"Truth to be told, I can't say I'm not interested." – said Akrema as she climbed up the broken building wall and ended up entering an building that is fused with tree.
"Then again, I WAS FUKING TORN TO SHREADS AND ALMOST KILLED FROM GET GO!"
"Well, no wonder you are pissed off." – said Shuten.
"Still, it's not like I can do anything about it."
"…"
"But you are planning on doing something to me." – said Akrema as she stopped for moment.
"…. What makes you think that?" – asked Shuten.
"The whole fuking test. I get that you wanted to see if I was real me or some shapeshifter pretending to be or that Autos." – said Akrema.
"But there was more to it, wasn't it?"
"And now you said that that I'm something called Tale Bearer, meaning that I'm something weird and special…. So, what will you do with me?"
"Will you take the Tale Reflection from me?"
"And what happens if you do? My body would revert to its previous state and I just die on the spot?"
"I want fuking answer now. What will happened to me once we return to the reality?"
"…."
"You are quiet rude to ask that kind of questions, you know?" – said Shuten.
"Yea, but this is also the questions you cannot avoid, even though my sole survival depends on your will alone." – said Akrema with nervous smile.
"Well, if I could just "rip off" the Tale Reflection out of you, then I would have done it long time ago, but unfortunately once you fuse with the Tale it will be stuck with you until you die. Nobody knows if there are anyways of extracting the Tale and turning the Tale Barer back to normal."
"Still, there is no use denning it since you have your guard up like this…. I though you would break in more than one way considering how bizarre the situation is."
"…. Break?" – said Akrema.
"I'M FUKING GOING INSANE HERE! DO YOU FUCKING THINK I'M REMOTLY CALM?!" – shouted Akrema, snapping.
"FIRST I GET TELPEROTED! THEN I GET FUKING MURDERED! THEN I FIND OUT THAT STUFF LIKE FANTASY IS REAL AND THEN I FIND OUT THAT THE MONSTER THAT MURDERED ME IS NOW PART OF ME!"
"NOT ONLY FUCKING THAT, BUT THERE IS ALSO THE WHOLE ASS DIFFERENT REALITY IN HERE!"
"I'M TRYING TO STAY CALM BUT I CAN'T! I'M FUKING SCREAMING INSIDE MY HEAD!"
"DO YOU THINK I'M SOME SORT OF PROTAGONIST FROM THE MANGA THAT ADJUST TO THE SITAUTION INSTANTLY?!"
"I'M JUST FUCKING SCARED!"
"I beaten up bullies! I beaten up perverts! I broke their bones and stuff."
"But shapeshifting monsters that can just rip me apart? DO YOU FUCKING THING I CAN BEAT THAT?!"
"Hell! I don't trust you even now! You fucking "toyed" with me when you did that test and I still don't know if that was really an "test" or if you were just fucking with me!"
"But as of right now? You can pretty much murder me instantly! So do I have ANY FUCKING OPTION HERE?!"
"I'm panicking and screaming, HOW CAN BE THIS CALLED CALM?!"
"…Well…. You were trying to think straight for most of the time." – said Shuten.
"I FUCKING TRIED BUT DO YOU THINK I CAN ANYMORE?!"
"I've reached my FUCKING limit! That's it! I just fucking reached it!"
"I tried being calm, I FUCKING TRIED TO UNDERSTAND SITAUTION BUT I CAN'T ANYMORE! I fucking snapped! Okay?!"
"…. Fuck…." – said Akrema as she got on her knees from exhaustion.
"I just…. I just fucking understand."
"I'm trying to understand…. But this is….. "Weird"."
"I'M NOT AN MAIN PROTAGONIST!"
"I DID HAD SHITTY PARETS! AN GAMBLING ADICT AND ALCHOLIC! BUT I WAS FUCKING SAVED! I WAS SAVED BEFORE I WENT THROUGH THE REAL HELL! SO I'M NOT REALLY FUCKING TRAGIC CHRACTER! I DIDN'T SUFFERED WHEN I SHOULD HAD SINCE I WAS SAVED! THERE WAS NO TRAGEDY AT ALL!"
"IF ANYTHING, I FUCKING GROWN IN PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT! AN NORMAL LIFE! AN ORDINARY FUCKING LIFE! AN NOBODY LIFE!"
"YOU HEAR ME?!"
"SO WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?!"
"I'M NOBODY! AN ORDINARY PERSON YOU FIND ANYWHERE! AN COG! I DRESS UP LIKE GYARU SINCE FUCKING JUST WANT TO BE DIFFERENT AND I JUST FIND IT CUTE!"
"BUT I ALSO JUST FUCKING HATE HUMANS! I FUCKING HATE THIS WORLD, THAT IS IT! I JUST HATE THEM! HELL, I LIKE SOME PEOPLE, BUT MOST OF THE HUMANS? MAYBE EVEN THE FUCKING RACE? I FUCKIN HATE!"
"BUT I DON'T GO AROUND MURDERING PEOPLE JUST BECOUSE I HATE THIS WORLD! I'M NOT AN PSHYCOHPATH! I NEVER FUCKING PLAN ON MURDERING ANYBODY OR ANYTHING AND I FUCK CAN'T JUST TAKE MY LIFE SINCE I'M AN BASTARD AND AN COWARD!"
"COWARD…..That is….What I'm….I just….. I just don't want it….Why…. Why I'm even here? Why are you telling me ANY OF THIS?!"
"Don't you have something like memory erasing magic or something? Something that can well erase all of it?"
"Like…. I don't want it! I don't want to do anything with it!"
"…"
"Well…. Hm… Want to hear bad news or not?" – asked Shuten.
"…."
*Sigh*
"You can't?" – asked dispersed Akrema.
"Well…. The problem is that you are currently the Tale Bearer and that makes things complicated." – replied Shuten.
"I won't be lying. You are in trouble since you are the Tale Bearer….. But if you like to just fuck it all…. Want me to kill you without any pain?"
"…"
"Just…. I…. Just let's get out of here. I just want to get out of this place." – Akrema as she stood up.
"…. You sure you can move now?" – asked Shuten.
"Yea…. Just… Just go." – said Akrema with tired expression.
"…. Fine." – said Shuten before the duo began walking again.
"…."
"Hm…. Honestly its good that you panicked." – said Shuten.
"…."
"Come again?" – asked Akrema with tired voice.
"It means you are human. It means you have emotions." – said Shuten.
"Honestly there is not much known about the Tales yet…. Since this world is still big secret and all, so we don't know if there could be any hidden effects behind obtaining the power of the Tale."
"You have gained an ability of a beast, but you were not consumed by your instincts, you didn't turned feral.'"
"You are also nothing like an murdered or emotionless being, an something that should never obtain that kind of power, since let's be honest."
"If you give an bastard that only wants to kill an nuke, what do you think he will do?"
"….Oh…." – Akrema understood what Shuten was talking about.
"…"
*Sigh*
"Hide again. More enemies." – said Shuten.
"…Got it." – said Akrema who still sounded tired.
Akrema walked to the side and hid behind an giant root before moments later several Shattered resembling the ones from before alongside three twin headed ones made appearance.
"Huh. Weird." – said Shuten as she began cracking her knuckles.
(It was very peaceful, but now we are running into big group like that?)
(Maybe "she" just wiped them.)
*SSSCCCCCREEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHH*
"…."
"Shit." – said Shuten with eyes wide open as she heard an weird distorted screech like noise that also sounded like human screams.
"…What was that?" – asked Akrema.
(T-this wasn't normal…..I could FEEL that touching me?! How the hell do you feel sound touching you?!) – though Akrema that could tell that something dangerous was coming from behind the Shattered that even caused the creatures themselves to turn around.
"Okay. Change of plans." – said Shuten as she rushed towards Akrema and quickly tossed her over her shoulders.
"?!"
"W-what are you doing?!" – asked confused Akrema.
"Running!" – said Shuten as she began running away with Akrema.
"B-but- "
"No time to ask questions!" – said Shuten as continues to run away, back tracking while the Shattered ran after them.
"!?"
(W-what is going on?! Why is she panicking like this?!) – though Akrema.
While running away, Akrema and Shuten began hearing yelps and screams of the Shattered behind them.
(Shit! Its already catching up to us!) – though Shuten as she continues running.
"Shuten! What is going on?!" – asked panicking Akrema.
"An grim reaper per say had appeared!" – said Shuten before jumping off an cliff and landing on the grass field.
"Grim reaper?!" – asked scared Akrema.
"Yea! I've encountered this thing more than once and that thing is an walking grim reaper that only kills!" – said Shuten as she continues running while any of the noises that were Shattered.
"It's an Autos! And definitely one of the strongest Autos in the existence!"
"Honestly I can fight it, but with you around, its way too dangerous since you may end up getting caught in the crossfire and end up dead!"
"So….. Never mind that."
"?"
"The dancing swordman has found us."
*SSSCCCCCREEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHH*
"?!"
(It sounded close by!) – though Akrema as she tried looking behind it.
"Shit! Now that explains a lot about why there was not many Shattered in this parts, this thing killed them and by the look of things, this thing somewhat gotten grasp of this place." – said Shuten while smiling.
"Down you go." – said Shuten as she put Akrema down.
"?!"
"W-what are you doing?!" – asked Akrema.
"Fighting." – said Shuten.
"Sorry kiddo. But there is no way I can protect you while dealing with this fucker and staying here is out of the question."
"Run."
"?!"
"But- "
"I SAID FUCKING RUN! GET AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM HERE AND FIND SAFE SPOT! THAT THING CANNOT SEE YOU OR IT WILL GO AFTER YOU!" – shouted Shuten at Akrema.
"JUST FUCKING GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I MURDER YOU MYSELF!"
"!"
"Shit!" – Akrema began running away, passing through the cracks the building remains, leaving the area where Shuten was.
*SSSCCCCCREEEEEEEECCCCCCCCCHHHHH*
"OH, SHUT IT SWORDMAN! I CAN HEAR YOU!" – shouted Shuten as Akrema made her way past the destroyed building and could hear the Shuten voice and the creature screams coming closer.
(F-fuck! The hell is going on right now?!) – though Akrema as she began running through the field before then entering an fallen building that was overgrown with trees from above and within.
(I saw that fucking oni one shot these shattered, but now she is telling me run for my own safety?!)
(What the actual fuck is going on? What is that "Dancing Swordman"?!)
"?!" – while traversing through the forest inside the building, Akrema could hear some explosion from behind, scarring and alarming Akrema who sped up her run though the forest before then finally making her way through it all and existing the fallen building through the hole.
"…" – Akrema stopped for an moment.
(I can still hear something from the distance… Shit! How far do I need to run?) – though Akrema as she resumed running away, running through the thick forest of trees before then emerging in the open space.
"!"
(Wait, what?!) – though Akrema as she stared at the giant building far away that looked exactly like her high school, but much more different as it overgrown with plants and trees that were lifting part of the building upwards, giving the building the bizarre shape.
(W-what the?! My high school?)
"…"
(It is quiet bit far away from here and the entire road looks like it was covered with trees…. That place should be far away and should be also good hiding spot…..)
"…"
Akrema began carefully traversing the jungle fused with the streets, before momentarily stopping for moment as she heard some growling, causing her to look around and spotting some of the Shattered roaming around.
(Oh, for fuck sake! Now?!)
"…"
(Still, staying here is the worst possible outcome.)
(…. I guess its time to play hide and seek again…..But last time it didn't ended well…..Shit.) – though Akrema before starting to sneak around, using the parts of the streets and the trees to move around, trying to avoid the Shattered detection.
*ROAR*
"?!"
(Oh fuck off! This thing is here too?!) – though Akrema as she spotted the twin headed Shattered monster in the distance on top of the building, before then leaping off.
(Great. First something pops out that is scary enough to freak out Shuten and now I walked into area infested with these monsters…. Jezus fuking Chris. How shitty is my luck today?)
Akrema entered one of the destroyed stores and waited around before the twin headed Shattered leaped away, allowing Akrema to jump through the window frame that had glass missing, before then quickly spring though the streets and entering the next building with missing windows, taking cover and hiding in it.
"…."
(Wow…. It…. It's really like those games where you have to sneak by and don't get noticed…. I never though I would be doing that in the real life…. And unlike in games, the game over here means pretty much permanent death.)
Akrema waited around and moved again, before then hiding again and moving, repeating the process many time over in order to make sure that none of the monsters in the areas would even see or hear her moving.
It took a lot of time, but finally Akrema managed to traverse through the streets and manage to find herself near the high school.
"…"
(Shit. The entire gate is blocked by trees…. Wait….!) – while looking around for the entrance, Akrema managed to spot the crack in the brick wall nearby.
Akrema approached the crack and inspected it, before the kicking it, causing some of the bricks that were lose to get out of the way and making hole big enough for the Akrema to crawl through and enter the high school grounds.
(Okay…. I think…. I think I'm safe here…. Still, it's better if I actually hide inside of that place…. I think there is an emergency entrance somewhere here.)
Akrema began exploring the school grounds and before long, she found an emergency exit…. Or what was left it as the entire door was torn off.
"…"
(Okay…. Torn off doors…Okay, thank fucking god. I don't see any claw marks. I don't think it was Shattered ones doing.)
(It doesn't look like the doors were forced open either… I think those tree roots that are here just knocked it out…. Still, can I be sure this place is safe? What if there are some Shattered inside?)
(…Still, this is an perfect hiding location…. Fuck it.)
(If something popes up I will just get the hell out of here.)