29. Throwback (Dark Riders)

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Winter had come and Jorvik was resting, taking time off work to celebrate and recover from the past year. This included Dark Core, the human employees needing a holiday, and required one by law, making the offshore platform quieter than normal. That was fine for Garnok's Generals, they wanted a break from humans as well, and the three women sat outside. They looked over the ocean, sitting in silence as they listened to the waves.

"Remember when we had to be high schoolers?" Sabine asked suddenly, the other two snorting.

"Pretending to be students might be the worst part of this whole thing," Jessica agreed, shuddering at the memory. While they could magic their way out of doing homework so they could pass without any work they still had to attend school and sit in classes.

"Yeah, definitely the worst part," Katja rolled her eyes and grumbled sarcastically.

"Look, sitting in Intro Algebra is painful," Jessica pointed out, making Sabine snicker. Human mathematics was so simple and primitive to them, it was mind numbing to sit through classes for topics they had learned as tiny children millennia ago.

"It's the history classes for me," Sabine said. They had witnessed thousands of years of human history, it was infuriating how much humans forgot, erased, or simplified beyond recognition.

"People not taking us seriously. I know being underestimated is the point of appearing as teenagers, along with finding and watching the Soul Riders, but..." Katja let out a long groan.

"Probably better than pretending to be teachers, though," Sabine thought aloud.

"Oh gods, having to grade papers and teach little human brats," Katja grimaced at the idea.

"We just have to end it this time, I don't think I can handle pretending to be a human teenager again," Jessica said. It was a strange time, Garnok waking up just a few years after the Soul Riders had resealed him. Normally that happened every century or so, but this was different. This time, it wasn't just Garnok who was waking up.

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