Book One of the Talia Balatik & The Filipino Deities Series. Enjoy??
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TALIA BALATIK lived a pretty normal life. Poverty, average grades, all that stuff.
But after an encounter with an aswang, she reali...
"Very well, then." He said as he stands up. "Let the tour begin."
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"....So you can talk to your past self, huh?" Maya said awkwardly, breaking the silence.
Bathala assigned Maya to give me a tour, and there was still a little bit of tension after what happened in the diner.
"....I guess?" I said nervously.
She glanced at me with curiosity in her eyes. "How did you communicate with her?"
"Uh, I watched her save a Filipino from the Spaniards from the Spanish-Colonial period, and when she was going to go away, I guess she somehow sensed me and started a conversation, but it was cut short when you woke me up."
She smiled softly. "Well, you're a lucky kid. That's a rare ability you have there."
"...Thanks, I guess. And can you please stop calling me a kid? I'm 16, you know."
"Well, I'm 20-years-old, you know." She said, smirking at me.
"...Ok, I give. Now, where are we going?"
"Well, the first place of our tour is the balcony, where you can view the outside, kid."
Sigh.
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I'm currently leaning on a railing goggling at the beautiful scenery before me: A mountainous place with an abundant amount of trees and wildlife everywhere. I would've thought that Tarzan's family lives here, but there's just one thing that's very off.
I gaped. "WE'RE ON A FLOATING ISLAND?!?!"
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[BATALA]
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She grinned widely. "Yup."
"HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO GET ON A FLOATING ISLAND WITHOUT SOMEONE DYING?!?!"
"....Magic." She said, making jazz hands.
I groaned. "I'm getting a headache from all this new information. Wait...Am I gonna have to stay here forever?!?!"
She sweatdropped. "Again with the never-ending questions... Well to answer that, no. When you learn everything that you need to know, you can leave if you want. But you can also be a resident in this place, up until you earn the right to live in the Kaluwalhatian, also known as Filipino Heaven."
