The Introduction
That night as Delta rested, Jack slipped in on the breeze through an open window and silently walked through the hallway of their shared apartment. He opened the door on the left side, looking into the bedroom with only a dresser, bedside table and queen bed. He stares at it briefly before shutting the door and saying "Fuck that". Walking across the hallway he reaches for the door to his brother's room then pauses and shivers before turning away and going to the window to climb outside. The darkness inside the apartment suddenly seems to writhe and shiver for a second until the window slides shut.
Taking a deep breath of the cold night air Jack sighs in happiness. He jumps backward off the windowsill and glides through the air, slowly turning as he feels the winds shift beneath him. Looking around for something to alleviate his boredom, he slows down as he notices two forms, a large one beside a smaller human sized being. He flies down and notices that the forms were Bristle and Sejuani by the parks pond. Even more interesting was that it seemed Sejuani was giving her giant boar Bristle a bath, a sight that immediately brings to his mind a girl washing her piglet. He drops to the floor and walks over, rubbing his hands together.
"Hey Sejuani. I didn't mean to make you angrier, but I still want to know, do pig orgasms last 30 minutes?"
Sejuani briefly goes through an emotion-packed minute. First she freezes in shock at being caught, surprise from someone sneaking up on her, irritation at realizing it was Jack, then outright fury as he reminds her of why she was mad at him. The few seconds it takes her to process these feelings pass quickly, but not faster than the Freljordian as she puts down the brush and tackles Jack to the ground, beginning to rain her fists down on him like a hailstorm. Jack only laughs, waiting for the right moment. It comes and he reacts immediately by grabbing her fists and moving her hands down so they're pressed into the ground by his waist, pulling her own body down so it was closer to him, mere inches apart. Almost immediately he adjusts his hands to grasp her waist and held her firmly while his thumbs rubbed the exposed sides of her relaxed wear, little more than an armored blue crop-top and thick leather riding pants.
Jack's smirk widens as he looks into Sejuani's eyes, noticing the slight dim of her anger as confusion and another emotion, a tiny one, sparks in them. His eyes break contact as he looks her over briefly, slowly leaning forward and taking advantage of the pause in her fury.
"Lissandra's wrong. You make cold look hot." He says softly before suddenly disappearing in a flurry of pillow snow, leaving Sejuani to kneel in the soft frozen water. She whips her head back and forth, looking for him and stares in growing confusion. Before long her most familiar emotion, irritation and anger, takes control once more and directs her back to Bristle, picking up her brush and roughly resume washing him, only calming down after a few distressed snorts from her baby.
Jack reappears at the window of his room, smiling as he opens it and slips in, shutting the portal behind him and laying in his bed. He looks around the room then shrugs and lies down, stretching out as frost creeps out from his body.
The apartment seems to subtly shudder in its darkness as the younger brother makes his return. Settling quickly the lights of the moon and stars suddenly seem to shine a little brighter into the apartment, everywhere but the eldest's room. Elsewhere, in an apartment 10 rooms east and 3 floors down, a man walks through the darkened halls of his apartment. He holds a cup of tea in one hand, lifting his mask only briefly to sip at it before placing the cup on a nearby table. Dressed in his complete set of armor, the Master of Shadows channels his energy, locating the room of his target and silently opens a portal. With a small cry of "Haa!" he throws himself through, ready to emerge inside their room.
He never arrives. As he warps through the shadows a sudden, worrying tug is felt on his body and he feels the very shadows seem to retreat from him. He looks around, bewildered as he finds himself standing on nothing, feeling as if he were floating through the air though the pull of gravity remains. He looks around in a slight panic, breaking his usual calm and contemptible composure as the very powers he had found solace and great strength in fade from his grasp.
"What. What sorcery is this!?" He demands of the nothingness.
It responds back, echoing from all sides "No sorcery. Just a lesson."
"Wha-!" He starts, spinning to look for the source as he's gripped by a forgotten feeling. Fear.
"Yes child, a lesson. I know who you are, Zed. You have been using my shadows to suit your needs and I do not mind that so much. You planned on attempting to turn them against me. That, I do mind. So for your first and only warning I will take this moment to sear into your brain a reminder. You are only a shadow, I am Darkness itself. Now begone." The space roars this command and Zed tumbles backward suddenly, landing on his back in a disoriented daze. As it clears he sits up and finds himself back inside his apartment, the cup of tea shaken and rolling on its side as its contents spill onto the bamboo floor, now in slowing drips.
The day shines brightly through the twin windows above the stage of the assembly hall. The roof bears a glass ceiling, letting the slightly cloudy sun shine through upon all those gathered. Low murmurs of quiet chit-chat rising out of the group, indistinguishable as everyone awaits for the day's assigned summoner to come out and announce the changes made to the League, and the two additions the High Councilor had promised yesterday. Said additions sit just off to the side of the podium stationed at center stage, looking around with an amused and excited (Jack) or neutral gaze (Delta).
After a few minutes the champions notice and begin to quiet as a Senior Summoner walks across the stage from behind the right curtains and takes his place at the podium, clearing his throat as he pulls out the announcement papers.
"Good morning champions, welcome once again to the League of Legends Monthly Assembly." The summoner says. "I am-"
"Come on Pwyff, we know who you are, just get on with it." A summoner near the back says, causing a few chuckles and repeated cries of "Get on with it!"
'Pwyff' sighs and shakes his head "Fine fine, since you're all so impatient. Today we have some new additions to the League, along with a variety of alterations to ensure the League's battles remain a competition of ideals and resolve. First on the list is…Corki. Soon. Gragas, your recommended items listings have been updated, so that our novices can have a better idea of what to build to assist you. Also the magic of the rift has been fixed not to impact the momentum from your Body slam, so you will now always travel the full length. Kassadin, we are including a longer delay on your Riftwalks stacks before it resets. Kog Maw, we have reduced your ultimate's magic damage scaling on champions. And taken note of your bodily changes. Orianna, your base attack damage has been reduced by 6 points. Rengar, we have given you increased vision range from tall grass when you have the Head of Kha'zix item. And the indicator range for when you've ulted has been increased. Not like that saves anyone." Pwyff mutters at the end.
"Xerath and Zed, your ultimates are being revised slightly. Xerath, your shots have a .6 second cooldown between each firing, and Zed when you ult you will appear behind your target and ignore unit collision while the death mark is active."
Nodding and stepping away from the podium, Summoner Pwyff raises his arms to the crowd. "That's it for champion alterations this assembly. Now, for the introduction of our new champions. First, we have one that ha s been hinted at for a while. We have the Missing Link, Gnar!" As his name is called a small bushy haired yordle child runs out dragging a bone boomerang after him. He trips and rolls forward, shaking his head to dispel the dizziness before standing up, re-balancing on his left leg when he threatens to tip over and plants his foot on the ground, looking out at the gathered champions with huge black eyes and a slightly open panting mouth upturned in an adorable little smile.
Every male winces as nearly every woman, champion or summoner, squeals at the sight of the adorable little kid. Doing so even louder as he flops onto his back and starts biting his bone-merang.
A thud is heard and everyone looks to the side, seeing Jack and his chair flipped over onto the floor, Delta sitting up but seemingly more alert as he watches his brother.
The summoner clears his throat as he raises his arm again "And some surprise additions to the League are these two brothers. The first and eldest of them: Delta, the Precursor of Darkness."
Upon hearing his name and title Delta smirks and stands, stepping forward a few feet from Gnar and looks out at everyone, meeting their eyes much the same way as he did during lunch the day before. He looks down upon hearing a thud and sees Gnar staring up at him before hitting the ground with his boomerang and yelling.
"Detta! Detta!" He jumps up and down then jumps forward, babbling and sniffing randomly before happily exclaiming and hugging his leg. Delta smiles and laughs, bending over and picking up the boomerang.
"It's good to see you two lil buddy." He says as Gnar looks up, smiling and then scrambles up his leg and side onto his shoulder, sitting there and reaching out for his weapon, which Delta hands back before he falls off from reaching too far. "I'm glad you're ok, didn't expect to see you here."
Every champion stares in confusion, Pwyff even paused and blinking at the friendly reunion, mainly because it appears that Delta could actually fully understand the babble of the prehistoric child that the summoners couldn't even begin to decipher.
Pwyff takes a second but regains his composure, clearing his throat before beginning to speak again. "Surprisingly enough, it seems all of our new champions know each other. And speaking of new, the third and final addition to the League of Legends to this date. Jack, the Lord of Snow." At these words Jack jumps up and slides forward, held suddenly at arms-length by Delta as he seems concerned with only one thing.
"Gimme gimme gimme, Gnar! So kawaii, I will squeeze and hug him!" He demands, straining against the firm grip of his brother.
"No. No! Jack, down! Down!" Delta responds, pushing him back. "I will use the Mallet!"
After a single second Jack steps away, arms folded behind his back and a panicked smile on his face "No no no, I'll be good. I'll be good!" He smiles wider as an ice halo appears over his head. Delta merely rolls his eyes while Gnar pokes his head out from around Delta's slowly, ears flattened.
"Jah-Jah? Jah-Jah bogani?" He mutters in a quiet voice.
"No Gnar, he's not going to cuddle you now. Though if you leave my sight, I can't make any guarantees."
"Chuburoi Detta…" Gnar responds, tail flicking.
"Weird doesn't begin to describe our family Gnar." He mutters in response.
Pwyff, suddenly eager to leave the area, claps his hands and announces "Alright summoners and champions, that's it for this month's Assembly. You are all dismissed, and I hope you have a pleasant day." With a quick incantation green circles surround the man and warp him to another location in the League. Delta sighs as he begins walking towards the stage exit door and from there towards the cafeteria after a quick question to Gnar if he was hungry. He knows Jack will behave for only so long, but hopefully it will not involve trying to cuddle the yordle child. As he opens the cafeteria door he looks around, seeing a few people having beat him to the area. Taking a step forward he pauses as he notices a certain ninja stepping out of the shadows nearby and approaching him. The black and red armored man stops before him and immediately drops to his knees and bows.
"Master." Zed begins. "I apologize for my behavior. It would be my honor to serve you, and learn more of the shadows and the Darkness itself."
Delta merely blinks before folding his arms and tilting his head at him "Hm. You are a little wiser than your age and actions would suggest." He smirks. "Very well then. Rise Zed, from this day forward you are my pupil." He walks by him, followed immediately as he heads for some food.
Hm, this day is shaping out quite nicely. Wait…
Aw shit, where did Jack go.