coming back to her seat, only to notice that her cat was in her seat. "you do know that you have your own chair" stated the girl, pointing to the chair next to her. "so... your seat was warmer" said the cat, still in the chair. having a conversation with her cat, going back and forth from the two, the girl notice the feeling of someone watching her. not wanting to have them noticed the girl knew about the watching. "Hey Amano, can you see if anyone is staring at us?" asking the girl. the cat eyed the group of students for a moment and not really trying. "nope" going back to what he was doing earlier.
a Teacher, or what looked like a principal stood on the stage next to the podium, talking about Brackets for our safely when a Rune came from the ground, noticing the glow from the stone, i closed my eyes having a feeling from the rune, lovely the energy coming from the rune, when two more came popping from the ground. "Hey Amano, are you ready for the test?" asking and not waiting for her cat to answer as she picked her cat up. as a Cave appeared in front of them. she looked towards the cave and gulped before taking a deep breath and heads in.
Slick looked around at those around him. Another set of people. I just hope there are no assholes or idiots. Slick was prepared for whatever came his way this year but he just knew that he couldn't stand people who made others a living hell.
When the voice rang out around kieran he grabbed two of his blades and held them at up at guard, the other two floated into similar positions on either side of him, as if being held by a second set of arms. they gradually lowered at the voice continued, explaining what it was as well as his test until the fairy was sitting on the handle of a door he was meant to open. he let go of the blades completely and walked up to the door. his thought process went 'it knows that i'm Eldritch, wouldn't it make some complex means of going about th-...no, start simple, now's not the time for overthinking' He reached out for the doorhandle, aiming to push it open, or pull it if that failed. and if neither of those worked he would knock on the door to see if someone would answer or it would open that way...gotta start somewhere.
@TheHangedMan “How insulting…. Pendragon females have done as much as the Pendragon males! When they were off fighting the women had to care not only for the children, house and garden, they had to take over the men’s chores as well. Nothing about my Merriweather side? Perhaps that side will benefit me well…….” Agatha looked about she knew some of the Merriweather secrets just because of her curiosity and had bugged her parents until they told some of the Merriweather Lore. They were more Pendragon orientated. Agatha looked about she saw that the plants lacked nitrogen. That could be easily fixed if she made some lightening and some water would be needed so a rain would supply that problem. As she gazed around the neglected meadow, her anger began to form. She could see rabbits hopping about, deer nibbling grass with twitching ears, flowers could be blooming here making the meadow more beautiful. So many things could be here if it was properly made. Perhaps a small pond…… A breeze began to stir about as Agatha gazed about what she is calling a nearly dead meadow. It grew stronger but not overly strong, just enough to stir up the air. A grey cloud formed over her head when thought about how this place could be full of life. The more she thought about what could be living here the darker the cloud became. Soon Agatha had built up quite a bit of anger inside of her and she spoke angrily to no one about the meadow. “You created something that is dying. This place could be full of life and vigor. Full of energy and surprises around a tree. Which brings about the fact that you did not include any trees! Trees are important to the environment. This place is lacking in vital nutrients. There could be all sorts of creatures playing here…. How dare you create such an environment! It is a deathtrap here. “Agatha yelled as it began to thunder and darken clouds began to drip rain slowly. She stared around herself to find the one who made this dying meadow. She could not see anything for the clouds had burst, thunder rumbled loudly and the lightening flashed angrily as a sadden young lady stood in the middle of the meadow. The energetic ball of light had vanished by now for there was no mischief left in Agatha. Just frustration of not being able to do anything at all. She did not see the point of this testing. It was not like any testing she had gone through before. Hail began to fall around her body as Agatha felt like she was defeated……. Her heart sank to the ground quite literally for she had sank into the ground. She only could lay her head on the her arms which were at the level of the ground, and cry.
((she just acquired a new ability- Defeated- sink into the ground))
Azrael nodded to the Root as it dissolved into the ground. The beast was large, but that only meant it would be unwieldy if toppled over. Its physiology meant that it could switch to all fours for better balance. It would be hard to outmaneuver the golem on the ground, so why not go up?
First however, he waited until the golem was almost upon him, rolling to the side and avoiding a titanic sideswipe. The arm seemed to whistle as it passed over his back, even as Azrael popped to his feet he was backpedaling, nimbly leaping backwards. He was now glad for all of the thrashing his Masters had given him, making his body agile, strong, and enduring. The golem was determined, however. It followed Azrael's every move and it made the boy worry he'd eventually succumb to the golem's pacing instead of his own. He slashed with his sword, but only made a glancing blow to the arm, gouging a shallow slash on the underarm. Az realized he'd need a bit more weight behind his attack for any real damage to be sustained.
With a minimal amount of power, Azrael launched himself into the air with a powerful downwards gust of wind. He flew up until his momentum slowed and he began a descent. He threw himself out like a sky-diver and after a moment's concentration and a little more magic, he landed on his Eagle's back like a wildcat. Luckily, he only had to expend minimal energy, activating one of the talismans he'd prepared. He still felt fresh a newborn robin and he was planning to stay that way. A plan began to formulate, but the boy observed his opponent for a few moments from up high, wanting to see what the big guy had in him.
Kenny was amazed how the head master casted such a huge spell. His gauntlet also surprised him a bit. He actually calmed down once he listened toghe head master continue on with his introduction. Kenny was excited he was ready....well that was until his whole surrounding was altered. That scared the living hell out of him even when he knew something was gonna happen by what the head master said.
Kenny looked around smiling at how he was one place and now he was somewhere else in the blink of an eye. "Oh woah!!! So this is what teleporting is like.?" He asked himself walking forward. Not to shortly after he began walking a cave came into view. From where he was standing it seemed that people was entering it so Kenny followed along and ran towards the cave. He equipped a second dessert eagle for his left hand to dual wield just in case something decides to pop out him. As some point jogging wasn't so epic or fit for what was about to begin so he started to break off into a run prepping himself. He was still incompetent to what was up ahead so he watched his surroundings closely and continued on his way.
Upon walking into the cave, Ava began hugging the shadows , becoming nearly invisible. She continued making her descent into the cave. Ava then turned her attention to the girl with the cat.@yukisaa The cat is what really intrigued Ava, but she chose to continue walking withing the shadows, saving the confrontation with the girl for a later time.
Aleksandra stood there, stock still with her eyes drifting from the brawling titans to the beautiful woman next to her. "Destroy only one, not the other..." she said absent mindedly to herself as she watched the titans clash against each other mesmerized by their "destructive beauty". The flame that engulfed her hand slowly began to climb up her arm as she watched the battle stopping at her shoulder, seemingly flickering with each ring of a hit connecting. "I guess I have to do my duty and end this" she said as began walking closer to the front rows of the collosseum where the shock waves threatened to tear her shirt if it was caught at the right angle. Aleksandra vaulted over the edge of the wall, landing with a plume of dirt and began to slowly make her way to the center of the arena where the 10m tall gold and silver titans continued to fight. As she walked the magical pressure she radiated grew with each step until the shock waves were being dispersed on impact with her own pressure, neutralizing it for herself. Aleksandra stopped when she was almost 3 meters away from the titans feeling the ground shake with every hit, her flames were basically pulsing as she watched the fight from close up and grew more intense. Got into a runner's starting position and waited, "I need to immobilized one of them first" she said before taking a running start, taking off directly into the clouds of dust aiming for a glimpse of metal that she had spotted attempting to tackle it's leg from under it.
Flare stood there, amazed by the spell. This is the test I'm supposed to take... I wonder what will happen once it begins..., he said entering the cave and dwelling in the darkness...
"Meruin Hazy, any relation to merlin? Hmph no matter, I guess I'm supposed to inform you about your exam. Yours should be suitably challenging for you, at least by the end of it." A lazy voice resounded throughout the cave. Somehow in the blink of an eye the darkness in front of her turned into a storming plateau. Driving rain, lightning strikes, boulders rolled across it generated from seemingly nowhere, even somehow several walls of fire ran across it. "Eh just cross that and you'll arrive at the next part. Do be careful now, though you're not in any real danger your score is." the voice was decidedly disinterested as though it had done this a thousand times before.
“Oh interesting.” A voice purred as Charles began crossing the gap. “As I said the first test was easy, simply to test your way of thinking.” Suddenly the walls vanished and Charles fell into blackness. “This one should be be more challenging of your skills.” Charles landed on a treadmill running at a fast jogging pace, behind it a pit, only this one was full of spikes if one got close enough to look. “I think this one was called the deathrun, for obvious reasons.” the feminine voice called out as Charles gained his footing. “Like last time, simply make it to the end, and try not to die.”
It seemed he was in some sort of infernal factory, up ahead he could see all sorts of strange contraptions, all sorts of strange noises, and it was scorching hot on top of that. The first one thing he would have to pass was a couple of machines shooting oil onto the treadmill, it seemed they had started recently as the oily track was only now starting to reach him. Past that there was a literal wall of fire in the way. What's more Charles could the treadmill he was on was enclosed by some sort of transparent material, it didn’t look like he could just fly over his problems. Directly above him he could see no sign of the hole he must’ve come through. One had to wonder what normally came through here. “Have fun.” the voice cried out cheerily.
"Arcadius hm, it seems your first test will be something that you may not be used to." The cave flashed with light and when Arcadius could see clearly again it appeared he was on some sort of high school track, coach included. The fairly portly middle aged man explained things to him, "Your first challenge is rather simple, a track meet. You have been entered into the mile, four laps, the 100 meter hurdles, 1/4 lap, and the shot-put. Complete these in any order you deem fit. After that you will move on to the next part of the test. Any questions? If not then get to work!"
"Nova Terra, You deal with the raw form of mana itself? Interesting," The voice commented as she walked through the cave. It opened into a forest with sort of golem in the middle of a clearing. The golem stood about 8 feet tall and was rather ominous looking, it seemed to be compromised of mostly dirt. The voice once again rang out from seemingly everyone at once, "Your exam will simply be to do your best to try to defeat it." If Nova had keen enough eyes or senses she would detect that there wasn't anything living within 5 meters of the golem, as it stood up and began slowly stomping towards her she could feel the mana in the area slowly being sapped into the Golem.
Slick entered into a fairly dark room, the only source of light was a large amount of moss, several types in fact that shone with every conceivable color creating a dazzling display of light. The only object of note in the otherwise strangely smooth room was a pool of silver-like material that was pooled in the middle, the light from the moss pooling and mixing within it. As Slick walked in the pool rippled and a noise came from it, “Ah, another human come to play with.” it said excitedly and rose from the floor in an indefinite amorphous shape.
Its ripples seemed to correspond with the noises it made. An eyeball appeared and surveyed Slick, a few moments passed and the strange creature morphed until its form was the same as Slicks, but still silver. Seconds later a waterfall of colors spread from the center of the mass and it became an exact replica of Slick, size and color. “Well, let's play then visitors go first.” the replica called out, bowing briefly before returning to critically analyzing Slick.
Ava looked at all the fairies surrounding her. "Lets see if you can catch me then." She sprinted further into the cave looking for a dark path. The fairies were faster than what she would have imagined, but she kept sprinting. Since the fairies gave off light, she used that to her advantage. Ava noticed a small hole in the cave wall, big enough for her to crawl in, she slid into the hole, hoping that no fairy would find her there. She continued crawling in the hole, creating distance between her and the fairies.
@Eklispe Charles looked around as he stood, he'd groan "really.." he says "had to be fire.. this better not damage my books.." he says patting his bag where he kept all of his books he carried with him "...apparently you don't like people flying... as for fire.. looks like fire dragon scale would be a good choice.." he says to himself "then i should modify the spider legs i already have in order to insure friction.. to use the least amount of my remaining stamina... hopefully at the end I'll have enough to turn back don't think i could sleep with these....." he groans as his skin shapes and bubbles turning into scales, they also cover the spider legs "..ow.... that hurts like heck.... i sure hope there isn't many others.. if so.. this isn't going to end well for me" he says to himself, as triple spikes burst from the ends of the spider limbs, this time them all having it. he stabs them into the tread where he stands, and lifts his entire body a little bit into the air again, then starts trying to charge forward. the spikes hopefully able to get friction by stabbing the tread under the oil, and the long strides the legs take. hoping he can make it to and past the flames with this method.
Apollo looked at Meruin as she put her clothes on. As they were about to speak with each other, They were transported to another place.
Apollo sighed as they were transported to the Labryrinth of Hope. He guessed that this exam was a fighting one. 'Ephilates, Please take care of this...' 'I thought you'd never ask..' Suddenly, Apollo's eyes turned Purple, signifying that now Ephilates was in control. He looked around the cave. For him, he didnt need light, he could just sense what was around him. Since everything gave off an Aura, living and non-living he could walk around with ease, without tripping. He then felt that tugging sensation in his chest once more, as if something wanted to get out. Not only that, but he also felt another presence, something strange that he didnt sense in the other place.
Meruin stared in amazement at the forces allayed before her. Even as her examiner began the explanation of her trial, the small mage looked around her, her attention captured by her surroundings. Slowly, a smile crept its way on her face, until a full-blown grin came to life, transforming Meruin Hazy's seemingly emotionless persona into something unrecognizable; the smile she had given Arcadius earlier was nothing compared to this radiant one - the two were as incomparable as dark and light. The utter wonder and joy on her face betrayed any sort of notion that she was now confronting a dangerous trial.
"This is amazing," she breathed. Her eyes darted up and down, staring at the plateau, the fires that surrounded it, the rocks and lightning the were followed by thundering crashes. "How did they manage this? Did they transport me using the rune to a yet undiscovered area, or perhaps to a personalized dimension? Am I even in the physical world any more? Did I actually get transported? Perhaps this is all in my head . . . amazing, simply amazing."
Meruin muttered her questions under her breath in awed, curious tones. Kneeling down, Meruin began drawing runes on the ground, runes meant to simply project her upwards by a few meters. Once in the air, she took stock of her surroundings, her eye keenly absorbing all the details of the plateau before her. Drawing a magic circle in the air with her fingers, Meruin gripped the construct at the center, turning it as though it were a door and her hands were the key. The markings inside of the circle disappeared completely, opening way into what looked like the inside of a trunk. Meruin snapped her hands, and from inside flew two books, one red and one blue, taking their place at her left and right.
"Everything, record everything."
In response to her command, the books flipped open, and their pages began glowing as words and diagrams imprinted themselves on their surfaces.
Her exam all but forgotten, Meruin's smile never left her face. If she could, she would have stayed all day in here.
The thousands of pixies flew about in small clusters, eyes and wings twitching excitedly about as they searched for their target. Doubtlessly, they were not the most intelligent of creatures, and asides from staying in formation, simply flew in random patterns.
What made up for their lack of intelligence, however, was their numbers.
"Found her! Found her!"
A small cluster cried out with multiple voices, instantly drawing the attention of all the other pixies. Each and every one of them stared at the small hole Ava had crept into. With gleeful cries, the whole heard swarmed into the hole, their bodies glowing with intense heat as they did so. The hole Ava had crawled into had now become an oven in an almost literal sense. The pixies shoved and pushed each other out of the way in an uncoordinated mess, but surely enough, they were rapidly approaching Ava's position.
Time - a fairly subjective term. Though everyone exists on a predetermined frame of movement, the perception of that movement differs from person to person; for one person, the day could have gone by quickly, while for another, the day could have been all too long. Time as a magic is no different, for though everyone shares an awareness of what Time could do when applied as a magic, there are differing opinions on how it can be used.
To we control it, grasping the threads of 'when' and replacing it with our own vision?
Is it predetermined, such that we simply borrow a 'true' awareness of a sorts, in order to use that understanding to our advantage?
Or is it something else? Perhaps all our preconceptions about Time are wrong, and that we have never truly understood its nature, let alone controlled it in any form.
Regardless, there are still some who ignore the definitions and theory's, simply doing as they felt. Like -
"You, Agni Blackheart, known as 'Flare', friend of Cruz, King of Technomages."
An ancient, thunderous voice boomed out, and in the blink of an eye, Agni's surroundings changed. Where once he stood on a cave, was now an ancient hall, filled with old and cracked pillars. What was once a grand reception hall, now stood decrepit and in disarray. In between the massive and tall pillars that held the a roof that stretched to the sky, were stone statues of creatures indescribable. Each and everyone of them were sculptures that depicted monsters of epic proportions. Individually, they all looked different; some had horns, others, wings. Some were dressed in armors of natural hide, while others were covered in thick scales.
At the very end of the hall, in the center, the place of honor, towered a statue more massive than the rest. It was so massive, that an opening in the roof was created for where it stood, as it reached well past the confines of the ancient hall. From top to bottom, the massive stone statue was over seventy meters in length. It looked like the mixture of man and castle, as though a giant had decorated itself in trappings of towers and buttresses.
Its head moved.
"You who belong in a place unrelated to this. Why have you come? Why do you think you can stay?"
Its voice echoed resoundingly across the walls of the ancient hall, reverberating across the floor and ceiling, powerful and unable to be ignored.
"For you who wishes to exist in that which is unrelated to you, a task from me is only most fitting."
The ground shook, and suddenly, another statue rose from the earth. Unlike the other, gargantuan statues, this one was human in size. In fact, the statue was of a human, a human who eerily resembled someone Agni knew . . .
"This is Cruz Meister. Not a construct, not an illusion; he is well and truly the King of the Technomages - only, not as you know him. He is a man from a different place, a different time. In him, events played out differently. He is not the last of the Technomages; he grew up among them, and though his mother and father still perished, he and the rest of his race remained. To the Technomages, he is a beloved king and renowned hero who saved their race from extinction.
"To others, however, he is a demon in human form. To you specifically, you are his rival; his sworn enemy after he eradicated your family and lover. In him, the world was dominated by the Technomages, and all lived under their rule.
"You, who wishes to change things not related to you, affect things unrelated to you, see and feel that which is unrelated to you, this is your task: I bring before you the tyrant who dominated the world, the Consul of the Technomages, Cruz Meister, as he was when he was at your age; weaker than his prime, yet, still strong, for he had guidance that your never had.
"You must end his life to proceed. Fail this, and you will be trapped here forevermore."
Suddenly, the statue of Cruze cracked, the stone falling to the floor and revealing flesh underneath. With a jerk, all the pieces of stone fell off, and Cruz Meister of an alternate time opened his eyes.
The two Titans kept up their brawl, scarcely noticing Aleksandra's approached. So intense was their focus on each other that even when Aleksandra ran towards the Titan, they had yet to pay her any mind.
That is, until Aleksandra had tackled the foot of the Silver Titan.
With a massive groan of metal, the Titan's foot buckled for a moment, causing it to be unable to defend against the incoming swing of its opponent, who froze in surprise. It did not expect that blow to actually connect. It was through this confusion that it spotted Aleksandra at the foot of its foe, and suddenly, everything became clear.
With a roar, the Golden Titan charged towards Aleksandra, even as the Silver Titan began rising again, more affected by the blow of the Golden Titan than by Aleksandra's tackle.
The Golem stared at Azrael in the sky, its body completely still. If one did not know any better, it could be mistaken for a huge statue. The gouge on its arm that Azrael created was healing. The process was very, very slow, but nonetheless, the 'wound' began closing up. Suddenly, the Golem disappeared into a nearby cluster of trees, leaving Azrael's field of vision and staying within them for a few silent moments.
Then, the trees came flying.
One after another, foliage was ripped right down from their roots and hurtled into the air with frightening accuracy and speed, each and every one of them heading straight for Azrael.
"Oh my, that's fairly simple for an Eldritch. Strange of you to go with the simple solution first, but good, good. At the very least, you're on the right track. Still, that door isn't simply going to open. It's locked, as you can see."
Indeed, no matter what Kieran did, the door did not open. There was no response, no trigger. It simply remained as so.
Meanwhile, the Eldritch horrors that swam through the darkness began moving in closer. Moving in a spiral pattern, they carefully observed Kieran's every move.
"I don't know what you mean," his raspy voice echoed, sounding amused. "To me, this world is beautiful. A world of decay, a world of ends. Perhaps, to you, that is terrible but to me, it is paradise. That cannot be helped - it is simply a difference in perspective. You are a creature of flesh. I am not. Why should I care for your way of living?"
Din stood up, and spread his arms wide, gesturing to the world around them. "Perhaps, this is what this is. Your belief against mine. Your world in conflict with another. It cannot be helped - difference in opinion will always be irreconcilable. It will always lead to conflict. If so, try; try and destroy my world, see if you can. I doubt you do; you lack the power to do so."
Meanwhile, as Agatha's emotions shifted and rain fell, the gears stopped moving. As abruptly as they stopped, however, they began moving, just as the rain disappeared in a flash of lightning.
... Everything seemed to be going into shambles. All that made sense... somehow stopped being understandable. The death of all that were close affected so much... that even time wouldn't be able to fill that hole. And now, the nightmare begins to live once again. But this time, things were different. What was flowing wasn't a sensation of hatred, nor a sensation of vengeance. Was that judgement right? Is this all real or some fantasy? It didn't matter. All that this could bring was despair.
That's how Flare felt at that time. Even if he knew about the facts, emotion spoke higher. Just by seeing the image in his front made him tremble. It led him to give up. "... W-What... y... you're joking... I... why would I even... this is...", he couldn't even complete sentences prior to the fear he felt. He tried to think on something. Something that could eventually make it all right. "Y-You say that became a tyrant, a murderer that took the world for his people... but you don't have proof. You better show me the proof that this lame made-up story you're telling me happened...!", he said. Little did he knew that he spoke something that he would soon regret...
@TheHangedMan "Aren't you full of surprises!" Azrael yelled, the eagle dodging the trees with a series of rolls and dives. He watched as the treetops would first shake, then be dislodged, and finally become a serious javelin. These few moments of warning were enough for the pair, however. Azrael and his Wind avatar had practiced many maneuvers like this over time. What was this Golem's weakness? Maybe there was a rune on the back of the neck? There was a real probability it was simply summoned and would continue to fight unless it was shattered and Az took its core.
When the trees in the cluster started to be sparse, Azrael decided to land. He continued to spiral until they were flying alongside the ground, where Azrael landed running. He dissolved the construct, absorbing the energy back from the avatar. With the power boost, Azrael felt great, buzzing with energy! He concentrated for a moment, then brought his hands up with a brisk motion, palms up. Earth and stone gathered on his body until he himself looked like a miniature golem. A tree came flying at Azrael, but he spun, knocking it away with a backhand strike. "COME ON YOU GLORIFIED ROCK SLIDE! COME FACE ME!" he roared. With that, he grabbed his sword and tied off the spell for the rock armor. This next move would be the deciding one and all Azrael needed was the extra weight for what he had in mind.
Max pondered what the mouth had said for a couple of seconds. Suddenly a broad smile appeared on his face and for once it wasnt covered in shadows. He sat down on the cool floor and then layed on his back. If nothing magical can escape and my magic is being temporarily drained i might as well wait till my magics gone then leave. After about twenty seconds he got nored and tried starting a conversation with the hsnd. "Been doing this testing buissness long?" He asked.
@TheHangedMan Aleksandra Felt the metal bend from her hit but it didn't completely stop the titan as it was already getting back up. She brought her hand back and was ready to throw a punch directed at the dented area but as she was about to bring it down she heard the roar of the golden titan and saw it charge. At this she jumped away from the silver titan and landed 2 meters away, the heat began to build around her as Aleksandra released more energy into her flames as well as using her earth element to give her more stability by making herself heavier. "Come at me then!" She yelled at the charging golden titan but also watching out for the silver one. She was ready to counter the golden titan opting to attempt to melt it instead of flat out hit it as shown by how there were melted Han marks in the silver titan's leg.
Agatha felt a burst of resentment towards Din as she pulled herself out of the ground that she sank into. She began to pace and to think out loud on the puzzle before her and what she had learned during her short life time. “Listen to this then. I can’t undo everything that you have done to this land, so why try? My opinion is irreconcilable? You have yet to try to see my side either. Perhaps my grandmother was right. She once told that me there were always 2 views of each thing if not more. She also said that there is no end without a beginning somewhere. Everyone has their own opinion and sometimes one is more right than the other then sometimes it is just the opposite. After all you have to have the opposite of something to enjoy something. That may be what this is all about. Perhaps this puzzle means more than fixing the problem…… maybe- just maybe mind you- it is about the circle of life? What so I know of the circle of circle? There is a beginning or spring then the summer or youth then the maturing or fall then comes the end or winter. Then it repeats itself over and over…..” Agatha was as confused as she was before she pondered out loud. “What can I do? I am not in control of what ability that I have so I must do something before I die of lack of oxygen. I can’t just keep trying reversing what has been done but what if I hastened the end? Will I survive to the end of this testing? At this rate I won’t survive anything. I must do something but what? “Agatha looked up at the rusty gears moving. She realized that she was starting to get lightheaded and slightly dizzy from looking up. “I must do what I must do and that is not much. It takes time to make rust form and even more time to make the rust turn into rust dust. Besides time rust needs to have moisture and oxygen… which I need a lot of right now….” Agatha knelt down on the ground slowly as she began to feel weaker. “Din… I guess I look more and more beautiful to you since I am heading towards my end…….” She simply laid down her head on her arms to rest. “This puz..zle… mm...may be ….. too much for the likes of me. Just what ….. ….” Her voice trailed off to nothingness.
