-=[Hier Encore]=-
The song Hier encore of Charles Aznavour played in the background
Hier encore, j'avais 20 ans. Je caressais le temps et jouais de la vie. [...] Sans compter sur mes jours qui fuyaient dans le temps.
Alastair Anchor would sit down on his bed, listening to his music. He just arrived to this new site. He felt weird. Not because of the snow. Not because of the weather. Not because of the site. He felt guilt. He left behind him his whole life. He left his old site. He left his old buddies. He left Epsilon-6. He left her . He left his loved one. He left Katrina.
J'ai fondé tant d'espoirs qui se sont envolés. Que je reste perdu, ne sachant où aller. Les yeux cherchant le ciel mais le coeur mis en terre.
Alastair remembered his old day as an E6 2LT. All the times where he could help out friends and foes, trying to build hopes for a better world. But for whatever reason, he still was transferred. He was transferred to this site and couldn't keep his rank. He had to start back in General security. How come could he lose all of this in such a sort time. How come could his life change to the worst. That was what he was wondering, what he was asking to himself. Maybe it was all a mistake? Joining Foundation? No, no it couldn't. It was for his brother. To find him, to help him. To find Zachariah Je gaspillais le temps en croyant l'arrêter. Et pour le retenir, même, le devancer. [...] Mais j'ai perdu mon temps à faire des folies
Anchor wondered if he went to quick, decided without thinking about others. What if Katrina needed him? What if Zach was still alive and needed his help. What if... What if. He would shake his head thinking: "No... I did everything that's correct. More than 50% of my pay goes to her and we don't have a kid yet. I know she'll be fine. I need to find Zach, to know if he his still alive. I have to." He would look down, still confused on what to think. After a bit, he would take a deep breath. He would take the book he found yesterday and start reading it. He would think again: "I'll have time to think this trough."
Et j'ai gâché ma vie et mes jeunes années. Du meilleur et du pire, en jettant le meilleur. [...] Où sont-ils à présent? À présent, mes 20 ans?
-=[That's Life]=-
The song of That's Life by Frank Sinatra would start playing in Anchors earphones
That's life (that's life). That's what all the people say
Alastair would be sitting down in the aquarium as he always does. Enjoying the calmness to answer his multiple questions. What is freedom, how can one achieve it. What is life, what was the meaning of it. What is the human mind, how it works. Even tho all of theses questions, Anchor couldn't stop thinking about the one H gave him. What makes a thing, an action or decision, right or wrong, good or bad.
I said that's life (that's life). [...] 'Cause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' around
Anchor couldn't answer, as always. He just looked at the fishes, wondering if they also questioned their existences, questioned their views. All of theses questions will never have an answer, just maybes. Each time repeating themself until one goes crazy, until one discover the true meaning of it. That's life (that's life). I tell you, I can't deny it. I thought of quitting, baby
What if their was no real answers to it, what if their were just made to confuse, to give a false sense of hope. Alastair would shake his head, this wasn't possible, it couldn't be. There was an answer, there was an end. He would continue to think, like he was a prisoner of his own mind, of his own thoughts. Wasting his life to answer these questions, forgetting what real life was.
I've been up and down and over and out. And I know one thing. [...] I just pick myself up and get. Back in the race
Alastair would snap out of this, remembering that this wasn't why he was there. He needed to find his brother, find a clue at least. He knew he was still alive. He know he would help him, help him from his questioning. He was the true answer.
That's life (that's life). That's life and I can't deny it.
The song would end and Anchor would still be sitting at the aquarium, this time crossing his arms, trying to get an idea from where he can get his clues. Thinking about his multiple questions. He once again was prisoner to himself.
-=[I don't Want To Set The World On Fire]=-
The song I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire by The Ink Spots would start to play in Anchor's earphone
"I don't want to set the owrld on fire. [...] In my heart I have but one desire"
Anchor would be sitting in Aquarium, as always. This time, his mind would think of the future, of questions, of doubt but in nostalgia. He finally made it back to where he was betrayed, back to a SGT. Memories flooded his mind, his camarade, his friends, his enemies, all of the time he spent helping others, all the time he wished for a better world. He would pinch his nose, trying to hold tears, making his monocle fall down, only being held by the chain.
"I've lost all ambition. All worldly claim. [...] I'll have reached the goal that I'm dreaming, oh, believe me."
He would take a deep breath, trying to gain back his sense. He would look for once not a the fish but at the floor. He was scared. Scared to do the same mistake that could have cost him his life, that made everyone turn its back on him. He was scared to once again loose all his friend, to loose what the only thing that could make him feel alive again. The only thing that makes him stop thinking about his brother, about his mother. The rank of Sergeant, the rank where he lost everything. He couldn't let this happen again.
"I don't want to set the world on fire."
Anchor grab his monocle again, placing it back infront of his left eye. He would then stand up, leaving aquarium. Walking towards EZ. He would go first to the garden, trying to find another black rose for Katrina but failed to do so. He would pull out his from his book, admiring it. He wondered how is it the only one. He wondered if he could find something like that again, something that he would protect with his life. He would then notice the person starring at the ceiling. Anchor would approach them, sitting down in front of them.*
"Are you alright?"
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// Hey guys! So here is some fun fact about Anchor's character and some other fun fact from other characters mentioned in this DCB. Lets start shall we?
The first time the name Alastair Anchor popped up was in a Roblox game called World of Magic (now Arcane Odyssey). It was a game I used to grind a lot when I was younger. Due to this, Anchor became my OC, where I slowly built a story to him, a world to him.
Upon some years after his creation, I bought Gmod and joined my first RP server. Of course, Anchor had already got a story with him. The logical choice was to use him. He then became a second life for me. A way to enjoy another world and talking to people. He was first PK after a defection, something that to this day I regret doing.
Now I go could for hours, transforming this section into a nostalgia one but I feel like I have to let this Anchor go.