The Trip to the burning field was a few weeks ago at this point but ill spare you on the details .We only had 1 day left before leaving to the planet , so as you can guess all i did was train and train some more after it. It been mostly hand to hand , i haven't really used that power since that time but i haven't had the time. In between the drillings , going into Tyler's lab every other day , showing love to the ladies i just wasn't able too.

Sitting in my room alone but i was fine with that, i felt like i needed some alone time anyway. I had to be real with myself, chances are the bandits living on the planet wouldn't surrender to a invader from a foreign planet, what is more likely to happen is they just band together and I'd be forced to kill them all. Whether that be hundreds or thousands.

... That was a dark thought, but a one based in reality

Now that i was forced to deal with the magnitude of my decision i felt something wash over me, it wasn't dread but it wasn't happiness... i had to be ruthless if my half baked plan didn't work.

The only thing i haven't seen so far is my space suit, every time i go to the artificers workshop they always ask for more time. That was unlike the Artificers so i assumed they were making it of superior quality .It might take longer to see but that was perfectly fine ,since it it was one of those things that couldn't be rushed. Though today was the last day so I was going to the workshop.

Getting up from my couch i would miss it even though furniture could always be replaced I still felt some sentiment towards the lazy boy

.I haven't seen Remiel and Myrtle for a while at this point hopefully i could catch up with them, also had to tell Beara we were leaving tomorrow. Walking through the halls i eventually reached the Artificers workshop. This time Jonathon the name of the chief Artificer was standing in front of the room in anticipation.

"Ahh yes yes we 've been waiting on you"

Oh? this if it is what i think it is then i wanted to see it

"Did you guys finally complete my space suit?"

"Yes and if i don't say so my self... i don't want to brag but the suit is immaculate "

That was good to hear since i would be entrusting my life to it, for the most part at least.

"Thats great let me see it please"

"Right this way good sir"

walking behind him went i entered the room they had a whole new dramatic scene in order to present my space suit, this should be good.

Two pink lights from the left and two blue lights on the rights did all sorts of movement tricks before they quadruple beamed the center. In said center was a pure black space suit, that looked absolutely stellar .It was all black and sleek with a spiked shoulder pads. It actually reminded me of Zyanite skin just in a armor format .The helmet was a solid black piece without a glass piece that would allow me to see, seemed impractical but i knew better then to jump to conclusions with these guys. Smooth but rugged was the way i could describe it.

"Hey uhh the body looks great but how will i be able to see"

"Try it on my boy, "

i was happy to do that but i didn't want to strip in front of a room full of people

"uhh can you turn around?"

"my boy we all already know what you look like under that fabric, but if it makes you feel better then there's a changing room there" he pointed to the left

How they know what i looked like i had my guesses .Taking his point i left with the newly acquired space suit. First i put on the pants in which i almost flew out of the room, it looked like these had rockets on the back side of the thigh. Next is the top part it had thrusters on the back of it as well with a very sophisticated design. The helmet still looked just look a metal knights helmet till i put it on. This had 360 vision somehow and i was able to see everything perfectly. I was completely covered from head to toe.

I looked at a random metal rod and heard a male voice say "Hello my name is john named after our great Artificer Jonathon ,rod composition titanium , critical point top center strike at a 90 degree angle" . Everything i looked at was immediately analyzed for its weakspots and broken down into components. This made up for the one flaw my eye had even if i could slow down my perception of time that didn't mean anything if i couldn't find a way to destroy it.

Sizing my self up i looked like ... a Zyanite? just with a human in the middle.

Walking out i was applauded , no idea why but i would take it

"are you curious how we made it?

Before i could answer ,Jonathon answered his own question

"We basically took our newest Zyanite warrior model and hollowed it out to fit your dimensions on a 1 to 1 scale"

So basically i was wearing their flesh , wasn't that disturbing to them ?It almost seemed downright disrespectful honestly.

"wouldn't the other Zyanites question your decision on the armor "

"We knew that the most resilient material around here was us! the things we do for progress is beyond social norms the masses would never understand."

I could get behind that

"what about the breathing function how does that work?"

"Your Suit unit 1013 automatically filters an environments gas particles into nitrogen, oxygen ,argon to fit you lungs needs. If you are in combat, which you always are it does this at a higher rate to compensate your body and vice versa .In the dead of space lets say you get lost for instance and are floating aimlessly to your eventual death it would still function just as if on a planet, hence you'll be able to breath."

That sounded great

"Well regardless thank you i appreciate you doing your best to give me a real chance out there"

"my pleasure"

"hey one last thing"

"what is it my boy"

"Is this suit... alive? it was analyzing a metal rod and i heard it speak to me"

"of course not that would be sick even for us .It has all its processors but no brain!"

That was still sick but hey what could i say when i am the one benefiting from it

That being said i made a prompt effort to leave , i had to go meet up with Beara and find Remiel since i still haven't seen the inside of the space craft. I didn't feel the need to change at the moment so i made my way to district 3.I walking through the market people treated me as usual only this time like i was serial killer. They didn't know what to make of what was clearly one of them but with white feet and a warm body temperature, needless to say they were freaked out. Making my way downtown walking fast, faces pass , i didn't get to finish my little tune being directly in front of Bearas shop and all.

Walking into my third favorite place in the whole wide world i noticed it was completely empty except for desk in its usual setting. Beara was behind that desk

"aye aye i thought you'd forgotten about me lad... and you even have a new get up"

Analyzing Bear beastkins weak points short sighted and low peripheral vision... engage from a far

"I could never and yea this so supposedly unit 1013 its a newer model space suit made so i could survive on the other planet"

it would take a while to get used to ignoring it deconstructing everything i looked at

"what about me lass i breath are just like you"

oh i hadn't been thinking about her well being truth be told. That mad me feel a little guilty, especially knowing that i couldn't delay the trip for her

"Haha im pulling your dick lass in that ship of his there's breathable oxygen same, thing with Cauhine"

"Cauhine?" i said questioningly

" you know the planet were headed to haven't they told you anything?|

"I haven't seen them in a while i was too busy training"

"ahh well your excuse is adequate"

"I really just came to tell you that were leaving tomorrow by 7am sharp"

"Lass can you take me to the crown prince, you see I've been rather bored these last few days with nothing to do"

"uhh sure thing but i don't really know where he is myself, i was just going to ask Gwen or Ezra"

"Well anything better then staying here"

"I see , your happy to come along if you want "

Getting up from her stool she did a few stretches , when she was satisfied she said "lead the way lass"

Before we got within sight of the field i saw something green and huge coming at me at top speed. It was buck he seemed to notice us long before i could even see him. When he reached 100 feet of me his mad sprint turned into a halt with his hooves skidding across the ground imprinting through the dirt. Why did he stop?

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was there a predator around i looked around then it hit me it was Beara. Buck who as a result of his over feeding had now grown much bigger almost as large as his father made the not so wise decision to charge her.

Seeing that Buck was about to capsize her she said " ehh this your pet?"

"its my son, so dont hurt him"

"your son? buddy ,It looks like he wants to hurt me"

That was true i couldn't tell if Buck could differentiate Beara a beastkin from a wild animal but to his consideration i couldn't either. Placing my hands in front of me in a non aggressive manner i tried to slowly tell him he wasn't a threat.

"Hey buddy this is a friend of my her name is Beara" I said while pointing at her. At times like this i wondered why Bear was in her name it just didn't help, maybe he wanted revenge for that time a bear terrorized him .Buck didn't seem to buy my explanation was he charged anyway. His antlers weren't full size yet but they were still deadly enough to give a run for me money .I turned to look at what Beara was going to do and she seemed ready to take him on... that wasnt good.

Analyzing threat. Threat level low weak point legs ,snap at joint

That wasn't helpful i wasn't going to snap bucks legs. As if reacting to my thoughts it replied "Threat level low weight 2476 pounds your maximum threshold is 17700 in other words just pick it up". Seeing the massive Buck in front of me that idea didn't seem plausible but if my suit was defective i would need it changed ASAP so i decided to listen. When Buck was inches in front of me, i did a simple side step putting my self to his right and lifted him up much to my, Bearas and his surprise.

BAAA

he tried to wiggle his way out in defiance but i had a iron grip on his torso ,It felt like he was thin air. He gave up trying to escape but didn't stop glaring at Beara

Threat neutralized

"holy shit lass you seriously have been hitting the gym"

"Its the suit"

"Well i'll be damned"

That made me chuckle a bit, she had no filter similar to Gwen

We continued our trip and not long after saw the group of people we wanted to see. Ezra was sitting under her favorite tree, with remiel talking Gwendolyn, while Myrtle was sun bathing. Upon me and Beara's arrival i could tell they were conflicted, first to say something was Remiel.

"Farron is that the new space suit Jonathon made for you... its fucking creepy i wont even lie bro. Leave it to that workshop to make something efficient and disturbing"

If they knew this was essentially a brain damaged zyanite I'm quite positive they would be even more disgusted

"i thought something similar but hey now there's no denying it you guys really are made up of the best stuff" I don't suspect that joked landed the way i wanted it to with his increasing silence

"aye give the kid a break not like he choose this anyway I'm bored in the shop let me in the ship"

That wasn't a way to ask for favors but knowing Beara that was the most civil she could be

"haha you always are quite pleasant why didn't you ask sooner"

He took that well, but i never knew him for being the stuck up type or maybe it his just his fascination with beastkin women, yes even Beara

"i second her statement i wanted to see inside of the ship, my sleep place and all"

"Alright everyone , let me lead the way it shouldn't far from here.

When we arrived at his spaceship it looked like a smaller luxury model of the planetary base just with jet boosters on its sides to aid in speed and mobility .

"welcome to my humble abode "

When we entered the space craft this was one of those cases where the inside looked better then the outside.

There was extravagance everywhere from the floor tiling to the seats .It consisted of A food hall and a bedroom hall along with a captains quarters. The food hall had as described food, the Captains quarters had the steering of the spacecraft but he was adamant to tell us that it has a excellent auto pilot, and the bedroom hall consisted of 8 doors .Each door had a face on it, now i could suspect who was behind my room on the main ship .It had me, Ezra ,Gwen ,Remiel ,Myrtle ,Beara ,Buck, and Tyler's face's all plastered on the door in assorted colors. I was startled to see Tyler's face, and most of the rooms wouldn't have a purpose since me ezra and Gwen, sleep together with buck .Along with Remiel and Myrtle sleeping together but the notion was still nice.

"Wow this place is really fit for a prince"

"Hahaha..." he said with a dry face "so does everyone have everything they need? the trip is tomorrow"

All of us replied with affirmatives it's not like we had many possessions other then weapons, which we had.

"Hey i see Tyler's room when did she start coming?"

"The moment she heard that you were going to leave for Cauhine she begged me to follow this prime specimen as she put it"

Figures scientist and creators are a literally insane, but in some ways i had to admire it

"Is she in her room i asked"

"She always is" He replied rather bluntly, Changing his mood into a more serious manner "Can i ask everyone here for a selfish request?"

That was uncanny coming from the most happy go lucky guy here

"that is?" i was the first to reply

looking me directly in the eye he said "I know we had plans to leave tomorrow but i would like to ask for us to depart right now " Continuing his explanation "The situations on Cauhines grows more dire by the second, the opposition has something big planned and i don't think it would be smart to go without even so much as a feel for what truly you are getting yourself into"

"Is that right"

" you see I'm sorry but i haven't been completely honest"

I could see Gwen's fight mode kick in when he mentioned that he wasn't telling the full truth but knowing him there might have been a decent reason.

"Where did you lie " i asked

"You see back on planet Cauhine Myrtle is royalty and regardless or not she is forced to enter the competition" pointing at her he said "as you can see she's not much of a fighter and would be killed or worse ..."

"so you choose to lie to us?" Gwen asked visibly upset with her arms crossed

She didn't understand but as a man i could already see what Remiel was getting at. If i may jump to an assumption he didn't want me to feel as if i had the option to bail, which is admittedly a crude, deceitful strategy when it came to lives but in order to save a loved one could i say that i would be as moral even. I know he wasn't the goody two shoes he presented himself to be nor would i blame him, if anything i owed him big time for saving me way back then. Not only that but i had my own reasons maybe it was fate but it worked out the best that it could.

"So you want me to do what" i asked

Turning to me Gwen was not please "you're still going to do it"

"without a doubt" i answered resolutely

"Farron... thank you"

"She is forced to participate unless she has a representative to take her place that person will be you,... nothing i told you was a lie i truly do like you guys but"

i cut him off there was no need to explain, at this point in the game who even cared. Walking up to him i put my hand on his shoulder saying " i understand, if its alright with everyone here then i don't see why we needed to wait"

"you really want to do this " Gwen seem to be contemplating my actions

"What's a few hours earlier" i asked

"fine" she left as she went to her room, supposedly to think

"im cool with it ain't nothing left to do on this planet "Beara added

" ok " was all Ezra said following Gwendolyn to console her

Everyone was left to their devices until all that remained was me and the crown prince

"Farron... again... thank you"

"No problem bud"

Something like this didn't mean much to me, if there's one thing i learned is that everyone is doing their best .I had no motive to view this as malicious intent, hell everything we did was based on trust .I trusted that he would bring me to Cauhine and he trusted i would actually take Myrtles place .Walking away he was going to the captains quarters

"HEY!" i called out

"yes?

"you owe me one"

he really didn't owe me one , it was even but hey i wanted to capitalize

"i wouldn't have it any other way"

With that we prepared for lift off into a new boundary. I still remembered why i was doing this while yes i was helping my good friend Remiel but it was mostly for selfish reasons. It was to travel the world's with Gwendolyn, Ezra and Buck , to see and experience new horizons. This was just the first step of many

Also because like Gwendolyn I've developed a bit of a duality on one side I'm exploration loving, on the other hand.. this hand

I'm a manically battle junky