Walking side by side of Regto Pa, the way he coughed. The voice of his staff as it pressed against the ground. His elderly smell and the tiny soft pimple underneath his chin, which he used to press whenever he saw him, it reminded Eiser of his old times when he used to sit beside him on the old wooden log infront of the fire. He was suddenly taken back to his childhood spent in the Spike city when he used to play with his friends of there, whom suddenly vanished without a trace from their homes. Like a mirage who is there one second and the other its faint memory. He remembered the time when the entire village used to live like a family and would gather at the Fairy Top, every holiday and celebrate even nothingness and how all those people were brutally killed one by one by people in black attires with golden intricate designs. It also reminded him of Roger, of how in the midst of all the chaos that would take place there, the warmth of his hand put him at ease. Then how one day when those people in Black and Golden didn't return, Roger had vanished aswell. Those sparkling memories ached him, so he buried them and ran away.
Yet all the darkness that lurked inside of the Fade City, reminded him of the war he lived through. It brought out his heart's tempest. Along with the extreme desire to remove that darkness. For that electrifying desire had now become an obsession. A craving so much that even his own blood that came from biting his lip couldn't satisfy it.
"Thinking of a bad time are you?"
Regto said just by noticing the silence of Eiser.
"Heh.. No I am not!" Eiser denied.
"You can't fool me boy! These eyes see way too much. I reckon yerr biting yerr lip just now are ya?"
Eiser smiled abit upon hearing that. So he quickly sniffled and rubbed his eyes, wiping them of tears.
"Don't worry, Roger will be fine! You know better than anyone how strong he is! You said you wanted to take down the Chained Dogs. But that's not the real reason yerr out here. Isn't it?"
He coughed, Eiser stayed quiet and he continued, "It's a twisted. You know I can't tell you to back down. But the path you've chosen. Its a dark path! So trust yerr comrades. Even though the world is twisted, it does have good inside. It just needs to be crafted out carefully."
Eiser laughed so hard as Regto finished, it caught Regto at surprise and his expressions changed to that of confusion. Still Eiser laughed till the tears that he had wiped just now came out again. Perhaos it was some encouragement that he had needed desperately.
It relieved Regto abit aswell.
"Thank goodness he didn't turn out like him!"
He thought to himself.
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After walking through the building and seeing how all the kids lived with Blad Theif members. It put Ana and Sandy at ease. So they waited for Eiser in a room given to them by Riley, the only man with Hair in the gang of balds and the right hand man of Regto Pa. Sandy laid his head on the window he opened. He could clearly see the moon from there.
"Tomorrow is probably the full moon isn't it? Sandy started some talk.
"Man why is it taking Eiser so long? What are they doing there?!"
He then whined as the boredom had got to him.
Ana behind had closed her eyes and went to sleep waiting for them.
"I see him!"
Sandy said as he saw Eiser and Regto walking from afar.
Ana who had just dozed off opened her eyes abruptly and quickly got up to see him. She pushed Sandy out of the way and stood infront of the window. Eiser looked at her, She smiled back as he did and ran down to the door to greet the two. As they both got down hurriedly they saw all the members of the Bald theif gang were already lined up for their arrival and Riley stood infront of the door. They walked from the middle of all the members and stood right beside Riley with huge smiles on their faces.
"Oyeee Eiser!!! Over here!"
Sandy shouted from the gate whilst waving at him and chuckling. To which Eiser waved back at him.
Then soon they reached the gate and Sandy jumped at Eiser to meet him. Ana watched as the two chuckled. Riley also greeted his boss with all the members of the gang and then they went inside to the main hall where a meeting was to be taken place to decide their strategies.
Regto sat on the middle couch. On one of his sides was Riley and on the other Eiser with Sandy and Anastasia. The members of the Blad Theif Gang rallied around their boss. As the boss, Regto started.
"We, the Bald Thief gang, have suffered so much and lost by the hands of the Wretched Chained Dogs gang. Not only us, but the entire country of Falu is their territory right now. It has been more than three months since the gloom in Falu started. Tonight, We end it! Now that we have younguns like Eiser, Riley, Sandy, Arkas and Anastasia on our side, we won't lose! Tonight we reclaim Falu and bring the daylight this country has been waiting for a long time!"
Upon this speech the entire gang fired up and screamed their lungs out like Scottish Barbarians. This speech moved Samdy aswell as he was roaoring amoungst the balds aswell. Eiser looked at Riley, who had a meticulous grin on his face. It concerned Eiser and he thought for abit but the room was so full of energy for Eiser to focus.
Soon after Eiser, Sandy and Ana wearing blue robes and half of the Bald Theif gang, led by Riley, wearing Red robes stood in the blinding fog outside the gate of the residential area. They walked slowly towards the Signet Manor, on their way they passed by two onduty policemen. One of which, who looked older seemed to be drunk. The one who looked younger was carrying the drunk old policeman.
"Heeyyy! You theives stop there! Hey look its the gang that is always fighting."
The drunk policeman said, staggering towards them.
Eiser and the gang stopped and he gave a keen look to the policeman.
"Yerr... Yerr under arrest for the girl who dumped me!"
He blabbered while the young one could do nothing but walk along him.
Eiser blinked for a brief moment, let out a sigh and it seemed that he was annoyed by seeing them. Yet the Policeman still continued," What huh? What you looking at? Oye cuff em!"
He said that and it was Eiser's boiling point. He quickly created an electric spark in his hand which startled everyone including the Bald gang and an uproar was created amoung them for they had never seen an electric mage; as the people who bore Electric attribute were considered heinous criminals and The Brothers of the Devil. A sudden distrust was raised amoung them and they started to mumble amoungst themselves.Eiser took out the two policemen without a fidget. Yet he shivered. For he was scared about his reveal.
"You have Electricty as your attribute?? That's so freaking cool!!!"
Sandy expressed his emotions as he was taken out of the world upon this reveal.
"Woow! You're so coool!! I've always wanted to see the Electricty in action!"
Eiser was taken in shock aswell as Sandy said that. For it was a given that Electricity fcaed rejection all over because of their reputation and it made Eiser skip a beat, using his attack infront of everyone. Yet the excitement on Sandy's face releived him amd he smiled gently.
Sandy's excitement also changed the narrative in everyone's minds aswell as now they thought more about the poise of how Eiser used it rather than thinking of it as a banned attribute. So they started to walk again towards the manor. The theif gang also followed but a vivid discomforting expression could be seen on Riley's face as he just stood there.
They reached the manor and the guard opened the gate and they all went inside.
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Tips:
Air is the most prestigious attribute while Electricty is the most hated one.