I finally get it, when he throws the dagger, it acts as a midpoint between two targets, he then uses it to invert the positions of two objects in space. How annoying.
“Hey, Orb.”
“What do you want?”
“I was just wondering when are going to get out of that pile of shit?”
“Oh yeah.” Jumping out of the shit, I freeze all of it off my body. Then I start to walk away.
“Got to figure out a plan to catch those two.”
“At the rate you’re going, it will be weeks before you catch them.”
“Well if you want to speed this up you could use your bow and support me.”
“Oh so now you want my bow, don’t you remember what you said on the ship!”
“I have never once brought up your bow in conversation, are you going insane.”
Grabbing me by the face, she says, “Orb if you try to make me look insane one more time, it will be the last time you draw breath. Am I Clear?”
“Crystal.”
“Good, yellow for fear.”
“All women really are evil, I miss Maple.”
“Well just give up on this and let’s head back, you know what let’s give up on this whole Cyrus sister thing and head back.”
“You know you have had a bad attitude all the while we are in Skydust, didn’t you want to come with us?”
“Yes, I did, to have fun, helping strangers isn’t fun.”
“But you looked like you were having a great time helping me and Maple in Basileia.”
“Orb there seems to be some confusion here so let me clear it up. I will never ever do something for the sake of someone else, I do things because they are fun. Back then helping you and Maple smelled like it would lead me to more heart-pounding situations, not boring slogs like this.
Judge me if you want, but I simply can’t be a sociopath who helps every single person he meets and can forgive all those who wronged him.
I guess you're disappointed that your perfect queen Atalanta, isn’t a benevolent saint.”
Crouching down and scratching my head I say to Atalanta, “Not at all, in fact, that is totally understandable.”
“Eh really?”
“I am many things, but an idiot isn’t one. I am fully aware that my sense of morality is a bit too much.”
“Then for what reason do you do such things.”
“Well, how should I put this? You see when I was younger, it was like everything outside Fimbulwinter was trapped in a glorious box that I couldn’t enter.
Within the box were the countless people from all the stories I have read, all those people were living in such a harsh but wonderous world, pushing through suffering and sadness still trying to find happiness, they were all living like humans, and I wanted to live like a human as well.
You know what that was explained really poorly let me use this as an example; I never told you guys this, but did you know Capti was quite a religious person.”
“Captivant, but wait wasn’t he-.”
“A manwhore, Capti was a complete manwhore. Capti constantly told me stories about all the trouble and situations he used to get up in when he was younger, and they were all wild.
He was a heavy drinker, he did a lot of weird drugs, and had sex with over 300 women, it was ridiculous. But he actually turned to religion midway through his life. He was so pious that a bunch of his books ended with the sentence; god loves you.
It was such a jarring shift that I constantly asked him why this happened, we even spent quite a bit of time looking back to see what event caused the shift, but we weren’t able to find any big events in his life that could caused such a change.
Crazy isn’t it, that a person like Capti could go through such a shift. But it happened, and the reason that happened was because he went out into the world and lived a good life.
Every single human can go through the same kind of great shift and die just as fulfilled as Capti, so that’s why I help everyone good or bad, so they can go through great shifts and reach their pinnacles, the fact they have been able to keep living this far in life is a miracle, so I want to help them all I can. And maybe I will get to be human one day as well.”
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Letting out a sigh Atalanta says, “Your actually a lot dumber than I thought.”
“Hey, no need to be rude.”
“But still, I can confidently say that if I ever have a child I hope they will be a good boy like you.”
“Well with how easily you spread your legs I am sure that will be sooner rather than later.”
Choking me Atalanta says, “We almost had a moment there.”
Letting go she tells me, “Well thanks to your little speech I feel excited, so let’s go catch those two clowns while I am in the mood.”
With a smile appearing on my face I say, “Right!”
Φ I think my hand smells weird.
Did I wash my hands before preparing the food?
Crap, I got peppers in my eyes.
That boy with white hair was so handsome, if only we meet off the battlefield.
I just hit a boy with my buffanoa, is he alive?
I need to finish this dress; I can't die before my masterpiece is completed.
That girl with large breasts was so pretty, if only Mime let me talk to her.
Should I eat the crust on this bread or leave it?
I know it, my husband is using the incoming war threat to have an affair.
I need to go get that special gift for my wife’s birthday ready. It might be her last.
I am reaching that age, I need to figure out what craft I will be doing for the rest of my life.
No not this one.
I want to grow up and be like mommy and daddy.
Without my scarf life is not worth living.
My big brother has returned, and it seems he is playing a big game of tag with everyone, I should join in as well.
Not these either
Search party U and I, please go search sections 3 and 4 again of the city we need to find Percy.
Please God have mercy on us all.
I can die like this, I have never even felt a woman’s embrace.
Grabbing my head, I let out a scream, “All these people aren’t Percy.”
“Suzuka, are you ok?” Cyrus asks.
“Yeah I am doing fine,” I say with my best smile.
No matter how much I focus I just can’t find him, I have found quite a few strange thoughts while scanning everyone’s brain, but none of them seems to be Percy’s.
Feeling a stroke of pain, I grab my head. When I focus on thoughts and emotions like this it makes my head hurt even worse than usual.
“Suzuka, you d-d-d-d-don’t look well.”
“Don’t worry Cyrus I am doing fine.”
I can’t stop until I find him, no way in hell am I going to let the people of Skydust be killed like dogs. People shouldn’t be punished for others' actions.
Grabbing my head I say, “Let’s get back to this.” Expanding my focus, the thoughts and emotions evolve and now instead of just background noise in my head to legible words.
It's intense and heavy, especially since everyone on Skydust constantly has something on their minds. Still, this isn’t enough I need to go deeper and forcefully expand my scope, I need to find Percy immediately.
It hurts, feels like someone is constantly smashing my head with a hammer. But this pain is only temporary. I can do this.
Cyrus says, “You shou-u-u-u-uld rest.”
“I am fine.”
“Bu-u-u-ut you seem ill.”
“I said, I am fine!”
“Yo-o-o-o-ou can’t help people if you’re not f-f-f-feeling well.” Grabbing my shoulder Cyrus says, “Let’s stop.”
“WOULD YOU FUCK OFF ALREADY!!” I say turning around.
Hearing me scream Cyrus falls over onto the group. “Didn’t I tell you to leave me alone, I thought the only thing you are good for is following orders but now it seems you can’t even do that.”
“I d-d-d-didn’t mean to.”
“Shut up! And what did you mean let’s stop, you haven’t done a single thing to help all you have done is sit around on your ass.”
“But y-y-y-ou didn’t tell me what t-t-to do.”
“You’re an ADULT, do I need to tell you what to do, think for yourself. Oh wait, you can’t do that because your head is fucking empty, there are literally no thoughts in there.”
“I-I-I-I-I-I, just wanted to help.”
“To help? Not a single thing you have done around me has helped. You get lost easily, and when we are alone you make it so awkward, why can’t you say something you’re a man aren’t you. take charge. But you’re unable to, so I have to you bastard.
On top of that, you're just a scrawny, feminine-faced man baby, who can’t do anything. Is an insult to my father that a person such as yourself is considered a man.”
Hunches up in a ball on the ground and says, “You’re a failure of a girl as well.”
“What was that, Cyrus!”
“Girls are supposed to be weak, pleasant, cute and c-c-c-caring. But you’re a girl who always picks fights with everybod-d-d-dy, uses profanities in excess, and is rude to her fr-r-r-riends even when they try to be n-n-n-nice to you.”
Moulding my tails into a giant hand I hit Cyrus directly in the face and said, “I hate you.”
Jumping on him I hit him repeatedly and say, “Who the hell are you to insult me for anything, unlike you, I know this and am trying my best to change, but here you are insulting me like all those pieces of trash did, I will never forgive you.”
As I continue to hit Cyrus, I notice he isn’t fighting back so I stop. Then I loudly hear thoughts from inside his head.
Letting her relieve stress on me is all I can do for Suzuka, though I should still apologize later. She doesn’t deserve to hear those things.
“What the hell Cyrus, why are you thinking of me when I said all those horrible things to you.”
With tears falling down his eyes Cyrus says, “I-I-I-I-I know I am an f-f-f-f-failure of an adult and a man. I can’t give you advice like Atalanta or help you like Orb, s-s-s-so this is all I can do for you.”
Looking at his teary-eyed face, I realize what I have done, “I am sorry Cyrus, I shouldn’t use anything that I am feeling or what happened in the past as an excuse to use hurt you. Across your body are scars that will never heal, you have as good a reason as there could be for hating me right now but you still care. That alone proves you’re a lot better person than me.”
“Suzuka, no.”
Picking Cyrus up I bow and say, “I am so sorry for my behaviour, as punishment I want you to hit me as hard as you want.” Lifting my face up I say, “And I don’t want to hear any tal-.” Before I can finish my sentence, I am hit by Cyrus's hand and am sent flying through multiple buildings.
As I lay in the debris of the last building I went through Cyrus walks up to me and says, “S-S-S-Suzuka I am sorry. It seems I was a little bit angry.”
“Don’t worry about it, I deserved it, and I am happy to know even you can get angry.”
“I am really sorry. Hurting someone isn’t what a man should do.”
“Well Cyrus you are absolutely nothing like what I learnt a man should be, but I can say amongst all the men I have met, you’re in my top 2 favourites.”
With a bright smile on his face, Cyrus says, “I feel the same about you.”
“Eh, are you saying I am not like a girl to you.”
“Oh, n-n-n-no, I was-s-sn’t saying that,” Cyrus says panicking.
As Cyrus picks me up I say, “Then as two irregulars let's try and accomplish something that all the normal men and women of Skydust can’t do. I have a plan on how to find Percy, and I need you for that.”