Roman's Influential Orb

The Wounds

Roman helps Virgil. Some of Roman is still missing.

Roman woke up from what felt like a horrible nightmare to see Virgil collapsed on the ground with bandages around a bloody wound on his side and a blood pool around his head.

He decided that he should wake him up. If his injuries were bad enough he could descend into a coma. Was this wound made from a sword to the side? Hey,is Virgil alright?

As he shook him, Virgil erupted a loud groan and spat out the remainder of the blood.

"You shouldn't sleep after you get wounded!"

"Princey!" Virgil screeched as he wrapped his arms around the confused Roman.

"Yes, it is indeed me. Now do tell why you seem so excited to see me?"

"Roman! Princey! you're here. I succeeded. You're alive! I did it. I get to see you again! Yay!" Virgil spouted what sounded like nonsense to the confused prince.

"Slow down."

"Okay, so your Hostility split you up into the parts of your personality and I had to get you back in time otherwise you would be split into them forever and you would never be you again."

"Seems like you have quite the story to tell."

"Yeah, but wait, didn't Laura say that there should have been five of the fragments and I only rounded up four. What are we going to do? A part of your personality is missing."

"I'm sure it will be fine, -- --- ---------."

"What?"

"Oh, I can no longer call people by any nicknames."

"Really?"

"Yeah, -- ----- ------- ---."

"Wow."

"It's okay, Virgil."

"No. I wonder if I can still round them up."

"I doubt it. Didn't you have a time-limit?"

"Shouldn't I at least try?"

"Okay, but it's not a priority. First tell me all about your adventure and inform the others of my recovery, please."

"Okay..."

"You should also rest and care for your injury before you go out there again."

"It'll be a while before I'll be able, won't it?"

"I can wait."

Virgil leaned up and brushed noses with Roman before quickly turning away, embarrassed.

Why did I do that? No, there's no way I could possibly like Roman. Not even as a good friend. I have to shut him out. I don't want him to get hurt if he assumes I like him.

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