Transcendence. Torments of Nate Deon

a joy

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ed the joint with a blend of Techno and

.. welcom

e you" said

e? Been'a'whil

d him in his quaint home with th

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sual I

one back here

ke forever since we di

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you like

kew

that happened to him. People congratulated him as he

n rail taking in the fresh air.

l. Everyone and everything w

nally home, his r

g from one flower to another, carrying pollen. Ants carried pieces of food back into their colony. The bu

he trees, the ocean, life

rs of the city some few kilometers away: a wooden cottage made of strong b

ay to his lips and gracefully quenched his thirst. He had always

to the door

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in the

in black flames, turning everything into ash. The

yard. It was the same in the east an

weaving through the still cro

... You need t

de him feel

the standing guests he saw the black

ified, his face went pale when they all t

Why are you guys loo

frigh

eyes off them to see why t

d his hands to inspect and saw he was expelling the same black flames

n!... It's done,

g him. Tears flowed down his cheeks-only to be evapor

d to his knees. The black flames had reached his house tur

him sends a shock wave around kicking the ash

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closed eye

if he had gone up in flames and turn

e chair and buried his face in hi

dream! Just

ng the world yet again, after he wou

alwa

d by dreams, either a kind like this; faces of people he did not know-assumed to be so

r a century and a half. But if that should be the case then he

burning candle gave an orange hue

walked over t

et was empty. The only company it had was the constant bluish w

I'll head

ould not sleep then he woul

the stairs

e overturned o

l on... Someone's

rom the room beside the counter and grabbed the knob an

loc

ve the exploring

o the other way?

e room behind the counter-one that a

air over the others coming fr

unter, pulled back a sto

ghtly stylish blue morning gown tied at the waist; a magic stone lantern in her hand. She d

was wondering as to why he was up this late. "What are y

hat of an impact since it was something he'd been trying to avoid been repeated. Exploring

o wonder why she was still

Thi

. but I see no

in and returned moments later wit

side and set the tray o

ed a mug and too

ould feel it all oozing out of her even though she tr

courage she asked

join

place to se

laced it before herself. Clasping it in both hands sh

mptied the mug and set it bac

e corner of his eye he saw her looking straight ahead unsure of what to say. Even though he di

dn't you b

d I'd do some of my work

trouble sleeping. In a split second he came to a conclusio

rove her to be so? He co

ou always

because he cared but seeing the dark circ

ow

eep dep

ty mu

I s

out sleep and when he tried to, he only met the d

econd mug and re

person as young as him could hold dow

feeling her heartbeat climbing, building courage

ou something

her heart sped

.

like... o

ered his

ife. She yearned for excitement... for adventure, something new. But knowi

er would last

eyes. To her, it felt like she had

s nothing for you out there. It's

earlier. It was true the world out there was dangero

le fact was as

I s

fter he emptied the mug

e drinking too much.

aken any in the first place. She watch in amazement, clearly trying to hide how sur

o.

r no matter how much I take in..

ly one sober among the two, she downe

s she emptie

t from within her stomach. The alcohol was in he

not keep a straight head from sway

ore... Please help us." It was fa

ven hold in a couple

y. He could not su

id you say...?" S

ho

m, h

s here. It should

en go t

to walk. He watched from the edge of his sockets as she fought to mai

us,

g and reunited it

pened in the town. But why didn't they leave already? What was so good that it got

ght to what Allora said and he

so I'd leave them to their fa

thought he decided t

d he was very well on the way

hey found the mugs on

on to him beggin

up the tray and without hesitation

dark but he c

were any longer it would divide the room into two. Both sides of it had two stone tables much like the sink. The one in front had a greater half smoothly polished which served as table for cutting ingredients. The other

drums which held the ale they served, one

o dived into two, one just

pple over. It seemed they couldn't complete their chores before closing up as she had said

container which held their water. He didn't need to go more than

r to him, like he needed

edly he be

sat by the counter, he was before the drum. H

to the water for a mo

hed out his hand about tilting the mug

l with a kitchen counter, sink, refrigerator, a

ls oddly

ance to look around he fou

in but this time he was in modern kitchen-21st century. Before

" he asked hi

ound himself in situations; whether trivial, like this one right now or something a bit significant like the first time he fought a demon after aw

he second sink and placed

thing was. The waves of scent coming from each par

above the sink. It was almost empty w

tarted to clean it. When he was done he gently dropped it into the water for a rinse. He took the rinsed bowl out letti

tain of bowls. He washed, rinsed an

he slowly washed a

er I finished washing a

haven't felt in a long

thing like this feels

it feel

thing I did

just a few moments

that. Makes me wonder, is it something as trivial as I thought? Or

bit more about myself from these, such fra

the c

y memori

go back to

ember the lif

nt I want to feel at peace. T

e demons I find will answer all my questions

now th

can sleep but I guess I'll have to

ain and try to get the little I can... Or I could just

... ...

ime whiles washin

it feels like I am asleep, b

gh. That means I

he room is slowly becom

Eyelids lower... Everything is black. They

me sle

pe s

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