Awakening

That black spot housing a writhing well of flesh, the eye of a titan, slumbering soon ready to cast its awakening gaze upon the sky of our world, the tiny sliver passing through that darkened abyss called its crib for all of human history. There it is, just ahead of us, the day had come, passing the shock of the sudden attack which almost seemed to guide us towards this very space. Weird those eyes, they were the same, weren't they? I remember the description gifted to me and June from that police officer a few weeks back, a congregation propped up in their positions, eyes white, and the space around engulfed in black protruding veins. Is it a coincidence? Or is it some sort of will guiding us towards this potential doomsday? The first ones in front, don't portray any worry at all, are they not considering the possibility of this being out of hand or even possibly rigged? Or are they just that confident in their abilities and the countermeasures planted for this very scenario? They might have even thought it all out beforehand, have they perhaps even calculated the potential casualties? One thing is certain, they are truly committed to the legion, and they will not stop at anything to reach their shared goal, no matter the means. But I too have goals that I will have to stop at nothing to obtain, so I must consider every possibility and possible outcome, of any situation that might present itself.

Now that we have reached the spot we have to wait, how many more hours are left? Perhaps even just the break of dawn after the approaching night will be enough? With that, I will have to consider that I have about ten hours to prepare myself for anything that might come to fruition, even when it's in the consuming darkness about the possibilities within an awakening, I don't know the capabilities of this being, same can be said about Terra, so I will have to work with what I got and what I do know.

The equipment Terra had us bring looks like large backpacks if you can call it that, it consists out of leather straps attached to what seemingly is a square hollow block of marble giving away a slight yet resonating hum. The sides of this block have two ovoid holes carved into revealing some sort of thick, elastic, red membrane what purpose does it hold and what is within? What will it do when the awakening starts and how do we utilize it? What is it even in the first place? Michael of the first paid attention to round these up and keep them accounted for during our attack from the Erarrat so they must be important, and for that reasoning, I must assume that these blocks hold valuable capabilities and I should try to figure out which.

"What do you think these are?" Seems like June is thinking in similar directions to me.

"I don't know, but they must be important don't you think?"

"They were brought for a reason if they were important enough to be accounted for during crises.",

"Why do you think they haven't mentioned how they're used? Not any of the big shots seem to be carrying them, and they are currently divided between all the rest of us.",

"Do you believe that these blocks might pose any risk to the users?" She seems slightly on edge.

"I don't know, maybe they just didn't have time to explain the usage yet, or maybe they are indeed withholding information on purpose, but that can be for several reasons, one of them being just keeping unnecessary panic from festering,"

"That makes sense but that still doesn't explain any risks or how it is used",

"Maybe it is some sort of automatic thing? Maybe even some form of protection?"

"That would explain why all the lover ranks like us are carrying them, yea that makes sense, it might just be a way to countermeasures unnecessary losses in the lower ranks." I do hope so,

"Yea, they are probably just some form of protective countermeasure."

She seems more at ease now, good I did not portray too much worry, what Sara told me before the assembly worries me to no end, I did expect it to be like this, but it is still stressful, why would they equip all of us with valuable protective equipment if they expect us all to die nonetheless? Maybe they have enough goodwill to do that but that will mean that the equipment itself may not be enough, this situation makes me uneasy but I know my will, and I know that I must live to eventually satiate it.

"Are you sure about that?"

"What do you mean?" Someone just,

"Straid are you ok?" Who was that?

"Yeah, I'm alright, we just have to prepare to the best of our abilities, it is all we can do right?"

"Yeah... Right".

"Everyone! It is in these few hours of preparation that it truly matters! Unit 16, 15, 14, 12, and 9, stand tall and listen, follow these instructions to the bone and you will save innumerable human lives and keep their balance flowing, The equipment you've been carrying this way is tuned to protect you from psychological influence and to some degree physical trauma, for anyone here who hasn't handled Scurgere Viata before, don't worry, the application and usage is automatic and reactionary all you have to do is to carry it and to keep calm during its activation and throughout the awakening process itself, if you can't do that when you're dead, we cant save the ones that cant conduct themselves while we the first and the third lulls Leabaidha back into its slumber! Now, you must spread out, stretch a circle around the black spot since you consist of 64 members there will be one member for every 1 200 meters, you guys will form the perimeter which will keep Leabaidha limited in its initial stages of awakening, your line will decide the time that we and potentially the rest of the world has! Now get to it, form the line and then spend as much time as you can in that position, regaining and gathering all the strength you can before the battle, remember! The world rests upon your line, and your shoulders.".

So that is it, we are the line, way to inspire potential cannon fodder but I don't believe I have any right to back out or refuse, I guess I must give it my all, all my fate in the Viata so it might just keep us safe until we can come out on the other side.

June, she is shaking,

"June, stay calm, I'll only be a thousand steps away when we get through this.".

"Do you really believe that Straid?" Those eyes.

"I do, we have been saved from the clutches of death by mere coincidences and luck several times already, what's wrong in believing that there's still coincidences that will intervene, and also, keeping calm and having some fate in this Viata certainly doesn't decrease our chances." A slight smile.

"I guess you're right about that, see you on the other side when the coincidence occurs"

"Yeah, see you too".