Book VI: Prince and Assasin
Chapter XLV
"If I were to disappear, would you forget me?" she asked him.
"What do you mean?" Canaan asked his father's blade.
She looked down nervously before responding. "Like I forget everything all the time... Would you forget me if I disappeared?"
"Of course not Finch!" Canaan reassured. "I promise if you were to disappear, I'd look everywhere for you!"
Finch stared off into the distance blankly.
"You alright, Finch?" Canaan asked her.
Finch blinked and looked back at him. "Why wouldn't I be? Are you alright stranger?"
...
Canaan shot awake, looking around quickly. Immediately the room went blurry and he fell back down. His legs were hurting and it was hard to breathe.
"Woah, easy," a voice said as it ran over to him. "Oh, you're finally awake! Please be careful, I don't know how you actually survived, so don't go killing yourself off already."
Canaan wasn't sure where he was, but he assumed he was safe... for now. "Right... thank you. What's your name?"
"Silas," I replied. "And yours?"
"Canaan," he replied. "Where am I? On a ship?"
I nodded. "You are on a Tantalese ship, parked in the middle of a forest near Addam's Ravine."
Canaan laughed. "So this is how I die, is it? Taken back to the place I wronged... fitting."
"What do you mean?" I questioned.
Canaan sighed. "Don't worry about it. But you're helping a dead man, I recommend you quit trying."
Before I could respond, we were interrupter by someone else.
"Now, that's no way to look at life, eh?" Gabriel said, walking in on the ship. "I'm sure you've still got promises and such to keep, don't ya?"
Canaan sighed again. "And who's this? How many people are on here?"
"Acacia, Rafi, Gabriel, and myself, along with our assorted blades," I responded.
"Acacia? You don't mean...," Canaan started, but he stopped himself. "Never mind, I'm guessing you're Gabriel?"
Gabriel seemed shocked. "Yeah... how'd you know?"
Canaan chuckled. "Acacia's obviously a female's name, Silas is right here, and Rafi sounds like a nopon name."
"Fair enough, you're an intelligent one," Gabriel pointed out.
Acacia walked in behind us. "KOS-MOS said he was awake?"
"How did she know that, she wasn't even in the room," I responded.
"Yeah I've stopped questioning how she works, she's confusing as hell," Acacia sighed.
"You mentioned promises," Canaan said to Gabriel.
"Yeah, what about 'em?" Gabriel asked.
"I promised someone that I'd find and look after her son, Winston Von Genbu," Canaan said aloud. He didn't know why he was telling them this, but he didn't really care anymore.
"Mum... asked you to... what?" Gabriel said, before leaving the room. "I-I have to go."
"Does Gabriel have a brother?" I asked Acacia.
"No... that would imply that Gabe's real name... is... Winston?" Acacia questioned.
We both immediately started laughing.
"I am totally making fun of him later...," Acacia chuckled out.
"Did I say something funny?" Canaan interrogated.
Acacia laughed. "More than you'll ever know. Anyway I guess you don't need to look far, Gabriel's the guy you're looking for."
Kasandra jumped in front of the door, Sonata right behind her. "Guys where did Gabriel go?"
"I don't know, he just left," I said.
She seemed irritated. "Can you guys keep in mind that he was just told that his parents were killed? Try to be more sensitive!" she said before she took off down the hall.
"Kassy wait!" Sonata called, following close behind her.
"Oh... I didn't realize...," I started. "Why didn't he tell us?"
"He probably didn't want to be a burden," Acacia responded. "I can relate."
"POPPI WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT ON?!" Mythra's voice shouted from across the hall.
Confused, we both went to see what was going on.
We turned the corner to see Poppi in a... bunny... costume?
"Rafi! Get down here this instant!" Mythra yelled.
"Ah!" Rafi shouted as he tripped and fell down in the hallway before getting up and running still. "Rafi swear that Rafi didn't know what that was!"
"What do you mean... didn't know?!" Mythra asked.
"Poppi told Rafi that Tora gave Poppi lots of modes, and that Poppi wanted to show Rafi one!" Rafi explained. "Rafi didn't expect this one! Poppi need go back to normal!"
"Poppi not know what wrong with this costume! Costume is super cute!" Poppi said excitedly.
"Yes it's adorable, now please change back into your normal clothes Poppi," Mythra said.
"Roger roger!" Poppi said before going back to their room.
"Can... Rafi get some explanation?" Rafi asked Mythra.
Mythra sighed. "Tora, brilliant as he was, suffered from 'desperate lover's syndrome'," she said sarcastically.
"But what that mean?" Rafi asked.
"He was a pervert," Mythra said bluntly. "He had one of the purest hearts of gold I've ever seen, but when it came to his tastes in females... well between him and his grandfather who designed the original blueprints for Poppi, let's just say they weren't exactly hidden..."
Rafi sighed. "Tora sound more like creep then amazing engineer now..."
Mythra laughed. "Don't think too hard about it, I never really ever saw Tora actually use any of those settings except for one time when he... unfortunately... tried teaching Pyra how to be cute with one of those settings."
...
Canaan finally looked around, more carefully this time, before his eyes locked with a certain small green, bird-looking creature, a blade.
"Finch!" he called out.
"Hello!" she said. "I... don't know who you are."
He laughed. "I'm your driver, I resonated with you the moment before I blacked out."
"Doesn't ring a bell!" Finch continued.
KOS-MOS had entered the room soon after everyone else had left. "You carried him to us," she said.
"I think I'd remember that," Finch reassured.
Canaan laughed. "KOS-MOS, was it? Don't worry about her too much. She's got the 'birdiest' brain if I've ever seen one."
KOS-MOS nodded before leaving.
"Cost most is the most robotic blade I've ever met!" Finch pointed out, obviously having already forgotten her name.
"I'm glad to have you back Finch."
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