A young boy with medium white blonde hair that covered his right eye sat in a corner. It was away from the other kids at his school. He had always retracted from society,it was just the way things are here. Besides,Artifi never cared for people. He felt a strong apathy towards most things and kept his distance,surely no one would bother him then? Artifi hoped that answer would have been yes. It was just a normal school day,kids were getting into several fights in the hallway.
The teachers pretended not to notice,as they looked at their broken glass windows and pondered how to fix them. The sizzling heat poured in from those windows making everyone angrier and even more miserable. Artifi let the warm air enter his large fox ears saving him from some of the dazzling heat. However something stood out. Something odd.
Something wrong. Something that doesn't belong. Through the tattered entrance to the run-down school building came a tall raccoon Faunus boy. His hair was outrageously long,reaching the backs of his feet,it was a wonder he didn't trip over it all. His bangs were no different,completely obscuring his eyes but that was as far as they went.
His raccoon tail swished this way and that and a closed smile shone on his face. He seemed to stare directly at Artifi and then started to walk towards him. Artifi then suddenly started to panic he buried his head in his snow white hood only managing to let his eyes peek out. His pupils dilated to half their size as he saw the happy raccoon boy suddenly dripping with blood. He now smiled widely showing his arrangement of a hundred bloody needle-like teeth.
His clawed hands were blood tipped as well,some even looked like they had remnants of human flesh. His tail swished around clutching a disembodied arm,it had several bite marks on it. His hair parted from his eyes and he saw nothing but complete white eyeballs with bulging blood vessels.
That was one ordeal,now also imagine about 3 screaming voices in your head,this was what it was like for Artifi.
丹尺匕工下工
And these three "wonderful" voices went by the names of Rancor,Uproar,and Satiny.
"乃ㄥ口口刀, 乃ㄥ口口刀, 乃ㄥ口口刀 口下
匕卄モ 工れれ口匚モれ匕 ㄚ口∪
匚口∪ㄥ刀れ'匕 Ｓ丹∨モ,丹尺匕工下工"
A venomous voice hissed in my ear. That was Rancor.
"ㄚ口∪'尺モ れモメ匕 丹尺匕工下工,
ㄚ口∪'尺モ れモメ匕, Ｓ口口れ 卄モ'ㄥㄥ
匕モ丹尺 ㄚ口∪
丹ㄗ丹尺匕 丹れ刀 下モ丹Ｓ匕 口れ ㄚ口∪尺
乃口山モㄥＳ!"
Another voice screeched in my ear. That familiar screeching came from Uproar.
"ム工∨モ ∪ㄗ,ㄚ口∪ Ｓ匕丹れ刀 れ口
匚卄丹れ匚モ 丹ム丹工れＳ匕 卄工爪,ㄚ口∪ れモ∨モ尺 刀工刀 丹れ刀 ㄚ口∪ れモ∨モ尺 山工ㄥㄥ れ口山 ㄥモ匕 卄工爪
下工れ工Ｓ卄 ㄚ口∪ 口尺 乃モ
Ｓ口
Ｋ工れ刀 丹れ刀 刀口 工匕
ㄚ口∪尺Ｓモㄥ下." A silky deep voice taunted me. And finally the worst of them all,Satiny. Then they all started to chant loudly the same words over and over.
"刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,
刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,刀工モ,
刀工モ,刀工モ,
刀工モ,刀工モ!"
It kept getting faster and faster and angrier and angrier those completely white eyes staring deep into my soul. Until it finally stopped,everyone stared at me in awe.
I wondered why,until I looked down at my right arm. My right arm had turned into a huge furry navy and red striped weapon with short but sharp claws. It had to have been as big as a Goliath Grimm's leg but I wouldn't know for sure,you don't see many of them in Vacuo. I then saw the blood on my claws and stared down. There was the raccoon boy looking...,as innocent as ever. Blood seemed to have splattered onto his black shirt but it wasn't someone else's. It was his own.
His tail had stopped swinging and it wasn't holding anything. However blood was pouring out of his right arm a clear wound from my odd hand. No one did anything,everyone only stared either at me or the raccoon boy. "Why is no one doing anything?" I questioned myself,that was my second mistake today.
"乃モ匚丹∪Ｓモ 匕卄モㄚ 卄丹∨モ
ＳモれＳモ ∪れㄥ工Ｋモ ㄚ口∪, 匕卄モㄚ
Ｋれ口山 山卄モれ 工匕'Ｓ
乃モＳ匕 匕口
Ｓ匕丹ㄚ 口∪匕 口下 匕卄工れムＳ 丹れ刀
匕卄モㄚ Ｋれ口山 山卄モれ 工匕'Ｓ
乃モＳ匕
匕口 下工れ工Ｓ卄 匕卄モ Ｊ口乃." Rancor spat with poison.
"Ｋ工ㄥㄥ 工匕,Ｋ工ㄥㄥ 工匕,刀口れ'匕
ㄥモ丹∨モ 匕卄モ ㄗ工匕工下∪ㄥ
匕卄工れム
匕口 Ｓ∪下下モ尺!" Uproar shouted with intensity.
"モれ口∪ム卄 山工匕卄 匕卄工Ｓ
Ｓ工ㄥㄥㄚ 刀丹山刀ㄥ工れム
Ｓ匕尺工Ｋモ 匕卄モ 口れモ 山卄口
匕卄尺モ丹匕モれモ刀 ㄚ口∪ 下工尺Ｓ匕,
下工れ工Ｓ卄 山卄丹匕 ㄚ口∪'∨モ
乃モム∪れ,丹下匕モ尺 丹ㄥㄥ,'工下 ㄚ口∪
匚丹れ
Ｓ∪尺∨工∨モ 卄モ尺モ,ㄚ口∪'尺モ
山モㄥ匚口爪モ' " Satiny urged.
I once again saw the bloody shirt of the boy,and his disembodied arm was clutched in his tail. His empty eyes stared at me once again,but this time they were different. They somehow looked sad and empty like a puppy that had been abused. And for once,Artifi seemed to slightly care about another being. "Ｋ工ㄥㄥ 卄工爪, Ｋ工ㄥㄥ 卄工爪,
Ｋ工ㄥㄥ 卄工爪-" "No!" I yelled with such a rage I must have shook the whole school.
I then realized my odd arm had vanished. Maybe the impact made it disappear? I shook it off and picked up the bloodied raccoon boy with strength I didn't even know I possessed. I walked up to the nurse's office,yes we have a nurse's office. That's often quite a surprise in Vacuo. I remember seeing a Beowolf come into the nurse's office and tear everything up,once it was finished it ran out and waved at me.
Somehow no one believed me when I told them that,what imbeciles. It had been patched up by then but man it had given the nurse and me a scare. I didn't even notice a large scratch mark on the wall as I entered her office. I also tried not to notice the voices in my head,but I could still hear their whispers in a ghostly unison.
"匕∪尺れ 乃丹匚Ｋ....." "Nurse,I need your assistance now!" I said too loudly,and a bit too demanding.
The raccoon boy hadn't spoke once,he still seemed shaken up but I couldn't tell with his hair covering his eyes. "What do you-oh is this the new one?" Some may have thought that she should be surprised that a 10-year-old boy had his arm slashed open by a scratch mark not identifiable by any Grimm around here. Well I say you haven't been to my school,crazy stuff happens,most only I see. "Yup he's the new kid...uh?" I scratched my head,what was his name? "れ丹爪モＳ
爪丹匕匕モ尺
れ口匕
丹尺匕工下工, 乃モ匕匕モ尺 Ｋ工ㄥㄥ
卄工爪 乃モ下口尺モ 卄モ ムモ匕Ｓ
丹
ㄥモム丹匚ㄚ"
Rancor sprayed in my ears. "No." I shook my head. Damn,that voice had distracted me,what was I supposed to be doing again?
Right,I was supposed to be getting this boy's name! "So what's your name,Stripes?" I asked in the most uninterested tone,I hadn't meant it like that,I'd just gotten used to talking to people that way. The nurse was bandaging his wound and he was shivering like a wet dog but finally he spoke up,"C⃣-C⃣-C⃣l⃣y⃣d⃣e⃣ M⃣a⃣n⃣d⃣u⃣c⃣a⃣r⃣e⃣."
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Ancestral Instincts
FantasiLong ago,when Remnant was in its infancy,there were creatures that lived before humans were introduced. They,at the time,were called Fauna Sapiens,the ancestors of faunus and humans. They were almost completely animal,most were the size of humans ex...
