-Age 26-27-
Continent: Terrafide
Φ "Everyone, both Noctombre and Kaerlighedsbrist have fallen."
"Gevurah has finally taken them down. What do we do now, my king?"
"How did they even manage to do that?"
"The warlord himself, Valéloq of Gevurah, has completely reimagined their military force. They were steadily increasing their land each year before, but since he took over, their growth has been nothing short of explosive, he and the rest of the Miracles of Gevurah."
"But more strange than anything else, I've heard the people have accepted them as their new rulers, even stranger than that, I heard the people helped them in their conquest."
"The Republic of Noctombre and the Kingdom of Kaerlighedsbrist have always had issues with Gevurah for centuries at this point. Gevurah was just a city in the past, and they made many efforts over the centuries to try to quash and absorb their holy sight into their lands. The people of their countries have been disciplined over centuries to hate that small upstart."
"That's the issue, apparently someone has been able to turn that mostly around. Captivant, they call him."
"Isn't he the man who was to be assassinated? I heard many figures across the continent have taken issue with him."
"His words have some kind of infection control over the people of the land, something that could be a Legacy or Regalia. Whatever it is has taken a grasp of the hearts of the people on this land to the point where he was able to upend a generation of perfectly curated hatred."
"To the people of these conquered lands, Gevurah looks like heroes, and they are making their best efforts not to ruin that image, trying to be as kind as ever to get their fangs deep within these lands as possible."
"This is impossible; it shouldn't turn out like this. How can one man change so much?"
"It is said his words were a cornerstone of the coalition war that happened in the east, and that Warwick's rebellion and action after only turned out great because of his influence existing throughout the land."
"He is far more powerful than we thought, and to think we partook in helping the Oiliphiest allies chase him down."
"I've heard that there has been massive civil unrest throughout the lands of the countries that took part in his attempted assassination, and it seems Gevurah is working closely with him to take advantage of the situation and make them pay."
"This isn't good. I can't lose this life, I can't allow my legacy to end here."
"No matter if what we did was wrong or righteous, if Gevurah conquerors our land, they will defile what this land stands for, they will ruin the lives of the citizens here, and all their ancestors have built for generations. They have no love for the countries they conqueror just the ideals they have set in their minds."
"But what are we to do? We cannot find him; he is just as sneaky as Chronicle Nimbus, and any attempt to identify him could be mistaken as a threat or an attack, bringing ruin onto our country."
"Then we must try our best to curry favour in whatever ways we can."
"Are you asking us to bow our heads to some arrogant child with a pen and paper?"
"Do you have any other idea of how to get past this? Right now, we are at the mercy of a parasite that we should've ripped from the land before it ever took form; it was our own arrogance that stopped us from learning of this."
"I wonder what kind of soul gave birth to an ability that infects people in such a way, what kind of curse manifested like this."
-Break-
Location: Former Shattering Country, Kaerlighedsbrist; Gevurah Base Camp
Φ Taking a powerful few steps out of his tent, far separated from the rest of the military, Captivant stares up at the sky, and lets the sun sweep into his shirtless skin as he feels the relaxing waves.
Holding his hands upwards, he says, "Another day, another sunrise. It must feel nice for you to get to shine down upon me, isn't it?"
Moving each finger across his arms, Captivant smiles as a look of joy and elation moves through him, yet fright quickly overtakes it as the words, "Adrian," Whisper into his ears, making him jump onto the bright grassland in front of him as he turns around.
Letting out a sigh of relief, he says, "What are you doing here, Ai?"
Giggling a bit, the woman with a bright smile across her face says, "I just wanted to see you."
"Well, that's stupid, get out of here. I am busy."
Sorrow's blows across her face, turning her head to the ground as she says, "I had to sneak my way in here to come and see you. And that's how you treat me?"
Seeing the frown on her face, he walks up to her and hugs her, making sure to grab her roundness as he keeps her close, and stares into her eyes, saying, "I know that, but at any moment the military could see you, and Chronicle Nimbus is completely banned from Gevurah, as you know. I don't want you to get hurt."
Turning her head away from him, she says, "Then you could've said that instead of getting mad at me."
Grabbing her by the hair, Captivant forcefully pulls down her hair and shoves his lips onto hers, forcefully taking her all in, before he says, "I couldn't help it, my love for you is that strong, that I just couldn't imagine a reality where I lose you for any reason."
Blushing, she says, "You mean that?"
"Of course, because you're my angel, my saviour, everyt-."
"Captivant?" A third voice says, ripping through both of their ears.
Sweat starts to form against his face, and her head turns around and starts at the sight of a young lady in her undergarments rustling out of his tent. In that same instant, Ai breaks out of his grip and quickly knocks the woman out.
Seeing her stand over the body of the unconscious lady, Captivant says, "Ai, wait, there is a reason for this I can explain."
Turning her head, her eyes are filled with tears, and moments later, she dashes off, causing Captivant to say, "Crap!" As he takes off after her.
The two of them rush forward towards the dense forest ahead of them, and constantly jump from tree to tree, with one trying to escape and another trying to catch the other.
"Ai, come on! I am sorry, please stop running away."
She speeds up, and Captivant follows after her, yet her speed remains a good way ahead of his own, so he stops and, with his teeth about to bite into his tongue, he says, "I AM GOING TO BITE MY TONGUE OFF!"
This gets her to stop for a moment, and turn her head around, allowing Captivant to lunge forward and tackle her off the trees towards the ground, where they both crash down.
Lying on top of her, he smiles down and says, "Gotcha."
Turning her head to the side, she says, "You're disgusting."
"Is it really disgusting to know how much you love me?"
She kicks him in the stomach, sending him flying off her onto his back. She stands up and turns her back to him, prepared to take off again, causing him to say, "Are you really going to run away again? How is that productive?"
With her fist trembling, she says, "Fuck you."
"Oh come on, I already apologised, it was a mistake. I love you?"
"You said that the last time, and the time before that. How many times has it been at this point?"
"I promise it has only been those four; I haven't slept with anyone else."
She quickly grabs him by his collar and slams him onto the ground before saying, "Don't lie to me! I know it's been at least 10, yet you've only ever told me about 4. How many more have you hidden from me? Tell me, and don't you dare lie."
"I am sorry, in truth, the total amount of women I've slept with while we've been sworn to each other is 13."
She slams her fist into his stomach and says, "I lied, I know it's been at least over 50. Do you really take me for an idiot?"
"If you knew, then what is the point of these questions? You've already moved on from it then."
Gritting her teeth in anger, she says, "Is that really all you have to say for yourself? I knew you were disgusting, but I at least thought you tried to act better than others. But in truth your just like everyone else, a selfish bastard."
Grabbing her arm and shoulder, Captivant pulls her close and says, "I am not like everyone else, you troglodyte. I am a man whose words can shift wars, break countries, and start new republics. I control far more of this world than even your pretty little Chronicle Nimbus. I am no longer like the rest of the trash who walk every single day led like sheep; I am the shepherd."
She tries to push against him, yet he forcefully restrains her. He pushes his knee between her legs and brings her forehead against his own, then says, "So who cares if I slept with a couple of women. In truth, it's probably better I did myself, you know how crass and idiotic those cheap men can be; if one of them slept with her, he would spread it like some sort of trophy and degrade her for doing something he wants, while giving her a disease. She is a human just like us all and had desires she needed taken care of, just like you do. Women desire pleasure as well because at the end of the day, it's how you all were designed, so don't fret, I will take care of this."
He brings his lips closer to her own, as she struggles against him, and in that very moment, she closes her eyes and whimpers, "No," and in that instant, his grip releases itself, and a slap soon smashes into his cheek before he realises what has happened.
Pulling back with tears in her eyes, she says, "I FUCKING HATE YOU!!!!"
Her scream rips throughout the area as the pressure forced out by her lungs forces him still, and following this, she says, "You're not Adrain any more, just the beast that has captivated him so much he can't even see the pain and suffering he causes to everyone. I came her etoday, I snuck in here with my life on the line to try and remind you of that, to try and remind you that this is a fucking battlefield where people lived!!!! Knowing how much pain it would cause Adrian when he notices."
"Oh shut the fuck up. As if I care what trash who can never accomplish all I have has to say about my actions. You are nothing but a little girl who thinks she can stand amongst the greats. Your words don't move anybody, your actions are too soft, and your mind is full of nothing but stupid little thoughts. The biggest impact you made on this world is when you were supporting me, so get back in place you fucking bitch and underastand that the world I am changing, the generations I am shapping is an event any lowly women liker you should be happy to experience and if you cannot see such a thing then you just go to Zaad Ziener and be like the rest of the pointless cunts who sit around accomplishing nothing with their pointless little lives."
As his lash of words finishes, the tears in her eyes dry up as all the light that she had staring at him vanishes. "If that's what you truly think, if that's who you really are, then Adrian is already dead."
With those words, she turns around and dashes off and falling to the floor, Captivant places his face in the palms of his arms.