[ FIVE ] ALONE, HELPLESS
I was shocked, the information of the stone just transfered to my brain.
It realy was a lot to take in, and by the reaction of Yulia, see saw that too.
Like a status window of an rpg. But. That window felt like it was lacking some things.
Not the strange 'skills' and lot of interrogations. That thing just felt empty.
"Yulia, was that good?" I said not hidding at all my disconfort about the curse.
"AuTor, what does 'scroll writing' means?" She said even more confused than me "oh, look at that... 'the truthful one' and bellow it... '[CONDITION: have the 'the truthful one CURSE]' haha"
"What is so funny!?" i said dramatically "...and can you see more things than me?"
"Name, titles, force, conditions and even skills" she said holding in laughter "Dude, the avarege for a man apparenty is 10... god!"
My face became red, or not, it just felt like it did.
"Why do you see more than me?" I asked trying to change subjects.
She laughed.
"Sorry, but it's funny seeing a puppet showing more emotion than many people"
I didn't find it funny. I was being forced to act that way.
Just realizing that a few minutes ago.
"Now you are angry yet a bit frustrated!" I could tell that she was going around me even without seeing her.
"Au... look" she stopped, that made me a bit worried.
I waited in silence, Yulia was the confident and most powerfull character at the end of my history.
It realy was her, I was sure of it. So I known that when she talks seriosly, it realy is serious.
"Can I call you Au?" She saidlaughing at my face "You, do you known how old you were as a human?"
I refused to speak, she was just controling me for her enjoyment.
"That is a no..." she said, trying to say it confidlanty "You acts, talks and is even the heigth of a kid"
I left go of my body. Now, seeing more carefully, the strings connect to the sky before were now conected to the machine using that cabble.
"Au, I will call you Au... What are you looking at?" Yulia said nonchalant "Is there something that not even me can see here?"
"Yulia, the strings, they are connected to the machine... isn't it strange?"
She did not answer, that one-armed moster was pausing like she just heard someone talk about snake oil.
"Yulia, can't you she the strings?" I said trying to smile without a mouth.
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Yulia smiled and acted awkward.
"Oh... just that already made him happy" She toght while looking to the strings even more.
AuTor could not see then entirely, could not see how they moved while reciving energy, like snakes.
AuTor knew that Yulia was smart, he made her to be smart enough to trick gods and monsters.
Yet, AuTor did not notice how much she had already figured out.
"AuTor body needs energy to move, the fact that when I move the strings react..." she thinked anbout it carefully "Don't that proves, no... that just make it a realy good guess. But a good guess will be enough, my presence, no, the presence of the four inside the body consumed too much..."
Her conclusion in that all situasion was quite simple.
She concluded that she was a threat to AuTor life, but, his body adapted in a way and made so only her was around.
Her theory was that, once all seven of her allies came back inside AuTor mind, she could take over completely.
To do that Autor nedded two more thing's. The first was hard and the second even harder.
AuTor needed imense amount of energy to be able to survive.
And AuTor needed to make so his body could take that imense amount of energy somehow.
"It will take time, but I am pacient" She thougt while fake laghting at the proud AuTor.
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The morning came faster than the puppet expected, the light of the sun coming from the window.
The puppet looked to the door once hearing some footsteps.
It was early, yet, the helpless puppet felt happy to see Ciana opening the door. And felt even more happy when Yulia acted happy to be with him.