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WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 53
Ronan couldn't believe his luck. A tense truce with Veronica had willed her to play Truvius like a puppet and although he hadn't caught a syllable of what she'd told his roommate, Truvius had followed her to shop for clothing without a word of protest. This left him with a few timid glances and priceless window of privacy to remove the tattoo plaguing his palm.He pinched at the tight knot Veronica had made, cursing the rough fabric while he bit at the knot to loosen it. They were almost at the little shop, Ronan's boots carelessly clapping against the stretch of stone, while the luring scent of fresh food faded to a dingy tang of stale puddles and waterlogged vines. He liked the solitary chill alleys had; it sure beat the crap out of thick crowds of chattering students.He finally loosed the bandage, working at unwinding it while he cooked up a plan to get Luren not to talk about the symbol to anyone. Hopefully his pockets were heavy enough to seal the information broker's lips to th
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 54
A false life enchantment?Truvius couldn't shake the thought. Sure Ronan was odd, suspicious even, but a soulless battle puppet?He paid Veronica a quick glance, his fingers pressed with pain by the thick bags she'd asked him to hold for her. She thought it would be easier to catch Ronan off guard than stalk him all day.Maybe she had a rope or two loose in her head.Truvius held in a sigh as she appraised a row of scarves, she'd bought five already, and he could hardly tell the difference between them all. Nonetheless she squished it into one of the already packed bags lining his arms, waving him over to a row of food stands.It really was no wonder why the nobles that recognised her never took to swarming her, her spending habits certainly reflected a kingdom in the hole for debt."Want one?" Veronica said, pointing at a clean row of juice filled glasses.Truvius frowned at the offer. He could feel a dry stick to his throat, but had been entirely immobilised by the chains of fashion
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 54.2
Ronan pinched the silver whistle between his fingers, thin as a miniature flute and bound to a thread like chain of silver. The creepy stranger had gifted it to him, and through his mannerful upbringing, or fear of being stabbed, Ronan had accepted it without a word, Locke's words playing through his head on repeat.If you find yourself or Puff in any sort of trouble, don't hesitate to use this.Did being kidnapped by an alien exchange student count as 'in trouble'?Ronan sighed, stashing it in his pocket as Truvius wandered out of the study room. They locked gazes, the connection quickly dying as the two took more interest in the floor."That dirt on Red..."Ronan let out a sharp sigh before Truvius could finish, holding the roll of parchment out to him with a sour frown. "See for yourself."Truvius timidly grabbed it, unfurling the paper to flash a crisp flow of letter. It was an arrest report, copied by enchantment with the emblem of Listillvice plastered to the upper left corner.
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 55
Red cursed under his breath, trying to hold down his slippery snake of a cat while he brushed out a mat next to her tail. For a guardian with the mind of a human Ragdoll was still surprisingly stupid.He hooked the brush into the tangled cluster again, frowning as the cat slapped his hand with her hooked talons and growled. "Would you prefer scissors?"He mocked Ragdoll's scrunched frown, working at the knot again until the wrap of knuckles berated his door. His tranquility had lasted less than an hour since getting back from a mission with whining second years and he didn't have the patience to perform another exhausting chore for whatever was on the other side."Hey Red, I know you're in there!"He recognised Draven's voice, putting his finger to his lips to silence Ragdoll so he could pretend he wasn't in.But another voice perked his attention, Ronan's presence calling on some curiousity."Red, I've got something for you."With a deep sigh he stretched to his feet, catching the gl
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 55.2
Ronan walked with a new spring of energy, even waving the elites goodbye after he'd pulled Puff from their suffocating cuddles. He'd done his part in getting home and now the rest was all up to Red. "My, you seem happy," Phantom said, adding a skip to his step as he strolled alongside Ronan in the dimmed halls. "I didn't think you were capable of joy." "That's cause I'll be going back home soon," Ronan replied, a triumphant smile on his face. "Red said the battery was the main issue with my return trip, and now that he has it I'll be back at my house in no time." "If Blondie is worth any trust," Phantom replied, his playful tone allowing the weight of his words to float right over Ronan's rare spurt of optimism. "What's it like on Earth that makes it so ideal to return to?" "Well for one it has an Internet, and I can finally charge my phone to catch up on stuff." "Internet?" Ronan grinned. "You wouldn't understand it if I tried to explain it, think of it as a library that isn't
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 56
It had been well over two weeks when Jeremy returned, letter in tow and a flurry of unwarranted head bats ready for Puff. Ronan's guardian was not the only downcast individual however, Red had disappeared again, and with him, Ronan's estimate in getting home. Phantom had entirely given up on cheering up Ronan after the first week had exhausted, his superficially joyous tone returning like a dead flashlight in a dark forest. Ronan sighed as he unfolded the letter, hoping his uncle wouldn't gloss over Puff for a third time in a row. His uncle wasn't the type to miss details unless he wanted to, and if he was purposely ignoring Ronan's question then leaving Puff in his care wouldn't stand as a good idea. He glanced at his roommate's empty bed with a disappointed frown. He'd asked Truvius as soon as the idea hit him, but along with being incredibly allergic to the drake, he simply didn't have the money to give Puff a good home. At least that's how he'd put it. With no hope in his min
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 57
Truvius squinted, hoping that pinching his eyes enough would help him see through the sea of black his group had ended up in. They had found the cathedral from the last game, and everyone seemed to know exactly where they were walking. Except him, for once. He gasped as a stone caught his foot, shoving into Ronan's shoulder to catch his balance. With a stiffled grunt, Ronan steadied him, his friend's face half a foot away and still completely invisible to Truvius. "What are you, blind?" a voice hissed, its owner signifying Veronica was about a meter ahead of him. "It's pretty dark," Alestra whispered, her voice sending a shiver up Truvius' spine when he realised she was directly behind him. Ronan's voice came out a little louder than the rest. "I can see." "Me too, everyone else must be blind as coinkidinks," Veronica huffed, her softened steps quickening as they slapped against a puddle. "There's a wall ahead, don't run into it coinkidinks." "Lead the way dragon princess," Ales
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 57.2
Mi'karu stopped, ears to the sky as he sniffed at the air and pawed a dusting of loose dirt and leaves. Talli had asked her guardian to sniff out the closest group, but wasn't quite sure what Alestra planned to do when they found another student.She tensed as a scream ripped through the air, closer than the last two and immediately turning them in the opposite direction."Those molves are really racking up on points," Alestra muttered,"Y-Yeah," Talli replied, her heart pounding a mile a minute as she imagined every scrape and dancing blade of grass to be a bloodthirsty molve perched around the next corner. She had told herself it was just a game half a dozen times, but even with the words on repeat in her head, giant stone wolves chasing her for the ribbon flapping out of her pants only fueled the anxiety pulsing through her veins.The only thing that could possibly be worse is if Mr. Mudelin joined the game and started chasing them.Talli stoppe
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After scaling a few levels of the roof, they found a cracked window and slipped into an empty guest room, the door to the hall barely ajar to show its lack of a guest.Veronica could see the sliver of a guard's shadow to the left, her hopes withering as she looked back to the window they had come through. But her gaze fell on the boy instead as he whispered a spell into his cupped hands, a small butterfly glowing with golden light fluttering from his palms and out the door.There was a small commotion as the guard to the left spoke with another one, two pairs of footsteps following the enchantment until they grew silent. The boy lead the mission, tiptoeing through the empty corridor until they rounded a corner to face two guards sitting at the end of the hall.Veronica swallowed her gasp, confused as the boy continued to lead her up to them. She heard a noise when they'd gotten close enough, one of the guards letting out a soft snore as his head drooped against the second guard using
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 119
Veronica sat on her bed, stuffed like a spring hen but still buzzing with birthday energy. She had only played with one of her gifts throughout the night, a dinged up wooden dagger that she'd managed to hold away from her mother until the gazes of the guests forced her to allow the gift to remain in her hands. She had looked for Mr. Bunny afterwards to show him her new prize, but Horus had informed her of his early departure.She knew that they had planned for today to be their last, but the disappointment lingered nonetheless. She still had one last gift she had hoped to give him.Veronica sighed, grabbing for a fairytale on her shelf instead of the books that had piled from Jackling's tutoring. She had gotten a few new stories to read Cinder before bed, but the phoenix had taken a particular liking to the golden lettering of one title."The Adventures of Locke Lanbrellhande..."She stopped at the small tap that met her ears, glancing at the side of her bed where Cinder was still per
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 118
It was all wrong.The corridor was too tight. The guards were too close. Too tall.It was too cold, suffocating.He was meant to be in the room to at least give him some time to think."Are you alright?"The boy snapped to the voice. What was a blink to him, was long enough to land him on the ground, palms to the floor to keep his entire body from shaking. He didn't know how long he had blanked out for, but the king had taken a knee to come closer to him, washed with concern as a few of the surrounding guards hovered over the scene to see where they could offer help."Come lad, can you stand?"His gut twisted at the way he tried to help him up, but with Vera bracing his other side he couldn't very well squirm away from the king. He doubted that he'd even have the energy if he decided to. But he knew now with the scene he'd caused that he would have to respond with more than a nod.Cilvren would have had his translational enchantments up to date, but there was a standing risk of a few
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 117.2
It had been a little over an hour since the nosy boy named Horus had been dragged off. But the silence finally let him work without prying eyes. The size of the pants had allowed him to stitch pockets inside, just big enough for a dagger to hide beneath the folds on either side. Horus had likely thought he was being smart when he hid his old clothes and daggers from him, but the presence of magic in the air always escaped Lumer senses.He pulled them out of a pile of blankets, finding the rest of his trinkets and the invitation to shove in his pockets. With some hesitation, he bounced the black spool of string in his palm, staring at the shiny silver needle and pocketing the whole thing. He had to be preapred to use anything.Hopefully Veronica wouldn't miss the small thing, nor the black cloak he found in her wardrobe.Blue crystals twinkled at his fingertips as he traced his hand down the cloak. He just needed to be invisible from a distance for a few minutes. Most of the guards had
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 117
It was the end of the painfullest slumber party in history.Veronica had exorcised her birthday immunity to raid a closet of nearly all its bedsheets, and prop them up as a haphazard blanket fort in her room. It was the perfect mess for the boy to hide in when someone walked in without knocking, but also a tight fit when it came time for sleeping.Veronica had been ushered away at the crack of dawn for the maids to prepare her outfit, which left the boy in Horus' care. He had to get the two of them ready, and hope to the gods that the boy picked up at least half of the common Latos mannerisms he had taught him. But all of that was to the side as Horus stared at the boy tucked into a corner of the blanket fort.Horus didn't know what was weirder. The way he held a few flowered bauble pins out the side of his mouth as he sewed, or the fact that he looked like a seasoned seamstress as he cinched the waist on a pair of pants Veronica had swiped from Adrian. The cut was tall enough for him
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116.3
The door opened, the boy squatting lower into the tub as Veronica peeked in. She flaunted the tiny beginner's book like a sack full of slivs, tiptoeing up to the tub with a devilish smile."I found it.""You don't have to whisper, we put up a sound block enchantment.""You guys have to teach me!" Veronica piped. She quickly landed on the bar of soap in Horus' hands, putting two and two together at the suds popping in the boy's hair. "Horus, that's soap.""Yeah...""That won't do, it makes your hair all icky." She grabbed a tray full of mysterious pots, smearing at least five of the creams together before her mysterious concoction was complete.No amount of dodging could save the boy from being her test dummy, but the smug way he simply let Veronica rub the bubbly concoction into his hair irked Horus to no end. She grabbed some more of the secret spread, only stopping when not a single black hair could be send through the froth of rose bubbles on his head."You're never going to smell
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116.2
Veronica surged with confidence, a top and trousers that she had stolen from her brother's room, as well as one red envelope embellished with gold trimmings hiding between two books she had snatched from house Acadrius' library. She had the best idea to get Mr. Bunny safely out of the castle, and perhaps have him earn her parent's favour for a second visit.Her birthday celebration was in two nights. She had been lucky enough to find the spare invites before Ambelsine the records-keeper discarded them all. With the right clothes, he could easily blend with a room full of rich traders and nobility—and walk right out the front door.The guards paid her an odd look as she waved to them, the two at her door hesitating before allowing her into her room. She tried not to show a reaction. She had told Mr. Bunny not to make a sound, the guards would run in with a loud enough crash. But the room before her was empty, the small pile of books and food she had placed for him tidied up.She checke
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Chapter 116
Horus gazed up the hill of crimson steps to Veronica's room. He had counted to five hundred, and found Mr. Jackling well before he found Veronica. Apparently, while counting in a passage behind a closet, Horus had somehow climbed out a window. At least, that was Jackling's truth as he spent the better part of ten minutes going over the dangers of climbing onto roofs with himIt wasn't the first time Veronica had fed him an outlandish tale. But Horus ate up the blame every time. Veronica blabbered when she panicked, which meant she was hiding something. And that something was always better dealt with without the adults getting involved.Adrian would have more than a sharp word for him when he got back to that problem he'd up and abandoned. Things were simpler when the children of Acadrius weren't revulsed at the sight of one another.Horus made quick work of the stairs, fixing a lopsided shoelace and dusting his collar before gently knocking to call his presence. A muffled shuffle was
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 115.3
Veronica barreled through the halls, a shiny steel bowl tucked over her head as she carved a clear path to her destination.Adrian's room was so far from her own, privileged to the same hall as her mother and father's bedchambers, and nearly as grandois. When Horus and Adrian weren't scrapping in the courtyards, they were almost always doing something in there.Veronica confirmed her theory as she pressed her ear to the door, letting herself in at the sound of Horus' voice.Adrian was quick to call out her trespassing, stepping out of the hold he had Horus in to cross his arms and slap a sour glare on his face."Don't touch my door.""It's not yours," Veronica snipped back, clutching the bowl tighter as her brother took a challenging step. She quickly stole Horus' attention. "I need your help."Adrian scoffed at her caked shoes. "What's with all the mud? Mom's going to have a fit.""None of your business, I need Horus to help me.""We're practicing. Go get Maria or Jackling to help yo
