x
Catherine was just finishing unpacking her old stuff from her parents' home to a fresh apartment. She was finally going to that university she and her parents were waiting for her to go to.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi2CVq8QxS
She moves things through her "living room", adjusting the dresser to be against the wall and placing her dusty family photos on it. After a bit more shuffling and placing, she sits down on her puffy couch and turns on the TV to her favorite show.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B4YLlkpA2
"Finally done..." she sighed.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsY5q3jKE8
Then she remembers the gift her grandparents had left her for the graduation party. Catherine told herself not to open it until she got to her apartment, but now that she was here, her curiosity finally broke her, causing her to snatch the box from the table beside her and rip open the wrapping paper.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvauZ6GefFa
She slowly opened the box, and the only thing that was inside, was a brilliantly golden watch that sparkled when she rocked the box from side to side. There was also a note, written in her grandmother's handwriting.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKQ1PKgfhZ
You have been selected as a Prodigy. Use that watch well, and have a wonderful time at university.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVVnCFNOY6
"Prodigy?" She read the note over and over, trying to make sense of it. What was a Prodigy?
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tpoO9cF2t
She turned the card to the other side. More writing, it's seemed like directions.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaOEkmORxP
In the dead of night
Tap on the inside
Drag forward or back
Close your eyes and hold your breath
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tAiGxVwuP
Her cellphone started to vibrate. She picks up the phone, and holds it up against her ear.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVJxh4l3Ti
"Hello?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR67pFocSO8
"Cathie!" It was Talia, her friend from high school. Her eyes lit up when she heard her voice.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHTQZp6EUS
"Tal? It's been a while. How's everything doing on your end?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67Zx4CTdSx
"Good. Still working on getting my stuff ready to move out, how about you?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡverV7VdnEp
"Traffic was slow as hell, but I have most of my stuff in the apartment. I have to go to the storage place tomorrow and get the rest.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy5fSzSBEo
"I could help you. We can meet up tomorrow and go together."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibJ78x9TFZ
"Awe, thanks," she said, twirling the golden streak of her hair. "I can go after I finish class for the day, show you this pretty watch my grandparents bought me."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj9MR4EymP
"Ooh, a watch?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc7KNkQrlq
"Yeah. Also came with this weird note. Something like directions?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFPBOSEqe0
"Weird. Your grandparents didn't say anything about it?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMmVX81ttX
"No, I'm just opening the box, and you're the first person to call me.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qJMITdHjl
"I dunno, maybe follow the directions and see what happens. Maybe it's how to get it set or something?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ji2Q7lHSM
Catherine looked back down at the clock, realizing it hadn't moved an inch since she'd open the box.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGGVt16RSZ
"You actually might be right, it's not moving...like at all."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tNokxcAt5
"I thought so. I'll let you concentrate on that and I'll call you back, okay?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoUAXqudVK
"... Okay. See you later."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo0Ciz0HMo
"Bye!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GkYKIO4o8
...She looked out the window. The sky was bleeding orange through her curtains. Now was the perfect time to see what she what these instructions really did.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnNMtHkEgn
She tapped the middle of the clock as instructed. She closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and slides her fingertip counterclockwise.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGK1p7AMSC
A wave of wind blew past her hair and almost knocked her down.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEDrANahv3
"What the-"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwdQ13bmwh
She reaches for the window to shut it from this hurricane blowing the papers in her room, until she realized. There was no way wind could be blowing past her. The window was closed.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVXqbcaWuJ
Catherine was even more confused now, frantically looking around to figure out what was happening. She could see the air around her warp into faces and memories of the past. Her living room shimmered a dim and faded blue. There was a blinding light, calling her to come closer.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPom1LHKzh
"Holy crap..." she said underneath her breath. "I guess I'm supposed to...go in?"
She takes a step towards it, the sound of the now shattered floor crackling beneath her feet. Then, she carefully walked towards the light.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBeCRLvKpC
It felt as if she walked past a doorframe.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnTowVU2Wf
"Grandma, Grandad, what the hell did you get me into..?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozjGRpoPxw
Catherine was outside, a large wall in the distance and music playing. Swaying next to her was a thin tree bearing large apples on almost every branch.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tIfU5ZpNr
"...Well, if I'm gonna stay here forever, I might as well get a snack..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6vp7xxL5y
Forcefully, she started to kick and ram into the tree, causing something larger than a couple apples fall out. At least a big one fell right beside her.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHXHyL7m73
"I hope that wasn't a dead body..." she half jokes, taking a bite of her newly obtained snack.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lyZYFHlSy
It was a body, but he was very much alive.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDYZWKafFh
"A very comical jester thou are..." He says with clenched teeth as he gets up.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt47NAY6kgm
She almost choked on the bite she was chewing on.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibuJSpuOrQ
"Jesus Christ!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NQcRDQ26j
"...Art thou okay?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3C4oUPQnM
"You could've told me you were in that stupid tree!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsrZyheLI1
"I was asleep..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXxLr9iq5X
"...Who the hell sleeps in a tree?!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaA3KFTWv7
"...I shall ask again..art thou okay?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2C7yjl1zab
"I don't even know where I am!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdolkIkYKjD
"...I see.." The boy takes a look at Catherine's watch, which was swinging around her neck, only to for Catherine to jump to conclusions and slap him as hard as hard as she could.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpni4pb8zY
"What's your problem?!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1G9o84bEX
"I was admiring your clock. I have no interest in you."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Khw3w4qYD
He pulls a golden chain from his garments and revealing another sparkling golden watch, identical to her own.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjm2gQvxqLY
"My name is Nathaniel. It seems thou art also a Prodigy..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpz9sOcqEU
"Prodigy?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocs7KF30my
"A Prodigy is a time traveler and protector of Time itself. This ability is gifted to one of Prodigious blood before them."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkka6JVXqsO
This was so unbelievable to her, but to be honest, so had everything else.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuanAsG25D
"Well, if I'm freely able to time travel, I should be able to get back home, right?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMeKSgyu3w
"...No, not necessarily. If thou go to a time too far, thou won't have enough Tempural Energy to go back to thine own. Thou will need to travel to a closer time.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1qsV80pyq
"Does that mean I'm stuck with you?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcTGR3F9lK
"If thou wants to survive, thou might want to stay with me."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjvuzaAXYJ
"I can't tell if you're being sincere or a damn creep.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLxmWHAQ86
He creates a sword from nowhere and places it's deathly sharp edge close to her throat.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKX2dO3cG3
"Does thou want to die here from starvation?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t0FpiPq6e
"Are you seriously going to kill me if I don't go with you?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kUAQLrD9x
"No, that was for attempting to insult me.."
He lets it go, where it fades away into metallic dust, pulling her up.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FitMmJh26
"Now, if thou wants to survive, I would suggest you follow me.." he says walking away.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMo8sP1F9V
"Fine. But do something weird and I'll beat the hell out of you."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloL0cv2XjK
"We must be far aroint from the commoners. We mustn't expose ourself."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7Vzezedzu
"Yeah yeah, secret organization and whatnot. Just hurry up so I can go home,"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfwkNwrDJW
Nathaniel, with his own watch, does the same movements. The time warp appears, brilliantly blue and whispering just as before.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJYDIdON5o
"Ladies first..." He leads Catherine inside.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H5RQmJeeT
"Ugh.." she stomps into the warp, dragging him by the cravat with her.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2LWXBIzJ7
This new time period. It was definitely more industrial, and in the front of them was an worn, abandoned mansion, the windows covered by wooden planks.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRBUddZdEP
"...Maybe it's better looking indoors?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIOSplCVU1
Catherine walks up to the menacing house, but as soon as she knocked on the splintered door, it creaked open.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7Ucvz1dVo
"...Come on Nate, door's open."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvsD6p5VJ8
"Nate?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8XKC9u1RB
"It's a nickname. Just hurry up."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSu6A1heWeR
"Why don't thou go by thyself?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA72E8OaZds
"Because. You have weapon powers. What if this place is full of gangsters or something?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8JMzPB2f7
"Fine...however, I shan't be responsible for thou."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpJ5SbRJSy
"Just shut up and come in."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhJIZNDtIn
The walk across the wooden floor,9 screeching every step they took.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxijOA6fXO3
"What does thou plan to find?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZzZFswsf9
"We can stay here for the night, and we get out the next morning."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4s8K5wkDC
"In this rodent infested place?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9IQ1jWKhY
"It's better than outside, isn't it?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ok6VMlKVQ
They hear another creaking door from somewhere from above the crooked stairs.
Suddenly realizing someone was here, they hid behind a dusty, dingy, couch.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fvuwy03GJ
Shaky footsteps follow.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3unP9uVKb
"E-Ezra?" A girl's soft voice echoed. She flicks on the barely functioning lights, only slightly brightening the room enough to see.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUitfBo7mdV
Just before the girl could come towards them, Nathaniel jumps up and chokeholds her. The girl appropriately screams, struggling to break free.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqYAjskQcc
"Nathaniel, what the hell?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSbXDKqO2a
"If she wants to survive, she'll stop screaming."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRROy9p2FAa
Catherine sees the girl reaching for something from her back pocket...
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dIncIOSpw
The girl takes her object and jams it into his arm, allowing herself to escape. Nathaniel pulls the object, a pair of scissors, out of his arm.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQecRVqvsg
"H-How did you get here? Who are you?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOUTbo9xOh
Catherine slowly gets up from her kneeling position. "The door was open when we knocked. We didn't break-...well, we did, but we thought it was abandoned..."
The front door swings open. An older woman runs in and throws Nathaniel and Catherine out of the way.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldvlk8yu7C
"E-Ezra!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpfqP4dC2w
"Isabelle! Are you alright?!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOSDcRENws
"I'm o-okay,"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz2XEj7kWq
"Good, good.." The woman, supposedly named Ezra, lets her go. She turns to the two, her expression changes from a caring mother figure to a ball of rage.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrIjnRMVdq
"What...are you doing here?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphvMY2OxoY
"We just wanted a place to stay for the night.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG3RYefOyi
"And you think attacking my sister is a reason why I should let you stay?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelz5n30gJV
"We thought the place was-"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgOFMltm6l
Ezra pulls out a knife and points it towards Catherine's neck.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJkpOR30vu
"... Isabelle?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAymd9kn8x
"Mhm?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvd4vLR5Ct
"What should we do?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzdR7fqWG9
"...If t-they need a p-place to stay...I don't mind letting them stay in my room.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCCepLJqyF
"...You're too sweet." She removes the knife and slips it back into her bag. "Show them upstairs. Scream if anything happens."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmZOpKMAMx
Isabelle nods carefully hops up the stairs and disappears into the shadows of the dimmed house.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd1SGmJioZ
The duo carefully follows her. Isabelle grabs the stairs to the attic.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz7JABdJfE
"Damn, you live in the attic?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ95atWF5oP
"It's very spacious up here..." she responds, carefully climbing up.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08bRWk8rVw
Isabelle was right, the attic was extremely spacious, but that space was filled row to row with porcelain dolls.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl38m6GFa3R
Catherine hated the things, their uncanny faces and glassy eyes intimidated her. She carefully walked up, the attic emitting a stuffy, but aromatic mist upon her face. That didn't stop her from cringing at the collection, though.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlUq5QDT1z
"I found them when we moved here..." Isabelle stated, her voice a slight echo. "My little sister loved them, so I fixed them for her to play with.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz97kqbE33
"If you don't mind me asking..." Catherine started. "Where is she now?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAKryto24L
Isabelle went silent. "I d-don't want to t-think about it..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1h04qnsJsu
Isabelle then sits in her lofty bed, in the more immense part of the attic. Dolls and stuffed animals decorated the
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCmPqLoq0S
The two Prodigies sit down on the wooden floor next to it.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ348RWvIDQP
"You d-don't have to sit on the floor."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkFUBL7RwT
"I mean, this guy sleeps in trees like a goddamn sloth, so maybe the floor is an improvement.." Catherine quipped. Nathaniel angrily stares in response.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCz8MspTnqb
"A-anyways..." Isabelle interrupts. "How did you two get here?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUpINIkjTl
"If the Tempural Energy brought us here..." Nathaniel thinks aloud.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVZjhGSYNm
"That means one of them is a Prodigy, right?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZHfNTqBLx
"Most likely..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtZD71IvQ5
"P-Prodigy?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTVpxOQnXp
They both pull out their golden watches. "You haven't seen a clock like these have you?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGzwHYcNXH
"It seems...familiar..." Isabelle instantly gets up and rummages through a desk full of needles, thread, and fabric, when she stops and pulls out another identical watch from the drawer.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfHUrXi4YK
"At first, I t-thought it was just a normal pocket watch my father had forgotten..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa2ZA55rvH
"Huh. Well, I guess that answers our question.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPp5rwoqyS
"S-so does that m-mean I can go with you two?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8tZcvaLiR
"Considering that your sister isn't too keen on letting us stay here in the first place, I don't think asking her is a good idea."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWfCmg7msO
"D-do have to ask Ezra?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnRo0OxlJp
"Ask me what?" the sound of the older sister's voice boomed throughout the attic.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTXfiwwctQ
Isabelle finally spoke up. "I-I want to go with them!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3q2UZ8fcX
"...If that's what you're going to do.." she fully stands up from the opening. "then I'm going with you. Prodigious or not."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVDd6ByxDY
"Would that even work?" Nathaniel asks.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4mcENFAzV
"It wouldn't h-hurt to t-try..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXkX6fe9b1
"...If thou insists.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ208OPFeksF
"But seriously, you three head to bed. I want sleep too."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTUuw2S6tJ
"Okay..." Isabelle calls out. "Goodnight."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjRR4HYWoD
"Goodnight.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHEbyDWo8q
And with that, Ezra left the attic, sliding down the ladder with fading footsteps. Isabelle throws a couple blankets and pillows their way.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEgSV8Moka
Lights leak through the planks of the roof the mansion the next morning. The stuffy perfume was instantly overpowered by the smell of warm breakfast cooking downstairs. That was enough to wake the three of them.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuUMh5G2qU
"Good morning you two..." Catherine says, stretching the tired out her body.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEJahDKmMN
Nathaniel was already sipping a cup of coffee. "This drink is surprisingly...bitter.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVX0hcn58e
"Well, you're supposed to drink with milk or sugar if you don't like it bitter."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvdqlQTOje
"I think w-we have some downstairs.." Isabelle informed, head slightly poking from out of her thick comforter and quilt. She then pulls the blankets off and steps out, stretching herself and stepping down to the floor. Catherine had seen something peek out from the opening behind Isabelle, just out of the corner of her eye.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XZXbfV4nu
"Hey, Isabelle. I think one of your dolls is caught on your clothes.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3MaGN0DKw
"O-Oh? That's never h-happened before..." she reaches behind her. "I c-can't reach it.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bjG02k5ss
Catherine sighs, walks over to the girl, and attempts to pull the plush cat, adorned with a creepy stitched grin, off of her back. But when she tugged, the thing angrily screamed and gripped tighter.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuT33L5aMp
"What the hell?!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25vX2FP7GF
"Hey hey hey!" the thing said with an angry tone. "Don't pull on me! You'll rip my fabric, you idiot!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ObYor4KG6
Catherine stepped back in astonishment.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahh0a5b9mH
"D-Dawlly?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJLoar6qqJ
"Heya Izzy!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGkYAEodcZ
"B-But..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbx6ytMVts
"What? You think my memory died with your sister?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQwGW0g0lq
Isabelle starts to go slowly down the rest of the stairs, continuously asking the talking and asking the doll questions. Catherine followed behind, eavesdropping on their conversation.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBI5pDYWaQ
"What are...you doing here?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDA8hyzIpg
"Apparently, I'm your new Gift! Look look!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggXqYAwUWr
Thin black thread ran between Isabelle's fingers, wrapping around her arms and up her neck.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN6h0CHMlp
"Pretty cool right?" the doll asked, smiling from ear to ear.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XcwYXv3oA
"...I need to wash the sleep from my face.." Isabelle runs like a bolt of lightning to another part of the hall. Catherine hears water running, a splash, whispering, another splash, whispering again.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRddVYOLv1
"Isabelle, are you alright over there?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9md8Xu6ex
"I-I'm fine!" she calls back.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1NhRwweMD
"Do you want me to come in?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtQf2wcpxr
"N-No!"
Catherine shakes her head and walks towards the smell baked into the air.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jdvTTneh6
"Took you long enough." She places a plate next to an empty chair. "Where's Isabelle?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhNZS87OhG
"In the bathroom.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWHYyTr8jm
Ezra leaves another plate and speedwalks to the bathroom door.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kygg9HFr1
"Isabelle-"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BfDHuuCLq
"J-Just a minute.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTetZCcZec
The door opens, and Isabelle scrambles to pull down her sleeves.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHNz0ELVFj
"...Did something happen?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO693cYri47
Isabelle softly shakes her head no.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3ShR054JZ
The doll's piercing, scraping voice suddenly entered the room.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dNDtB1fRy
"She's lying. She's trying to hide me!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3NCo2FZ5j
"N-no! G-go a-away!" Isabelle was holding her head inside her hands as more thread spilled from her sleeves.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MCwcOZSue
"Don't get too frustrated. Don't want you to go insane and start stabbing people again, right?" the toy chuckled.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eoHlsIM0H
"W-what?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWRpwYX0Sq
"I don't know what you are, but stop messing with her." Ezra said sternly.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsQ3n0vKh7
"You don't want to attack me either. I'm attached to her soul now, and you won't like her when I make her angry~!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7TeFIApft
"Let her go, asshole!" Catherine yelled.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYH8UzrnoQZ
"Wow, such vulgar language! I wonder how many words you can say after she sews your damn mouth shut!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgh8FQpzpt
"Try it, prick!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0sgMSXcQS
"Oooh, okay!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyk2ocKjCD3
Isabelle's expression changed from fear to anger in seconds, her scared mumbling to angered growls.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfEBDhYXl2
"Isabelle?" Ezra slowly tries to approach.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbSvLajiWS
Isabelle reaches for her back pocket once again.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42xjnOfX6s
"Move! She's got a-" Catherine pushes Ezra out of the way, taking the jab from Isabelle's scissors.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ7spL0sg6
"See? I told you!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhkghG6d14
"Shut up.." Catherine says, holding the shoulder wound.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52sREvTTak
"Isabelle, that's enough." Nathaniel says, approaching her. "Or... maybe she's in the doll's control?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgARYlzUUg6
"Damn straight! And that's only a portion of what I can do!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU56lod4Q3s
"I see.." Nathaniel states, showing his own Gift. A large, metal, thorn shaped shield adorned his right arm, sharp enough to cut the air around it.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj39LNFy5X
"Catherine, I would like it if thou take her dearest sister to safety."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LbEdLFThL
"Alright, but I'm coming back. Ezra, let's go."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIv8enEBUb
"...Be careful with her, Nathaniel."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqcQZnnEga
"...I shall try."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNqBm6Beyr
The two run out of the mansion, only barely able to hear the sounds of things clattering to the floor.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cHGb7kzR0
"I'll be back, hopefully with your sister."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6MhdKxkwy
"Please..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRqt2RMkfG
Catherine runs back into the now destroyed house.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr8WfmvYEu
"Awe, Cathie's back!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUabXyZ3k1
Catherine takes a glance at Nathaniel, scratches from the scissor jabs and slashes all over him and his shield-spear.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4Y41tJ1O2
"Isabelle is very formidable when angered.." he says in-between shallow breaths.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnLg6DdCal
"Finally giving up, Nate?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMUu2E1P0g
"...Yes."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBkMwpK1ib
"Good! Now..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISuD4y2f9t
Isabelle snaps back to her normal self, dropping the scissors.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOiTHCMi27
"Dawlly...never do that again..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFez2qzsqz
"How about this? I only do it when you need me to. I'll even ask, okay?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8RIEm70xO
"...Only w-when I need to."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyLp3ylbBn
"You got it boss!" the doll disappears, slipping itself inside her pocket.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJWpm1GZG6
The three of them go outside, where Ezra makes sure Isabelle is okay. Isabelle assures her she's just fine.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVUIZTsFvr
Catherine tapped her clock, pulled the hands forward, and the time warp opens.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKpPA5BdeU
"Well, let's see where this takes us. Hopefully, I can finally go home."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhw0Uz8yRzV
"I-I've never d-done this before.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle0oJwP0sw
"It's like walking through the door. Nothing bad's gonna happen, alright?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2KryThq19
"O-okay.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1kr9K9qjp
And with that small exchange of words, the four of them went through the time warp, but instead of a different Time Period like they were expecting, it was a small pocket dimension. And inside...was a giggly, eccentric white-faced jester, covered in makeup and vibrant colored clothing.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHjTzih8i2
"Oho! Visitors visitors!" it said, jumping up and down.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlKfDe95yH
"Oh great.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZR7kw6MkmY
"U-uhm..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjldwgoN7c
"What's the matter? Afraid of lil' old me?" it's crescent moon like smile only got wider. "I know plenty of games that'll get you nice and warmed up to me!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqoVFcPpeW
"Games like what?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXMO4jzXbd
"Dodgeball perhaps?" he pulls out bells, three times as small as his spindly hands.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6stE0XvlK
"Those are...easily avoidable." Nathaniel says, taking a better look at them.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC5B0U7al5
Ohohoho! No, no, these are everything but avoidable!" the jester proclaimed. "Take a look and see!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkXlGYCwTX
The jester threw them behind himself. Then, a loud boom emanated from every corner. A burning ball of orange and red roared behind. "So, let's get playin', shall we?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZuXhreCui
"I'm afraid not.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFuMyaHkvk
"Yeah, you can't really play dodgeball with high grade explosives."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKWtwUX3YU
"Oho! I don't think you understood! That was an order..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaM5dWOl5G
"You, a jester, order me?" Nathaniel revealed his Gift.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUW3ZZ0bp1
"That's the rule of the game!" the jester throws the bomb from every angle it can with such agility, leaving the four to barely escape the explosions.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE9jCCzeoj
"This piece of crap isn't kidding!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezOop8S8p0
"I-I'll try to hold his arms b-back! Dawlly!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaKnfs6yEj
"Yeah yeah, I've got it." Dawlly took Isabelle's Gift, wrapping the thread around the jester's body.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sHRMFmVpB
"Oooooh, not fair, not fair!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIPZPW327Y
"Shut the hell up, you almost killed us, you better believe it's fair." Catherine snapped, dusting the ash and gunpowder from her clothing.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDczRisrcJN
"You rulebreakers must be punished!" A loud roar came from the jester's voice. They braced themselves.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KB1EzGo7Y
"Tempus: Cessatio!" another voice called out. Suddenly, it felt as if time itself had stopped. Catherine and the others couldn't move. In their frozen state, they saw a woman, floating there in front of them. Going in front of their assailant, the woman tears a warm, brilliant light from the jester's chest, and slips it into her bag. She snaps her fingers, and suddenly...
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuXE5yB2xo
The four of them grab ahold of their chest and faces, frantically trying to understand what happened.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISSstuHRwi
"Hey hey hey, don't worry, I didn't do anything to you.." the woman states. "I just took Pierrot's Tempural Spirit."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAL42fIUwpA
"Is that w-what that...warm light was?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EnxwI97GE
"Mhm. I'm glad I came at the right time, too. Can't be a teacher without students, right?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qPsRlN2Dp
"Teacher? You mean to tell me I have to go to school here too?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqROuwA1qH7
"Eh, somewhat. My name's Verna, by the way. I keep watch of the Time Realm while Father Time is away. Now, for your next mission..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5M3RMVq4i
"Mission? We literally almost got blown to smithereens by clown boy over there, don't you think we need a little bit of a break?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMeCj0Sl26
"Well, you still need one more Prodigy in order to reach your 'breakroom', so find him and come back, okay?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOEYALycqk
"Uuugh, fine. We'll find the stupid boy and bring him back. Where are we headed? Past? Future?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNHb9qQhA4
"Future, now hop to it."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCNhvgYb4t
"Alright, alright, but after this, I'm going home."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUKnuSohhb
"If you so desire.." Verna gladly drags Pierrot to the time warp and chucks him in. "I'll see you guys later. Don't die."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqJxHKoWho
Catherine hoped this was the last time she had to travel around. The after affects of it was starting to hit her, but nonetheless, she did the thing threw herself in, and...
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudVd1ZV7db
Suddenly, she was surrounded my metal bars, and a dingy atmosphere.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT7JTeJOBN
"Ah, crap..." she grumbled. "...We're in prison.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9RO3EJW9p
"We shall split up. I go west, Isabelle and Ezra go east, and Catherine, thou go north."
Nathaniel states, pointing them in the right direction.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSKZyES4Xl
"Okay, splitting up inside a place like this is not a good idea.." Ezra returns.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OlIgU7C32
"It is the only way we can cover ground. I'm sure you understand we're looking for someone in such a large facility."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXi4aEdZ84
"If this was a horror movie, we'd be dead. If we split up, we get lost and can't get to the others if we need them." Catherine adds. "The best way is to go down to every four way, and try your plan. We go down each of the halls, if we don't find the guy, we come back, go down to the next four way, repeat."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgqjtarPlR
"That's a b-bit complicated..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTbPxm1daX
"It's not as complicated as you think."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61L6stCcPN
"Yeah, let's try this one and see.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBukkrmNbYF
They try it on the first four-way they come across, but all the cages in the halls were empty. They try the second one, same thing there. The third time, but to no avail.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyvy1rqMSf
It was only after the fifth time when someone was found within these brick walls and metal bars.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKk7AnRTMv
"God, I hate this place. Why are we in prison, damnit?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHbnaO4Nce
"Correction..." a boy's voice echoed. "I'm in prison. You're in a prison."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbHuwyUveI
"Oh shut up, smarta-"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5OeZO8PfX
For once she could finally feel the Tempural Energy reaching out to her, pointing her to the person they were looking for.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJR96QzCPT0
"You. You're a Prodigy."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotvmaM8PJx
"A what now?" He begins slinging around a golden blur.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiklgYIjpNI
"Whatcha got there?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNr7KqM8xO
He stops twirling the thing around his finger. "It's a watch or something. I just liked the way it looked. I'm a bit of a kleptomaniac."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJENC38Oifw
"So you stole it."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDQWsmSKsD
"I'll take what I can get. Now, what's a wonderful looking lady such as yourself doing here?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1HUglyeBL
"Oi, d-don't flirt with me!" Catherine sputtered. "I'm here to get you, and then I'm going home, that's it, alright?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S9E4zeRnU
"I'd love to take you."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwEBGEESxH
"...I hate that you'd love to take me. Now get up."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf9nvo6NYf
"If I move any further than that doorframe, it shocks me. Unless you have a better idea, I'm staying right here."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCipEY5mMuW
"If the problem is the doorframe, then I can just destroy it, right?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYsDAtHJ9g
"...If that's what you want to do."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgsNSw1fOf
"Do you have a stick or a bat or something?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kBmv4fzUO
"Nope, they confiscated my stuff before they threw me in here."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDlp2vqDSK
"Then I'll just break it by hand." Catherine states. She walks up to the bars, starts kicking at the bars to, at least, loosen them, but suddenly... she's on the other side.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpjM1Qd555
"What the hell?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j9VhmzoyP
"Got anymore good plans, Einstein?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezBBmxveZw
"You shut up." She sternly commanded. "I'm trying to figure out how I got in here in the first place."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSkeKVr11g
"From what I've seen, you just clipped right through. The bars didn't move a bit."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAtcUOWT2b
"...Let me try-"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKK7cLTzHM
As if on cue, she falls through the floor, unaware of her newly obtained Gift. It was like swimming through water, as she gracefully glided through the solid rock floor. She peeks out from the floor, finally discovering her ability, Phasing.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJVWJxTW7n
"Holy crap." she snickers. "I'm definitely pissing off Nate with this."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3klUsHVVq
"Hey, you're not helping me out by plotting whatever you're planning."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtSTjO5FVF
"Yeah yeah, give me a second."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMf6UW504z
She slips back through the floor and back behind bars.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoeKSe3Pwd
"I'm gonna be honest, I don't think this is going to work."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYSdfIpwKb
"Can't hurt to try though, right?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIZUHdW6mI
Catherine sighs. "Come on...try not to breathe."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4WS114HuB
She unwillingly grabs the guy's hand, and activates her ability. On the other side, she throws him out first, then climbs up after him.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcIwNqS9yA
"Nice...I guess."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AtXAurqqC
"Now, let's go. Please."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZwCyw46nR
"Finally."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqJyPdgJSY
"Hey Nate! Isabelle! I found him!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe687vwcOD
Catherine turns to the boy. "Put the stupid watch on...what's your name again?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EoBq9RGsl
"Arsenio..." he letting the watch drop around his neck.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5q4obbezy
"Alright, we just have to wait for the others."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeCd0Rhaor
"N-no need Catherine..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIjnhfbTjD
"Speak of the devil. Here they are."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYDgjad041
"H-Hello...my name is...Isabelle..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurkG8X0NfH
"Arsenio..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMsTXVjZe7
"N-Nice to meet you.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fDtB4ihaI
"I haven't seen anyone for the last...five years. And two beautiful young ladies at that."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuYBRQOxeP
"Let's skip the pickup lines and get out of this place, please?" Catherine rushed. " I have classes tomorrow, and you people are wasting precious time."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckpbFuiPRG
"Actually, you guys won't be staying home for long." Verna's voice echoed through the dingy halls. "I'm sure you'll miss your friends and family, but the Time Realm really needs your help.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo193XP6pvM
Catherine groans. "I don't want to keep moving around different points in time! I'm getting sick just walking through the stupid portals and whatnot!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1wdRA5WfH
"I understand, you want to go back to your normal lives, but without you, we basically have no concept of time at all."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRghYc2Ql9o
"...What else could you possibly need?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJI3EYjsIE
"I need you five to come with me.." Verna's usual bubbly tone grew stern and serious in a heartbeat as she opened another time warp, guiding them inside. They walk out the other side, to an almost heaven-like place.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xQnIHiL2M
"This...is the Time Realm. And over there...is the home of Father Time."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4UOnpYJD7
"What are we doing here, exactly?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESesMdO2Re
"It's the Fabric of Time..." she almost mumbled. "It's ripping apart as we speak. Quickly, we mustn't waste time."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFz2gXnGzr
The Prodigies ran as fast as they could, following Verna to a secret room, and when she opened the door, the mess of what seemed to be the Fabric of Time floated within.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1dTII0vwm
"This is where we keep logs of events of the past and future, and without them, the events that helped become you will disappear and..."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIUcRikBz7
"So what can we do to fix it?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub8p8BIsDP
"The Timebreakers are probably a cause, pocket dimensions do tend to warp the timeline quite a bit. Stop them, and we might be able to mend it enough to solve the other part and heal it completely.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZVCKw6RDb
"And what happens if we don't?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHaT6pHY0T
"I'm afraid the concept of time would be lost. No night, no day, no anything, the world...no, the universe would be destroyed if there's space but no time."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoioMLqD8C
"So, mend the Fabric, and we can go home?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY79MtVhveh
"Yes. If I could do this alone, I would."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAk1QmKnPo
Before Catherine could speak her mind, Nathaniel comes up with an answer.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW8xNcrC8l
"Thou may rely on us."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMzzAHs2du
"Nate!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zmVvRWc3Z
"Would thou rather us die without trying?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRIXjTkYvn
"No, but have you seen what the stupid jester did? We almost died back th-"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlFy87Zxro
"Dying is not something I am afraid of. If thy cowardice is what is holding thou back," he turns his back towards her. "Then maybe thou should not be a Prodigy after all."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9THyDxRkS7
Walking towards the door, he looks back towards the Timekeeper. "Does thou have any rooms for us to stay in?"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDg1P8PDOi
"...Ah, yes. This way.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUKJ0TJDv5
Verna gracefully leads them out, closing the door as she peeked inside. She approaches another door, places her own, slightly larger watch into the divot in it's center.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF78BANGSv9
As the door slowly opened, Catherine heard the clicking of the gears as the two parts glided from each other.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm67poyCucw
The room was strangely comfortable to the five when they finally dropped where they were standing.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF5AaoHEqO
"Finally!" Catherine exclaimed. "I can finally sit the hell down!"
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbomjSyRzeI
"Get comfortable, because this is where you're going to sleep every night until the Fabric of Time is fixed."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzL8c5wV74
"I can deal with that." Arsenio states, lounging on one of the beds. "Now, how about some snacks? I'm starving.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzEOrgFGCS
"Yeah yeah, I'll get you teens something to snack on. Just...don't destroy anything, alright?" Verna replies.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyfgTkg00v
"O-okay.."
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzj3IFwhVF
Verna leaves them in the spacious room.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5durMojXdu
Isabelle gets to sewing and knitting with Ezra helping her, Nathaniel starts to read a book, and Arsenio tinkers with his handcuffs. Catherine watches as they do their own hobbies and starts to do her own, writing short paragraphs in her notebook. She enjoyed as her slightly cursive handwriting inked on the paper as she wrote about some ideas she had rattling in her head.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTF90pLCBBT
She looked at the others. The paragraph's words entered her head as she saw what each were doing.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tnLNoBGhx
Catherine wrote and erased, thinking of other ways she could rephrase it. It took forever for her concentrated mind to slow down and fall asleep, and just before she gave up, she noticed everyone else, items in hand, asleep comfortably in beds.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4EvkdUUgV
"Heh." she chuckled. "I can finish this later." Catherine slips the now dull pencil into the book's crease before shutting it closed, pulling the blanket over herself, and finally closing her eyes.
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXWPAz4eYa
To be continued in Prodigy: Casters of Time: Chapter 2
434Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIzQcFIYN0
