Death and Rebirth: Roleplay with TheNovaSwag #2

Chapter 31

M:   Askad was at the fountain, he had left a few hours ago but came back to feed Sleipnir, he frowned at Prometheus' arrival but did his best to ignore him, tossing the rabbit he had in his hand to the Segvin's open maw.

When the food bucket was empty except for a lone apple, Askad pat Sleip's shoulder and slithered back to the fountain. Sitting on the rim, he lay on his back and spread out his tail to sunbathe, quietly munching the apple while staring up at the sky, imagining a time when it used to be filled with magical creatures and Eternals alike.

N:   Wales just looked at the both of them, seeing them sunbathe, and sighed, "I'll just go and check on Edel then," and he walked away.

After a while of silence, without opening his eyes, Prometheus asked, "I know you don't trust me, and I understand, but I do not intend any harm."

M:   Askad jumped when he was spoken to, nearly falling into the water, but when his mind relaxed he simply grumbled at Prometheus.

"You don't understand," he spat, "none of you do, you can claim you do but the concept of understanding is beyond your selfish, paranoid brains. If you understood, if any human understood, the empire wouldn't have fallen, billions wouldn't have been slaughtered, and countless species wouldn't have disappeared from the earth forever."

Not wanting to be in the same vicinity as Prometheus, or any human at the moment, he slid off the fountain and headed further into the garden, though not before shooting the human one more death stare and saying, "You disgust me most of all, daring to use magic to "help" others. Your kind destroyed us because of magic, and your using it is nothing more than salt in the wounds, a mockery of our culture. One day you will get what you deserve, and I will be there to watch it."

N:   "I wonder," Prometheus thought out loud, "if the world would have been a better place if none of the humans or eternals or countryhumans existed, hmm? A world where it is peaceful and animals can coexist with one another, and not another species coming over and taking another species' habitat."

The tailor opened his eyes and looked Askad in the eye, "You see, I understand full well, but I don't think you do. No empire lasts forever, and if it wasn't for humans then eventually something else would stop your species, whether it be from natural or other means. Humanity is on the same course, so don't worry, you will surely see the end of humankind with the advancements and technology being created."

He smirked a little, "You are all the same, eternals and humans, all driven by the negativity inside you, thinking one is superior over the other when in the end your efforts are just a flicker in the existence of the universe." When he finished, he closed his eyes again and tilted his head back, going back to his sunbathing.

M:   Askad stopped in his track, did he mishear, Prometheus said humans and eternals are all the same, he said it like he wasn't human himself. He turned back to the man on the bench but with confusion in his eyes this time. After a moment of staring, Askad slowly turned and went on his way, confused about what he meant, and concerned about who he really was.

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Rowen eventually bumped into Celtica and BE near his workshop, Mandoria was searching there and the three met up to discuss where Edel could be.

"I found Edel," the lone human said once he approached, "he apparently ran straight for England, he's calming down now with him, Johann, Scotland, and Ireland."