Sorry for those who got the notification that I posted this chapter- I was scrolling and accidentally pressed the "PUBLISH" button.
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Published: 29/12/22
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Pov: Third person
There Grian was. He was back at the place where he had just barely escaped in the past. He remembers the feeling of walking through here for the first time. The feeling of being able to help these godly beings for good reasons. How wrong he was.
However, being here might free his friends. That was a chance worth taking.
He followed ̇/ᒷリ╎ᔑᔑ to the door where the higher-ups stayed. It looked just as menacing as it did when he first saw it.
As expected, the twenty-six-the-block-tall amethyst door opened on its own. There stood a twenty-two-block-tall Watcher in front of them. It looked like it was judging them, even though the Watcher mask covered most of their face, before letting them through the door.
"∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ╎ᓭ ||𝙹⚍∷ !¡⚍∷!¡𝙹ᓭᒷ ╎リ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ, ̇/ᒷリ╎ᔑᔑ. ᔑリ↸ ∴⍑|| ↸╎↸ ||𝙹⚍ ʖ∷╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ╎ℸ ̣ 𝙹∷?"
("What is your purpose in being here, Xeniaa. And why did you bring that traitor?") the voice spat out the last word.
"╎ ᔑᒲ ᓭ𝙹∷∷|| ⎓𝙹∷ ↸╎ᓭℸ ̣ ⚍∷ʖ╎リ⊣ ||𝙹⚍, ꖎ𝙹∷↸ ̇/ᔑリℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ. ╎⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ᒲᔑ↸ᒷ ᔑ ↸ᒷᔑꖎ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ╎ℸ ̣ 𝙹∷. ᔑ ⊣𝙹𝙹↸ 𝙹リᒷ."
("I am sorry for disturbing you, Lord Xanthe. I have made a deal with the traitor. A good one.") she ended with a proud smirk.
"∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸ᒷᔑꖎ ʖᒷ?"
("What may the deal be?") The twenty-four-block-tall Watcher questioned.
"∴ᒷ'ꖎꖎ !¡⚍リ╎ᓭ⍑ ⍑╎ᒲ ᔑリ↸ ᓭ╎リᓵᒷ ⍑ᒷ'ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ∴╎ꖎꖎ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸𝙹 ╎ℸ ̣ , ∴ᒷ ∴𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ʖᒷ ᔑʖꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⊣╎⍊ᒷ ⍑╎ᒲ ᔑ ᒲ𝙹∷ᒷ ᓭᒷ⍊ᒷ∷ᒷ !¡⚍リ╎ᓭ⍑ᒲᒷリℸ ̣."
("We'll punish him and since he'll be willing to do it, we would be able to give him a more severe punishment.")
"ᔑリ↸?"
("And?")
"∴ᒷ'ꖎꖎ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ᒲ⚍∷↸ᒷ∷ ⍑╎ᓭ ⎓∷╎ᒷリ↸ᓭ.:
("We'll not murder his friends.")
"⍑ᒲᒲ.."
("Hmm..") he thought for a while.
"╎ ꖎ╎ꖌᒷ ||𝙹⚍∷ !¡∷𝙹!¡𝙹ᓭᔑꖎ. ╎'ꖎꖎ ↸╎ᓭᓵ⚍ᓭᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ̇/ᔑ||⍊╎𝙹リ ∴⍑ᒷリ ⍑ᒷ ⊣ᒷℸ ̣ ᓭ ʖᔑᓵꖌ. ⎓𝙹∷ リ𝙹∴, ||𝙹⚍ ᒲᔑ|| ↸𝙹 ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ||𝙹⚍ ∴╎ᓭ⍑ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ, ⋮⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ↸𝙹リ'ℸ ̣ ꖎ𝙹ᓭᒷ ⍑╎ᒲ"
("I like your proposal. I'll discuss this with Xayvion when he gets back. For now, you may do what you wish to Xelqua, just don't lose him")
"⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹↸, ꖎ𝙹∷↸"
("Understood, Lord") ̇/ᒷリ╎ᔑᔑ spoke. Afterwards, she brought Grian out and asked him to follow her.
The way she talked... It sounds so.. robotic... weird.
"∴ᒷ'∷ᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ" ("We're here") she spoke coldly while gesturing to a door. Not just any door to any old room. The room was the place where he and two others stayed in. All from the same scenario, taken from their servers.
He walked into the room, reminiscing on the fun and torturous times. It had two bunk beds. They all looked abandoned, as expected. However, he felt like he was forgetting something. But what?
"∴⍑|| ↸╎↸ ||𝙹⚍ ʖ∷╎リ⊣ ᒲᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ?" ("Why did you bring me here?")
Silence only answered him. ̇/ᒷリ╎ᔑᔑ closed the door before handing him a few pieces of paper with writing on it:
(If pictures do not appear PLEASE tell me)
What? They made files about us..
Grian looked at ̇/ᒷリ╎ᔑᔑ'ᓭ file and looked at her. They looked like two completely people.
"∴ᔑ╎ℸ ̣ !¡∷𝙹ℸ ̣ 𝙹ℸ ̣ ||!¡ᒷᓭ 𝙹リᒷ, ℸ ̣ ∴𝙹 ᔑリ↸ ⎓𝙹⚍∷? ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᔑリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ 𝙹リᒷ?" ("Wait prototypes one, two and four? There was another one? ")
"╎ ∴ᔑᓭ ∴𝙹リ↸ᒷ∷╎リ⊣ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭᔑᒲᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣.." ("I was wondering about the same thing..")
"..."
"╎.. ∴ᔑリℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⍑ᒷꖎ!¡ ||𝙹⚍." ("I.. want to help you")
Grian blinked multiple times in confusion and shock.
"!¡ᔑ∷↸𝙹リ ᒲᒷ?" ("Pardon me?")
"╎ ∴ᔑリℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⋮𝙹╎リ ||𝙹⚍∷ ᓭ╎↸ᒷ. ╎'⍊ᒷ ᓭᒷᒷリ ⍑𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑ᒷ∷ᓭ ᔑ∷ᒷ. ∷ᒷᔑꖎ╎ℸ ̣ || 𝙹リꖎ|| ℸ ̣ ∷⚍ꖎ|| ⍑╎ℸ ̣ ᒲᒷ リ𝙹∴; ̇/ᒷꖎ- ╎ ᒲᒷᔑリ, ⊣∷╎ᔑリ..." ("I want to join your side. I've seen how the Watchers are. Reality only truly hit me now, Xel- I mean, Grian...")
The short God was dumbfounded.
"╎'ꖎꖎ ⍑ᒷꖎ!¡ ||𝙹⚍ ⊣ᒷℸ ̣ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ᔑリ↸ ʖᔑᓵꖌ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ||𝙹⚍∷ ᓭᒷ∷⍊ᒷ∷. ╎'ꖎꖎ ʖꖎ𝙹ᓵꖌ ᔑꖎꖎ ᔑᓵᓵᒷᓭᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ╎ℸ ̣." ("I'll help you get out of here and back to your server. I'll block all access to it.")
Grian's nodded with gratitude. It was great to have a new ally.
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~|/•-•\|~
The all hermits opened their eyes just to see themselves in a void-like room. At least they weren't alone.
There were sounds of confusion from the hermits.
At that moment, a twenty-six-the-block-tall Watcher appeared.
"ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ↸╎ᓭᓵ⚍ᓭᓭ╎リ⊣ ᒲ|| ᓵ𝙹ᒲ∷ᔑ↸ᒷ, ∴ᒷ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ↸ᒷᓵ╎↸ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ꖌ╎ꖎꖎ ||𝙹⚍. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑ ↸ᒷᔑꖎ ||𝙹⚍∷ ⎓∷╎ᒷリ↸ ᔑᓵᓵᒷ!¡ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸." ("After discussing my comrade, we have decided to not kill you. Thanks to a deal your friend accepted.")
Joe quickly translated the Watchers words.
Grian accepted a deal for us? Most of the hermits thought.
"⍑𝙹∴ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷, ᓭ╎リᓵᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ↸ᒷ ⎓𝙹∷ ⍑╎ᓭ 𝙹リᒷ ꖎ╎⎓ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᔑꖎꖎ 𝙹⎓ ||𝙹⚍∷ ℸ ̣ ∴ᒷリℸ ̣ ||-ᓭ╎ ̇/ 𝙹リᒷᓭ. ||𝙹⚍ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∴ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣... ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ╎ℸ ̣ ╎ᓭ ᔑᓭ⍑ᔑᒲ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ∴ᒷ ᓵᔑリ'ℸ ̣ ᒷ ̇/ᒷᓵ⚍ℸ ̣ ᒷ ⍑╎ᒲ, ⍑ᒷ ↸ᒷᓭᒷ∷⍊ᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᒲ𝙹∷ᒷ." ("However, since the trade for his one life was all of your twenty-six ones. You will have to watch something... Though it is ashaming that we can't execute him, he deserves this more.")
Watch something... that isn't that bad. Right?
"Umm. What do we have to watch exactly?"
The watcher looked like he was smiling. No. More like smirking.
"||𝙹⚍'ꖎꖎ ᓭᒷᒷ" ("You'll see")
The hermits were stunned after Joe translated it. Just watching. Right?
~|\•-•/|~
~|/•-•\|~
Grian was suddenly teleported, the papers no longer in his hands.
"∴ᒷꖎᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ ʖᔑᓵꖌ ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ" ("Welcome back Xelqua")
He immediately turned his head toward the source of those quite daunting words. Grian was sure who it came from but hoped for a chance that he was wrong.
If only he could've been wrong.
" ̇/ᔑ||⍊╎𝙹リ. ⍑𝙹∴ リ╎ᓵᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭᒷᒷ ||𝙹⚍ ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リ. ╎ℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ʖᒷᒷリ ᓭ𝙹 ꖎ𝙹リ⊣ ᓭ╎リᓵᒷ ∴ᒷ ꖎᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ∷╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ?" ("Xayvion. How nice to see you again. It's been so long since we last met right?")
"||𝙹⚍ ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᔑ⚍↸ᔑᓵ╎ℸ ̣ || ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭᔑ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᓭᒷ ∴𝙹∷↸ᓭ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ╎ℸ ̣ 𝙹∷?" ("You still have the audacity to say these words traitor?")
"..."
"I don't have to follow your commands. I am no Watcher"
"𝙹⍑, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ||𝙹⚍ ᔑ∷ᒷ. ||𝙹⚍ ∴ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑ᒷ↸. ↸╎↸ ||𝙹⚍? ᔑリ↸ ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹!¡ ᓭ!¡ᒷᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ↸╎ᓭ⊣⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ꖎᔑリ⊣⚍ᔑ⊣ᒷ 𝙹⎓ ||𝙹⚍∷ᓭ." ("Oh, but you are. You watched. Did you? And stop speaking that disgusting language of yours.")
"You're the one to talk, " he spoke with annoyance.
"ᓭꖎ╎ᒷリᓵᒷ!" ("SLIENCE!")
That shut Grian up.
"⊣𝙹𝙹↸. ||𝙹⚍ ᒲ⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ʖᒷ ∴𝙹リ↸ᒷ∷╎リ⊣ ∴⍑|| ||𝙹⚍'∷ᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ." ("Good. You must be wondering why you're here.")
He nodded.
"∴ᒷꖎꖎ, ∴ᒷ'⍊ᒷ ᔑᓵᓵᒷ!¡ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸ᒷᔑꖎ. ⍑𝙹∴ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷, ᓭ╎リᓵᒷ ∴ᒷ 𝙹リꖎ|| ᔑ⊣∷ᒷᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ꖌ╎ꖎꖎ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ∴╎ꖎꖎ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∴ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑ ||𝙹⚍ ⊣ᒷℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ℸ ̣ ⚍∷ᒷ↸." ("Well, we've accepted the deal. However, since we only agreed to not kill them. They will have to watch you get tortured.") ̇/ᔑ||⍊╎𝙹リ spoke coldly.
Grian could care less about being tortured. He was glad that his friends were safe.
"╎ℸ ̣ ╎ᓭ ⊣𝙹╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⍑ᔑ!¡!¡ᒷリ ᓭ𝙹𝙹リ. ||𝙹⚍ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ᔑʖꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭᒷᒷ ||𝙹⚍∷ ⎓∷╎ᒷリ↸ᓭ ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ||𝙹⚍ ᔑ∷ᒷリ'ℸ ̣ ⊣𝙹╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ᔑꖎꖎ𝙹∴ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ╎リℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ. ↸𝙹 ||𝙹⚍ ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸?" ("It is going to happen soon. You will be able to see your friends but you aren't going to be allowed to interact with them. Do you understand?")
"... ||ᒷᓭ, ꖎ𝙹∷↸. " ("... Yes, Lord.")
"⊣𝙹𝙹↸, ∴ᒷ ᔑ∷ᒷ ⊣𝙹╎リ⊣ リ𝙹∴" ("Good, we are going now")
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