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Legacies of light Interlude 2.33: The Animus part 2
-Break-Sometime laterLocation: Path towards the campsiteAs Mariana runs forward towards the campsite, Nero chases after her struggling to keep pace."MARIANA WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!?""LEAVE ME ALONE!""DO YOU REALLY HATE ME THAT MUCH.""NOT IN THE SLIGHEST!""THEN WHY!?""I JUST CAN'T STAND BEING AROUND YOU, OR SEEING YOUR FACE, OR HEARING YOU BREATH!""IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HATE ME!""YOU DON'T GET IT YOU IDIOT!""YOU'RE AN IDIOT!""NO, YOU ARE.""YOU'RE THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR ALMOST AN HOUR, THAT'S WHAT A FOOL WOULD DO?""SAYS THE ONE WHO IS CHASING AFTER ME!""I DO THIS BECAUSE I CARE!""THAT IS WHY I CAN'T BE NEAR YOU IDIOT!!!!"With a panicked voice, I hear Nero scream, "MARIANA A MERARK'S IS OVER COMING TOWARDS YOU."I instantly stop and look around my surroundings to see the Merark, but nowhere in my surroundings do I see one. Then from behind I am tackled by Nero and brought to the ground.While on the ground, I say, "You bastard you tricked me.""You should have known
Legacies of light Interlude 2.34: The Animus family part 3
-Break-Sometime laterUsing blankets I clean up the blood that is leaking from Sandra's nether regions and as I do, I say, "Sandra everything will be ok."Sandra screams in pain and then says, "I know, I know, but it still HURTS!"Looking at Sandra I notice she is gritting her teeth so I say, "Nero go take one of the clothes from over there and but it in her mouth, or at this rate she will hurt her teeth.""Got it," Nero says as he follows the instructions I just gave him.-Break-Sometime laterLooking directly at the little head poking out of her nether regions I feel a sick feeling rush over me. It feels like I am just going to pass out at the sight of it, but if I do both her and the baby are doomed.Nero who is holding both of Sandra's hands stares directly at me and mouths; you can do this towards me.Feeling a surge of courage that calms the sick feeling, I scream, "SANDRA PUSH!""I am trying!""TRY HARDER!""ARGHHHHH!""ARGHHHHH!"-Break-Sometime laterSandra still strugglin
Legacies of light Interlude 2.35: The Animus family part 4
Everyone in the room stops and looks at me, and then moments later Pluso asks, "Nero I think I might have misheard you, did you just sa-.""You all heard me right Pluso, I said I plan for every single one of us on this campsite to escape."Edward stepping forward, asks, "You can't be serious Nero?""I am dead serious, all of us will leave this place."Edward says, "Please stop this delusion you know such a thing is impossible for us all, we have no plan.""That's where you would be wrong Edward, because for the last few years me Charles and Mariana have been setting the stones that will allow us to leave, so please I want all of you to listen to me."-Break-I told them everything. About our history with Dónal, about our secret classes, and about our plan to escape.As I finish, another member of the campsite; Rolo says, "So that's where you guys have been sneaking off to on the castle days?""Sorry for not telling you guys earlier, but we needed to keep it a secret," Mariana says.An
Legacies of light Interlude 2.36: The Animus part 5
As we all leave Charles runs right into the room holding flowers and says, "I have returned."Looking at him, I say, "Sorry Charles, but the three of them need some alone time."Disheartened he says, "But I picked the prettiest flowers."Mariana walking up to Charles says, "Just give them to the prettiest person around you then."After Mariana says this she smirks, fully believing Charles will give her the flowers. And behind her Nero looks at her with disbelief at the sheer audacity of her actions.Looking at her, Charles says, "You're right." He then walks up to the oldest woman on the campsite, a grey-haired lady known as Anna, and then says, "Here you go.""Oh thank you, Charles," She replies with a smile.Mariana looks in disbelief, and then asks, "Hey Charles didn't I ask you to give them to the prettiest girl around? Why'd you give them to Anna!""Well obviously because she is." In a serious and concerned tone, Charles asks, "Is something wrong with her eyes?"Mariana makes a f
Legacies of light Interlude 2.37: The Animus family part 6
-Break-Location: Beast pensHiding a little bit away Dónal stares at all the slaves and says, "Now where is Charles?"He scans the area with his eyes, but instead of Charles, he comes across Edward and his men.Infuriated he says, "Those are the bastards that used to beat up Charles, how dare they look so happy! Scum, Scum, Scum, die, trash, die! If it wasn't for Charles stopping me I would have followed through with your assassinations."Returning to looking at the pens, I look around the area and come across Nero and Mariana. Mariana is trying to get closer to Nero, and in response to this, he starts to run away at full speed."I swear those two humans need help. One obviously likes the other and they just keep running in circles. If I was him I would have already had her as my woman by this point."Dónal falls into despair and then says, "Well I would do that if I had a chance, but I am never even going to get married. At best, they will use me as a political marriage chip to some
Legacies of light Interlude 2.38: The Animus family part 7
-Break-One week laterA week earlier Charles had said words that had raised the resolve of Dónal. But unbeknownst to him such words would have a horrible effect on others who he holds close.Location: Íogair grasslandΦ As I carry my seeds over to the beastkin who are collecting them, I let out a sigh and say, "That goddamned beastkin are eI hear a very familiar scream, so I run towards it.On the ground in front of me, Statilia lays on the floor clutching her cheek. She stares up at a beastkin who is standing over her like he just hit her.Running towards her, I say, "What happened?" But before Statilia can respond I am kicked down by the same beastkin.Standing over me, he says, "If you want to skip the line so fast I can give you a beating instead!"He starts to kick me on the floor, and a familiar feeling comes back to me, the feeling of fear that I had lost towards the beastkin. But with that fear, rage comes with it causing me to scowl at the beastkin."What's that look for hu
Legacies of light Interlude 2.39: The Animus family part 8
Looks of shock and surprise appear on the faces of the people in the area because the tone Charles used was packed with emotions, something they were never used to hearing him do.But one person in the room; Nero sighs, then says, "Charles if a bunch of humans escape what do you think will happen to the beastkin responsible? If you consider how prideful they are it is all but guaranteed that the people who let such insignificant beings escape would be killed."Charles says, "So then you knew Dónal would be killed if we tried to escape."Getting up, I face Charles and say, "Of course I did. Now please tell me what's wrong with it?"Confused Charles says, "Dónal will die!""Why would that be any of my business?""Because he is our friend!""I HAVE NEVER ONCE CONSIDERED HIM A FRIEND!" I shout a Charles bringing him to silence.His hands shake a bit, so I continue, "Nero for the last four years I have been only even talking to that man to get information to help our escape. The truth of t
Legacies of light Interlude 2.40: The Animus family part 9
-Break-Walking outside the hut, I say, "It seems the sun has fallen, I should go and check up on everyone before I head to bed myself.""That sounds like everything has gone alright then," I hear a voice to the left of me say.Turning to my left, I see Mariana who is standing with a smile. "Better than I had expected. Charles really is much more mature than I give him credit for.""But considering how long it took you it must have been a long conversation?""No really, the actual talking part took a very small amount of time, what made it go on for so long was Charles crying. I had to stay there until he fell asleep."With a confused, Mariana says, "Ehh, isn't that incredibly childish."Erratic, I say, "No it was mainly crying! You just wouldn't understand.""Well I am fine with some secrets being forever unknown to me, now it is time for me to go to sleep."As Mariana walks past Nero, he start to become jittery like he is about to do something but keeps stopping himself. But then he
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Arc 10.145: Battle of fort Niall part 4
Charles looking at the man who he just saved says, "Your bravery and courage is something you should hold in your heart till the day you die my soldier.""Your words are too kind for me, even know I want to run away with all my might.""You did far more than I many would have done in that same situation, the fact that you choose to face someone far stronger than you, shows me you are a warrior who is worth saving. Now go on and help the rest of my men."Dropping him, Charles turns around and all the compassion he had in his eyes fade leaving nothing but two golden pits on his face that suck in all light like a black hole.With a smirk, Ronald says, "So this the great hero king? Utterly disappointing. But what can I expect, a pathetic saviour for a pathetic people."Charles doesn't bother to speak and just stares at him. Annoyed by this Ronald says, "It would be wise to use the last few words you will ever get to speak so you don't regret it when you die.""I don't find joy engaging in
Arc 10.144: Battle of fort Niall part 3
Throughout the battlefield clashes between the beastkin and the humans rage, with the beastkin moving further, and further into the humans' lines.But despite all the chaos the infantry is being put through a far more important battle is happening close to the castle, a fight between the two cavalry units.As the cavalry from both sides meet for an initial skirmish, the humans are blown out of the way by the Merark riders. They decimate each, and every horse they come across ending their lives in mere moments.With the numbers of calvary being about equal, the humans are quickly finished off and surpassed. Then the beastkin push their way through towards the damaged flank of the infantry units in front of them.Cillian leading the right group of calvary says, "Now that they are all dispersed from the mammoths, we should be able to run over them all. Even if they somehow manage to fend off our breakthrough point, we should be able to create more now."As Cillian moves toward the squadr
Arc 10.143: Battle of Fort Niall part 2
The room explodes in panic, but I shout, "SILENCE!" Which hushes the voices and panic within the room.Looking towards the messenger, I say, "Are you certain of this?"He nods, and I look back towards the map, then I say, "This makes no sense. Right now, the Laochs should be sending a massive army straight into their territory, and they have decided to come and meet us, a far smaller force?"Cillian coming towards me, puts his hands on the map and says, "We are the group that has pushed the furthest into their territory, so maybe they want to try and push us back out.""Even if they wanted to do that, the Laochs would simply turn around and take back all of the land they would take from pushing us back, and this time they would be stuck in the heart of our territory, with a massive army coming from them behind, especially with their leader in the said army."I look over at Bricriu to get his reaction, but then on his face I see an elated smile which he quickly removes as I take notice
Arc 10.142: Battle of fort Niall part 1
-Break-Φ I have always been strong and gifted. Since I was a little boy, power has come towards me, born talented in hand-to-hand combat, born with the eyes of a hunter, born with the strength of a wonderbeast, and born with the powers of a god in this body.I was Ronald Fuinseog, a warrior who had never known fear. But that's just the lie I tell myself to keep myself together.There wasn't a day of my childhood in which I didn't know fear.My older brother, Dónal was a failure to my parents, and the shame he has brought upon our house made it so that our parents didn't want their other three kids to turn out like that.My sister Aisling was forced to learn all of the secrets that could be expected of a noblewoman, and when she failed my parents said, "Your dinner goes with you."Aisling with tears in her eyes says, "I am too hungry, I can barely focus.""Nonsense, in the same situation I managed to get through it. Keep your excuse to yourself, now balance the books on your head and
Arc 10.141: Two masters part 1
As the second human-beastkin war began, the humans attacked large plantations all across Terrafide, Victoria, and Molstoria, completely decimating the beastkin and pushing back their forces in Molstoria.On each battlefield they won they freed all human slaves there, and increased their army size.Word of their victories spread as beastkin ran from battlefield to other locations sending warnings of the oncoming invasions, which soon spread to the humans there causing massive uprisings even before Charles armies had arrived.However, after a series of uprisings, the Red branch armies mobilized and started to meet the humans. But to the shock of many, the armies of the Red branch were mostly defeated again, and again.Eventually, this led to an eight-month long war that the beastkin were losing, and in response to this, the leaders of the beastkin gathered in one place to discuss the events.Location: Ríchathaoir Dhanu; Home of the high king in the centre providence of TaraΦ Sitting ac
Arc 10.140: The final celebration part 12
My skin tenses up with rage, but Péatra grabs my arms and says, "Right now if you cause a scene in front of everyone it will be a mess and a show of weakness to the people."Restraining myself, I look at Bricriu who says, "Cú Culainn the warrior whose name has been spread far and wide throughout the empire has committed a grave sin.He has aided human slaves in their escape from the empire, siding with the idea that they deserve to be treated as equals to us. He has betrayed both the empire and his blood.These slaves are now loose carrying critical information about our empire and will aid our enemies in upcoming battles. But do not worry as Ferdiad has bested Cú Culainn today, he has overcome the rapid warrior and now stands on top of the greatest talent in the empire!"Walking forward Ferdiad says, "Know this as long as I stand at the head of my generation. I will never allow tragedy to befall you all, I will fight tooth and nail till the east has fallen. So from today on I am Cú D
Arc 10.139: The final celebration part 11
He brings me closer to him and tightens his restrictions which causes me to bleed, and then he says, "Don't waste your future by doing something so stupid my young king."Laughing a bit, I say, "It is nice to know you care for me, but I can assure you of something your future king can never be restrained from doing what his heart desires.""You may be strong, but don't forget that this is the second time you lost to me.""And since when did a Faoláin allow his weakness to remain open?"Taking in a deep breath, I shout, "RUAIRI!""Beast blood battle arts ultimate art; Fás Glórmhar!"From my mouth, I spit out a swarm of seeds, which all accelerate through their growth forming into massive trees in front of Ronald. I then lunge over towards the humans, and then the boys' troop which is ahead of us, runs down towards us."Ruairí, I need you to take both Laeg and Ibar then get them out of here. The rest of you make sure Donald doesn't follow us."Turning to the humans, I say, "Follow me!"
Arc 10.138: The final celebration part 10
Standing up Scáthach looks to everyone around them, and bows her head saying, "Sorry for the disturbance it won't happen again."Using her shadows Scáthach places Minabród back on her chair and says, "Minabród your human blood is not to blame you are. You failed Ferdiad."Minabród lowers her head and barely holds back tears from coming out of her eyes."But so did I as his master, Setanta as his friend, Minagrain as his sister, and Lugh as his king. We have all failed that child in certain ways, and we will never be able to take back the hurt that has caused him, but you must simply find peace in that.""Why! Why should I find peace in that? I couldn't help him, I couldn't protect him, all I could do was hurt him like a disease, and if it wasn't due to my blood, and just due to me. Then I don't deserve to keep breathing.""Minabród kids are scary, raising a child is scary. You have to teach another person how to survive be alive and navigate the world.I have lived three times your li
Arc 10.137: The final celebration part 9
-Break-Φ In all of Gorias providence, there isn't a single native or visitor who isn't current in one place.Throughout the city, Druids have gathered together. Many of them wear the crest of the Faoláins, but far more are wearing the crests of each house of the Red branch, including the royal house itself.And under the instruction of Fráech and Findabair, they all say, "Beast blood battle arts; Fás."Which is quickly followed by, "Beast blood battle arts; Bog."Soon a series of giant plants set throughout Gorias grow and, the most important of them which are located near Gorias castle move into shape where they form three large platforms made of plants which are placed on top of each other from biggest to smallest.The bottom and biggest of these three platforms takes up a large portion of the castle of Gorias city, with the other two being smaller, but also extremely large as well.The druid using Bog continues to move and mould the platforms until a staircase is made leading from
