Adept.

Realization

Adept works all day, every day. Making his body be awake 24 and take a 12 hour sleep. He's been trained directly by the soul master, mantis sisters and other powerful beings. It's the day where he goes to sleep, the troupe has been getting worse though, a couple less hours of sleep has never hurt anyone.

Adept goes back into the palace and asked the radiance "Queen, do I need to sleep? I mean I can stay up a little longer it wouldn't hurt wouldn't it?.."
The big orange lights hurt his eyes, maybe he did have to sleep a bit

The queen laughs a bit and responds with "It's fine, you've earned it" getting a smile from her.

Adept goes into his room taking off his armor, wearing more casual wear. Brushing his teeth and getting onto the bed. He closed his eyes and his dreams where amazing, he did have some suspicion that something bad would happen, but he brushed that off into paranoia.

He woke up. Dead silence, no noises, no royal music, no buzzing. He puts his armor on and runs out of his room and everything looks so dull and dead... no color, he walks down the corridor and everything seemed to go wrong..

"What happened?.." his voice echoed down the empty corridors.. whispers could be heard like souls trying to talk to him, warning him about something that had happened..

He walked, the only real light being his golden armor.. he grabbed his sword now with a new orange glow..  "That's odd.." he ran his hand by the blade, it felt warm and welcomed, it reminded him about the queen and... Oh the queen! He had forgotten to say goodmorning to the queen!

He managed to get there and looked by..

"Goodnorn-" he looked at her, she wasn't moving, her eyes where closed. "Oh your asleep!" He had a nervous chuckle. He put his blade back into his hip and grabbed a broom, he doesn't need to do this but if it'll mean that the queen will wake up to a surprise. He kept sweeping but began getting a little worried as he in his 6 years for working under her wing hasn't seen her sleep this much.

It's fine though, adept still had things to do. He moped and did some gardening and some more stuff..

He started getting pretty worried "Queen wake up!" He pushed her a little and she didn't move and he got a little worried. It's fine though maybe she's in a deep sleep! Right?..

He noticed that the queen felt extremely fragile. And he looked back at his sword and that wasn't his sword..? It looked sharper and the glow wasn't on his, he walked and felt it more.

"This is-" "this is the Queens sword!" He chuckled and thought to himself Why would the queen give me her sword? Is it a gift? He ran over to the queen joyfully

He pushed her a bit "Queen! Queen! Is this for me! Oh my oh my thank you so much queen!!" He gave her a hug and... she didn't react or even wake up.

"Q-Queen?.." he pushed her a little, now fearing for the worst, starting to tear up a little. He didn't find a pulse but he convinces himself that he might be wrong and checked her neck.

"Q-queen wake up!" He punched her and she didn't move, Adept started sobbing a bit "Q-queen?" And so begins the panic

He reached into her chest and looked for a heartbeat. Hopping that she might be I'll, that would be the best scenario correct?

He felt nothing, she was cold. He fell to the knees starting to cry now. "Q-q-u" he stayed on the floor controlling himself as he had multiple duties to do now "N-nonono... this shouldn't be happening!!" "It was all so well!.."

Adept stays on the floor controlling his emotions. After a while he cleans himself up a little and steadies up his breathing

He looks at her body and tears up again, quickly looking away again she can't just stay there sitting there can't she?

He left the palace, closing the gates keeping a key. He ran to the cemetery to buy a casket

"Uhm, Uh,, Here!" He gave her 389 geo and ran with a big casket. He grabbed the casket and ran to the palace

Put down the casket and put his own pillows in it, as he could only afford a wooden casket and felt like she needed something better.

He gently put he in and closed it. Now that he can't see her. He sat down and began thinking, I mean she could do some very important stuff right? Maybe some of the pale beings could save her or revive her maybe?. Then again staying in the palace might protect her legacy..

His decision will be put for the next part

(This is for fun btw! It's not canon unless grim says it is, Hope it was a fun read and putting some criticism could help aswell!)