To Consider One for One (CLOSED)
Iris and I were quietly sitting across each other in our room in the tavern. It felt eerily quiet even though we both can hear the ruckus downstairs. Looking at the window the sun was still up, it’s probably still midday. Who knows how long the awkward silence between us lasted. I suppose I should break the ice.
“Iris.”
I called out her name and didn’t miss her flinching. I wonder what she’s thinking right now. I can only take a guess that she already knows.
“Listen Iris, I think it’s time we part ways.”
Hearing those words, she quickly stared at my eyes. As I stared back into hers I would see her eyes to be listless of emotion or life…. usually that is, but something’s different now, when did they give off a glint of light? When did she change?”
“Reival leave Iris?.....”
“I’m going to be killing more monsters, and I can’t protect you when I’m fighting, it’s too dangerous. You’re safer in staying in the city and working simple jobs. You just need to improve your speech then you’ll get an easy going job.”
“No!”
That surprised me; I’ve never heard her shout before.
“Iris follow owner.”
“Iris, like I said I can’t protect you when I’m fighting.”
“Iris fight monster. Owner know fight. Owner teach Iris.”
This girl, when did she get a bit stubborn? But that just means that she’s improved since then. I couldn’t help but smile a bit when thinking about it. Still though, calling me owner is still puzzling to me.
“Iris, it’s too dangerous. I don’t want you to get hurt. I have my own path to take and you have yours, it’s fine if I’m not here. I’m sure you’ll do well in the future.”
Her mouth would open then close without uttering a word, as if not being able to find the right words. She quickly went silent and I noticed the glint in eyes disappeared.
“Reival no want Iris…..”
“I never said that.”
“Iris no use…. Iris same cursed….Person no want Iris….”
Cursed? What is she talking about? This is a first that she is cursed. While pondering about, I felt the room get colder with white frost air emitting from her.
“Iris, what are you doing?....”
“Iris no use…. Iris same cursed…. Cold… Hurts… Hurts… Hurts… Hurts…”
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“Reival no want Iris….”
As if those last words triggered something in her. Crystals started forming in bursts, ranging from small to large. Clear large crystals rising up from the floor while small blue ones orbited around. She was the center of the small crystal storm. I tried to reach out to her but the small crystal shards would act as barrier for her. If tried to pass that then my hand would get cut multiple times, I didn’t know what to do.
“Iris!”
Even though I called out to her, she only gave me a listless look. The same one I saw when we first met. As I could only stare at her, the light around her began getting brighter. I couldn’t see with the intensity of the light but I could hear footsteps. A door sounded like it was opened and closed, even though I wanted to check it out the bright light in the room still persisted. It slowly got dimmer until I could finally see normally again. Infront of me was Iris nowhere in the room to be found, only small blue crystals on the floor. I could only guess that Iris ran away and rushed down to the tavern and asked if anyone saw Iris.
“Hmm? The blue haired lady? She just went outside a minute ago.”
I rushed outside the tavern and looked around for any sight of her. Where did she go?! She’s the only one of the two blue haired people I’ve ever met. I would call out her name out in the public and people nearby would give strange looks. That didn’t bother me at all, I was more worried on where Iris is.
I ran to all sorts of places and asked all sorts of people, some say they saw one go one way while others say the opposite. I ran in circles hoping to find her, until eventually I got tired of searching. Night was approaching and I don’t have a clue as to where she is.
Where are you Iris?.....
OC: Reival and Iris
Setting: Scribel City