South... Huh.
[User's next destination locked. ]
[ Suggested making a party. ]
[User...??]
Huff...Huff. Panting... ???
Limbo's every breath was echoing in the dark.
"You are the one... Who's chosen?" a voice echoes. Heavy and distorted.
Chosen? For what? Limbo is looking around.
"Seriously, what were they thinking?"
Moving in circles around, a Strange voice speaks, his voice was echoing all around, he was carrying an aura. The air was heavy, and they were in pitch black zone.
But who's there?
"You don't seem to be special?" A voice said. "Do you have the guts to -----------------------?"
Lim.... Limbo!...."Limbo!." The voice was getting louder. "Are you awake?"
..... Rin will be here anytime. Gaja... Go and wake him up. No reply. Gaja was not there.
Gaja, are you there? Gaja.
Slowly voice was getting cleared, Limbo opened his eyes, confused. "What was that?" Limbo was sweating while holding his bedsheet tightly. His mother was in the doorway. What happened? Ela said. "Nothing!", just a bad dream.
"Then leave it...it was just a dream," she said. Limbo said. Hmm... While nodding his head.
He glanced out the window. The morning sun was already up.
"Am I late, again?" Man, Rin will kill me. He leaves the bed in a hurry to get ready...
Two weeks have passed. Since Limbo's return to the village. Just like a usual day village was lively and energetic.
Limbo starts running to the forest, the scent of fresh soil and herbs blending with the morning breeze. His body has grown stronger, and the system inside him now feels calmer.
He reached the forest edge, where sunlight was filtering through the green, by crashing into trees. Below them, he saw.
Rin was waiting for him. What took you so long? I was sitting here for quite a time, you know? Rin said.
Limbo said while managing his breath, "I was doing a task, mother gave me?" Rin quickly replied, "Don't lie!".
Where Gaja, Limbo asked, "I thought he came here before me? I didn't see him." No, I was alone.. Rin replied. "Let's head to the ground, maybe he's practicing."
They both headed to the ground,
It was the place near to area where Limbo encountered Rin and Elder Caya.
When they reached the ground, Gaja was not there. "Strange, where's he gone?" Rin asked. Maybe goofing around Village, Limbo said with a small laugh.
Maybe, let's practice, Rin replied.
They began practicing. Rin and Limbo had improved over this time, practicing from morning to late evening had greatly helped. Sometimes Ela brought them food, or packed it in the morning.
Rin's mother has been recovering slowly. Rin was happy, so she was now solely focused on improving herself.
Time passed.
Soon it was about time for the sun to set, so let's end this here, I think it's enough for today, Rin said. Limbo agrees.
Hey, Limbo. Gaja has never been absent when it comes to training. Didn't he get into trouble? Rin was worried. Limbo, ensure, I will ask father and mother if they know anything.
Fine then, let's head home.
Just as they were about to head home, a shadow moved near the edge of the trees.
"Gaja!.. Rin called out."
Gaja appeared walking slowly from the forest outside of village, his clothes were covered in dust.
"Where were you the whole day?" Rin asked.
"Nowhere," Gaja said quietly, "Nothing just went out... For a while," while avoiding eye contact with the small face.
Don't lie, what happened? Limbo asked, while pressing. Gaja forced a grin. "Nothing serious, you're overthinking."
Rin said, Tell us... Might we have found a solution?
And went ahead towards Limbo's home.
The system appears suddenly,
[ New quest initialized. ]
[Anomaly signature detected.]
The. Vanished just as fast.
Hmm, "Hey Limbo, I think something is wrong, he never acts this off, you know that right?" Rin said.
Limbo said, "I also guess that. I will try to find what happened in the evening." Okay then.
They part ways.
In the evening, after food.
Limbo couldn't shake off the unease. That dream, that voice, and now Gaja's strange behaviour. It all felt connected somehow.
[ Observation Protocol Active. ]
[ Subject Gaja- mana pattern unstable. ]
Limbo was sitting in the window, looking at the sky while thinking. He saw Gaja sitting under a tree in front of the house. He was acting strange. Even though his mother and father didn't know anything, Limbo thought that his mother might yell. But also, that wasn't the issue.
He decided to ask by himself and went down, standing beside Gaja.
"Hey, musclehead, what are you doing here?"
Limbo thought to change mood but failed. "Nothing just sitting."
You.
"We are brothers. We have shared many things that even our parents don't know," Limbo said.
" Why are you bringing all this now?" Gaja asked.
"Tell me? What's the matter?" Limbo confronts. "You're not the type of person who worries about things." This doesn't suit you.
Gaja remained silent few minutes,
Then speak, "I have to head towards the Southern forest." I don't know but things have been messing up.
"Why, south?" Limbo said. But that's where he also wanted to go.
"Gaja... I'm going. No, I must have to go."
Do they need me?
Who? Limbo asked.
My friend.