I stand there as my rage silently boils, "His life....was worth a damn folder?!" I angrily shout as I slam the desk with enough force to dent its metal top. All eyes converge on me as they look at my enraged face. One of my engineering buddies, Matt, walks over with a concerned look on his face. "What's wrong man? Is everything alright?"
I realize I am the center of attention and quickly calm myself down while mustering the best smile I can. "I'm fine Matt, don't worry, just have a bug in this annoying code that I'm having trouble finding, you know how troubling that is." He looks at me before laughing a hearty laugh and patting my back, "I do indeed man, I'll let you get back to it but take a break every once in a while, it helps." As he says that, he walks away to get back to welding a gun onto a mech.
'I heard that we are currently at war with rebels, I need to meet up with them. I can't work for a government that just killed my friend for a folder.' But then I fall into a confused state, 'But in order to do that, I'll need to grab their attention first while also escaping the government....that's it! I'll make a specialized mech, one that my friend Austin would of liked, something made for pure speed....'
I suddenly am brought back as I am staring at the loli in the hole who is curiously looking at my face, her glare softened by a large extent as she looks at my eyes. "Why are you crying? Did I hurt your feelings when I was trash talking your government?"
"How do I join your government?" I ask after wiping my tears away. She looks at me, shocked, before squinting suspiciously. "You just wiped almost half of our army and now your asking how to join? What you playing at?"
"You guys were attacking me with no words spoken to me, of course I'm going to defend myself. But the government killed my friend for a file, a file he delivered to them with no resistance. He handed it over with a smile and they shot him in cold blood, their own soldier."
"So you know how corrupt your government is, that's good, but after wiping out our soldiers like that, we definitely were weakened and it doesn't help your standing much."
"I am very serious about this, no matter the consequences, I am defecting to join your side."
I hear a Ping! In my ears and a window pops up in my view.
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"New Quest."
"Life's Recollection."
"Life is full of twists and turns, your life was more eventful than any other being known to man. They may come in shards, but now is the time to try and discover their true meaning."
Goal: Survive the waves of automatons.
Reward: Title: Metal Melter,
New blueprint: Dragon Sonic
Completed
Click to redeem reward(s)
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My vision suddenly warps as I am standing where I was once before, I look around the living room, the princess in her blue snow suit and the king standing beside me, seemingly noticing something. I look down at the case in my hands, its symbol of the wispy void slime on top.
'Is this a dream? Am I really back?' I ask myself as I look around the room, the cubes silver walls glistening in its glowing light. I look back at the king and Aurora as I rack my head to try and remember what we were doing.
Luckily, I don't have to ponder long as the king quickly says, "I must go make sure Dreag is ready for our trip. You need to go make sure that girl is ready."
I nod and walk out the door, almost in a dream like state. As I walk out and the door shuts behind me, the king lets out a gasp of air he didn't know he was holding. He looks over at his daughter with a face of confusion, "Am I the only one that noticed the sudden change in his demeanor?"
She shakes her head as she also has a look of confusion, "I also noticed, it's odd but I try to not question him."
He nods as he walks back into the hall and knocks on the door to check if Dreag is awake and ready.
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I walk down the halls as I look around, the memories slowly flowing back in. 'I still can't believe this is reality, 2 months of nothing but blood and pain, but I am suddenly back here. I wonder how Slime Winter is doing.' I think as I feel a squishy substance fall onto my head along with a mew.
"How have you been bud?" I ask as I rub his head. He meows as he purrs and jiggles happily.
As I walk down the hall, I hear a cute voice, "Hi Kurayami!" I turn around as I see a wave of silver hair enter my line of site.
Winter hugs me into her warm embrace as she reaches me, her sweet scent entering my nose. I am stunned at first before hugging her back, a tear comes from my eye. 'I missed this affection.' I inwardly say. After 2 months of straight battle, watching hundreds of people die, it can definitely change how grateful you are for a semi-peaceful life.
She notices the tear on my cheek and looks at me, her eyes showing concern and care, "What's wrong? Are you ok?"
I smile a sad grin as my fangs gleam in the cold light, "Never better." I hold up the black case that I created, "This is for you, I made it for your suit."
She looks at me, concern still on her face as she takes the suitcase. She kisses me on the cheek before grabbing my hand and leading me towards her house. "Thanks, I'll store it right away!"