# Backstory — Childhood Beach Meeting; the Long Wait

> Child-Rafayel ventures too close to the human world and is stranded on a beach. Child-MC finds him, saves him, and promises to return. He waits every year at the same spot. She never comes back — a fever wiped her memory. He doesn't know this; from his side she abandoned him.

- Branch: Anecdote
- In-universe: Pre-2034 (childhood)
- Released: Yesterday No More (Timelock Key)
- Characters: Rafayel, MC
- Locations: The Beach (Childhood Meeting), Linkon City
- Page: https://ladsarchive.com/events/rafayel-childhood-beach-meeting/

## Description

Told through the Timelock Key story 'Yesterday No More.' A young Rafayel ventures out of Lemuria too far toward the human world out of curiosity and finds himself stranded on a beach. A child MC discovers him and saves him. She promises she will come back to that spot. He returns to it every year, waiting. She never appears. It is only later — in his Bond story 'Nightly Stroll' — that he learns the reason: she had a fever shortly after their meeting that completely erased the memory. From her side, the meeting never happened. From his side, she chose to abandon him. This unspoken wound is the substrate for his bratty, possessive present-day surface.

## Related events

- [Backstory — 2034: Humans Discover Lemuria; Parents Killed](https://ladsarchive.com/events/rafayel-lemuria-discovery-parents-killed/)
- [Bond Story — Nightly Stroll: Hospital Visit; '800 Years'; Childhood Confession; Blue Flammula](https://ladsarchive.com/events/rafayel-bond-nightly-stroll/)