'Par Un Sourire (By One Smile)
Bonjour Tristesse' (Hello Sadness)
La Vie Immédiate. P Éluad.
Final Fantasy Eight
BY ONE SMILE
JetNoir
CHAPTER THREE
"wonder now world deny may or believe"
e. e. cummings
I kept running towards the cliffs, the fog rolling in from the sea, faster and faster, until everywhere was covered in an intangible mist, a barrier that stopped not movement, but sight.
I soon reached my goal, before visibility had gone, and a sank to the floor in an exhausted heap. Here it was. The place of my dreams. The location of the lost city.
There I slept, alone, and without Ilyana, weary of my search, an just wanting a normal life.
forever
I leapt upright as I heard a word spoken. No one there.
I was wide awake now, and had no feasible option but to continue my search.
The caves were bare as I wandered deeper into the darkness, deeper into the omniscient, never-ending, absence of light.why here? why waste your life on what is past? turn back, turn away. only your ruin awaits.
Once again, that voice. The fell wind, fey voices, all spun around and in my head, almost pushing me back.
not here. no, not here…turn back.
The moon was starting to slowly rise, blood red, as if a Lunar Cry was about to start. Can we survive this world, constantly attacking each other, our petty struggles forcing the world to change?
What was the point of the world?
Water started dripping on my head, stalactites, and stalagmites forming around me. The cave was desolate, silent, and I was alone, and alone.
There really isn't anything left to say.
I walked for what felt like hours, in this singular cave, the one place of truth.
I almost walked into the back of the cave. No rubble. Completely natural. I pulled out a scanner – in front of me was solid rock.
Why? How could this be?
Again, I sunk down to the floor and wept as the failure, my failure, slowly sunk in.
There was nothing here.
Note: OK, last note I lied! Next chapter, stipends, situations, and the beginning of the end. Hope you enjoyed it, and please review!
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