Guardians of Corruption and Chaos
Cyra decided to try talking to the creature. Ignoring the danger of talking to a creature while completely exhausted, she walked forward.
"Hey"
The wanderer is surprised to see one of the humanoids breaking off from the group and approaching.
"Hello?" he responds
"Are you a Guardian too?"
"I suppose I am."
"Do you know your aspect?"
The wanderer hesitates before replying.
"Do you know yours?"
"I do, but do you?"
"I do also."
Cyra nodded. The creature is being cautious.
"Are the others Guardians?"
The wanderer gestures toward the group left behind
"Yeah. Did you just get here?"
"I've been wandering for a while, not sure how long it's been. Mostly dirt around these parts"
"There was a cave nearby, it collapsed recently apparently. There's a lake and several... craters."
"A collapse, you say? What was the cause?"
"According to another Guardian, natural reasons."
The guardian is noticeably interested in these events.
"Not sure what natural forces would just collapse a cave like that. Must have been unstable to begin with."
"Why? Are you a Guardian of Collapses or something?" Cyra grinned.
"...You mentioned a crater?"
"No, you?"
"Not a Guardian of Collapses. That sounds kinda lame in my opinion. No offense to any Guardians of Collapses, if that exists." She laughed. "There have been several craters and one lake."
"Well, seems more interesting than dirt. No offense meant to the Guardian of that, if there is one."
"Must be doing a good job spreading it about, eh?"
"Yeah, too much dirt in my opinion." She looked at the ground.
"I don't believe we've introduced ourselves properly. Would you happen to have a name to remember you by?"
The Guardian looked up.
"My name is Cyra, what's yours?"
"Call me Cairne."
He grinned and extended his hand for handshaking.
Cyra stared at Cairne's hand and shook it.
Cairne glanced toward the group by the apparently collapsed cave.
"Apparently the girl's friends were crushed under some rocks. We found some cloth and a hand-"
"Who's that?" Cyra frowned.
"What the fuck happened here?" exclaims Cairne, staring in awe at the previously unnoticed hand rising from the rubble.
"That's not right. Takot has a new body."
"...perhaps we should lea-Who's takot?"
"The Guardian of Fear. I'm going over there, are you coming?"
"If he-it-is the Guardian of Fear, shouldn't you be..."
"...well, afraid?"
"I killed him once. He got revenge. I'm curious, what reaction would he have this time?" Cyra realized Cairne has no knowledge of anything that has happened. "Oh yeah, I'm an asshole."
"Some Guardian he is." replies Cairne in a sarcastic manner
"Annnywayyyyy, who are the others"
"the ones presumably about to get zombie'd"
"Himinn and Liro. So are you coming?"
"...which is which?"
"The girl is Himinn. The other one is Liro."
"and I don't exactly want to go say hi to a zombie right after meeting the first Guardians on this planet."
"so I'll just stay here I guess"
"Alright, you have fun standing here, see you around." Cyra turned around and set off towards the collapsed cave once more.
"Have fun dying!" retorts Cairne before backing away to a safer distance
Cyra grinned as she heard his last comment. "I will, thanks."
Cairne raises an eyebrow questioningly and wave farewell to the girl known as Cyra
Cyra reached Liro, Himinn, and the zombie Takot.
"Greetings, Guardian of Fear."
Faliara Jolteon42 Naoh
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