Ilnix stared at the marvelous creature before him. He could tell it was suffering from loneliness, an emotion he too understood.
The last Heron? For me to see it, I never thought such beauty existed. Ilnix was at peace just by looking at it.
"What's it like? To be the last of your species," Ilnix asked.
The heron looked at him and responded, "You would never understand. This makes me want to kill myself. But I am a harmless being, even to myself."
The room rested in silence for a moment.
"My entire town was destroyed, I was the only survivor. Even while they lived, they hated me... Don't think so uniquely of yourself." Ilnix responded.
"Tch." The Heron turned began to float away.
"Wait, what's your name?"
"I am Linia, not that it matters... you are not a friend. None of you humans are."
Ilnix pondered his position whilst resting in his room. This was not an attractive room. Cobwebs riddled every corner, insects were crawling through every ignorantly placed brick. There were plenty of books that were written in another language. Ilnix had been told not to remove them, taking away a lot of his storage space. He had placed his spare robes under his sheets, hoping that it would keep the insects out of them. His pills were tied hund around his neck by a thick string. He refused to part with them. .....This place is still better than my home....
Suddenly an alarm sounded. A myrmidon ran through the halls,"Code red! A group of hitmen has been spotted outside, they appear to be after the Heron!"
Ilnix rushed to the front door, several other men had already appeared in their battle gear. It was thirty seconds before the doors opened. The men rushed out into the open, cutting down every man in their way. Ilnix took out his fair share of men, but more of them just continued to march. The men were getting tired, even Kaleb.
They opponents continued to arrive, growing in strength and number. Everyone had fallen, they were too exhausted to continue. The thieves and assassins were starting to kill the fallen men. Ilnix heard a beautiful voice over the sound of blades. "sora wo aoide..." He felt the strength returning to him, a flower sprouted beside his head as he stood. He had regained all of his strength, he turned to see Linia singing on a rock too high up for the enemy to reach.
Ilnix continued to slaughter his opponents, bodies flew everywhere, and he was incapable of getting tired as long as Linia sang. After twenty minutes of fighting the final soldier was in sight. A black knight. Is that THE Black Knight?
"Tch! Another imposter, I'll take him out quick!" Kaleb rushed at the man, ducked under his lance, and released a Luna into the man face. He fell limp and immediately died.
There were only three remaining men. Ilnix, Kaleb, and Galagon the powerful mercenary in green armor. They decided it would be best to leave the small hideout to which Ilnix was none too accustomed.
"We think it would be best to take you to your beast bretheren."
"Alright, I assume you'll cloak me so as to avoid danger?"
"Of course, we have already prepared some long white robes. There a hole in the back for your wings, we have a backpack sewn into the backside. It'll be just enough room for your wings."
"I appreciate it. So, where are we going?"
"Lilya, all the way across the contenent."
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Also since I seem to love sprite editing all of a sudden, I have done a small shot of Ilnix and Linia when they were talking. I plan on doing this after every RP post if there is no problem.
