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Legacies of light Interlude 2: Lion Rising
This story the story you are about to read took place a long time ago, so far ago that many have completely forgotten it but for the two it will never be forgotten for it was etched into their existence by their forebears. For some this story is one of hope, to others it is a sign of tragedy but for the two it was simply just-2nd Cycle of history, the 112th year of athbhreith beithíoch calendar.Φ Pulled forward by horses, countless roofless carriages thread down a singular path. The carriages are rickety, old and have sharp pieces of wood sticking out of them. They are all something that even a man with nothing would still not use.In those carriages are countless people shoved together to fit between the four sort and brittle walls of the carriage, and every single one of them has their hands and feet bound with rope except one.Sitting in the 5th carriage is a boy whose hands and feet are bound with chains, whose displeasure increases with every second.The men beside me strugglin
Legacies of light Interlude 2.01: Without joy they work
-Break- Location: Íogair grassland An almost endless pasture of grass and flowers stretches out far beyond what any one man can see, and right in the middle of that land one boy screams out in pain. Landing on my ass, I scream out in pain and look upon my attacker, in front of me is a moving giant orange sunflower. "What the hell is going on with this bastard." "Do you need some help?" My roommate says as he stands behind me. Despite how sassy his words come across; it is very clear that there was no intent behind them at all. He really makes my mouth feel dry. "Yes, I would like that." "In each of those flowers as you can see, they have clovers growing out of them, and inside those clovers are different coloured seeds, we want those. But these flowers move around a lot while still stuck in the ground, so picking them out isn't simple." Walking forward, the boy stretches out his hand which causes the flower to move, and in that moment with his other hand, he pulls off a clover.
Legacies of light Interlude 2.02: A tasteless warning
-Break-Hearing a bell ring, I jump from my bed and rub the back of my head saying, "Guess I couldn't get up early today."Looking around the room I see my roommate still sleeping. "Looks like he does get tired."Moving over to him, I grab him and shake him while saying, "Get up."But in the moment I get a good look at his face and see it looks sort of bruised. We didn't do any work where he could have gotten these injuries yesterday.Dropping him, I put my hands on my head and then I say, "Wait what happened yesterday? If I remember correctly we were planting seeds, then those fucking animals messed with me then I-.""You finished all your work then we walked back," My roommate says as he jumps up."Ahhh!" I say shocked."We should go, otherwise we will be punished."As I get ready to leave, I see my roommate grab the leaf coverings, so I say, "I swear mine was destroyed.""I fixed them."Grabbing mine, I say, "If I need this again that means today is about to be as bad as the last."
Legacies of light Interlude 2.03: Bricriu's Arrival
-Break-So I waited patiently day after day, to try and find an opportunity to speak to Vul, but I never found it. I couldn't even catch a whiff of his presence.And as I lie in my tent I whisper to myself, "I guess they just must have tightened security around the area, so maybe he is just being watchful of my safety. That would be like him; Vul and everyone else always going out of their way to assure my safety, I am not a child anymore I can take care of myself."Like a scary monster, my roommate sits up, so I say, "What's got you awake?"Ignoring me he stands up and says, "I need to shit.""Didn't even know a golem like you could release waste.""Golem?""Don't treat me like an idi-." Confused I say, "Wait, You really don't know do you?""No.""Well, you see a golem is a-."Getting up my roommate starts to walk away, so I grab him by the shoulder and say, "Hey I am speaking!?""You take a while to talk, so I will listen after I take a shit.""DON'T PISS ME OFF BRAT, you can take a
Legacies of light Interlude 2.04: What they are
-Break-The men picked up all of their scattered and smushed food and ate it even in that state, even the ones who weren't previously eating started to eat as well.Little by little as they ate the food, their worries, and tension vanished as they were raptured by food they would have never eaten in their lives. It was a sight that many would call pathetic, the beastkin around them even snickered at the view. But to these men, it was the best thing they had eaten in a long time, so they couldn't help but smile as they ate with all of their hearts.And once all the food had been finished Bricriu stood up and says, "Now what a wonderful meal that was but we should start getting to the main topic of the day."A beastkin screams, "EVERYONE STAND UP RIGHT NOW!"Remembering the beating they have all just taken not a single one of them wastes a second and immediately complies with the order.Bricriu then says, "We will be going on a rather long walk, to my favourite place here. But I have a
Legacies of light Interlude 2.05: Charles and Nero
-Break-With no energy left from the tears that have fallen from my eyes today, I just walk into my hut and fall to my knees. My mind feels fuzzy, feels heavy, and it feels like it isn't even attracted to my body any more, just a boulder that is hanging on by the string that is my neck.But in a state I am sure is only a few steps away from death, I hear my roommate say, "You should get to sleep, we only have a few hours before we wake up tomorrow."With an utterly despondent expression, the older of the two boys turns his head towards the younger, and says, "Huh."Setting himself, ready to get to bed, he says, "We still have work as usual, but it will be lighter since they tend to about triple our workload the first few weeks new people come."Turning his head towards the ground the older of the two boys says, "But my father's dead, so why would I even both-."My roommate quickly chimes in and says, "Why would your father's death matter right now?"This time with a quiet furry he the
Legacies of light Interlude 2.06: Nero Before
-Break-One year agoPlacing a group of large leaves over the hole, I say, "This is perfect. With this trap, I will be able to catch and kill a boar."Standing a little distance back from the boy Nero, one of the three kids named Claudia says, "I think you should reconsider this stupid plan.""No way, if this works and I am able to hunt a boar they will have to let us start going on the hunts with them. They might even let us go after wonderbeasts.""But.""I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT."As Claudia screaks, another child Aurelius, walks up to Nero and punches him on the head, saying, "DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAINST WOMEN!""DON'T HIT ME YOU BASTARD." The two boys start to fight falling to the ground as they continue to hit each other over, and over again.Claudia says, "Please don't fight."Standing beside Claudia, the last of the four children Lillian says, "Don't bother trying to stop them, being stupid is built into their heads."Aurelius stopping the fight says, "Please don't say that
Legacies of light Interlude 2.07: The pyres of samhain part 1
-Break-One week after they found out each other's namesJumping up from bed, I open my eyes and start breathing heavily. Holding my head, I say, "Another nightmare."Beside me, Charles asks, "What's a nightmare?""AHHH!" I scream as I am surprised by him. Annoyed I say, "You got to stop sneaking up on me like that, my heart can't handle it.""Ok."I don't really want to tell him I am having bad dreams, so I guess it is time to make something up. With an indecisive tone, "Now a nightmare is-, well umm, it is a dream where you see a black horse, a mare of the night.""I see."Hearing the bell ring throughout the area, I jump up and say, "WELL WHATEVER IT IS TIME TO GET TO WORK."-Break-Location: Íogair grasslandAfter receiving a slap from one of the flowers I am knocked down on my ass. On the floor, I say, "OWWWWW."Then walking up beside me, Charles kneels down and says, "Nero, you're bad at this."Charles's words strike me like an arrow right in the head."You lack coordination."A
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Arc 10.140: The final celebration part 12
My skin tenses up with rage, but Péatra grabs my arms and says, "Right now if you cause a scene in front of everyone it will be a mess and a show of weakness to the people."Restraining myself, I look at Bricriu who says, "Cú Culainn the warrior whose name has been spread far and wide throughout the empire has committed a grave sin.He has aided human slaves in their escape from the empire, siding with the idea that they deserve to be treated as equals to us. He has betrayed both the empire and his blood.These slaves are now loose carrying critical information about our empire and will aid our enemies in upcoming battles. But do not worry as Ferdiad has bested Cú Culainn today, he has overcome the rapid warrior and now stands on top of the greatest talent in the empire!"Walking forward Ferdiad says, "Know this as long as I stand at the head of my generation. I will never allow tragedy to befall you all, I will fight tooth and nail till the east has fallen. So from today on I am Cú D
Arc 10.139: The final celebration part 11
He brings me closer to him and tightens his restrictions which causes me to bleed, and then he says, "Don't waste your future by doing something so stupid my young king."Laughing a bit, I say, "It is nice to know you care for me, but I can assure you of something your future king can never be restrained from doing what his heart desires.""You may be strong, but don't forget that this is the second time you lost to me.""And since when did a Faoláin allow his weakness to remain open?"Taking in a deep breath, I shout, "RUAIRI!""Beast blood battle arts ultimate art; Fás Glórmhar!"From my mouth, I spit out a swarm of seeds, which all accelerate through their growth forming into massive trees in front of Ronald. I then lunge over towards the humans, and then the boys' troop which is ahead of us, runs down towards us."Ruairí, I need you to take both Laeg and Ibar then get them out of here. The rest of you make sure Donald doesn't follow us."Turning to the humans, I say, "Follow me!"
Arc 10.138: The final celebration part 10
Standing up Scáthach looks to everyone around them, and bows her head saying, "Sorry for the disturbance it won't happen again."Using her shadows Scáthach places Minabród back on her chair and says, "Minabród your human blood is not to blame you are. You failed Ferdiad."Minabród lowers her head and barely holds back tears from coming out of her eyes."But so did I as his master, Setanta as his friend, Minagrain as his sister, and Lugh as his king. We have all failed that child in certain ways, and we will never be able to take back the hurt that has caused him, but you must simply find peace in that.""Why! Why should I find peace in that? I couldn't help him, I couldn't protect him, all I could do was hurt him like a disease, and if it wasn't due to my blood, and just due to me. Then I don't deserve to keep breathing.""Minabród kids are scary, raising a child is scary. You have to teach another person how to survive be alive and navigate the world.I have lived three times your li
Arc 10.137: The final celebration part 9
-Break-Φ In all of Gorias providence, there isn't a single native or visitor who isn't current in one place.Throughout the city, Druids have gathered together. Many of them wear the crest of the Faoláins, but far more are wearing the crests of each house of the Red branch, including the royal house itself.And under the instruction of Fráech and Findabair, they all say, "Beast blood battle arts; Fás."Which is quickly followed by, "Beast blood battle arts; Bog."Soon a series of giant plants set throughout Gorias grow and, the most important of them which are located near Gorias castle move into shape where they form three large platforms made of plants which are placed on top of each other from biggest to smallest.The bottom and biggest of these three platforms takes up a large portion of the castle of Gorias city, with the other two being smaller, but also extremely large as well.The druid using Bog continues to move and mould the platforms until a staircase is made leading from
Arc 10.136: The final celebration part 8
In his hands is a basket, but I soon skip over it as seeing Lugh all dressed up does many things to both my mind and my body,His beautiful face is both mature and effeminate, but the aura of his body and his wounds give the impression of a hardened warrior. His muscles which show in his clothes, enrapture my eyes and never let them go.The heavenly smell of his silver hair crushes my nose, and his heavy voice which ties it all together slays my ears. Right now, he is more seductive than any man of the night, and should be locked up for indecency.Covering my eyes, I scream, "THANK YOU!"Aimee then gets up to Lugh's face, and says, "My king, it isn't good for you to see her right now. You should wait until the ceremony so you can be surprized by her looks.""I wouldn't be surprised anyway. Péatra is a beautiful woman, it isn't like she could get prettier if she tried."I let out a gross laugh in response to this, and start to drool. The maids quickly catch my drool as it falls off my
Arc 10.135: The final celebration part 7
Moving to her, I knock her on the head, and say, "A murder, really?"I turn my head to the boy in the ground and lift him up from the hole.I also see he is tied with rope, so I start to untie him whilst saying, "This is why you don't hang around crazy women like her.""I am not crazy; he is a cheater!"I turn my head to Uathach and say, "I know you're lonely but don't go making up lies about men being in a relationship with you, it is slander."She jumps on my back and starts to bite me, so I say, "Let go of me." While trying to break her grip.However, to my surprise, she is so strong that I can't get her to let go of me. "Spirit energy?""Of course! NOW TAKE MY FURY WOLFIE!"She continues to tighten her body around me choking me out, and as she does this the boy who I was untying gets up and stares at me.Looking at him, I say, "HELP!"But the boy turns and runs away from me, without even acknowledging my situation. So, I just lie there whilst getting choked.In all honesty, gettin
Arc 10.134: The final Celebration part 6
My father moves towards his chair, and standing against it, he says, "For clarity, explain to me again why I should care about those humans?""Because we Tuatha Dé Dannan are not barbarians. You know as well as I do that the growing love, and justification for violence without any benefit is happening everywhere.If everyone's first reaction to anything they don't like is to kill everyone in front of them, it will only negatively impact us as a society going forward. Death has a purpose, and boosting our egos isn't a purpose."My father sighs, then moves towards his chair and grabs a bottle of alcohol, then says, "Hey Setanta, do you know what this is?""Alcohol.""I hate this stuff. It is a substance that makes people stupider, and wilder than they were before. Order is necessary for survive, yet this is something that makes order harder to put in place, not to mention all of the health issues it causes.At one point it became a problem in the providence that couldn't be ignored anym
Arc 10.133: The final celebration part 5
-Break-Walking with the flour thief beside me in the hallway, I ignore her cries and hum to myself, but then she cries even louder while pushing the bump on her head into me.So, I start to hum much more cheerfully than before while keeping the same tone, but she continues to push into me, so I put her in a headlock and use my knuckle to aggravate her bump which causes her to say, "OWOWOWOW!"She then bites me in the arm, and I say, "You gluttony."I start to pull her hair, but she locks her legs with mine and continues to chow down on my arm, and our fight continues until we both lose energy, and I say, "You're a beast.""And you're delicious," she says licking her lips."I think I might bring forward that execution.""Try me, I will defeat you before you have the chance.""You think you can beat me?""I think I can eat you."We both get up and press our heads against each other, and I say, "You're both a glutton and a liar.""If everyone believes a lie it becomes the truth.""Nu-uh
Arc 10.132: The final celebration part 4
Φ As I play, I look down at the people below me and laugh to myself. Look at me and be entranced by my playing you fools. Your eyes, your mind, and even your eyes and hearts are forever transfixed onto my playing.Now you beasts, become enraptured by my every movement. You lot get your kicks by insulting me calling me brash and stupid, but is this brash and stupid? Is my playing not the equivalent of the euphoria of sex dripped into your ears!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!Soon, I finish and when I do I stand up to bow, then I say, "From the house of Faoláins, we all welcome you here to enjoy your time as members of the Red branch, and as the next king of Gorias I will be here to help you with any problems."I get off the stage and look around at all of the people who are tilting their way towards me. I told them to come talk to me if they had an issue, but it seems like they want to try and get me to talk to their kids or remember their names. What a bother.But soon my annoyance
