October 25th, 202X
> Gabriel’s dead.
WHAT?
> We believed him to be under the care of the Visitor——all signs pointed to that being the case——but take a look at the Pluto made it so that that'd happen a year after it was meant to. The he was in has evaporated.
. . .
> Gabriel Schwarze is dead. The only remnants I can find are pieces of his corpse—not enough to reanimate him, and certainly not enough to contain the breadth of Limit.
HOW DID WE MISS THIS?
> Well, the easy answer is that we were still preoccupied with the χ-blade when Oparu Giga went on her voyage, then when Era 4 happened, we were too preoccupied with dealing with its happenings, and then finally the Ocean vanished and we've been busy since.
> Somewhere in the middle of there, Pluto gave herself a sandwich. That sandwich had to come from somewhere. Just our luck, it was one from Gabriel’s cloud. It vanishes, sets a chain of events into motion—offset by a few years. We never notice the difference.
> That's the easy answer. The harder answer is that we’re fucking stupid.
WELL. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, TO SAY THE LEAST.
> To say the fucking least.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
> I've been thinking.
> Obviously, we have to find a new vessel.
> But who?
HM.
LET'S RETRACE OUR STEPS.