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Raya pov...
Syn was almost too natural out here, almost more natural then he was at school, he felt in his element here and it showed.
"so Syn, what's something you did in the woods when you were younger?"(Raya) I asked him in hopes of starting small talk.
"killed a bunch of disgusting creatures."(syn) he stated, as if it was normal.
"what do you mean?"(Raya)
"I got a quest to wipe out this nasty species and I completed it."(syn)
"genocide!"(Raya) I said in surprise, I wasn't expecting him to come out and openly say he wiped out an entire species when he was younger, what were his parents like if he was doing that?
"yeah, I uh....just ask your teacher about horned monkeys when we get back."(syn)
and with that he had shut down the topic, he was both so guarded and so open, why?
"so...uh....what were your parents like?"(Raya)
he stopped dead in his tracks, paused for a sec before continuing, he didn't answer my question.
"ok if not parents what about other family?"(Raya)
"dead."(syn)
that was all he gave me, a one word answer that carried weight in his voice, I need to change the topic.
"so....how'd you end up at the school?"(Raya)
he thought about it for a moment before answering.
"got rescued from a glass tube I'd been asleep in for a while, they brought me to the school because it was the law."(syn)
he didn't sound all that happy about the situation.
"what made you fight the principal when you got here?"(Raya)
"she didn't like how I talked, wanted to prove something or some shit, I don't know."(syn)
"you sound like you like to fight."(Raya)
"it's the only thing that has ever worked on my life."(syn) he said with a distant voice and a far off gaze in his eyes, something in his past did this, but I couldn't figure him out, the info my family has on him is beyond limited, all we know is that at one point he had a demon and killed my family after hearing that his family got killed but everything else is a blank, he's a creature over 6 thousand years old and we barely scratch the surface.
all of a sudden Syn stopped walking, he started sprinting away from me fast, I rushed after to keep up but all I could do was follow at a distance, a long distance, when I finally caught up to him we were on a cliff, a cliff with a beautiful view, not too far in front of us was a cave, Syn had a pained expression and tears in his eyes as he was looking at something.
I looked down and there before me was a human looking skeleton in front of a bunch of strange ones, a piece of odd looking paper being protected by an energy shield made by a ring on the human like skeletons hand.
with shaky hands Syn reached down and grabbed the paper, unfolding it delicately and reading it, his tears falling quicker and quicker.
and then he just stopped, lowered his hands and craned his head to the sky.
"DAMMIT!!"(syn) shouted, it was so loud that the tree leaves shook and my ears rang.
he collapsed onto his knees as he crumpled the paper, punching the ground over and over as his fist was hitting an unusually hard rock, which started decimating his fist.
the paper was being absorbed into his hand as it healed quickly, he didn't even seem to notice as he whispered the words, "I'm sorry" and "rest in peace."
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[ability energy bullet gained]
[quest completed, retrieve the gift from your love, instant level upx2]
[ability evolving to meet your strength]
[ability energy bullet is now ability elders sanguine energy blast]
even in death she wanted me to get stronger, dammit, I promised her.....and I....I blew it, I fuck up everything I touch, no, you need to focus you're here helping someone, but not the someone I should've helped.
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Raya pov...
it took a sec but Syn finally stood from the ground, wiping his face and wordlessly walking away, I followed him and before long we were taking a path somewhere, we seemed to be getting closer and closer as the sun began to set, I wonder where he's taking me?
it wasn't long before my question would be answered, before my eyes in the night atmosphere was the ruins of a kingdom, covered in vegetation and most of the buildings no longer standing, remnants only telling where they were.
"I'm sorry you couldn't go home."(syn) said, but not to me, who was he talking to?
"who?-"(Raya) I didn't get to finish as the look he gave me was enough to halt the words in my throat.
"were staying here tonight."(syn) declared.
I simply nodded as I followed behind him, he tries to show no emotions but the ones he does feel are eating him alive, why?