Tales of Numinous

Alden

Have you ever heard or believed a myth or rumor? Or have you ever known someone so gullible to believe them themselves? Well that was me when I was young, I had believed in a lot of things. Things like mystical creatures and fairy-tales. I'd get bullied a lot because of the things I had believed.. 

But I was not the only one in my family who had believed in such tales, my grandpa believed some himself. He had believed in a tale of a spirit, waiting and lurking to find and possess any poor soul they had seen fit and use them as a body to control and devour other souls, the spirits name was Numinous, a spirit of fear and power.

 My grandpa genuinely believed this tale and told how he had seen it in real life as well as an elf, the spirit was dark and smoky with piercing white eyes that looked empty and eerie,  the elf was tall and muscular, well built and sharp jaw, pale skin and grey long hair, but his eyes were like a blind mans, a light teal and grey to the point where it could be a shade of white from afar.

 None of my family or town had believed him, hell they all called him crazy. But I listened, I'd sit and listen to his stories and ask questions, I was gullible, I had believed such things were real to the point where I'd get into physical fights with the other children who had called me and/or my grandpa crazy and wanted to be an adventurer and find them, find proof and show them all that they had been wrong. 

But soon my grandpa had died. After that, my mother had told me to forget it all and move on, she said with such ridiculous dreams of chancing nothing but a hallucination would only bring me to shame and trouble-some times... I didn't want to believe her at first, but the more I grew up, the more I had seen, been through and choices I've made... the less magical the world felt, it felt small, broken, and full of evil. 

I had started learning to be a detective in hopes at some point I could find the truth about Numinous and maybe prove something, but then I got the job as a D.P. Officer (Detective Police Officer) They're a lot like detectives, but a bit more active. 

As I was there for many years, I saw un-humane things, it shifted my thinking into something more serious, more mature, it grounded me into something more realistic, someone who'd you think of as "Stoic" or "boring" as my Co-worker, Fei, calls me. She's more immature and has more innocents. It's a bit tiring and repetitive.

 But I'd still throw myself into danger for her, and I know she'd do the same, that's what loyalty it right? Being able to trust in each other, or rather, earning the trust in each other with their lives and know that they would go through the same lengths as you just to keep them safe. 

Right?

Monday..

I was woken up  by the sound of my alarm clock going off, I opened my eyes to see the sun's early morning, warm, rays  shining through my white, thin, curtains and laying themselves on the cold, wood-oak floor planks, warming the spot up with a gentle hug.

 I yawned and rubbed the tears that had formed from the force of the yawn and sleepiness from my eyes as I picked up my glasses. 

I put them on only to be irritated and cringe at the blur from the smudges and dirt on the lenses. I quickly tried to wide it off with my shirt, but it didn't do much, but at least it wasn't enough to give me a headache anymore. 

I got up from my bed, my bare feet touched the cold floor and a shiver ran through my spine, I walked to a drawer, and took out my glass lenses cleaner clothe and cleaned them properly.

 When I was satisfied, I took a shower, and got dressed, washed my face and got my shoes on before gathering my work things. 

I fed my dog and ate an apple as I walked out with a pat on my munching canine friend, I opened the door of my apartment and continued to walk to my car, I crawled in, and put in the keys.

 I sighed. I had a feeling about today, it wasn't a good one. As I drove to work, the empty roads in the early morning was a serene moment for me, I usually felt a bit empty without someone in the seat next to me, but right now, I was relaxing in the peaceful silence, knowing it's going to be a bitch load of stress today. Like the saying says, "The calm before the storm". As I pulled up to work, the big building towered over me as I walked into the building, but as soon as I walked in, I was bombarded by Fai. 

"Alden! We have a meeting with Carson in five minutes!!" Fai yelled, she looked nervous but also excided "He's going to give us another job, what do you think it is?" She asked, tilting her head as her long, brown, soft and naturally curly hair fell like a blanket to the side. 

Carson was our boss.

Fai was new here, I knew her father, Yuki Yoshida. A great detective with a good sense of morality. He had died on a case, shot through the heart and bled to death. I was devastated, he was like a big brother to me. 

Although most people would think of him more to be like an uncle to me or father, sure I'm a bit young but I'm not that young. His daughter, Fai, had joined the D.P. department I'm guessing because to honor her father, she's very young and this is her first year, I'd say she's in her early 20's. 

"Five minutes?.. FIVE MINUTES??" I asked a bit stressed already by the fact I had not heard anything of this, no Email, no call, no text, nada. 

"Yeah, it came so suddenly with me too, I only heard about it when Tess told me at the desk when I walked in.." She admitted  

"... Tess only told you when you clocked in?.. isn't it her job as the COO to tell us that before hand?.. tch, never mind, we need to get to his office" I  say hastily, recognizing we need to get there now. She nodded and we headed to the stairs because it would be faster. We run up the stairs to the next floor and walk down the hall, we needed to be there in 2 minutes, luckily, we made it not a minute to late. We sat at in the office, at the seats while Carson was reading a file in his leather seat behind the desk, he had a stoic expression and an unreadable look in his eye, I knew that meant that this was serious. 

Carson sighed and placed the file down, he looked at us with his palms together and up against his lips before he spoke "As you know, I have a new case for the both of you. This case has been a problem for a long time, 15 years now, and it has only gotten worse.." He admitted with grief and dread in his strong, rough tone. Fai's eyes had gotten bigger.

"I only assigned you two for this because you both are the best one's I got. I believe in you. It's going to be tough to say the least. But I believe, no, I know you both will not fail to impress and succeed in some way" he took a breath before speaking up again, I already knew something was up  with the way he was trying to calm us down and inspire us before we even knew what it was we were assigned to, but I was ripped away from my thoughts as I heard my name being called. 

 "Alden you've been in the job for 8 years, you've been the number one for a while and never fail to go above and beyond expectations. And Fai, you're young and new, but you're skilled and a quick learner. You have determination and  were on top of your class. I need both of you, together you are an unstoppable team and could close any case with the right enthusiasm." He stated, I was unfazed because I knew it was flattery to get us intrigued and accept the case. But Fai was obviously taking the bait, with a timid shift in her seat and pink dusted onto her soft youthful cheeks.

I sighed. "And what is the case exactly?" I asked, feeling a hole scratching and digging it's way into the pit of my stomach by anxiousness and dread, but a hint of curiosity. I saw the way his gaze softened and his lips pressed together a bit, Fai had turned to a more serious demeaner before I saw Carson's lips starting to move and let one sentence slip from his lips that made my heart fall into the hole that was dug going straight to the pit of my stomach.

"The case of the Spawns of Numinous..." 

To be continued! 

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