A Day In The Fated Future
Location - Unknown
(Dazai Crowley's POV)
After having a few minutes to herself, Blair later emerged from the bathroom. With a rather relaxed expression, she deeply sighed a breath of relief akin to one would do after enjoying a warm bath.
"I'm back, honey!~" She said happily.
Although knowing that she didn't go anywhere, just seeing her smile made my heart randomly skip a beat or two. It really should be a crime as to how one's voice can be so soothing.
"Welcome back. Are you feeling any better?"
"Yep! It took a second to "rub one out", but now I feel alot better~" She replied with a seductive grin.
Rub one out….? Don't fucking tell me….
"I'm sorry, but did you seriously just masturbate in my damn bathroom?" I asked with subtle anger.
"Yeah, no thanks to you, jerk. Hmph!"
So she really was moaning in there!!
Also, did she just "hmph!" me? Don't give me that tsundere attitude you bastard!
"Well, excuse me for not leaping for lust…."
In complete contrast to my furious thoughts, I replied in a more emotionless and indifferent tone.
Though still fed up with this conversation, I scratched the side of my cheek and sighed a little before glancing back to the front door again.
"Ahem, anywho, what are you up to? You seem mighty interested in this door then me~"
I guess when she noticed that I was ignoring her, Blair quickly changed her attitude so she could change the conversation.
"Oh, shut it you. While you were over there "flicking the bean", I was busy trying to make sense of our situation. For starters, figuring out who or what exactly created this barrier."
After subtly hooking her into that topic, I struck her with a rather important question. It was here that I borrowed a page from her book of cunning tactics.
I didn't ask immediately, but when I did, I made sure to speak in a particular neutral tone. One to which concealed a much greater question.
"Say, Blair? Do you have an idea as to "who" built it?"
Although I stared directly into her eyes, there was a particular "meaning" inside my gaze. It was a certain "trap" I intentionally placed to bait out a certain reaction from her.
In other words, using the same manner she used on me earlier, it was a simple way to see her "true colors" in a surprising heat of the moment.
Paying close attention to her reactions, I slowly moved my left hand out of her line of sight.
While doing so, I began channeling a small portion of magical energy towards my palm. A simple command of my will would all be it takes for the mana to finally materialize into a short, light yet rather sharp pocket knife like construct.
If I noticed even a hint of falsehood in her words or actions, I wasn't afraid to risk it all and slit her throat right then and there.
So go ahead, Blair.
Go ahead and give me just one red flag. Because I swear, I won't hesitate, not even for a second.
"Hmm. To be honest, that's a good question. Unfortunately, my guess is as good as yours."
Judging from the short amount of time she took to think, along with the other movements she made, it seemed her reaction was nearly genuine.
Plus, I didn't sense any strange ulterior meanings or dormant emotions lying beneath her words either.
Does that mean she was not lying?
No, whether or not if she wasn't that alone won't be enough to let down my guard.
Tch, if only "she" was here right now. In times like these, she would've easily detected whether or not she was lying faster than a heartbeat.
"I figured as much…" I replied, pretending to sound a little disappointed.
But that was when Blair informed me of something I didn't expect:
"While we may not know why it exists, you are better off not touching it in the first place."
"What are you talking about?"
Suddenly, she smiled.
"Why don't you find out for yourself?~"
For some reason, I didn't trust those words. But it's not like I had anything better to do.
So with certain reluctance, I extended my left hand towards the door. It wasn't long until my full palm directly touched the barrier spell.
At first nothing happened. A second or three may have passed but yet I felt no dramatic change.
Atleast that was until suddenly….
"GRAAAAAAAH!!??"
Pure excruciating pain. There were no better words to describe the sheer amount of pain I suffered.
A strange flood of dangerous energy coursed its way through my palm and exploded inwards towards my arm, tearing apart my skin, cooking the blood inside my veins like boiled water, and frying the muscle nerves like chicken.
The reaction was so volatile, it completely rejected my existence and sent my entire body flying a few away, only to crash back first into the bed behind me in a rather dreadful manner.
As for the pain, it was like one part of me was struck down by a lightning bolt somewhere in the dead of night.
It hurt so fucking badly, I actually wanted to die, just so I could get away from this insane torture.
I no longer could think straight. My sense of touch, hearing and even sight was so damaged that nothing no longer made sense any more.
Somebody…..Anybody….Just make it stop…..
"By the Grace of the Godmother - Witness Affection!!"
The very moment I heard somebody utter those words, I fell unconscious.
What happened afterwards, I'm not too sure.
.
.
.
Where am I?
I couldn't see or hear anything. There was nothing to feel, not even air itself.
It was like I was floating through space. A vast and neverending pocket of pure "nothingness".
I couldn't even tell if I was alive or dead.
All I could do was "sit here" and drift through space, believing that this was just some sort of dream. One to which I could hopefully wake up from, some day.
This sense of misdirection was terrifying in of itself, yet I was conscious of it all the same.
Now that I think about it, this situation strangely reminds me of the time when I first awoke here.
How tragic….
First I wake up in a world I know nothing about, with little to no memories of myself, my friends or even my family.
Then after dealing with a rather perverted woman who could have possibly been my kidnapper, I finally was able to recall pieces of the past…..
….only for me to lose it all because I "fucked around and found out".
And now, no, even up till now, I'm stuck here with a broken past, an incomplete puzzle, the love for a girl I may never see again, and no real truth to tie anything and everything together.
Bullshit….
Bullshit….bullshit…
Bullshit...bullshit….bullshit…..
This is nothing but bonafide bullshit!!
I can't die here!
I absolutely refuse to!
I swore I would get the truth!
And I won't stop at nothing until I do so!
Not even death will hold me back!!!
Let me the fuck go!!!