Strange Sound

Learning that Bata was basically an A.I wasn't super shocking for Desmond since it was the most rational thing Desmond had encountered in Theotera. Desmond was a bit shocked by the tidbit of info Bata did tell him. He had no idea how he ended up in Seraphine and Ragnar's home let alone why they took him to the moon of all places. What happened at the steel mill was somewhat of a blur to Desmond in some parts, but overall he remembered what happened. In the end, no matter how he rationalized the situation he just couldn't see himself running to Seraphine and Ragnar's shop for help in the middle of the night.

"How did I ended up here"

[You were brought here by Mr. Zane]

"Who's Mr. Zane," Desmond asked unknowingly as he scratched the left side of his cheek.

[Mr. Zane is the man you met on your second visit to Hunter's Bizarre. He is tall, has a sickening aura, and almost killed you the first time you met him].

"Oh so it was him he's ..."

[An ass hole] Bata said interrupting Desmond as he was speaking.

[He was the one who brought you to the Hunter's bizarre at the request of Seraphine. Which he completed after throwing you face first threw the store's display window].

Desmond wasn't sure how to feel about Zane after hearing that. On one hand, he saved Desmond's life on the other the man is a Sociopathic ass hole.

Desmond knowing he could do nothing to change what had happened so he decided to move on from that subject. "Why was I brought to the moon?".

[This is Seraphine and Ragnar's real home, Hunter's Bizarre is connected to here by a gate. You were brought here because you needed to be treated. Every part of your body was burnt to a crisp. If you weren't a soul possessing a persons body you would have been dead in the true sense of the word. If not for Seraphine's kind heart you would have been captured, imprisoned, and because of how unique you are. You would have also been experimented on and enslaved at best if not sold to the highest bidder].

"So, my secrets have been exposed. Well, I already guessed that those three would have found out eventually ever since I learned Seraphine was an assassin". Desmond could only sigh and accept the situation. Everywhere he turned he was outclassed and outgunned. It didn't matter if it was resources, knowledge, allies, or techniques Desmond just could compare to anyone. Desmond always found himself in a pathetic state, but at least his situation wasn't completely unsalvageable.

"Were is Seraphine I want to talk to her?".

[I suggest that you wait to speak to her for a few more minutes at least until your transformation is complete].

Desmond's brow raised slightly in the air when he said to Bata, "my soul is going under some kind of transformation. What kind of transformation?".

[During your treatment I performed multiple deep scans of your body. The results show that your soul is thousands of years old making you an ancient soul. A wandering soul that is thousands of years old is extremely rare in Theotera. Since most souls extinguish if the can not find other souls to feed on or a source of negative energy to sustain themselves.

Which comes from a large concentration emotional pain, death, and other stuff like that. Your soul is mutating because of all the souls that you consumed. Which is something that would not typically happen if say for example a human performed the same act. Typically a meager 100 souls would never prompt an advancement, but since your a starving ancient soul the strength you gathered was enough to make you mutate in a bizarre direction].

Bata's words made Desmond eagerly inspect the condition of his soul. What he found was stunning, Desmond's soul was completely unrecognizable from what it used to be. An endless stream of flowing rainbows pact into a ball made up the new form of Desmond's soul body. Surrounding the form of Desmond's mesmerizing spirit body was a dark baleful aura. It was comprised of the anguish, fear, resentment, and all of the other emotions that the soul's Desmond consumed had inside them.

Desmond heard a senseless howling being emitted from the darkness around Desmond's soul it made Desmond howl along with it. As Desmond resonated with the other soul contained inside him his eyes became foggy and he released another ghostly whale. Unlike last time Desmond was promptly sealed inside of a cube. The cube restrained Desmond's transformation allowing no harm to come to the room even when Desmond caught on fire again.

As time passed and the flames died Desmond basked in the pain. The pain made him think clearly even as his ears were being assaulted by a constant white noise. The sound was constantly changing like when you turn a nob on a radio. Sometimes the sound was high others low Desmond didn't know what the sound was or what it signified, but he knew deep down that it was something he should have heard long ago.

It tried to commune with the deepest parts of Desmond and awaken some kind of primal instinct. He was unsure whether he should love or fear the noise, but he did know he was stuck with it forever.

As the flames subsided Desmond appeared to be just the same as before. When he opened his eyes Desmond bathed the world in color. Desmond's eyes were just as beautiful as his soul, the colors may have constantly shifted yet it did nothing to change how they glimmered.

[The eyes are the gateway to the soul. When a person's eyes glow it is proof of the strength of their soul. Most people are only able to make their eyes glow after they advance to rank 1. By harnessing the power from all the other souls that you ate to strengthen your soul grew stronger. Regardless of the method used it is a feat worthy of praise, so congratulations intermediate rank apprentice mage Desmond Gillies. On taking a big step in understand the truth of everything as you try to reach the pinnacle of the world].