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Chapter 3 - Circumstance

" So... what energy are you talking about? "

" Desolate. Hopefully Void as well. "

" Why? "

" Electricity, Desolate Energy, and Void energy are what power my suit. "

" What are any of those? "

"... huh? "

" Please tell me what all of those words mean :) "

" H-... never mind, I'm going to ignore the fact you said colon ending parenthesis... wait that's a smiley face right? Damn, alright back in track. Why don't you know what electricity is? "

" Never heard of it :). "

" Stop. "

" Fine... would you answer my question now Levi? "

" Address me by my full name, we are not friends. No questions either, now sit still while I absorb it. "

" We aren't friends? But we go way back! "

" We met 3 minutes ago. "

" Are you kidding? Wow, time sure does fly huh? "

" Yes, and Id appreciate being able to spend that time actively working on preventing my death in two hours. "

" Hm? "

" Nothing. "

" Nononono, you just said something very important. Repeat it. "

" You are not my superior, dumb kid, you can't order me around... not that they could either but that doesn't matter. "

" Oh yeah? You know, I'm literally clueless on everything your talking about... and yet still I'm managing to pry information out of you. "

" Maybe its a testament to how good of a detective you are, or maybe rather the fact that I simply don't care... but that remains to be seen. How old are you by the way? "

" 27 years. "

" How much is that converted to human years? "

" 22. "

" I don't believe that for a second. "

" Fine... I'm actually in my 30s, I know... with my luxurious figure I look so young~! It's all in the papers, no makeup or anything... but if you want I'll tell you my skin routine~! "

" 90% of what you just said was lies. "

" Uhg! Rude! "

" Shut it, your what... 15? 16? "

" For real this time, 19. "

" Fu- I mean... good. "

" Why? Do you like your girls young? That's a little... "

" No! That's not why. I'm NOT telling though. "

" Tell me. "

" Fine. I'm only 17. "

" PFFFFFTTT HAHAHAA--- "

" SHUT IT! SHUT UP! "

" Ahha... I guess I am your senio- "

" NO YOU A-... Ahem. No, you are not. You are still not Human so you actually can't qualify for that position. "

" Neither are you, I know humans are made of flesh... and to be honest, that doesn't look like flesh to me. "

" Do you not even know what an Ebony is? "

" Oh right! Ebony! That's the name of those mythological weapons forged by gods... your not seriously saying you are a weapon forged by gods are you? Hahahaha~! "

" WILL YOU S-... haa... alright, so... Ebony are a type of remotely controlled exo suit formed of special metal powered by void energy. Not Weapons. "

" So... really good weapons? "

" Yeah. "

" Fair, you did just one man army those guys back there huh? "

" Yep, unfortunately that cost half of my life span... which was already low in the first place. "

" Uh oh, you just leaked sensitive information to a Thief! "

" Its fine, its not like your going to be leaving any time soon... you signed a contract. "

" Ugh really? Spoken word doesn't hold up in court idiot. "

" No, I mean a Void contract... you know... you die if you fail it or... no? You don't? "

" Nope, so I'm basically screwed? "

" Yep. You are going to be a rechargeable battery for me until I no longer need you, in exchange I kinda have to... ugh... ' reward you ' with whatever you desire based on the amount of power I steal. "

" Pfft. Reward? So after we finish I can force you to... steal something for me maybe? "

" Similar, but I can decline depending on the circumstances. "

" Alright then, that satisfies my curiosity on that... now tell me about elec...trikity? "

" Electricity, you know how muscles move on a body? By releasing and contracting, it does this via signals of energy from the brain telling them to do it, that energy is a type of electricity. "

" Void next. "

" Void energy is more like... tapping into your inner self. Only beings with consciousness can even feel such energy, its like an extra sense. "

" So like... energy from nothing? "

" Well, no. With enough affinity to Void energy, one can pull it out of the Void... yet there is a limit one person can create daily depending on that affinity, if it's higher you can siphon it out of others... or if you are super strong in it and actually dumb like me... you can put yourself in the void. "

" But... you are right in front of me? "

" This is my Ebony remember, remote controlled? I'm controlling it from the Void. "

" Is there any benefit to that? "

" Nope, it sucks here. Instead of making Void energy I spend it daily. That's why I need to siphon people to live, get the energy to my ebony... then transfer it to my body... then I'm good to be conscious... I can go to sleep and it doesn't drain energy, neat fact. "

" Alright, next explain Desolate energy. "

" That's a little more... sensitive. "

" As your Operator I command you to tell me. "

" I'm the operator, idiot. "

" ... oops. "

" Can you let me do the absorption now? I literally just lost a quarter of my life telling you about dumb stuff you will never use. "

" Fine, let's get it over with. "