For the fool
Some time had passed, whilst they were arriving at the castle gates.
"Are you sure you can just fly over that Novis?"
"I've never really been so high up, but I think I'll be fine."
"If you say so, Seer is quite scared of heights."
"Oh wow, I thought he was more fearless really."
"OH COME ON DOREMIFA, NOW HE THINKS LESS OF ME."
"I DON'T I REALLY DON'T"
"THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY."
Pandora's Wanderer didn't really engage much in conversation, almost as if they were in their own world
The King's throne room was located in a massive castle-like area, the walls were massive, not only that, but they were extremely thick as well, the main gate wasn't exactly guarded, but there was no way of telling what was inside.
"So how are you planning on entering Doremifa?" Said Novis looking straight up into the sky
"As you know, my armor is soundproof, so as long as I stealthfully sneak in, I should be fine."
"Not bad huh, so Pandora and Seer, what are you two going to do?"
Seer seems a little shy and starts to look away.
Pandora's Wanderer's mask changes to a Saffron Yellow, with Blue Lilac hexagons going across it
"FEAR NOT NOVIS, FOR I HAVE AN AMAZING PLAN, NOTHING BAD COULD EVER HAPPEN."
"I trust you more than I should Pandora, well I better get climbing then"
Novis begins by jumping as high as he can, afterward, he places steps of water beneath his feet and starts climbing the wall as if it were a staircase.
"Since he's doing that I better get going as well."
Doremifa walks straight in through the main gate, no guards can be seen within sight but inside things seem somewhat empty, although things may seem easy, he still takes cover behind every possible object he fits behind.
"ALRIGHT SEER, ARE YOU READY?"
"Sadly, yes I am."
Pandora's Wanderer grabs Seer and shoves him straight into his coat.
One of the many questions that the fool and Novis had was, how exactly does Pandora's Wanderer work or function? The answer to this is no one exactly knows, nor do they know how he was even created to begin with, but what Seer found out is, inside of their coat lies an unboundless yet boundless space that can contain either a large quantity of everything or just enough for what is needed, what's even stranger is how the head and mask aren't exactly connected to the body in reality, but they still combine together.
"Super Sneaky Mode Activated."
Pandora's Wanderer says as their mask turns completely black.
Instead of joining Doremifa, they sneak behind the main building, and yet again no guards can be seen at all, almost as if no harm could happen.
"I think this should be high enough, now, looking at this entire thing from above I sort of expected more, sure it's huge but, style-wise it is sort of lacking."
It was completely cyan but seemed more like a ginormous smooth sphere with some gold flags at the top of it.
"Hmmm, should I just jump and crash in? What's the worst that could happen really."
Novis simply leaps off of the steps he had created, once he gets remotely even close to damaging it, a red spear is thrown at him flying at incredible speeds.
Thanks to his reflexes, he's able to dodge the attack by using furniture to stop the momentum of the spear, along with creating a safe landing with a mattress made of Water.
"You dare try and harm the King? This is your last chance outsider, leave now whilst you still can."
"I'm not leaving till my friend is freed."
"The Lightbringer? You might not even make it in time judging by how things are going, I'm sure he'd rather see you live a normal happy life than die at my hands."
"YOU KEEP THAT TITLE YOU HANDED HIM OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, HIS NAME IS LUCE SOLSTICE, AND HE WOULD NEVER DIE IN SUCH A WAY."
Novis instantly creates his sword of Water and starts fighting the mysterious guard.
Doremifa hears none of this and starts snooping around the castle looking for where Solatido or the fool may be.
"𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵."
Seer and Pandora's Wanderer arrive at the back of the castle finding another door, it seemed more professional than the last one, and some people talking could be heard inside.
"Did you get the ingredients? We're supposed to be making a feast here."
"Of course I did, we took care of Roberts and Ike's pets and brought them here, thank God they're so accepting to just give their pets away, it'd be a nightmare for food."
"You could say that again, now pass me the meat."
"You got it, boss."
Pandora's Wanderer creepily crawled across the floor, once he got close enough to the cook he grabbed him by his collar, and opened up his mask, having him faint instantly.
"Sorry my poor puppies, this is the least I can do for you"
He does a simple prayer and leaves towards exploring the place some more.
If you were asking what God Pandora's Wanderer would pray to, the answer would be all of them.
Novis and the guard kept trading hits with each other, the strength difference was indeed there, but Novis definitely had more technique than him, especially after incorporating the furniture into his attacks.
"I WON'T LOSE THIS TIME, YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID."
"Keep talking all you want, It's not going to make you win or bring him back."
Novis concentrated his attacks, slowly more and more directed at the spear looking to break it.
"You're so annoying, I guess I'll have to use magic sadly."
The guard retreats quickly and another shadowy orb appears from his hand.
"I'M NOT GOING TO JUST STAND HERE AND WATCH YOU DO THIS"
Novis tries to interfere but the man keeps on dodging his attacks until suddenly, someone else from the shadows appears impaling Novis in his shoulder.
"YOU ARE SO DISHONORABLE."
"Does Honor even matter if you're the one winning?
"HONOR, IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM ANIMALS."
Novis rips the spear from his shoulder and starts to attack the man yet again with no change in plan.
"You're not going to win, just give up."
"This is all pointless, just live your own life."
"You could do so much more, just go back."
"I, WILL NOT, LEAVE MY FRIEND, ALONE."
More shadowy figures started to appear, they looked like the guard except a lot smaller and gremlin-like, they all held spears and attempt to injure Novis in whatever way possible.
Novis notices this and starts to use his magic more and more, he starts using his Water boots whilst incorporating his furniture, by jumping from wall to wall and sliding he could increase his current momentum and change up his attack pattern slowly but surely landing a couple more blows onto his foe.
"Why are you like this, you were so weak earlier, to think I might have to actually try."
Novis decided not to respond back and instead focused on how to open up his opponent's defense.
"𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮."
Pandora's Wanderer happened to walk by a couple of statues made to resemble Solatido.
"I guess he looks interesting, I wonder if he will do things peacefully."
They then kept crawling forward, Solatido didn't really add anything of significance to his castle style-wise, he never really cared for such a thing, no one truly knows his goal, but perhaps the fool would know.
Doremifa would continue to walk around the castle as well, he found a couple of valuable things like paintings and valuable jewelry, he then realized that if he ended up stealing anything he would just simply end up stealing from himself.
Novis continued to battle the guard until he finally got an idea that just might work, he quickly backed up, and threw a couch at the man, the minute it broke he tackled him straight into the ground, and attempted to suffocate him with a Water bubble, the shadow minions did not let this happen with no consequence as they repeatedly stabbed him in his side.
Whilst this was all happening, six hours had passed, and the fool appeared in a terrible shape, somehow he seemed to be very malnourished whilst chained to a wall, and some guards kept on whipping him whilst he seemed to be having some sort of nightmare, if no one went to rescue him within the next couple of hours, he could easily die.