Through out the day, Tai lazed about studying runic sorcery, destroying his almost finished batch of pencils, and killing one or two mundane beasts.
An ordinary day for him.
But he could not shake off the weird feeling that something was horribly, terribly wrong.
Claire walked up to the deck of the majestic flying ship and sat down beside the red haired teenager.
Tai smiled lightly as he waved, he was still thinking.
"Hi."
The blonde smiled back at him and waved back.
Then awkward silence followed.
Tai wasn't too busy thinking about the awful feeling of déjà vu he was going through, and Claire did not even have vocal cords to begin with.
However, while they sat down in idle silence, the blonde teenager suddenly began to twitch.
And twitch.
And twitch.
Soon, she was shaking vigorously.
Tai looked worried a little bit at first, but when she began to shake, he got worried.
"Claire?.. a..are you okay?"
However, instead of replying, the speech impaired girl suddenly grew limp.
Then she opened her eyes which were completely white without pupils and whispered.
"Three fools lay dead in ashes on a hill of gold, one in search of vanity and another in search of glory."
Tai narrowed his eyes into a squint as he frowned.
"What the heck did you just say?"
He had a very bad feeling that something dangerous would happen really soon.
Soon the blonde girl began to scream at loud decibels far above that of a ordinary human.
Which was extremely strange as the blonde girl had no vocal cords and wasn't even supposed to be capable of making sounds in the first place.
"Three Fools Lay Dead In Ashes On A Hill Of Gold, One In Search Of Vanity And Another In Search Of Glory."
"THREE FOOLS LAY DEAD IN ASHES ON A HILL OF GOLD, ONE IN SEARCH Of VANITY AND ANOTHER IN SEARCH OF GLORY."
"THREE FOOLS LAY DEAD IN ASHES ON A HILL OF GOLD, ONE IN SEARCH Of VANITY AND ANOTHER IN SEARCH OF GLORY."
Instantly, Nikolah had appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.
She must have been close by.
"We have to get her to the highest point on the island!"
***
In a flash, white ice shot towards him and black flames came from behind.
The red haired teenager only had the chance to catch a glimpse of a gigantic jet black eye, then everything went black.
Tai had died.
***
Tai woke up very early in the morning.
It was another day on the Black Nest after all.
Through out the day, Tai lazed about studying runic sorcery, destroying his almost finished batch of pencils, and killing one or two mundane beasts.
An ordinary day for him.
But he could not shake off the weird feeling that something was horribly, terribly wrong.
Claire walked up to the deck of the majestic flying ship and sat down beside the red haired teenager.
Tai smiled lightly as he waved.
"Hi."
Claire nodded at him and waved back.
Then awkward silence followed.
Tai wasn't too busy thinking about the awful feeling of déjà vu he was going through, and Claire did not even have vocal cords to begin with.
However, while they sat down in idle silence, the blonde teenager suddenly began to twitch.
And twitch.
And twitch.
Soon, she was shaking vigorously.
Tai looked worried a little bit at first, but when she began to shake, he got worried.
"Claire?.. a..are you okay?"
However, instead of replying, the speech impaired girl suddenly grew limp.
Then she opened her eyes which were completely white without pupils and whispered.
"Three fools lay dead in ashes on a hill of gold, one in search of vanity and another in search of glory."
Tai narrowed his eyes into a squint as he frowned.
"What the heck did you just say?"
He had a very bad feeling that something dangerous would happen really soon.
Soon the blonde girl began to scream at loud decibels far above that of a ordinary human.
Which was extremely strange as the blonde girl had no vocal cords and wasn't even supposed to be capable of making sounds in the first place.
"THREE FOOLS LAY DEAD IN ASHES ON A HILL OF GOLD, ONE IN SEARCH Of VANITY AND ANOTHER IN SEARCH OF GLORY."
In front of him, a gargantuan black dragon with gleaming obsidian scales stared at the group of three.
It opened it's maw, and everything went black.
Tai had died once again.
***
Tai watched as Nikolah and Claire were burnt to death and their corpses crumbled to pieces, before the flames hit him and everything went dark.
Tai had died yet again.
***
And again.
***
And again.
***
And again.
***
Tai woke up very early in the morning.
It was another day on the Black Nest after all.
"This morning feels awfully familiar."