All Chapters of Ocular to the Dying Sun: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30
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Voices of Hurting; part 5
“I’ve instructed them to report back as fast as they could when they find traces of your daughter or her caretaker. With the state of the forest, the number of places they could hide is vast, but we have the equipment to search for people and their presence. One of them will be the two of them." He finished as he lightly smiled. "Thank you for giving us all another day to live, come back safely. My daughters will be angry if you don't come back safely and with their future inaanak.”His words lit up a small kind of hope she could feel from the heart of her considered good friend and mentor. With a heart heavy from the burden of a fault not of her own, she leaves to follow the searching party Verbasi sent out to the forest. Doubtful that her heart could ever recover from the multitude of held sorrow and anger she’s bottled up from the beginning of the Ocular ending ceremonies.Riding a Sari-manok on her way inside the ceremonial grounds,
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Voices of Hurting; part 6
“It’s wrong to feel this when we’re still in the middle of looking for Captain’s child, but I’m grateful that we all survived this dilemma.” He said, more so under his breath than out loud.“Don’t let the Captain hear you say that,” Sacr said. “The result of this battle is nothing but a farce, we still have to deal with the political side of everything. Remember, those ‘Kabay rebels’ were here. Either ruining their name or blatantly killing a part of the government that shouldn’t even be considered during this ceremony of blessing.“Slitark shards are very important to our society, without this gift, we couldn’t be able to control magic and our lands as it is. Being entitled to feel this way is our gift, but we have a time and place to celebrate.” Sacr steered her Sari-manok in a direction but paused when she heard something and at breakneck speed, ran towards the sound.
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Aft Diary Entry, Burned; part 1
▓▓▓▓▓Events of the attack on the ceremonial grounds brought concern and sorrow to several citizens within the central city of the All-Monarch Kingdom; especially the citizens worry about the Prime Magician. Knowing of her constitution during the time of her trip to their Slitark Sun, many have given prayers to the crystal in the sky to bless her and guide her.Acknowledgment of her pregnancy and the child birthed from that incident is well anticipated before they returned. There were talks of simple joys and parties around to give gratitude to her newborn, perhaps out of their sincere kindness as a conglomerate of morals to their “Prime Magician.”However, their curiosity will remain unanswered when a greater issue overlaps everything the moment the Prime Magician returns. She was embroiled with several obligations, more so of the news about the supposed attack of Dire-eaters and rebels that were declaring themselves to be Kabay faction.Read more
Aft Diary Entry, Burned; part 2
Along the lines of this innate act of terrorism, shallow consideration for each concern and party validates how strong of opposition there is towards Lady Yphemu Saturni, the proven rightful successor to the current Prime Magician. Historically, the Prime Magician has always been trusted or appointed lawfully by the ordinance of nature, meaning existing as a human with the strongest form of Light magic.Knowing this, if they so much as attempt to harm an overpowered being such as a Prime Magician; who in their right minds would send footmen? At the very least a magician clever enough to win against her by sheer knowledge despite being lower in power.This question will be forever after this incident, not because of how absurd it is, but the fact that there is a larger rift between the factions in the course even during the previous Prime Magician. Doubtfully so, this meant that the fear of another war could spark, and that’s not something any of them wanted.
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Aft Diary Entry, Burned; part 3
Lord Acrothyl ng Pulchell is the current head of his family however he has already started passing all his duties to his daughter, Itheca ng Pulchell, and at current is just the figurehead on occasions or meetings like this for the council. She's been the one calling all the shots for years now since her graduation from the Academy.Honoring her skills and determination to be a part of their society as a family member, and possible rightful heir as the head of the Pulchells, Itheca persuaded Acrothyl to let her work under him. He agreed on the terms that she doesn’t do anything that could put herself in harm's way or their name, especially being the youngest with no claim to her name.Her older siblings are now working or have their own families, in terms of being politically active, none of them are as immersed and strong stance as their father, Acrothyl. Since then, she’s been fighting for her place in a world that was built by hardship
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Aft Diary Entry, Burned; part 4
After much deliberation and secrecy about their actions, the roster of candidates has all been listed in place of opposing or supporting the suggested selection, Itheca Pulchell, and Cala Romiss. The names in the list are all known nobles from a few of the eighteen noble houses as sub-families.Their claim of competence is well known, even the heads of Docas and Pulchell agree that they are good candidates, worthy of opposition. Yet, even by the silent majority who never presented a hand of candidate or candidacy, Itheca and Cala stood on even ground of vote from the council.How much of this was paid or financially backed, no one will know, only those who wish to keep their tongues to themselves and eyes clear as they saw the council leader tap the shard of his Kaderno. The voting lasted ten minutes to the second, with less than five minutes of second-guessing and presentation reading on the list.None of them took more than a second to know which of the candid
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Aft Diary Entry, Burned; part 5
The days after they returned there was still a search party left in the forest to look for the nanny and her child, Yphemu’s mind was divided deep in the cusp of all the things she needs to do that she collapsed in her office at one point.During the time of her rest, she had one day of indecisive worry before the search party returned to deliver her the news that they still could not find her baby and the nanny. Not a body or any trace of the child’s presence, as if she vanished into thin air.She thanked them for doing this for her, Lagodis a silent member of her team who helped lead the search, told her the only words of comfort he could afford to say.“Captain,” Lagodis said as he stood with his salamander tattooed face looking at her with a stoic expression. There was a hint of sadness on his face that only a trained person could see. “We are sorry we couldn’t find your daughter.”Yphemu was looking at the cl
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How Seasons Travel; part 1
░░░░░Single drops of rain from drifting round clouds poured without warning or wary over the cultured gardens of the Saturni manor, lit by shard lamps in the middle of midmorning, looking like the perfect scenario of darkest before dawn with additional blurred vision from the collected fog of the cold drizzle. The days passing since Yphemu adopted Mitt were like a fever dream rushing into a sudden river of ice, breaking the heat from her exhausted soul only to find herself dazed, in a confused reverie, on certain days.These are one of those days when Yphemu could not take in the pressure of the outskirts. Killing all the monsters without remorse. Making sure to spend her days in the presence of Mitt her adopted son to keep him from being lonely, and choosing, in the end, to bask in pain heart, body, and mind.Ending with her running away from her people and walking under the light rain that starts to pour and the clouds above becoming larger by the minute. Not
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How Seasons Travel; part 2
The boy nods, he was looking down but to a trained eye or people close to him, they would notice that he’s spilled soup on his napkin on his lap and probably a part of his shirt. This isn’t common for him but as a child who is still growing accustomed to the concept of stiff discipline, he is not immune to being a child rattled by something embarrassing.He liked his mother and loved her, but it was still shameful for him to hear her words of affection, especially in front of others.“Meet with Lord Verbasi today so you can have the time to study and play games after with his children,” Yphemu said as she signaled Hyles. “By that time, I’d have adjusted a better schedule for us to attend to in the coming season, but I want you to focus more on your spellcasting. You may have good grades during this Academy, but it’s different with being my rightful successor.”The grey-haired man nodded as he instructed one of his
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How Seasons Travel; part 3
She had recovered, fully, from her sudden physical depletion after using so much of her magic. To the point, she needed to use several Fire-brim shards to serve as output crystals of her magic that she could not control coming out from her body. The ordeal had Sacr and Epiro remembering the horror of her magic, to the point they could only stand in awe at the strength that the Prime Magician holds.Her stance may seem like she is equal to a god, but nothing could prepare her for the fear of leaving a life all on its own, that’s why her reputation returning after protecting the end-of-year election a decade prior held her ground of power. This brought a certain relief within Yphemu and the people allied to her, specifically, people of the Sagan and the Saturni family, who continues to flourish their lives with certainty. At least for another time when an unprecedented event, forces her to reroute her life and those who believe in her.“There’s an agend
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