Chapter 4
Perspective Maximillian Titanius
"Hey Pastry are you sure your okay you look like a dead man walking." Maximillian said.
"I feel like it Max hey I'm just gonna go to bed early I need all the sleep." Pace said looking like he had stayed awake 72 hours at least.
"Actually Pastry a lot of the guys are pretty down in the dumps let's just have a campfire share family stories it'll help you can go first so you can go to bed clearly using soul energy or whatever is draining." Maximillian said.
"Fine whatever I just wanna go to bed really bad right now." Pace said.
"hey guys since everyone feels home sick how about we all go around taking turns for telling nice stories of home!" Maximillian yelled. After everyone gathered in a circle the cave felt some how cheerier.
"I'll go first." Pace said legitimately looking like he was falling asleep already.
"Okay so my mom and my dad meet in Italy my mom was Italian and my dad was English as pure English as you get. Any who even though I don't remember it the first five years of my life were spent in Italy. After my moms dad passed away we moved to England hence why I'm going to and English university. Point is once a year every year we would go back to Italy and since my dad made good money we even went on holiday to places like France Germany Spain and other parts of England even Scotland and Wales one time. Basically that once a year trip back to Italy are some of the best memories I have eating all sorts running around like a maniac with my cousins it was nice." Pace said.
"To be honest the only weird part about my life is no matter what I never met my dad's family not even once he never even mentioned them. Which is weird because even terrible parents get mentioned at least once. To be honest I just always wondered why what could have happened even when I asked he simply refused to even talk about them. I mean not visiting fair enough but not even telling me just weird is all on my mom's side I know some of my second cousins. My dad wasn't able to be around much because of his job but he was their when it counted that was enough." Pace said after a short but well noticed pause that felt on purpose. Then after that just crawling to his corner of the cave quickly going to sleep.
"Okay I'll go next." Maximillian said before fake coughing to clear his throat.
"You all know about me I'm not very smart or even strong to be honest only reason I got in to a university like ours was because my mom's crazy rich. A lot like Pastry my pops wasn't around much because of his job but he was pretty good despite the fact. To be honest most of my holidays were in England never went over seas until I was 11 and we went to Rome. That was the best day of my life at that point it time so much new stuff it was awesome." Maximillian said awkwardly ending his story not exactly as good as Pace but Pace wasn't great either because of how tired he is.
"I guess it's my turn." Lina said.
"So when I was little my parents were very poor I had to fight tooth and nail for everything so when I got into a university like this I was so happy. I just right now I miss them so much." Lina said before going of to her corner of the cave to cry.
"My turn then okay listen you lot ain't saying this again." Carbry said.
"Basically I was Irish born in not shy of a bad time to be anything but pure English. My happiest memory was on a military mission I almost kicked the bucket their I did best day ever just lost me leg. Okay fine maybe I'll take this a bit seriously my happiest memory was when me and the lads after a tough day got absolutely pissed and boy I wish I could remember half of what happened. You'll never guess why basically I woke up in me bed with like three naked women in it no idea what happened wish I did." Carbry said.
"Okay I guess I'll go then." Miss Agatino said.
"My happiest memory was back when I lived in Italy I was young and stupid and I don't remember exactly how it happened but it ended with my first kiss under fireworks." Miss Agatino said.
"That's seriously it that story sucks my was better." Maximillian said.
"Can... can I have a go?" Tillie Luella the nervous girl who hardly ever speaks asked.
"Of course anyone that wants a turn can have a turn." Maximillian said.
"M-my happiest m-memory was when I was e-eight me and my family even my extended family j-just went out and had dinner together. It was the last dinner we all had together happy that d-didn't end with half the family arguing." Tillie said then just going back to crawling up in her corner of the cave. After that everyone rather quickly left the plan hadn't worked very well at all.
"Well that's annoying well at least I can say I tried." Maximillian said.
"I think it was a very sweet idea and I think it helped remind everyone why we are all still trying so hard despite the terrible situation." Miss Agatino said.
"Thanks but that doesn't exactly help at this rate if we don't see people or something anything to give us hope I... I don't know what we will do." Maximillian said clearly stressed.
"Not much point to worrying I suggest you follow Pace try to get some sleep it helps." Carbry recommended.
"Your right I guess I should thanks." Maximillian said going to his area of the cave and going to sleep.
After that I thought to myself about how sick I was how much I hated being so useless. I was supposed to be the one that solved physical problems but Pastry saved me. The more this goes on the more that happens the more like I feel like a parasite to Pastry. I feel less and less like the one that saves Pastry from himself like back then and more like some parasite that only exists because of his greatness.
Perspective Pace Tory
"It's been awhile since I last had a dream like this I honestly can't remember the last time." Pace said walking through his mental recreation of his home.
"Long time no see boss now I wonder why might you have gone beyond the doors?" Unknown asked.
"Hello Jay it's been awhile now I remember why I keep the door so well locked and refuse to make another mental recreation." Pace said back.
"Oh is that any way to speak to me after what you did you locked me in here so you could go crazy and cause an incident without me getting in the way. But yeah I guess your right I'm the one in the wrong not the one that nearly got us both killed." Jay said clearly still bitter over a mysterious incident.
"Max helped me out we are okay again anyway why are you talking to me I was sure even beyond the door you shouldn't have the power to talk to me anymore." Pace said curious.
"That was before you awakened our soul colour but hey look at us now finally living up to what we really are more or less." Jay said pleased. For context Jay is Paces other personality formed after a terrible incident to help Pace grieve and he's called Jay because that was the other male name his parents where thinking about when he was born.
"Wait you mean to tell me we aren't exactly normal I mean I knew that but to this extent what exactly are we?" Pace asked.
"You know what we are and always have been ever since the funeral you just only now can begin to fully understand why we are so different." Jay said.
"A pleasure seeing you again Jay I'll be making the lock extra tight actually more locks too." Pace said disappearing. A huge locked door with chains appears as it seems to grow and more chains and locks cover the massive iron door.
After that I wake up in the morning and to be honest I haven't felt this awake since I was a kid. I then pick up my book and decide to write a new entry.
It's been years since I had a dream let alone one where Jay appears so I've decided if Max can awaken his soul colour like me I'm telling everyone. Well I'm telling everyone about soul colours and all me and Max have learned after the bear incident nothing more. After that I'll get a nice private chat with Max and tell him everything about my dream actually maybe I'll tell him all that now.
"Hey Max wake up." Pace said waking up Maximillian as quietly as possible.
"What is it Pastry I'm still half asleep." Maximillian said.
"I was thinking if you can awaken your soul colour how about we tell everyone." Pace said.
"Wait what?" Maximillian said immediately shooting up now very awake.
"How is that not a terrible idea? And what the hell? And what's with the sudden change of mind?" Maximillian said trying to keep his voice down.
"I had a dream I remember and it had Jay in it." Pace said with a solemn look.
"Wait seriously Jay I thought after what you did and what you almost did you said he'd never come back?" Maximillian asked confused.
"I did say that it's just that it seems he knows something about soul colours we don't and more importantly he knows something about me I don't." Pace said.
"Oh come on of course this happens as well on top of everything else what is going on?" Maximillian asked.
"Honestly no idea but it's looking like every time we get answers about one thing we get questions about another and far more questions than answers." Pace said.
"Right okay how about when we go out today we go ahead of the group so we can try and get my soul colour awakened." Maximillian proposed.
"Good idea it's a plan then." Pace said.
Just like that everything was ready if we couldn't get Maximillian to awaken his soul colour then we won't tell anyone about the soul colours. This makes things easier if we know it's at least possible to reproduce then it shouldn't be too hard for everyone to one. Who knows we may even learn what all the elements and possible elements are for every colour and more importantly how many colours and what colours have matching soul colours. This is going to be the beginning of something big I can feel it this is the day that builds up a large and long plan and finally starts giving us some real answers.
So after everything was said and done we had our plan we knew what to do and how to get back to the group if Maximillian was successful. We even managed to figure out the best logical distance to make and then how best to excuse it if he failed. Everything that could be planned for was everything that could be prepared for was so we were confident for the first time since getting stranded here that things may just start giving more answers than questions. This is how we get back home and this world will not be anyone's grave after all we just need to huddle up strap in and get ready for anything. Today is the day everything starts going right no-one is going to die on this planet no-one is getting left behind.