Blurry Planets

Accepting Vrai

We run through Vilstar's suburbs, seemingly turning randomly into narrow streets. As we progress I notice that i've been subconsciously leading us to my house. I don't know if that's a good idea. Our full sprint gradually falls into a light jog and I see my house from across the street. There are several black cars parked around. I'm not sure why I brought us here seeing as it isn't safe. But there is something I want to check out before we . . . Well i don't know what we're going to do.

I turn to Lorelei,"That's my house. It's probably already teeming with the red-eyes, but I thought maybe it wouldn't be."

"That's okay. I would have done the same thing. I did do it actually. After the Ignes attacked my kind I went back to see if there was anything left. There wasn't. Because the Ignes never leave anything behind."

"Sorry to interrupt, but I suggest you find a way in there," Janson pipes in, the necklace glowing everytime he speaks,"Your father was afraid something like this would happen, so he prepared. Under the kitchen sink there is a hidden compartment. It has some things that should help us."

"Help us in what?", I ask.

Janson sighes and replies,"I'm sorry Timothy, but you must have already realized you need to leave. Both of you have to get away from here as fast as possible. The Ignes are here and they won't be fooling around, not when they're finally this close to you. I still have no idea why Etheus wants you, but it's nothing good. That much I know."

That really gets me going. Does he expect me to just pack up my bags and leave?

"But where are we supposed to go? You can't expect me to live out the rest of my days in the mountains like a hermit. No offense Lorelei, but living off of nature is not in my set of skills. And even if I skip town I can't just ignore the real world. The cops will probably never find my dad and then I'll be in foster care until I'm 18. And then what, always on the run never being able to settle down? I'll never get married or have kids because I'll be terrified of the Ignes breaking down my door one night and burning them alive",

Things around me start shaking but I can barely notice in my ranting,

"How can I live like that? In constant fear and anxiety of when I'll see a pair of red eyes looking at me from across the sidewalk or handing me my change. Oh, and that brings me to my other deppressing point, eventually the Ignes will end up tracking me down. I can see it now, they'll corner me in a back alley and burn my face off behind a rusty dumpster. Leaving me to rot like my whole life was just a nuisance needing to be taken out."

Every car and home in the area is shaking. A curtain at my house is pulled back as an Ignes scans outside as if he's a concerned family man looking for what could be disturbing the peace of his home at this unholy hour. I keep on yelling into the night, looking for answers.

"Dying without anyone ever noticing or giving a damn, because how would they? Our existence is a long running joke and frankly I wish they killed me alongside my mother back on Astern. The one time the great and mighty Ignes mess up and I had to be in the thick of it. And I know that one day they're going to come find me to fix their mistake. I know that because there's just too many of them. They roam the earth like a pack of hungry hyenas. They've been looking for their next meal for a very long time and finally they have found me. Nothing can stop them!"

Lorelei grabs me and throws me to the ground. "Get a hold of yourself Timothy!" she hisses. This reminds me of when I calmed her down, but I don't ever remember knocking the breath out of her. I gather my senses and touch my head, relieved to find that my brains didn't spill out. I push myself to my knees and glare at Lorelei before looking over at my house. Two Ignes come out and they start walking over to us. They've seen us. What and idiot! I've just killed us.