The past is back, but can Sabre and the others survive it? Even though Sabre's still adjusting to being around others and with his friends again, he hasn't opened up to everyone about the trauma yet.
Tewtiy and Lucas have found themselves in a fore...
I try to lay down in my bed, but a screech echoes in my head and instantly snaps me fully awake. I growl and burry my face into the pillow. I hated leaving Sabre and Lucas alone, but I knew I would have collapsed if I didn't at least try.
I... also hated hiding things from them. I hated having them worry for me, even if it was for their own safety and my own.
"Hmph. That usually makes you yell at me. Have I finally begun to get to you, Non-steve?" The being chuckles, to which I sigh. At this point, I was done with him. I see now why Calon has said to keep soul transferring down to a minimum. It's really draining on your sanity when they can talk to you.
"Ugh... Just shut up. I'm too tired to care about your screeching." I mumble, then turn my face into the pillow. I try again to fall asleep, but feel my body go hot and uncomfortable. The entity snorts a laugh. "Well, how interesting. I am wearing you down. This will be-"
"Ngh- I will chuck you into the eternal abyss if you don't S h u t u p." I interrupt quickly with a growl and shut my eyes. "Cause trust me, you would hate it even more in there and I could finally have my peace and quiet. So if you would like to keep your limited time on this plane extended, I would suggest you let me sleep." I flip to take off my cape, then glare up at the ceiling a moment, just laying there.
Without a complaint, it shuts up. Finally.
I let out a sigh and relax, finally feeling my tiredness set in. I had stayed up for several nights in a row now to keep watch and make sure we were all safe. But... I also half regret it. I was exhausted. But with relief, I drift off to sleep finally, being tired enough to almost instantly conk out.
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"Hello? Can you hear me? Hellloooooooooo- Are you dead? Do I need to put a pufferfish down your gullet? I mean, that usually works." The galaxy meets my vision as I open my eyes. It seemed almost- moving. Like it was living. Even staring right back at me-
"Ok, pufferfish it is then!" It moves out of my vision and over to my left. I quickly snap to reality to realize that an actual starry being had been talking to me. I sit upright, breathing hard as I was staring in disbelief at the person in front of me. He looks at me, tilting his head. His appearance seemed- shattered. Part of his upper arm was missing, and revealed more of the starry sky that covered his body. His entire lower half was missing, replaced by floating shards that followed his body movement. He had fluffy hair with brilliant golden eyes that shone like the sun itself and he wore a simple tunic that was tucked into the shattered remains of what seemed like casual pants. He was- oddly ethereal and majestic, even while holding a pufferfish in his hands.
"Well at least you are awake. What are you anyways? You look vaguely like a yellow Steve, but you have the eyes of the darkness... also look like that one fellow who wore a blindfold that I met one time- Oh what was his name?" He snaps his fingers a moment, creating a soft tinkling sound similar to crystal's clinking together. "Seance? Spear? Salt? Sassy? Or was it Spurn? No- It started with an 'Sa'... Sap? No no no. Uh... It was a name for a weapon. Sa... Sa- Sabre! That's his name! Sabre! Oh wow... it really is getting hard to remember certain things nowadays... Makes me wonder if he still remembers me? I know he came back recently after disappearing for like, six years." The galaxy-like being looks down at the fish in his hands and gives it a bit of a smooch. I sit there in disbelief, wondering if I was dreaming, or magically got teleported someplace in my sleep. I swear if it was that entity-
The guy just sits there with his pufferfish, making little noises like he was a four year old with his puppy. I just look around at the scenery around me. It was calm. We were on a section of land surrounded by several floating islands and a shining sea to our left. The sun shone brightly as a bright expanse of the universe lay above, occasionally being covered by the lazily drifting cloud. It was warm, and comforting despite it's bizarreness in it's appearance.
"Do you even talk? Can you even understand me?" The being looks up at me and I quickly turn to look at him. I just sit there, staring back at him before I finally spoke.
"I- D-Do... But- I just- Where am I??? I was asleep before I woke up here... uh..." The being just shrugs before floating back over to me. "Well, this place is where I live now. I mean, after I got shattered apart by Void Steve and made Elemental and Time, I've been here! I wish I could have met those two personally though, Elemental was pretty obsessed with pie before he became obsessed with trying to fulfil the spot I left behind and tried to kill Time because of Hypno Steve. But hey, couldn't do anything about it because I was simply just a single crystal before more of my shattered body started to come back to me. It's really a slow process regaining all of my shattered pieces though... But hey, at least if I can fish and hold Puffy, I'm set for life!"
He simply relaxes onto his back on the soft grass underneath us. Oddly, enough, I felt like I was starting to understand this guy more. But... He mentioned Sabre. He knew him??? I sigh and rub the bridge of my nose before I became aware that I was wearing a casual tunic and pants. What the-?! What happened to my other clothing?? I know I at least had my change of clothes with, I knew my armor was pretty intimidating. I... Wait.
Slowly, I look at the back on my hand.
My breath catches in my throat as a glimmering symbol shone there, hovering above the back of my hand. It was a golden color as the symbol rotated around. Three triangles fit together, with the sun rising behind it, and a sword from the bottom, piercing up to the sky.
The Nebula birthright.
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We had thought it had turned idle in our more recent generations. But.... I had it? How? Why? Was that the reason why I was here? I had so many questions rolling through my mind, but slowly... Things were piecing together. I run a hand through my hair, taking a deep breath.
"Hey, you ok? You've been staring at that symbol on the back of your hand for a while." The figure stares at me after he flips onto his stomach. I sigh and look at him again. "You... Said you were shattered, right?" He nods quickly and replies.
"Yep. Why'd you ask?" He tilts his head as I slowly let my breath out. He was dead... and technically... up in the starry expanse. So....
I was talking to somebody who they would be considered an, Ancestor.
The Nebulan birthright was one where my family could communicate with our ancestors in the stars. Not often or if the ancestors deemed it not a worthy inquiry or communication, however.
"You are an odd one. Don't talk much." He sits up, still looking at me. I sigh, then give him a soft chuckle. "I guess I am odd." I shake my head with a gentle smile. Didn't want to offset myself to this person. He seemed nice? "I've just been trying to get my surroundings, sorry."
"That's alright. Would you like to fish with me a bit? You seem like you'd like it!" He says as he grins and then floats over to where a shore lapped gently against it's coast and a boat sat moored to the sand. The figure goes to float-sit in the boat, then grabs out two poles from the bottom of the boat and looks to me. I think for a moment, then tentively stand up. I felt... solid in this reality. My connection wasn't fading from me making moves, and I was able to walk over to where the figure was waiting for me.
"Hop into the boat, I'll get us pushed out!" He excitedly says, then floats out of the boat. I nod in understanding, then hop in. This... entire experience was... weird. But as the figure unhooks the boat from the sand and pushes us into the ocean ahead of us, I felt calmed. My soul was at peace in this place.
The seemingly limitless sea stretches out in front of us, seeming to be almost glassy and waveless, bringing with it a quiet and peace of mind I hadn't had in years.
