10-13-2016, 07:13 PM
Koal lowered his hand from his eye, the eye red and irritated, a red seal glowing brightly in the dim light of the cave. His head felt like it was going to split asunder. He didn't under-
"You want to stop a war?! Well you're just one man. We're a dime a dozen here Ballad, the natives of this place are probably well versed in the art of eradicating primes!"
Koal let out a pained whimper and stumbled back into the wall as the pain spiked along with the vision. He stared into those yellow eyes that seemed to dominate his thoughts... he shrunk back into the cold stone wall behind him as his kind began to race, faster than he could keep up with. Ballad took a step forward, and in Koals warped and twisted mind, it was perceived as a threat. The young demon let out a low growl, his chest rumbling with the sound. Ballad stopped abruptly, and his yellow eyes flashed white and he seemed to be arguing with himself. Koal began eyeing him warily as waves of shadow pulsed across his alabaster skin, signifying his readiness to shift into whatever he might need. He-he could go for his eyes, as that was the only thing Koal could see. His gods-damned eyes.
Ballad snapped his head and his eyes widened slightly as Koal croaked out a whisper.
"Are-are you going to kill me? I don't know who you are, but I keep seeing things." Koal drew in a deep breath and it shook as he exhaled. " I don't know who you are, yet I keep seeing that I've met you. Spoken with you.
"I've seen a world where I'm not quite myself and a myriad of people I don't know keep appearing and my head hasn't stopped screaming and I don't know what to do anymore!" Koals voice slowly rose in volume before he hysterically began to chuckle, his eyes red and wild as he stared Ballad in the eyes. Those haunting eyes that reflected his own self-hatred and loathing. He saw Ballads eyes harden and become impassive and the. Back again several times.
Finally, the rugged Gunslinger began to speak...
"You want to stop a war?! Well you're just one man. We're a dime a dozen here Ballad, the natives of this place are probably well versed in the art of eradicating primes!"
Koal let out a pained whimper and stumbled back into the wall as the pain spiked along with the vision. He stared into those yellow eyes that seemed to dominate his thoughts... he shrunk back into the cold stone wall behind him as his kind began to race, faster than he could keep up with. Ballad took a step forward, and in Koals warped and twisted mind, it was perceived as a threat. The young demon let out a low growl, his chest rumbling with the sound. Ballad stopped abruptly, and his yellow eyes flashed white and he seemed to be arguing with himself. Koal began eyeing him warily as waves of shadow pulsed across his alabaster skin, signifying his readiness to shift into whatever he might need. He-he could go for his eyes, as that was the only thing Koal could see. His gods-damned eyes.
Ballad snapped his head and his eyes widened slightly as Koal croaked out a whisper.
"Are-are you going to kill me? I don't know who you are, but I keep seeing things." Koal drew in a deep breath and it shook as he exhaled. " I don't know who you are, yet I keep seeing that I've met you. Spoken with you.
"I've seen a world where I'm not quite myself and a myriad of people I don't know keep appearing and my head hasn't stopped screaming and I don't know what to do anymore!" Koals voice slowly rose in volume before he hysterically began to chuckle, his eyes red and wild as he stared Ballad in the eyes. Those haunting eyes that reflected his own self-hatred and loathing. He saw Ballads eyes harden and become impassive and the. Back again several times.
Finally, the rugged Gunslinger began to speak...
"...If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.”
-Victor Hugo Les Miserables
-Victor Hugo Les Miserables