Searching for a Sign of Life (Core/Open)

[Claire]

Claire gave a start when the sword began to crumble, still holding onto the newly-formed man. She hadn’t realized in her fervor that the man was still unconscious, looking back down to him. Her gaze turned back to Stella, her smile spreading to a grimace as she collected the man up in her arms, trying to keep him covered somewhat modestly at least. “...thank you.”

Her eyes flickered back to Kail, knowing there was nothing he could do to help. “I can manage it.” Claire stands, heaving the man up in her arms, deceptively heavy but not unbearably so. The man remains cradled in her arms as she begins to walk. Not knowing what the plans were to revive the crumpled mage on the floor, Claire trusted that they had some kind of plan for this. Hopefully. She jogs upstairs quickly, ducking into the bedroom. The bed would do for now, until he woke up. But he had been sleeping for so long, she couldn’t see why he would still be sleeping now. She lifts her foot up to kick the sheets back with a scrubby boot before laying Core down on it, pulling the sheet over him. She stretches her aching arms, looking back down at him.

“...hey.” Claire leans down, patting the man’s fragile, lovely profile with her calloused hand. “Core. Wake up.”

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Kail was too focused on Mysteria to realise the sword that Core had been in, had shattered into several peices and disintagrating into rust. While that was happening the Knife of Destiny was glowing and hot to the touch. He was now alarmed and drew the blade. The blond was more confused at this point. Then ribbons of energy were seeming to tie on to Mysteria and as that was going on he heard a voice speak to him. This was not Mysteria or anyone he had heard before, it unerved him greatly. But at this point had to trust it for now "Ok Mysteria, get your ass back to reality! You have some explaining to do, and you better get back or I will drag you out myself" he said and brandished the knife and started to cut away the ribbons. It seemed whatever was going on. Was a oh shit, something bad was going down. As Kail cut the ribbons away, the blond sees the source of it and tries to cut the source out of Mysteria. While trying not to hurt her in any manner. "Your the only person that has any hint of whats going on here. I......practicly need you so get back here" he kept speaking doing everything he can to get her back to the land of the living.

With everything going on, Kail wanted to know the truth of what was going on. Since there bigger things going on due to the fact that Core was now in this game. Along with the center of Nova, everything was becoming undone and being laid bare, and it was still a confusing mess. It was still frustrating to him in all of this.

[Mysteria]

Warmth crept steadily to the visage before Claire as the subtle rhythm of breath expanded his chest for the first time. The placid features remained unmoved, but the presence of color in his face belay the vigor of life imparted to this man, and Core's body relaxed, yielding to the pressure of her fingers.

Stella knocked, Then barged in unapologetically, and surveyed the two. She looked rather grumpy staring at Claire and then down to Core. Stella sighed as she walked into the room. Her right eyebrow twitching at the sight of Core still being 'asleep' after all this time. She moved to a wardrobe located to the left of the room. Tiny fingers grasping the handle to open the wooden doors, a hint of different color dresses becoming visible while the girl rummaged through the dresser. After a moment of searching, The child emerged holding a bundle of male garments in her arms. She Approached the bed and hovered over the body. Her features scrunched in a unamused fashion.

" You look awake to me, why are you still laying around? " Stella spoke out noticing Claire seemed rather concerned. " You're no fun." Core's lips parted, for the first time a voice exhaled in a weak manner. With that, Stella laid down the bundle of clothes and stepped back away from the bed. " So I'm alive? " Core spoke, opening his eyes to look at up at Claire. " My, you look rough. " Core cracked a weak smile, followed by a playful laugh. He was alive! Alive and he could feel the air pull into his lungs with each breath. A feeling he had long missed for years.

" Lady Mysteria would like for you to return the clothing when you are done borrowing them. " Stella spoke up, interjecting the moment before heading towards the door. " As a warning; Do not over stress yourself and your body. The Mistress 'allowed' you to have a chance at life, do not do something foolish now that you have awakened." Stella warned, opening the door and exiting the room to join the others downstairs.

Core watched as Stella gave her warning and left. " Thanks." He mumbled half-heartedly, his attention turning to the clothes provided for him by the walking doll. Then back to Claire who sat beside him as well. " Mind giving me some room to get dressed? Or do you plan on watching me while I put my clothes on?" He smirked at Claire, wondering if she was going to stay and watch him get dressed or not.

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meanwhile,

Mysteria continued to stumble within the darkness. The cackling of Fate's laughter echoed throughout the void, filling it before fading itself out. A sharp pain suddenly burst through her chest. For now, Mysteria began to feel sick to her stomach.

Fate's horrible cackling finally faded into nothingness, leaving the place as silent as it was before. Even the pain in her chest had become less noticeable. It was in this silence did she hear Killian's voice become more audible. Following it out of this black void into a blinding light. Her soul returning back to her body, slumping over, the moment her soul settled. Even her eyes rolled back to being normal as she gasped for air.

Her lungs burning for air as she hacked and coughed the moment Killian stepped back after cutting away the last ribbon. " Th-Thank you." She hacked, picking herself up off the floor. Her body sore and her knees nearly buckling under her own weight. Her eyes darting over to Killian, noticing the dagger in his hand. A somber expression taking over her features.

Her heart sinking within her chest as she noticed the new aura bestowed around Killian. " Killian..." She spoke, looking over Killian, not sure if what she was seeing was true or not. " I guess I must congratulate you. You've managed to shine in Fate's eyes, he has chosen you to become his champion. The 'threads of Fate' are visible upon you now." Mysteria gave a light smile, seeing the strains of fate now emerging from Killian's body. " Bella, will you bring me and our guests some tea? I feel parched and I'm sure everyone else feels the same." Mysteria spoke out once more, directing Bella to retrieve her and the guest's something to drink from the kitchen. " By now 'he' should be awake..." She spoke under her breath while she walked over to the couch to sit.

[Claire]

Claire let out a breath of relief she didn’t realize she was holding as his skin gains a flush and his body shakes with breath. Her fingers curl against his cheek, unable to pull her hand away, suddenly transfixed. He really was alive. It had worked!

A jolt hits her when Stella barges in, knocking her out of her hazy head space as she jerks her hand back from his face. She watches Stella rummage around the closet in silence, straightening up so it didn’t look like she was leaning over him probably much closer than she should have been. She shifts to sit more casually, like she wasn’t worried, of course not, looking back down at the sleeping man as he stirs. The enormity of this strikes her all over again when he speaks, that voice from the sword that she’d come to know so well, from a face she’d seen in opacity suddenly solid and smiling. When his eyes open the thought returns to her with such vivid clarity- he doesn’t look like that other man, the other man from her nightmares of the king, at all. Her muddy eyes are wide as she stares down at him- his eyes are so much more vivid in person.

“You-” Claire cracks a grin, an easy laugh escaping her. She feels giddy, lifting her hand to press against her lips as she laughs. “I have an excuse!” she pushes her tangled hair back from her face, heart lighter and singing. The joy is clear on her face for the first time in so long, the harshness of the months before melting from her expression. Her head turns at Stella’s warning, nodding and watching her go. No foolishness, huh? What did Mysteria expect him to do with his body?

Core’s voice brings her attention back, head snapping back to him and staring vacantly as he speaks. What did he want? She was too distracted by the concept that he was solid. Her fingers itched with the urge to reach out and touch him but she refrained, realizing what he had said. “What- oh!” an unexpected flush comes over her face and she’s not sure exactly from what as she looks around and then shifts to sit at the foot of the bed, giving him space to get out. “You’re very-” her accent feels heavier in her fluster, shutting her eyes and lifting her hand to cover them. “You’re very distracting in person. More than usual.” she wasn’t exactly sure what she meant by that herself. “How does it- how do you feel?”

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Kail had not paid attention to Claire and Core being wisked away to another room in Mysteria's home. As due to the fact he was doing his best to get Mysteria back into the realm of the living. It seemed that she came back to the world of the living, but the look on her face seemed more then that. As it was a look of betrayal and being stabbed in the back, as she spoke there was an odd power around him as he could feel it. Her face then shifted to the calm mask that she had on and said he was now Fate's Champion. There was a look of shear shock on the blond's face. The only thought was why him and how and this drove him nuts. As the why and how were screaming in his head. Kail dropped the knife and as if the room went silent it clanged on the floor of Mysteria's home. What was the deal with the weapon as to why it reacted to Mysteria's spell and why did Helena wanted it so bad. What kind of game was he being put into as well as who's pawn he was. It just now infuriated him and wanted answers to quench the fury in his mind. But doubted that Mysteria would give him a full answer.

The blond silently picked up the knife and put it away and walked over and sat down in a nearby chair that was close to Mysteria. "I doubt that you will give me a straight answer or even a correct one Mysteria......but what the hell happened in there. What kind of game am I in now, just what the hell is going on with Fate, and what is this dagger.......I'm tired of being a pawn for power plays. First it was my parents.....now this shit......I feel like I have kicked a cute puppy and killed it" said Kail and just waited for the tea and for the lovebirds to get down from there loft. A lot of emotions were playing on his face and his eyes. One could feel the emotions coming off of him in a sense. The blond was confused and confounded from everything.

[Core Noru]

Core raised a brow at Claire’s sudden flush expression. He had seen it plenty of times on the faces of girls he had smitten in the past; However, it was odd to see such a reaction so soon from the tomboyish Claire he had gotten to know over the months. Core even gave a playful grin as Claire admitted he was distracting in person. What did she expect to see when he was brought back? Had she not thought of this while traveling with him? Core thought to himself, his grin turning into a smile as he watched Claire move to cover her eyes.


So this is how it was going to be aye? Core blinked, amused that her reaction to giving him space to change was just to cover her eyes and remain where she sat. He wasn’t sure if she was trying to be coy or perhaps his presence was that distracting….


However, The moment her hands blocked her vision and she began to speak, did Core began to unravel the sheet. “ Kinda exhilarating and yet exhausting at the same time….. You can’t imagine what it feels like to breath in air again.” He chuckled actually rather happy to be alive and breathing once again. The moment the sheet was loose he lightly toss it over her head. With the Sheet over her head, Core quickly threw on the robes that the creepy doll had given him. Almost a perfect fit, though a little tight in the arm sleeves and shoulders. Now that he was dressed, Core turned to look over at Claire. His stature more relaxed.


“ Sorry, I like to remain innocent on what would be the day of my 'birth'. I was just kinda reborn, which is kinda a mind fuck if you try and wrap your head around it." He chuckled nervously before continuing. "Besides, I won’t be able to make it downstairs. I’m too tired to join the others, maybe you should join them though… You did offer yourself to the lady in this house..” Core smiled giving a playful eyebrow wiggle. He was serious however on the fact he wouldn’t be able to join the others downstairs. His body already felt heavy as wobbled over to the bedside and flopped onto the mattress next to where Claire still sat. His ocean blue hair cascading around his dark brown robed form with embroidered maple leaves as the pattern on the fabric.

[Claire]

Claire snorted with laughter as Core threw the sheet over her head, her grin visible from across the room. “Don’t trust me not to look, huh?” any trace of Novian was gone from her accent, having fallen back into a familiar cadence from when he first met her. When he spoke she nodded- if anything it may be familiar to taking your first clear breath after nearly drowning. Painful but exhilarating.

She shifted a little as she heard the rustle of cloth, the pounding in her chest increasing. She couldn’t place her sudden nervousness- this was still the same man. He was just solid now. Very, very solid. Her hand dropped from her face, her eyes still shut, cracking another smile at his nervous laugh. “No, I understand.” these Novians had their customs after all. Her eyes finally opened when she felt the bed dip beside her with a heavy thump as the man beside her laid back on the shamble of a mattress. Claire turned her head to look down at him, pulling the sheet from her head.

“You-” she blinked heavily down at him, stunned into silence again. He really was real, she could feel the weight beside her. He blinked and breathed and spoke and had… substance. She swallowed, curling her fingers a little against the sheet between them. A wry smile crossed her lips as she tilted her head down at him, leaning back on her hands. “You’ve been asleep for too long, Core. Are you sure I can’t tempt you there?” she laughs, shoulders shaking. “Well, if she takes me up on that offer now that’ll free me up from my debt faster than I was anticipating.”

Her thoughts turn to Kail downstairs and she frowns like she’s smelled something foul. “I’ll keep the kid away from you for a bit if you really do need rest.” Claire’s eyes flicker down from his face to his chest and her hand moves without thought. Her hand was warm as it pressed over his heart and she turned, feeling it beat under her palm.

<”You’re actually here, aren’t you?”> The words slip from her lips without thought, not realizing at first that he wouldn’t be able to understand her now. There was a pang in her heart at that thought, unexpected and suddenly despairing. She was alone in her language again. “Ah-” she looks back up to his face, withdrawing her hand. “It’s-” a laugh escapes her, winded. “This is going to take some getting used to. Should I bring you up something to eat?”

[Mysteria]

Mysteria remained silent as Killian spoke, his emotions transparent on his features as he demanded some form of answer. She paid close attention to the boy’s movements; Even taking notice of the runic dagger lying on her carpet floor. She also notice him pick it back up and stash it away somewhere on his person. Her attention staying off the dagger; For the sorceress did not want to cause the young human to be alarmed. Plus, she wanted ‘him’ to be apart of this conversation too….


When Mysteria went to open her mouth to speak, Bella returned with a metal tray in hand. On the tray sat several short stock glasses and a tall-fat green bottle wrapped half way up in hemp cord. Bella silently brought over the tray and sat it down on the coffee table between her Mistress and the young master. “ I figured you were still out of it to request tea after going back there again Mistress.” Bella smiled, picking up the bottle and pouring both Kail and Mysteria a serving of some kind of liquid that was deep burgundy.


“ Bella you are a lifesaver, thank you. “ Mysteria smiled,nodding to the young girl puppet as Bella handed her a glass. “ Be careful lad; this is Noruvian ale, it’ll grow hair on your chest. But you’ll need it for the story I’m about to tell you.” Mysteria spoke jokingly with a faint weary smile, taking a sip of the wine in her hand before setting it back down on the table. The cup half empty now as she looked back over to Bella. “ Check on the two upstairs will you? Also bring the other human female down here. I have questions of my own, Plus I’m sure she would want answers to some questions of her own... “ Mysteria requested.


Bella nodded and quietly made her way up the stairs, down the hall and knocked on the bedroom door where the other two were in. “ The mistress has requested for you miss. She asks for you to come down stairs; Don’t worry about your friend. My sister and I can attend to your friends needs if requested during your time in the Mistresses company. “ Bella spoke from the other side of the door, not wanting to enter the room.


Meanwhile back downstairs, Mysteria took another sip of the ale before looking back over to Kail.
“ You shouldn’t feel like shit, it is a honor to be a god’s champion. I had fallen short of my role; I played my part beautifully to the end… My deity must of noticed my faith had shifted and he chose someone new. Someone who is not from this world that can do more than I at this time. “ Mysteria sighed, before taking the last sip of her drink, sat it down and poured herself another glass of the ale. “ Are you sure you really want to know these answers? Ignorance is bliss as they say. “ She asked, concerned that any information she would give him would make the lad become more unstable. She didn’t want to send the boy further into the rabbit hole, her heart secretly aching behind emotionless features as she waited to hear a yes or a no.

[Claire]

Claire feels the annoyed sigh leave her before she realizes that she’s done it, looking back over her shoulder. “Right. I will be right down.” she looks back to Core, shoulders slumping a little.

“Duty calls.” she murmurs, reaching up to unfasten her cloak. She stands, pulling her cloak off her shoulders with her gloves, leaving them on a chair beside the nightstand. From her spot across the room she looks at Core, her annoyed gaze softening into something else. Trepidation, maybe. “...come and get me, if you need me.” she looks down at her clothes before she kneels, pulling her hidden knife from her boot. She places it on the nightstand beside him, not quite able to look at him as she crosses to the door. Even if something went wrong, he’d at least be able to protect himself. “Sleep well.”

Claire’s heavy footfalls clued in to those seated below that she was heading down and soon she emerged, the russet tone of her face flushed and her short ragged hair in a pushed-through disarray. Her expression, blank and overloaded, didn’t turn when she caught sight of Mysteria and Kail. Another tired sigh escapes her, her fingers pushing back into to hair. “Uh- do you have a drink? Can I make you a drink?” she looks to Mysteria, brows furrowing.

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"Getting smashed is not something I am use too. So I can take it" Kail said and then carefully takes a small sip of the alchohol. It was strong and did not guzzle it down like a morron. What he drank was small but it was damn strong as he felt a warm burn go down. He silently knew that shit had gotten real when they revived someone from the dead. And put there soul into there alternate reality body. This was madness on high or more if it was not real. Kail gives a nod of thanks for the drink though and went into thought again. Then Mysteria spoke again about her failure as a champion and then telling him on the matter of knowing the truth. "I am too far in the rabbit hole.......yes ignorance is bliss. But I rather take the bitter truth now then have it crush me later. Not knowing the unknown will knaw on you until you go down in madness. Some people say that I have already lost it.....maybe I have. But I am still together and kicking. If I had lost it though I might have just been a babeling mess in some hole waiting around to die" the blond said as he took another small sip knowing that this could get he drunk real easily.

Kail looked over as he heard movement coming from the stairs and saw Claire. He was not too stupid to feel that he was being a slight monkey wrench in this woman's plans. But something had told him to follow her, perhaps it was his own intution or something else. Not sure what it was but it was leading him somewhere to go. Although in the back of his head though, Kail did have to wonder. Why was Claire going between Core and Mysteria? In the sense of infatuation or something along those lines or perhaps this line of thought from what he was drinking.

[Mysteria]

Mysteria stared at Killian with a raised brow at his response at not wanting to get smashed, when she handed him the drink. Smashed? Perhaps another term humans use for the term drunk. Mysteria came to the conclusion, watching him take a sip of his drink and then began to speak. He was anxious, scared, and above all concerned for his role now in this role. Mysteria didn’t blame him for wanting to know some bit of truth to this madness he was tossed into. She had almost forgotten the young lad was fated into this world; So she had to commend the spirited lad for his feats thus far and his determination to survive.

“ I see….” Mysteria paused, relaxing within her seat, while placing her only hand in her lap. Her eyes adjusted and darted over to the stairway when she saw Killian look towards the stairway; Ah, it seemed their other guest had arrived. Her eyes following Claire as she approached and asked for something to drink.

“ Of course.” Mysteria responded, turning towards the tray with the Noruvian ale. She poured Claire a cup and turned to hand out the glass to her. “ Be careful, it does have a burn to it. “ she warned, letting go of the cup once it was taken from her. When her hand was free Mysteria turned to grab her own half filled cup and placed it to her lips to take a sip.

“ So I assume your friend has settled in for the evening? “ Mysteria asked, bringing the cup down to her lap. Out of the corner of her eye,she noticed Stella sneaking off towards the kitchen. A sigh escaping, as she looked from Killian to Claire.

“ Before I begin; Do you believe in Destiny Killian? An You Claire? Was it your destiny that guided you to my door? I know you are not from this land from the reports I used to read at the castle….So I know, you are not fated, but yet why bring back the brother of the king? Are your plans to torment the king by torturing his brother now that you have sold yourself to me to bring him back?” Mysteria asked, setting the cup aside onto the coffee table.

“ Do not worry, I do not plan to do anything to you or him… I’m too weak and I’m more than positive that I will be arrested the moment I step foot in the castle. So, We are on common ground as fugitives.”

[Claire]

“Oh, he's settled all right.” Claire sat down, plucking the mug from Mysteria’s hand. “Barely got two words out of him before he crashed again. He’s spent so long trapped in the damned thing I thought he'd be wide awake. Apparently not.”

The first gulp of the ale sent her coughing from the strength of it, covering her mouth with the back of her hand. It took her a second to regain her senses, staring into the rippling liquid in the mug, her mouth burning. It was already starting to set fire to her senses so she shook her head, tilting her head back and draining the rest of the mug in one go. As she put the mug down she felt her senses burn, her head beginning to go cloudy and vacant for the first time in ages. What was she feeling before? All the stress and confusion and… other feelings were pooling as she reached over to pour another mug of the ale.

Alive. She felt alive and he was- he was alive.

“Destiny.” Claire snorts as she lifts the mug back to her lips. “Maybe if I drink enough, my gods will finally give me another vision. Tell me what to do next. But yes, I believe in my gods, not yours. And they gave me a clear path here to him. And you.” She arches an eyebrow at Mysteria, fighting a laugh as she drinks more of the burning liquid. When she opens her mouth to speak again, her smoky and lyrical accent is more pronounced, looking up at Kail.

“Aw <kid>, you’re too serious. You’re too young and too stressed, you should relax for a minute. It won’t kill you. I’ve seen <kids> younger than you drop from stress in the field, drink more.” she turns her head to Mysteria, a resigned smile tugging on her lips as she asks her questions. “I would have to be a <right bitch> to do that to him, wouldn't I? No, his… his claim to birth was incidental to my mission. If he had been a sailor’s son or a criminal, it wouldn't have mattered. The Mother willed it to me and I saw it done. But I don't blame you for thinking so, if you read the sack of shit the castle wrote about me. I know you’re not planning on doing anything. If you were, you would have done it by now.”

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Kail took another small sip of the ale as he then hears Mysteria making some small chatter. Mostly on Core if he was resting and heard Claire lament that he should have been more awake then resting. He wanted to facepalm so hard that moment but could not. But then Mysteria then slipped into something rather more thought provoking on the meaning of Destiny. "That is a rather hard question to answer really. I know that things happen for a reason and thats about it. As if I go deeper there are more questions to that. Do we have freedom to make our own fate? Or it is predetermend outcome by something or someone. So its rather complicated to give a yes or no answer" he then takes another sip of his ale. His eyes flick over to Claire as she spoke on her answer. On the matter and the blond was silent trying to keep all of what this woman said to her answer to Mysteria on her answer. Then Claire started to take some jabs at him and had to raise a slight eyebrow at what she was getting at. Too serious and stressed? Stressed more then likely but he had to keep his guard up or be alert to anything. On the offense or the defence on learning or gaining anything. Plus it was time to mildly surprise Claire with something as a fated would have.

"<I've made a few bad choices while having too much to drink. Besides I rather savor this rather then just knocking it back a few minutes>" said Kail as he heard this language back in his own world as it was spanish. His was a bit rusty since he had not used it in a few years. The only reason he knew how to speak this was from public education to be forced apon him. "Plus I don't want to be so drunk that I am not able to remember anything or my actions be impared" he said speaking normally for everyone there in the room. But then went silent again letting the ladies speak. As Kail was going to try and soak up as much info as he could.

[Mysteria]

Mysteria’s eyes turned to narrow slits when Claire plucked the cup from her hand and made her comment about the man upstairs being still exhausted. “ Ye of little faith in magic; Believe me. That man has probably dreamt of this moment for a long time from the condition I saw of that particular sword. To be trapped somewhere is not a restful place…. Let alone be forced to be ‘reborn’ into a body that isn’t his own. For shame to be so selfish girl, relax and let him rest...You need it too from the looks of it.” she noted, returning her gaze to her own cup.

While Mysteria waited for an answer to her question about Destiny, she watched the ripples inside her cup. Taking note of everything said, including the obvious signs of intoxication coming from Claire as she slipped in and out of her native language. “ I see… Then I will trust in what you say for now, even if it is slightly difficult to understand. “ Mysteria nodded, Feeling some what embarrassed that she hadn’t learned all the languages within the neighboring countries. It was when Killian spoke up and gave his opinion of Destiny; Did Mysteria’s gaze lift from her cup and she locked eyes with Killian.

When did he grow up so much?

Mysteria looked at Killian for a moment before bringing the cup up to her lips and slowly taking a sip. Her lavender-teal eyes no longer fixed on the young lad before her as she lowered her gaze to the floor. Perhaps Fate hadn’t hadn’t completely robbed him of his will to seek out answers and questions to the truth. His answer proved his maturity sense he first entered the world; he was no longer the scared human boy that looked as though he was going to piss his pants at any moment.

A smile slowly appeared; then suddenly Mysteria broke out into a chuckle and then into laughter. “ Oh my, I’m sorry to laugh. I just find both your answers rather fascinating. Not that they are bad answers, just answers I had not expected to hear. “ Mysteria spoke after she finished her sudden outburst. With a smile she looked over to Claire and then over to Killian.

“ There is something I would like to share; A story of a man who was loved by all and was blessed beyond what most mortals could imagine… This mortal was also very powerful, though not by magical or physical means, but by his intelligence and cunning nature. This man had a bright future; A world that was in his grasp, but in an instant he decided to throw it all away. The man became obsessed with means of obtaining power…. An found a way to obtain it. “ Mysteria paused, closing her eyes and taking a sip of her drink.

“ He created something horrible and monstrous… Which turned him against his wife and newborn sons and everyone he cared for. The creation he made however was deemed too dangerous and the gods decided to seal it away…. The activation keys scattered throughout the Kingdom. “ Mysteria paused for a moment to take a sip of her drink and finishing it off. Killian at this point could hear whispers within his head. “ Do you truly want to believe her? Why is she telling you this story? “

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Kail listened to Mysteria's interaction with Claire and she was just as lost as him to some degree. Although it was a question if that other forms of divinity exsisted that were not based in Nova. But it seemed his answer got the bigger reaction out of his mistresss, as it almost made her look like she would drop her drink. Then at first there was a small smile, a chuckle and then a full blown laugh. As it seemed that both of there answers had been slightly unexpected. Kail had gotten use to the world now then he was a year ago so he would have gotten a tad more comfortable. But it was not enough as there was one being that floated over him. And that was Helena, the goddess of souls. While still silent and let Mysteria talk there was a voice that popped into his head while listening to the story. With what Myssteria said to him much earlier it was only one being. "Dr.Livingston I presume" he thought back to the voice in a very sarcastic answer. Since he knew that this voice belonged to Fate. He knew that Fate was an asshat and would try and turn him against Mysteria. But right now she offered a lot more to the world then Fate did.

While listening to the story though it made him think that this person she was discribing was a lot like himself. It was sort of a revelation to himself. That in his quest for power it could truely burn him like this person did. So Kail would be doing a lot of thinking on this and his constant quest of power. But at the same time he could not get way as the blond was now a bigger pawn in this game of the gods.