by TurboBrycerox » Fri Sep 02, 2016 4:01 pm
Day 8 (Noon)/Jakub/121/Where: Badlands Bridge/With: Jack and Tenebris
Jakub walked towards Tenebris, sword in hand. Tenebris gasped and panted for air.
You don't understand the pain... the pain of holding resentment towards someone like you for so long...
Jakub froze in his tracks.
You really think I haven't dealt with my fair share of pain, Lucern- ...Tenebris.
His grip on his sword tightened.
You don't think it's painful to be cursed to live forever? To watch everyone I ever loved or cared about wither away and die, one by one? You don't think it hits me like a rock every time the number of people I had in my life shrinks? You don't think it still tears me apart inside to this day to know that each and every one of those people I knew are gone forever?
Jakub began to walk towards Tenebris again with a bitter promptness in his footsteps.
Everyone else I've met in this world gets to cherish life because they know that it's a limited resource. They won't be here forever.
Jakub stopped in front of Tenebris and dropped his sword.
But thanks to you, you've taken that away from me. It hurts for me to be alive because of you. If you want to kill me, do it. End my misery. Take me away from this endless nightmare!
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Day 8 (Noon)/Veneficus/156/Where: Dalgar's Tower (Roof)/With: Lord Dalgar
Veneficus was silent for a moment.
Do not call me that name anymore, Dalgar. My name is Veneficus now.
Dalgar smirked.
You think you can just run away from the past and pretend it never happened?
His smirk turned into a frown as his brow lowered.
You can't run away from who you are, which is one of us. A Bordix.
Veneficus sighed and then forced a small chuckle out of his mouth.
Ho ho ho, if I'm remembering things correctly, wasn't it you who banished me in the first place?
You betrayed us.
I chose the right side.
Dalgar laughed.
The Hylians? So you're saying those peasants have the right to swoop down from their fairyland in the sky and claim our land as theirs?
Dalgar turned around so that he was facing Veneficus and put the bottom of his staff on the ground in front of him.
This land belongs to the Bordix, the most powerful race in the world.
He began to walk towards Veneficus.
But thanks to you, we couldn't have things go the easy way, now could we?
Veneficus turned his side to Dalgar in a defensive position.
Not if your definition of "the easy way" is starting a war to "exterminate" all of them, no.
You could've been our leader, Vengar. You were the most powerful wizard we had ever had. No one else could effectively master the arts of dark magic like you could.
Dalgar noticably cringed as his march towards Veneficus slowed down.
I had high hopes for you. For us. But you just had to go break all of the promises you made and stab me in the back, didn't you?
Veneficus crouched into a battle stance with his staff in hand.
Sounds like a personal problem to me!
Dalgar and Veneficus lunged at each other with their weapons.

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