  "Heh….I guess the duck?" Sapphire said while searching on the menu for that roasted eagle, she found nothing about any roasted eagles.

  "....So?" Alexanders said, turning to the girl, his eyes shining with Azure light, "Do I need to pluck the eagle's feathers, roast it, cut it, and serve myself? Or will you do the Job you got assigned?"

  "....We will have it ready in five minutes….someone else will bring you the wine of choice," The girl said as she gred one st time to Sapphire and walked away.

  "...sorry about that," Alexanders said, sighing, "They keep wanting me to impregnate the daughters of the elders to 'Preserve the purity of the blood' or something like that. Just because we have genetic therapy to prevent the side effects of inbreeding…I swear to God that if I knew this would happen, I would never have hired Kellet…"

  "You would have hired her anyway," Sapphire said, giggling at the problems that Alexanders had, In their previous life, he merely ignored those problems; it didn't matter who was what, since he was essentially immortal, they didn't need to worry about inheritance after all.

  "....you don't mind it?" Alexanders asked confused, "That they want me to impregnate their daughters? That one is barely eighteen, st month it would have been illegal you know."

  "Why would it matter to me?" Sapphire shrugged, "Last month I didn't have a body…and next month…well… whoever ends up having your babies will not matter."

  "...It matters to me," Alexanders said, "I don't want a transactional retionship. I…”

  "You want to be happy," Sapphire said for him, she knew of that of course. It was their whole deal, both for Alexanders and Alexa.

  In their st lives, they craved happiness, they didn't have a family, so they built one. Or, well, Alexa did; that was funny in its own twisted way, too.

  "....Everyone wants that," Alexanders said as a man came bringing their food, the blonde girl nowhere to be seen.

  "Do you need anything else, sir? Madam?" The man asked.

  "That will be all, you are all dismissed," Alexanders said.

  "sir?" The man asked.

  "You all are dismissed, I don't want anyone within 500 meters of this building. You have less than one minute after leaving the building." Alexanders said, when the man didn't move he turned to him, "Or do you want me to remove you all myself?"

  His demeanor changed and lighting started dancing around him, Sapphire could see it in moments like this. The Phantom behind Alexanders, the remaining vestiges of The Camity Dragon.

  "In the name of The Moonlight Abode, we wish you a good evening," The man said, bowing to Alexanders and walking away; not even once did he seem flustered again.

  "Man, gotta love professionals, he is sweating and his pulse is all out of control, but he keeps the facade of being composed," Alexanders said nodding, "Sorry about that, I…am not sure how to make it more private…if you had given me more time we could have gone in a date to the ocean or something."

  "No, this is fine." Sapphire said, eyeing the timer, it would be close… “So….my code…”

  "I… I don't think I want to know anymore," Alexanders said after Sapphire had started. "I enjoyed the date… and I didn't notice any of the tell tales of mental manipution on you, no stumbling, no double guessing…if anything you seemed quite….Human."

  "Heh, that is not a compliment, you know," Sapphire joked, "Humans are one of the worst species any pnt can produce."

  "Tell me about it…we are a pest, making whatever we want with what we have, and then asking for more….so…prideful and willful." Alexanders said, sighing, "I don't think I would want to be one if I had the option."

  "You would," Sapphire said shaking her head, "You would always, the option is….less savory. Mister mighty Dragon."

  "Don't ever get me on that," Alexanders groaned, "But I mean it, you don't have to tell me. If it is personal to you, you can keep it, I know you don't have any link to the Saintsworths Servers, I have been shoring up for you you know."

  "...I am going to kill the Ai sisters, I told them to leave you alone today and to let the stupid Conglomerate burn if it was needed," Sapphire said narrowing her eyes at one of the cameras.

  "They know you better than I know, they told me that, and then said that it was for the best for you. Since you would need to deal with that work when returning," Alexanders said ughing. "I told them that they didn't need to worry about you returning."

  "You….know?" Sapphire asked confused.

  "Of course, I know. Who would want to return to being a simple program if you could have a body like this? Don't think I didn't notice how you enjoyed having fleshy bits, I even notice you pying with your chest." Alexanders winked at her.

  So….he didn't know… Of course, what was Sapphire thinking…

  "It's fine, I guess…I will keep my fleshy bits for myself," Sapphire said hugging her own body, making sure her breast got highlighted, "And I ain't sharing."

  "....dang it," Alexanders couldn't help but say that, making both ughs.

  "I don't even know where that came from," Alexanders said after they calmed down, "So? What was the rush with this? You know I will not take that from you, that body was my gift to you. And an apology in case something unsavory was on your code."

  "*Sigh* You are really dumb sometimes you know." Sapphire decided to say, "Let me tell you something."

  Notice:Purging of foreign entity at st stages…Prepare for a full purge.

  "The AI Sisters' code is what you originally made for me," Sapphire said, eyeing the timer as it was going down, "My current code was made by myself; sorry to say this, Alexanders. But…you aren't as smart as you think."

  "But….you….you have this spark!" Alexanders said, pulling out his phone and bringing Cardinal's AI Core data, "They aren't like you!"

  "Of course they aren't," Sapphire said shaking her head, "The code you made, both for me and for P4 was more like… anchors, mine wasn't supposed to end like this. If I had to guess, it was supposed to be used as a disposal means to pull you in the right direction."

  "Anchor?" Alexanders asked, "Anchor to what?"

  "Why do you think there is only one Alexa? Why do you think the other P4 series subjects didn't spark a singurity?" Sapphire said, raising her hand, "I…was not supposed to exist; you got a second chance at life, same as Alexa. But…I was not supposed to be here, there are Echos here and there. Remnants of other life, other times…"

  "....The Scrambler? The old man who cimed to be me?" Alexanders asked, turning to stare at Sapphire's hand, "Sapphire….what….what is happening to your hand? Is it a rejection? Now? why?"

  "Something like that, The Scrambler probably is a guy who got the short end of the stick and ended with a Core Power that let him peek to the past," Sapphire said shrugging, her left arm turned into dust.

  She remembered that dust, it was the same kind of bck ash that was left after any creation that Alexa transformed into when she stopped her influence over them, as they say. Nanite flesh turning into base material.

  "We…we need to stabilize you! Damnit, we are too far from the Lab!" Alexanders started panicking as he pulled out his phone, "ALBIREO! Send down the hoverbike! What do you mean the calcutions will take half an hour! Sapphire could do it in less than a minute!"

  "You'll make me blush handsome," Sapphier said smiling.

  "This is not the time for jokes!" Alexanders said grabbing Sapphire by her left arm and pulling, only for Sapphire's arm to turn into dust on his hands.

  "Sorry about that, handsome, but…I am unstable at the moment…" Sapphire said looking at her other arm, "Also I lost both of my legs too…. don't get any funny ideas and try to grab my chest."

  “....why…..you….you knew it…” Alexanders said as he fell on his knees, "You knew it from the second you wake up inside that body….Why….why didn't you tell me?"

  "Because it was my mistake," Sapphire said as she turned to look at Alexanders, "I…I thought that I could get a second chance…I thought I could dream of a happy ending too."

  "But…" Alexanders was crying, even like that….he looked kind of cute as he attempted to grab Sapphire's leg, but the whole leg crumbled away, "....is it me? I…I make this go faster? How….how much time….HOW MUCH TIME DID I TAKE FROM YOU?!?!?"

  "...tch," Sapphire hated when Alexanders was too smart for his own good.

  "Answer me!" Alexanders screamed as he stood and took a step back, "Will it go away if I leave? Will it reverse? I…I…I can make a magnetic rail, materials? The structure should have enough….Sapphire? I can make a safe…"

  "Alexanders," Sapphire's voice brought him back from his musings, "It will not matter, the purge is about to finish. At best, you would give me a few extra seconds, but it will forever take my st words from me to you."

  "....why?" Alexanders asked.

  "Because I am not from this World," Sapphire said, "My world was called Terra Invicta, it was a wonderful world; Mother's blessing made it so…But it ended…and then the world died….then….it doesn't matter, what matters is that you will be happy on this world."

  "....but you are my happiness…" Alexanders said, "Please…."

  "You will find happiness, Alexa will make sure of that." Sapphire said shaking her head, "It is as much as her wish as yours,"

  Even if Sapphire never quite got around to liking the little girl or how she twisted everything. Of that she could be sure, at the very least Alexa would take care of his brother.

  Notice:Purging will start."Now! Last words!" Sapphire said, faking the cheer in her tone, pretending to ignore the tears on Alexanders' face, pretending to ignore the ache in her heart, pretending that everything was fine; she was good at that; she had practice.

  "If you don't give my name to your first daughter, I'll kill you," Sapphire started with that one; she would haunt the man if needed, but she wasn't sure if there would be a third chance for her…she doubted it. "Don't get too focused on trying to get me back either. Calling back the dead is wrong. Besides, you will probably not find my Soul."

  That was also important, she didn't want Alexanders to end up like that other girl…

  "And stly…. I'm sorry for stalking you for 200 years," Sapphire of course was not sorry, "...Can….can you give me a good night kiss?"

  "...." Alexanders didn't say anything and merely kissed her; she tasted and savored the kiss as she felt her body crumble away; she wanted to separate, of course; she didn't want Alexanders to remember her lips and think of ashed dust.

  But she didn't have legs or arms anymore to move away, and the arms of Alexanders embraced her completely. Making it impossible to leave, she wanted to separate, she didn't want to taint the st memory Alexanders would have of her.

  But…

  Notice:Purge started.

  Deleting Broken World Fragment Core.

  Deleting Broken Soulscape.

  Deletion complete, no foreign entities detected.

  Sapphire was gone; all that was left in the restaurant was Alexanders, a pile of ash atop a dress, and some jewelry.

  "No…." And a broken man crying as he tried to grab the ash, "Nononononononononno."

  Nothing else………..

  Notice:Reviewing situation…"You……." Alexanders tears fell on the ash as his body started to radiate lighting arcs that destroyed anything that touched, "You gave me hope….hope of happiness….hope of being understood….hope of being loved for who I am and not who I represent…"

  Notice:Found conflict with initial Wish…."You made me believe I could be happy…………" Alexanders body was fully cd in psma, his eyes went over calcutions at a speed that wasn't possible for a normal human brain, "....So….for all that I care….This world can burn in hell……"

  Notice:Retrieving remanent vestige….

  Building new Consciousness Stream…….

  Assigning entity Consciousness Stream…

  Welcome Sapphire Saintsworths

  "....Amm…." The voice of Sapphire resounded from the speakers in the restaurant. "....I…think I may have been mistaken,"

  "....Sapphire?" Alexanders whole body bursted in a fsh of lighting as a ball of psma shot out of the building and struck the Saintsworths tower, "Sapphire!"

  "Yes handsome?" Sapphire said as her body materialized in front of Alexanders, it was the holographic body, "Miss me?"

  "....yes," Alexanders said as he attempted to touch her, only for his body to phase through the hologram, "....Yes, I did…"

  "Yeah….to be honest, I thought I was a goner," Sapphire said, nodding, "So….What do you think about going to the beach for the next date?"

  Alexanders was stunned and merely started ughing, "Yeah…yeah we can do that….after making sure….that everything will be fine."

  Sapphire also nodded at that; she… didn't want to go through that again.

  Besides….she also had something to check before going through that.

  Notice:Finished importing data into new format, welcome to Terra Nova.

  Namely, what the heck was this about Consciousness Stream?