It's getting worse, day by day more people are being killed, are wandering into the mist and a rent coming back. The mist doesn't touch the base. He's fucking with me I'm sure. I learned recently that the child i saved, disappeared into the mist.
He left the mother alive. Its unnaturally cruel to do something like that. The feeling of being watched has gotten worse. Its not just him anymore, i know it's a lot of the people at the base as well. I appeared shortly before prince made himself known, how could one not connected the dots.
It seems everyone is going to the temple. The thing that's off to me is half of the base is staying. The half that's leaving their going to escort the towns in the area. Their going to meet at the base and leave together.
I sit on the walls, i don't think their going to get to the temple. I'm snapped out of my grim thoughts by a pebble hitting my head. It doesn't hurt but it does surprise me.
"Go back to the fog!"
That causes a lot of yelling. Prince has likely been fanning the flames of suspicion against me. Is it to dishearten me?
As everyone leaves i hop off the walls. The commander that's leaving comes up to me
"Hey... Heat seeker, I think your a good.... ice person? I don't think your working with that thing."
He pats me on my shoulder. This feels like he knows what's going to happen as well, that the base will be attacked. That's easy to tell, everyone staying knows that.
"Nor do I think it's your fault"
I don't doubt he would have done this either way, but he definitely has done some things differently with me here.
"Heat seeker"
Scout runs over
"Breakfast is ready"
I glance back at all of those people leaving. She grabs my hand and she starts pulling me away.
"Oh come on i know you miss them already but we will need food"
I walk with her, i notice some glares. We get to the dinning hall and I sit down as scout goes to get us food. I feels eyes on me, many eyes on me. She comes back with two bowls. She sits down and we eat
"You know I've noticed something. If you can make and control ice, does that include yourself?"
I look up at her. I lift my hand and it takes a lot of effort but I can change it! "Oh my that's so cool"
I watch the fog, when will he appear? Sooner or later? Can I hold prince off? I doubt i can, I really do doubt it. Scout climbs up onto the walls with me
"Hey.... I know your worried but... I'm sure we will be fine."
I glance at her, she's not looking at me. I look away into the sky. She puts her head onto my shoulder
"You know, you've shown me that my dream isn't stupid, it could actually happen"
My hands clench without reason
"Maybe one day I could see your homeland, or even places you've never been, maybe one day that could happen. I just have to put my mind into it, I can't stall."
I wish she could see so much more then this nightmare.
"Oh, hey I think I left something in your room, can you go get it for me?"
I look at scout not very entertained. I sigh dramatically and I get up. I hop down and I start walking to my room. Maybe once I'm out I'll visit this place. I want to see what became of this place without prince.
I go into my room, I see a small hunting knife, one left by scout. I grab it and I leave. I'll leave if I survive prince's attack.
I hear a scream, it's scout. I run I summon all of my gear, is prince here already? I slide gripping my halberd. Why is everyone standing in front of scout. I throw my halberd throwing off commanders sword.
I rush forward grabbing the handle as it falls and I chain it into a downwards slashing attack. Commander blocks it and slides back. I glance back at scout, she has a large wound in her side, a lethal one if she doesn't get help.
It feels like I tunnel vision. The edges of my vision is going dark. Is commander speaking?
"-all we have to do is kill her and deliver you to the voice and we will be allowed to go free"
I look up at her
"Two lives for 26, that's a sacrifice we have to make. Don't be selfish"
I look down, selfish? To want to live, to want someone you care about to live? Its my life, not theirs to give and take, it's velvet's life not theirs. Selfish, well I'm allowed to be selfish with what's mine.
I lift my head and a halberd cuts commanders hand open. Adam speeds up taking another swing at commander. Kelly blocks a spear that almost hit me. Luke leans over velvet with his sword out.
I rush forwards meeting commander head on. I duck down under a overhead strike. I grab my ice shard out of my pocket and I toss it into the middle of the crowd.
Spider queen drops in and causes mass havoc, breaking any semblance of formation they had. I summon flame and Singer, flame attacks the 25 awakened and Singer helps me fight the master.
I limp towards velvet, when i do i drop my daggers. I kneel down next to her trying to stop the bleeding
"Hey..."
My hands are shaking
"I think i know how it works...."
She grabs one of the daggers and my hand putting them over her heart
"I'm won't survive but you will...."
No no no. I can't, I won't.
"Its okay.... I don't to die without meaning.... maybe you can take me with you on your journeys...."
She pushes it down. Fine, ill take velvet with you with me. I push down.
[You have slain awakened human, soldier of the north]
[You have received a memory]
I lean over her body for ages. I slowly get up picking her up. I leave the base, going to the field. I burry her there, from my bag I take out a map, a map of NQSC. I bring a rock over and I write on it.
"Your nightmare is over, you may see the world.
I walk past the bodies of the soldiers. I go up the ladder one at a time, it's familiar yet wrong. I sit on the walls. I look into my soul sea and I turn around. I look at the dreamer army
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry i wasn't stronger"
I turn to my first cohort
"I'm sorry I wasn't more bold"
I turn to velvet
"I'm sorry i left you."
I look to the prince of ash "I'm sorry its pushed you." They don't say anything. They can't can they?
The crown of snow wasn't anything like a fragile little tiara, no it's quite big. A full circle, with many gemstones and beautiful designs all over.
I've gotten it's likeness down pretty well at this point. It took so very long. My aspect isn't the best at small details so doing all of the little details isn't easy. I grasp the replica I made, slowly standing up, and I throw it. It lands in front of the fog.
I watch as a perfect reflection of me walks out of the fog picking up the crown.