Revelation

Lost Paradise

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Principality of Muse - Hymên

"...What happened here? There's not a single soul to be seen."

Jack looked around the huge expanse of the theater, or rather, what remained of it. Seats were dismantled, the stage was covered in debris, and the boats were destroyed, leaving only planks of wood floating on the water. "Yeah... It looks like a battle took place here..."

The ship, they realized, could only go so far as the Principality of Muse, for the captain had apologized to them that due to severe storms spotted near the Principality of Luan, and the crew's supply only being only able to last for so long, could not take them all the way to their desired spot but offered to drop them off to the nearest dock possible where they could travel the rest of the way to Luan.

"But...Hymên..." Astrid said with great confusion and distress, touching one of the velvet chairs that had miraculously stayed intact. "It wasn't supposed to be in this war..."

"Something might have happened here while we were in Hnda," Jack thought aloud. He turned quickly when he heard a sound coming from the outside. "Someone's coming this way."

Ready to take out their weapons at a moment's notice, Jack and the others waited with bated breath at who was coming. Two people came limping and stumbling towards them. One of them seemed to have no more strength in them to go on and collapsed to the ground, while the other followed soon after, catching himself at the last minute on his hands and knees.

"You guys..." one of them said weakly. "You have to turn back..."

"This city...is dangerous... Don't get close..." the other added exhaustedly.

"Do those people...have tails growing out of them?" Rapunzel whispered to Jack and Astrid. She pointed to them, and indeed, these two men seemed to be half-man and half-animal of some sort.

"Now's not the time to gawk," Astrid said gravely. She knelt on her knees and assessed one of them. "How horrible... Those are some bad wounds. Princess Rapunzel, please heal them with your staff."

"O-okay. Please leave it to me!"

Walking to the two strangers a little bit apprehensively, Rapunzel raised her staff over the both of them and, murmuring a few words of healing, cured them of their wounds. Taking a few moments to recover, the two strangers got up hesitantly, testing their bodies and finding it was as good as new. Laughing joyously, they hugged each other, surprised but happy that they escaped death.

"Wow! The wounds closed up quickly. I feel like I came back to life!" one of them, who looked like to be a canine grinned.

"Thanks, kind person! I'll definitely repay you!" the other, who had the characteristics of a fox, promised merrily.

Rapunzel blushed and bowed her head modestly. "There's no need to repay me for this... I'm glad you're feeling better."

"You two," Elsa said. "Why did you have those injuries? Did you come here to fight by someone's command?"

"Um, actually, no," the half-fox said. "We were just passing by here. But...the town suddenly became very weird... There wasn't any fighting or soldiers, but yet the city just broke down on its own."

"The city broke down on its own?" Elsa repeated, mystified. "That's not possible."

"But it's the truth!" the half-canine broke in. "Even though there wasn't anybody there, the buildings and the plaza just started falling apart! We tried to minimize the destruction as much as possible, but suddenly, an invisible...person-like guy just went and attacked us."