…Where…am I?
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6TUGFXg1q
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7Ot7HOlJf
Arc: “Ah, you’re finally awake.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNLgrl2etJ
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOOahx2BJx
What’s happening? Did the spells stay active? Why am I tied up on this super uncomfortable chair?
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCIYbjqr3W
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXnfe9SFOy
Arc: “Yes the spell is still active. We’re currently at some kind of warehouse.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63Z7jH9PJ2
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE34QJCFOp8
Hopefully, it’s not too far from home.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmgmsUCxdz
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7TLjsnQ4Z
*Door Open*
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCYkMr1WWO
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ibylJ8MXu
Arc: “Keep appearance. Don’t let them know you’re awake yet.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtqInRV9tC
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgtCpdyQnF
I do what Arc says and keep my head down. I can’t see anything but I can hear it.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jpXliS90z
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Z1P51crn
Sever: “That’s what he said. Maybe you’re just incompetent. I knew keeping alive for something like this would come in handy. If we did what you suggested we would have no leads.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrh5r0fZqhU
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXexAo983z
I can feel it too. There’s a movement in the edges of my vision, the shadows shift and squirm in the background.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZW8KORHij
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKm8oOURaN
They’re speaking but I can’t understand a word they’re saying. I try to block it out but every time I try, I feel blood flowing out my ears. As if they want me to listen.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8J7kecIM7
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrvRxDmce5
Fear begins to build inside my throat. The nightmares, the all-consuming void, and burning skin.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4G4EaNQf8M
Breathe.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KsQXEJM87
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OUZRNezvy
I steady my breath and push the instinctual fear deep inside.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAQYP9Nvk9
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfWcZnRCj3
Sever: “I guess we can bring his family here. I’ll put a bullet in his mother first if he lied about the book.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00IZj8zJes
!!!350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm5KBcuNQL
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkt1CvpI5h
Arc: “Hold it, you can’t take them all at once.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTyx78OjeA
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzpRFwqxy4
What should I do then!? Wait until they bring my family back? I’ll take the shadows and Sever on!
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuZR43n6uR
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYxwE8mkEb
Arc: “With what?”
Minor Illusion [Active]350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbf9kuV0H8
Shape Shift [Active]350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95ANRHpjLi
Invisibility [Active]350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lDj6hhqlB
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx9JS3CDOL
Arc: “You have nothing to kill an invader and no time to swap spells.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aYKds2Hag
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJfUgzpg7P
…Fine, I’ll wait for the right moment.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpVu71CCDo
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbrY3Inv05
Sever: “You can go back to my employer. I can deal with this alone. I’ll contact you when we have the real book.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3UWOKBgHy
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhfZk2huiy
The shadows continue to squirm in the background but eventually, the oppressive atmosphere fades. Light returns to the room and I take a chance.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFJ8rlLnN1
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWkYcCGKF9
I break and reform my hands into something small enough to escape the ropes. I bite my lips to hold back my grunts of pain. But it’s worth it, now…
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy24a9mlxW
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPcFY4UYSy
Sever: “Now lets start with basic torture first. Wouldn’t want to have to explain a family disappearing if I don’t have to.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcta1M83BT
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtTSxN2cu4
Illusions of the shadows begin to appear around the room.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hFR52tUUr
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBSh8Tq6No
Sever: “Why are you bac-”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu4x48nkZM
*punch*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecvHMuBKiC
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarmer38zXP
Sever: “Guh. What the hell, where did you go? Invisibility?”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tniEfSZQZ
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIcJA1fkt8
Nao: “Where are your men Sever?”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdw2gI3ZU1M
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgssuL79SOl
Sever: “So you had it on you all along. Boy, I hope you still have that killing instinct because your family is a target if you don’t give up.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgg40R88mn
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaaEPS0BiR
Nao: “…I’ll do what I have to do.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gDI1lK3eG
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkzzB6M11F
Swap minor illusion for paralysis.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXqZSRsSRc
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zCW7NtUyG
Sever: “Good, let’s see what magic can do in a real fig-.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBynuQy43H
Paralysis.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0IswPFmrb
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjukouRKtW0
Sever: “GAAAH!!”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQOQmNRGza
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AGxQVHYKp
Light fills the room as sever falls and convulses out of control. I turn off invisibility and stand over him.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtFi1RpnSv
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR5b8xtBbc
Nao: “As you said, I can kill you all if I wanted to. My family isn’t here so you have nothing to hold over me. What made you think you could fight me 1v1?”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DOCRsBtIm
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WCosxGfPE
He says nothing. I guess paralysis affects vocal cords.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2jK5RGJa0
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH9zF7p9Gk
Arc: “Let’s go before the invaders come back.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oI1N7t20N
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uJDuyq2Lm
As I look down at Sever, I can’t help but think about what he threatened to do to my mom and sister.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbxktqr70d
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86NhdSCqzR
Arc: “Let’s go Nao.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIwnNH6Scf
…350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gTZVZQcuj
…350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCm0DVfFEzr
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0fPwoew4C
Arc: “Nao?”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnycTWgyw4
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD6AYx7ihs
Nao: “No, I’m going to have my fun with this piece of trash. Clearly, he thought I would fight him like how I did with the bullies. I did that because I wanted to make them suffer. Well, I don’t want to disappoint.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r2u984Bcb
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkp6c3ct0Z
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLj8nG73l1
I get on top of him and begin changing my arms into a gorilla’s. The pain is far less due to their similarity to humans. But the power…is so much more.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW6X5FRgXH
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7vhiLEtLd
Nao: “Unlike the bullies though, I can take my time. I’m sure you can take it.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLolaLIvHB4
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhhoE6JQ9p
One by one, I break every bone in his body. That feeling of pleasure inches its way back…and I let it.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXNMWWDUP2
*Punch*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72kN7pobYj
*Crack*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvuYk6Uoih
*Break*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevoNDzE4q1
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0O4rctgAH
Nao: “Threaten my family?!”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtWEFWGh0x
*Crack*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFlHViNM7u
*Crack*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6cUpAkskU
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjauSWaIBV
Nao: “No, you don’t get to die that easy. Not after everything you’ve done.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64YsTyFtTo
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGALhXvP9y
I smash his face into an indescribable mess, worse than what the bullies went through. After every bloody knuckle I sink into his skull, I can feel his life fade. He’s…dying. That realization snaps me out of it a bit.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEaJ1KNnYW
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYkc9JbRjs
A part of me what’s to keep going. To keep feeling the pleasure that comes from beating monsters like this to death. That part of me wants a release after being denied last time.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN1SuFMOYh
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOe0VhIKnx
But I can still remember mom’s shock after I told her what I did. And here I am, about to relapse. But didn’t mom say there are times when it’s okay to kill? Is this one of those times.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLL4w6M1qO
Kill Him (+20 Points)350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6r96LQdOg
Let Him Live (+10 Points)
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq00t7QpAw
You’re right, it’s time to choose my path.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBP7MJPm9W
*Sigh*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJbvfOgaaK
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX87EK9B5Xo
I get off of him and decide to let him live.
*Ding*
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8W8I12fJV
Points: 10350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwHaSDOwAd
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ja6pkWNlC
Nao: “I would like to see the world mom described, one where people don’t have to kill other people. I can’t do that if I’m tainted like this scum. That being said-”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCcF7N5ZwB
*Break*350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz0YBLsZub
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYb7scbENU
Nao: “Crippling should be fine. Broken arms and legs are the least you deserve.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58EdbURNMt
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83BxyF64zL
I activate invisibility and sneak out of the warehouse. Thankfully, no one knows what happened so I left this place without much trouble.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnlAVHVR0z
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWeyMpB5Z6
Even better, I know this area. It’s not too far from my home but this…sky is weird. I shake it out of my mind, I need to get home.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi41gbq3HT
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPAN216Pta
All of that running to school and increased agility helped a lot. It didn’t take me long to push open my door to see…
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWCwyO3Em1
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD77t5KCb69
Nao: “Mom? Alyson?”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn9VqA1Nnk
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFmnXbqF9H
There’s no one here…
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHeveCtLb2
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dZZSiH620
“This just in, purple lightning is preventing officers from entering Hillview high school.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWUyDBeAlp
!350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnQfFcG5Wo
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0STk9VnAX
I look at the still running TV. On the screen is that same purple sky but now there’s purple lightning flashing in and outside the school.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIE7tWqB0b6
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAi6h83GAn
Nao: “Mom, Alyson…”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeXZHVZhVW
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDstnr4YOq
I take off and run to school at top speed. I’m even tempted to pump all points into speed but I suppress the urge. Whatever this is, it’s more dangerous than anything I encountered so far. I might need the extra points for a new spell or some sudden stat increase.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFWPnNgiCy
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaM9okRwhJa
Better swap out spells too. I hover over magic missile but decide against it. I can’t surrender my new principles just because it gets hard. I decide to swap invisibility for magic shield instead.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWByaIBsSEA
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhJoZy1hqN
I got to the school to see some type of lightning cage over the school. Police surround the building but can’t get through. But that’s not what I care about the most. I see mom sitting next to the outer walls, head on her knees bawling her eyes out.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP67you86g0
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXH35s7R7n
I rush over and hug her hard. At first, she was confused but relief fills her when she realizes who I am.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOPWFo84aM
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUbM2MN9n3
Nell: “N-Nao!?”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sMKvSFmHS
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECOYkpdBgs
Nao: “Hi mom, I’m glad you’re alright.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJxgVfv1VF
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00SScmB20B
She returns my hug with twice the passion.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtFXTkfAkD
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLe8htU8X7O
Nell: “That’s what I should be saying, I’m so….so happy to see you alive. I thought I lost all my children.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJiKgWXSAs
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMq4MuP9Zx
Nao: “Not yet, you won’t lose either of us.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8Fhr7cEfh
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9unHvYQts
I look to the thunder cage with determination to stop the cause and save Alyson. I let go of mom and prepare to enter the fray. But as I’m about to I feel a tug on my arm.
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgwp5AxsYR
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdatnKB8nU
Nell: “Please…be safe and…save your sister. I want you to know that I’m sorry for withdrawing from you after learning the truth. But seeing you now, I know you’re no monster. You made a mistake but I know you’ll make things right.”
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWPLVmwWex
350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGvSksSFcG
I nod my head which causes mom to let go. I ignore the police’s warnings and activate my magic shield. I pass through the lightning beating over my shield and rush into the school.
ns3.143.5.121da2
