Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Don't you lie to us!" Abigail says, holding her claws against your neck, "You were acting strange on the way over here, what was that about!?"

"Abigail, I think you should calm down a little. We don't need you killing him." Artemis says calmly.

Abigail's hair ignites into fierce flames, "I'M CALM." She says through gritted teeth, never breaking eye contact with Rob.

"Uhh, Artemis?" I say, making a gesture of firing an arrow at Abigail.

 

"I don't need to worry. In fact, I've saved both you and my daughter."
She smiles, weapons falling to the ground.

"I ask only one thing..."

A blue film rolls off her wings before shattering on the ground.
"...don't make any more paradoxes. If I can't protect my daughter, then all I can do..."
Her body and robe become transparent. A locket becomes visible on her neck.
"...promise me... you'll pick up where... I..."

The locket's crystal is cracked.

You find yourself standing where you were before the timefight. Vei is laying on the ground, and Ihra is looking at you in tears.
"You... you... I... mmmn...

MOTHERRRR!!!" She wails.
Rineth glares at you.

She starts fading.
"The tunnel won't last. Use the..."
Her weapons fade.
"...braces... east... go..."

 

I look at AJ. "Don't, I need her to make my tea." I ignore Abigail's eye contact. "Well, I wasn't acting strange on the way here, was I? Walking, talking with Riihs, letting you all know my presence, hmm?" The infamous condescending tone makes an appearance.

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I quickly look at Riihs, as if asking if he knows what's going on.

 

He looks in shock.
"She's... no..."

 

"Wha-? Did she just..."

 

"I...I..." I can't manage to say anything, I can only stand shocked.

The Watch of True Time appears in my hand, "No! I can fix this!" I say hastily.

A dark hand grabs my hand before I can click the watch, "I'm sorry, that's not going to work," I say with a sorrowful look, "You messed up."

Aj (from way at the end) slaps me across the face, "You're an idiot, you know that?" I say, "Artemis, if you would." I say.

"Wha-What's happening?" Artemis asks in confusion.

"Artemis, I-" "I killed her, Artemis. I froze time and killed her, accidentally. Now, the paralysis, if you would. I need to stop myself from getting into anymore trouble."

"Ihra, Artemis I didn't mean to!" I say tearfully.

"Man up!" I say, slapping myself across the face again, "You messed up, you deserve what's coming. Artemis, please."

Artemis fires a paralysis arrow into my neck without hesistation. I fall to the floor, paralysed.

"Congratulations, dillweed. You managed to kill someone who was trying to help you. I hope you're happy." I say.

"Why did you kill her?" Artemis asks the future me.

"I'm not sure, maybe it was meant to happen." I say, walking to Artemis.

"I'm sorry, I'm an idiot. Try to forgive me." I say to Artemis, before turning to Ihra.

"Try not to kill me, alright? I know I messed up, and you can beat me up about it, but don't kill me. I'm sorry about what's happened." I say sorrowfully.

My future self disappears in a blue flash. I lay on the ground, paralysed.

 

"She... she was going to... teach me how to..."
Her sentence is cut off by tears.

"Her will... Hold on."
Riihs opens the yellow tome, paging through it.
"I'll know where it is since I can't read this magic stuff... just her handwriting... Here..."

He pulls a loose page out of the tome.
"To whoever finds this tome, if you have honor within you, I beg you grant my daughter the Pherotaph Set and her friend, Vesius, my twinblades. If you must take ransom, hold my horns as a trophy and keep my other blades.

Thank you for reading this, if even that.
Signed, Vei."

 

Artemis walks over and hugs Ihra.

"I'm sorry, I know how it feels to lose someone close to you. If you need anything from Aj, Abigail or I, just ask." She says with a sad tone.

A note appears in Abigail's hand in a blue flash.

"'You can beat the heck out of my paralysed body, I deserve it. - Aj'? Oh cool!" She reads, before running over to my paralysed body.

Abigail begins kicking my body, "YOU. MESSED. UP." She says between kicks.

 

Ihra just hugs Artemis, still crying.
"So, tomes willed to Ihra and twinblades to Vesius. Everything else is up in the air..."

 

"Ihra, if you wanted me to, I could give you a few final moments with your mother. It'd take quite a bit of magic but, since her...death...is quite recent, it shouldn't be all to hard." Artemis says calmly, hugging Ihra, "Would you like that?"

"YOU. KILLED. HER. MOTHER." Abigail shouts, continuing to kick my body.

 

"R-really? I-if you c-could... please..."

 

Abigail looks up, pausing her kicking.

Artemis gets up, raising a hand to me. I'm snapped out of my paralysis.

"Empowerment, now." Artemis commands before I have time to say anything.

I enpower Artemis, her eyes tinting a slight red. Artemis raises both hands, and a wooden Vei forms in front of her. Artemis places her hands on its head, and they begin to glow an intense green; as do her eyes.

After a short moment, the wooden Vei jolts to life; containing the soul of Vei. Artemis lowers her hands, smiling.

 

"Mother... wh-what happened?"
"AJ made a mess with his little time toy. He's done right by you, I took a paradox for him."
"Why?"
"Don't question it, I know what this is and I... know I don't have long..."
"I'm lis-stening..."
"Take my tomes... they will complete the... pylon... but one... thing..."
Ihra wails.
"...never... forget..."

...

...

...Finality.

 

I stop empowering Artemis, forming beside her.

"So, what do you have to say to Ihra?" She says.

"I-I'm so, so incredibly sorry, I didn-" "Hey Aj, ready for round two?" Abigail interrupts.

I turn around, "Wha-" Abigail decapitates me with a swift strike of Shadow Katana, before slicing my body in half. My head and body dissipate, forming a Shadow Crystal.

Abigail picks up the crystal before tapping her right gauntlet, a wheel of crystals opens up, a red one visible. Abigail switches the wheel to the next slot, and puts the Shadow Crystal inside.

"And now we don't need to deal with him and his murderous ways for a while." Abigail says proudly, closing the wheel. Her right gauntlet turns dark.

"Well, at least he's not going to hurt anyone like that." Artemis says.

 

"Yes he can." I say, piping in the conversation. "You could whack someone in the head with his Crystal and cause severe internal bleeding. Believe me it's not a pleasant sight seeing someone bleeding while they're not."

 

"Yeah, but that would indirectly be his fault. It's like blaming a sword for stabbing someone." Abigail replies.

 

"Nonsense, it would be all his fault. Whose idea was it to turn into a crystal? His of course!" It seems I might be insane. Or not. "Also, that's a bad metaphor. Ever heard of swords possessed by souls going on massive genocidal rampages?!"

 

"I guess you're right, in a sense." Abigail says.

Abigail holds up Shadow Katana, "Oh boy, I sure would like to see a genocidal possessed sword! Let me just put Aj's soul in here!" Abigail says sarcastically.

Artemis eyes Rob sceptically, taking a paralysis arrow from her quiver.

 

"Her tomes... I don't know how to use the-aaah..."
As soon as Ihra grabs the black tome, they all start levitating, form a ring around her, spin, then stay directly behind her.
"Uh... I don't... How am I supposed to read them like this?"

 

"Maybe they're to enhance spells? Try casting something." Artemis says, glancing at the tomes.

"I'd say it's a shame I killed Aj, because he might know something about tomes, espeically the black one, but it's really not." Abigail says.

"I don't think he really meant harm." Artemis says, turning to Abigail.

"'Oh here's the guy who just murdered your mother but it's ok because he didn't mean it!'" Abigail replies, "I think it's better for Ihra if he stays out of the picture for a bit."