Story of Guilds

Chapter 32: Revenge of the Ashworth's

Blazera and Blake started their day by walking by foot all the way to the arctic. By 6pm in the afternoon they made it to their destination, the arctic and decided to take a little breather from all the walking they had done. Blazera began to use her magic to regulate the temperatures of their bodies to keep them warm from the gruesome cold that blew in the frozen wasteland.

Blazera> "How much longer do you think it will take?"

Blake pulled out a map he brought in a pouch he carried around his shoulder.
Blake> "About another twelve hours on foot…"

Blazera> "Are you sure you can handle this?"

Blake> "I would walk this baron arctic carrying the heaviest iceberg on my back if it were to save my brother and kill the person who wants to see my suffering and my family suffering."

Blazera> "I wouldn't expect anything less from you, Blake Ashworth."

Blake> "It's crazy to think about this all still… how your own family can easily turn against you in mere seconds. And all simply because you are more successful than them, and the devil then takes over them and fills them with an injection of pure envy."

Blazera> "Not everyone can choose who their family is. Sometimes people are lucky to be born into great families, meanwhile others have bad apples to deal with…"

Blake> "You speak of this as if you know what it's like, do you?"

Blazera> "We can say it's complicated when you have siblings who don't exactly like you…"

Blake> "I see we face similar trials, though yours may be more extreme potentially."

Blazera> "Everyone's situation is different, we cannot exactly judge what is more extreme. However, it seems me and you aren't so different from one another, it's scary to think, we can be so alike…"

Blake> "Why is that?"

Blazera> "That will forever be an unresolved mystery."

Blake> "Intriguing. Every single time we speak, I grow more and more interested in you and your story. It sucks to be left with only a few pieces of the whole puzzle though."

Blazera> "You should be grateful I share these small pieces even, most I give no pieces to."

Blake> "Is this your way of telling me that you trust me? Wow, I'm honoured."
He was teasing Blazera.

Blazera> "Perhaps a bit more than most."
Blazera was direct in her reply, ignoring the fact she was being teased.

Blake> "I think we can see through each other quite well, all the usual tricks we use on others to mask how we feel, just simply don't work on each other. You knew this whole time I was faking being a villain despite everyone else falling for the impression."

Blazera> "I think others would have known better if they made the choice to be closer with you. I was the one you happened to be closest with."

Blake> "Perhaps, I'm sure the only one besides you at the moment who could figure me out is Shashin, but it's as you said, he wasn't so close with me. So he doesn't know everything, but that kid is smart, he caught onto the fact that we are up to something devious."

Blazera> "You were too obvious about it all."

Blake> "You were too."

Blazera> "Yes, true."

Blake> "Do we rest, or continue onward?"

Blazera> "It's really a matter of how quick you want this to be done."