CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

What is the enemy of my enemy anyway?

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System Message

Twig, it’s time for you to go, my rule is absolute

The fragile fate of those you love is not yours to pollute

Though I cannot seem to touch your soul at present time

Remember I can punish anybody for your crime

Twig awoke to such a message, which he read in fear

After all, he still had hadn’t seen his eleventh year

Now he’d have to leave his home and family alone

To protect them from the broken fate that was his own

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His parents met him at the door before the break of dawn

Hopeful he’d find answers on the journey he’d be on

He set out with a bag full of survival tools and snacks

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A dagger on his waist and in his bag a lightweight axe

“Even though we deal with portals as fast as we can

Portals don’t just open according to some great plan

Many monsters roam through the lands which we do not know

Be careful of them please, no matter where you choose to go”

“You’ll be safe as long as you stay clear of portals, son

You can hunt or scavenge just as well as anyone”

We can only trust the System still has plans for you

Come back home as soon as you’ve done what you need to do”

With tears they sent him off before his sisters were awake

They couldn’t know that he was leaving for all of their sake

He didn’t understand himself, the nature of this quest

He only hoped he didn’t stumble on a monster nest

He walked out of the village into the forest of green

But now it looked quite different from the forest he had seen

Before it was a place where he would play with friends all day

Now he was alone and that was how he’d likely stay

He strained his eye to see but without his depth perception

He quickly tripped over a rock in his tired confusion

He was just about to break down crying then and there

But something took his mind off of how things were so unfair

Achievement: Classic Twig

So this is your life now eh, can’t say that I’m surprised

Though this is much worse than I ever could have surmised

It almost makes me feel a little bad for you, but no

This is what you get for ignoring advice, you know

“Just leave me alone you mean old god, I don’t need you

Go unless you’ve thought of something useful you can do”

Twig stood up defiantly and kept walking ahead

Ignoring the pain in his scraped knees that slowly bled

Achievement: It’s Better This Way

Just keep walking til you find yourself so far away

Whatever the System said, it is better this way

You never had a chance at doing any good at all

Now at least you won’t drag friends down with you when you fall

He thought about his friends, which helped him hold back all his tears

They had been his strength for more than half a dozen years

Even though his god was mean, he had a point right there

He’d never wish to drag them into a life so unfair

His mind returned to what had happened recently again

What had happened between his god and the System then

He noticed that they seemed unable to know what he thought

So he spoke to see if their attention could be caught

“System, if you’re listening, and my deity too

You owe me some answers since I am obeying you

Do you have a plan for me, and is my home safe now?

Can I ever see them again, some way or somehow?”

Achievement: You Should Stop That

Woah there now, you foolish boy, you really would tempt fate?

Best you reel that question in before it is too late

I don’t know much about Systems, but that thing is strong

I wonder if it has been involved here all along

System Message

Only a few times have people dared invoke my name

Most of them faced deletion, with just themselves to blame

But since you’re not in sync I still cannot delete you now

With the next update though, I’ll figure it out somehow

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