05-29-2018, 02:10 AM
Murasaki and Amber rose from the heat of the underground trenches that sheltered most of Atlas’s current population. It was an amazing idea Amber had, considering digging through frozen soil would likely be impossible for most normal means. A prime of her level could likely do it, but with the camera surveillance they ran 24/7, it was nigh without going unnoticed.
The two teenagers conformed in the training yard. The militia-guards who were training together moved off the field.
“Don’t let us stop you.” Amber stopped them.
“Oh no worries, we’ve been going at it for almost an hour now.” The man with a maul replied, putting it back in its spot on his hip. “Besides, she’s much better than me, I wouldn’t be any help with her training.”
“I think you did well.” The girl with him replied, replacing her wooden sword in its sheath. “You won’t always be fighting someone at your level on the field, so it’s good to experience an unfair fight.”
“I agree.” Murasaki’s voice rose over the icy winds, just barely. “Our enemies out here include not only rogue trolls and dwarves, but large dragons and other malicious primes not as nice as Amber. You should be ready to handle any situation.”
“You’re right. Thanks for the advice.” He said, clearing the field for the two.
Amber took Razorback in her hand and looked at Murasaki. His eyebrow furrowed.
“I thought you wanted to learn a Katana?” He asked pulling out one of his two blades.
“Give me a few minutes. She said, wrapping Razorback in a golden-blue coalescence of prismatic light. The blade slowly thinned into a much smaller sword that seem to have been poorly taken care of on the blade where it became unevenly serrated. That wasn’t what Murasaki was most taken-aback by.
Amber felt odd for a moment, she could swear everything around her just got much quieter and her head felt heavier than normal.
“A-Amber, your ears… are gone.” Murasaki said in a surprised tone. “You look so weird like that.”
“What?” She said feeling the top of her head - nothing but hair, a lot of hair. “My ears are gone?! What the hell?!?” She screamed. “This world continues to baffle me. Maybe when I go back to the original Razorback, I’ll get them back though...Anyways, let’s fight.”
Murasaki wasn’t sure how she could just move on from losing her own ears, but he wasn’t about to question how Omnilium works. That would be like trying to explain why space exists.
The two trained for the rest of the day, Amber was much more talented with a blade that size, but she felt herself being much more vulnerable like this as well. Murasaki broke her out of her train of thought.
“Uh. Hey, Amber?” Murasaki said.
“What is it?” His hand pointed to a person passing through the crowd of salesmen converged in the square. His voice could be made out from where she was, even without her glorious ears.
“Come everyone of-” He started, before looking at a piece of paper, presumably to remember Atlas’s name. “Atlas to watch the famed, annual event run by Karl Jak himself!”
Amber’s hairs stood up on ends. That was a name she hadn’t heard in a long time.
“Yes, Dante’s Abyss is live once again, and will be viewable in a special, Syntech location! Any primes wanting to earn fame, glory and even prizes should find their way to the Abyss. Sign-ups are near the Nexus gate.” He said before going on to repeat himself again a few seconds later.
“I’m leaving.” Amber said before taking off almost instantly.
“Amber, wait!” Murasaki called out, but she didn’t stop.
The faunus-not-faunus summoned her snowboard and rode towards the Nexus gate, which was visible from the front doors of Atlas. It only took her a few minutes to get there.
“Hello ma’am, are you here to-” The Syntech employee started before the girl cut her off.
“Just give me the papers to fill out.” The woman behind the desk, who was visibly freezing in the cold winds of the Frozen Fields was surprised at her, but nevertheless slide the sign-up paper across the table and offered a pen. When she was done filling out the information, she stepped through the mobile portal to the Syntech station where Dante’s Abyss would be hosted. The first thought that came through her mind was to find Karl Jak.
The two teenagers conformed in the training yard. The militia-guards who were training together moved off the field.
“Don’t let us stop you.” Amber stopped them.
“Oh no worries, we’ve been going at it for almost an hour now.” The man with a maul replied, putting it back in its spot on his hip. “Besides, she’s much better than me, I wouldn’t be any help with her training.”
“I think you did well.” The girl with him replied, replacing her wooden sword in its sheath. “You won’t always be fighting someone at your level on the field, so it’s good to experience an unfair fight.”
“I agree.” Murasaki’s voice rose over the icy winds, just barely. “Our enemies out here include not only rogue trolls and dwarves, but large dragons and other malicious primes not as nice as Amber. You should be ready to handle any situation.”
“You’re right. Thanks for the advice.” He said, clearing the field for the two.
Amber took Razorback in her hand and looked at Murasaki. His eyebrow furrowed.
“I thought you wanted to learn a Katana?” He asked pulling out one of his two blades.
“Give me a few minutes. She said, wrapping Razorback in a golden-blue coalescence of prismatic light. The blade slowly thinned into a much smaller sword that seem to have been poorly taken care of on the blade where it became unevenly serrated. That wasn’t what Murasaki was most taken-aback by.
Amber felt odd for a moment, she could swear everything around her just got much quieter and her head felt heavier than normal.
“A-Amber, your ears… are gone.” Murasaki said in a surprised tone. “You look so weird like that.”
“What?” She said feeling the top of her head - nothing but hair, a lot of hair. “My ears are gone?! What the hell?!?” She screamed. “This world continues to baffle me. Maybe when I go back to the original Razorback, I’ll get them back though...Anyways, let’s fight.”
Murasaki wasn’t sure how she could just move on from losing her own ears, but he wasn’t about to question how Omnilium works. That would be like trying to explain why space exists.
The two trained for the rest of the day, Amber was much more talented with a blade that size, but she felt herself being much more vulnerable like this as well. Murasaki broke her out of her train of thought.
“Uh. Hey, Amber?” Murasaki said.
“What is it?” His hand pointed to a person passing through the crowd of salesmen converged in the square. His voice could be made out from where she was, even without her glorious ears.
“Come everyone of-” He started, before looking at a piece of paper, presumably to remember Atlas’s name. “Atlas to watch the famed, annual event run by Karl Jak himself!”
Amber’s hairs stood up on ends. That was a name she hadn’t heard in a long time.
“Yes, Dante’s Abyss is live once again, and will be viewable in a special, Syntech location! Any primes wanting to earn fame, glory and even prizes should find their way to the Abyss. Sign-ups are near the Nexus gate.” He said before going on to repeat himself again a few seconds later.
“I’m leaving.” Amber said before taking off almost instantly.
“Amber, wait!” Murasaki called out, but she didn’t stop.
The faunus-not-faunus summoned her snowboard and rode towards the Nexus gate, which was visible from the front doors of Atlas. It only took her a few minutes to get there.
“Hello ma’am, are you here to-” The Syntech employee started before the girl cut her off.
“Just give me the papers to fill out.” The woman behind the desk, who was visibly freezing in the cold winds of the Frozen Fields was surprised at her, but nevertheless slide the sign-up paper across the table and offered a pen. When she was done filling out the information, she stepped through the mobile portal to the Syntech station where Dante’s Abyss would be hosted. The first thought that came through her mind was to find Karl Jak.
"I've been neglected, harassed, beaten, and diminished all my life. What motivates me to continue? The glory of proving people wrong. Being worth more than the numbing existence offered me. To be a hero." - Amber