Shadows

'go on….' Otto said, his voice filled with curiosity. Elijah lowered his head and then sighed. His hair was on his face, and the ends were covered in a bloody color (I wonder if they have showers here).

"I was in a windy desert; there wasn't anything in sight. then this … spirit?, came up to me and said, "Thank you…Child Of Fallen:" Then I fell, but this lady with blue hair came over then told me to wake up".

Elijah sighed, then added, "Do you know what that even means?" Otto didn't respond for a few minutes. Elijah spent that time walking in a circle, then tried to open the door. it was open the entire time.

"..."

Elijah walked out the door and asked one of the staff where the washroom was; he walked up to a guard and asked, "Hey, I was in one of those cells. Am I allowed to leave?" the man looked Elijah Up and down the man then asked his name.

"My name is Elijah, sir." The man took out a clipboard then searched through the names. "of course….you just can't interact with any type of mysticism for two weeks; you also have to stay here also, you can't leave this headquarters; that cell is just your room".

Elijah nodded, then walked to the washroom before asking, "Do we get our items to use the washrooms?" the man nodded with a confused expression (is this man perhaps …..special?…no James, you shouldn't think that about people, that act strange in front of you, what would Emma think?). the man thought.

...

After a few minutes, Elijah found the bathroom…he took forty minutes in there he spent half of that time crying because he missed the times when he could use it whenever he wanted, but back in the den, he didn't have that choice he had that sliver lake....

... But it was pretty painful to shower in; to him, it felt like laying in a pile of needles. Elijah was finally free of those days…..he was happy.

He later got out and walked around for a few minutes, that's when he heard Otto's voice 'I have done a lot of thinking …. Think the reason why your hair is so red is that they have absorbed souls that also explain that strange dream….some spirits can see into the future so that spirit could be calling you by a name that you get called in the future.'

Elijah stopped in his tracks, his mouth gaped open. A passerby looked at him. They wanted to ask what was wrong, but Elijah brushed them off. He walked for a while until he reached back to his room. "You saying that my hair is red because I have absorbed souls? How the hell does that even work?".

Elijah yelled. He paced around the room and then finally landed on his bed (I wonder if someone heard me?…..I will tell them I was reading a book…but this room doesn't have one…ugh). Elijah dragged himself up and went to the library.

It wasn't as big as the one in the church, but it was cool to look at. Elijah grabbed a random book and went back to his room.

"How did the spirit even get attached to my hair?" Elijah asked while looking at the book.

'that normal doesn't happen, but it was in a den, but this is called spirit possession typically, this happens with items that hold significant meaning to the spirit.

'But those sports have been corrupted in a den, so they attach to any living thing instead. The spirits have no sense of self, so they can't talk….but that dream you have was quite strange.' Otto grew quiet for a few seconds, then added.

'I don't think that was a spirit…it could have been something else that attached itself to you; if you were to access the pale knight oath, you could find out more about that spirit. You could probably make a contract with it, ' Otto stated.

Elijah mumbled under his breath, then asked, "Then what about that girl and the sand? What do those mean?" Otto realized a long sigh and then said

'speak to an illusionist to figure out they can create illusions and dive into dreams.'

Otto said as he mumbled. Elijah paused for a moment he was in thought (wait!….Otto knows a lot about mysticism; why don't I ask him?). "Otto, could you tell me what you know about mysticism?". Otto groaned in annoyance, then added, 'why couldn't you wait for Miss Daly…besides its a bad idea.

'you are not to interact with any mysticism for two weeks, ' Otto spoke; Elijah chuckled then added, "Weren't you the one that's always trying to take over my body? When did you start to cry If i was in danger?" otto didn't reply for a few moments.

'fine i will tell you the basics for now it should help you for now; i will explain about the soul. its split into two levels: spirit body and astral body are the things that help make up mysticism. A spirit body is just your spirituality if it's drained to much, then you can die; that's why, after heavy use, we rest.

'to increase our spirit body, we meditate it helps the spirit body to heal. Once it heals, we gain more spirituality but one session of meditation will not cure the spirit body you have to do it thoroughly.

'The Astral Body or as it's well known as Astral projection,… is like sending how you feel through your soul if one were to focus their spirituality into their eyes then you would be able to see someone's Astral body, you can also use the Astral Body to see if your healthy or if you've been damaged.'

Elijah poured his spirituality into his eyes he looked around, a cold feeling rushed down his spine. he saw creatures of different masses; they looked like a mix of other animals and blobs. A milky black ozed from one of the mouths of the beast as it looked in Elijah's direction.

Elijah turned his head away from the creature and stopped pouring spirituality into his eyes. Elijah stuttered and asked under a mumble, "What the hell were those things?…." Elijah squeezed his shirt as a feeling of dread washed over him. This feeling was very different from what he had felt in the den.

'i have no idea…after i came to this————' Otto's voice was blocked out, it was like it was being censored by something. 'Looks like I've been censored...once you reach level 7, we need to leave this place or else you could die' otto said; the tension in the room grew thick as Elijah stood up and left the room.

(i can't stay in the same place as those things….I will lose control if I stay in that room longer..).

'dont put spirituality into your eyes for the time being…i will explain something else instead….some creatures that exist from this place called the spirit world…in that world, all of the concepts and logic that you tie that place down no longer exist. If you try to understand that place, you would just go insane.

'but there's a pro to this….you can find the ingredients to create potions for your advancements. That's the next thing. Do you remember when I told you that the way the church's advance was a lie?

'i will explain further that oaths are not natural, so to advance, you need to go to a place with a lot of spirituality so that the spirituality in that place works as an anchor towards you so that you don't lose yourself. For other people, it's helpful, but for some, this isn't that helpful.'

Otto passed, and Elijah reached a public place in the inquisitor's headquarters, a cafe. Elijah went to get some food. He got 2 mutton chops with mashed potatoes and some broccoli on the sides; he sat somewhere near the back where people couldn't see him.

He was in a booth at the back of the cafe, and people didn't walk by; he then spoke in a mumbled voice while he ate, "Then what are the other why?".

'Simply you sacrifice a part of the potion to yourself, then wait a few weeks, then drink the entire thing or just drink the whole thing and hope you survive.'

Elijah slowed down and asked, "is there no other way?" Otto answered in a smug tone.

'yes, but if you want to advance, you must understand the oath itself. if you try to advance while your understanding is small, you will die, but if your knowledge is deep enough, you can advance quite quickly.