Flowing Flowers and Strings

Chapter 8: Lets Go Spelunking!

3rd POV

The group walks into the Great Mine, and see a familiar person at the entrance. Sampo mysteriously disappeared at some point, but no one cared enough.

March: Hey, isn't that the healer lady?

Seele: Natasha's here too..? The situation is worse than I thought.

The group walks towards her.

Seele: Nat! I didn't think you'd be here. Where's Oleg?

Natasha turns around, but before she can speak, she sees Y/N covered in blood, and stares at him.

Y/N: Hm? Hello!

Natasha just shakes her head and turns back to Seele.

Natasha: Hello Seele and...Sampo's guests. Looks like you've already met. Y/N, can you change your clothes? You're scaring the miners.

Y/N: Nope, not anytime soon! I don't have spare clothing, and I refuse to change into anything else. Plus, I like the smell!

Natasha rolls her eyes, and then says:

Natasha: I don't know where Oleg is. Someone told me he got a group to go further in with him.

Stelle looks around at the people standing at the blockade.

Stelle: These people...

Natasha: Miners and family members. They want an explanation from the instigators. This area up ahead is a Vagrant dwelling, but they blocked off the entrance. I guess they're scared of people taking revenge. I heard there were plenty of injured, so I rushed over here. This conflict might stem from a giant Geomarrow vein that was discovered. It's the largest one found in thirty years.

Seele: Well, I'm here to help out, and I'm bringing these people since they need to meet Oleg. Stelle, since you're already here, you won't might helping us deal with this conflict, right?

Stelle: Of course not. Happy to help.

Natasha: Ha, looks like we're dealing with some very kind-hearted people. Good luck you guys. I'll stay here to help the wounded.

Y/N: Can I-

Natasha: No, you can't go killing people. I can tell you've already gone through with it, so no more.

Y/N: Boo! No fun.

As the group makes their way around the blockade and into the mine, the group begins to whisper, as
Y/N was in the front, skipping along, and they were slightly scared of his ruthless trigger-happy state.

Stelle: Why is Y/N so...aggressive right now? He seems to really happy, but he's also more violent than ever before. He has no qualms about killing...why is acting like that right now?

Seele: I don't know...I've never seen him act like this in the past. Overworld princess, got any information?

Bronya: Well...I've seen him act like this once. It was a couple weeks before his leave. We were fighting a battle against Fragmentum monsters, and it was a huge horde. The largest I had ever seen. Me and Gepard were injured by surprise attacks, and we were losing soldiers. Suddenly, Y/N appeared in our squad, and tore all of the Fragmentum creatures apart. He lost that smile of his, and the surviving Fragmentum monsters received the worst of it, being tortured by him. I didn't even know they could feel pain. After killing them all, he was incredibly happy, asking if there were any more..."toys" that he could play with. His smile became more like it is now. It took him a LONG time to calm down to his usual state.

Dan Heng: I've also witnessed this...state of his. On a planet we were visiting, a friend of his had been murdered by the world's inhabitants. He went into a berserk state, killing all the people responsible for his death, whether directly or indirectly. After his massacre, he was in a very blissful and content state. I theorize that when Y/N sees his friends injured, he enters a berserk state, which quickly leads to a state where he is incredibly happy, in a more sadistic way. It's not too unlike...