Chapter ten: Meeting.
Groggily, slowly. I came to.
Where did the fire come from?.
...why am i on a log?.
As i looked around to gain my bearings that was when i saw her.
The light of the impromptu camp fire had helped illuminate her features, a haunting sense of beauty eminated off of her.
Somehow, she seemed to fit the definition of perfect...well perfectly. The way she looked, the way that white dress moved with her body, her frail doll like appearance.
So beautiful.
Terrifyingly beautiful.
So...Other...
She noticed me.
Silver locks pushed aside, looking at me.
Those eyes... there was a kind of... emptiness to them, both her eyes and face were devoid of any discernable emotion.
"... Your awake...".
That cold voice so softly spoken... Devoid of emotion much like her face.
"...Who are you?".
"...Eris...".
"...Where are we?".
"...I... don't know...".
"...How long have you been here?".
"...I... don't know...".
Great, just great. I meet a mysterious waif and she knows about as much as i do about this shit hole...
At least she's disturbingly attractive.
As if i didn't have enough on my plate already...
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It had been what i think to be a few days since i met eris, we had travelled together across this seemingly endless forest of fog.
Along our journey we had ran into what eris had called nightmares, she seems to have the bad habit of knowing things and not knowing why.
The things seemed to vary in every category. Some were vaguely humanoid while others were masses of jagged and warped shapes in the vague outline of something that resembled an animal.
Or not even bother being something that could feasibly exist.
Avoiding them was the norm, i know that sword did something to me but I'm not keen on nearly dying to find out what. Eris... I'm not sure about.
Currently, we had set up a temporary camp, eris was sitting near the fire...she seemed to do that with the previous camp's but i haven't been around long enough to know if she just...does that.
Me?, I'm experimenting.
Something was definitely different, there was this... feeling, like there was something in me that didn't...belong i guess but...was able to... fit in. It was difficult to explain, but this thing...that sword...was still there. In me. How?, I'm honestly not sure.
But...
I can use it.
It's almost like a hunch, i know i can use it, it's the how that's the problem.
The tree could work as target practice.
I lifted my right arm up and splayed my hand at it...
...And kept at it...
... Really wish i could tell what time it was...
"...What are you doing?".
..."Trying to figure out how to use the magic sword that got stabbed into me".
"...Hmmm, i see".
Like that wasn't suspicious at all...
With a sigh i let my arm fall to my side, if gestures don't work then let's try that...
In my mind, i visualised it.
The sword.
It's form, every detail, had been burned into my mind. Perhaps thanks to the process?.
Next, i visualised my surroundings. Eris, the camp, the forest and the tree.
Moment of truth.
With everything set, i let the sword lash at the tre-.
My concentration was broken, and my mind returned to what seemed to be reality... maybe.
Well...guess it works.
The sudden sound of bark exploding that brought me out of my test did indeed come from my test dummy.
The tree was now sporting a large gash of spilntered bark, considering it's depth i had to say that the blade must have cut pretty deep.
"...Hmmm...".
... What.
I turned to eris, obviously she saw the whole thing but... really?.
"...You seriously didn't just go 'hmmm' at a tree getting exploded by a magic ghost mind sword...Right?".
"...What if i did?, it does sound interesting... could be more if i could see it".
Y'know, i wouldn't be surprised if she suddenly turned out to be the reason why I'm even here right now, or for all the time I've had to spend as a nano tech war machine.
... Okay scratch that second one.
I turned back to the tree and concentrated once more
/
I think I'm making progress.
If the tree now ragged stump is anything to go by.
With each go i got better, the process going faster and faster. At this point it was as easy as moving my arms.
The fire's been dying down so i think a good few hours have went by, maybe... really hate this place.
Eris was already walking to me.
"Let's go".
"I've been wondering, where are you going?. It's practically impossible to navigate this place".
She stopped.
"There's... somewhere i need to go. We're definitely on the right path to there...i just know...".
This is seriously getting annoying.
Just knowing things without really knowing why...
I wish there was something i could do to hepl...
Wait...
"What is it?".
"Thought i heard something."
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She watched from behind a tree as the two walked away.
"He's progressed this much...what are you planning?".
"Mugen...".