“Exactly Cyrus. Orb is at risk of getting his personality erased, just like me.”
“That's why you're strange?”
Spinning around, Atanta says, “Oh there is nothing strange about me, this is how I usually am Cyrus. But my body is always uhe intense influence of that FUG MAGGOT!”
Stopping her daanta's empty face fills with furry as she says, “Because of his influence I am always having sex left and right, it is essentially all my mind ever think about, he makes me touch all of those gross human bodies, and everything that es out of my mouth is so crude, yet for some reason that piece of shit sun god thinks it’s elegant.
And it is never any good men, I want a man with a giant ass, but that bastard only ever goes for the men with the most muscles, I swear if I ever get the ce, I will rip his stupid little head off.”
“Are you o-o-o-o-ok?”
Calming down she says, “But whatever I ’t do anything about it. I will just get over it. So, in summation, this is the reason why I look different, and also this is the reason why I was looking for resear the underground, I thought I might be able to find some way to undo this, but it was to no avail.”
“But how are you n-n-n-n-normal now?”
“I reached an agreement with Ahmed and allowed him to see some of my memories in exge for him trying to bind my legacy with his s. And it worked a bit as you see, but it is slowly ing bad soon Atanta supernova will disappear yet again.” Laying with her back against the baly rails she says, “And there is nothing I do about it.”
Sitting down and looking over the city, I say, “Maybe it will be good for me to be taken o-o-o-o-over.”
“Cyrus.”
“I a-a-a-a-am no good, so if I became mo-o-o-o-ore like my legacy I might be a-a-a-a-able to actually do-o-o-o-o something with my wor-r-r-r-r-rthless life. Beca-a-a-a-ause as I am I don’t even know why I am alive.”
“Hey Cyrus, the person you see in front of you will soon be dead, then her body will be puppeteered by someone she hates until the death of her flesh, and that very fact caused me untold despair.
But I decided that the girl is still alive, so why don’t I engrave her image in the lives of people who she cares about. So, I set out to look for such people, those who would remember the girl who would die, and I think I found them.”
A group of kind, shy, stupid, and fun people who I ugh and fight with, people who will surely remember me.”
Walking up to me she paths my head, and says, “Both of us have made mistakes that have cost us greatly, but the past ’t be rewritten so all we do is move towards the future, so Cyrus think carefully about what you want and walk towards it.”
“Atanta,” I say staring at her face, but I see a sick expression appear on her face, so I say, “Are you ok!!?”
“Well, you’re part lizard so I thought toug you would work, but I feel like I am going to pass out.”
Walking away, Atanta throws something back at me, catg it I see it is my horn. “I found that after the battle, oh and another little titbit. If you died, I would be super sad.”
As Atanta walks away, I grab my horn and hold it up to my face.
-Break-
Opening Orb's door, I walk in to see Orb struggling on the bed with Suzuka's tails over him. So, I kneel beside both of them and hold my body over them both then whisper, “I promise f-f-f-from th-h-h-hhis point on I will never allow any suffering to e to any of you guys, I will get strong and make sure no one I love will ever die again. So please Orb wake up.”
-Break-
Feeling something weird against my tail, I twitch it, and then I hear, “Oh how wonderful this is.”
Reizing the voice I open my eyes, to see Orb holding both mine and Suzuka’s tail against his face. “Good m Cyrus, how are you doing!”
With tears filling my eyes, I say, “Oaaaaarob.”
“Don’t butcher my name like that Cyrus!”
Across the bed from me, Suzuka wakes up and says, “You’re awake!”
tinuing to rub our tails against his face, Orb says, “Well of course I am Suzuka when people sleep, they wake up.”
“No, you idiot, you were asleep for 6 months!”
“NOOOOOOO! That means I have missed 543 meals, oh why God have you dohis to me.”
“IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT.”
“Of course, I am, you don’t know the struggles of a man who was forced to eat the same tasteless burning fruits for 14 years, you idiot.”
“You’re the idiot!”
As Orb and Suzuka tio call each other idiots, I say, with my eyes watering, “O-O-O-O-O-Orb you-u-u-u-u-u’re a-wake.”
“Please don’t cry Cyrus, you’re w me more than anything else.”
“But Orb, how are you awake?”
“Well, it looks like you and Cyrus slept beside me st night. So, my theory is that sleeping in such close proximity to two beautiful people gave my body all the energy it o wake up.”
Blushing Suzuka hide her face with her mask and says, “DON’T CALL ME BEAUTIFUL BASTARD.”
Rubbiails more, Orb says, “I refuse!!!!”
“Why?”
“BECAUSE I WILL TELL NO LIES HERE!”
Shyly taking off her mask Suzuka says, “Well if you have to tinue.”
“Wow, you really are easy Suzuka. Fling you a few pliments and you immediately bee putty in my hands.”
Putting on her mask, Suzuka says, “I will kill you!!!”
As they tio fight Orb says, “It was a joke, please stop, IT WAS A JOKE!!”
Grabbing Suzuka, Orb says, “I tell from the softness I have been feeling that you have been by my side nursing me back to health, thank you so much Suzuka you really are the best.”
“You mean it?”
Hugging her, he says, “Of course.” Under his breath, he mutters, “So easy.”
“I HEARD THAT!!”
As the two of them fight I just ugh with a smile on my face.
-Break-
Φ Feeding Anto and Mime snacks by my bedside, I sit up as Avram tinues his long expnation, and when he finishes, I say, “I uand the situation, sorry I put you guys out for so long.”
Beside me, Iancu says, “Instead of an apology give me some money for all my effort. Not to mention the sun in this try made a vampire like me feel like I was dying, so I need more money for my pain and suffering.”
“Ehhhh, but didn’t you do this out of your utter love for me.”
With fierce eyes, he says, “I have no such thing for you.”
Suzuka says, “He is lying! When we were taking care of you, he was super attentive like you were his own child.”
“NO, I WASN’T!”
Mog him I say, “You would do that for me, aww you big softy.”
Embarrassed, Iancu says, “THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED YOU DUMB FOX!”
“SAY THAT AGAIN!”
Breaking up their fight, I say, “Well thank you all anyways, those who cared for me, and for those like Anto who fought with me.”
“I did a lot of work too Orb!” Mime says.
“I know you did Mime,” I say as I give her another sweat.
Walking into the room, Elia says, “Mime what did I say about eating more than a set amount of ser day.”
Hiding behind my back, Mime says, “Save me Orb, that girl is the devil!”
“Why?”
“You don’t know what she did to me.” Shaking Mime says, “Never again, never again.”
Staring at Elia with fused eyes, she says, “Don’t worry about that overdramatic brat, I just thought her some manners. Now e here your b the patient.”
Almost as if she is a trained dog, Mime gets up and walks towards Elia. “Good girl.”
Anto getting up as well, says, “What do you want to do Orb?”
“Well, I think the first thing to do is to head baaple and Willow. 6 months without any tact is really bad, they must be freaking the hell out. So, everyone go get prepared to leave immediately. Also please get out because I o get ged.”
In my p, Anto looks at with me weird eyes and says, “Your not actually a girl?”
“No, I just don’t want everyoaring at my naked body, so scram!!!”
“Ok, ok.”
After I say this everyone who was in the room leaves. Then moments ter I try to get up and begin to walk shakily.
With tears falling from my eyes, I say, “It still hurts, so much. I feel like I could pass out any sed.”
As I try to walk towards where my clothes are the pain makes me feel more and more nauseous to the point where I feel like I am about to pass out just existing.
Uo hold my bany longer I trip and fall, but before I hit the ground, I am caught by Avram.
Holding me, he says, “Don’t be an idiot.”
“Why did you e back?”
“Are you fetting I am a vampire; I could hear your heartbeat going crazy from pain. You really did a good job pretending you weren’t in trouble.”
“I have already made everyone worry for me for 6 months I ’t allow them to do so any longer. But could you leave now because I have a lot to do?”
“If you ’t move you should rest.”
“Sorry, but I o get moving. I have no idea of the situation of the people ba the tunnels so I o get back, and the kids from Skydust have been living in this city for 6 months I o help them as well. I still have lots of other things to get done as well so waiting is not an option.”
“Are you serious?”
“Of course, I am. I also have to apologize for keeping you hear for 6 months, you po return to your home try, and I deyed you.”
Sighing Avram whispers, “Damn you Captivant. Listen here you stupid child I am not going anywhere!”
“What do you mean?”
“Captivant asked me to look out for you so I will, I am not going anywhere. I go to Blestemate whenever, so I have decided to stay with you guys.”
“But!”
“No buts, I have decided this out of my own free will so accept it and say thank you.”
Φ Looking down at Orb, I see him make a smile and say, “Thank you.”
Φ As Avram helps me bay own two feet, he asks, “How did you even wake up?”
“I don’t know, but I do remember feeling the pain subside.”
“Doesn’t look like it subsided at all.”
“Maybe that was a bad way to put it, it is like my pain tolerance raised like I was once exposed to pain this bad before a how to deal with it.”
“Must be arahing you legacies have. Truly a god-given power.”
“Or maybe it was this bracelet I had on when I woke up.”
“Oh, that was made by Raqiue, she stopped by a few times.”
“I got to th-.” Before I finish, I am tackled from my right side by Atanta.
Hugging me, she says, “Oh how I missed you my darling little Orb.”
Her hair is as scarlet as ever, and I think she might be even livelier than before. Sighing I say, “I see you never ge.”
“Of course I don’t, because this body is going to be enjoying the bodies of men until it is old and wrinkly.”
“Stop being so gross, I just woke up!”
“I o get the past 6 months of versation in as soon as possible.”
“Back off, don’t you see I am in pain?”
“Well, all of that pain is your fault. Like in all hoy, you be preachy at times, so if I was Ahmed, I would have cursed the shit out of you so you shut the hell up.”
Shocked for a moment, a smile soon overes my fad Avram says, “Now you have do.”
fused Atanta says, “Did what?”
With the bay heel, I hit Atanta directly into her temple. Letting out a scream Atanta says, “O YOU HIT ME!”
“IT IS WHAT YOU DESERVE.”
-Break-
Bowing I say to Scheherazade, Adi, and Easifatan. “Thank you all so much, if it wasn’t for your help, I would have never gotteer and all my friends would have starved.”
“Don’t worry about it, our king ordered us to do so.”
“I am also sorry for how hard I hit you!”
“It is alright, I punch you a few times in your sleep as revenge.”
Raising my head, I say, “But are you guys going to be, ok?”
“I see they informed you of our current crisis.”
“Yes, the fact that the protective sandstorm around the try has disappeared. Apparently, during our battle, it started to fade aually disappeared.”
“And now the thing keeping most fn powers away from us is gone.”
“Do all of you guys want to e with me, I am sure I ke-.”
Adi says, “Stop there. Sorry abandoning this try is something none of its citizens will ever do.”
“Our king has done far too much for us to ever leave.”
“So, we will protect it until he es back, and besides you have done enough.”
“What do you mean?”
“Our king had a sadness inside him for a long time that nothing couldn’t be erased, but thanks to you I think he finally start smiling truly now. For that, you have our thanks.”
“I see.”
Walking up to my face, Easifatan says, “Helix battle arts.”
“What?”
“That’s the name of my grandpa's fighting style, you best remember it or my grandpa will haunt you until the day you die.
“I promise I will!”
Seeing something staring at me from behind a house in my peripheral, I dash over to the er of the house and say, “Raqiue.”
Looking at me she bows and says, “Thank you Orb.”
The face she makes is lifeless and her eyes are swollen almost as if she had been g retly.
Getting on one knee, I ask Raqiue, “Would you like to e with me?”
“Huh.”
“You might be lonely by yourself, so would you like to e with me.”
Stuttering Raqiue says, “N-N-N-N-N-No, if I leave him all alone, I think Baba may be lonely.”
“I see Raqiue, but you gave me a gift so let me give one back to you.” Taking my scarf from Skydust off I it around her and say, “This is made by an old woman with a lot of warmth, so if you ever get cold at night use it to keep you warm.”
“Orb.”
“Yes, Raqiue.”
With tears, she asks me, “Am I a good girl? Because if I am one such why would Baba leave.”
Huggiight, I say, “Of course, you are, more so than you ever could know. I don’t have all the answers but one day iure you will meet your parents again and when you do show them how amazing you are ok.”
“Ok.”
“If you ever need anything, just e look for me.”
As she nods her head up and down, I run off and wave towards all of them, “GOODBYE, ime we meet why don’t we all have a meal!”
They all wave goodbye towards me, and with all of the people currently with me, we head towards the ship.
-Break-
ti: Terrafide
Location: ?
Φ I don’t know what to do or how to live from now on, the principles I lived by are gone. But I do know that if I walk this path correctly, I might be able to break free from the hole that devours my soul, and because of that it might take a while for me to return. “Scheherazade, Adi, Easifatan be safe, and Paribanou I hope you’re ok.”
As Katk nds on my head, I tio walk and say, “It is just you and me again.”
Name: Raqiue Grandsm
Age: 5
Birthday: Aries 6th
Hair: Sliver
Eyes: Pink
Height: 110 cm
Description: The daughter of Yamal and Tarina Grandsm, she is a kind attentive young girl who cares for both her parents with all her heart. She is incredibly brilliant for her age much like Orb and is as adorable as her mother.
