Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Please do, and thank you, Kae." The Matriarch says, sitting back down and mixing the paints a bit again.

 

"I'll be back if I get the paints."
I say, walking out.

 

"Get a bunch, please!" She calls out after you.

The guard hands you your weapons back.
"What's she all riled up about now?" They ask.

 

"Paint stash got burned."
I say, taking my weapons and putting them back where they should be.

 

"I knew that. I meant about you. Why did she seem so worked up at you?"

 

"We just have minorly different opinions on the same story due to different experiences. That's all."

 

"How strange..." Stephanie says, looking at Angela.

"I-I don't know what you're seeing, but I'm not Abigail! I swear!" Angela pleads.

 

"King Dominus Terrae, God of Destruction, Destroyer of Worlds, King of Perniciosa. Shall I open a portal to my kingdom?" I say, clearly impatient.

 

The guard seems confused, but lets the matter drop.
"That's... rather unlike her. Oh well, have a good day."

Most of the room falls silent.
The mayor comes out of his office.
"I can talk to him before you get him riled up. Next time, think of a better ruse than 'my kingdom is in peril,' okay?" He says bluntly.

"Would your shadow have the resources, Stephanie?" Sapphire asks, ignoring Angela's pleas.

 

"You too. And I may be returning with paints."
I say, turning and leaving.

 

"So that's what that was about..." The guard sighs, waving you off.

 

I start making way for the portal to the Void Palace.

 

Nothing interrupts your travel or catches your eye on the way back.

 

Once in the Void Palace, I make my way to the archives, looking for Emerald.

 

She seems to be mostly unburdened, doing busywork over more productive things with the library.
"Hello, Thirteen. What do you need?"

 

"Maybe. The palace has a lot," Stephanie says, glancing at Angela, "But I don't think we should try and body swap her again. We should try and figure out what's up with her matching soul."

Angela just looks scared, "I-I want t-to go home..." She says to herself quietly.

 

"I was wondering if the palace has any paints that it can spare."
I say, walking over to her.

 

"Not body swap, if we can avoid it, but check. She may be how we find Abigail."

"Paints? Uh... I don't know. We have a lot of dyes, though."

 

"Any you can spare?"

 

"Hm...alright. I'll see what we can do to examine her." Stephanie says.

"I don't know who Abigail is, apart from a murderer and a fire guardian!" Angela says.

Meanwhile...

A group of earth guardians led by a Shadow with colourful hair and clothing shows up in Xlentia's chambers, bowing to Xlentia.