Echoes of the Concealed Realm

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Mira watched as the twins were no were in sight since she blasted them off. The hall was now filled with burned off curtains and smoke from the intense battle. She wiped her arms to remove the marks from Amer's malicious bites.

She then smirked slightly, coughing out blood but looking at her hands.

Mira laughed.

Then laughed again.

This power, she beat them!

She did it. All by herself.

"I can't believe it, I-" Mira laughed again. "I MIRA NAGAMI DID IT!"

She kept looking at her hands as a sinister smile started gracing her lips. Her eyes started glowing out of joy. She couldn't stop her excitement.

However her ecstasy morphed into confusion as the white glow started reappearing all around her. It felt like a snap back to a reality which wasn't real.

She looked around scrunching her eyes to get rid of the harsh lights hitting her. She then squinted until her vision cleared and stared into a place making squish noises.

"Nim?" She asked, although she couldn't see properly she could tell by the sounds that it was definitely her call. Her being her definitely had something to do with-

She then saw a large figure from her peripheral vision. Quickly looking in front of her, she saw a gigantic Orangutan sitting in front of her. She then looked around and her vision started clearing better. The whole place was like a mystical forest taken straight from heaven.

The place had towering ancient trees, their branches filled with shimmering leaves that glimmer like stars under the golden sunlight despite the lack of sun around. Soft moss carpeted the forest floor, offering a plush cushion for Mira's comfort. Her eyes however still remain on the Orangutan looking directly at her.

"It's rude to stare, Mira Nagami." He spoke with a smile.

"AYEEEE!" She screamed out, scared shitless at the gleaming animal. She then whispered out, with her shocked expression still plastered onto her face, "What the actual flup?"

"Flup? Flup. Flup." Mira spoke, confused by her own words.

"No one can curse here, but I understand the sentiment." The masculine voice spoke yet again as Mira. Her eyebrows furrowed deeply, her eyes widened as she felt alarmed, and her mouth hung open slightly, as if struggling to comprehend what she was seeing.

Where was she?!

"Call realm." He smiled yet again as Mira shrieked. "I'm Orion."

"You can read my mind? And you can talk... What in the world." She kept staring with widened eyes at the creature, then she furrowed her brows.

"Why am I here? Only calls live in this realm right? How did I-" She blanked off and stared, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

"All dormants can enter this realm if they want to. Sometimes some calls like to drag their masters in here, but again they'll fail if said owner isn't a dormant user." He gave off that gentle smile yet again as Mira frowned, still unsettled by a talking monkey.

"I'm an orangutan." He said as she let out a slow nod.

"Um... sorry." She mumbled then looked around taking in the view finally, "Why can you speak to me? Do all calls speak here?"

"They do. But you'll only understand me. All calls speak everywhere." He shrugged slightly. Mira looked at her jumping buddy and frowned.

"So I won't understand Nim in here either?"

"Who is Nim?" He frowned and then stared at the fish next to her. "Oh you call her Nim?"

"She has another name? What is it?" Mira asked feeling horrible. Maybe that's why Nim never listened.

"She's disabled." Orion said as his smile slightly slipped looking at Mira's call. Her frown deepened and she took Nim onto her lap petting her.

"What disability does she have? Was she born this way?" Mira asked. A glimmer of hope crossed her face as she realized that her working method with Nim was the problem. Now if she could find her disability they could train in a way that suited Nim so that she could improve.

"Calls are never born disabled." Orion said as the smile he had plastered was now out of sight. "Your call was punished for disobeying her previous master."

Mira's eyes slightly widened as her gaze shifted to the call on her lap, "Previous master? I thought our souls were paired...