With Storm, the citadel appears quite far away, closer to the supply lines if anything. I pat myself off, I pulled off quite the feat today. Interrupting a massive battle between countless saints that was being watched by two sovereigns and then getting away completely freely. If nothing else then that would show the soldiers and saints alike that defying the sovereigns is a fully plausible idea. Still this is just a jumping off point, I'll be ramping up my actions from here on out. I can't go too far from the citadel valor has. I look out over the walls. A lone figure stands there for a few seconds before finally disappearing. Ascended dread leans over nodding where they once where. I answer, I can't keep my voice from slightly shaking
"I can not believe I got war to help me with that"
I walk down from the walls.
"Dread. What is the status on the component."
He shrugs
"Well, its doing pretty good, although we won't be able to for a while, my aspect needs a lot of time to recharge after all."
I nod
"Thats fine. That was simply the opening act."
I wave him off
"Go tell him that hes able to come back to the dream realm now"
I had sent minion back to the waking world for that, i dont want to know what the great clans would do if they found out about him. Hes the weakest link after all. I sit in the commanders tent.
"What a fun show! That was something else dear rival"
I take out a small mirror shard. The guy had slipped it into suns pocket when they had moved that citadel.
"Don't call me that"
He laughs
"You should have seem the look on my father's face, he truly didn't expect it, hell I didn't either"
I summon a backpack
"Shut it"
And I shove the mirror shard into it. God he is annoying at times, but its more useful to have a way to negotiate if needed.
With Sun I curl up sitting by holly I feel so cold and miserable.
"Holy... did you all see him. Goodness... I can't even... hes a saint too so hes got to be like.... super hot"
I slowly turn my to look at Archie. He is covered head to toe in injuries, hes lucky none are fatal. There's a heavy weight on my chest. Yet it isn't real, none of that feeling is and it still messes with my mind.
"Oh come on think about it. I mean he just has to be hot as hell, maybe with a rugged look with a few scars. I bet he's built as jell under that armor"
Oh my god. How wrong he is, its a little funny to think about. Its the exact opposite, then again I don't think he would care in literally any way.
"Why is that at all important? He beat 13 saints. Alone too, Archie."
He shrugs
"I like em able to beat my ass."
I hear a loud sigh. I turn to Madeleine
"There's more important things. Like heat seeker interrupting the battle. Or changing star beating all of those beasts, puppets and saints alone."
Holly stays silent for some time as the two start bickering, it would seem Archie found a way to bait her as well.
"My mother would have died."
I look back at her, she seems almost haunted
"I'm sure of it. She would have lost her fight if not for heat seeker."
Her face is unsure, there's a sense of dread in her tone
"Then maybe if you see heat seeker give them your thanks"
Aka give me thanks, well not me but another me? God clone stuff is far too complicated. And she doesn't even know we are the same person. I guess.
"I will."
Archie leans over elbowing holly having not heard her.
"hey princess elderwood. If that guy married to raised by Wolves can take her, do you think i can take any of the major saints."
I scowl
"Not in a fight. And at best saint jest"
He seems to think about it
"God damn it dont actually consider it!"
With Beast I take out the materials I've been given. I have a task from death to use them to make a set of twin daggers like the snow and ash daggers. Then with what's left I'm to make a harness for flame. Such a big task. How annoying. At least sunless will be the one enchanting them. Half of the materials seems to be some kind of ice, its seems to be unable to melt and whatever made it seems to be of a higher rank than me. The second is this quite cool looking scales even one is the size of my arm. Whatever that came from must have been quite big.... does it come from a dragon, because ive seen what a dragons scales look like and this is quite similar. Although the colors are different, one side a ashy dark gray the other like lava. It will be quite the set of daggers.
After a few hours it finally leave my craft room. As I go to get food I hear humming. In the kitchen is the weirdo who's been making the odd cooking as of recent. Oh and the leader of the midnight actors guild. She has a knife using it to peel a apple.
"What is being made now?"
Her head turns up, that white mask is still far too ominous
"What do you think?"
I shrug
"A pie or something with apples in it"
I don't know I don't cook so I don't know what's being made
"Is that what you think or is that a guess?"
I shrug
"I don't know. I'm just kinda hungry."
I wonder if there's any snacks... she lifts the knife using it to point at cupboard. I open it and there's some snacks. The less good overly healthy version. Well... its fine I'm hungry anyways. I grab some snacks and I go to wait
"Contact me when food is done"
I feel eyes on my back as I leave.