Vessels and Tears (Archived Version)

Nerds of a Feather

 Monomon sighed, admiring her work. She had just reorganized the entire south section of the Archives. She had been meaning to do that for a while, but never got around to it because she had better things to do. Relearn Quantum Physics, teach Quirrel how to not be scared of everything, Stalk Lurien-

She had thrown the tube she was going to seal herself in into the acid lake the moment she received word that the plan was now titled "fuck the dreamer plan, we solved this problem ourselves" or something like that. Quirrel thought that was a bit much, but Monomon did as Monomon wants. No one could stop the ultra nerd.

She floated back up to the main level of the Archive and began looking for Quirrel. It was time for the Kiddos daily lessons on whatever she felt like teaching. That's the great thing about being the smartest person in the kingdom. No one cares if you follow a curriculum because you MADE the curriculum. Sorta. There were like, 20 schools in the kingdom.

Quirrel was, of course, in the little hideaway he made himself in the attic. The attic was a completely unused space and was PERFECT for a hideaway. Monomon had help with the touch ups. She poked her head in, smiling. "Quirrel?"

He jumped, accidentally dropping his book. When he saw it was just his caretaker/tutor, he sighed in relief, picking up his book. The nook was cozy, with lights stung up anywhere possible and the walls lined with bookshelves and a window, with pillows and bean bags everywhere as usual. Monomon gestured for him to come out.

He put his book back on his "currently reading" shelf and followed Monomon down the ladder. Just then a loud thud could be heard from the entrance hall.

"What in the...?" Monomon opened the door to the entry hallway and saw that the door had been swung open, but didn't see the person who did it. Until she looked down. There stood Pale and one of his kids, both out of breath and the kid looking traumatized.

"We need your help!" Pale gasped, completely out of breath. "What?" Monomon asked, completely confused. The kid shivered, starring at the ground in a "never again" way.

"N o t i m e." Pale wheezed, gabbing Monomons jelly arm and grabbing his kids hand. Monomon grabbed Quirrel last second and Poof. They were gone.

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Your day was perfectly normal for five minutes. You had woken up, stepped on Broken (who was sleeping on the floor) and stepped outside your room. And then your father poofed into existence in front of your eyes, Flower clinging to his arm and Quirrel screaming while clinging to his parental unit.

Hollow came up behind you, drinking tea and looking unimpressed. You looked behind your shoulder and sighed. Broken was STILL asleep. What a fucking moron. "NEVER EVER EVER AGAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-" Flower began before having a Windows XP Error moment. You gave her a concerned look and Pale wheezed.

Monomon on the other hand, looked completely unamused. "Interesting... Hey, aren't you the kid I threw a knife at?" You sighed and nodded yourhead, remembering the day that your freind got god damned kidnapped. Dude, she was a grown ass adult.

Wait... was Dryya an adult? You stopped to think about that. You never thought about it before. She didn't LOOK like an adult (and certainly didn't act like it) but if she weren't, than how old was she?

"You ok there kid?" Monomon tapped your head and you snapped up, facepalming. Of course shes an adult, just... a really childish one. Yep. Totally. Wait, why was Monomon here?

Pale huffed and grabbed Monomons tendril, still out of breath and dragged her away. You watched, blank expression on your face. Duh, I mean, its not like you can move the muscles in your face- wait. Oh haha, yeah you can. Your a half human half vessel. Eat that FLOWER-

"What the heck was THAT?!" Quirrel stuttered out, catching your attention. "That... was bullshit I AM NEVER TELEPORTING EVER AGAIN!" Quirrel gave Flower a confused look as she started silently screaming and to someone who didnt speak voidvoice, it looked like she was starring at the ceiling.

Hollow shrugged and want back into your room, commenting on the weather before shutting the door. You decided to follow Monomon, just to see where your father and the teacher were going, leaving poor Quirrel to deal with a pissed of and terrified Flower. Lucky him.

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"What in the name of fuck." You said to yourself, starring at Isma. She was laying in the infirmary, eyes shut tightly, looking rather... sick? You couldnt exactly tell. She looked to be fine, but looked sick at the same time.

"Explain. This. Please." Pale said calmly. Monomon took a closer look at her and sighed. "So this is what its about? I guess we couldnt have-" "DUDE SHUT IT THE KIDS RIGHT THERE!!" Pale yelled, covering where your ears should be. Monomon nodded and apologized quickly.

"Sorry. Hey, kid, whatever your name is-" "Their name is Rift." "-Why dont you go eat a cookie or something. Go harrass your siblings while your at it, Pale and I need to have a small chat."

She then promptly pushed you out of the room. You sighed and wondered what that was about, wandering to the kitchen. Time to go eat some fucking cookies.

On the way you saw Dryya and Hegemol bickering, so you stopped to listen to it. Their arguments were HIGHLY entertaining.

"HOW COULD YOU BETRAY ME LIKE THIS?!" Hegemol yelled, making the scene even funnier. He was like, three feet shorter than his older sister'nt. "Dear cod Hege, I beat you in GOD DAMN UNO!" You wheezed and kept walking, eventually going back to your siblings room. You heard Quirrel laugh and pushed open the door, laughing at the scene that lay before you. Quirrel was trying to hit Broken with a pillow, and Hollow was throwing pillows and other things across the room. Oh, so they were having a pillow fight without you?! Blasphemy. How dare thy?

You narrowly dodged a pillow that was thrown at you by Hollow, and you picked it up, aiming it at him. Time to destroy them. Woo hoo.

The more you got to know Quirrel the more you liked him. He was skittish, but was so nerdy it hurt. It was so damn funny. You and the others had a pretty interesting discussion about who knows what until he began speaking nerd, and Broken spoke nerd BACK. That was your cue to leave, so you did. Wandering about the darkened palace, you heard two familiar voices.

"So... is it magic or..." Pale started, and Monomon cut him off. "Its absolutely magic. You know that youre going to need to ask Lylith for help, as much as you dont want to. That means going to Edo-" "YES I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS! But maybe we can ask Alafaya. She might know of something." "Fine, tomorrow, you send Quirrel and a few others to the Mantis Village to fetch her, and if it doesnt work we tell the kids and go to Edolan. Deal?" "...Deal."

Monomon sighed. "You knew this would happen, but even I didnt think so soon. I wouldve thought she wouldve been fine for another few years. Im sorry Pale, but you knew this would be the consequence of recruiting a clairvoyant."

A. WHAT. You heard shuffling and ran back, thousands of thoughts running through your head. They had ot be talking about Isma. But how?! She could see the future? That makes no sense! But the more you thought about it, the more you realized that maybe it wasnt entirely impossible. Back in the cave when she was saying they needed to leave, the little secret conversation after you woke up, it all just... fit.

You burst into your siblings room and yelled "GUYS, SOMETHINGS WRONG WITH ISMA!!"

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Im currently on hiatus, but I have managed to sneak this chapter to you. Sorry for the wait. Heh. Im sure it was worth it. Erase and ascend, peace out.