Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"WOULD YOU LIKE TRANSPORT TO THE REALM OF SHADOWS, MR. RINETH SIR?" The sergeant barks. His constant shouting causes a slight wonder to if he can actually speak normally.

 

Rineth pulls a muddy claw away from covering his ears.
"No, I'm a Voidwalker. Your offer is appreciated, but accepting it would be humiliating." He says bluntly.

 

"TERRIBLY SORRY, MR. RINETH SIR!" The sergeant says, bowing, "ALRIGHT YOU DAMN WORMS, I WANT YOU ALL BACK IN THE REALM OF SHADOWS THIS INSTANT!"

The Shadows begin to exit the area, all leaving through their own portals before just the sergeant is left. The sergeant salutes to Rineth before leaving through his own portal.

 

Rineth sighs as the shadows leave, opening and reading the letter.

 

"Hey, Rineth,

Hopefully you'll be receiving an army of Shadows to help you out of your 'sticky' situation. I don't want you to die, Rineth!

I plan to search for Katie and Stephanie some time soon to hopefully find them and see if they're alright. I'm unsure about returning to that specific place, though. It was making a lot of people depressed and, as seen, a lot of bad things happened. I think everyone needs some time in familiar surroundings again. I can't help but blame myself to think leaving everyone in the Shadow Palace after our battle with Xlentia and loss of Ihra was a good idea.

Yours Sincerely,
The King of Shadows,
Aj

PS: The invitation to come and see us is extended to Thirteen, Crystal and the others. Please notify them and take them with you if you can. Thanks!"

 

A brief note follows, though you see Sapphire's head outside as the note is slipped to you straight away, after a knock.

"Don't stab the messenger." The note says as Sapphire, trembling, peeks around a corner.

 

"What are you doing?" I ask flatly, walking around the corner.

 

"I-I just wanted to know i-if I got d-disinvited..." She utters, still having a few muscle spasms from the electrocution.

 

"Why are you spasming? I mean, no, you're not disinvited, but you look like you hugged an angry Storm Guardian." I ask.

 

"E-electrocution torture, b-because I terrorized Abigail... f-falls under b-betrayal..." She utters.

 

"Jesus christ. Didn't Abigail get a say in it?" I ask.

 

"T-they couldn't reach h-her. A-artemis was the only one t-they could get in touch w-with... a-a-and she wanted to remove the p-punishment. E-except that's not a-an option. Only adding to it i-is."

 

"So they just tortured you anyway? In my court, I'd halve the punishment if a friend of the victim standing in wanted the punishment removed." I say, shocked.

 

"T-they did reduce i-it... just used the o-old methods... the n-new one uses a m-modified Light P-pulse Rifle Ihra had brought b-back."

 

"Light pulse rifle? Are you sure that meddling with the Light Creatures technology is safe? They could accidentally kill someone if they're not careful." I warn.

 

"I-I wanted nothing to d-do with it... n-none of these artifacts a-are technically 'safe,' t-though..." She sighs, showing you a hologram of the modified weapon.

It's meant to deliver a shock that will seal a god, yet the shot also electrocutes the soul instead of completely disintegrating the target. The 'Torture' setting's parameters would even threaten to go through you and your shadow crystal in one go.

 

"I feel like that's something worth talking to Tenebrae about, even Lux. That magitech is far too dangerous to be held in anyone's hands." I say, serious.

 

"R-ruby would've disagreed... a-actually, she was t-the only one who k-knew how to safely fire them..." Sapphire trails off.

 

"You realise that there was a massive war between my realm and the light creatures realm, and those were some of the weapons used, right?" I ask, "Those weapons need to be destroyed, the amount of power in them, even if held by someone who's capable of using them, is far too much power."

 

"I-I've spent months reading up o-on it, yes... R-ruby kind of broke it, though... e-electrocution by that would involve being s-shoved into its remains."