She cuts her hand and watches it bleed without healing.
With a chuckle, she remarks under her breathe, “I guess I’m not immortal either.”
Arwin is back right where she started. She's just a normal human being right now, and once again, she will have to rely on her instincts to survive. Pretending to be a man saved her back then and now, being a woman will.
The next day comes, and Arwin is up early, clothing herself similarly to Nexus'. All-white clothing with an accent of bright orange glasses covering her eyes. Arwin lets her hair down as well, as she adds an orange scarf.
Nexus remarks as she tiredly gets up from her bed, rubbing her eyes and still yawning. She says to Arwin, "Isn't the goal not to get any attention?"
"Well, you see, Night Rose won't recognize me. They all believed that their captain was a sturdy male figure, and my friends from the forest knew I'd be the type to hide in and blend with the crowd." Arwin remarks,
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“What? Catch your breath!” Gloin remarks“He’s awake!”Gloin flinches, and he looks back at Arwin as he hesitates to call her, but she's already gone. Gloin sighs, but then they head back to their place. Simon stands over there with a series of medical apparatus.He finishes up placing dextrose on Mark and says, "He's going to be okay now. He's just been dehydrated for days, and he needed to get those nutrients in his body, so I injected some dextrose."Mark groans but continues to rest.John asks, “Will he wake up? He opened his eyes earlier, right?”“Yes. He will be fine.”"Arwin…" Mark mutters in his sleep, and that name makes Simon flinch. Simon looks back at Mark, and he wants to ask more about the name, but Gloin easily maneuvers the conversation as he says, "Simon, I heard you're the merchant tasked to judge our works. I would like to show you mine."Simon clea
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He immediately checks the belongings scattered all over the place, and there is still no sign of Rosa. Timothy thought to himself that he must have been out for at least a day. Cain already erased the trail.So instead of going after Rosa, which is something the old Timothy would do and is what Rosa is aiming for... Timothy sighs and proceeds to the city. Timothy knows he can't waste any more time than he already did.Timothy, still feeling weak, continues to walk towards the way to the city. As he arrives, he tries to hide his appearance and asks around Taflen, but no one understood what he is saying until an elder speaks to him, "You seem lost. What are you doing here?"“You can understand my language?”The elder nods, "Just a few days ago, a girl arrives here as well, speaking your tongue. So… what have you come here for?"“I’m looking for a friend. His name’s Taflen.”The elder flinches but then
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Timothy gives a light nod and continues speaking to avoid suspicions on Pi’s end, “So I believe you have the prisoner that would tell me where Taflen is currently at, am I right?”Sinas smirks and writes down next, “Well, I can do you a favor or two. If I say anything now, whoever’s listening would hunt Rosa down knowing that Taflen’s with her.”Timothy asks, still relating to the previous topic, “So what do you want in return?”"Just little gold coins would do." Sinas speaks and writes the real answer down the board: "I need your help to locate Taflen. After Mark, you're the best tracker I've ever worked with."“Granted.” Timothy throws off some gold coins to the floor to fool Pi’s end that that was really the deal the two had made. He is gritting his teeth as he walks towards Sinas’ and continues, “After this, our transaction is done.”Sinas simply smiles, k
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Meanwhile, Rosa and Taflen walk their way to the builder's village. Taflen informs Rosa, "In here, the builders rarely speak. They are either mute or got their tongues cut off, so it's better to stay silent."Rosa nods.The commotion rises in the middle of the town, where everyone starts to gather. Taking notice of it, Rosa asks, "What's going on there?""It's probably the convention. The first round already began, which means Arwin will be there too." Taflen replies confidently as he snickers, "I'm guessing Arwin's the only one who passed the round. People have been trying to copy her design after all these years all, and not one is able to crack it."The two proceed to the main spectacle. Their eyes feast upon dozens of mechanisms and devices. Still, to their surprise, unlike what Taflen predicts- Arwin is not the one whom the spectators' crowd.Everyone is celebrating someone else’s passing of the first round- the only one who passed.
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“The note. Mark sends me the note shaking his head sideways.” Rosa analyses, “What if it’s a clue? A direction?”Taflen and Rosa immediately go to where Mark might have been pointing. Upon arriving at some sort of small infrastructure, Rosa recognizes the belongings and says, "These belong to Gloin and Mark."Taflen chuckles, finally realizing what their role is. Taflen says, "We're going to make it seem like we were looking for Something. We're going to trash the place when they return."“I don’t get it.” Rosa protests, “Why would Arwin wants us to do such a thing? Aren't you overthinking it?”"Knowing Arwin, nothing is ever coincidental. It's all part of her plan. Upon seeing the trashed place, the merchant will grow conscious and aware that there are others out there set to steal Gloin's designs. He will grow impatient and paranoid rushing the design."“Then Arwin is aiming for-&l
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"Arwin clearly instructed us to only contact her when the second part of the mechanism is done. She's going to board the ship. We can't make reckless and unnecessary contacts." Taflen says, "We're going to have to stall.""And how do you propose we do that?" Rosa asks, and soon, everyone looks at her with intent eyes. Rosa says, "Oh great, we're using me. I'm not going to enjoy this definitely.""We've got our tasks. Let's move along."Everyone gulps hard and goes along with the plan.On the other hand, as Nexus and John are brought back to the Night Rose ship, Nexus is being greeted by whistles and snide remarks for being a girl. They tease, "Oh, Simon, you always bring the best ones."“I’m calling dibs!” One after the other starts to shout and staying in character, Nexus hides behind, acting vulnerable and weak as if she is not capable of beating everyone’s ass there.Simon sees Nexus feeling uncomfortable and pats
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