the journey home took alot less time than I thought it would, flying helped, carrying both of them was awkward but manageable, it wasn't awkward in that sense but it was hard to find a comfortable way to fly two people with you.
but nevertheless I figured out a way to do it and managed to get us home, getting right to work on fixing the floor and door, I broke one and those assholes broke the other.
I felt as if I'd gone through alot of change really quickly, it felt as if my personality was in transition at the moment, it was an odd feeling to have everything in your mind blending amd malleable.
I knew I didn't want to be naive or pathetic but killing my enemies immediately wasn't exactly gonna work for every scenario.
I need a middle ground, I need wisdom, mercy, a little humanity would help.
I'd lost mine along the way, I didn't even seem to care either.
wether or not I still had humanity wasn't important right now, I had to make up for leaving Allie and Julie, I can't expect them to just up and forget about everything that happened, it's unrealistic, so I had to start slow, build up to earning their forgiveness, maybe even their trust if I've lost it.
I sighed as the thoughts became too consuming, returning to blocking them put as I worked on our flooring.
it took up most of my time and an hour had definitely passed but I was one board shy of finishing, dammit.
half drenched in sweat from the monotonous labor and the heat I stood and walked outside, a small breeze tingling my skin as the lowering sun met my eyes, the late afternoon seemed to be just beginning.
I was about to walk up to a random tree and break off the top of it as not to waste anything but an odd small thunking noise kept nagging my attention, it wasn't dangerous, it was annoying.
curiously I peeked my head around the side of the house, Allie and Julie standing a bit away from a target directly in front of me, the target directly in front of me facing right, Julie holding a bow about 30 feet away.
it wasn't a bullseye every time, barely half the time, but no shots missed the target, Allie seemed to be doing a good job of teaching her.
it was nice to see, it brought me a sense of peacw that at least one parent could teach her something useful.
[you're totally able to do that, you have so many useful skills]
I don't want my daughter to become some homicidal maniac like I am, only thing I'm good for is killing, might as well embrace it now, it's part of who I am.
but that's not Julie, not happening.
[then teach her self defense, not killing]
in some circumstances those two are the same.
[new side quest]
[teach your daughter your martial arts]
[reward: I won't call you a whiny bitch]
[failure: I'll call you a whiny bitch for a decade]
you really want me to teach her something that badly?
[yes]
why?
[you and your family are targets, at least this way she won't die that easily and you won't rampage and kill half the planet anytime soon]
fair.....I guess?
alright I'll do it, I'll teach her my martial arts.
[accepting side quest]
you always have a way of getting what you want.
[I'm a cosmic entity that has been aiding you for thousands of years now, I feel like its about time I got what I want for a change]
I completely forgot, ever since I got rid of the old perverted personality I've never really worried about being controlled by my system, granted I was either asleep or trapped for most of that time but still....
it's not like I'm being asked to do anything terrible, all I have to do is teach my daughter something, cant be too hard....can it?
I had no idea, I'd find out soon though.
Allie had spotted me, always managed to, waving me over with a small amd forced smile.
we definitely needed to talk, probably sooner rather than later.
"look well talk soon I promise, but...can I teach Julie something?"(syn)
"yeah sure, but I'm holding you to that talk thing."(Allie) said, patting Julie's shoulder as she passed, an awkward silence growing as soon as she left.
"so....I uh thought I could teach you something that's helped me alot."(syn)
she scoffed, narrowing her eyes a bit, seemed the whole me leaving and killing people in front of her isn't exactly something she can just get over, which is fine, can't expect everyone to just floss over the fact that I kill basically for fun at this point.
"alright then I guess I'll just go teach it to your mom."(syn) I said, using my best "acting" voice, turning and slow walking with large steps towards the house.
"alright alright!"(Julie)
I turned back again, I did have the advantage here, I knew her weaknesses.
"perfect! how about we get started?"(syn)
she nodded, still sporting an annoyed expression, if she wasn't, well, I'd be worried right now.
I sat down in our backyard cross legged, patting next to me as she groaned and plopped down reluctantly, glad to see some things don't change.
I started circulating the dark red skill energy, my aura mixing with it as I watched them empower one another, growing together, I could feel its potency growing as I allowed it to circulate, I could feel Julie watching me with great interest, even though she was trying "her best" to hide it.
"gimme your hand."(syn)
slowly she did what I said.
"don't fight this, trust me, it WILL hurt like a bitch."(syn)
she nodded, my eyes closing once more as I pushed the energy into her, dragging it along her energy channels as I half opened one eye.
amused at her horrible attempt at suppressing a smile.
"this feels....fine.."(Julie) she immediately realized she'd shown her excitement, hiding it quickly.
she's always hiding what she thinks are her "vulnerabilities".
I released my hand, standing slowly as I opened my eyes, observing the wnrgy as it seemed to settle and make a home within her, a slight change in color as it was made her own.
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Julie pov....
[skill: godly primal martial arts: stage 1/6]
woah.......I....wasn't expecting that.
"alright then, try to land a hit on me."(dad) said, jumping away from me and putting his hands behind his back.
this idiot!
"what are you doing?! I thought you said you were teaching me something!"(Julie)
he nodded.
"I am, come at me, I'll hold back."(dad)
I glanced at mom in the window, a small nod coming from her, she was allowing this?!
"alright then, don't blame me for whatever happens next!"(Julie) I warned my father as I lunged toward him.