Hey everyone it's me again, here to present to you another chapter of Mask From Beyond The Void, but before I do, I want to say a few things.
I thank all of you who read my story and reviewed it, and who liked it, I also thank those of you who pointed out my flaws and what needs to fixed, I deeply appreciate constructive criticism, it allows me to further polish my writing.
And for those of you asked, Corvo will be a high chaos, but he won't be stab happy and butcher everyone who pisses him off, and the reason Corvo has black eyes and can gift people with the mark is because he has become the personal servant of the Outsider himself, who has allowed Corvo these liberties as he deems fit. The black eyes signify the Outsiders owning of Corvo.
So without further entry, I present to you
Mask From Beyond The Void
Chapter 2 The Realm of emptiness
"Thump" "thump"
"Thump" Thump"
Louise awoke on her back, her heart beating wildly, her hand faintly burning still from the strange mark her familiar gave her.
She pushed herself up, and took a look at her surroundings, it seems she passed out from the ceremony, and was taken to the hospital wing of the academy, her head spinning from the event that took place. She looked at the back of her hand and studied the mark on it.
It appeared to be some sort circular imprint, with strange markings around it; none of the markings bore any resemblance to Louise.
She took another look around her room and found it odd how no else was present, shouldn't a nurse be present? And where was the disturbing familiar she summoned?
Louise pushed herself of the bed and made her way to the door and opened it, and gasped in horror.
There were only a few feet of floor outside the door before it dropped off into nothingness, she stared at the bizarre scenery before her, and there was buildings and patches of floor floating around her.
"Where am I?"
Louise wondered aloud and spotted a path of floating rocks and other debris forming a path, with great trepidation Louise stood on a floating rock, and when she was sure that she wouldn't fall to her doom she made her way along the strange road.
As Louise made her way along the path she noticed a monstrous whale swimming or floating far away, its grotesque form watching her, she could only shiver and continued on.
She eventually made her way to large rock, with a strange shrine its center, around the shrine were piles of what Louise could only assume were bones, carved with arcane symbols that were vaguely reminiscent of her mark.
When she approached the unusual monument the world around her swirled with darkness, with only the shrine remaining visible.
Suddenly a figure materialized, floating above the disturbing shrine.
He was dressed in an elegant suit, with hair darker than midnight, and eyes as dark as the abyss, just like the eyes of the familiar she summoned….
"Hello Louise" the mysterious entity greeted her, his tone amused and cold
"It would seem your life has taken a new direction, has it not?"
Louise could only dumbly nod, shaken by the aura the being before her radiated, it spoke of cold emptiness, and radiated a power planes above her.
"When you began your summoning spell I allowed I allowed you to borrow my personal servant Corvo as your companion, and he has deemed you worthy of my attention".
"He seems to believe you have great potential, and gifted you with my mark, for this I have drawn you into the void, for I am the Outsider, and you bear my mark"
"The people in your world use magic, but what I have given you far exceed anything they wield, for you now wield the void, power over emptiness and darkness. This power now yields to your will, my gift to you"
"For I have seen your failed attempts at magic, and I have watched your humiliation at the hands of your fellow man"
"You will train under my servant, and strengthen your power, for the following trials to come will test you dearly"
"And when you grow strong, what will you do? Will you wrong those who trespassed you? Or will you take a different road? Whatever you choose, I expect to be entertained"
With these final words, the mysterious Outsider disappeared; leaving Louise thoroughly confused and disturbed, was she only a form of entertainment for this supernatural being? But she had power now, power to change her life, and she would not waste it, as Louise thought, the world she was in dissolved, and Louise fell asleep.
When she woke in the real world, Louise found herself in a hospital bed, with a worried nurse over her, principle Osmond standing nearby with a worried look, and her familiar, if he could be called that, standing next to her bed, his masked visage standing guard over her.
"Are you alright young one?" The masked man, Corvo, asked her.
Louise nodded, and was about to assault him with questions when suddenly the nurse butted in
"You need rest dearie; the summoning ritual took a lot of you it seems, I'll see to it you get fed, now everyone else, out!" she pushed the principle out, and was about to do the dame to Corvo, until Louise's voice rang out.
"My familiar stays"
The nurse shrugged in acknowledgement, and let the room to get food for Louise.
Louise turned to Corvo and asked
"Corvo is it?"
The Corvo nodded his head and replied
"It seems you've already met my master, he has instructed me to teach you the ways of the void, of shadow and silence, of control over the arcane and the physical realm, when you recover from the stress of the contract, and we will begin your training".
Louise nodded , her life was now in her hands, and those who forsook her will pay.