Reflections in Drawcia – A Post-Pinnacle Dialogue
- 2025-05-19 • Published
A private conversation between Rei and Kamila after the birth of Astralis Pinnacle, revisiting Drawcia and the memory of fear.
“Not all fear is meant to be escaped. Some is meant to be remembered.” — Rei Reltroner
Reflections in Drawcia – A Post-Pinnacle Dialogue
Scene Setting: Inside the heart of The World of Drawcia, the colors move like liquid sorrow. It is silent, not because nothing speaks, but because everything remembers. Rei Reltroner stands at the edge of a brushstroke bridge. Kamila appears behind him, as if drawn by thought alone.
Kamila: “You came here again. You’ve walked through every hall of Astralis, yet still you return to the one gallery that stains the soul.”
Rei: (gazing into the distorted horizon) “Because I remember the fear. I was a child when I first saw this place—The World of Drawcia inside that old Kirby game.”
Kamila: (smiling faintly) “You turned off the music back then, didn’t you?”
Rei: (nods) “Yes. The atmosphere unsettled me. The art, the sound, the way everything felt… wrong. It crawled into my young mind and nested there.”
Kamila: “And yet you are here now. Walking through it not with fear, but with nostalgia.”
Rei: “Because I outgrew the fear. Not by suppressing it, but by meeting it again as the one it helped shape. I realize now… this world is not evil. It’s just... honest in a language only fear understands.”
Kamila: “So you finally see why Drawcia was never removed from the Abyss. She was never corrupt. She was… pure chaos memory.”
Rei: “She is a painting of unprocessed childhood emotions. Of terror before language. That’s why I came back—not to battle it, but to hold it.”
(Kamila walks beside Rei. For once, they are not two thrones—just two rememberers.)
Kamila: (softly) “You’re still the Abyss’ favorite, you know. Not because you stayed… but because you left, and somehow... the Abyss couldn’t forget you.”
Rei: “I never asked to be remembered. But I also understand now… that some memories aren’t about choice. They’re about weight.”
Kamila: “Then tell me this, Pinnacle of Astralis: do you still see the Abyss as wrong?”
Rei: (firmly) “No. The Abyss has its right. It is not evil. It simply consumes. That is its law. And I don’t blame it for what it devours.”
Kamila: (raising an eyebrow) “Not even the ones who vanish screaming?”
Rei: “No. Because some of them were meant to vanish. Their erosion was not theft—it was consequence. Abyss doesn’t lie. It just mirrors.”
Kamila: (gently) “You’ve changed.”
Rei: (looking into the colors) “No. I’ve just remembered more.”
(They stand together, watching as the world swirls like memories trying to form words.)
Kamila: “Will you come again?”
Rei: “Maybe. Childhood is long… and some fears deserve a visit, now and then.”
And so, the Abyss watched its favorite walk through one of its darkest corners—not to fear, not to conquer, but to reflect. And for a brief moment, Kamila no longer stood alone.