Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Well, I guess we should start with the basics." Artemis says.

Artemis spends a good hour or so explaining how to harvest, replant and tend for each crop Ali has, sparing no details and even giving some suggestions on how to use the crops.

 

Disgusted, I put the book back and go to the counter where the librarian was before.

 

Ali ends up going through two notepads.
"Okay. Now... can you just provide a book?" She asks.

There's a little note taped to the desk.
"Back in a few minutes"

 

Killing time, I look at the books in the fiction section.

 

I fly towards the city.

 

Artemis summons a vine clone of herself.

"If you can provide her with one, she shall write everything we've said down." Artemis says happily.

 

There's a few stories about the monsters, the only one with a 'happy' connotation is the Mantis Matriarch.

You notice a few dragons flying nearby, one with a rider flying straight at you.
"Halt! State your name and business!" The rider shouts.

Ali leaves the room for a moment before returning with a full-on dictionary sized notebook.
"Uhm... let me find the next blank page..."
She gets halfway through before putting a bookmark there and handing it to the vine Artemis.

 

Taking that one out, I open and read it.

 

The vine Artemis immediately starts writing, seeming to etch words out of dye. The vine Artemis, despite it's speed, still takes a while to write everything down.

"Is there anything else you need help with?" Artemis asks kindly.

 

The story seems to be a spin of a fairy tale where a human knight saves the Mantis Matriarch from the raptors. According to the story, that knight became the king after receiving the Matriarch's blessing.

"I think that'll do it for now. I have to sort through job applications, but that won't be too bad. Thanks, and have a nice day, Artemis."

 

I check specifically how the the mantises and the raptors are portrayed in the story.

 

The mantises are portrayed as territorial but weak without their Matriarch. The raptors, unsurprisingly, are portrayed as barbaric monsters.

 

"You too!" Artemis says, growing a flower which blooms, revealing a dark crystal. Artemis takes the crystal, and it begins to glow. A dark portal opens up in front of Artemis, a black hand held outwards for her to take, which she does. Artemis is lead through the portal, the portal itself closing shortly afterwards.

 

Again, no further interference until...

Sapphire approaches the Shadow Palace gates.
"E-excuse me? D-do you know where Abigail is?"

 

Unfazed due to expectancy, I put the book back, and look at the titles of some others.

 

"We've been searching all over for her to no avail. Sorry, Miss, we don't." A guard says.

 

"Raptor Menace"
"The Child Who Wanted a Pet Raptor"
"Miss Matriarch"
"Eternal Night"
"Sleeping City"

"O-oh... okay. Thanks, I guess." Sapphire sighs, turning and leaving if there are no further interruptions.

 

I take out "Eternal Night", checking that one out.

 

"Dominos Terrae, I am here on a surveying mission."

 

Tagged with "Based on a True Story," it chronicles a priest's perspective on a day the sun never rose, and all they had left was a single candle for a light source.
...in the entire city.

"For who?"