Envy of the damned part 1
A Curse. Something that inflicts bad fortune onto someone. Words that hold malicious intent. Words that never leave you until their prophecy is fulfilled
Curses can harm a person emotionally, but not physically, as most would assume. They are just a product of human mind. A concept that can't go beyond our words….
Every year in Japan more than few thousand cases of missing people or unsolvable murder happen
Most of which are the results of Curses
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2018. January 8. Southside of Shibuya
-Oh man, why of all people it's us who have to deal with this mission, right after holidays no less?!
- stop talking. You are the one who got us involved, in fact!
- i was thiiis close to winning! That fucker Juilus is better at Street Fighter than i thought! Otherwise, he would be in our place!
Two young people were sitting in a cafe. One of them is a young, black haired man of around 17 years old. He wore a very dark blue uniform, which was spiced up with an orange belt he wears over his right shoulder. Despite his average appearance, he has a few distinct features, such as his mean eyes ,his weird spiky hair and a scar on the right side of his forehead
Next to him is a small blond girl of around 12 years old. Her face did not look Japanese in the slightest and one might assume she's a foreigner, which isn't that far from the truth. She wears a uniform very similar to the young man, but she also has a pinkish long skirt dress. Her blond hair was rolled into spiral pigtails and her eyes had an abnormal form of butterflies
-Come on Beako, even if I'm at fault here i have the right to complain! Don't shut me up!
- So you DO admit being at fault?! Ughh, you are insufferable, in fact. No wonder you dropped out of high school
- Firstly, that has nothing to do with our conversation,and second, you have never been in school to begin with!
Waiter: - u…uh ,
Both :- WHAT?!
Waiter : -… Can you two be quieter please? You're disturbing the clients . And also , thank you for ordering a table in advance. You two are …
Subaru :- Subaru. Natsuki Subaru
Beatrice: -Natsuki Beatrice, i suppose
Waiter : - i see. Your orders will be ready in a minute or two
As the waiter left , Natsuki siblings finally kept it quieter
There were more important matters to discuss
Subaru: - alright Beako , now that we are finally in the right place, can you share the details of the mission already? You kept it quiet from the moment we left
Beatrice: - only if you apologize for getting Beako out of the house
Subaru: - i will buy you Oreo
Beatrice: - superior Rosewall had sent me details of the mission. For the last couple weeks this town and especially this couple of streets were a victim to strange phenomenon. Witnesses mentioned weird noises, objects moving by themselves and weird spacial distortions. It started to become a serious case only after multiple victims were found dead on a street across the road. All were missing their heads and had blood sucked out of them, plus multiple other injuries not possible by human hands. And that's why we are here …. Can you pass my unicorn burger?
Subaru – ugh , yeah, sure
While Beatrice was joyfully eating her burger (well, not exactly joyfully. Her eyes lacked much emotion), Subaru could only stare at the window. No matter what you think, it's a normal Japanese street , with people passing by and shops being entered and exited. One would never assume that anything this gruesome can occur in such a peaceful place. There's a saying that death is always closer than you think,but people of this land never know just how close it actually is
Subaru : -…. Okay,i understand what we are dealing with, and knowing my adorable sister you have already scanned the city. Any markings of a curse ?
Beatrice: -it's here
Subaru:-… What?
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Beatrice:- this place is cursed
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Hayato was tired
His shift is ending, but he's too tired to be happy
Not only was he stuck on a low paying job as a waiter ,but he also feels scared of those two clients. Despite being older than both (he was turning 24 this year), he felt something off about the two. He can't describe it
Hayato : haaaah… Maybe it's just my imagination. I should seriously consider changing my job
As he was behind the scenes on the kitchen ,with most workers having already left , he threw out the trash when he heard something
CRACK
Hayato: … ?
CRACK
Hayato was growing impatient. Another homeless drunkyard?
Hayato : w…who is tha..
CRACK !
He didn't get to finish. Something hit back of his head with a loud crack
It was a whip
?: - Damn it ,i couldn't hit him on the first try , I thought he will start screaming
?: - not only are you foolish as it is, you are loosing your skills . So useless,in fact
Two figures emerged from the roof of the cafe
Subaru: Alright, alright,my bad. We had to incapacitate the guy so he won't bother us, even this late he is on a shift, sheesh. Anyways, it's time isn't it ?
Beatrice:- yes, I suppose. Let the exorcism start!
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It was midnight. Most people are at their homes enjoying comfort of their safe heavens. But there are those who stay up at night and abandon the comfort to cleanse the curses of mankind
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Beatrice: you did as i said?
Subaru : yeah yeah «boss». A barrier is set on cafe's territory. Normal people won't be able to see what is happening . Did you take out cameras?
Beatrice: all crystallized,i suppose
Subaru: that's my girl ! Have this lolipop
Beatrice: ugh , you're always spending money on useless stuff, thanks
Subaru: I mean all this sorcerery business pays off well, why not am i right?
Sorcery
Sorcerers , magicians, shamans, occultists, those people existed across history as those who could see what's unseen,and do what's impossible. Those who exist in the world of supernatural
It's not a lie nor is it a joke. Sorcerers exist since the ancient times to do the dirty work of mankind
Sorcerers exorcise curses using curses
A Curse. Something that inflicts bad fortune onto someone. Words that hold malicious intent. Words that never leave you until their prophecy is fulfilled
Curses can harm a person emotionally,but not physically, as most would assume. They are just a product of human mind. A concept that can't go beyond our words….
Every year in Japan more than few thousand cases of missing people or unsolvable murder occure
Most of which are the results of Curses
Monsters born out of negative emotions of mankind, bubbling up and made up of curse energy,a supernatural energy representing condensed negative feelings of everything living,or so humans think. Cursed energy is beyond humans to understand and they can only make assumptions
One thing is clear – curses must be destroyed
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Subaru: that's the spot huh?
They were in the very middle of the cafe. A tiled floor no different from any other floors
Beatrice: yes. Over 50 years ago a murder was committed on this territory before the cafe was even built. A pregnant woman was killed in cold blood by her ex boyfriend and said boyfriend faced no consequences up until recently. For over 50 years negative emotions of this woman were turning into a pretty dangerous curse that can now harm people
Subaru: well then, let the job begin, /GUILTYTEAR/!
He took out his whip ,not bursting with unnatural blue – dark energy. A cursed tool that can store energy and release it
/CRACK!/
Tiled floor collapsed and revealed darkness underneath
But broken tiles didn't not fall down. They were levitating
/Sjjejejdggggggguuuuuuuuuuuuuu/
Something emerged. A creature that could not be considered living or human. A monster with a noticeably big belly and bulging eyes. As it was emerging, it was over 3 meters in height, barely fitting into the cafe
It had only one emotion in it's eyes – rage
Subaru: man, curses are weird. To think this was once a beautiful woman. Beako, attack from behind
He took off running, with speed noticeably faster than normal person
/SYVBOHDFFGGHHHHUUUUUU/
The curse threw it's big body around with surprising speed, with clear intent to harm Subaru. Tiles from before were sent at him with speed of a bullet, but were intercepted with purple cristals
Beatrice: /Butterfly eyes/. No mercy to those who attack my brother
Subaru : - that's the spirit!
His whip cracked. Kick was delivered to the curse right into it's belly . Subaru followed with a right punch that aimed at monsters eyes , which made it scream in pain and fall over, destroying the wall of the building
Beatrice: Subaru !
She threw a crystallized spear towards him
Subaru: thanks!
He took the spear and raced ahead, avoiding rubble of a collapsing cafe, racing to the curse
Beatrice also rushed with him, preparing her attack
The moment her eyes made contact with the curse , crystals of different sizes appeared beneath the curse , sending it flying 4 metres into the air
Despite running towards the beast , Subaru couldn't help but feel something is off
«For some reason this feels too easy. Not only is this fat thing barely attacking, it's slower than one would expect. This is probably a grade 2 curse . Betty probably feels this too, if she was more certain she would already attack it head on»
His hands shook a little
He remembered that day again…
Subaru : no time for worries ! BEAKO!
Beatrice: on it , in fact!
Right above the flying curse multiple dull crystals appeared and send it flying down , right onto Subaru's spear
Subaru: GET LOST!
The spear decapitated the curse , with it's blood gashing everywhere
It is a complete success
Beatrice: the mission is oveWHA
Subaru: WE DID IT LET'S GOOOOO !
Subaru picked up the small girl and started spinning around and round and round
Beatrice: WAAAA LET ME GO YOU DUMBASS I'M NOT A KID
Subaru: we successfully did it ! Be proud!
Beatrice: LEAVE ME ALO….
/BOOOOOOOM/
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Subaru: w….what ?
Something exploded ? … What … What could explode ….
The cafe ? There was no gas in it
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Was it
-…baru…
Was it …
-…Baru!
A curse ?
-SUBARU!
A crystal send Subarus body flying to the side, dull pain appeared on his side ,but next second he saw that the alternative would be much worse
/FJNTESDFGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU/
Multiple weird small creatures destroyed the place he was laying on, creating a small crater. Words aren't needed to realise what his body would turn into if not for Beatrice
Beatrice: RAAAAAA I WILL KILL YOU ALL
Beatrice was having a fierce fight with 5 curses. Their power… It was definitely grade 1. Subarus consciences was a mess at the moment,but he recalled something..
/A pregnant woman was killed in cold blood by her ex boyfriend and said boyfriend faced no consequences/
Subaru: ….i …see
The explosion was them bursting out of their «mother»
Subaru wanted to stand up,but sharp pain appeared. His legs were definitely broken. For some reason the pain wasn't that bad
Beatrice… Her head was covered in blood. She was definitely weakened by sudden attack… otherwise she would easily destroy the curses…..at this point, she can't use her trump card…
Beatrice: SUBARU, SUBARU, DON'T MOVE, LET ME , HAH ,LET ME DEAL WITH THEM ,IN FACT!
She was bleeding all over and was not in a condition to fight
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Subaru couldn't reply
A curse that both of them missed appeared
It rashed at full speed towards Subaru
It's claws sharp as knifes
Subaru couldn't utter a word or even blink,as his head was utterly destroyed by them impact
His last thoughts were that of fear and sadness
«I just had to ruin it , didn't i? Dying like this to a pathetic curse.. I'm truly useless…
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Beako
Even if it's impossible
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I will definitely
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Subaru: i will save you
Natsuki Subaru died the next moment
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Darkness
Utter darkness whenever you look
He drifted in it, or did he ? There was nothing to drift in. Not even emptiness
He could see everything,but he didn't have eyes. In fact, he had no body
But he couldn't think about it. Mind did not exist
It was true darkness
Everlasting and endless
Yet familiar
He felt some sort of warmth, even though there was no concept of heat
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Iloveyou
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Iloveyou
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Those were the words of the one rejected by reality itself
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The spear decapitated the curse , with it's blood gashing everywhere
It is a complete success
Beatrice: the mission is over, Suba… Subaru ?
What
Subaru was … Hollow . As if he saw something humans aren't meant to see
He had no time to process it. A dead curse was before him. The one that ….!
Subaru: BEAKO, SHIELD!
Beako: !
Next instance, the curse ecoloded in a violent blast
/BOOOOOOOM/
But this time, siblings did not face sad fate. Crystal shield protected them both
Subaru : BEATRICE, USE YOUR DOMAIN, I'M GETTING SICK OF THESE FUCKERS!
Beatrice: ALRIGHT, BUT YOU WILL BUY ME A BOOK FOR SCARING ME LIKE THAT
Before many curses could attack the sorcerers , the youngest one had her pointing and middle fingers raised up
Beatrice: …..
DOMAIN EXPANSION
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.It was a night train
There weren't that many people, but that made two siblings stand out more than necessary
Both covered in grime and dirt
Subaru :….
Beatrice:….. I'm sorry
Subaru: ..what?
A small girl leaned towards her older brother
Beatrice: I'm sorry for that explosion. I was the only trusted with the information on the curse yet failed to think that infants could also become a strong curse. If not for you….
Subaru saw what was rare to see
Not a proud grade 1 genius
But a small 12y old child with too much responsibility on her shoulders
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Subaru slowly hugged his sister
Subaru : don't worry about it. You still did most of the work on the mission. Even the strongest make mistakes sometimes
Beatrice: even Satoru Gojo ?
Subaru : well, i never saw him in person, but from what i know the guy creates more troubles than curses themselves
Beatrice:… You could have died
Subaru:…!
Beatrice: … Sorry
Subaru:…. Hey Beako
Beatrice: ?
Subaru looked at the night city, filled with lights
Subaru: let's watch something when we home, okay?
Beatrice: ….. okay
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Truly…. Natsuki Subaru was lost
He had definitely died… Yet … Why is he still there?
He was too tired to think about it too much and soon fell to sleep
Little did he know that he just became a cog in a story so big and important that everything he had ever known before will look like a joke
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