This is a multimedia webnovel with giant city-crushing monsters, a valiant man who dares to fight them, a hero who loses himself on a righteous path, and a darkness which conceives a profound love. But I suck at descriptions, so I strongly encourage...
In another part of Bones City, Vaida sat quietly at a small table outside a small restaurant. She watched without a word as people walked through the streets of her hometown. The other customers spoke quietly to each other, and she listened as she waited for her friend. Since she faced the southeast as she sat, the strong wind pulled her hair behind her head, fully revealing her scars to anyone around her. Anyone could see the burn scars on her right arm, her neck, her face, and even her dead eye, but no one seemed to care. She was calm enough to expose herself without feeling the weight of her insecurities.
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"Vaida! Vaida, is that you?" yelled an enthusiastic voice.
Vaida quickly looked to her left and saw her old friend standing in the middle of the starlit street. The starlight reflected on the white walls of nearby buildings and illuminated his brown hair, but his smile delighted her even more than the shimmering light.
"Harvey! I'm so glad you found me," Vaida said as she jumped up from her seat.
Harvey ran over to her, dropped his bag on the ground, and wrapped his strong arms around her. She closed her eyes and smiled widely as he held her. She could feel the wind pulling her hair so that it flapped against his face, but then he reached one hand over and grabbed a handful of her hair. She felt his fingertips gently dig through her scalp, so she opened her mouth and smiled. All eyes watched her, but for the first time in a long time, she did not care.
"Vaida, you've changed so much! You've gotten so strong, and you're prettier than ever! You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," he raved as he held her in his arms.
Vaida opened her eyes with surprise, but she said nothing because her surprise did not come from the pretense of disbelief. Her cheeks started to redden again, and she reciprocated his embrace so that he could not see her face.
"Thank you, Harvey. You don't know how much that means to me."
The shadow of a certain memory pressed upon her brain and unleashed a small rush of adrenaline. Vaida pushed off him with both hands and threw herself into her seat with so much speed that every head turned to face her. The wind pulled her dark hair in front of her face, but she could not see her hair since her eyes were slammed shut.
Vaida remembered back to the first time that Harvey had embraced her. It was many years ago when the southern side of Bones City was in a state of total wreckage. An Interfectus had leveled a tremendous section of the city, and countless people had died in the attack. Harvey had stumbled into a makeshift hospital in the heart of the wreckage; she saw him from her hospital bed as she clenched the pillow in her little hands. Half of her body looked unrecognizable; she had been burned so completely that she did not look human. The young Harvey cried as soon as he saw her. He ran over and embraced her in that makeshift hospital because there was nothing he could say.
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