GRAVEYARD

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Reflexively, you curl tighter. Just another minute. Just another minute of sleep is all you need, but the sun waits for no one. Wait. The sun? After many days and nights with only moonlight to guide you, your eyes snap open and your pupils contract at the light.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Bask in this euphoria for however long it lasts, until your memory snaps back against your mind like a rubber band. Weren't you dead? No matter how you met your end, you certainly remember dying in vivid detail. The pain that corresponds to the last moment's of your life chooses then to make itself known, trying to wriggle free from your skin almost literally. That mark on your skin wasn't there before either.

Take a moment to breathe and get your bearings, and really take everything into focus. The warm rays of sun that dance upon your skin are colorful and fragmented like a kaleidoscope, the effect of being filtered through stained glass. Of all the places to wake up, it seems you're inside a church that's no stranger to you, St. Mary's Basilica. While the odds are good you've woken up with company somewhere near by, the glint of gold from the altar will likely catch your attention regardless—embedded deep in the altar stands a golden staff, two sculpted wings draped down its sides.

While some things are the same, and some things are different, there are still more questions than answers. But the inscription engraved into the roof of the ceiling of the Church, now visible in proper lighting seems rather apt: Welcome to Krakow (again).

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[youspinmeknightround]

Is it possible that he's a manifestation as well?

[umbralant]

[ Still shaking her head at that tbh. ]

I doubt it. One of the reasons manifestations behave as they do is that they have no sense of self, and only the desire to devour souls. Even the higher functioning ones are capable of only uttering a few words. And reading someones memory sounds like a magic trick for children.

And if he is this powerful, I surely would have heard about him before, if not someone else in my order. I will make rounds when I return, but it sounds far more likely that he's from a different world entirely like the rest of you.

[twoasone]

The lady mentioned she's from a different world as well. It's very likely they both took over this one somehow.

[umbralant]

They haven't taken over the world, just the night. [ She clicks her tongue, arms still crossed. ]

[twoasone]

Ah... Of course...

...

Then what became of the day?

[umbralant]

[ She cants her head to the side. ]

It still exists, of course.

[twoasone]

And what would you find there if one could visit? People? Monsters? No one at all?

[umbralant]

I can visit it anytime I choose. Why do you think it is my duty to keep the manifestations under control?

[twoasone]

... You didn't answer my question.

[umbralant]

Who would trust someone who was manipulated by an enemy? [ She looks over to where Hyoubu and Elliot are. ]

And even if I did, that doesn't change the fact that Lady Coward brought you to this world in the first place. I see no reason to share information unless strictly necessary.

[twoasone]

[ His glare narrows. ]

You realize nobody asked to be brought here, right?

[umbralant]

Yes, but that changes little. Until I am sure that you pose no threat, intentional or not, your words are waste.

[twoasone]

...

[ He knows he's dangerous. They all know he's dangerous. ]

I was speaking about the others, too. Are they a threat?

[umbralant]

Intentionally, maybe not. But just because I know how she "gave" you your powers doesn't mean I know the full extent of what she's done to you. I won't risk the safety of my world on an assumption. [ She's paranoid, maybe with good reason and the brain nonsense from trial doesn't help. ]

She's after something, but I can't be sure of what yet.