Follow the adventure of Nyoko Phaedra, an albino absol who wants to explore the brand new world, dominated by animals, monsters, and pokemon : Artorius
Nyoko lives in the most advanced country of Artorius, Truichi, where androids and organics live a...
And... just like that... one day later, i am with them, Hakke, a big Noctowl with a good looking armor, his feathers are shimmering with the little light the crystals inside this ruin let out... it's quite beautiful.
Tehan is as eager as ever... still acting as a kid... hmm... he is seven years old, and... to most pokemon, that would be above the adult stage, but thanks to how old his evolution can grow... he's only considered an adult after nine, and, well, after evolving... am i technically closer to being an adult than him...?
Eh... i leave that be...
It's all going well, he's eager but still careful and we got through the ruin with relative ease, i got to scare a few monsters away with my claws, Hakke even managed to kill some with his talons, and Tehan tackled some down!
We got deeper with just a few wounds... and, it hurts... it's an annoying, itchy pain... but in my personal opinion, it's all worth it... we managed to get an ancient book of android and martial artes, as well as a red catalyst... i don't know what a catalyst is, but they sure are valuable... we'll make good money~
And... not only that... i got what i came in here for the moment i stepped in... sure, it feels... kind of weird... The rarefied air, the smell of mold and dirt, the mutant creatures... it's scary... but at the same time, so pretty.
Iridescent crystals everywhere, on the ceiling, the walls, changing colors as we go through, it feels so magical... each part that goes by, the ruin gets more and more beautiful, a natural mirror room, ancient looking devices who rival our country's technology, treasure locked by puzzles, and so on... if i didn't know better, i would think i am in a video-game. ... Heh... This... is the good parts i remember... ...
I still don't know... how i ended up here... It's 10 AM... a nurse woke me up to eat breakfast... my raspy voice was back to my regular, young and smooth one... and... Hashi was no longer here in my room. ...
I finish eating my breakfast, a little vegetable soup... and it tasted horrible, and i still have an awful aftertaste in my mouth... I know it's for the sake of my health, but couldn't there be anything better...?
I talked a little to the nurse... seems like i'll only be out of here after another whole week... how lovely... Am i really hurt that badly...? Surely there must be some sort of healing ability to help... maybe an Audino, or the likes. I sigh...
No use complaining... a week of boredom is ahead of me, sure... but who knows, if i just sleep the whole day, maybe i'll recover faster! That's... how healing works, right..? ha.. ha ha... ... I decide to stop thinking too much, shifting on my bed... it's still cold, and i was too afraid to ask the nurse to turn off the air conditioner... At least... this gives me more time to try and remember what even happened... ... I try... and try... and fail... i cannot just go back to sleep, so i just look around the empty hospital room... ... I observe each little detail i could find... i noticed that my bed has some kind of plastic underneath it because of the sounds i make while moving, i noticed that there isn't a single line of spider web in the corners, i notice that the sun... right around 3:23 PM... goes through the window and shines right onto a pillow that is two beds away from me... whoever was unlucky enough to lay there... had a greeat afternoon... heh.. ... ... One thing made me happy though... my dad came to visit. He isn't very talkative... he likes observing things and acting instead... i think i got that part from him... But today... he seemed so worried, and i felt so bad... i never thought that... out of everything... my stupid decision had to be what made him sad... after so long too...
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He brought me my phone... that made me really happy, i wanted to hug him, but i couldn't... trying to get up hurt a lot...
"Calm down, Nyoko" he says... i just nodded and layed back, and he was the one to hug me instead... The sadness on the tone of his voice instantly shut down any happiness i had at the moment... i brought this upon myself, but it ended up affecting him badly... I'm... sorry... i-i'm...
"I'm sorry..." is all i could mutter, i sobbed and started to cry... my dad just wiped my tears and let me cry, i felt shame in that moment, and tried to stop crying as soon as i could... and when i did, he pat my head...
"I'm... just happy that you are alive, sweetie" he said, moving his paw to hold mine. "You will be better in no time, so... just obey the nurses and hang in there, okay...?" he continued, his grip on my hand was careful, his eyes where pitying me, and his voice was reassuring... i didn't know what to answer...
I decided to just nod slowly, still ashamed of what i did... he then let go of my paw.
"I have to go to work now... your mom is coming to see you tomorrow, okay?" He said, making his way to the other side of my bed while i just weakly muttered "Okay..." ... He left through the door... i looked at my phone for a second... and just placed it below my pillow...
I felt so sleepy... was it because i cried...? I.. didn't know... so i just went to sleep, sad about what my parents have to go through... but happy that they're coming to check on me... ... What time even was now...? all i knew is that it was dark... I go back to sleep... i hear the nurses coming in and out, adjusting my blanket, messing with the air conditioner... And eventually... i just... stopped listening... and slept for good ...
I... was back at the ruin... Tehan and Hakke weren't on my side... they were both in front of me... something was holding them... something dangerous... a monster none of us could dream of taking down...
It was... the one thing we were supposed to avoid... the guardian of the ruin... We had one job... and we got too greedy... I remember... trying to sneak past it... i'm an absol... i painted my fur black... i could blend with the shadows... right...? I was... so naive...
I can remember the feeling... my heart almost coming out of my mouth, both of them screaming for help, calling for their mothers as the monster squeezed them... ... I didn't run away... i didn't try to help... i just stood there... watching it in panic... watching the blood drip from their wounds, the despair i felt was immesurable...
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I started crying... not being able to move... surrounded by the monster's scaly tentacle-like limbs... those scales were hard and sharp... and it slashed me... It had all sorts of angles to slash me from... i had an incredible burst of adrenaline and started fighting for my life, the wounds were no longer painful... and i was no longer paralyzed by fear.
I screamed and tried to defend myself... i was able to get Hakke and Tehan down... who immediately fled the scene and left me with the monster... it took hold of me after i had no more strength to fight... my heart hurt... my whole body ached... and it lifted me upside down, having my own blood get in my eyes and dripping down its mouth from the gashes he made...
I... blacked out... ... I don't know... how much time has passed... i thought i was going to die... but i woke up... ... The monster had sharp, heavy rocks inside its mouth, piercing its throat and its chest...
I was laying on its blood, my whole body hurt... but i was alive... and the creature was dead... i had no idea what happened... and the only thing on my mind at the time... was to just call for help...
Neither Hakke or Tehan had returned... and it hurt so much, tears flowed down my face as i tried to reach for my bag... it was such an intense pain... i could just barely move my leg... and my left shoulder didn't move at all... i had to drag myself towards my belongings through the pool of blood, leaving a trail behind and drenching most of my fur...
I had finally reached my bag, and managed to get my phone... i was bleeding too badly, i was trembling... it was hard to see inbetween my tears, but i managed to call a number... I don't remember who picked up... but it saved my life... i almost couldn't answer anything they asked... only could mutter the words "Ruin" and "Savanth" before blacking out...
Savanth was the name of the forest we were in... and it is giant... i have no idea how they found me alive... but i am grateful they did...
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I wake up, shaking and silently crying... a nurse was on my side and helped me calm down... they had a few berries for me... and one that i liked, the Sitrus berry... eating it helped lift the stress... even after i had calmed down, she was on my side and stayed there for a half an hour... or even more... ... I took my phone... and tried sketching what i saw with my claw... ...
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