[hider=Jack’s Memories of What Once Was][table][row][cell][h3][color=f4eb93][b]Britney[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Williams[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/viOvXFI.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I owe it all to you."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]You were the first one who showed me that magic holds infinite potential. It was your wisdom and knowledge that led me down the path to who I am. I shouldn’t have left so soon. You were hated by everyone, and I could have stood by your side. I know that you're a better person now, than you were back then. I want to believe that you and Luca can settle your differences, one day. I believe you will.

Reza would be proud of you.
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[row][cell][h3][color=3874f4][b]Drake[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackmore[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Zw9wfIE.png[/img]

[sup][i]“What would she say if she saw you hurting one of us?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]I know that you are grieving. Jade was kind, and we were all made better by her presence, but we are your friends. It is not our fault, and you need to understand that some things can’t be avoided. You are not to blame for her death, and I hope you can come to terms with that. You are still my friend, Drake.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=White][b]Alizée[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Altieri[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZGUJ1xQ.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I couldn’t save you, even now. Please, forgive me."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]You understood. You [i]knew[/i] what the Void could hold better than even I did back then. You were in pain, you needed help. You needed someone to tear the Void Heart away, and yet everyone treated you like a monster. I know you were better than that. If I had stayed, I could've helped you. I could've found a way to free you from his grasp. Ten years, and I wasted it all. You can let go now, my friend.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=SlateGray][b]"Lyss"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Burns[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7zJYUtk.png[/img]

[sup][i]"We're much safer with you on our side. Thank you for coming back."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Your army held back the tide of apparitions long enough for us to take back the city, and we were never outnumbered thanks to you. I don't blame you for leaving once we were finished. I feel safer, knowing we have someone with us who can raise the dead once again.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=CD5C5C][b]Linqian[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Han[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/1o7sydk.png[/img]

[sup][i]"I owed both of you my life. You weren't as hated back then as you think."[/i][/sup]
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Without you, the Stygian Snake wouldn't have been sealed away. That was your achievement. Not Jinhai's, yours. You were crucial to our success, and you were never in his shadow. I respect you for what you've done. And if I find Father Wolf before you, I will drag him to your doorstep, kicking and screaming. You'll be the first to know.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=6B8E23][b]Luca[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Oliviera[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/w5vRg9v.png[/img]

[sup][i]”I will find a way to rip that thing away from you, if it kills me."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]You never asked for this. How much suffering did you endure through all these years? You were always a kind friend to us all, and no one can rightfully blame you for the hate you felt. I didn't cause this, but you are my friend. I will find a way to sever the Rot from you so that you can live your life in peace. There is always a way. I can tear open holes in reality without a passing thought, I can get rid of an apparition.[/cell][/row] 

[row][cell][h3][color=DE198A][b]Tayla[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Choi[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Y2NoC6c.png[/img]

[sup][i]"This doesn’t have to be your fight. It isn’t fair to you."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]You severed your Lux and left because you wanted nothing to do with us. Your life was more important to you, as it should be. I don't think I can say anything to you that would make you feel comfortable around us after everything you've experienced, but you were one of us once. That is enough justification to come to your aid, should you need it.[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][color=FFC1CC][b]"Edict"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Devola[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/EWBD7FA.png[/img]

[sup][i]”Every snake has its fangs."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]I still have a few of those books you "acquired" from the old days. You did what you had to do for all of us. You might be fickle, but we owe you for your contributions. I have very little that you could steal, so it costs me nothing to associate with you. Just refrain from using that magic of yours, because I [i]will[/i] know if you try.[/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h3][color=lightblue][b]Clancy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Patrick[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/9TAdKEN.png[/img]

[sup][i]"What did Ashley Stone tell him of us?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]I don't know you, but you knew Ashley. Perhaps fate brought us together to avenge her as one. I wonder where you'll go once we've seen this through. You're clever to have made it this far, and very dangerous. I hope you truly are on our side.[/cell][/row]


[row][cell][h3][color=goldenrod][b]"Sully"[color=2e2c2c].[/color]McPherson[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Sp7PIxV.png[/img]

[sup][i]"Perhaps I should have joined more of your gatherings, back then. If we survive this, I’ll drink you under the table."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]I don't know how long we would have all stayed together, if it weren't for you. You're the sun to an endless night, Sully. The Chalice saved our lives so many times, I've lost count. I was often too busy studying and plotting escape routes to join you, and I regret not bonding with you more. I hope that bridge hasn't been burned.[/cell][/row]


[row][cell][h3][color=FFC1CC][b]Leon[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Richoux[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/FSxFXhZ.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You eased her pain, by being there when I abandoned you all. Thank you."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]I want to hate you. I want to cave your skull inwards, and hang you from the highest point of your Temple by your intestines. And yet, I cannot bring myself to. Your cult worships the Void Heart, the very thing that plagued Alizee for so long, but you were [i]here[/i] for her. I left her to fend for herself, left [i]all of you[/i] to settle things without me. I believe she was happier, knowing at least one of us was by her side. You did more for her in my absence than I could have done for anybody in the decade that I spent away from Shimmer.

And for that, I can forgive you.
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[row][cell][h3][color=9966CC][b]Anya[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Baksh[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/VvitzLT.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You are still welcome in my dreams, if you can mind the horrors."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]How many times did you laugh silently as I almost fell into the Pit, trying to open a door to the Void? I'm glad you are still alive, my friend. I have discovered [i]countless[/i] spells that you'll be thrilled to learn. My channeler, the spellbook I kept close? I have still never reached the last page. I wonder what you'll think of the spell I'm trying to develop now...

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[row][cell][h3][color=fd8a6c][b]Adora[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Phoenix-Prescott[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/eL8NcDg.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You are more than the power in those rings. The Trinity did not make you a beacon of hope in our darkest days, and yet we looked to you for strength."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]Let me tell you something about the paranormal, Adora. It can move mountains, raise legions of corpses from the cold sleep of death, and take us to places no human being was meant to witness. And yet, it did not make you who you are. Your magic bludgeoned a demigod, but [i]you[/i] set an example for the rest of us. I know that Lisa died proud of your actions, you deserve to forgive yourself. There is more to your story, and you need only to turn the page.[/cell][/row]
[row][cell][h3][color=7ABBFF][b]Layla[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hyacinthus[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/N7lXXfC.png[/img]

[sup][i]"You will understand, some day."[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]If they lay so much as a finger on you with the [i]feintest trace of ill intent,[/i] I will scatter their ashes across the All-Verse and make all the Lux Ancestors tremble in fear. I will [i]not[/i] let you suffer the same fate as Alizee, and no one in this godforsaken reality will stop me. Not even you.[/cell][/row]


[row][cell][h3][color=Silver][b]Sloane[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Faris[/b][/color][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MoGapjb.png[/img]

[sup][i]“Would you believe me if I told you just how often I dwell on what could have been?"[/i][/sup]
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[color=2e2c2c]...................................................................[/color][/cell][cell]I always wanted to protect St. Portwell, I [i]always[/i] wanted to push the coven in the direction of a lasting entity that kept people safe from the nightmares we fought. I tried to make the coven work, and so did you. But one day, I came to the bitter, dejected conclusion that there coven no longer existed. We were different after we no longer had a world to save. You remember it as well as I do, don't you? You were all my family, I had a purpose because of the coven, and yet it didn't last. I have the utmost respect for what you've done in the last decade, because you did what I could not.

One day, we will have vengeance for our slain friends. When that day comes, you won't be the only one who protects people from the paranormal. Hold me to that.[/cell][/row]

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