The Day You Vanished with the Stars/Story/Against the Current
Last updated 2026-08-04
Against the Current is the 20th chapter of the The Day You Vanished with the Stars storyline.
Summary
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Script
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Characters Present
Captain
Theresa
Zhuge Kongming
Soldier B
Rita
Tesla - Zero
Start
I'm back. What should I do now? Think. Think hard.
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🔇 N/AExplosions. I must stop the explosions.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI don't know what caused the explosion. I have no time.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AAt least I could stop Kongming from getting into the deadly carriage...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ACaptain
Kongming, follow me to get out on foot. We can't stay here. There will be explosions.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A
Theresa
Help! I couldn'tcouldn't move my leg now...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ACaptain
Theresa? Why would she be here?
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Zhuge Kongming
We need to help her!
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ACaptain
Stay here. I'll go help her!
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ANo one is dying on me this time...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ASoldier B
The supporting pillars are about to give in! Come out now!
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Rita
Watch out, Captain!
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ACaptain
I lived this time, but they died to save me.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AWhat can I do?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AHow can I change this bloody fate?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AWhat if... I tell Kongming to get into the carriage earlier?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AYes, I can tell her to get into the carriage before the explosion.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ACaptain
Run! Don't look back!
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AThis time, I decided to stay by her side.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AThe horses weren't rattled, and the carriage left the city uneventfully.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AUntil we got into the bamboo grove.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI heard the carriage rustling the bamboo leaves, and covered by the rustling was the swooshing of arrows.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI got in front of Kongming to block the arrows.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AThat's the only way I knew to protect her.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ABut one arrow still flew past me and hit her.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AEven for someone who experienced no small amount of impossible, I still found it beyond belief.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AIt's simply uncanny, like the enemy knew there would be this tiny opening exactly at this exact moment.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI've... failed again...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AHow many more times must I try?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI began to realize that some intangible force was holding me back all along but I didn't know what it was.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AIt's like I was fixing a leaking umbrella. One hole was patched up and another hole began to form.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI was playing a game that had spun out of my control.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AIf I could somehow get the whole picture from a high point, there might be a way to beat the game.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ABut I was hopelessly trapped and had to play my part in the game...
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AYes, instead of the player, I'm merely a pawn on the chess board.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AWho's playing this game? Are there other observers?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AWould they feel bored when the game has come this far?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AThey might be able to see in a glance the ending that I have to take thousands of steps to get to.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI don't know how the story ends... or if the story has any ending at all.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI nearly forgot initially my purpose was to return to Hyperion... but it doesn't matter anymore.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AIf there are observers watching this game, what would they say about all the things I've done?
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A"His stupidity is off the chartchart."
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A"How could he fail such a simple task?"
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A"If I were him..."
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A"If he had done that, things would turn out differently."
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A"Why can't he save everyone?"
🔇 N/A🔇 N/ASure... they won't approve of me.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A...And they have every reason to do so.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AI finally realize that I am not the Mr. Assassin who could make everything happen in your eyes.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/AYou put your faith in the wrong person and I failed you.
🔇 N/A🔇 N/A< The screen goes black, then switches to the field, where the Captain will have control of [Tesla ZERO]. >
Tesla - Zero
I have experienced the future with you, but I have never witnessed your past.
Tesla - Zero
At that time, you chose to shoulder the destinies of others, just like what you are doing now.
Tesla - Zero
You have been forced to repeat the past over and over again.
Tesla - Zero
Cry, if you feel the pain.
Tesla - Zero
Just cry like a toddler. Let it all out.
Tesla - Zero
Don't fear your pain.
Tesla - Zero
It saved you from something even more horrible — numbness.
Tesla - Zero
"But if you wish to understand humanity, you can't just be an onlooker."
Tesla - Zero
"You have to stand right next to them and try to see what they are looking at."
Tesla - Zero
If there are other onlookers at this moment, they must be expecting something of you —
Tesla - Zero
They expect you to bypass even more tragedies, until you reach a happy ending where everyone is safe and sound.
Tesla - Zero
They do not know or care about what you have been through.
Tesla - Zero
This story is not about deliverance.
Tesla - Zero
Its ending is constantly being modified, and new rifts emerge therewith.
Tesla - Zero
And you are the one who keeps trying,
Tesla - Zero
and reliving the pain.
Tesla - Zero
But here I am, offering you an opportunity to break away from the hopeless situation.
Tesla - Zero
Which is the meaning of my existence here.
End