Marina Kingchester

"I am Marina. Are you...a sister of mine?"

Did she have the right to call herself that? Marina wasn't supposed to exist, was she?

"You look like me..."

Blinking. She looks similar to her.

Was she not Reina's clone then? Or was she...either way, she seems to be just as lost as she is.

Don't forget clone~

"...I can't promise that, Father."

She looks up at him. And then in a moment, gives him a hug.

"I'm glad I went through with meeting you. I don't know if we'll meet again, but if we do, I hope it's not as enemies."

"Will I? I'm not even supposed to exist."

She speaks so casually of it, and it's something that bothers her every day.

"Do I have the right to have those feelings?"

"I understand."

She didn't have any drive to stop her father from his plans. The only one she knew and cared about was Freya, and Freya was serving him right now.

"People are complicated, aren't they? I'm still struggling to even understand my friend."

concept of tying someone's life to one person, but...I can tell that you really cared about her."

"She sounds like she was incredible...I wish I had been able to meet her."

Her dad spoke so fondly of her. It was hard to believe this was the same man that wanted to unify everyone as 'one being'.

"She made you happy too. That's why you married her, right? I'm still struggling with the

"Did Mom have that same drive?"

She didn't know Elena. She couldn't have, she was in stasis the entire time. Even if she wasn't, Elena was dead by the time Marina was created.

"I wonder if all of my siblings are like that..."

Reminded of the sounds of the laboratory.

"I don't want to go back to the lab, father. I don't want to be alone anymore, or unaware of anything. I want to be my own woman...and learn about the world."

...would anyone do that for Marina?

Her gaze turned to her father once more upon hearing his musings.

"I came to you because you're my father. Regardless of what your plan was with me, I owe my existence to your mission."

The buzzing and whirring of his mechanical arm made her flinch slightly.

She nods. So there were different ways that people could have their bodies prepared after death. She wasn't sure why that was a thing, but...looking back to the urn, maybe it was because people needed closure. Or wanted to be able to visit their loved ones after their passing.

Cremation wasn't a thing she knew. What she did know is that people stopped moving when they died. She looks up at Aleister.

"Do people shrink when they..."

She looks back to the vase. Thinking for a moment.

"Did you have her body burned when she died?"

Marina follows her father into the living room. She was rather thankful she wasn't being taken back to the lab, the last thing she wanted was to be put back into stasis.

"Mom..."

She looks to the vase. Confused.

"She's in the vase? How?"

Marina struggles to find the words to express what she's feeling right now. Loneliness? Happiness? Fear? Heartache?

"I know I'm not your daughter. Not any of them. I know I shouldn't exist and I'll never replace any of them for you. I...just want to hear you call me 'daughter'. Just once...

"I'm sorry if I'm intruding."

Her voice sounded a bit like Reina's, but lacked a bit of the emotion that Reina put into it. A monotone, from years of no human interaction.

"I...wanted to see you with my own eyes."

(Given Reina is in her early 20's, I figure Marina's of age. She was made as a backup in case Reina died after all.)

"...I have to see him. I know it's probably a bad idea, but..."

She enters. Not knocking, she doesn't know that's what you're supposed to do.

"Father?"

Marina's there. Perhaps drawn there by her tie to the Kingchester line. Whatever it was, it seemed like she was drawn to her 'father's manse.

"Father's mansion...? I...I remembered where it was, but I've never been here before."

Had Reina been here before Marina was made?

Lots of blobs on that ship nearby...at least...they looked like blobs?

Marina's never seen a Ditto before.

She is quite literally attempting to stay out of the battle. The last thing she needed was Reina seeing her. Even if Reina didn't decide to hurt her, Marina didn't want to see Reina at all.

Being reminded of being a lesser being...no, she didn't want to think that. Not right now.

"Are all beaches this gritty feeling?"

"Understood. I'll keep an eye out."

Despite everything, she could sense her friend's nervousness.

The clone is right at Freya's side. She's a little oblivious to the significance of the temple, but she does agree that yes, things are getting strange.

"I think I'd like all Pokemon. No matter where they come from."

Was a clone allowed to have Pokemon? She liked Larvesta, loved its fluffy down, but was she really allowed to have companions like that?

"Do people routinely ask other people what Pokemon they want?"

She's unsure of this...she's really unsure of a lot of things. Freya taught her a lot, but there's still so, so much to learn about this world.

For example, was she even allowed to live in it...?

spots of interest that I could find."

She looks back to Freya, the tiniest of smiles appearing on her. Freya was her friend. She made her safe.

Marina glances off towards the shore. It was getting close to time. Freya was absolutely right...she'd have to go to shore soon.

"We're looking for Reina on this island. According to a map that I found in the barracks, there should be a temple on this island, but there aren't any other

"Y-you did all that for me?"

Wouldn't it be easier to just abandon her somewhere? People were strange...they didn't act logically, she felt.

"You sound proud..."

"Do we have to worry about anybody else on the ship recognizing me?"

While it was kind of fun to pretend to be a military girl, she could only do the part for so long before someone found out.

"I...I know you'll protect me, Freya. You've done that for so long now."