Am I Cursed?

Cursed 17

Tuesday 5:35 PM

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As soon as the other elysians left, kaming mga natira ay nagkanya-kanya narin. Agad akong dumiretso sa archery na room... because that's the only weapon I could say that 'I'm good' at. Hindi ako masyadong nakapaglibot sa buong kwartong 'to kasi nacoconscious ako kay sir Tonner kanina, para kasing jinujudge niya ako sa mga tingin palang niya kaya kahit na maliit na bagay ingat na ingat akong gawin.

And now that I'm alone, I could use all the arrows displayed here and actually practice more. Because what he did earlier wasn't teaching, it was more like judging.

What I'm absolutely excited about this training thing are these arrows, because they have their own different functions. The arrows that has red tips, it explodes and releases white gas when it hits a surface. Just like Alaina's ability, but less powerful.

While the arrows that has yellow tips are like a tracker, when you aim it to a person...it will not stop until it hit that person. You just have to aim it on someone, and the arrow will follow it. But the disadvantage on this one is, it doesn't have that much damage.

And lastly, which is my personal favorite, the blue one. After you release that arrow from the bow, it will split into five. It has fast attack speed because it's lighter than a regular arrow. Which means the arrows are thin, so it hurts...stings rather.

Anyways, ang napili kong arrow ngayon ay ang kulay yellow. I wanted to practice using moving mannequins.

You're probably wondering why I'm still using a weapon when my ability itself could murder a legion. But to be honest, even if I really wanted to have an ability ever since I was born....I still don't wanna depend on it.

I could protect myself even before I had this ability, so having it feels useless for me. Parang kahapon lang halos ma depress ako kasi iba ako sa mga taong nakapalibot saakin, pero ngayon parang gusto ko nalang ibalik ulit ang noon.

I took a deep breath, trying to focus on the moving mannequin 10 meters away from me. Yes I know, I've already hit an aim from 100 meters away but this is different, this aim is moving and I'm not so good at that.

I spent the whole 30 minutes practicing when the door suddenly opened. Biglang pumasok si Clide pero tumigil siya sa pinto habang hawak ang door knob. Nagtitigan lang kaming dalawa ng ilang segundo, kasi nagulat ako na sa lahat ng tao dito ay siya pa talaga ang papasok. Baka nagulat rin siya sa naging reaksyon ko.

"What do you want?"

"Let's duel." he said. Mas natulala ako sa sinabi niya pero agad kumunot ang noo ko.

"Let's what?" nagtataka kong tanong sabay harap sakanya. Umirap siya sabay buntong hininga bago tumingin ulit saakin.

"I challenge you on a one on one battle." sagot niya sabay halukipkip. Sasagot na sana ako nang biglang pumasok rin si Ezekiel mula sa kung saan sabay tapik sa balikat ni Clide.

"One on one with her? Absolutely not, Mr. Claust." sabi niya habang nakangisi. Kunot noo naman siyang hinarap ni Clide.

"You don't have a say on this one, Dauntless. This is between me and Dawson. Stop acting like a childish jealous boyfriend in front of me." sabi bigla ni Clide na halatang nagpainis kay Ezekiel.

"Okay, stop. Fine, let's get this over with." Agad lumipat ang tingin nilang dalawa saakin, halata sa mukha ni Ezekiel ang pagtataka habang nakangisi naman si Clide.