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(main pov temporarily from another character)
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I got off my bed and stretched, shaking away my last bits of sleep as I rifled through my clothes pile that I refuse to fold.
I grabbed my school uniform and started to get dressed, my parents yelling that I would be late as I hurried.
I dashed down the stairs as I told my parents goodbye and that I'd be home late, today was special, after learning about systems 1000 years ago and how they led to the creation of ability weapons I'd been so excited for today, I'd be able to pick my own weapon, and I'd had my eye set on one.
the school has an armory where students can bond to a weapon and claim it, the one I'd been eyeing jaunt accepted anyone, the blade was special, it was a claymore, a two handed one that had an unusual blood red blade, an eyeball on the hilt and the guard covered In an odd leather.
everyone who tried to claim it so far had been met with a vision of an angry beings eye, the one large and terrifying thing giving the aura of danger and death.
I was beyond excited to claim this one.
the bus had finally come to the stop, picking up me and a few other students before flying away and into the clouds, to the school.
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Syn pov....
I was losing it, how long had it been since my world had gone away? how long have I been in this void? who are those strange people trying to control me?
[quest completed, level up x5, all stats +25, error, unable to access stats]
I'd gotten the same damn message over and over for so long, the system voice wasn't even responding anymore as I just drifted in the void, a strange peace and a startling loss on reality trying to consume my mind as I resisted.
how much longer could I last?
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the school bus landed gently as the hover engines shut off, the crustals powering them humming beautifully.
stepping off the stairs I walked happily to join my friends, they were also excited about today.
"so what weapon are you going for?"(Steven) my best friend asked.
"the one people claim is cursed, the claymore."(Ally) I told him.
"THAT ONE?!"(Steven)
"yes?..."(Ally)
I knew it didn't have a good reputation but it had never killed anybody before, so it's not like it was dangerous.
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(if only she knew who was in the blade.)
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I brushed off Steven's concern and went about my day, anxiously waiting as my foot tapped repeatedly on the floor, the bell and announcemtb that I'd been waiting for made me fly from my seat and through the door, racing to be the first one there.
but it looks like I wasn't the only one with that idea it seems, once I got there a line had already formed and people were all avoiding one particular one, the one I wanted.
that was until the school bully went for it, picking it up as he gripped its handle tightly.
the blade vibrated aggressively and it emitted a deep red glow as an aura enveloped the sword, tentacles with blades on the end emerging from its hilt, swaying as if trying to locate a target it can't see.
a teacher took action before anyone else, batting the weapon down from the bullys hand as it glow stopped and the tentacles faded as if they never existed.
"NOT THAT ONE!"(Amira)
our armory teacher Ms. Amira was so strict about that weapon, she said it contained a great evil and that no one should ever touch it.
but I wasn't going to be listening to that.
it took a while but after waiting in line for what felt like hours it was my turn, I headed straight for the claymore and picked it up, my vision going to a void where a sad looking boy laid, he looked angry, sad, and confused, going from screaming in rage to pummeling the empty void with his misery, it was tough to bear, but inwas determined, he stopped?
the boy stood and looked at me, his odd lizard like eyes staring into my soul as he walked closer.
"can you get me out of here?"(odd boy) asked.
"I can, will you work with me?"(Ally)
he walked back from me, muttering and walking in circles.
"what does that mean for me?"(odd boy) asked.
I thought about it for a second before I answered, it felt like one misstep here and I'd die, the intense pressure here was no joke.
"you'd be my weapon."(Ally) I told the boy bluntly, I feel like lying here wouldn't help.
"weapon? WEAPON?! THATS ALL I WAS TO THEM AND NOW AGAIN!! IT NEVER ENDS!!!"(odd boy) shouted enraged.
"I'll make sure to talk to you and get to know you, you'll be a person to me."(Ally) I told the boy calmly.
he stopped, a clarity was now in his eyes, a look of thought and finally an answer.
"get me out of here."(odd boy)
and with those words I wasn't in the void anymore.
I was back in the armory, the swords aura creating an intense dome and pressure around me like a bubble, the swords tentacles wrapped around me, slowly they unwrapped and faded, the sword coming back down to the ground, the aura gone.
an unusual glint in the eye of the hilt caught my attention as everyone stayed quiet, no one moved.
[compatibility 89%] a robotic voice said in the armory.
"not possible..."(Amira)
"What did you see in there?!"(Amira) the armory teacher asked me in a panicked tone.
"a boy with reptilian eyes, he was sad and confused."(Ally)
"that can't be!"(Amira)
I wanted to ask what she meant, but I didn't need to.
"the being I sealed in that weapon shouldn't be able to appear human, it's not human."(Amira) the teacher said quietly, my attention was peaked.
"Syn can't be coming back, could he?....."(Amira)
I made sure to remember the name as I picked up a sheath for my new sword and headed off to my next class, biology with Ms.Kina.
once I walked in her reaction wasn't normal, she was usually very happy and upbeat but the sword changed that.
I needed to know why so I walked up to her and quietly asked her.
"I heard our armory teacher mention a name, could you help me?"(Ally)
she glanced around the room before gesturing with her finger and leading me to a storage room in the back, something we used to keep lab results in.
once she made sure the door was shut properly she started talking.
"that sword holds a powerful being, he wasn't exactly what we would call normal, he was usually a good person but he had a dark side, and it was brutal, just remembering watching him fight 1000 years ago makes me doubt why I was so friendly back then."(kina)
"wait! what?!"(Ally)
"yes that sword holds a being known as an evole, an adaptable species capable of evolving nearly at will to grow stronger, he's the only one left and has proven very difficult to kill or get rid of."(kina)
my mind was racing as she talked, so many questions.
"thankfully he can't use his abilities while in there but over time the seal has been breaking, it won't be long before he's out, we can't let that happen."(kina)
"what did he do that was so wrong?!"(Ally)
"he killed many, witnessed the death of many, and was growing to be uncontrollably aggressive, even he himself could not always control his anger."(kina)
"he singlehandedly destroyed an entire human place, wiping it from the map purely because one person he knew died, his ability literally changing the weather to match his emotions."(kina)
that...he could change the weather of he wss angry enough, not possible...wiped out an entire civilization, hownmany died, how many has he watched die, is any of this true?!