➪ 𝙼𝙽𝙳𝙸
➪ 𝙰𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎(500+) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚞𝚗(25)
➪ 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚠(𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚍) 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍
➪ 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚌, 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝
“𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝.. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜?"
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"Mama...what is that?"
"Look down, love." Hanagata whispered, keeping her gaze on the road as something above them—all of them—hissed and climbed down from holes on the ceiling.
“𝙳𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝.. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜?"
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➪ They in their eyes would turn down a street, then another.
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It stopped being shaky and twitchy, now more stable as it pointed the right way this time.
Hanagata smiled and petted it, "There, we go to the city then. We shall see the rest of hell."
And Mei quivered in fear, silent.
➪ They in their eyes would turn down a street, then another.
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“𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎."
➪ He watched the retrieval of a hand. An oddity itself.
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"...we follow this."
But what is it?
Hanagata smiled, "I don't know what it is but long ago, someone gave this to me. I'm not sure who either but it is a compass of sorts, I suppose."
“𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎."
➪ He watched the retrieval of a hand. An oddity itself.
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➪ He approached much to her dismay and fear. The child clutching at her skirt once more. His jacket dangled with small ornamental ropes. Tone shifting up a few octaves to come off more friendly.
“𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚘. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚒. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛.."
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...it felt like they were inside a live giant.
➪ He approached much to her dismay and fear. The child clutching at her skirt once more. His jacket dangled with small ornamental ropes. Tone shifting up a few octaves to come off more friendly.
“𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚘. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚒. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛.."
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➪ It’s just another part of the madness behind this world. Every step into this world is going to be hostile and even she’s quickly becoming a part of it.
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"Mei..." She beamed, continuing to pet her daughter's head, "Be a good girl and close your eyes, okay?"
Something evil is brewing.
"But why, mom?" The girl frowned even more, brows furrowed as her face morphed into fear. She let go of her mother's skirt, "Why? You're scaring me."
➪ It’s just another part of the madness behind this world. Every step into this world is going to be hostile and even she’s quickly becoming a part of it.
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➪ This world is different. One he will never come to understand. Though, acting as a guide, at least he can do something.
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She had been preparing for this for the longest time and she was carefully packing them in a white sling bag, embroidered with lavenders, as if they're off to a picnic.
"I do not eat. Do you?" She asked, turning to Capitano with a smile.
➪ This world is different. One he will never come to understand. Though, acting as a guide, at least he can do something.
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“𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚠?"
➪ On standby should she need a shoulder once more.
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ㅤㅤ•° the knight pocketed the runes, adding to her total. Three bags now.
ㅤㅤ“Every living being drop runes. We'll just have to hunt them down.”
“𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚠?"
➪ On standby should she need a shoulder once more.
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➪ Having remained in the same place for so long. His feet had sunk and-
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But what is the Bedlam? Where is this? Is this hell?
➪ Having remained in the same place for so long. His feet had sunk and-
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“𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎."
➪ The flicker of a precious home.
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She chuckled, moving closer to the door but she didn't touch it or open it.
All the lady did was stare before looking at the shoe racket by the door, "...she left her shoes."
“𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎."
➪ The flicker of a precious home.
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“𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗."
➪ Aware that one can not argue with madness. He only hopes to try and quell it. Hand lifting up and pointing at the door.
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Crunch.
She paused and pulled away, checking the egg and pulling out some leftover eggshells.
"Oh dear, clumsy me. I hope your share doesn't have shells in it."
“𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗."
➪ Aware that one can not argue with madness. He only hopes to try and quell it. Hand lifting up and pointing at the door.
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"𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐."
➪ The air itself was filled with uncertainties, questions he could not get.
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"Go on, please, you seem troubled. Perhaps I can help you?"
"𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐."
➪ The air itself was filled with uncertainties, questions he could not get.
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➪ The captain remained heavy on his feet, watching the mistress go about a faulty day. Once her ghosts had left her, he approached the doorside. Once more nothing but a void.
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With that, she turned and headed for the door, obviously off to see no one go...
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What is happening? Something is wrong. This woman is strange...
And she's just standing there, staring at the door, as if everything behind her is now forgotten.
➪ The captain remained heavy on his feet, watching the mistress go about a faulty day. Once her ghosts had left her, he approached the doorside. Once more nothing but a void.
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[𝕌𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕃𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕦𝕤]
➪ Silence followed for the longest point of silence. How long has it been? How long since he broke the heavenly principles and granted himself the eternal void considered a sweet slumber to those eyes in natlan.
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[𝕌𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕃𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕦𝕤]
➪ Silence followed for the longest point of silence. How long has it been? How long since he broke the heavenly principles and granted himself the eternal void considered a sweet slumber to those eyes in natlan.
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➪ He marched forward to her side and assisted.
“𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛."
➪ Whether she wanted it or not, she had a crutch in this time. Just as long as she needed to recover.
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ㅤㅤ•° opening her pouch, she checked for the amount of runes. Barely enough for two bags. Good enough.
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➪ He marched forward to her side and assisted.
“𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛."
➪ Whether she wanted it or not, she had a crutch in this time. Just as long as she needed to recover.
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➪ Turn of the head to stare at the burning ruminants of his past.
“..𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝."
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ㅤㅤ•° she instead said, slightly bowing down to him.
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➪ Turn of the head to stare at the burning ruminants of his past.
“..𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝."
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➪ Even if she can not answer he will improvise and quickly. A captain is meant to prepare for all oddities on the field. It’s why he was adored in his own world. Why so many looked to him to lead, and so he shall do once more.
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➪ Even if she can not answer he will improvise and quickly. A captain is meant to prepare for all oddities on the field. It’s why he was adored in his own world. Why so many looked to him to lead, and so he shall do once more.
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“𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝."
➪ He had no understanding of the pain being caused to her in this very moment. The very lack of understanding burning him to the core with unease.
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ㅤㅤ“Please ... ”
ㅤㅤ•° she does not beg often. But in this moment, where the rot advances, she couldn't help but to beg.
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“𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝."
➪ He had no understanding of the pain being caused to her in this very moment. The very lack of understanding burning him to the core with unease.
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➪ They can collect items in a moment. His shadow casted over her to then kneel at her side.
“𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎."
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ㅤㅤ•° it wasn't a clean victory, as the knight collapsed on her knees with a string of coughs.
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➪ They can collect items in a moment. His shadow casted over her to then kneel at her side.
“𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎."
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➪ With a skid of heels, he worked under the frozen arm and swiped with his sword. More crimson essence spilling from the lethal wound.
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ㅤㅤ“Captain, catch.ᐟ”
ㅤㅤ•° she shouted, successfully pushing it off her and towards him.
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➪ With a skid of heels, he worked under the frozen arm and swiped with his sword. More crimson essence spilling from the lethal wound.
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➪ They launch at the beast hovering over her mere seconds away from-
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ㅤㅤ“Get off.ᐟ”
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➪ They launch at the beast hovering over her mere seconds away from-
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➪ A burst of wind carried by his hand, summoning an ice blade.
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ㅤㅤ•° a half-decaying dog appeared next, striking at Capitano while she struck the child of rot with her sword. A clash that was little more than an annoyance for the knight, but still dangerous enough, especially since one of them isn't already rotted to half death.
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➪ A burst of wind carried by his hand, summoning an ice blade.
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“𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚎, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎."
➪ The captain joined at her side. The crunch of footsteps the only sound available from them.
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ㅤㅤ“Be warned. Children of rot walk this road. If you see any human-sized centipedes with spears, don't hesitate to attack.”
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“𝙽𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚎, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎."
➪ The captain joined at her side. The crunch of footsteps the only sound available from them.
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➪ The crumbs dribble away and he grabs firmly at her wrist. The two supporting one another and allowing him to rise.
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ㅤㅤ“Stand up. We'll go now, before the sun rises too high and a tarnished finds my merchant.”
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➪ The crumbs dribble away and he grabs firmly at her wrist. The two supporting one another and allowing him to rise.
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➪ Though that isn’t entirely true. The world and its hostilities remain unknown. One way or another, prepared or not. They’ll need to brace themselves.
➪ Another gentle bite is given.
“𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜?"
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ㅤㅤ“We're running out of flour and clean water, so we'll go to Limgrave to buy some, if you don't mind. It's to the west of here, and it's significantly safer. Greener, too.”
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➪ Though that isn’t entirely true. The world and its hostilities remain unknown. One way or another, prepared or not. They’ll need to brace themselves.
➪ Another gentle bite is given.
“𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜?"
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