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Reaching Out

A boy left all alone in the world after being abandoned by his mother in a poor clan that treated him harshly because he started showing signs of being different from other kids and the people around him. With him being ostracized more and more he became less and less of the cheerful young kid he use to be until eventually turning discreet and mute around others in hopes that they would stop being scared of him. Though that plan never worked out for him and, in the end he was left to strive on his own as best as he could in the environment he was left in. He explored the towns library and any books he could find in his Clan even if they were useless. Years on years of doing such things eventually led him into stumbling across a book that would help push him towards the thing he wanted the most. "The Basic Guide To The Astral Path" This book may not of been special to anyone in the long run but, it was to him because, it was his new beginning. With this new path available to him would he be able to push through all the obstacles and hardships waiting for him or in the end will he stumble and fall? Or will people be there to catch him if he does once again?

NoNamesLeft · Fantasy
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Dragon, Wolf and A Fish

Stretching his back out Xilo still felt some sleep in his eyes as he resisted the lull of going back to sleep. "Good enough." Getting the kinks out of his back, he looked at an even busier line then before well sighing in satisfaction.

*Crack*

"Seems nothing disturbed me last night..."

He didn't sense anything nor was he attacked so that was a good start. "Let's get moving now." He looked at that line and ignored it as he decided to walk around the city. It would take him a little extra time to get there but he didn't mind. He seriously didn't want to deal with all that right now, he was more impatient to begin. "I wonder what it looks like now..." He knew before it was a giant set of mountains that had been abandoned for a long time now except for weird events that had been happening around it lately however now that the castle was there he assumed it was just the beginning of an Astral Zone spawning.

"I wonder if those mountains got crushed...."

Thinking that as he made his way there as he watched the sun rise in the sky before he eventually could see the castle in the distance. "So that's it huh." With each step he made it slowly crept more into his vision then before as it expanded. From what he could see it easily surpassed the size of the last Astral Zone he entered and could probably be a city on it's own if not for the Astral Beasts in it. With dull white walls that coated the entire building except for four corners that Xilo could barely make out that seemed to be black pillars with some sketches onto them that see properly it was quite an impressive sight

"Seems kind of fancy...."

With a couple banners he'd never seen before that lined the walls here and there that was about all for the outside that he could see for now. "Never seen that symbol either but over all this does look huge so maybe I won't have trouble finding something." That was his goal after all for coming here. Finally making it close enough he could see the hundreds of people lined up in front of the castle lining up without actually going in. "Hmmm...?" Confused why so many were standing there without rushing in at a moment's notice he got closer to the crowd of people as he spotted a man sitting on a platform in front of the castle up high as his voice projected outwards for everyone to hear.

"Hello everyone, Welcome to the newly designated Astral Zone."

Hearing him continue Xilo figured it out. "So they're trying to keep a control on it, makes sense." With a newly found Astral Zone people were bound to go a little crazy so at the very least they had to make some rules at the beginning of everything or it would turn into chaos. "However looks like some don't care for that." Out of the corner of his eye he could see people sneaking off on there own towards it without caring for a word the man was saying. "Wonder who they are." Looking at the symbols on their backs he tried to remember them carefully in case he met them again.

"A dragon, a wolf and what looked like some type of fish?"

Watching them climb over debris from the crushed mountains Xilo got his answer from earlier as he watched them disappear into one of the side entrances while the man raddled on up front ignoring them. "Interesting." Ignoring the rest of his speech as well Xilo slipped through the crowd of people towards where the others went trying to follow them. "Let's see what this place has to offer." Thankfully he didn't get noticed as darkness started to cover his skin and hide him from people's perception and followed in their tracks. "Too useful." Watching how easy it was for him to sneak around he climbed up the mountain and looked up at the castle directly in front of him.

"It's a lot bigger then it was before."

Up close he could finally get a good feel for its size as he strained his neck to see the top. It was almost three houses tall and it seemed even bigger. "I wonder where all the good stuff will be." looking at the shut door in front of him he walked up to it and pulled it open going inside. "...Seems kind of...Lively?" Shutting the door behind him he checked to make sure the others were gone as he looked at the hallway he stumbled into it. However he expected something run down and void of things, instead he was greeted with the sight of statues upon statues that lined the walls with a giant blue carpet that led the way forward as lights lit up the place.

"This could fit a whole clan alone....and It's just a hallway." Looking at the random doors that lined the place here and there as well he removed his darkness for now as he made his way towards one randomly and opened it after making sure no one was inside it. "Let's see what's behind some of these." If he wanted to find treasure or something of value it probably wouldn't be here but it was a start. This place was huge after all. He was sure even if he was alone and free to do whatever he wanted it would still take him over a month to search every corner of this place.

"well then."

Watching a shadow run by her Tearia snapped to attention quickly as a streak of silver passed her vision. "What was that." Ignoring the man's voice she went on a bit of a defensive as she looked around but she couldn't see anything around her. "Just my imagination....no." Something had passed by her, she just didn't know what. "At least it didn't seem hostile, I wonder where it went?" Thinking that she went back to paying attention as she played with her now red hair.

"Hurry up."

Sorry it's late :c

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