Watcher's Admins

Chapter Seventeen

Grian had been walking for a while, now forgetting why he was doing so. The ringing had stopped moments before and yet he was still walking. Until there was a strange presence behind him. He turns on his heels looking around in the trees of the forest he ended up in. When he saw no one, he shook his head and sighed. "I should head back...I don't even know why I started walking..."

He started making his way back towards the gaming district before stopping again when he heard speaking. He turned around again, only to see no one there and figured it was in his head, but...it wasn't like the previous times of hearing the watchers speaking to each other. They were talking to him.

"̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ...∴⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ᔑ∷ᒷ ||𝙹⚍ 𝙹⚍∷ ᓵ⍑╎ꖎ↸?" They asked and he blinked before sitting down. Finding himself not as alarmed as he should as he replied, "╎ ᓭᒷᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹⚍リ↸ ᔑリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ∴ᔑ|| 𝙹⎓ ᒲᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ᓵ𝙹リℸ ̣ ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹ꖎ↸ ||𝙹⚍∷ ⍊╎ᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ᓭ ↸𝙹 ᒲ𝙹∷ᒷ ⍑ᔑ∷ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリ ⊣𝙹𝙹↸."

There was a pause before came a sigh and reply, "╎リ↸ᒷᒷ↸. ⍑𝙹∴ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷, ᔑᓭ ||𝙹⚍ ꖌリ𝙹∴, ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹↸ ╎ᓭ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⎓ᔑ⍊𝙹⚍∷ᒷ↸ ʖ|| ᒲᔑリ|| 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹⚍リᓵ╎ꖎ."

Grian sighed quietly shaking his head and chuckling as he thought, Why am I so calm about this? I shouldn't be this calm after what they did...

Yet he replied again, "∴ᒷꖎꖎ ||𝙹⚍ ᔑꖎ∷ᒷᔑ↸|| ꖌリ𝙹∴ ᒲ|| ᔑリᓭ∴ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ||𝙹⚍∷ ᑑ⚍ᒷᓭℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ, !¡∷𝙹⎓ᒷᓭᓭ𝙹∷. ╎ ᓵᔑリリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷꖎꖎ ||𝙹⚍. ╎ ↸𝙹 リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ∴╎ᓭ⍑ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∷ᒷℸ ̣ ⚍∷リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᔑᓵᔑ↸ᒷᒲ||."

His professor's dry chuckle rang gently in his head. "∴⍑|| ᒲ⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ||𝙹⚍ ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ᓭ𝙹 ⍑ᒷᔑ↸ᓭℸ ̣ ∷𝙹リ⊣...?" The professor asked. "||𝙹⚍ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ᔑリ ⚍ꖎℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᔑℸ ̣ ⚍ᒲ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ. ∷ᒷℸ ̣ ⚍∷リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᔑᓵᔑ↸ᒷᒲ|| 𝙹∷ ∴╎ℸ ̣ リᒷᓭᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹ᒲᒷ 𝙹⎓ ||𝙹⚍∷ᓭ ⎓ᔑꖎꖎ ╎リℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∷⚍╎リ 𝙹リᓵᒷ ∴ᒷ ⎓╎リ↸ ╎ℸ ̣."

Grian bows his head and sighs heavily rubbing his eyes. "!¡∷𝙹⎓ᒷᓭᓭ𝙹∷. ||𝙹⚍ ꖌリ𝙹∴ ∴⍑|| ╎ ∴𝙹リℸ ̣ ꖎᒷᔑ⍊ᒷ. ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ||𝙹⚍ ᔑꖎꖎ ᓵᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒲᒷ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ , ╎ ᓵᔑリℸ ̣ ⊣𝙹 ʖᔑᓵꖌ." There was a much longer silence, which gave Grian time to hear some rustling. He looked around quickly and got up to his feet to go somewhere thinking it was mobs surrounding him.

"∴ᒷ ∴ᔑリℸ ̣ ||𝙹⚍ ʖᔑᓵꖌ ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ. ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ↸╎⎓⎓ᒷ∷ᒷリℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリ ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ. ||𝙹⚍ ᔑ∷ᒷ ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹!¡ ᓭℸ ̣ ⚍↸ᒷリℸ ̣ ∴ᒷ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ⍑ᔑ↸ ╎リ ||ᒷᔑ∷ᓭ." His professor finally said once Grian was somewhere safer.

Grian went to say something but felt a saddened expression fall on his face so he kept silent. His professor seemed concerned when not getting an answer, "̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ?"

Grian cleared his throat and shook thoughts from his head, "リ𝙹....╎'ᒲ ᓭ𝙹∷∷|| !¡∷𝙹⎓ᒷᓭᓭ𝙹∷. ╎ ᓵᔑリℸ ̣. ||𝙹⚍ ꖌリ𝙹∴ ╎ ᓵᔑリℸ ̣. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ╎ ∴𝙹リℸ ̣." Even though he tried to sound insistent, there were twinges of guilt he couldn't pinpoint. There came no answer before the presence disappeared.

He yawned and leans back on some branches in the tree he perched in. "I'll wait until daybreak to go back to the district...I don't want to die and lose my things. I don't know where I am...." He sighs and closes his eyes falling back asleep, purely out of boredom more than being tired.