The dark room filled with silence, Logan breaks it saying.
"System, this is a joke, right?" he shook his head in disbelief, and took up the suitcase and placed it on his bed.
"This is my last time here, and I won't even miss this place."
He takes a look at the time on a small analogue clock in the room that was close to his bed on a small table.
"better get ready, to leave." he said
as he walks towards where a painting is hung on the wall. The eerie sunlight creates a wonderful glow, dipping below the horizon as the sun disappears.
\Click clack\
A sharp sound of Logan opening and closing the door was shortly heard as the sound went away like the wind picking up a gust.
Logan
gets out of the room as his hair, still releasing droplets of water, sways in the calm breeze.
He dries his hair, with a snow-white towel.
\Flip flop\
His dark coat fluttered in the breeze that matched his hat with a silver emblem resembling two swords crossed that was beaming in the light. Logan rushed out the door and closed it as he was a few strides away from the exit out of this so-called Campus of the winged eagles he spat right at the first step.
Logan marched outside the enclosed barriers that trapped him during his life working there, his face painted with a smile, as he walks toward the left of the street down towards Olvoktar the face of a well-known family for its power and wealth and even though in stone it's still a sight to show respect to.
"Hello, there sir, do you mind giving us some of your time," said a person with an elegant British accent.
"me" Logan asked, "well yes, you're the only one I'm looking at right now, is it not." he replied.
"Uh, I'm busy right now ,and I need to hurry, sorry." Logan replied
"Hm, What a shame, well read this it contains all I wanted to tell you." the man in his dark blue suit hands out a letter to Logan, he takes It, and continues walking unfazed of the person he met even though he could feel a pressure strong with immense in range
that it could crush his arms, but covers it with a soothing feeling.
Logan walks to a bus stop with little to no people, a bus arrives, and the group of people enter as he follows.
\Ring Ring\
Logan clicks the small buzzer, the driver aware that he has reached his destination stopped for a brief moment.He walks toward a huge wall with sculptures carefully crafted to represent people to remind people of their good deeds and sacrifices.
He walks to the gate that blocks the view of his destination " may I see your I.D?" a middle-aged man asked as he slowly opened the gate "why would I do that?" Logan replied.
"because it is essential for you to get inside."
"Then why open the gate to a complete stranger, are you not afraid of losing your job?"
"Of course I don't want to lose my job, but you wouldn't be capable of making that happen." the man replied.
"Tch, you have one heck of a mouth," Logan remarked as he took out his wallet, which he slowly revealed his I.D and then handed it to him and walked through.
The building resembling that of a prestigious
Business, right In front Logan his eyes bright with excitement as he enters, he stops to take in the environment.
A small board attracts Logan's attention, showing the different areas on the campus and different buildings.
"So I'm at room 170" he takes a turn to the left as he sees an elevator filled with people both male and female, they all looked at him with disgust as they could all tell he was not from a prominent or wealthy family.
Logan scoffs and turns to the stairs greeting him in the corner far from the elevator "I hate stairs" he muttered as he walked toward his destination.
/Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap/
The sound of his boot echoed as he ran up the stairs, passing by sections of rooms occupied by wealthy skill bearers "uhhh, door 47 is diabolical considering how long I've been running" Logan said as he sat on the stairs to take a breather.
/DING/
"You have completed your task"
"what" Logan remarked with an expression of disbelief "This thing is actually real, no way."
"System owner has received:
Durability 16->18
Speed 20 ->24
Bravery 65->65
IQ 82->82
Reach 8m->8m
Abilities 1->1
Charm 0->0
Buff 0->1
" System owner, would you like to use buff?" Logan's eyes widen as he views the system interface.
" Using my powers on some people would be pointless, that would just get me into issues. All we make is money on tasks or jobs given to us, no matter what anyone says there will always be someone stronger than you, so the great sects decided not to use their abilities in an unlawful way that would cause unnecessary bloodshed, and destruction."
the system interface flickers with dark dots running across going back and forth on the screen.
"..."
"Analysis complete."
"Lets cut the crap, prove to me that this system is real!!."Lagen said
"...." dots ran across the interface as what Logan said echoed down the stairs mildly.
"Try something that is compatible with your ability that you couldn't normally do." the system muttered with a voice followed by a sharp flash on the screen.
"Something I couldn't normally do." Logan muttered, he held out his arm, as the air around his arm started to freeze, and then his arm was embodied in snow, he then began to make a single ice crystal emanating a blue glow,the ice then melts and turned into water, he then turns the water into a gaseous state that surrounds his arm.
The sunlight slipping away from his eyes leaves as his surroundings get darker, then he softly mutters."Now I'm convinced."
Logan standing in front of a door marked by a number presenting itself boldly. with its dark serif font writing, " 170."
He entered and closed the door,
"this much more space than I'm used to" he muttered. Logan had been in a small unit on the campus due to his lack of wealth or high status , which he viewed as unfair but didn't complain because he needed the job.
Logan switched on the light, which throwed its golden spears like the sun radiating from the sky, he took off his hat, placing it on a hanger.
/creak/ /creak/
The sound of his bed cracking reached his ear as he lay on his bed, which was soft like feathers and white like snow, he stared at the ceiling, as a sharp sound like a bell rang in Logan's ear, as the system interface from before appeared before him once again.
" you have gained a ability "
ABILITIES 1->2
ability gained-> (SPATIAL AWARENESS)
"Spatial awareness" Logan muttered
The system then prompted an idea stating
"Would you like to test the ability?"
" Tomorrow ilI do that,I'm too tired." Logan said as he yawned while covering his mouth.
Logan then asks
"Who or what created you?"
The interface then showed a sequence of dots across the screen.
Logan's heavy eyelids closed due to how tired he was, the interface then turned to Logan's face , and closed after staring at his face for a while.
"hey hey hey!!!" a childish voice called out as Logan's eyes slowly opened
"hm, where am I?" he said as he got up and
looked at his tiny hands.
"Why are my hands so small?!!."
Then Logan saw a dark-skinned boy smiling at him while he was trying to piece together what's happening.
"Come on" the unknown boy said as he grabbed his hand, they ran in the grass dancing in the cool breeze while the hands of blooming flowers brushed by as Logan and the boy ran through together.
"Hey hold up" Logan said as the tall grass brushed on his face
"We're almost there, just keep running," the young boy replied.
They ran till they reached a big stream
"right here." the boy said he released Logan's hand "it's just some large stream, why did you bring me here?!!, and where am I?"
Logan said with a lowered tone, the strange boy lifts his hands.
"This is…., this is" he muttered while tilting his head.
"I knew it!!" Logan replied
"Well you see i'm new here, Hahaha"
the young boy said while scratching his head. embarrassed of not being able to answer a simple question like that.
He then straightens his head with his hand behind it, giving off a dark expression on his " you see I really don't wanna go back to where I was, or even wake up if this is a dream, it's better than, .. there" he remarked looking at him with the lack of care for going back.
/boom boom boom/
The sound of large footsteps echoed through the grass,
"Duck" the boy softly muttered as they stooped down, "What is that?" Logan asked, as he started sweating buckets,
"Don't worry, they won't bother you if you don't interfere with them" the boy said but that wasn't the reply Logan was looking for,
"But what if it steps on us?"
"Um, we're in front of the entrance of a cave, we can go in if it gets close." The boy added.
The loud steps went away after quite a while the sounds faded in the dense bushes.
"See it's gone" the boy said,
Logan exhaled loudly.
"Shut up!, we could've died" he exclaimed,
"But we're alive."
Logan drags his dreads,
"ouch ouch" the boy said as he flinched in pain, Logan released his hair.
They stand up and entered the cave ,
"Do you have a match or a flashlight? or ugh you get what I mean" he said as he turned to Logan.
"No" Logan answered bluntly
"Oh, ok" the boy said with a Lowered tone,
Logan, barely able to see in the dark cave opens his palm as the same ice crystal from before emerged, giving off its mighty glow.
"Nice" the boy remarked, they continued walking deep into the cave with a wave of silence as if in a library without people, Logan breaks the silence "So what's your name?"
he asked, "Jack" the boy answered.
He then continues asking "And your name?"
"My name is Logan."
He said as a sharp burst of light hits their faces, they cover their eyes until they adjust to the light and are able to see clearly.
They entered a section of the cave with a medium size opening at the top showing a glassware of beauty in the center of the cave with its different tones of red with faint glows of blue.
"Cool a hidden jem" Jack said
A wall suddenly arose from the frozen floor. They both looked back quickly reacting to the sound.
" crap, a sealed up exit is never a good sign" Logan muttered. He then enters a stance preparing for something to happen while Jack stands confused.
"Is it just me or is it getting colder?"
Jack said as he rubbed his hands together.
Logan looked at Jack confused for a while and then turned his attention back to the crystal "I don't feel anything if the temperature drops so im fine, but it's an issue for Jack" Logan said in his mind.
"Watch out!!" Jack shouted.
A bundle of ice dwindled up together like a vine then ambushes Logan from behind but Jack pushes him out of the way as they tumble to the ground .
Jack then gets up and starts sprinting in an instant of time, in seconds Jack takes out an axe out of thin air. He then takes a swing towards the crystal with a clean hit.
/bam!!/
"shit, why's its shell so solid"Jack said,
He then jumps back landing on a frozen boulder inside the cave.
Logan then aims his fingers to the crystal like he's going to flick a fly, ice crystal with a wedge type figure appears around him, he then flicks his finger triggering the signal as the wedges hit the crystal but were Shattered into small pieces, he scoffs and dashes towards the crystal.
"Maybe close impact will work" Logan said as he holds out his palm, he then flicks his finger hitting the crystal with a barrage of wedges breaking pieces of its solid armor, vines emerge from its hard surface, but Logan quickly dodges them.
"Yo Logan move for a sec" Jack said.
"Dont need to ask me twice" Logan replied
Jack then leaps in the air and throws his axe
towards the crystal getting a clear hit, falling from above the crystal sees this as an opportunity so it shoots out vines towards Jack.
A straight arrow is shown in front of his path as he speeds in between the gaps of the vines, he lands right on the axe stepping on it with both legs causing a deep crack in the crystal.
The crystal shoots out vines towards cover up the crack. "Jack dont let it cover it up!!!".
"I got you!!" Jack said
as the vines come down he grabs them with his hand even though the thorns piercing his hands came down and are freezing his palm in the process.
He groans in pain, while Logan makes gestures and sways his palm in the air, the whole area around them turns dark like they were transported into a void.
Jack takes the thorn out his palm and stabs it in the crystal.
Logan then puts his hand forth pointing to the crystal, small snow flakes suddenly appear and Jack returns to Logan's side with his bleeding palm.
The snow flakes then started to rampage and ripped through the crystal's shell exposing its core.
The core emanating a blue glow floats towards Logan which he willingly opens his palm and takes it.
They were then transported back to where they were fighting the crystal but the vines weren't blocking the entrance but the once barren cave started melting revealing flowers on the ground.
They went to an exit which was blocked by ice but can clearly be seen now.
The warm sunlight touches their face as they leave that place with the crystal's core.
Soon they went quite some distance to a gate made out of roses, they passed through it.
Logan wakes up confused about what happened and he gets up and stands in his room scanning for anything that is out of place that could have caused an illusion or dream manipulation.
"What, was that all a dream?" he said
Logan walks outside where the sunlight hits his face as the sun shines toward the area he is at.
He stares at the sun for a while.
"Shoot, I nearly forgot" Logan said as he runs inside and puts on his shoes and then rushes outside and closes the door.
"Firstly I need to go and get a quest, I wonder what's Jack up to" Logan said
Logan heads to the gate and exits, he looks at a watch on his palm that shows some quests.
"If he's real that is" Logan muttered.
Jack falls from the sky with his eyes closed as the wind rushes over his body. Jack wakes up with no worries whilst noticing his situation.
Jack falls into a river in a forest with a look of neglected trees battered and cut down with lumber thrown in the river as if it was done on purpose.
"Who are you?!!" a Lady in a squadron uniform asked as she walked to Jack in the river.
"I am Jack Doorman, is there something wrong?" he said as he turned to her
"This is a private property to the EAGLES OF THE NORTHERN SKIES" she said
"And you're an intruder I must restrain"
She said as her hand started to glow with a cyan colour.
"I see"
Jack then turned away from her and started running.
"I got no time for you miss" Jack said as he dashed at immense speed, the lady then held out her hand and the blue glow formed tentacles which rushed towards Jack.
Jack dodges them as the water splashed all over blocking his clear view then she appeared behind a large splash of water punching him onto land, he uses it as an opportunity and runs in a zig zag pattern through the forest, the tentacles caught up to him and ambushes him from in front.
He takes out his axe and cuts them and then pulls unto the piece she still held and pulls her to him and punches her into a tree and then throws her away.
Jack "Going to prison isn't on my bucket list"
he said as he ran to the exit which was closed, so he leaped in the air to the area made of glass and broke through.
"Where am I?" he mumbled to himself, as he broke through.
Jack ran until he stopped at a tall building with the word Guild application and an emblem of two swords crossed.
"A good start to earn money I guess" Jack said as he walked inside where there were few people inside with little attendants working at the desks, he walked up to an attendant.
"I would like to apply for a guild
membership"Jack said.
"Yes, just a minute please" she said with a soft tone while she went for the papers and handed them to him.
He reads it carefully and signs it "here" Jack said .
She takes It and puts it away, she then notices a cut on his face she then reaches out and heals him.
"Thanks" Jack said as he turned and left.
"Yo"
Jack then turns just to get soccer punched into a building on the streets.
"Shit, I swear I lost her" he said as he got up from the rumble.
People started screaming and running from the area as the gust was stirred upwards by the wind.
"As I told you already I got no time for this, and I never wanted to end up there in the first place "Jack said he rubbed the rubble out his dreads.
"I am Lady Rose, if so you should clear up issues like this better, ill make sure to check this situation out properly and just for you to know lying to a guild is a serious crime." she said as she turned to walk away.
"Thats all?" Jack said
"It seems simple but did you see anything over there?" she asked.
"No" Jack replied
"Good" she said as she disappeared.
Jack dumb founded looks around and jumps on a light post and then onto a building and then starts running as the sunsets.