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Update 11/01 - I've decided to move my story thread to this forum. Hopefully it'll make it easier to find!
Update 11/01 - The situation now is that my internet connection is not working properly, but at least I'm able to connect to internet briefly to post my writings. I have a lot chapters done during my off time, but I'll still be slowly releasing them once or twice weekly. (Editors are hard to find...) I won't be able to reply to your posts, but hopefully I can try often enough.
Update 15/01 - Well I was hoping my situation would be fixed today but apparently not. Maybe the next few days then...
Big disclaimer: As of January patch (Snowmen event), a lot of canon lore information had been updated. Any characters established previous to the update will remained to be so, however newer introductions in the story of lore and canon will adjust to the new lore (minor details such as hometown, date of births). Hope this will not deter your following of the story!
~*MASTERPOST*~
The Chronicles of Titans
[0.0] Introduction
Life of Cybella
[1.1] Entry 1
[1.2] Entry 2
[1.3.1] Entry 3, Part I
[1.3.2] Entry 3, Part II
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[UPDATE! 15th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
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Re: [UPDATE 11th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
Please read disclaimer in master post!
This entry will be slightly long, even split into 2 parts. Hope you'll like it!
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Late October
Cloudy and little Sun
Today was a long day.
I’m writing this beside the campfire we set up tonight. We’re in the woods right now. There was a small village a few miles back but Kane said we should move at night and decided we should camp near the last sighted location. I’m on first watch right now. We’re resting now so we can prepare for a super early rise.
First time camping out and first-watching. It feels like I have to learn how to do things rapidly. Is this what it means to be a true hero? I suppose I have to train to sleep like a soldier as well….
Anyways, Mr. Diary, it’s time to tell you how I ended up camping.
I arrived a bit earlier in the City (also because I want to try the hot porridge. It’s super yum!) because I was a bit nervous. It’s kind of like that time when I moved to a new town, and I didn’t really know what to do when father enrolled me at the classes. But at the same time, it’s quite interesting to look forward to new people. I’m on a mission with Master Kane after all!
I reached the Guild a little bit early and Miss Jenny told me that Master Kane arrived and is upstairs at the waiting room, and that I was to wait for others to arrive. I climbed the stairs to the right (spiral!), past the wall of portraits of the previous Guild Masters.
The waiting room was lavishly decorated with more maroon red carpets and expensive looking furniture. At least the room was lit with lots of sunlight from the balcony. It was definitely less gloomy now, but it still felt like a mansion built for a rich Vampire duke who had too much inheritance to spare.
I was a bit surprised that Master Kane was already there, enjoying tea, next to a rather petite girl with a high pitched voice.
“...and they’re still making me stay on patrol duty. I’ve already been there for a month and haven’t slacked a day! I absolutely deserve to do something better than that.” said the girl.
“They probably think you’re too new and unreliable,” Kane chuckled, “so they just gave you the easy jobs since you can’t handle the big guy stuff.” He made a funny face when he said that.
The girl looked really young, I would guess about the same age as me, or younger. Her hair was a nice shade of strawberry blonde under glimpses of the Sun, which perfectly matched her big, wide, crystal blue eyes. She wore uniform that looked very smart on her, and they looked a bit like those guards near City Square. She tied her hair up in an adorable matching white bow. Her egg-shaped face was very animated most of the time, but I guess she was just agitated or something.
“Not you too?” she pouted, “I swear they’re scared of making me do things because I’m your sister or something. I think need to talk to my Lieutenant again today, I really want to help out at the break-in yesterday… I even insisted I should be on the case after reporting --”
“Hi!” I broke their conversation by their table, and waved at Master Kane, “I’m the girl from yesterday, if you remember me…”
“Oh, it’s you.” said Kane, looking up at me, “You’re early. This is my sister Winry. Winry, this is --”
“I’m Cybella. Nice to meet you! I’m new here!” I extended my hand to his sister, Winry.
“Oh! You’re the new candidate!” she smiled and shook my hand. I was a bit distracted by her bright eyes. “Nice to meet you! I’ve absolutely heard about you from Jenny. I was actually a regular member at Carpe Noctem but I left for the Royal Cavalry. Please, take a seat! Have some tea with us.”
I sat down at the table and she poured me some tea (“2 sugars please!”) We chatted, and they were generally asking about me, where I’m from and stuff. She seemed quite cheerful and energetic.
“So you’re replacing me, right?” questioned Winry.
“Winry is actually the youngest member of the Guild in history,” he beamed proudly, “But instead of the free and adventurous lifestyle at the Guild, she chose to be a slave at the castle, and leave me and my old bones by myself, lonely and cold and unable to see her come home…”
If it wasn’t his deep velvety voice, I would’ve stabbed him with an arrow.
“Because I’m not like you, Valiant Master Kane. I don’t want to forever be Master Kane’s little sister.” she proclaimed proudly, “And I want to help more people, not just escort rich fat nobles and mysterious treasure hunts, I want to bring justice to the world!”
That actually impressed me. I somehow wonder if I shouldn’t be an adventurer?
“But I only want to be with you~ My dearest sister!” he tried to reach across to Winry, but not before she delivered a punch to his face.
“Get off me!” she pushed him away, “Sorry, my brother is a little exaggerated at times, he’s quite embarrassing.”
“Oh my God, don’t be sorry to me. I’m actually more sorry for you to have such a brother.” I don’t know why, but I had an instinct, and tested the water.
Winry looked at me, visibly confused. I stared at her with my straightest face ever. I thought maybe I shouldn’t have done that… Oh dear.
“Oh my God, I’m sorry I’m just --” Then she broke into a laughter.
“Hahaha! I know right?” she roared, “Who would believe that somebody as cute as I am would have such a loser big brother?”
I actually couldn’t believe she took it, I was so relieved. Or else I’d be SCREWED!
“Winry! That’s not nice…! I’m the great Valiant, Master Kane Reinholt, Royal Huntsman, Grand Master of Rangers, Sharpshooting, Gunslinging, the Royal Times’ Most Eligible Bachelor in Arathos --”
“Blah-blah-blah. Yes, yes, you’re the greatest ever.” Winry brushed him aside, “You see what I mean?”
My eyes were watering with laughter.
The seating at the balcony was pleasantly comfortable. The roof shaded us from the Sun, albeit it was quite weak these few days. It also overlooked towards the center of the City -- I could see the Castle and its flag flying at a distance, the streets bustling as usual, and many vendors shouting for business. Ahh, it actually made me want to move here, I like lively places and I don’t mind the crowds that much. City life sounds so great right now...
A few moments later, 2 more young guys came through the waiting room. They looked familiar -- a shy white haired boy, dressed in conservative robes, and a studious looking boy with ginger hair, wearing a gnarly smile. I vaguely recognised the ginger boy. Were they at the Inn the other day? I swear I saw a ginger haired boy.
“Hey, Kane. Hi Winry!” the orange one greeted them first. “Good morning.”
He was quite tall, perhaps matching Kane. His robes draped on him quite comfortably over his wide shoulder. His posture was straight, perhaps due to all the heavy books he was carrying. He looked tired, but quite handsome. His hair definitely made him stand out in a crowd, and overall, it brightened up his face. His stare was rather cold, but his expression doesn’t suggest so. I’m not sure how I feel about him.
“Good morning.” the timid one followed. He wore a warm smile and looked kinder compared to his friend. He also wore robes, but he looked more like a student from the Church, rather than a mage. He sounded rather soft but not shy. He was only a bit taller than me, and overall not very intimidating. Everything sort of made you feel comfortable around him.
“Zedd! Luthor!” Winry jumped. “Aw, it’s so nice to see you guys again. Makes me miss going on hunts…”
“That’s why you should just come back to me.” said Kane.
“What about Cybella then?” she shrugged and stood up, “It’s late. I have to go now. Sorry I can’t stay… But be safe, okay, you guys?”
“We just got here and you have to go…” the white haired boy seemed a bit disappointed. (Oooh?)
“I know, I’m sorry Luthor, I’ll drop by, I promise, okay? Take care!”
Winry gave her brother a big hug (and a punch to the face when he tried to kiss her cheeks) and went off to her duties.
“She grows up so fast…” he dramatically proclaimed, “She used to say she wanted to be my bride.”
The ginger-haired one chuckled a little at the drama king, and turned to me, “You are the new girl?”
“Uhm, yes.” I nodded and reached out my hand and shook both of them, “Nice to meet you, I’m Cybella.”
“Pleasure’s mine. I’m Zedd, I specialise in Magic.” He flashed his white teeth at me. His hands were firm, and he spoke really quickly, but not without a certain vigor, “This is Luthor, he our Healer for this mission. Hey, Kane, where’s Ralph?”
Kane rose, straightened up, and gestured us to follow him, “Let’s move to the meeting room. Ralph had some errands to run this morning, we will meet him up before we head out of town.”
“I hate mornings…” Kane yawned. We moved down the hall, and entered the room via the huge heavy mahogany doors. The room was very spacey, but dark, not unlike the lobby. In the middle of it stood a huge white oval table, with similar mahogany chairs.
I took a seat next to Luthor, not sure what to expect (also sidenote, Luthor smells nice). Everyone had their serious face on. Zedd dropped a few more documents and books on the table (where did they materialise from anyway?), and proceeded towards the blackboard behind him.
“So what did you find?” said Kane, as he put his legs on the table, he probably thought he was a boss. Rude.
“It’s pretty difficult to find anything about it. What I did find is that the target has wings, and definitely capable of flight. It might have a group of minions, a witness mentioned. And a few other new reports. We need a more elaborate plan than just shooting it down --”
“I figured that out pretty much. That’s why I had Ralph get us some equipment. Can you pass me the map?”
Zedd rummaged and handed him a map of Stonegrasp. Kane shuffled through the documents and found a note, and he roughly drew the area of our destination from the map while telling us what he thought.
“According to the reports, there have been sightings of them near here, -” he crossed out a few spots on the board, “- here, and there. They seem to coincide around rivers and lakes, where there’s water. I think our best chance to spot them is to gain a high ground.”
Oh, that made sense.
“We could technically set traps and be defensive, to wait them out. What we don’t know is their weakness and how strong they are until we engage, so even if we catch them there might we likely wouldn’t keep them trapped.” said Kane.
The way they strategised made me think I was miles behind, because all the experience I had was catching deers and shooting birds. I underestimated this.
“A witness on this report says,” Luthor mentioned, “before he was attacked, he saw a young woman laid by the river looking like she was dying. He only approached to try to help, then he fainted and woke up the next morning. Could the target be a Mystic? A shapeshifter?”
“A Mystic can’t fly. Unless you’re Kiera Wildheart.” said Zedd.
“She can mostly levitate, and manipulate gravity and air to fly, but only for a very limited time. Besides, Kiera is away from the Capital for her personal business, she probably wasn’t going around, terrifying men and scaring children.”
Zedd looked cynical, but complied, “It could be a person, just saying.”
“I guess we will only have more information when we reach the village. Moving on… Stonegrasp is too far from here by foot, but travelling by Drakes would announce our presence. I think we’ll be old school and go on horses.”
I was really disappointed. I was so looking forward to riding Mecha Drakes too! I’ve been on horses and it wasn’t a splendid experience.
“Agreed. Luckily some members just came back today, and we can get going as soon as we want.”
“Excellent.” Kane and Zedd continued to work out on the details. Boringggg, because I couldn’t really add anything other than listen to instructions and wait.
After we finish the meeting, we headed downstairs to the horses. There was someone lingering at the bulletin board. She dressed rather out of the ordinary, with a big, teal puffy skirt and thigh high boots. She had very elaborate, curly, matching teal twin pigtails. She was looking intently at one of the missing cat notices.
She pouted, “Poor one… Oh, wow, Kane!” Her red eyes widened, and she sounded extremely amazed to see him.
“Eh?” he was slightly taken aback, “What are you doing here?”
“I had to deliver something to the Guild Master.” she said, “You seem like you found our lost cats instead.”
“It’s just a new recruit. Might be my new nominee. Jenny put her up for me.”
“Busy going out with chicks and drinking and smoking, as usual, I see.”
Kane chuckled and shrugged and remained silent.
“When are you going to come to the circus? I’d be happy to see you again.”
“Heh, I’m just kinda busy.” Kane answered, “Anyways I have some work to do, bye.”
“I’m free next week, all week! I’ll come see you again.” she told him, “See ya.”
Weird girl. There’s a circus here, though? Mental note to self: visit the circus soon.
We went out from the front door, and turned left into a long corridor decorated with tall, purple shrubs. Behind the main building, there was a large open training field, and a few people sparring each other. The walls beside the corridor were still high, with white fences.
“Are they ready? We need to take a short trip.” Kane approached.
“Oh, Master Kane! Ol’ whitey is strong and on his prime,” this horse keeping old man was slightly hunched, and had crooked, yellow teeth, looking like they’re about to fall off any second, “his few mates ‘ere wouldn’t be too bad either. Blackey girl here likes ter go with her whitey mate. Ya lookin’ fer long trip, Master Kane?”
“Yeah, maybe 3 days or so.”
“They’ll do. Ol’ me been givin’ them sum malts and apples to keep ‘em happy.” he patted the White horse gently. “They luv me sum apples.”
“Uhm, before we go,” I forgot to tell them, “I can’t ride a horse…”
“That makes both of us!” Luthor echoed.
“They don’t teach you how to ride horses at the Church, Luthor? Kids these days... Might be dangerous, but we’re in a hurry…. Then,” Kane had his hands on his hips, “Zedd, Ralph, and I each take one. Ralph can take one by himself. Zedd?”
“I can go with Luthor, I suppose.”
“You’re with me then.’ Kane told me, and I nodded.
Well that sounded fantastic.
“Tell Ralf to come home a few, well ya, Master Kane?” asked the old man.
“I will, take care.” Kane said, kindly.
Kane heaved, and I clumsily mounted the horse back of the Black one (I’ll never get used to this). The saddle was very tough. Turned out riding a horse is actually a bit harder than it looks. You have to go with the horse by rocking your hips, and not just sitting on a moving thing. I also had to try to sit straight so that my weight comes down to my bottom. I was also told to turn my legs inwards (yes it is very sore now). I felt like I was going to slip anytime. It was already starting to hurt a little. Kane was leading both my horses (a brown one) and Ralph was by the reign on foot. And it was kinda weird, sitting on a warm moving thing. She’s a good girl though, I could tell.
We headed to the direction of the city gates, but took a left turn into an alley to find our last member of Kane and his group boymen. He was bargaining with the merchant.
“Can’t we have those a bit cheaper? You saw how frequent I came here! I’ll have the lot of them at 60 gold, last price.”
“Fine, you can have them at 60.” the merchant lady was defeated.
“Ralph!” Zedd dismounted to help him get our stuff onto Browney. There’s a lot of nets and ropes and heavy sacks. “You got all we need?”
“Morning! Yeah, I think that’s all about it.” Ralph looked like a tough person, with a harsh jaw and face line. He had a head of brown hair (how fitting) and it was parted in the middle. He was also a few inches shorter than Kane. His blue eyes were small and lethal. I was a bit intimidated by him and his armours, but I’m sure he’s a nice guy at least. It’s not the first time I see people in armours, but it has to be so heavy and incredibly inconvenient to move in them? Luckily it wasn’t too hot today.
He looked up at me, and asked, “Are you the new girl?”
“Yeah, I’m Cybella, nice to meet you.” I replied.
“I’m Ralph. Are you new around here? I haven’t seen you around.”
“Yeah, I heard the Capre Noctem has many branches, so I decided to join.”
“Excellent!” He and the few others were helping to load the stuff onto our horse. “I’m sure you’ll be alright here. I’m actually from the Black Kells. But they’re kind enough to grant an exception on Kane’s request.”
Oh, that was the other guild the guard Marco was talking about.
“I’ve heard about them...”
We had a few chats along the way, and headed off South to our destination.
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Part 1 Ends. To be continued.
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This entry will be slightly long, even split into 2 parts. Hope you'll like it!
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Late October
Cloudy and little Sun
Today was a long day.
I’m writing this beside the campfire we set up tonight. We’re in the woods right now. There was a small village a few miles back but Kane said we should move at night and decided we should camp near the last sighted location. I’m on first watch right now. We’re resting now so we can prepare for a super early rise.
First time camping out and first-watching. It feels like I have to learn how to do things rapidly. Is this what it means to be a true hero? I suppose I have to train to sleep like a soldier as well….
Anyways, Mr. Diary, it’s time to tell you how I ended up camping.
I arrived a bit earlier in the City (also because I want to try the hot porridge. It’s super yum!) because I was a bit nervous. It’s kind of like that time when I moved to a new town, and I didn’t really know what to do when father enrolled me at the classes. But at the same time, it’s quite interesting to look forward to new people. I’m on a mission with Master Kane after all!
I reached the Guild a little bit early and Miss Jenny told me that Master Kane arrived and is upstairs at the waiting room, and that I was to wait for others to arrive. I climbed the stairs to the right (spiral!), past the wall of portraits of the previous Guild Masters.
The waiting room was lavishly decorated with more maroon red carpets and expensive looking furniture. At least the room was lit with lots of sunlight from the balcony. It was definitely less gloomy now, but it still felt like a mansion built for a rich Vampire duke who had too much inheritance to spare.
I was a bit surprised that Master Kane was already there, enjoying tea, next to a rather petite girl with a high pitched voice.
“...and they’re still making me stay on patrol duty. I’ve already been there for a month and haven’t slacked a day! I absolutely deserve to do something better than that.” said the girl.
“They probably think you’re too new and unreliable,” Kane chuckled, “so they just gave you the easy jobs since you can’t handle the big guy stuff.” He made a funny face when he said that.
The girl looked really young, I would guess about the same age as me, or younger. Her hair was a nice shade of strawberry blonde under glimpses of the Sun, which perfectly matched her big, wide, crystal blue eyes. She wore uniform that looked very smart on her, and they looked a bit like those guards near City Square. She tied her hair up in an adorable matching white bow. Her egg-shaped face was very animated most of the time, but I guess she was just agitated or something.
“Not you too?” she pouted, “I swear they’re scared of making me do things because I’m your sister or something. I think need to talk to my Lieutenant again today, I really want to help out at the break-in yesterday… I even insisted I should be on the case after reporting --”
“Hi!” I broke their conversation by their table, and waved at Master Kane, “I’m the girl from yesterday, if you remember me…”
“Oh, it’s you.” said Kane, looking up at me, “You’re early. This is my sister Winry. Winry, this is --”
“I’m Cybella. Nice to meet you! I’m new here!” I extended my hand to his sister, Winry.
“Oh! You’re the new candidate!” she smiled and shook my hand. I was a bit distracted by her bright eyes. “Nice to meet you! I’ve absolutely heard about you from Jenny. I was actually a regular member at Carpe Noctem but I left for the Royal Cavalry. Please, take a seat! Have some tea with us.”
I sat down at the table and she poured me some tea (“2 sugars please!”) We chatted, and they were generally asking about me, where I’m from and stuff. She seemed quite cheerful and energetic.
“So you’re replacing me, right?” questioned Winry.
“Winry is actually the youngest member of the Guild in history,” he beamed proudly, “But instead of the free and adventurous lifestyle at the Guild, she chose to be a slave at the castle, and leave me and my old bones by myself, lonely and cold and unable to see her come home…”
If it wasn’t his deep velvety voice, I would’ve stabbed him with an arrow.
“Because I’m not like you, Valiant Master Kane. I don’t want to forever be Master Kane’s little sister.” she proclaimed proudly, “And I want to help more people, not just escort rich fat nobles and mysterious treasure hunts, I want to bring justice to the world!”
That actually impressed me. I somehow wonder if I shouldn’t be an adventurer?
“But I only want to be with you~ My dearest sister!” he tried to reach across to Winry, but not before she delivered a punch to his face.
“Get off me!” she pushed him away, “Sorry, my brother is a little exaggerated at times, he’s quite embarrassing.”
“Oh my God, don’t be sorry to me. I’m actually more sorry for you to have such a brother.” I don’t know why, but I had an instinct, and tested the water.
Winry looked at me, visibly confused. I stared at her with my straightest face ever. I thought maybe I shouldn’t have done that… Oh dear.
“Oh my God, I’m sorry I’m just --” Then she broke into a laughter.
“Hahaha! I know right?” she roared, “Who would believe that somebody as cute as I am would have such a loser big brother?”
I actually couldn’t believe she took it, I was so relieved. Or else I’d be SCREWED!
“Winry! That’s not nice…! I’m the great Valiant, Master Kane Reinholt, Royal Huntsman, Grand Master of Rangers, Sharpshooting, Gunslinging, the Royal Times’ Most Eligible Bachelor in Arathos --”
“Blah-blah-blah. Yes, yes, you’re the greatest ever.” Winry brushed him aside, “You see what I mean?”
My eyes were watering with laughter.
The seating at the balcony was pleasantly comfortable. The roof shaded us from the Sun, albeit it was quite weak these few days. It also overlooked towards the center of the City -- I could see the Castle and its flag flying at a distance, the streets bustling as usual, and many vendors shouting for business. Ahh, it actually made me want to move here, I like lively places and I don’t mind the crowds that much. City life sounds so great right now...
A few moments later, 2 more young guys came through the waiting room. They looked familiar -- a shy white haired boy, dressed in conservative robes, and a studious looking boy with ginger hair, wearing a gnarly smile. I vaguely recognised the ginger boy. Were they at the Inn the other day? I swear I saw a ginger haired boy.
“Hey, Kane. Hi Winry!” the orange one greeted them first. “Good morning.”
He was quite tall, perhaps matching Kane. His robes draped on him quite comfortably over his wide shoulder. His posture was straight, perhaps due to all the heavy books he was carrying. He looked tired, but quite handsome. His hair definitely made him stand out in a crowd, and overall, it brightened up his face. His stare was rather cold, but his expression doesn’t suggest so. I’m not sure how I feel about him.
“Good morning.” the timid one followed. He wore a warm smile and looked kinder compared to his friend. He also wore robes, but he looked more like a student from the Church, rather than a mage. He sounded rather soft but not shy. He was only a bit taller than me, and overall not very intimidating. Everything sort of made you feel comfortable around him.
“Zedd! Luthor!” Winry jumped. “Aw, it’s so nice to see you guys again. Makes me miss going on hunts…”
“That’s why you should just come back to me.” said Kane.
“What about Cybella then?” she shrugged and stood up, “It’s late. I have to go now. Sorry I can’t stay… But be safe, okay, you guys?”
“We just got here and you have to go…” the white haired boy seemed a bit disappointed. (Oooh?)
“I know, I’m sorry Luthor, I’ll drop by, I promise, okay? Take care!”
Winry gave her brother a big hug (and a punch to the face when he tried to kiss her cheeks) and went off to her duties.
“She grows up so fast…” he dramatically proclaimed, “She used to say she wanted to be my bride.”
The ginger-haired one chuckled a little at the drama king, and turned to me, “You are the new girl?”
“Uhm, yes.” I nodded and reached out my hand and shook both of them, “Nice to meet you, I’m Cybella.”
“Pleasure’s mine. I’m Zedd, I specialise in Magic.” He flashed his white teeth at me. His hands were firm, and he spoke really quickly, but not without a certain vigor, “This is Luthor, he our Healer for this mission. Hey, Kane, where’s Ralph?”
Kane rose, straightened up, and gestured us to follow him, “Let’s move to the meeting room. Ralph had some errands to run this morning, we will meet him up before we head out of town.”
“I hate mornings…” Kane yawned. We moved down the hall, and entered the room via the huge heavy mahogany doors. The room was very spacey, but dark, not unlike the lobby. In the middle of it stood a huge white oval table, with similar mahogany chairs.
I took a seat next to Luthor, not sure what to expect (also sidenote, Luthor smells nice). Everyone had their serious face on. Zedd dropped a few more documents and books on the table (where did they materialise from anyway?), and proceeded towards the blackboard behind him.
“So what did you find?” said Kane, as he put his legs on the table, he probably thought he was a boss. Rude.
“It’s pretty difficult to find anything about it. What I did find is that the target has wings, and definitely capable of flight. It might have a group of minions, a witness mentioned. And a few other new reports. We need a more elaborate plan than just shooting it down --”
“I figured that out pretty much. That’s why I had Ralph get us some equipment. Can you pass me the map?”
Zedd rummaged and handed him a map of Stonegrasp. Kane shuffled through the documents and found a note, and he roughly drew the area of our destination from the map while telling us what he thought.
“According to the reports, there have been sightings of them near here, -” he crossed out a few spots on the board, “- here, and there. They seem to coincide around rivers and lakes, where there’s water. I think our best chance to spot them is to gain a high ground.”
Oh, that made sense.
“We could technically set traps and be defensive, to wait them out. What we don’t know is their weakness and how strong they are until we engage, so even if we catch them there might we likely wouldn’t keep them trapped.” said Kane.
The way they strategised made me think I was miles behind, because all the experience I had was catching deers and shooting birds. I underestimated this.
“A witness on this report says,” Luthor mentioned, “before he was attacked, he saw a young woman laid by the river looking like she was dying. He only approached to try to help, then he fainted and woke up the next morning. Could the target be a Mystic? A shapeshifter?”
“A Mystic can’t fly. Unless you’re Kiera Wildheart.” said Zedd.
“She can mostly levitate, and manipulate gravity and air to fly, but only for a very limited time. Besides, Kiera is away from the Capital for her personal business, she probably wasn’t going around, terrifying men and scaring children.”
Zedd looked cynical, but complied, “It could be a person, just saying.”
“I guess we will only have more information when we reach the village. Moving on… Stonegrasp is too far from here by foot, but travelling by Drakes would announce our presence. I think we’ll be old school and go on horses.”
I was really disappointed. I was so looking forward to riding Mecha Drakes too! I’ve been on horses and it wasn’t a splendid experience.
“Agreed. Luckily some members just came back today, and we can get going as soon as we want.”
“Excellent.” Kane and Zedd continued to work out on the details. Boringggg, because I couldn’t really add anything other than listen to instructions and wait.
After we finish the meeting, we headed downstairs to the horses. There was someone lingering at the bulletin board. She dressed rather out of the ordinary, with a big, teal puffy skirt and thigh high boots. She had very elaborate, curly, matching teal twin pigtails. She was looking intently at one of the missing cat notices.
She pouted, “Poor one… Oh, wow, Kane!” Her red eyes widened, and she sounded extremely amazed to see him.
“Eh?” he was slightly taken aback, “What are you doing here?”
“I had to deliver something to the Guild Master.” she said, “You seem like you found our lost cats instead.”
“It’s just a new recruit. Might be my new nominee. Jenny put her up for me.”
“Busy going out with chicks and drinking and smoking, as usual, I see.”
Kane chuckled and shrugged and remained silent.
“When are you going to come to the circus? I’d be happy to see you again.”
“Heh, I’m just kinda busy.” Kane answered, “Anyways I have some work to do, bye.”
“I’m free next week, all week! I’ll come see you again.” she told him, “See ya.”
Weird girl. There’s a circus here, though? Mental note to self: visit the circus soon.
We went out from the front door, and turned left into a long corridor decorated with tall, purple shrubs. Behind the main building, there was a large open training field, and a few people sparring each other. The walls beside the corridor were still high, with white fences.
“Are they ready? We need to take a short trip.” Kane approached.
“Oh, Master Kane! Ol’ whitey is strong and on his prime,” this horse keeping old man was slightly hunched, and had crooked, yellow teeth, looking like they’re about to fall off any second, “his few mates ‘ere wouldn’t be too bad either. Blackey girl here likes ter go with her whitey mate. Ya lookin’ fer long trip, Master Kane?”
“Yeah, maybe 3 days or so.”
“They’ll do. Ol’ me been givin’ them sum malts and apples to keep ‘em happy.” he patted the White horse gently. “They luv me sum apples.”
“Uhm, before we go,” I forgot to tell them, “I can’t ride a horse…”
“That makes both of us!” Luthor echoed.
“They don’t teach you how to ride horses at the Church, Luthor? Kids these days... Might be dangerous, but we’re in a hurry…. Then,” Kane had his hands on his hips, “Zedd, Ralph, and I each take one. Ralph can take one by himself. Zedd?”
“I can go with Luthor, I suppose.”
“You’re with me then.’ Kane told me, and I nodded.
Well that sounded fantastic.
“Tell Ralf to come home a few, well ya, Master Kane?” asked the old man.
“I will, take care.” Kane said, kindly.
Kane heaved, and I clumsily mounted the horse back of the Black one (I’ll never get used to this). The saddle was very tough. Turned out riding a horse is actually a bit harder than it looks. You have to go with the horse by rocking your hips, and not just sitting on a moving thing. I also had to try to sit straight so that my weight comes down to my bottom. I was also told to turn my legs inwards (yes it is very sore now). I felt like I was going to slip anytime. It was already starting to hurt a little. Kane was leading both my horses (a brown one) and Ralph was by the reign on foot. And it was kinda weird, sitting on a warm moving thing. She’s a good girl though, I could tell.
We headed to the direction of the city gates, but took a left turn into an alley to find our last member of Kane and his group boymen. He was bargaining with the merchant.
“Can’t we have those a bit cheaper? You saw how frequent I came here! I’ll have the lot of them at 60 gold, last price.”
“Fine, you can have them at 60.” the merchant lady was defeated.
“Ralph!” Zedd dismounted to help him get our stuff onto Browney. There’s a lot of nets and ropes and heavy sacks. “You got all we need?”
“Morning! Yeah, I think that’s all about it.” Ralph looked like a tough person, with a harsh jaw and face line. He had a head of brown hair (how fitting) and it was parted in the middle. He was also a few inches shorter than Kane. His blue eyes were small and lethal. I was a bit intimidated by him and his armours, but I’m sure he’s a nice guy at least. It’s not the first time I see people in armours, but it has to be so heavy and incredibly inconvenient to move in them? Luckily it wasn’t too hot today.
He looked up at me, and asked, “Are you the new girl?”
“Yeah, I’m Cybella, nice to meet you.” I replied.
“I’m Ralph. Are you new around here? I haven’t seen you around.”
“Yeah, I heard the Capre Noctem has many branches, so I decided to join.”
“Excellent!” He and the few others were helping to load the stuff onto our horse. “I’m sure you’ll be alright here. I’m actually from the Black Kells. But they’re kind enough to grant an exception on Kane’s request.”
Oh, that was the other guild the guard Marco was talking about.
“I’ve heard about them...”
We had a few chats along the way, and headed off South to our destination.
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Part 1 Ends. To be continued.
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Re: [UPDATE 11th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
finally an update! (btw they moved your thread if you haven't noticed yet xD)
so winry makes her debut and it looks like cybella hit off quite well with her. (they have something they agree on - kane xD) kane also seems to be quite the sis-con, LOL.
luthor and zedd also appears and it seems like luthor has a crush on winry (?). ralph also makes an appearance.
their personalities seems spot on. (like how I would imagine them to be)
then the interesting part about what they're looking for in their mission - the unidentified monster (or possibly person or shapeshifter)! can't think of any creature atm. so excited!
seraphina also shows up and is acquainted with kane. i wonder what sort of connection they both have?
we also get to know that cybella might visit the circus in the future~ that might answer some questions?
she also implies that kane hangs out with girls alot and smokes + drinks!? well he's at that age... i guess. i wonder if winry leaving contributed to that?
poor cybella have to ride a horse with kane for their journey towards south. xD will kane ever redeem himself? LOL
very excited for the next part! thanks for the fic and hope your internet is fixed soon!
so winry makes her debut and it looks like cybella hit off quite well with her. (they have something they agree on - kane xD) kane also seems to be quite the sis-con, LOL.
luthor and zedd also appears and it seems like luthor has a crush on winry (?). ralph also makes an appearance.
their personalities seems spot on. (like how I would imagine them to be)
then the interesting part about what they're looking for in their mission - the unidentified monster (or possibly person or shapeshifter)! can't think of any creature atm. so excited!
seraphina also shows up and is acquainted with kane. i wonder what sort of connection they both have?
we also get to know that cybella might visit the circus in the future~ that might answer some questions?
she also implies that kane hangs out with girls alot and smokes + drinks!? well he's at that age... i guess. i wonder if winry leaving contributed to that?
poor cybella have to ride a horse with kane for their journey towards south. xD will kane ever redeem himself? LOL
very excited for the next part! thanks for the fic and hope your internet is fixed soon!
Re: [UPDATE 11th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
Thank you so much Celty, you always give me the full blown reaction, I'm so very happy to hear that.finally an update! (btw they moved your thread if you haven't noticed yet xD)
so winry makes her debut and it looks like cybella hit off quite well with her. (they have something they agree on - kane xD) kane also seems to be quite the sis-con, LOL.
luthor and zedd also appears and it seems like luthor has a crush on winry (?). ralph also makes an appearance.
their personalities seems spot on. (like how I would imagine them to be)
then the interesting part about what they're looking for in their mission - the unidentified monster (or possibly person or shapeshifter)! can't think of any creature atm. so excited!
seraphina also shows up and is acquainted with kane. i wonder what sort of connection they both have?
we also get to know that cybella might visit the circus in the future~ that might answer some questions?
she also implies that kane hangs out with girls alot and smokes + drinks!? well he's at that age... i guess. i wonder if winry leaving contributed to that?
poor cybella have to ride a horse with kane for their journey towards south. xD will kane ever redeem himself? LOL
very excited for the next part! thanks for the fic and hope your internet is fixed soon!
You'll find out most of your questions with the entries coming, I promise!
Re: [UPDATE 11th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
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The journey was long and quite painful. Luckily the weather was on our side and wasn’t too hot. We went through a huge field of plains and stopped occasionally for the horses and stretches.
At first, I couldn’t quite get used to the speed.
“You’re going to have to hold on tighter than that.” Kane slowed down, and instructed, as I was only holding on his shoulders with my hands. He sounded a bit annoyed. He grabbed my hand and put it around his waist. “Sit comfortably.”
I felt bad. And awkward. On one hand, we couldn’t help that I’m a novice when it comes to riding a horse. On the other hand, I was reaaaally physically close to Kane. During the whole trip, he probably slowed down significantly for me, as Zedd and Ralph were riding both far ahead of us, just to turn around and wait. It gradually got better, but this is a lot more unfun than I had imagined. I was almost hanging on for my dear life. I might have to learn how to ride horses eventually if I want to keep doing this… Yayyyyyy.
5 (loooong) hours later, we’ve arrived at the small village at Stonegrasp, and I can barely feel my bottom and legs any longer (almost couldn’t stand up). Luthor, as well, looked visibly shaken after we landed.
We arrived just before Sunset and it doesn’t seem to be too lively, even though it is still daytime. The bounty request was posted by the Elder of the Village, so we head towards his house, near the woods.
As we arrived at the house, a woman was at the gate, on her knees, begging an old couple, who I assumed her to be the Village Elder and his wife, holding to what looks like a small limped body of a child. “Please, you have to help me!” she cried. “I found him by the river lying unconscious. He can't be dead!”
“Get in first!” commanded the old lady.
The old man helped the poor mother into the house. The old lady eyes mine and seemed to notice me, but she quickly followed in as well.
“We might be arriving at a bad timing.” Zedd muttered.
Luthor went ahead of us, without hesitation. He entered the house and tried to see the child.
“Who are you?” asked the Village Elder.
“Ma’am, I am from the Church. I've been an apprentice for a few years. May I look at your son?”
“Please! You have to save my son!”
“He has no pulse and doesn't seem to be breathing. I tried to check if I could…” the old lady told a few details to Luthor.
Luthor began to examine the boy. He flipped the eyes, leaned in to hear his heartbeat, and even lightly slapped on his face. He then reached into his bag and search for a small pouch, when opened revealed various size of needles in it.
Carefully, Luthor picked the smallest one, and pricked into the skin of the little boys finger. He swiftly held a small vial of glass bottle to collect his blood.
“My needle is made of silver. So far we know he is not poisoned.” Luthor rummaged again in his bag for a larger wooden box. Inside were few vials containing several colourful liquid, and Luthor poured the one that contained some sapphire blue liquid into the blood.
At first, there wasn't anything different than it was before. But Luthor swirled the bottle and it began to bubble. The blood turned an ugly shade of green and started to smoke and emit a foul smell of rotten eggs and iron.
“I think he was put into a magical sleep!” Luthor proclaimed.
“Magical sleep?” The Elder’s wide replied, “This is a demon's doing?”
“Most likely,” Luthor sighed, “but I didn't bring the medicine…”
“Cleansing potions! I have some in my old cupboard…” she vanished into the kitchen, Luthor behind her.
I noticed Kane had already pulled the Village Elder outside, along with Zedd and Ralph, probably just explaining our business. I sat and watched the lady, and felt incredibly helpless.
“I'm sorry, but what happened?” I asked.
“This morning, I had to take a long trip to go to the next village to buy some materials for my sewing business. I left early and asked my neighbours daughter to look after him.” she sobbed, “when I come home around afternoon, my neighbour told me my son had gone missing when they were playing, and she and the others had went into the woods to look for him. They thought it must be related to other missing people… I kept telling him never to go near the woods… I went to look for him too.”
Kane and the others came back and slightly interrupted the interview.
“Where did you find him?” I pressed.
“Somewhere alongside a river. I was really scared and I carried my son back as fast as I could.”
The boy looked pale as snow with his rich dark brown hair. His angelic face filled with perturbed, floating purple vines concentrated around his mouth. No wonder Luthor was checking for poison first, it does look like he was fed something nasty.
The medic pair came back, with Luthor carrying a mug of steaming concoction. The Elder's wife set the little boy up, and Luthor slowly fed the medicine into his mouth. After feeding half the cup, the boy let out a huge burp and a few coughs, and started to look like he is slowly breathing again. Foul smell reeks the air.
After the Elder's wife inspected the little boy, she said,”He's alright now. Just need some rest.”
Luthor heaved a sigh. The mother exclaimed, “Thank the gods! May they bless you, and Dolores too! You saved his life!”
“Marina, let us move him to the guest room so he could have some rest.” The Elder suggested. Marina nodded and carried him to the guest room, Dolores leading the way, and Ralph carrying the child behind them.
I haven't really looked at the house. It was rather messy, however, not without a certain warm feeling of home. Books and papers were littered everywhere, and the foul smell from the blood still lingers. I found a small sofa and settled down on it. I suddenly remembered how painful my butt were.
“Do you think this is all connected?” asked the Village Elder.
“Might as well be. Is he the first one found after they've gone missing?” Zedd replied.
“Yes, unfortunately. The other children are still missing.”
“At least our clues does seem to point towards the same direction.” said Kane.
“We might have to move fast. We don't know what the Demon could do to them if we don't find them quick.” Ralph returned from the guest room.
“I have to ask the lady for more Cleansing Potions. Just in case..” murmured Luthor.
And at this point, I saw millions of stars in the back of my eyes and fell asleep…
I guess I was really tired. It wasn't easy to travel so far in a day. I still feel quite bad.
Ralph woke me up with a few strong nudges on the shoulder. It is now night time. He told me we will depart for the woods after dinner.
Why can't we just go tomorrow morning? Seems very hard to navigate in the dark, don't you think?
“Zedd said the Demons don't come out much in broad daylight, he reckons we might able to spot them easier at dawn.” He told me.
Demons. They were a scary thought. Still are. I remember seeing them when I was little. But better not let that thought sink in too much.
The Elder, named Caius, and his wife Dolores, were kind enough to host us and take care of our horses when we're gone. They told us a few more details about the missing persons. Immediately after preparation, we headed into the woods.
I was initially very scared that the Demons were going to come out and attack us. But it was better than I thought. We brought two oil lamps bright enough to illuminate about 20 feet around us.
Ralph was said to be really good at navigating. He followed the map to the direction we're heading, according to Marina, the little boy's mother.
I really can't help but wonder… If the Demons are scared of broad daylight, why did the little boy go missing during the day? It really didn't add up to me.
After what felt like 2 hours later, we found the river. It was wide and shallow, with lots of rocks at the river shore. The water glistened under the moonlight and flowed slowly downstream. We found a small hill by the river, with a decently big tree as shade, and set up our camp. I can see the moon shining serenely, as if a celestial goddess was smiling at us.
“This would be perfect, to spot whatever that would come.” Kane said decidedly.
We set up our tent by the lonely single tree, and started a fire. (Ralph tried to get Zedd to just make some magic fire, but he said magic doesn't work that way) Not sure what to do, I just made some hot water instead. It was getting really chilly.
“If you all don't mind, I will be heading off first.” Zedd climbed into his tent.
“Uhm, I can take the first watch.” I volunteered.
“We can't let you do that.” Ralph protested. “She's just a girl.”
“So what? She took a nap first.” Kane shrugged. “She's still on trial.”
“She probably can't sleep even if she wants to…” Zedd’s muffled voice from the tent nonchalantly said.
“It's fine if it's just a few hours.” I was indeed thinking I would use the time to write my diary. “I can do something as simple as watching.”
“That's settled then.” Kane set down his belongings and head into the tent with Zedd.
After exchanging a glance with me, Ralph looked uncomfortable, even unconfident, at the decision of our leader. But decided to argue against it. Ralph signaled at Luthor to go take a rest too.
“Just a moment.” He replied. Luthor found a long branch and started to draw on the ground. It looked like a magic circle my mystic friends at school used to summon whenever they were practicing magic.
“Zedd gave me this a few days ago,” he showed me a six-sided dice with six colours of the six Faiths on it. “It’s an old artifact he found somewhere during his mission. He said we might be able to ask the six Faiths for blessings... At least for a short time.”
He placed the dice, with the pink side upwards, onto the magical circle and prayed. He seemed to have chanted a few incantations as well.
Suddenly, the dice cracked open (I screamed), a puff of pink smokes swirled down and went into Luthor’s nostrils. He was shocked, and went into fits of cough, trying to adapt to whatever that flowed into him.
“Be quiet, you two!” Ralph raised his voice by a little. He was as loud as me too!
“Are you okay?” I was shocked. “What was that?!”
“Blessings? I guess? Zedd told me that would happen. He’s very good at the whole drawing magic things. Do you want to try too?”
“No, it's fine, thanks. You should go to sleep, though.” That was way too dubious, if you know what I mean.
And that's how I ended up first watch by myself.
Oh, actually, Kane just woke up for the next watch. I sometimes wonder how we just happen to have tents in our belongings when all I'm carrying were my own weapons. Maybe Zedd have something to do with them again?
I asked Kane how did he just wake up. He told me he is too excited for the hunt, and he can't go back to sleep.
Oh wait, did he actually wanted to hunt quicker, and brought us all here in the middle of the night? Ugh, should have seen this coming.
Kane's eyes (well, one of them anyway) were swollen and red from grogginess. He yawned and stretched, but he tried to avoid making noise, so that he wouldn't wake anyone -- or anything, up. He picked up his water pouch and pour it down his throat. His silhouette danced on by red and yellow flames from the fire, and outlined by the silvery white moonlight. I've never really paid attention, but he is actually really handsome, even with the eye patch. I never really wanted to admit it because I don't really want to feel too attached, too quickly, for him. But I couldn't help but stared at him. Somewhere deep down here I know it's bad news.
He emptied his pouch and had gone to fill it up by the river. Mr. Diary, don't you think it's a little creepy I’m writing that down? I gotta say he actually might look better than Zedd. He is the type the more you look the better he appeals to you. His cocky and I-care-about-nothing default expression made him looked just a bit more mysterious. Hey, stop that Mr Diary. I can hear you teasing already!
He came back after a while, and added more water to the pot. He sat down by the tree and leaned his back on it, resting his head on his raised arms, and his legs outstretched. These kind of guys always made me wonder whether they think they own the world.
“Ah look. Just by being up here, the world already looked bigger than it was.” he said suddenly, and quietly.
What? What am I supposed to say?
“Yes… Sugar tastes sweet too, I guess.” I bitterly said.
“Hey… Don't have to be mean,” he snickered, “I'm just talking. What are you doing then?”
“I'm writing. Exactly. What. I'm. Saying. Down.” I told him.
“You're writing a journal? They still do that? Are you a Historian?” Kane asked demandingly.
He tried to look over to see what I'm writing. “Are you writing down how excited you are on your first mission with the Valiant Master Kane?”
“Yes, and how much I looooved riding horses.” I sarcastically said.
Heh. He wishes. He'll never see anything! You're sleeping with me tonight, Mr. Diary. (With Zedd though, gulp)
I'll go now I suppose. Only a few hours for tonight. See you soon and wish me good luck, okay?
Signed,
♥CYBELLA♥
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Entry 3, Part II Ends.
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The journey was long and quite painful. Luckily the weather was on our side and wasn’t too hot. We went through a huge field of plains and stopped occasionally for the horses and stretches.
At first, I couldn’t quite get used to the speed.
“You’re going to have to hold on tighter than that.” Kane slowed down, and instructed, as I was only holding on his shoulders with my hands. He sounded a bit annoyed. He grabbed my hand and put it around his waist. “Sit comfortably.”
I felt bad. And awkward. On one hand, we couldn’t help that I’m a novice when it comes to riding a horse. On the other hand, I was reaaaally physically close to Kane. During the whole trip, he probably slowed down significantly for me, as Zedd and Ralph were riding both far ahead of us, just to turn around and wait. It gradually got better, but this is a lot more unfun than I had imagined. I was almost hanging on for my dear life. I might have to learn how to ride horses eventually if I want to keep doing this… Yayyyyyy.
5 (loooong) hours later, we’ve arrived at the small village at Stonegrasp, and I can barely feel my bottom and legs any longer (almost couldn’t stand up). Luthor, as well, looked visibly shaken after we landed.
We arrived just before Sunset and it doesn’t seem to be too lively, even though it is still daytime. The bounty request was posted by the Elder of the Village, so we head towards his house, near the woods.
As we arrived at the house, a woman was at the gate, on her knees, begging an old couple, who I assumed her to be the Village Elder and his wife, holding to what looks like a small limped body of a child. “Please, you have to help me!” she cried. “I found him by the river lying unconscious. He can't be dead!”
“Get in first!” commanded the old lady.
The old man helped the poor mother into the house. The old lady eyes mine and seemed to notice me, but she quickly followed in as well.
“We might be arriving at a bad timing.” Zedd muttered.
Luthor went ahead of us, without hesitation. He entered the house and tried to see the child.
“Who are you?” asked the Village Elder.
“Ma’am, I am from the Church. I've been an apprentice for a few years. May I look at your son?”
“Please! You have to save my son!”
“He has no pulse and doesn't seem to be breathing. I tried to check if I could…” the old lady told a few details to Luthor.
Luthor began to examine the boy. He flipped the eyes, leaned in to hear his heartbeat, and even lightly slapped on his face. He then reached into his bag and search for a small pouch, when opened revealed various size of needles in it.
Carefully, Luthor picked the smallest one, and pricked into the skin of the little boys finger. He swiftly held a small vial of glass bottle to collect his blood.
“My needle is made of silver. So far we know he is not poisoned.” Luthor rummaged again in his bag for a larger wooden box. Inside were few vials containing several colourful liquid, and Luthor poured the one that contained some sapphire blue liquid into the blood.
At first, there wasn't anything different than it was before. But Luthor swirled the bottle and it began to bubble. The blood turned an ugly shade of green and started to smoke and emit a foul smell of rotten eggs and iron.
“I think he was put into a magical sleep!” Luthor proclaimed.
“Magical sleep?” The Elder’s wide replied, “This is a demon's doing?”
“Most likely,” Luthor sighed, “but I didn't bring the medicine…”
“Cleansing potions! I have some in my old cupboard…” she vanished into the kitchen, Luthor behind her.
I noticed Kane had already pulled the Village Elder outside, along with Zedd and Ralph, probably just explaining our business. I sat and watched the lady, and felt incredibly helpless.
“I'm sorry, but what happened?” I asked.
“This morning, I had to take a long trip to go to the next village to buy some materials for my sewing business. I left early and asked my neighbours daughter to look after him.” she sobbed, “when I come home around afternoon, my neighbour told me my son had gone missing when they were playing, and she and the others had went into the woods to look for him. They thought it must be related to other missing people… I kept telling him never to go near the woods… I went to look for him too.”
Kane and the others came back and slightly interrupted the interview.
“Where did you find him?” I pressed.
“Somewhere alongside a river. I was really scared and I carried my son back as fast as I could.”
The boy looked pale as snow with his rich dark brown hair. His angelic face filled with perturbed, floating purple vines concentrated around his mouth. No wonder Luthor was checking for poison first, it does look like he was fed something nasty.
The medic pair came back, with Luthor carrying a mug of steaming concoction. The Elder's wife set the little boy up, and Luthor slowly fed the medicine into his mouth. After feeding half the cup, the boy let out a huge burp and a few coughs, and started to look like he is slowly breathing again. Foul smell reeks the air.
After the Elder's wife inspected the little boy, she said,”He's alright now. Just need some rest.”
Luthor heaved a sigh. The mother exclaimed, “Thank the gods! May they bless you, and Dolores too! You saved his life!”
“Marina, let us move him to the guest room so he could have some rest.” The Elder suggested. Marina nodded and carried him to the guest room, Dolores leading the way, and Ralph carrying the child behind them.
I haven't really looked at the house. It was rather messy, however, not without a certain warm feeling of home. Books and papers were littered everywhere, and the foul smell from the blood still lingers. I found a small sofa and settled down on it. I suddenly remembered how painful my butt were.
“Do you think this is all connected?” asked the Village Elder.
“Might as well be. Is he the first one found after they've gone missing?” Zedd replied.
“Yes, unfortunately. The other children are still missing.”
“At least our clues does seem to point towards the same direction.” said Kane.
“We might have to move fast. We don't know what the Demon could do to them if we don't find them quick.” Ralph returned from the guest room.
“I have to ask the lady for more Cleansing Potions. Just in case..” murmured Luthor.
And at this point, I saw millions of stars in the back of my eyes and fell asleep…
I guess I was really tired. It wasn't easy to travel so far in a day. I still feel quite bad.
Ralph woke me up with a few strong nudges on the shoulder. It is now night time. He told me we will depart for the woods after dinner.
Why can't we just go tomorrow morning? Seems very hard to navigate in the dark, don't you think?
“Zedd said the Demons don't come out much in broad daylight, he reckons we might able to spot them easier at dawn.” He told me.
Demons. They were a scary thought. Still are. I remember seeing them when I was little. But better not let that thought sink in too much.
The Elder, named Caius, and his wife Dolores, were kind enough to host us and take care of our horses when we're gone. They told us a few more details about the missing persons. Immediately after preparation, we headed into the woods.
I was initially very scared that the Demons were going to come out and attack us. But it was better than I thought. We brought two oil lamps bright enough to illuminate about 20 feet around us.
Ralph was said to be really good at navigating. He followed the map to the direction we're heading, according to Marina, the little boy's mother.
I really can't help but wonder… If the Demons are scared of broad daylight, why did the little boy go missing during the day? It really didn't add up to me.
After what felt like 2 hours later, we found the river. It was wide and shallow, with lots of rocks at the river shore. The water glistened under the moonlight and flowed slowly downstream. We found a small hill by the river, with a decently big tree as shade, and set up our camp. I can see the moon shining serenely, as if a celestial goddess was smiling at us.
“This would be perfect, to spot whatever that would come.” Kane said decidedly.
We set up our tent by the lonely single tree, and started a fire. (Ralph tried to get Zedd to just make some magic fire, but he said magic doesn't work that way) Not sure what to do, I just made some hot water instead. It was getting really chilly.
“If you all don't mind, I will be heading off first.” Zedd climbed into his tent.
“Uhm, I can take the first watch.” I volunteered.
“We can't let you do that.” Ralph protested. “She's just a girl.”
“So what? She took a nap first.” Kane shrugged. “She's still on trial.”
“She probably can't sleep even if she wants to…” Zedd’s muffled voice from the tent nonchalantly said.
“It's fine if it's just a few hours.” I was indeed thinking I would use the time to write my diary. “I can do something as simple as watching.”
“That's settled then.” Kane set down his belongings and head into the tent with Zedd.
After exchanging a glance with me, Ralph looked uncomfortable, even unconfident, at the decision of our leader. But decided to argue against it. Ralph signaled at Luthor to go take a rest too.
“Just a moment.” He replied. Luthor found a long branch and started to draw on the ground. It looked like a magic circle my mystic friends at school used to summon whenever they were practicing magic.
“Zedd gave me this a few days ago,” he showed me a six-sided dice with six colours of the six Faiths on it. “It’s an old artifact he found somewhere during his mission. He said we might be able to ask the six Faiths for blessings... At least for a short time.”
He placed the dice, with the pink side upwards, onto the magical circle and prayed. He seemed to have chanted a few incantations as well.
Suddenly, the dice cracked open (I screamed), a puff of pink smokes swirled down and went into Luthor’s nostrils. He was shocked, and went into fits of cough, trying to adapt to whatever that flowed into him.
“Be quiet, you two!” Ralph raised his voice by a little. He was as loud as me too!
“Are you okay?” I was shocked. “What was that?!”
“Blessings? I guess? Zedd told me that would happen. He’s very good at the whole drawing magic things. Do you want to try too?”
“No, it's fine, thanks. You should go to sleep, though.” That was way too dubious, if you know what I mean.
And that's how I ended up first watch by myself.
Oh, actually, Kane just woke up for the next watch. I sometimes wonder how we just happen to have tents in our belongings when all I'm carrying were my own weapons. Maybe Zedd have something to do with them again?
I asked Kane how did he just wake up. He told me he is too excited for the hunt, and he can't go back to sleep.
Oh wait, did he actually wanted to hunt quicker, and brought us all here in the middle of the night? Ugh, should have seen this coming.
Kane's eyes (well, one of them anyway) were swollen and red from grogginess. He yawned and stretched, but he tried to avoid making noise, so that he wouldn't wake anyone -- or anything, up. He picked up his water pouch and pour it down his throat. His silhouette danced on by red and yellow flames from the fire, and outlined by the silvery white moonlight. I've never really paid attention, but he is actually really handsome, even with the eye patch. I never really wanted to admit it because I don't really want to feel too attached, too quickly, for him. But I couldn't help but stared at him. Somewhere deep down here I know it's bad news.
He emptied his pouch and had gone to fill it up by the river. Mr. Diary, don't you think it's a little creepy I’m writing that down? I gotta say he actually might look better than Zedd. He is the type the more you look the better he appeals to you. His cocky and I-care-about-nothing default expression made him looked just a bit more mysterious. Hey, stop that Mr Diary. I can hear you teasing already!
He came back after a while, and added more water to the pot. He sat down by the tree and leaned his back on it, resting his head on his raised arms, and his legs outstretched. These kind of guys always made me wonder whether they think they own the world.
“Ah look. Just by being up here, the world already looked bigger than it was.” he said suddenly, and quietly.
What? What am I supposed to say?
“Yes… Sugar tastes sweet too, I guess.” I bitterly said.
“Hey… Don't have to be mean,” he snickered, “I'm just talking. What are you doing then?”
“I'm writing. Exactly. What. I'm. Saying. Down.” I told him.
“You're writing a journal? They still do that? Are you a Historian?” Kane asked demandingly.
He tried to look over to see what I'm writing. “Are you writing down how excited you are on your first mission with the Valiant Master Kane?”
“Yes, and how much I looooved riding horses.” I sarcastically said.
Heh. He wishes. He'll never see anything! You're sleeping with me tonight, Mr. Diary. (With Zedd though, gulp)
I'll go now I suppose. Only a few hours for tonight. See you soon and wish me good luck, okay?
Signed,
♥CYBELLA♥
~*~*~
Entry 3, Part II Ends.
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Re: [UPDATE! 15th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
so this chapter we get to know cybella a little more. i can feel the build up tho! am anxious for the climax~
luthor showing how knowledgeable he is! books ftw xD
(also can't help but notice the cleansing potion sticking out like a sore thumb! is it intended? because it is serum in game right xD)
ralph seems to be quite the worrywart (and smh at she is just a girl! i wonder if cybella rolled her eyes at that xD); or maybe the others don't care enough LOL
hmm interesting stuff on the dice with blessings... very interesting. wonder if it might actually take a part in the story.
not enough info atm just a tease huh. you sure know how to keep your readers interested xD.
zedd with dem ninja magics skillz; wait again... did something similar happen previously? xD do i read through previous chapters again haha xD
ooh so cybella is finally starting to see kane in a better light for the better (or worse? xD). kane stop being so mysterious for god's sake!
oh nvm he just ruined it by being cocky again xD
wait, is cyvella going to sleep in the tent with zedd!?
good luck cybella! sweet dreams xD
luthor showing how knowledgeable he is! books ftw xD
(also can't help but notice the cleansing potion sticking out like a sore thumb! is it intended? because it is serum in game right xD)
ralph seems to be quite the worrywart (and smh at she is just a girl! i wonder if cybella rolled her eyes at that xD); or maybe the others don't care enough LOL
hmm interesting stuff on the dice with blessings... very interesting. wonder if it might actually take a part in the story.
not enough info atm just a tease huh. you sure know how to keep your readers interested xD.
zedd with dem ninja magics skillz; wait again... did something similar happen previously? xD do i read through previous chapters again haha xD
ooh so cybella is finally starting to see kane in a better light for the better (or worse? xD). kane stop being so mysterious for god's sake!
oh nvm he just ruined it by being cocky again xD
wait, is cyvella going to sleep in the tent with zedd!?
good luck cybella! sweet dreams xD
Re: [UPDATE! 15th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
Cybella is gonna sleep with Zedd? O.o
Keep up the great work Gray! looking forward to your next entry...suspense building)
Keep up the great work Gray! looking forward to your next entry...suspense building
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Re: [UPDATE! 15th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
Already May, still waiting for next chapter XD this is probably my favorite fanfic so farrr
It's written in diary style which makes it interesting (because narration style gets boring in a while)
Celty's comments also make the vague parts of the story clearer which is actually beautiful because stories should have mysteries in them for the readers to solve
STILL WAITING FOR ENTRY 4 XD
It's written in diary style which makes it interesting (because narration style gets boring in a while)
Celty's comments also make the vague parts of the story clearer which is actually beautiful because stories should have mysteries in them for the readers to solve
STILL WAITING FOR ENTRY 4 XD
Re: [UPDATE! 15th Jan] The Chronicles of Titans
i actually have finished it i just dont have the effort and time to edit and upload themAlready May, still waiting for next chapter XD this is probably my favorite fanfic so farrr
It's written in diary style which makes it interesting (because narration style gets boring in a while)
Celty's comments also make the vague parts of the story clearer which is actually beautiful because stories should have mysteries in them for the readers to solve
STILL WAITING FOR ENTRY 4 XD
