Miralover: Yay

Miralover: Yay! Finally the change for Silabus happens.

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Silabus quickly took noted of the dungeon that they warped into. It was evening and it almost seemed like there was a fog of light the obstructed his vision. He didn't mind this type of dungeon since it seemed like they would be walking though a large temple. He looked over at Kuhn who still seemed to be a bit slumped in his posture. He sighed and looked around for Gaspard who was looking at Kuhn was a sad face. He felt a short mail reach him and he opened it.

Daddy,

Looks like we'll get to meet each other soon….

Plant

Silabus looked at the message over and over. What did mean by meeting soon? Plants couldn't just warp into dungeons. It was unheard of. What did it mean? He turned his attention back to Kuhn who was still awfully quiet. Before Silabus could break the silence, Kuhn darted forward and into the dungeon with out another word. Silabus didn't feel any sense of ease as he ran after him with Gaspard tailing right behind. He had just a moment ago check he level in this area and he was nowhere near close to where he should be.

"Kuhn, please slow down." He tried yelling out a Kuhn who didn't seem to either hear or just didn't bother to take notice. Silabus just kept his mouth shut and followed without saying a word. It was clear that their leader was not going to saying at this point. It worried him though; usually Kuhn was never like this. He would at least say something. Somehow they had managed to avoid all of the monsters at this point. He thought it was miracle since he and Gaspard were far behind and Gaspard was known to trip and land them into a battle.

"Silabus, I don't know if I can keep up for much longer." Gaspard huffed and wheezed from behind. Silabus looked back for a moment to see that Gaspard was starting to fall behind. He looked forward to see Kuhn turn a corner and dash out of sight.

"Just hold on for a little longer. I lost sight of Kuhn." He yelled over his shoulder as his breath started to come out in short gasps. He turned the corner and saw the back of Kuhn dashing toward the opening of a large room. He dashed after him with the last remnants of his energy.

"Kuhn, wait up! Me and Gaspard can't keep up with you!" he yelled out as he reached the opening to the room. He stopped for a brief moment as he noticed that room was huge. It opened up in both directions for quite a ways. He looked forward and then to both side, but found no sign of Kuhn. He had lost him. He heard the huffs and puffs of Gaspard from behind him as the little guy caught up to him.

"I lost him. I hope he didn't go too far." He told Gaspard as he let him catch a breath. He found Kuhn's behavior to be strange. It just didn't seem like him to act like this at all. It made him question if he knew their leader as much as he thought he did. He sighed and looked over at Gaspard who seemed to catch enough air.

"I'm ready when you are Silabus." Gaspard replied with a nod. Silabus smiled at him and looked at there predicament. Should they go straight of follow one of the walls? If the followed the walls it would be slightly safer from running into monsters, but if they got caught they would be trapped by the walls. On the other hand, if they went through the middle they had more room to maneuver around but, the chance of running into a monster was higher. Silabus decided to take the risk of running through the middle after much thought.

"Let's go." he managed to get out as he sprinted straight down the middle. He wasn't sure how far Kuhn went, but hopefully had enough sense to stop once he figure out that they weren't there. He didn't have to run far when he spotted Kuhn standing in the middle of the room. He appeared to be looking at something, but he was too far away to see what it was. Once he reached Kuhn, he saw what it was….a black treasure chest. This was odd. None of the chest should be black at all. Maybe it was some type of a rare chest maybe.

"What's that?" Gaspard asked as he walked over to the chest and poked it. The chest wiggled a bit before settling itself down.

'Must be a trap chest.' Silabus thought as he rummaged through his list of items to see if he had something to debug it with. He looked over a Kuhn who had been staring at the chest with intense eyes. It seemed that he knew something that we did not. Before I could ask him on it, Gaspard did something that one should never do….He opened the chest. His heart of curiosity just couldn't take it anymore and he opened the chest with glowing eyes.

"Gaspard, No!" Silabus heard Kuhn yell out and dive toward the chest. Kuhn seemed to sparkle for a moment before a large force of wind struck them. Silabus held his arms up to cover his eyes as the wind hit at full force. He grounded his feet and hoped that he wouldn't get swept away. He heard the yell of Kuhn…or maybe it was Gaspard. He wasn't sure. He looked up just in time to see Kuhn go flying backwards and out of sight. He looked around for Gaspard in a panic and found him still standing way too close to the chest. Before he knew it, Gaspard also flew away with the wind.

"Kuhn! Gaspard!" he yelled out, but couldn't even hear himself over the high winds. He felt himself slowly move backwards by an inch. He wouldn't be able to hold on much longer at this rate. If he could just reach the chest and close it maybe the wind would stop. He inched further back and met with something soft. He turned his head around to spot the player he had seen earlier in tournament. His blue hair and orange glasses were a dead give away. Not to mention the thing that was on his arm.

"When did you get here?" he tried to yell out over the winds, but failed miserably at doing so. It appeared that the player had gotten the message though as he was given a smirk. The player brushed past him and walked over the chest with ease. Silabus was amazed at how he didn't seem affected by the winds. What he saw next was something he was not ready for. The player walked over to the chest and held out his free hand in the chest. A bright light resonated and suddenly the winds stopped all together. Silabus looked around in wonder to see that everything looked as if the whole episode had never taken place. He walked over to the player with a full load of questions in mind.

"What did you do?" he asked as he watched the player pull his hand out of the chest. There was a pink egg shaped item in his hand. It was almost like it was clear, because he could see a circle of black in center. This was something new, that he never seen before.

"Are you a friend of Haseo's?" the player asked him. Silabus just nodded. He wasn't sure why he needed to know the information in the first place. Before he could register what happened next, the player thrusted the pink egg into his torso. He screamed out as he felt a wave of pain wash over his body in an instant. He clutched his stomach in agony and felt his legs give way. He fell onto his back with sickening thud against the back of his head. He bit the bottom of his lip as he tried his best to conceal his pain. It was just too much for him. It kept coming in pluses. Each one was worse than the one before it.

Tears started to form and fall from his eyes. He hated this. What had he done to be put in this amount of pain? He couldn't hold back his screams much longer. He bursted into fits of sobbing and screaming. He just wanted the pain to go away. He wanted all of it to stop, but the one who caused this pain to him was just standing there and watching. He began to see black circles around him through his tears. He wasn't sure if it could be hallucination or not to get through the pain, but they were still there floating around and never staying in one spot for long. The pain soon began to subside till in vanished completely as if it had never been there in the first place.

He didn't bother to move or attempt to get up. He was exhausted from the pain and from screaming. The tears continued to pour in an uncontrollable fashion. The footsteps of his torturer were heard and soon he could his face hovering above his. A look of curiosity was placed on his face. He nodded almost as if in approval of something that only make Silabus question what was done it him. He tried to open his mouth and voice out the question of "why", but sound seemed to have escaped him. The player seemed to back up a bit and held onto the incasing around his arm. He seemed to be in a moment of pain as something flashed in his hand.

"Well, Haseo's friend, huh? My name is Ovan. It seems that I have a present for you right here." He said as held up a lock for Silabus to see. Silabus didn't want to know why he was given a lock in the first place. Before he could think more the lock was opened and placed through one of the belt loops on his chest. The lock closed with click and the black spots disappeared from Silabus vision. Ovan stood up and turned to leave.

"It was a pleasure meeting you….Daddy." he replied and walked off further into the dungeon. Silabus stared wide eyed at the sky. Daddy? That meant he was the plant that he had been talking to all this time! Before he could think more, he was alerted of a short mail. His eyes widen for a moment as he tried to open it. He couldn't feel the controllers in his hands anymore. His breath started to shorten and he too deep gasps for air. His felt fresh tears threaten to spill from his eyes. He couldn't help himself from panicking. How was he going to contact people? What if the short mail was important? He tried to calm himself down, but his fears and doubts were over powering him. What could one do to open up short mail?

"O-open…Short….m-mail.." he whimpered out. And the short mail opened with ease. He quickly scanned over the message.

Silabus! Where are you? Kuhn is knocked unconscious right now and I can't figure out how to wake him up. I'm scared. I heard screaming earlier. Are you alright?

Gaspard

Silabus pondered nervously on what could be done. He was too exhausted to move at this point, but Gaspard was fending for himself. He composed a new mail and quickly sent it Gaspard. He had told him to contact Haseo for help and that he hadn't moved from where the treasure chest was. He stared up at the sky as he waited for help to come. He felt so tired and drained from what had happened to him earlier. He felt his eyes begin to close on their own accord and soon he was in a light slumber.

"Sil….bus……Sil..a…bus…..SILABUS!" he heard as he woke up and opened his eyes. He was met with the sight of a frantic looking Haseo, a crying Gaspard, a worried Atoli, and a guilty looking Kuhn. He tried to sit up but, was stopped by the hands of Atoli and Haseo. He could feel their worrying glances. He probably looked like a wreck too.

"S-silabus, why didn't you say that you were h-hurt in the short mail I s-sent you?" Gaspard replied with a series of sniffles as he hobbled over and sat down. Silabus managed to produce a small smile as he thought of what to say. At the time he hadn't been thinking about himself. He had been more worried of Kuhn and Gaspard's state. Just as he opened his mouth to respond he got interrupted by Haseo.

"Kuhn, what the hell were you thinking when you took them here! Even an idiot would know that they are way under level for this place." Haseo spat out as he glared at Kuhn. Kuhn only seemed to look regretfully at the ground.

"Stop…..that's…enough.." Silabus managed to say in hoarse voice. He was pleased that he had diverted the attention as all eyes were on him, but he had a feeling that it was for the wrong reason. He could see worry and surprise wash over their faces for moment.

"Let's go back now, Silabus. I don't want to be here any more." Gaspard whined with a tear streaked face. Silabus nodded and tried to make a move to get up, but was scooped into the arms of Haseo. He looked up in surprise to meet Haseo's worried gaze. He leaned his head against his chest and felt content. He felt himself slowly be carried off to be brought back to Dol Dona.


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