-Pinches the bridge of his nose-
-He doesn't sigh because he doesn't really bother breathing unless it's to speak, but it occurs to him to do it anyway just to make a point about how exasperated he is-
Alright... alright. There's three things you ought to know about the Folk if you're gonna pull a stunt like that. And they're all important.
Who is? Who's gone?
edited 25th Mar '17 1:28:47 PM by WonderSquid
A long time ago.
-Looks to Ori's room, then sighs-
Look, Trudy... just...
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Becomes about thirty times more self-conscious but presses on-
The first thing is there's... different kinds, I guess, depending on where you are. There's ones that are almost like people, there are ones that are like gods. There are ones like very smart animals that we're not sure if they're sentient or not, but nobody wants to find out.
They're all dangerous. The ones like people can be just as cruel and spiteful. The ones like gods can't be reasoned with, and are beyond your understanding. The ones like animals are no less deadly than the other two; they're not like wolves, preying on humans because we've pushed too far into their habitat and the deer are all gone. They're apex predators that have been hunting humans for thousands of years. You might be smarter than a wyvern too but that doesn't mean it won't drag you into a tree and store your remains for the winter.
The ones that might be like animals, no one will care if you kill, not really. They're dangerous, and to be avoided, and they hold grudges, but half my village would have been dead thirty times over if they really cared about them dying.
The ones that might be like gods are out of your league. The court is... just don't. Alright? I'm helping you now, and I'm telling you, don't.
...So, that really only leaves the ones like people. That leads me to the second thing.
Wait, that girl with the weird eyes?
edited 25th Mar '17 1:38:43 PM by WonderSquid
I don't know.
Look, Ori's not as bad as she seems. She's kind and generous and really sensitive to what she hears. I actually like her, believe it or not. Just trust me when I say she's not going to eat us all.
I will. And I'll tell you if I see your evil twin.
edited 25th Mar '17 1:40:06 PM by SR3NORMANDY
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?There are rules. Sometimes it seems like there aren't, but there are.
In any dealing with them, you're bound by them just as much as they are, and breaking those rules has far-reaching consequences. The difficult part is, they know the rules, and most humans don't. They used to pass them down, through old stories — warnings and parts of the rules that humans have stolen for themselves. But a lot of those stories have been lost. Territory gets conquered, languages die out, the stories die with them.
The rules have the meaning that they're given both by you and them. But they're always there. You can't break them.
-Pauses for a moment- You said... expose them. They're a secret? -Shrugs- Well, whatever.
(Everywhere - but only for a fleeting moment.)
(And for that fleeting moment, the ring of light in the sky - "He Who Hath Mastered All At Birth" - pulsates with a blinding brilliance. A brilliance that causes even the rain of Oriana's sorrow to dry and evaporate - but, again, only for that briefest of moments.)
(And for that briefest of moments... a chill runs down everyone's spine. And even when the thickening fades away, the terrible omen remains in he air.)
(Because, even though the Singularity supposedly started two long months ago, it is only now that the Human Order is truly on the line.)
(...Indeed. The Grand Order has truly begun.
)
"The Xth Grail: AD ???? - Cat And Mouse in the Nameless Forest"'
Crossroads - "Sovereign of the Three Heavens"
Xth Holy Grail: Humanity Foundation Value_EX
edited 25th Mar '17 1:58:20 PM by foxmccloud4387

-It's unlocked-
-Aaaand...all of the charts are gone-
-And her diary-
-And the jewelry box-