[Axel gave a soft 'heh' as he was told to take his time.]
I do that, and we'll be here all day.
[Takes a bite of his soup, then begins.]
Anyway, should probably start at the beginning, namely a couple days after we last met. You know those... monster-things that were popping up in odd places during the time you were there? Well, a few days after that they just... vanished. No one had any idea why. Maybe you had something to do with it, or your friends, but whatever the case they just quit appearing as suddenly as they'd started.
Around the same time, there was an... explosion, or something in one of the central courtyards. Nobody really saw what happened, but they did find one guy at he scene, unconscious and injured. Nobody knew who he was, but our King, Ansem the Wise took him back to the castle for treatment. Being a kid at the time, I didn't bother to find out much beyond that, figuring the guy was in good hands. Eventually, everyone kinda forgot about the whole monster thing, and it just became a weird thing that had happened, something to talk about when things were dull.
...Until about a year later, when it started happening again. It started out quietly, with a few people disappearing; the armorer's son, one of the castle maids, a few others. Then the monsters showed up. Just a few, at first. Black things with yellow eyes that jumped out of the shadows to attack people. The castle guards assured everyone that things were under control.
But it wasn't. Things kept getting worse. More disappearances, more monsters. Didn't take much brainpower to figure out that the two were connected, but at the time, nobody knew how. But when there came a point where no one had seen or heard from Ansem in over a week, I decided that it was time Isa and I stopped sitting on our butts and find out.
no subject
I do that, and we'll be here all day.
[Takes a bite of his soup, then begins.]
Anyway, should probably start at the beginning, namely a couple days after we last met. You know those... monster-things that were popping up in odd places during the time you were there? Well, a few days after that they just... vanished. No one had any idea why. Maybe you had something to do with it, or your friends, but whatever the case they just quit appearing as suddenly as they'd started.
Around the same time, there was an... explosion, or something in one of the central courtyards. Nobody really saw what happened, but they did find one guy at he scene, unconscious and injured. Nobody knew who he was, but our King, Ansem the Wise took him back to the castle for treatment. Being a kid at the time, I didn't bother to find out much beyond that, figuring the guy was in good hands. Eventually, everyone kinda forgot about the whole monster thing, and it just became a weird thing that had happened, something to talk about when things were dull.
...Until about a year later, when it started happening again. It started out quietly, with a few people disappearing; the armorer's son, one of the castle maids, a few others. Then the monsters showed up. Just a few, at first. Black things with yellow eyes that jumped out of the shadows to attack people. The castle guards assured everyone that things were under control.
But it wasn't. Things kept getting worse. More disappearances, more monsters. Didn't take much brainpower to figure out that the two were connected, but at the time, nobody knew how. But when there came a point where no one had seen or heard from Ansem in over a week, I decided that it was time Isa and I stopped sitting on our butts and find out.