The nightmare standing on the platform has a very tiny body with flesh reminiscent of a fish, and a giant, oversized head that looks like an angler fish, though its esca has a glowing face instead of a light.From the esca, a voice says, "Look around, my people, look at the beauty that we have spent centuries building. It's our paradise, soaked in the blood and sweat of our ancestors, where all nightmares have the right to live. Yet the humans come into our lands, they steal our corpses, and then they turn them into objects to decorate and empower themselves with.Right now, the flesh of our children is nothing more than a pair of gloves on someone's hand. It isn't right, we shouldn't allow this to happen.Once upon a time, we nightmares used to control all of eastern Terrafide, and during the age of Levev, we controlled large portions of Molstoria as well. Despite our curses, despite the plagues on our people, we stood up and led the people of that age to prosperity. Despite our curs

"Elia, maybe you shouldn't be tugging on that man's beard so viciously."Glaring at me, she says, "This hairy fart is trying to rip me off.""LET GO OF ME YOU CRAZY HUMAN!"Walking up between them, Orb places his hand over Elia's, and she jerks it backwards and says, "I don't want to catch rabies."Orb's hair turns red before settling back to normal, and he turns to the man and says, "What is she trying to buy from you?"The man who stands in a large toy shop moves backwards and, after grabbing a few items from behind the desk, he presents a couple of balls in his hands. "These special creations were made from a series of cursed plants that my family has selectively bred for generations. They can bounce around different surfaces and are fun to play with."With his hair turning grey and then gold, Orb quickly turns his head to Elia with a smug smile plastered on his face.With her eyes open, she glares at him and says, "Is there something wrong with my choices?"Looking away, Orb says,

As Orb walks up right next to one of multiple food vendors, he places the amulet down and gets a series of skewers filled with meat a moment later. Then, handing one over to Elia, he says, "Here you go."Then, turning his head back to the vendor, he collects his amulet and then turns his cheek back over towards Elia, but as he does, he feels the sharpness of the skewer press against his face."Next one."Bending his eye to look at the empty skewer, he says, "How are you done?"Pushing the skewer deeper into his skin till some blood is drawn, Elia says, "Why do you bleed when I pierce you? Because you do. Now hand over the next one."Orb moves to give her another skewer of meat, but right before she grabs it, he pulls it back, and says, "ahahahaha!""I have never seen a face with the ability to become more and more punchable than I have seen with yours. Fork it over!""I will absolutely for a little bit of information. Do you enjoy keeping your hair like that?""It's my natural hairsty

Grabbing his nose, Elia says, "Then know how to do better, idiot!""I am doing bette-." Stopping his words, Orb grabs and pulls Elia close, making her stare at him in utter disgust. But before she can say something, he reaches his hand up and grabs the leg of a giant bird that flies by them.Looking up, Elia sees a bird with two giant wings and two small wings going vertically down the top of the giant ones. It has a primarily white body, but it is embedded with hard red feathers across itself. It looks sharp like a blade meant to strike down all its foes while keeping a breath of divinity that moves around it.And as they both hold on, Orb says, "Look who saved you."Peering her head off the side, she says, "Maybe falling would have been better than being so close, making me catch the stink.""I don't smell.""Your thoughts do!""You know you have kind of a stinky attitude.""Maybe because I have been forced into going on this date.""Hasn't it been somewhat fun?""Your suffering has

"I'm fine," Orb says with yellow hair."That sounds like a lie, just look at that yellow hair.""This doesn't mean I am lying, idiot.""It means you're scared. I guess being shown up by me is a terrifying reality for someone like you."Glaring at her, Orb says, "You, showing me up? Don't make me laugh."Skating to the edge of the ice, Elia says, "Then let's dance."She sticks out he hand, and says, "Don't worry, I will protect you, princess.""Don't insult me. The reason I can't dance is that I have never tried, but when I do. You'll see my ability to balance myself is beyond whatever you could imagine."Orb jumps onto the ice, and he quickly loses his balance, so he quickly activates his legacy and freezes himself to the ground. Then Elia opens her mouth and says, "Need help there."With his body frozen in place, Orbs says, "I am fine!"Poking against his cheeks, she says, "Really? You sure about that? You don't need a big, strong man to come and lift you away!"She sits on his chest