"hey!"
Alyssa was overjoyed by the fact that Marv had called for her but then quickly realized that the voice coming out of Marv's voice was not his own. acting cautiously she walked over to Marv.
Marv's eyes were completely focused on Alyssa or Pale's eyes at least.
"Hello! it seems you are still here...good. would you like for me to put you back in your body?"
Pale asked Alyssa with excitement. how long had it been since he had resurrected somebody? also, the soul was in perfect condition meaning he wouldn't have to trouble himself with repairing it. Pale watched as Alyssa's soul now stood in front of him.
"so...who are you?"
"I am death."
"death huh..."
Alyssa spoke with a bit of unbelief. death was not an entity but a natural occurrence. she hadn't heard of the pale horseman before. Pale wasn't really bothered by this as he simply asked Finn to lay Alyssa's body on the ground.
Finn complied, with Alyssa's body on the ground Pale walked to it and put his hand on her belly. Alyssa watched not moving from her position. she had a look of doubt on her semi-transparent face. she tried to think of how Marv could possibly bring her back to life. Pale then answered her questions...
"Please come here, Alyssa."
Alyssa walked over and touched her own belly together with Pale. with the soul, nearby Pale could simply just force the soul back into the body.
Pale looked at the body before asking Alyssa to just enter her body. Alyssa wasn't really believing anything would happen and just tried to put her hand through her belly. only to find some force sucking her whole back into the body. she yelled a bit before she completely disappeared into the body.
"AAAGGHHHH!"
Alyssa suddenly stood up with her hands clutching her belly. she had a bewildered look on her face and had her mouth wide open as she stammered.
"h-how..."
Pale was observing Alyssa now and was happy with the result of the resurrection. Alyssa's skin was extremely pale and her breathing was rough. but she still looked fine overall. he then got up and coughed a bit before explaining.
"I used my authority as death to bring your body back from 'death'. I'm not too sure if you would understand or not but essentially what I'm trying to say is that I had reversed the effects of 'death' on your body...honestly, it wouldn't really matter if I brought back your body from 'death' if there was no soul to occupy it so...yeah..."
Pale tried to give an explanation he thought Alyssa could understand easily. Alyssa was still in shock as she slowly started to accept Pale's explanation. there was just one issue...
whether from angels or half-angels...their souls are considered the direct property of the gods and the heavens. so it was normal for their souls to head directly to heaven where they may possibly be revived depending on the gods they served. just the fact that Pale was capable of interfering with this natural order made Alyssa subconsciously step back. problems could arise if the gods were to here of this...
Alyssa then looked to her left to see Finn who was now sitting on the ground with an amused look on his face. he had been distracted a bit and stopped his chanting so he could see what Pale was doing. to Finn, Pale was just talking to the air while holding Alyssa's belly. then all of a sudden Alyssa's body got up while clutching her belly. she was ghostly pale and breathing roughly.
Finn was able to put two and two together and laughed a bit. he then asked once more if they were ready. Pale returned to Marv's subconscious while returning control to Marv. Marv was slightly disturbed that he had the ability to reverse death but then it was probably the power of Pale himself. Marv first hugged Alyssa with all his might while crying...he grabbed Alyssa's face and forced a kiss on her.
Alyssa was caught off guard but after a while, she returned the favour. they were locked like this for a while before they both had to breathe. a small bridge of saliva dripped from the corner of their mouths. Marv chuckled a bit nervously while Alyssa just smiled. her colour had returned and her body heat was now just above lukewarm.
that was when the void started shaking. it was just a little at first but quickly hastened. soon cracks appeared overhead and the void shattered.
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Masha had let go of the boy and he ran off to meet up with his allies. Masha looked down at the little girl who had now let go of her legs. the little girl had her head hung low while avoiding Masha's questioning gaze. Masha wasn't having any of it...
she grabbed the child by her waist and lifted her onto Masha's shoulder. Masha then made sure that the child was safe on her shoulder before she crouched. not too long after Masha was now jogging out of the village. the child was holding onto Masha's head tightly while fearing that she would fall. Masha stopped not far from where Marv and Alyssa disappeared before she helped the child back onto the ground. Masha massaged her shoulder a bit before turning to the child with a dead serious look.
"now...explain."
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Marv, Finn and Alyssa had now found themselves back outside but instead of being inside the ice devil's realm, they were back on the path to the village. Finn was the first to spot Masha talking to a little girl. he indicated to the other two and they looked at Masha and the little girl.
when Marv saw the little girl he felt his head pain a little when a slightly familiar green semi-transparent message board appeared before his face.
it had a small map of Marv's surroundings with Marv in the centre. but just 17 metres from where he stood was a blinking red dot that was blinking rapidly. Marv was familiar with this as he knew this skill...
{divine radar}
he looked in front of him and saw Masha talking with the little girl. he was now sure...that little girl was a threat.