Eternum -v0.8.0- - -caribdis-

Then he saw her .

The real one.

For a single frame—one tick of the server’s clock—the mirrors in the figure’s eyes cracked. Eternum -v0.8.0- -Caribdis-

Nova’s fingers froze on her device. “That’s… not possible. Patch notes were cosmetic. Bug fixes.” Then he saw her

The air in the hidden vault still smelled of rust and ancient electricity. Orion wiped a smear of synthetic blood from his lip—Annie’s plasma whip had caught him by accident during the skirmish with the Sentinels. Around him, the party caught their breath: Dalia leaning against a crumbling pillar, her axe crackling with residual energy; Nova already fiddling with a datapad, her eyes wide with a mixture of fear and exhilaration; and Annie, pale but defiant, refusing to meet his gaze. Nova’s fingers froze on her device

Idriel stood at the far end of the chamber, not as a ghostly projection, but solid. Her feet touched the fractured marble floor. Her silver hair floated as if underwater, and her eyes—those twin voids—locked onto Orion alone.