Φ Running forward at full speed, I go up to everyone I can see and ask the same question to each of them. But in response to this, I get either unaware or rude remarks in response.

“Sorry, I don’t know?”

“I haven’t heard of such a thing.”

“Could you stop being such a pest!”

“Get out of here.”

“I don’t have time for this.”

“I have no clue, sorry.”

“No idea but here’s a snack for your trouble.”

Still running in a circle, I start feeling a little weak and then I end up falling into another beastkin. Getting up while on the ground, I say, “How many times is that now!”

Seeing the beastkin, I notice he is something that I haven’t seen before. He looks way more like an animal than he does a human, in fact, he looks like a bug.

“Sorry, I was running like a fool.”

Looking at me he says, “No, I wasn’t watching where I was going please forgive me?”

Hearing the sound of a child being considerate is something that seems completely alien to me after the day I have had, so crying uncontrollably, I say, “Thank you.”

With his cute little bug face freaking out, he says, “Are you ok, because you are crying like crazy.”

Wiping my tears, I say, “No don’t worry about it, this is just the happiness I am feeling after meeting you.”

Putting my hands on my head, I freak out and say, “But what am I going to do, I still haven’t found any hints of what I am looking for. I need to go!”

I get up and start to run, but as I do I am hit and grabbed by the bug who says, “Don’t go yet!”

“Huh, why?”

“You’re arm it is purple.”

Looking at one of my arms, I see it is purple and say, “I didn’t even notice.”

“You were looking woozy earlier and this must be the cause. You got poisoned.”

“I see, but I will do something about it later.”

“NO!” The boy shouts. Using his pincers, he bites my arm causing me to feel a sting of pain, and when he finishes, he says, “I injected your body with a nontoxic substance, it will make your body more efficient though it will have a bad blowback. So make sure you take care of your business fast.”

“Why would you do that for me?”

“My brother is always helping people much like this, so I want to try and do the same.” Hitting me on my head with the palm of his hand, he says, “I just gave you all my blessings, so good accomplish your goal.”

With a smile, I say, “Thank you and then I go on my way.”

I continued to run around and ask questions to the people in the area, and finally, someone says, “I think Samuels shop has what you are looking for.”

So I let out a yell of success, and say, “I almost have everything I need, I can start soon.”

-Break-

Φ Throughout the area Aois kids run about, looking for something that they all desperately want. Their impatience makes them lose all concern for others as they search because all they care about is their goal.

“I can’t find it.”

“But it should be around here somewhere?”

“Why is this thing so hard to find?”

“Have you all been really trying?”

“You’re the one who has been lazing around.”

“No, I have been trying my best, it was just that my group is incompetent.”

“I hate being part of your group let me leave.”

“Stop fighting and focus.”

“I am hungry.”

“We need to help Aois.”

“Aren’t we causing too much damage?”

“Who cares, just hurry up!”

“You’re all bullies!”

“You’re a baby!”

As the kids run into each other during their investigations, they share information and fight as kids do, but regardless of their individual problems, they stay on course to find their target.

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Suddenly a loud noise fills the entire market, as one man talks through a human-sized shatter shell which amplifies his voice all across the market.

“The aingeal droim still remains, a perfect cure-all for all kinds of muscle fatigue, but we only have one left in stock, so come and get it.”

All the kids at that moment realize they can get what they are looking for. So they all rush towards the source of the voice at full speed. They smile as they move because what they want is just a single lunge away.

But as they arrive at the store, they jump the man who was yelling, and then they say, “WHERE IS IT!”

“It was sold a while ago.”

“THEN YOU LIED TO US!”

Pointing towards a rooftop, he says, “That’s because that girl paid me extra if I said this to.”

The kids all look where he has pointed and see Maple holding a little jar filled with cream.

“Is this what you brats are looking for.”

The kids annoyed, say, “Give it to us, you boring monkey.”

“If you want it take it from me.” Rubbing a bit of cream on her arms, she says, “And you better hurry before I use it all.”

The kids without any logic or cohesion run after Maple. Every single one of them has lost all sense of unity, and skill they had when initially evading her, because the long time they have spent chasing after their prize has made each and every one of them so tired they only can focus on running after her.

Soon all the kids form into one giant crowd that chases Maple across the rooftops. Seeing this Maple looks back and grins, then she stops at the edge of one of the buildings.

Then with a smile, she rubs more of the cream on her body and says, “This stuff really is amazing.”

Then between the space of two small buildings, she jumps down, and the kids infuriated follow without thinking and as they jump down they are greeted with a large net that catches them.

The kids who fall inside of it try to move but their bodies are all moving far slower than usual, so none of them can move out of the net by the time the other kids fall on top of them.

But some kids sensing danger try and stop themselves from falling into the net and successfully they do. As they look over the edge, Maple stands behind them and with a piece of rope in her hands ties them up.

“I got you brats!”

As they struggle to get out of the ropes, incredibly slowly they ask, “Why are we so slow.”

Holding up the piece of rope in my hands, I say, “I have attached this rope to the net and have used my legacy on it to make everything it touches slow down, so now none of you can get away from me.”

With a demonic smile, I stare at the children and they make expressions of fear back towards me. One is about to speak but I put my hand over her mouth and say, “It is too late for that little girl, no more excuse, no more running, only justice!”

Φ “Dillion is that present what you want to give Abbán.”

Holding a statue of a scorpion made of food, Dillion says, “Yes it is, my brother is fond of this animal.”

“I see then let’s get going because it will be getting dark soon.”

“Right!”

-Break-

Location: Outer edge of Prosúnfore

Φ Throwing the net of kids in front of Aois I say, “Every single one is back!”

“Thank you for this Maple, now.” Sitting in front of the kids, Aois asks, “Why did you all do this today.”

Making faces of sadness the kids say, “We knew there was medicine that could fix your back issue.”

“Some other kids told us at school.”

“So we have been saving up all our money.”

“And planned to buy it for you today.”

“But that monster stopped us from reaching our goal,” A child says as they all turn their heads towards me in anger.

“Hey don’t act like I am the monster hear!”

“I see, so you guys all did this for me?”

Bright smiles appear on their faces, but as it does Aois smacks each and every one of them on the head and shouts, “DON’T BE STUPID!”

“Caring about me and going to such lengths for me is a wonderful thing, and the fact you could all work together is equally wonderful. But bothering all of those people to get what you want isn’t how I raised you.”

The kids look like they are on the verge of tears, but Aois sits in front of them and says, “Just talk to me next time, something doesn’t have to be a surprise to be special to me.”

The kids cheer up and then they all say, “No way.”

Surprised, Aois says, “What!?”

“If we said something, you would have just spent the money on us instead of you.”

“That’s why we have to surprise you or you would take it.”

“You’re a liar Aois.”

“Big fat liar.”

“We're not listening to a liar anymore.”

“We are going to go play.”

“No, you most definitely are not.”

The kids run around ecstatic full of life, and Aois chases them. These kids can move much faster and sharper than they currently are, they must be doing it for Aois's sake.

As they all run around with each of them gravitating around Aois, reminds me of the pixie’s wonderbeast flying through the sky without a care in the world.

Seeing this I can’t help but smile, and as I do the kids say, “You’re face is ugly stop.”

“Are you ok you look sick when you smile?”

“Never look at us again you demon.”

The insults from the kids cause all of the frustration they have caused me today to explode, and I say, “THAT’S IT I AM GOING TO TEACH EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU TO BE LIKE THE NICE ANT!”

And I jump in to join them.

-Break-

Location: Aois Orphanage

Sitting down on one of the chair, I say, “Finally the day is over.”

“Sorry it was so harsh, but I am surprized by how fast you where able to get them all to go to sleep.”

With great amounts of pride, I say, “My singing always puts everyone who hears it to sleep, even Orb and Williow have to cover their ears while making pained expressions when I sing.”

“Oh how I feel sorry for those two boys.”

“What?”

Quickly turning away, Aois says, “Nothing.”

“Well then it is time to go.”

Aois says in a kind but powerful tone, “Maple would you be willing to help me with one last thing today.”

“Looking outside to see the dimming lights, I think about refusing his request, but then I sigh and say, “What the hell, I’ll do it.”

“Thank you Maple, now let’s go.”

Name: Sántacht elephant

Height: 350 cm

Type: Wonderbeast, Herbivore

Description: A wonderbeast that looks all but exactly like an elephant. Though in way it differs is its many holes throughout its body and its rather rubbery body. It is capable of taking in large amounts of air and turning all of the carbon into oxygen, then breathing it out again. This process requires it to be fed a ridiculous amount of food and ends up making their poop smell bad.

Fact: The poop they make smells quite bad, so they tend to cover themselves with flowers to give off their scent, because of this they tend to like colours.

Name: Colheita

Height: 8m

Type: Wonderbeast, Herbivore

Description: A giant sloth-like wonderbeast, that has a giant square-like back and four long arms that it can use to stretch and grab onto the top of trees or mountains, it can also use these giant arms to form hammock on trees to sleep. But most notable, it can grow countless different plants starting from its back to all across its body, by having seeds planted on its back regardless of the climate or other factors.

Fact: They refuse to eat any plants they grow off their backs, but if taken off and given to them they will eat it.