The Manipulators

Vaperrashi-Chapter 11

"The Seven Treasures of Heaven were, disregarding many rumors, were actually forged by a very talented Dwarf. Blessed with the gift of a creative mind and masterful skills, the angels had once requested him to make several powerful weapons for them. They sent the Dwarf exotic resources and items that were thought to only exist in myths. In the end, the Dwarf pleased the angels so very much that they even allowed him to keep the rest of the Heavenly resources. The Dwarf then used these to create what is now known as the Seven Treasures of Heaven."
-Lake Bahati, The Year Zero

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Not in his office, Vaperrashi was sitting in a random chair he found in the classroom looking room. This time, he is staring down at an unfortunate Gelumnatio-Combustioantitheus crossbreed. It was very funny when the cross breed fell through the lords' darkness and landed on his own butt. The crossbreed first examined the wooden academy-lecture-class looking room before laying his gaze upon Vaperrashi. The crossbreed's eyes widened and didn't blink for ten seconds and then disregarded Vaperrashi's presence and kept looking around the room. Arrogant or ignorant? Vaperrashi pondered. He waited for more individuals to drop from the ceiling but, to his disappointment, none came.

"The First again?" Asked Vaperrashi. "Why am I not Surprised?" 

The crossbreed turned around in an instant, startled, but made no response. "You may speak in my presence, kid." Vaperrashi said. Apparently, the crossbreed thought of him as a statue. Ignorant.

"Oh. Eh, greetings, Sir Vaperrashi." Stuttered the crossbreed, who gave him a deep bow. 

"Ah, yes, hello to you too." Responded Vaperrashi. Both of them they proceeded to stare at each other. Impressive, Vaperrashi thought, this crossbreed can stare right into my eye without dodging glances. Time passed by as they continued to look at each other awkwardly. Vaperrashi, bored, began to study the crossbreed in front of him. Blue eyes of Gelumnatio, pale skin of Gelumnatio, and a Gelumnatio scent of fresh ice. On the other hand, the crossbreed had thin lips, average eyebrows, medium nose, innocent yet sharp eyes, and overall can be defined as handsome; However, these aren't really defining characteristics of either Gelumnatio or Combustioantitheus. In fact, aside from the fact that the crossbreed bled red blood instead of blue, Vaperrashi and possibly most of the government would not realize that the child in front of him have any Combustioantitheus blood in him. No wonder why his dad didn't particularly like him, spoke his inner Deity. 

"Willyr, I presume?" Asked Vaperrashi, who is rather bad at remembering names that sound alike. 

"Em, no sir. Willier, it is, not the Boneman." Responded Willier, still staring at Vaperrashi with his blue eyes. 

"Ok, why are you here." Spoke Vaperrashi. "Or why you chose to be a Lunist instead of a Solist." 

The crossbreed named Willier stared at Vaperrashi for a few seconds. "I suppose I don't know."

This response made Vaperrashi cover his eyes and laughed and made his inner Deity sigh. "'I suppose I don't know!' Why, of course you know! The type of kids like you usually Dream of becoming a Solist, but then you Realize that the Lunists fit you more! I am good with people's mind, which is why I am the Secretary of Foreign Affair in the first place! So now, I do not care if you tell a truth or lie, give me a reason."

"I hate the devils." The crossbreed simply responded. 

Vaperrashi stopped laughing and looked at the crossbreed before laughing again. "Then you are still in the wrong place! The devils are the Lunists, and the Solists are the heroes!"

At last, the crossbreed finally took his gaze of Vaperrashi's eyes and looked at the ground. "I meant the Combustioantitheus."

This time, Vaperrashi truly stopped laughing looked toward a wooden table. "Ah, I see. Hate is a strong word to speak of. Your father I presume? Hm, he is a great killer, just not good enough. Do not fret, little one, for you will work for the greater of good of the Sunrise Kingdom and the Lunists. Fire is a great gift; you never know what would be lost if you lose it. Also, the kid behind that table, you might want to reveal yourself before I melt that entire place."

The crossbreed, alarmed, looked at that direction just in time to see a female Gelumnatio walking out of her hiding place. "Iceborg, I think?" Asked Vaperrashi. 

"Ingeborg, sir." The female Gelmnatio responded with a small bow. 

"Ah! The First and the second are here!" Responded Vaperrashi with delight. "Now, if you two would sit your butts down, my patience allows me to wait for a few more minutes till I become bored again."

The rest of the newbies soon came through different directions. Some came down from the ceiling while others were thrown out of the walls and crash landed. gradually, the room was filled up with them. Some stared at Vaperrashi in awe while others tried to find seats to sit in. At last, Wolfrey came out of one of the black holes. He chose to defy gravity and stood perfect straight on the ceiling. "Thats everyone." He said and then fell through his black hole upward. 

"Alright, people and sinners and vegetables and fishes and devils and landers! I am Vaperrashi the great and this will be the last test, aka the school test. This one will be simple, fill out the definitely not hard questions in front of you and you will be done. As usual, no talking and you have an hour, bad luck to you all!" Several Gelumnatios stared at Vaperrashi for using such rash and offensive words, yet the man is done speaking and resorted his mind to some more important matters: How did Gerald beat him in chess?