Pov: Morrigan
A splitting pain in his head awoke him. Sitting up in what felt like a bed. Thoughts failed to process and he only managed to look around what seemed like a hospital. What was going on? Wasn't he somewhere else a few minutes ago? Suddenly, it felt like something was stabbing him in his left eye. Clutching his face his breathing would quicken as the pain increased. As the pain reached a climax, it all stopped. A satisfying ding could be heard. Then a voice that sounded similar somehow spoke to him.
[Welcome Player 'morrigan'. Assimilation complete. J3R1C0.
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Before he could even get a word in, It's voice quickly turned unfathomable. it also ignored any attempt at communication. Scratching his head he would try to remember what happened before this, but it all came to a blank. Shrugging it off for now he would try to get up. In an attempt to get up and off the bed, he would Scooch to the side of the bed. The second he tried to hold himself up he would lose all the strength in his body. Falling straight down onto the floor with a thud.
He'd let out a loud crackly groan, unable to move even an inch. Despite his inability to move he could still use his voice! Trying to yell out for help, even that failed. What was the most embarrassing about this was that a nurse came in his room the second he let out a pathetic whine.
Propped back onto his bed by the nurse he would look down and away from his eyes. After a few questions he couldn't answer the nurse would look him up and down. Scoffing at his pathetic build. That dick! He's supposed to be treating me, not judging me. Fighting off some not so nice words he was millimeters away from saying, he would feel a small sense of pride.
"Why is a mere F-rank like you in a hospital like this? I mean seriously, you're pathetic."
[Ding! Warning! Opponent is over 5 times stronger than you!]
The voice was different this time. It was much higher in pitch and seemed much kinder. " …. '5 times nothing is still nothing…' Why the fuck should I tell you? You'd probably gossip to your little besties outside." He'd make a face mimicking the nurse. "𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚!"
Despite the fact that he was weak, he knew that nurses were mostly all bark and no bite. After all, they take an oath to heal and protect people.
"You little shit- I aught to kill you right now. It'll cleanse this hospital of filth like you." The nurse would start to advance towards him. Not even pausing when a familiar face walked in the door. Never before was he glad to see his adopted mother.
Within a tenth of a second, the nurse was planted headfirst in the ground. "Oohh… Is he dead?" He would wince at the blood that would start to spread across the floor. "Yup- He's dead."With a snap a servant next to her cleaned up the body and somehow cleaned the blood with ease. Not even a look of distain on the servants face.
[Assisted kill. You get half the XP. Adding 500XP...Uh oh! You haven't completed the tutorial yet.Storing XP.]
"Morrigan. Get up, 𝙉𝙤𝙬." Her face was as displeased as ever. Even if a child of hers reached S-rank she would still wear that same face. Being a S-rank herself, she would see that child only as competition and a threat to her reputation. "I won't ask again. We're going home. I've been up all-"
"Stop. My stay here isn't over yet and your promise still holds. See?" He would show her his arm where a large scorpion mark glowed a neon red.
A laugh would escape her still sitting at the door. "Are you sure? Look outside, what do you have left here? Nothing, you have nothing." She would walk over to the window next to his bed. Opening the curtains she would reveal a almost completely leveled city. "It's almost time, the creatures from surrounding nests will make a be-line to this pathetic dome. Everything left will be gone in a matter of hours." He could almost make out a faint smile at her last words. It made him sick. She knew this would happen.
"The contract says- You interfered!" She would raise a hand in front of his mouth. "Hunny the contract says it needs 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 I did anything to shorten your stay. I did nothing. If I did, who would believe you? Certainly not the people who sanctioned this pathetic deal in the first place."
[She lies, you knew that though.]
This voice was different too. It was angry, livid. A sudden surge of anger coursed through him. As he felt the anger his adopted mother stepped back. "Boy stop! You're just going to run out of energy." His right eye would go blank and spikes would emerge from his body. His right eye would close and his left eye would open, it's crimson color giving off waves of hate.
[¡¡HƆ⊥Iᙠ ∩O⅄]
Fear filled her, she's never seen this side of him. What was that? Did he get stronger behind her back!? No…No this wasn't power. It's just pure bloodlust. Dashing at him she would knock him out by hitting him in the side of his neck. The spikes made a last attempt at hurting her and cut her arm open. It was a small cut so it didn't mean much. "KAIRO?! COME HERE."
Within a second he was kneeling on the floor beside her. "Yes ma'am? Are you alri-" noticing her quickened breath he would analyze the area, spotting Morrigan. "How is he alive? Shouldn't he have died? Y-" A hand would grab his face, holding him up. "One more word. And I kill you and your pathetic little kid. Move him to my personal hospital now." She would let him go, dropping him onto the floor.
"Yes…" He would do just that.