Blade West: Book 1

Chapter 17: My Limitor

You'd think that my Limitor would be right here waiting for me, but they were not. I'm not saying that I expected a fancy dinner or the red carpet or anything, but it was such a weird situation. Everyone that I've talked to so far as said that their Limitor spoke to them the same day that their Talent was activated, and here I am, what, 1-2 weeks in, and I've still heard nothing.

But there was something weird about this place. Have you ever been in your room at night and it's like you can sense some kind of presence at your door? Very peculiar, and you probably have no actual physical evidence to believe that there is someone there, and yet you can still sense it? That's how it felt being here. I could sense someone here. Whoever it was... they are here.

But where is here?

I appeared to be in some sort of jungle. The particular area that I was in was a clearing probably a few yards wide. But outside of this circle of ground, there were trees everywhere. Not necessarily thick trees, but a multitude of them . When I looked up, I could see vines hanging down from the branches. When I looked directly overhead, the sky was a bright blue and there were pretty large clouds passing by. It must've been late morning time here if I had to put a time on it.

I looked down at myself, and all of me was here (by that I mean that my full body was present. I wasn't just a floating consciousness here like it happens in some dreams). My clothing was changed though. I was in a white tee, some grey joggers, and red high tops. I took a step forward and my leg followed suit. Was this one of those lucid dreams sort of deals, or was I actually here? And where did these clothes come from?

I thought about what to do. Do I stay here and wait until my Limitor reveals itself? Do I start walking through the trees and the jungle? If so, from which point? Because in this full circle, every area looked the same; I'm sure it wouldn't matter from which part of the circle I entered in. And to that point what's on the other side of the trees? There were too many questions, and not enough answers.

But in the midst of my overthinking, I felt something. Something...familiar.

It was wind.

There was a slight breeze that came from the east side that ran across me. As gentle as it was, it was also consistent. It didn't speed up or slow down it's pace anywhere in the stream. It was just steady. It reminded me of being on a boat with the sail up and feeling the air gently rush past your face. That harmless, refreshing breeze.

But that made me think of something else. Was this wind...natural? Or did my Limitor do it? Would it be right to assume that they also had some kind of affiliation with wind? With the air?

If it was from them, I figured I'd might as well suck it up and follow the direction from where the breeze was coming from.

I started walking through the jungle. Grass on the ground was about knee height and somewhat tough to walk through. I held on to the trees as I pushed forward. The bark on the trees were smooth and soft, unlike anything I had felt before.

At a certain point, the breeze curved right. So I curved right with it. I was now moving what I suppose was horizontal now. But after a while, it made a left. So I made a left and started following it there, which meant I was now going straight again. But as fate would have it, after going a little bit, the breeze changed to be coming from the left.

It was obvious that I was going in circles. Or maybe it was some sort of maze?

I wasn't sure but I continued to follow the breeze. I curved and curved and curved and kept my pace strong. One interesting thing to note was that there didn't appear to be any branches in the grass - as in they had fallen off the trees. It was safe to assume that this jungle was either very well kept by someone, or this jungle was artificial. Regardless of which was true, I think I could assume my limitor was the caretaker. And goodness, he had done a great job.