-Break-Location: CampsiteΦ With joy in their hearts and defended by the night, the members of the campsite return to their area filled with joy and happiness from the events that have just taken place, ready to sleep away the rest of their day.Some say, "It has been a long time since we have had fun like that."Others say, "But now we have to go back to hell tomorrow.""Still we should be thankful to Charles for helping us get today off.""I know, I know but I am still stressed.""All we can do is simply work and then sleep off the pain until our great escape."As most of them have experienced great amounts of excitement today they plan to simply sleep the rest of the day away. But one of them is teeming with excitement as the most interesting part of his day is about to begin. Nero walks with everyone with a giant smile on his face.It is finally time! If everything goes as planned tonight will be the night I become a man.You see after the night Nero helped deliver little baby Ju
-Break-Location: Dónal's officeΦ Swinging on my chair, I say, "Today I was able to make those bastards work without throwing up. Look how far I have come, soon I will be able to tell them without feeling like I am going to die as well."Putting my hands up as I swing on the chair, I say, "I am amazing."But as I do this I start to fall back and scream, "NO!"Before I hit the floor I am stopped by something, and turning around I see Charles."How are you here?"Pushing my chair back to normal, he says, "I snuck in.""Again!""Yes!"Moving over to him, I say, "I missed you too, but please don't go around doing such dangerous things. A lot of people don't really like me, and they might try to take such things out on you.""I just wanted to tell you something.""What is it."Charles seems sort of jittery then he says, "Do the beastkin, and you're position mean a lot to you?""Why?""I was just wondering, if you were given the choice to throw it all away, the beastkin, this place, and ru
They're going to kill Dónal. I need to do something, but what?I am not strong enough to fight them, and getting closer is dangerous because if they spot me, I am dead. I could wait for Charles, but even if he was moving at top speed, it would be a least thirty minutes up and back to get the omega owl.So that begs the question what should I do?Pausing for a moment, I say, "Should I even do anything?"This whole Dónal debacle will simply make our escape easier, and knowing how prideful those beastkin our, I am sure they will have a big celebration after killing him, which just increases our chances of escape.In all honesty, we know our plan could end with him dying for his blunder of letting us escape anyway, so how is this really any different than that?Unlike Charles, Dónal means nothing to me, so this shouldn't be an issue. Suddenly imagines of my wedding flash into my mind, and from my head, I take the blue flower dowsed in Nero's blood, then say, "Dammit."-Break-Location: A
-Break-The next dayΦ Over his unconscious body, Charles waits on Nero who is visibly struggling as he sleeps. Charles doesn't know what to do, so he just sit's their and holds Nero's hand while saying, "I am sorry," over and over again.He cries, and says, "Please be okay Nero."But throughout all of his incentive cries, Nero finally opens his eyes, and says, "Charles you're being too loud."Φ Looking at me, Charles says, "Nero I am sorr-."I pat him on his head, and say, "Why aren't we at work, isn't it rather late in the day."Charles pauses for a moment, then looks down and says, "Bricriu told not one of us to leave the campsite until he returns.""Well isn't that nice of him. I guess if I am awake now I should go and check on everyone," I say getting up and walking out of the hut."Wait, there is something I need to tell you!" Charles says to me.No time to stop, I just need to move and do. All other thoughts need to cease because if they don't I won't be able to go on.As I ste
-Break-With Bricriu walking in front of me and Nero surrounded by his guards, he led them through the doors they entered.Nero faces is without life, and without thought, because any single idea he would have in this moment would be the end of him.Φ And I stare at him not knowing what I should say or do. I rack my brain, I think of something to say, but as I do the taste returns to my mouth and I stop talking to not vomit where I stand.I can still feel her, in my mouth. Stuck between the pieces of my teeth. The teeth that she told me made my smile bright.I shake as I think about what I have down, but then on my head, I feel Nero place his hand on me.Staring at him, I see that his expression hasn't changed, and he isn't even looking at me, but still, he is using his hand to comfort me. Even like that he still cares for me.Right now, I need to be strong as well.As we all exit, Bricriu says, "Well this has been quite fun spending time with you guys over the years, but that's over
-Break-Six months laterLocation: Scortha fieldsWith the little baby Jupio tied against him, Charles works the fields in the blazing heat just like everyone else. Many struggle to simply breathe, but Charles perceivers throughout it.Though the little one tied against him isn't so strong.Jupio starts to cry, so I look at her and say, "Please bear with it."But unable to understand my words, she continues to cry. I look up with a face of worry as I know what is about to happen next.A beastkin walks up to me and kicks me in my shin causing me to kneel, then grabbing my head he smashes my face into the dirt a few times.After he finishes, he pulls me by my hair towards his face, and says, "You see that is how that baby's constant cries feel to my ears. It isn't nice, is it?"Coughing, as I try to get air, I say, "No.""Then make sure I don't hear it anymore, because every bit of pain I feel, so will you."Jupio starts to cry even louder than before, and due to this, I see the beastki
-Break-Later that night Location: CampsiteWith Jupio in his arms, Charles is flung to the floor by a group of people from the campsite.Despite being hit hard, Charles's first instinct is to watch over the little Jupio in his arms.Looking up at his attackers, he says, "Why are you doing this?"The man in front of them all says, "You almost ruined all of our lives today, despite how much better it has gotten for us you tried to throw us into hell.""I simply spoke the truth of what I saw, and is that action enough of a sin to do this to me?"The man grips his hands and looks down then says, "I would be lying if I said your words earlier didn't ignite something in me, and many around me would attest to that.But no matter how truthful they are it doesn't change the fact we will never leave here, this life we currently have is the best we could ever hope for, so if we have to be pets, be property we will do so. Because you're not the only one tasked with protecting a child.""But is
Period: 3rd cycleContinent: Fimbulwinter (Victoria)Location: Orb's MansionA few days after Niflheim was foundedΦ Still the dead of night one grey-haired young man in a room filled with people awakes and opens his eyes.The young boy froze his body on the roof of the room and woke up he stared at all the people in the room, and smiles then says, "Let's get started."Slowly I break out of my ice then using my legacy I freeze my feet to the wall and escape out of the room. Yet when I leave the room I have to continue to manoeuvre because outside the room is also filled with sleeping people.After I brought everyone to Fimbulwinter to start our country we quickly ran into a problem and that is where are we all going to sleep?Due to me not being affected by the cold, I was able to sleep outside, but the only other person who could put up with such intense colds for a long period was Cyrus.Even though I have been moving snow away each day, it simply is just way too cold for everyone t