Season of Cycle (Sky: COTL)

Season of Cycle: Figures Along The Dark Halls

"You know that if it hides,

It doesn't go away. . ."

Little Dark Age
By MGMT

. . .

The Vault of Knowledge held many secrets, not even the smarted spirit could unravel, Laverne stood before the records within the room on the second floor, trying to find something, anything on whatever she had gotten from Eden, but turned up empty-handed each time, Laverne was fed up with dead ends, taking one of the tablets and throwing it to the side, there was the sound of someone picking it up, followed by a low, unknowing voice, "searching endlessly for something that doesn't exist, hm?" the person would give a small laugh, tossing the tablet back to Laverne, who caught it swiftly, "and, you are? You don't give off a light source." she gave a glare with her posture on-edge, the figure giving a 'tsk' sound, rolling their eyes, "why do you need to know that?" the voice was deep, feminine no doubt but indeed, held some sort of pride in it. 

"Because you aren't like a normal sky kid," Laverne spat, "neither are you, you're infested with the corruption of Eden," the figure fired back, hissing. Laverne was thrown off, stumbling back against a wall, "..how did you know that?" she quickly grew concerned, the voice kept talking, "because your light is weak, and infested by the darkness, I happened to watch you walk in limping with dark plants growing on your arms, sweetie." it stepped into the dim light, arms crossed.

"..Who are you?" Laverne asked again, dropping the tablet. However, the other only laughed, "who am I? I should be asking who you are, you're the special case here!" the girl laughed, fingers sharp like claws. "..Tell me your name, and I'll tell you mine," the dark lady continued to speak, eyeing Laverne. However, the silver lady hesitated, glancing the other up and down to make sure nothing bad was going to happen.

"..I'm Laverne, now tell me your name." her hands clutched into fists, only to be met with a swift grab, and throw onto the ground by the dark lady, "They call me Aphelion," Laverne hit the ground hard, her head spinning for a few seconds with vision blurry. "And you Laverne, I have a few questions for you, so come along quietly." Aphelion hissed, but the silver lady rose her legs and kicked back, rolling back onto her feet then.

The dark lady shouted at the kick, stumbling back into the wall, Laverne quickly stepped fully into the light, and she held her fists up ready to fight. However, the dark lady only stood in the shadows, glaring at Laverne, "..we'll meet again, Laverne." Aphelion chuckled, giving a 'hush' signal before disappearing into the darkness of the Vault.

Laverne was still on edge, glancing around her surroundings, before feeling someone tug on her cape, she whipped around about to kick the said person, before looking down and seeing a chibi dressed in gold and white, with short white hair with front unbraided pigtails, and a golden mask. "Excuse me miss, Laverne, was it? I'd like to ask you to not fight in the Vault of Knowledge, please."

"..Right, sorry." she lowered her stance, rubbing the back of her neck. Laverne couldn't help but glance back to the shadows, wary still. However for now she would let it go, turning back to the chibi, "since you know my name, who might you be? I didn't know the Vault of Knowledge had caretakers." Laverne squatted down to the chibi's size.

"I am Zhenxiang, I simply study here myself, I am, no caretaker." the chibi would chuckle, before skipping away to somewhere by the sapling, an entrance perhaps. "I have to go now, goodbye!" the chibi was gone within seconds before Laverne could wave goodbye back, simply shaking her head, the silver lady gave a humble sigh, turning back to the shadows once more.

"...Whoever that, Aphelion person was, I have a feeling we'll meet again in the future." Laverne spoke to herself, seeing a dark red scroll with black details, she grabbed it, perhaps that'd give some information, taking it with her back home, Laverne would sit by the small boat shop, reading it as fellow sky kids came and went.

As days went by, Laverne turned up empty-handed each time, finding no luck with anything, not even the scroll she had found, and so, Laverne kept the scroll in her storage, seeing the Golden Wasteland portal before her, it seems it was time to visit old friends...