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[Cyril]

Things did not bode well for the village or the kingdom, that much was certain. After the Watcher attack from the previous night, things had gotten even worse. Cyril had seen it. It was like a sudden whirlwind and then all the villagers were attacking each other. He didn't even know how to describe it. It was as though the Watchers had some sort of influence of peoples actions and never actually appeared themselves. He couldn't be certain, but the details of their acts didn't matter to him much. All that mattered was that they could help people afterwards and that the monsters eventually be stopped. Of course, not everyone thought the way he did.

Right on schedule, the Knights had gathered for a meeting. Cyril recognized that not everyone had shown up, but he didn't comment. It did not slow the Monarch or anyone else down, all that was needed was that word and news got around. The council staring down at them sent chills down his spine. He kept his head low as the Knights were briefed on the situation.

"Our goal is to learn the goal of the Watchers intentions and find a way to stop them."

This phrase had caught his attention. For the majority of the meeting, they didn't address any other concerns. Nothing about the villagers, safety, rise in pact partners, or anything... other then the safety of those in the kingdom. It was all they cared about and he knew this, but sometimes he found himself struggling to accept this. He couldn't help it anymore. He had to speak up. "What of the townspeople...? We were just recently attacked. Shouldn't we be helping them get things back in order? Things are falling apart..."

He looked up at them bravely, but was only given a harsh and scolding tone back. "Sir Bosch, I expected better of you."

He surpressed a sigh and looked back down, listening as the council continued on. "The villagers will continue as they have been. We have more important things to worry about then measly peasants."
"Yes, my lords." Cyril felt the need to hang his head even lower, but he restrained. It would not look good in the pressence of the higher ups. His faith was shakey and this point though. He wasn't sure if he could continue this way anymore. At least the meeting was almost over. Then he could get away from these people.

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[Alya]

Alya had not joined the others in the meeting. She didn't have enough of a mind to follow orders unless she was fond of whoever was ordering her. This situation wasn't likely. Instead, Alya mindlessly wandered around the kingdom as she always did, sometimes wandering into the village and causing the villagers more trouble then they already had. Other then the meeting, she hadn't been assigned any jobs for now. Perhaps because everyone knew her mind was not in the right place so it was not easy to stop her from doing her own thing. If there was a promise of torture, or if it was done by force then maybe.

For now, she found her way into the dungeons. Done purposely in fact. She had been curious about the people they had been keeping for a while now, so when she spotted someone hidden behind the metal bars she couldn't help but let out a wicked cackle. The prisoner looked up at her at the sound, fear in his eyes and backed up in his cage. He had heard of the woman but never expected to have to deal with her. Her pact partner wasn't currently around her at least, but who knew if that was really a good thing. Alya took a few steps closer to the metal bars, then tilted her head a bit as a crooked smile slowly formed on her face. "Why are you afraid, little kitten?" Her soft yet low, feminine voice would have been soothing, were it not for that tone underneath that immediately made you feel as though something was off. She was not threatening, more like teasing, but she still managed to unsettle the man before her. As he backed himself into the wall, she took into laughing. "Maybe I should just.... light this place up. That fear... it isn't enough."

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Alice was bored, there were no patients in the castle where she stayed, though the idea that there are living souls outside suffering makes her shiver.
She stood and put her white robe on the chair and exposed her pink nurse outfit as she proceeded to open the door.
There was no one in the hallways, even the squeak of her shoe could make an echo that she can hear.
She walked away from the clinic with unpleasant thoughts, the hallways were long and fancy, so she transformed into her rabbit form and ran.
Her running was so fast that the wind before her might shake a car, she was running with her ears flying behind and her red eyes full of hidden tears.
She kept thinking and thinking, and without noticing the end of the hallways she raised her head and couldn't stop in the right time so she crashed on the wall.
"brrrr" the rabbit said. And transformed back into a human.."that was hurtful" she confessed!
She got up and patted her clothes and hair to remove the tracks of the crash albeit the fact that there was no big tracks or dust, because the castle was all fancy and clean!
She continued walking slowly as some long and big stairs were beside her.
She hoped to meet anyone who can help her and understand what she wants !

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She may as well have been a shadow on the wall, and that would have suited her well. All in coarse black from toe to head, the thin-faced girl looked about anxiously, a foot from the door that was her new quarters. She didn't usually come out, as she was still unused to people, but she was out now, the smell of burning leaves clinging to her clothes and the trauma of her past years clinging to her mind.

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It wasn't a dress so much as a loosely tied piece of cloth, but the shiny red silk may have well been a flag, for how it stood out against the grey sky. It didn't hurt that the girl wearing it was quite cute as well, as she sat in thin air about a foot above a tall tree. With all the chaos in that little villiage, they probably wouldn't care.
"Are there valuables, I wonder?" You never knew what even the poorest places had... one of the last places she'd visited never even realized that an old ceremonial axe was made of thunderbolt iron and could repel faeries. Might as well have a look.

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[Levi the Slasher]
The doors burst open with such force that it caused a few members to jump up in fright. A young woman appeared, her cold, icy blue eye scanning the room before resting in Cyril. She never quite trusted the boy; maybe it was because they were so alike. Both of them were killing machines, both lost an eye, both were knights. But he still annoyed her. Even for Levi he was too cold.

"Sorry. Business. Had to take care of it." She sat down at a chair, resting Hræsvelgr against the side of the table. Force Edge was still strapped to her back. Her mind went back to Cyril.

Yes, they were alike, so much in fact. However, she had one thing he didn't; a pact partner. Her dragon, Fortitude, she cared for him deeply. He was the father she never had. He was her friend, brother, teacher, and he was the one who taught her to act semi normal. Of course, she was much more fluent in dragon then English this way.

She tried to pull herself out of her thoughts, but continued staring at Cyril.

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[Reisy Magus]
The sound of steps walking down the road could be heard. A young man with a calm expression on his face, two swords strapped to his belt and red reinforced leather armor was the one responsible for them. One who hunts those that made a pact and are considered dangerous, a job both rare and life risking, yet required in today's society, specially after the number of those that made a pact having increased.



He continued to walk on the empty road. With no destination in mind all he could do was continue walking. after some minutes walking he meet two travelers, complete strangers to him, and just passing by with no interest on the pact makers hunter. he did overheard a conversation between them, however, something that picked his interest.


"Did you heard the news? It appears the Zolvolt Village is on a seriously bad shape right now! it appears villagers started attacking each other on the last night. i am really happy i left the place a few hours before it happened..."


"Wow, those are horribles news. i wonder if the knights will do something about it?"



Reisy knew that village. From what he remembers it appears the village was named after a weapon, but he both forgot what exactly it was and had little interest on it. the news did caught his interest, however. Villagers attacking each other? and for what reason? could it be a monster, or some sort of pact user with very special powers? this was something he had to check for himself.


"I have nothing better to do....i just hope i dont come to regret this decision later." He walks away to the village direction after saying that, hoping he can find more information about this incident. Another thing he heard from the strangers also bothers him: Will the knights do anything about it? this is a very important question that he had no answer to, and hoped he could find an answer to it as well.

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[Adele]

Adele woke with a start. Today was the day they needed to meet amongst the other Knights, and the Monarchs. He took a pad out of his back pocket, and wrote in it. Being plagued by amnesia, he wrote everything in a journal. To him, it had felt like he would have done it multiple times in his life, he just doesn't remember. He knew he gave his memories in order for his pact, but he didn't quite know why. Everything was hazy, and Veros didn't tell him much. The shifty little hawk had told him that he was to uproot the monarchy, and that in his past, it would have been his will to do so... but nothing else.

He was actually searching for his old journal. Adele could feel in his heart he knew there was one. He knew his hometown, and just needed a reason to be there. These Monarchs kept to much control over everything, and restricted Adele too much as a new knight.

However, these things were for another time. He took his seat and listened to the briefing.

"Our goal is to learn the goal of the Watchers intentions and find a way to stop them."

The first one to speak out was Cyril. If Adele remembered correctly, he was the one who despised pact partners. Luckily, no one knew about Veros but Adele. Veros could hide inside the sacred armor, so it kept anyone from seeing him that he didn't want to.

"What of the townspeople...? We were just recently attacked. Shouldn't we be helping them get things back in order? Things are falling apart..."

He was swiftly hushed down, and Adele had barely been listening until then. The scolding he received for worrying about the people of the country disgusted Adele, but there was nothing to do. Rather than add to the silence in the room before they continued, he spoke out.

"Alright then. I understand, but where would you have us look for clues to these 'Watchers'? " He didn't really care much for the problems of these nobles, but it was his job to gain their trust.

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"Smart." That was the only thought in Hibachi's mind as she sat there, behind a massive throne, curled like a child with only cold, stone floor under her butt. She "couldn't" have forseen that sneaking into the castle wasn't the smartest idea nor that suddenly all the warriors in the whole neighbourhood would gather in the place she found to be "ideal" for hiding from few, miserably looking guardsman.
She sat there and listened. She haven't mastered the language yet but from what she understood, there have been an attack from those "watchers" just last night. It might been true. When she sneaked into the village, people were on some kind of mad rampage, beating each other as if they fought the worst enemy. One of those "knights", as the warriors called themselves, said something about helping the villagers. He was quickly quieted down. It seemed that these people did not care about the source from which they taken their food. For Hibachi it seemed stupid, but not as stupid as sitting there, waiting for all the people to scatter and so that she could walk away...

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Alice stared at the stairs and thought that she might go up and look for something useful, or someone useful to be specific!
She did so , and opened one of the huge doors, that door led to a corridor full of doors, and the doors kept increasing with each one she opened.
She finally reached the place where the queen might be, a throne !
She saw some important people so she acted formal.
Yet, she glimpsed someone behind the throne.
She went behind the throne and said..
"PSSST" she whispered.
and what a good thing she wasn't in her rabbit formation, it might be scarier for people who haven't seen her like that before, albeit the cuteness!
Alice knew that the person behind the throne wasn't from here, because she never saw the creature.

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Sophia walked down the halls of the dark lower dungeon. She had left the meeting early because it bored her. And she knew of one very good way to get rid of boredom...

But as she got closer to the jail cell she noticed a different woman standing there, someone Sophia did not recognise. And from only ten feet away she could make out this strangers words perfectly.

"Maybe I should just.... light this place up. That fear... it isn't enough."

Sophia spoke to the woman with an authoritative tone in her voice. The two knights that had been following (Members of her personal guard) stepped forward and planted themselves between the women with pikes in their hands. A further showing of Sophia's ruling power.

"Excuse me. Who would you be, and what are you doing with my prisoner?"

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Smoke, black air dividing the blue creating aerial trails to an epicentre of destruction, this was all that laid within vision. Even through the night, tracking the remnants darker than darkness was the task, to seek where giving was needed, to find the place help was needed before asking. Travelling towards such a big place went against all Lukas' ideals, he knew he wouldn't be welcome if found out, he knew questions would be asked and suspicion raised the second someone found out his curse; population was to be avoided... but aid was required and he would not dodge his goal in life for the sake of personal safety; it's not like he needed it anyway.

He arrived on the outskirts, a haze in the air, the smell or burning and death was obvious, the sun obscured by smoke and cinders; nerves grew quickly as he realised what he had come to, the position he was now in, people where near, alot of people, questionable and questioning people. But he was a warrior, a fighter of beasts and men, a fighter of fear and destruction, he would not be un-nerved by something so simple as middling crowds picking up the pieces of the life before today.

"It's rare I get to see such a thing; you, motionless and scared, especially due to something so trivial as shallow opinions over your person and, history." A solidarity of shadows expressed itself in deep as it shifted from behind Lukas to his left flank, reds staring relentlessly at the aftermath before them. "Why are you here, you know what this risks for both of us if your seen." Lukas responded, undertones of riddance echoed in his words. "Because something more is here, or at least was; this is no simple matter of riots and terror by human initiation; there are greater forces at work far beyond that which is literally and imaginably visible." "That still doesn't answer my question." "Do your intentions, and I'll do mine." Aldunix faded back into ethereal leaving Lukas to now question more than his own person.

He scouted along the outlines of the village, observing the remains of a thriving hub; he dared not risk entering the town unless defence from attack was needed, he was here to help, but aiding in simple tasks would more likely cause trouble and risk exposure. Luckily nothing demanding his attention appeared in town, but nothing was happening out here either, perhaps such a large and great place had no need for passing shields; but he couldn't leave, not after those words from Aldunix, something was amiss here, something big which he knew would soon reveal itself a little more if he just waited. Lukas set up camp just within the trees, watching the town and those who passed near, waiting for the future to strike the present.

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