Monday, January 21, 2019

FCGS - Contra Arc - Chapter 4

Everyone gathered in the dining hall to be served for dinner. Chibi changed into cat form and ran under everyone's legs to get to her spot on Lack's left side. She was as hungry as everyone else after being drilled by Lack all day.

"Should we serve you cat food and milk or normal food today?" Lack asked when she leapt onto her seat. Chibi looked at him with bright blue eyes and turn back into her normal self.

"Human food obviously," she replied with a smile. "I'm not too fond of cat food... Though milk sounds nice."

Lack laughed and noticed that Trelawney was standing frozen near her seat. Her eyes were vacant and her lips were moving. Lack stood and yelled "SILENCE!"

Everyone froze and only Trelawney's voice could be heard in the room. Everyone looked at her and listened. "......foreshadows the land the people must rise. Deep within the earth the silence is coming. It looms over us all. Justice will be spread and the overpowered will be diminished. Only the dark messenger will rule in power. His sword will bring down his enemies with death at his command...." Trelawney blinked and looked at everyone. Her cheeks going bright red she asked "What?"

Lack sighed knowing that she wouldn't remember the first part of what she had said. "Well?" he asked everyone. "Get to you places! Before i find a way to eat you."

Everyone laughed and the noise began to resume in the dining room. Chibi watched Trelawney sit down and shake her head. "That was unexpected wasn't it?"

"Yes it was," Lack replied. He too was watching Trelawney. Reaching back he grabbed the skirt of a passing maid and said "Take some headache tablets to Trelawney. She's going to need some after that vision." The maid who was shocked and suprised resumed her composure and nodded. Lack watched her take a glass of water to Trelawney before looking back at Chibi. "Did you take it all down?" he asked when he saw her little notebook she carried around in her pouch.

"Yup! everything she said," Chibi replied. She began to tap the end of her pen to the top of the page. "I wish we got to hear the beginning bit."

"Me too..." Lack replied. Nothing more was said as the maid brought in the various dishes for each guild memeber. Chibi laughed in delight as the maid gave her a glass of milk, 2 small strawberry tarts and a plate of noodles and honey chicken.

Everyone in Fight Club got their favourite things to eat for meals. Lack believed that a happy guild performed better than a guild that was forced to eat and do things they didn't want to. Leaning across he nicked a piece of chicken from Chibi.

~~~

Contra knelt before Hel. His eyes not looking at her as she placed Morgue’s still screaming head with the other ones she had collected. “You do quite well,” she said with a smile. Placing her living hand under his chin and lifting it up, she looked into his eyes. “I’m going to give you something in return. Something I have given no one else before.” She leaned forward and began to unbuckle his armor…

~~~

BlackRose arrived back at the castle to find Palidor still bound. “No luck?” she asked Shadow as walked to her room to get her feather brush.

Shadow shook her head. “We might need to call Eir or Forseti for help. But I don’t know if they’ll reply. Odin didn’t…” The indicated to Balos who was resting at her side. “Calling a god seems to take a lot of power and strength from him.”

I wonder if Eir might hear us if we lend our strength to Balos,” BlackRose mused brushing her wings gently with her feather brush. “I wonder if the gods are even able to hear us loud enough if it was Balos alone who attempted to call them.”

Shadow shrugged and the two of them looked towards where Novus was still hovering around Palidor poking at him with weapons and magic and pretty much anything that came to mind in an attempt to unbind his powers.

Wheres Kashy?” BlackRose called to him. “I thought he’d be here angry or something.”

He got so angry that he left to prepare the change he has been creating for the world,” Novus replied and he poked Palidor in the side with a Bone Wand.

Palidor shifted and said “Face it. Nothing is going to work. You’ve been at this for 5 hours. Take a rest already.”

Novus sat and sighed “Then we’ll have to get Balos to attempt to call Eir. She’s the only one who can help now.”

~~~

Kashy stood in his room with his eyes close. Under his hands, the instruments moved fast and on their own. He began to prepare the change. A change that would shift the balance of power forever.

The instruments began to move faster and faster like a whirlwind until at last they laid to rest on the table leaving behind a small shimmering cloud. Kashy opened his eyes and smiled at his creation.

~~~

Contra lay in Hel’s bed. All over his body ached of the experience he just had. Closing his eyes, he remembered the most painful yet pleasurable, revolting yet lustful five minutes of his life. On the left side of his chest, a red mark stood out against his white skin. Hel’s brand. Getting up, he got dressed and began to plot how he was going to get Hel’s next head for her collection. He knew it wasn’t going to be easy.

She wants Lacks head, he thought as he strode out of the room. Looking back in for a sec, he gave Morgue a pat then ruffled his hair. Morgue swore at him angrily. “This is to teach you to respect your elders, O Middle Seat of the Paladin Order.” He laughed and left the room. Now how am I going to get Lack’s head without causing all of Fight Club to come down on me.

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