Chapter thirteen .
Vin looked at the three spoon that was held in his hand . What should he do with them?
The rectangular hole had been locked from outside and there seems to be no way of opening it from inside .
But then he remembered . He was cut by the hole . Maybe he could sticking the spoon in the hole and pull .
He did some physics in his head and realized that perhaps it would help , even if it a little by pulling on the spoon.
With this in mind , he sat down where he had been sitting for the last two days . He was crouched , but none of thought negative thought was running through his mind again. And instead he was filled with an opmistic feeling .
Few hours passed and Vin kept expecting a gyole but nothing happened. No one came .
That was weird .
He placed his head on the door and strained his ears to see if he'll hear anything. But as usual ,only the disturbing silence .
A faint footstep alerted him , he sat straight and rubbed his palms together . It was time .
But wait , a faint footstep? The gyoles had no faint footstep , it felt like they always walk with the intention of creating holes into the ground .
The precise and huge step is quite easy to know . His breath caught in his throat and his eyes was quick to water in frustration , this couldn't go wrong .
It can't go wrong .
He stilled and sweat dropped from his now smelly armpit , as the footstep approached him .
Suddenly the sound of the footsteps stopped as soon as it got to his door , the person or whatever was there , bent down and tapped his fingers on the surface .
A few scrinky noise and the lock gave way . It was unlocked from the outside and a tiny was pushed inside .
Vin was already sitting close to the door , so he saw clearly . And he of course knew what he saw
It was fingers ! Real hand and fingers ! . Filled with flesh and bones . But since when did gyoles started having fingers and flesh ?
Vin was momentarily confused that he didn't take note of the masked fs e that was peeking in through the hole .
A scream flew out of his mouth as soon as he realized the position that he was in. Someone was watching him , and he was sitting there as if glued to the ground and unable to move .
He was staring right back at the person .
In a gruff voice , it wasn't like that of the gyoles but it sounded like a man's voice . Deep and baritone .
Vin couldn't process the entire thing . What's happening? Was he being saved ? Is this another trap ? What will happen now ,? Would he be killed now and forever??
Different thought were running through his head as fear gripped him in a tight hold .
"Who ...are you ?? . " He stuttered and moved back . He hit his back on the stony wall but he didn't care . He was slowly moving away from the man so as not to alert him or anything . Since he wasn't sure if what he was here for .
"I'm someone you don't need to know . I came here to help you and now you'll listen carefully , trust your head and your luck . And sharpen your ears and eyes . " The voice answered with precision and an elegant tons to his voice . That made Vin wondered if the person was a demon.
Demons are the ones that valued education the most and it reflects in every way possible . They're the head of the food chain and needed a lot of knowledge if they would like to stay there .
Vin wanted to nod , to say something but couldn't bring himself to . What exactly did he want ? Did someone send him to get him killed ?
The masked man scoffed and shook his head as if he couldn't believe that he was here and trying to help him .
"Look inside the soup that was given to you , you'll see a key three . There another door in this room . The one that's far yet close . You can find the door where the star gazed on the camel . Go through the door and leave . But then I'll wish you luck . Cos you'll need a lot of it . " The man finished talking and prepared to turn back and close the whole .
Vin was confused, suprised and shock . Could he truly trust this man ? Before the man could leave completely , he hurriedly spoke .
"Who are you ?? . " He did not know why he was asking the question again . But he k , he had to . To know who his "savior or killer " was.
"That's not important right now . You have focused on the job at hand . And that's getting out of this place before ten hours . Else you're a dead meat . " The man tossed a small parcel to him .
It was wrapped carefully and neatly . Vin couldn't dare touch it for the fear that it might contain some explosives or any deadly thing .
"And oh , I see you've been wondering what your offence was right ? You broke a rule , a law and a very important one at that . You used magic . The stonegyoles are build for different purposes . The ones you can and cannot begin to fathom and imagine . They sniffed out the magic and traced it to you . They're coming and this time around to kill you . Trust me , you wouldn't want that . " He seemed to be smiling or smirking is it ? Under his mask .
Cold air rushed on vin's face and when he'll open back his eyes . He was gone !
Vin slumped down on the stack of plates that he had totally forgotten about in the midst of so ....many ..important talks and messages .
Confusion rose and swelled in him untill he couldn't think clearly again. He didn't know what to think , who to trust .
He stretched his legs to feel them again as it was getting all cramped up , he felt his ankle touching something papery .
He stumbled backwards and almost fell down again but he caught himself . He bent down to examine what was there , but hesitated a little when he saw the white paper .
He eventually picked it up and muttered a prayer . At least if he wasn't allowed to cast spell and use magic , he could still pray . He was of faith and he strongly believe in them .
He tore the paper apart and gasped at the content inside of it , it was a clock .
A simple clock with just a hand that's reading hour . No seconds or minutes . Strange!
Suddenly , the man's word floated to his head again . "Ten hours . "
He only has ten hours to find a way out of this place . And taking of a way , the little piece of information that was almost lost to him now , if not for the timely remembrance .
"Close yet far . Where the sun gazed on the camel . " He could clearly remember the man saying this words to him .
"Close yet far .... " He muttered to himself . The man spoke in riddles , making it harder for Vin to grasp .
"Where the sun gazed on the camel . " He tweaked his hair with his fingers and tried to think . A yawn involuntarily came out of his mouth and he rubbed his eyes .
He tried to think ! Ughhh . That was the only thing that he had been doing the last two days , thinking and thinking with no satisfactory results .
He checked the clock that he had thrown into his pocket , it was a little past an hour .
"The clock is really ticking . Meaning that the time is getting nearer and nearer. Where the sun gazed on the camel . " He stood up and paced around the room a little .
That particular idiom seems strange, yet familiar in a kind of way .
Vin sat back down and thought , hard ! . He was Vin , student of master Liam and the village head .
He was bright ! He was lovely! And he knew things .
But wait, since when did thinking involves him bragging to himself? Who was he trying to impress??
Perhaps all impression could wait now , he needed to get out of here .
His head throbbed from too much probing into it .
"Ouch ouch ouch . The cramps . " He slowly let himself fall limp of his back . He has been in the "crouched " position for way too long and that was the cause of this .
Suddenly , something lit up I'm his eyes as he remembered . His back !
The position that he was in now , allowed him to see the rays of the residing light that was coming .
"Where the sun gazed the camel ! . " He stood up excitedly only to fall back on his butt became of the pain .
It must be somewhere around here . It was where the sun gazed but then what camel ? Or what exactly does camel translate to ? .
He groaned and grabbed his butt in pain and he tried to crawl away . As he was crawling , an idea popped in his head .
Let's assume he's the camel now , and the only thing he needs to do is to get the position of where the sun gazed on the camel .
He kept on crawling , trying to see where the day of light would fall on him . He crawled throughout the whole room but then , no rays fell on him .
"Gosh ! I have to unravel this mystery before the sun completely goes down . " He groaned again . Only that this time it was a groan of frustration . He honestly didn't know what to do again .
He sighed and dug his fingers into his hair , almost ripping them out of his roots in frustration and anger . But this wasn't the solution , there has to be some way somewhere .
The sun was almost weathered , taking along with it , his newly found hope .
Perhaps he should stop all this madness and just allows himself to die . That would be better .
Since he was a failure already ,why not just die and save everybody the stress ? They won't even mourn him . Because they wouldn't know that he's dead .
His thought wandered away, and he begin to think of random things . He suddenly felt emotional when he thought of his aging mother . Who was serving as both Nanny and teacher at the dreamchasers school .
The tears glistened in his eyes and he stared around the room again . There !
His eyes caught something and his heart rate sped up . It was just a tiny direction of a very very faint light to the stacks of plate .
He wiped the tears away as new hopes surged in him . He shifted the plates to somewhere and revealed a wall .