"Let me out of here!"
Ford was slowly driven to insanity. He's been locked in that house for over a week now.
"I'll kill you!"
He would proceed to threaten Ama's life, but she wasn't taking that.
Ama: "I'll kill you before you have the chance to."
Ford was enraged at Ama's insensitive response, so he would proceed to scream of pure anger at Ama.
"I'll fucking kill you!"
Ford would proceed to bang at the door repeatedly...repeatedly repeatedly repeatedly... Then... The door broke. Ford has broken free.
Ama proceeds to freak out.
Ama: "Shit!"
"hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
"I promised I'd kill you, but I don't really feel like it right now, I'm out!"
Ford left, not caring about what would happen to him. He was driven to the edge of insanity itself.
It was dark out. Ford left the village, but before he got too far, he was stopped by a guard.
??: "Stop!"
He didn't listen, and instead would push the guard out of the way, while saying:
"I don't have time for this right now."
He proceeded to keep walking on the trail, when suddenly, his feet were trapped in what looked to be ice.
The guard had the gate of ice.
There are three gates of magic.
Gate of Water
Gate of Fire
And Gate of Ice.
Ford has the gate of light. He has yet to find out how to use it.
Anyway, the guard had trapped Ford.
"What the hell... Ice?!"
??: "I didn't want it to come to this... Ford Reski..."
Ford looked up in shock.
"How do you know my name??"
??: "Because I've heard a lot about you..."
Just then- the guar- no, not guard- the hooded figure would reveal himself, and:
Enkai: "I'm cultist leader number 7 representing the Calamitous Witch... Enkai Kaito!"
He was one of the 10 leaders of the Devoted Cult.
"Cultist leader number 7?"
Enkai: "That's right! You're dead now!"
Enkai shot an Icicle right into Ford's chest.
Alive...Alive...Alive...Dead.
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Ama: "what do you need?"
Ford had reset to before he told Ama about the nightmares.
"Huh?.."
His insanity has faded.
Ama: "you rung the bell... What do you need?"
Ford's mind: {the best starting point I've had so far... I can't tell Ama about the nightmares..}
Ford looked up at Ama, and said-
"Sorry.. false alarm.."
Ama sighed and walked out of the house without saying anything.
"Wait!"
Ama stopped as she heard Ford...
Ama: "what's wrong?"
"You have any idea when I will be able to walk around again?"
Ama: "You can walk whenever you want, you just can't stay up for too long.. it'll probably take about a week for you to go back to your old healthy self."
"Alright!"
Ama left, while Ford contemplated what he would do.
Ford's mind: {Enkai Kaito... I'll have to stop him before he tries anything..}
"The question is... When?"
Ford would get up to take a quick stroll around the village, when he would run into an actual guard.
??: "Watch where you're goin', boy!"
"Oh, sor--"
The guard cut him off-
??: "Get out of here!"
"Hey what's your problem, man?"
??: "You are! Can't you see I'm guarding this village at the moment?? Who am I kidding? A peasant like you wouldn't know that at all!"
"Hey watch your mouth buddy"
Ford was irritated at the guard's self righteous obscenity.
??: "A peasant like you can't tell me what to do. Haha"
"What's your name?"
The guard smiled, and proudly said-
Daren: "Glad you asked! My name's Daren. Just Daren! My title is the best knight!"
Ford's mind: {"best knight" my ass}
Ford continued walking, ignoring Daren, but he couldn't...
"Watch your back, Daren! I happen to be one of the greatest heroes alive! The name's Ford Reski!"
Daren was shocked at Ford's lack of consideration for the Knights.
Daren: "it seems you have failed the test.."
"Test my ass! You stood here and insulted me like I was a nobody!"
Daren: "It was to test your composure.. Every knight tries that test on everyone who seems new!"
"Every knight?"
Ford was shocked at that response. He remembered Rallden, who never tried that test on him.
Daren: "Yes that's right, every knight! I'll let you off with a warning, as you didn't know... I deeply apologize for my selfish behavior... Though it was just a test"
"Yeah shut up!"
Daren: "Excuse me?"
"You heard me, I said shut up! Is that all you worthless knights are good for?! Preaching your self righteous behavior on everyone you meet, and saying it's a 'test'? Ha, what a joke! I bet I could beat you in one shot!"
Daren: "I am not allowed to duel anyone."
"Is that all you can say?! Livin' true to your daddy's words, aren't you??"
Daren: "I'll not allow you to disrespect the knighthood like this!"
"You were just disrespecting me! So it's only fair!"
Daren: "again, I apologize for that."
"Yeah just shut up.. As I said, I'm one of the greatest heroes alive"
Daren reached his turning point.
Daren: "Is that so?"
"Yes!"
Daren: "Let's have a 'talk' in the arena over there"
Daren pointed to a large open field in the middle of the village.
"Fine"
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