From where we left off, the elsen and Rachel have finally made it to Dedan's office and they are about to confront him about the serious matter: the "Black Box" and what it's for… if Dedan even knows.


The elsen seemed a bit uncomfortable when he and the small girl had approached Dedan's office. He wheezed slightly and looked up at a seat where a shadowy figure was sitting down. "Uhm, excuse me, sir…" he said, barely audible.

The shadowy figure swung his chair around, placing his huge hands on the table and looking down at the elsen and Rachel with a disapproving glare. His face was brought into the dim light from the small windows in the purple building. The creature in front of her looked slightly like a man, except he had no lips. His teeth were huge and took up most of his face, except the huge gap in-between them at the sides. His tongue was firmly placed in-between both sets of ivory-colored teeth. His breath, along with the air, smelled like stale smoke and expired, raw meat. "Shouldn't you be at work?" the taller man said, blowing his breath into the elsen's face threateningly, "You ain't slacking off today, I hope? Because, if you are, we're gonna have a nice little talk."

"N-No, sir! Absolutely not!" The elsen said as Dedan turned his gaze over to the small girl standing beside one of his workers with her small, dark box in hand.

Dedan leaned back into his chair as he stared at the little girl curiously. He tried to keep his voice down on minimum, now noticing that the child was even there in the first place. He was a little confused as to where she had came from and what she was. He wouldn't ask questions to her; she seemed like she was too young to answer correctly with a straight face and not mess an answer up… at least, not that many. "What do you have there, little one?" he asked, gesturing towards the box the little girl held in her tiny hands.

Rachel looked a bit questioned at him, looking back down at the box and then up at him again. "W-Well, I don't know where it came from…" she said the best she could.

The guardian gave a solid nod before looking back over at the porcelain-like creature standing next to Rachel. "Care to explain?" he said in a firmer voice, still containing his temper. He didn't want to blow up in front of the small human child.

The elsen nodded, knowing he would not have a choice. "Yes, sir," he started to speak, coughing a bit before continuing, "This creature got t-to the town of Elsen… it didn't know where it was. I didn't know what the box in its hands was. So I came to see… if you might know, sir."

Dedan pondered for a minute before he looked down at the child again. He reached out a lanky arm towards her. "May I see what you have there?" he said to her as sweetly as he could.

The little human child's arms got slightly shaky as she gave Dedan the box she had held onto so tightly before. He picked it up and squinted his small white eyes. Trying to examine the box, he asked her questions about it and where it had come from. Being so small, Rachel barely knew how to answer any of the questions he asked at all; she did not remember most of where it came from. Even though she was almost completely clueless, Rachel continued to answer as truthfully as she could remember.

He shook his head. "I ain't ever seen something like this before… you better keep your eye on this thing."

Rachel nodded, looking down at her black box. She knew now that she would only learn anything from this box if she inspected it.


Sorry for the long wait, you guys! School's been crazy. Anyways, here's the new chapter of the Black Box! Hope you guys enjoy!