New Nightmarish Visions Part-1

Aavesh settled in the class and chatted for a good long while with them on various topics and life experiences.

It turnef out Each and every one of them had been through harrowing experiences in the past decade although not as catastrophic as his situation - but very dire nevertheless.

Sometimes it would be some kind of Space Oligarch's young master or something, other times it would random Space pirates with connections to High level Mythic Factions, Eldritch Cultists or stumbling into Ancient Ruins of the life threatening type and so on.

As they chatted, Aavesh felt a deep sense of Empathy and a strange form of kinship with the group.

They could actually understand what he had been through and actually lived through some similar experiences, he felt much better.

Aavesh then briefly gazed at Anyariel into her chromatic eyes, drawn by sudden curiousity when Blue Light filled his vision.

It was not clear but he was holding her severed head, her eyes frozen forever, it was a cold place - a very cold place, but the place was desert in what seemed to broad daylight.

"Yariel...", he saw himself cry in reproach and then saw a most dreaded figure, wearing Anyariel's corpse.

"The Heart of Chaos- who could have known?", A voice filled with absolute malice erupted out of the faceless pyramid head wearing her corpse.

"Now why don't you join her!", Claws of Sand like things emerged from the ground to rip into shreds.

*BAM

The vision faded and Alyssia was infront of him with a concerned look," You tapped into it- like me- yet not like me"

Aavesh felt steam erupt from his pores, and a trickle of bloody tears escaped his eyes.

Everyone was staring at him now silently except for Petrov and Alyssia.

" Mate what was that- it was just like our visions yet it gave off a completely different feeling, like it was certain- an inevitable future ", Petrov murmured as he understood somewhat but couldn't put his finger on it.

" You lost a decade of lifespan with that vision- I sense the life force depleting fast- oh wait, it's actually restoring itself little by little- wierd", Zhong couldn't help but speak as he observed Aavesh's condition with his Draconic Vision.

" Ah fucking hells- it's starting to hurt now", Aavesh Muttered in pain as he shook his head to clear out the clutter of information bombardment.

"You saw something related to me, what did you see?", Anyariel asked softly, her eyes were sharp as her eleven ears perked up.

Aavesh made an inward note to remember this side of her, just because someone acts like a Crazy Ditx, they aren't - they usually are pretty terrifying.

She possessed a similar intuition as well, maybe all of them here did- considering they all had the Mythic Powers of Destiny Bending Celestial Autarchs.

Aavesh decided that the best course of action was to be candid and honest - no point hiding things infront of this group - they were all monsters with unique insights and strong deductive skills- sure they had their own personality and unique approach - but you don't fuck around with potential Autarchs.

"I saw your death- quite gruesome -", Aavesh began but Alyssia interjected," Petrov can help you show the Vision - it's one of his quirks, you can use your Astral Wisps to share that vision fragment"

She demonstrated the easy ability and Aavesh nodded.

He sent the Astral Wisps to Petrov's Ghostly figure and he infused Grey Mythic Power into it.

A translucent screen appeared and Aavesh's vision played out.

Contrary to his expectations, instead of being grim-,

"Ha- it's that damn bitch again - looks like she succeeded* - I wanna fight that!", Camilla sprouted.

"Hey Anyariel maybe sell some of your stuff to me before ya Kick it?", Aiden chimes.

"Sheesh how many times is that thing going to harass you?",Zhong shook his head.

"Anyariel join me in prayers to the Goddesses, the Empyrean will show a way out", Alena offered.

"Her way of killing you- uh so amateurish", Yuna Muttered in pure contempt.

" Anyariel -", Kai began.

"Woah- Woah , you all -", Aavesh yelled as everyone turned to him and laughed out loud.

"Yeah yeah buddy we understand, I know it sounds weird but Visions of our deaths are just another Tuesday for us ", Camilla spoke and Alena nodded in a thoughtful manner.

The others smiled at him knowingly.

Aavesh was honestly stumped at that response.

"Oh well, I guess Newbie here has confirmed your visions Alyssia", She spoke out in an easygoing manner, totally nonchalant about the possibility of her impending death.

" Newbie?", Aavesh turned to stare at her and she winked at him mischievously in response.

" I mean She's not wrong, you have just joined our group and we have been going on adventures together in the past ten years, in groups of Five usually", Zhong explained.

"I suppose you are right", Aavesh agreed after thinking for a second.

"Anyways - Team, let's brainstorm for a while, before Master Johan comes in", Kai chimed in and brought up a holo board.

"Let's start with what we can find out-", Petrov started and wrote the Heading - " Anyariel's Murder Mystery "

"Touche", Yuna couldn't help but approve of the macabre title as Anyariel let out a hearty chuckle.

" We have deserts in common", Alyssia pointed out.

" We know that she keeps chasing Anyariel for some heart of Chaos", Aiden pointed the score out as he rubbed his hands- probably thinking of a way to scam the opponent.

" From Aavesh's vision - we know now that this opponent has the ability to kill Anyariel ", Kai spoke with concern in his voice.

The other nodded soberly at that.

" We need to find out who this is and find a way to preemptively beat her up!", Camilla spoke in an excited tone while rubbing her hands.

" I'll look in the Empyrean Temple records", Alena spoke with a serious tone.

"I'll find a potion that could preserve her life, plenty of that weird stuff out there",Zhong spoke with his eyes narrowed at the faceless thing.

" I'll find reality bending tricks- My Mum's temple should have some interesting trinkets", Anyariel replied in her usual tone of nonchalance.

Just as others were about to offer their own 2 cents- Aavesh stood up and raised his palm to stop them as he closed his eyes- he activated his Neural Augmentations and searched through his vast memories.

Everyone looked at him curiously now.

A moment later, Aavesh opened his eyes and spoke," I know this Being, She's of Demonic Origin -Areshkagal, Demon Lord of Riddles and Secrets- She's positively troublesome especially if it's to do with the Heart of Chaos"

"Let's not talk about Artifacts beyond our strength for now, Trusts - I personally have a very horrible experience with such 'Hearts', Let's just get through this first and I promise you all, I'll give you a full explanation on what that Demon Lord wants from Anyariel"

" Look it's a very troublesome thing and it's not wise to speak about it in the Mortal Realm, Laws of Causality - Understand? No?- People like Khorramzadeh can find out if we talk too deeply about in an unprotected location like this"

"I know a place, but first let's deal with that Demon Lord", Aavesh spoke on.

"How do you know so much about these things Brother Brutal - You know of a way to mass kill that stinking Race? ", Camilla asked in calm fashion but everyone could sense her blood positively seething.

She was a Tiefling but she was of Royal Qlippothic-Rakshasi descent, She despised the Demons to no end due to the Intense Hatred between their ancient races.