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Distance doesn't matter if you can see through a sense that is beyond the six science knows or acknowledges. This very sense does not equate to anything physics theoretically can prove or cannot. Believing is not as simple as having blind faith, but if you experience it as your reality even though little to nobody can have the same thing, then Trust would rather keep it to a theory in mind.
But, because it happens in real-time and it's the now, he cannot do anything but utilize it the best. When they approached a street, blocks ahead from the others as scouts, he and the rest considered they were lucky to be alerted of the Primer and what seemed to be its posy of humans. Sending a signal to stop or surprise this group was not their option, and the next best is to sneak away to a new path.
Belle, who lead them, gave them the signal to carefully back away. Making their way through the corner they promptly turned left to this
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The two listened to Pyko as he full-on complained in a way that would seem harmless, but it was him and his tense self with a skyrocketing pressure from how Trust looked like he was alright but the presence of blood stated otherwise. Minutes only took for captain Vince and his crew to dive into an unsettling discovery that their map might not be useful in the long run to get to the house. Which, was promptly rebut by Betts.There was no way she didn’t know or feel how Trust knows of things around him, but the level of her heightened senses is dull compared to him. This doesn’t mean trying was out of the option, thus she volunteered to act as a guide, much as Trusts did. The vote for confidence on her part was met with retaliation but Trust pushed for it himself, saying she knew more than he did because she lived here.His words were deemed not enough but what other choice do they have, during this turn of events, they had to regroup their scouts to captain
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Horaz wildly comments in his mind that he feels an urge of wild disgust reaches inside of him, there was either envy or a form of jealousy that wields his mind whenever he saw Betts. Nothing of it was any kind of obsession, affection, or romance, but he can simply tell she is of high stock like that of Perri. There is the attraction he cannot deny. His mind bolstered past the wall and rock it trapped itself when her presence emerged from nowhere, but she belonged to Trust, and showed in his actions. Even her smell stunk of Trust, or what he perceived as the way Trust smells.Between this very thought of Horaz and Perri managing to stamp down her wandering lust towards Trust, of all people, she knew Horaz was experiencing the same kind of struggle. The least the both of them can hope for is to not succumb to Betts and Trust, who seem to not even regard their existence as anything but mere side character to their world.On the note of the side character, Lena elbowed eve
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A2 consists of the previous members that remained with the addition of four new ones, making them a ten-man team. They've discussed dividing their teams into two until they get past the graveyard site. Entering the location was easy due to the weird blind spot the graveyard created, creating a passthrough sewer way through its high wall. The surrounding trees are thin but able to cover their foliage by spreading their leaves like a waterfall outside.Parting one section of this would show someone the way inside through that sewer through the thick wall leading to the crowded part of the cemetery. One is located in the southern sector while the other is in the eastern part, near the south that leads to the rich mortuaries. The southern one has a lot of apartment-type graves, rows upon rows, fairly hiding the rest of that part of the cemetery.From there they used hover camera’s the best way by corners monitored, in case any kind of Primer groups settled in their w
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The tandem they aimed was to sacrifice their selves to be the focal point of the enemy Primer, it warrants an unknown fate for both, which Trust and Betts calculated can happen that's why they made sure to stay behind in the hopes of helping them escape. Pushing their other comrade forward, Dr. Munar including the other three were pushed by the front defender as he led them past the sewer gate, letting everyone else pass through.Another moment would have given Trust and Betts, both last to reach the sewer, but a Primer latched itself onto Betts's scent and tried pouncing on her. The creature did not reach her before Trust's tail tore its body in half with the force of a speeding-ton truck. The body in two splattered on the entranceway of the sewer, blocking it in partial, then continues to be blocked when Trust sliced another enemy in half as an onslaught of Primers groggily aimed for Betts.The last Team A2-front defender found himself blocked off from the remaining
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Chapter 21Visage of complex patterns between shifting stages of awoken second incident infected in-coma suddenly rising from where they slept and shouting at the top of their lungs for the satisfaction of pleasure rang inside each building that housed them. Though Prof. Tenorio stood behind the screen of the surveillance of both the southern area and the camp, he could not maintain his full focus when he anticipated the arrival of the rescue team and his fellow Good Will members.The last recon message was that teams have been divided to lead each group to a safe pickup point. Two of the five teams have reported safely exiting through their chosen paths, securely delivered here in the camp. Cristian and Akyl are back and resting with the others who were civilians they found as willing escapees of the city.Though not an ideal place for them to stay, Prof. Tenorio later pushed the two to rest in the second camp where the other survivo
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Perri’s warning didn’t stay long though as the Primer pushed through Horaz, puncturing his side, and reaching for Perri and Bernice. The creature pulled the two girls from the jeep after jumping off, it seemed like its goal was met as it growled. Sniffing at what it held, the two girls hugged each other, cushioning the pain of being compressed by a thick hoof. Both could feel the creature squeeze them without consideration or hold them tighter in warning, try any other thing but escape.The growl turned into a mightier roar mixed with purring coming from its chest. Perri is aware of the sudden change in its demeanor as it showed signs of interest to her most. Holding Bernice for dear life, she whispered to her in a shivering voice. “I’m—I’m sorry...you sho—shouldn’t have been—”Bopping their foreheads together in a light manner caught Perri by surprise that she stopped talking. She looked at Bernice whose chee
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Skies have never been silent to anybody’s ears. To them, they could hear the wind or ground move. Footsteps echo as they approached the Primer’s limp body. Nearby, from one of the jeeps, Trust stood to the side and felt the sudden coldness that enveloped Horaz. During the short time, he’s been near the boy, he’s come to form a connection. Not enough to call a bond, but something akin to camaraderie in a budding sense.There was a lump in his throat as the simmering rage Horaz began with simmered down and transferred strongly to the person he considered his partner, Perri. He couldn’t see where she was, but he knew she was in immense physical pain or worse, considering that she was in the grasp of the Primer enemy.He was using his abilities to protect them from attracting Primers coming from the hoard towards the direction of the civilians with him. If the enemy Primer felt it or not, he had little time to assess since his priority was to
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Pushing each a team of soldiers, he orders them to infiltrate the center who was the two girls in the middle of the fray. Easily discerned from their point of view because Perri and Bernice were the only two who are unharmed, including the body of the in-coma Primer.Dr. Munar steadily felt his soul shudder as he stopped Prof. Tenorio. “This isn’t right...I’ve never seen this happen? The affected survivors are awake, intent on killing us.”“Surprising,” Prof. Tenorio drily said. “The girls are in the middle of this chaos without harm. There’s no point trying to figure out where the source of the Primer control is, it’s that girl.”Dr. Munar watched from their distance, the blurred forms of the girls under the sunny sky. He couldn’t discern what Prof. Tenorio saw, but he knew it was not something any of them can confirm without further investigation. Reaching an impasse is not an allowable matter a
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Epilog
EpilogueThe caves underground lead nowhere man could tolerate, with the pressure of the world pressing over them, no one can follow the Primer monsters as they exit the premise of C-city. These Primers are not going to be eaten and smothered by power over time, however, they will co-exist in a community built by Memoria.Memoria who sat almost half a millennia awake under the ruins of F-city played another game of race between the lines with several other internet connection nodes that are knowingly joined into the old working cable lines of the dead city. Then when the race finishes, they rest for the while, thinking like a person, old and hesitant.They’ve long forgotten that they could easily browse these connections so that they could monitor the condition of the world and their old friends who now walks the human world with the grace that could only dignify those with experience. They have experience too, of a different kind, all collected from the vast brains and words of those
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Hi, there Nate here :) I've enjoyed writing this story so far, but things have been complicated and I won't be able to write it anymore. There are some moments that I wish I could have fixed in the long run but it's gotten too much to hold in just one hand. After this chapter will be a short Epilog for a short mention of each relevant characters final activities before the future becomest truly a mystery. This story ran its course, pretty long if you ask me, and the development of some characters are slow but steady. There will be a new title coming after this for the coming month, it's tentative title is "Ocular to the Dying Sun." A saga of the Prime Magician and the realm of Slitark according to before their brightest star continues to deteriorate. Have fun reading, please do leave comments~
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Small-stature wobbled from their place in shock and confusion. They could hear voices, words they thought would not be possible to understand even if they have a sprinkle of memories of being able to say such things, such words. Vocabulary had almost slipped their still able memory of what they seem to perceive as their selves before this blind-like body.Their comrade underlings did not comprehend the creature in front of Small-stature, making them react in a scared way, almost darting to scurry in escape. Managing to hail them back into the premise of Small-stature’s vicinity was easy, what with One-arm herding them back to where they are.“My, forgive me. It seems like you are a newborn to this body.” Soft-spoken, as Small-stature calls them, listened to them say. “Let me soothe your worries, we are not here to relish harm upon our fellow. Rather, guide them.”Hearing and understanding what Soft-spoken said took about a few seconds of Small-stature’s comprehension, but their underl
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Two presences from the premise disappeared when the small-statured creature sensed the sensation of an optimal sound and light came from underneath the ground. There was a pause as they waited for the arrival of this, oh so, comforting resonance.Anticipation. Tension. Pause.There was a definite halt in their senses when another sensation overpowered their most awaited event, that was just been triggered moments ago. Because of this, they knew that there was something wrong. Something that would bring them great demise and abandonment, even if they know they could survive without this “thing.”Grasping this “thing” was an answered prayer they knew would be something that could help develop their comrades and these sweet-scented underlings of theirs. Telling them that they would grow and develop into better creatures that could well benefit each other. Without words, just sounds and resonance, deeds.Still, they could not help but waver in tenacity when they felt the loss of this “thi
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Waking up in another body is hellish beyond comparison. Imagine opening your eyes to blindness you didn't know existed, with the light coming from nowhere and everywhere. You don't see with your eyes, but you feel the world ten times stronger with nothing but your body who is sensitive to every kind of noise. Magic would have been more believable than realizing that your blindness is not caused by pain of any internal kind, but by your eyes absorbed inside your skull, sunken deep. Protected by a layer of skin thin but tough, while a substance within shakes and serves to stay it in place. Something moved within their skull, surreal but they could feel it moving with every shake and stir as if a jar of pickles with one pickle inside swimming in its vat of juice. Why am I comparing pickle to my situation? Calming themselves was easy, they “breathed” slow and steady, through a nose they could not feel or sense its presence on their face, but they know its there. Wildly adjusting their t
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Chapter 37Skies don’t rain beans or bacon, but Horaz, who’s gotten himself used to the way the Primer identity roams his mind, sees that this Primer sure knows how to mix the setting they stand in by displaying all food he’s been craving for. Nothing beats being human and wanting nothing but to satiate your day with all the good comfort food that lives in your head, at least the ones you’ve tasted before.He has been yearning to eat more than raw meat, which his tongue and throat burned from the bitter taste, not sweet or delectable, but bitter and tangy at the same time. The youth of sixteen years has not tasted flesh the same way it’s described with a raw steak, though he prefers well done, he probably would have had the chance to taste raw steak in the time his family would celebrate special occasions.But he prefers well-done steak, baked beans, and the occasional tacos on the weekends. Softshell because he needs to cater to his girlfriend’s taste for cleanliness, hence food with
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“Stand… down,” Akyl said slowly to the escorts. Her eyes watched the one arm that clung to the tail.She could tell that the tail, or the identity that controlled it, is strong today. There must be a correlation between their method of physical examination and their tail’s response to their body. Rather, she could sense that Horaz is just realizing that there was more to the process happening in his Primer body and just noticing it now.The other escorts, with guns that bore metal ammunition, followed through but the tranquilizer bearer did not ease his aim. The escort shook his head in rejection of her request and Akyl had to acknowledge this.Purce stood still, feeling her tension, more from fear, stiffen her body. The only part that could move was her eyes and she watched in anticipation if the doctor would do something first, or the Primer’s tail.Because, by now, she could see that the Primer is not just fighting the tail but struggling to keep its hold. The twitching stopped for
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Chapter 36 (part 6)
The confines of Horaz’s room remained cold with the sprinkle of “nature’s touch,” meaning the occasional soil and other debris that could serve as “entertainment options.” Noticing the Primer consciousness be a creature of boredom was one the laboratory did not expect, and so did Horaz.Discovering this was not hard to conclude when the Primer tends to play and hunt the staff and escort that enters its domain whenever they feed or try to clean his “room.” At most, if they didn’t leave any kind of living creature to distract the Primer during its stay in the laboratory, the likeliness of it trying to destroy their place seemed likelier.Reina remembered the kind of creature the first Primer was, despite staying for only a few days in their presence. This alpha Primer did things in calculated actions as if, the creature itself wanted things to go their way so it could pretend to give them what they want.She concluded this according to how the staff then felt its actions were much devis
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Chapter 36 (part 5)
Purce had to double take, knowing that the answer used, one thump of any body part meant “no.” Hastily, she signaled to Elbi that Horaz – the human consciousness, did not agree to the next procedure.Because of this, Moss suddenly wondered why the electrical current request they were aiming to control, and monitor stopped. She saw from her peripheral that Dr. Akyl left her post, the other touchscreen panel, and approached Elbi and Purce.Elbi was adjusting the program, already on its way to booting up enough electrical charges in the ideal percent, but an abrupt stop in this charging requires a reset for the application and machine. Because if it did not stop and proceed to use for its intended purpose, it would go haywire or overflow.The very machine of the gurney can only hold enough electrical charge, the extra energy that flows through the needles are nodes that cannot let one charge in it stay still. It must go through and ride the sails and winds or else it will burn. This is n
