Hana skipped as they walked, humming a tone that Bayo was sure he never heard before.
It was somewhere between erie and soothing. But just as soon as he listens to it, he takes his mind off it.
Currently, he is in his Spirit Prime Wolf form because Ronke had advised that he be in that form, at least to keep appearances as some of the contestants were recognizable by the varying creatures from a golden brown blend of a lion and goat to a tortoise shelled beetle and many others beasts that were being walked by their hosts. A show of might, Hana had termed it, saying that they had to do the same.
This time however, Ronke demanded for the clothes, before he switched forms, right there at the pavilion of the Amphitheatre. Initially, he was worried that someone would see him but there was really not as much a reason to be worried. The audience, the spectators who had come to watch the opening night already got their feet and started the bustling as they ea
"Ah, sorry. There's always a lot of traffic here whenever it is time for the contest, you know." She giggled, showing her white dentition again. "And, it's hard enough to move about and what's harder is the fact that you are yet to enter your soul beast into Wardship, Miss Ronke.""I don't understand." Ronke frowned. "Who are you?"She asked the lady. Standing at a height of 5.7ft, she was dwarfed clearly by the lady who stood at the height of 7.2ft exactly as were the Hadjans with her."Ugh!" The lady made a mock gesture of wiping off sweat from her face. "I have been looking all over for you. Where have you been?""Uh…" Hana looked from Ronke to the lady, her right hand dropping to the pinky finger on her left. She was just waiting for something to go amiss before she pulled out her Ashari blade from the Spatial storage ring she had on."Uh… forgive me. I didn't introduce myself." The lady smiled with one eye closed. "Yo
Meanwhile, minutes had passed and already the crowd had thinned out considerably. They were not in the same location as before being that they had walked quite some distance.Distance that Bayo had failed to take note because of the crowd about then.However now, they walked into a bunker of sorts, moving down the sloping pavement as were the few others too.At the bottom of it, Bayo took a cursory look about. He noticed the sturdy steel walls that formed the walls of the bunker, the stone paved road below his paws and also taking notes of some patrolling Adzes guards in their usual leather armor.They took the first right turn, branching off the previous path into another path that has sand and loose earth here and there, mostly red in color.They walked for a couple more meters, Granin and Tangera nodding here and there in greeting to the passing Adzes around her. Soon after another branching off again, they got into an area whe
"A-ha! Tired are we?" Yasmin's voice resounded as his black shoes went pitter patter in the somewhat water logged ground, droplets of water falling off the soles of the shoes.He was pretty much the same as last time, having the visage of the form, the human Bayo respected the most.The Yoruba history teacher, of whom he had fled his class just because he was tired of the Yoruba myths being spoken.Only if he knew that what the teacher was saying was all true.Only if he knew that he was going to be in that same supposed Mythological world, perhaps, he might have paid more attention to the class.But what did that matter? It was a little too late for regrets. In fact, now, Bayo was already adjusting to the harsh conditions of Orun, learning to take things the way they ought to be taken.By now, Bayo was pretty much aware that in the instant he slacked, he would, surely, become toast for the forces after that.The very sense of this be
It was taking like forever for Tangera to return already. So much that Bayo frowned in unease.Had he been harsh on her?!He didn't know. Indeed, he could not find a reason as to why he was harsh or if he was harsh at all. The past events had been one that had taken quite the toll on him, mentally so it was only natural that he would act out of instincts.Preservational Instincts.So far, so good, his life has only been on the run. From one thing to another thing, he was always running.But this time, he was stuck in one place where he could not just bail. Not with the cell walls around him. Even though it would seem treacherous for him to do so, Bayo heaved, he would have still done so.Right now, he was just sitting ducks for whoever came his way.Perhaps, he should have bailed when he had the chance and was not confined to the walls of this cell.The fact that he was in a contest where he would have to resort to bestial livi
Today was one of the most bizarre of the days I have come to live in Laprisha.The Soul Beast Contest is beginning in earnest. As you know, it is the contests where these Adzes show off their excellent skills their Soulbonds have, the grand prize being the Lord or Lady of Laprisha.A rather odd custom that I am yet to come to grips with. How can you lobby the throne for such a contest?Still, it is the Adzes. They are a set of… umph! I wonder if I can find the word to describe them exquisitely.Do not think that Granin might also be that way because he is an Adze… He thinks clearer than the others and as such sees no reason why the throne should be lobbied and even opened to non-Adzes to compete.Well, the Adzes are quite famous with the law of Death which is not a pleasant thing, by the way. However, that alone is not the reason for their fame.They are also famous because they take great pride in soulbonding with beasts
"Why are you looking at it?" Tangera asked suspiciously."Isn't it obvious? That is one of the sentient beasts. The sooner it can get killed, the easier it is to shake off those Beastkins." Granin said, shrugging. "It just has to die.""Then... What about the Shadow Spider and that Manticore?" Tangera asked."Those ones can be settled but this is what Management wants." Granin replied rather coldly."No… no" Tangera frowned, shaking her head slowly at the ground as she took a couple of steps backwards away from Granin."it's not me who is making these changes, you know?So, try not to hate me, Tangera, okay?" Granin's face softened with a sigh. "I know how this is important to you being a trainer… But this is way above me, honestly. Lord Aiko is pulling all this strings himself and there is only nothing I can do as regards that." Granin said, taking a couple of steps towards her. "That is why I am even sifting these info to you.
Bayo froze upon seeing Tangera before him, walking into the stage. So, she'd been the one who opened it?And here he was…'Ugh! How dumb am I?' Bayo growled at himself."Come on…"Tangera turned around, beckoning to him. "You wanted to come out here, didn't you?"Bayo snorted, trudging out with his snout sniffing in the dark atmospheric airs.He paused when he got to the center, looking up to Tangera who stood in his way.She smiled at him, inhaling the air. With her hands sideways in the air, she turned around, a wry smile playing on her lips."You know… this place. The free air, the empty space, the vast pavilions…" Tangera said, swinging her hands up and down as she began to circle around with a carefree expression.The entire amphitheatre was silent and empty. Each step and sound seemed to echo for some seconds before subsiding. The sand on the ground was rough, scathered, evidence of
Lord Aiko sniffed in the air, wearing a grey bathrobe that dropped to his feet with the straps tied to his waist.As usual, the atmosphere is dark, a noticeable feature of the realms dominated by the Adzes. And as a result of their incomplete souls, these vampires are incapable in stepping out during Dawn time and throughout the day. In an attempt to solve this, they were able to infuse death energy into all their lands, bringing up a feel of the First Heaven into their place.As a result, demon waves that came down from the First Heaven, Orun Apaadi, naturally migrated through their realms. The vampires would do nothing most of the times. Actually all the time, encouraging the waves to pass through. However because of the fact that they were civilised of some sorts,they did not resort to entertaining their destructive tendencies whenever a new Icon arose.Today was however not one of those wave days. Rather, tonight, tonight, Lord Aiko had set the plans i