Sel- City Centre

Sel's heart threatened to beat out of his chest at the sight of the gore caused by a single, strong swipe from Kucing and the powerful swings of Oathsworn's blade. Sel knew, technically, that the Atropos would gladly kill him for having the wings that threatened especially now to force themselves out of his back, but he couldn't bear the sin of murdering an official of Nightshade. The crime was so heinous that he was soon shouting in spite of himself, yelling at Kucing, Empie, and especially Oathsworn to "stop this blasphemy". This was not what he meant when he suggested a distraction; this was heresy and chaos. People darted back and forth in panic and blood splattered the carefully laid cobblestone. This beautiful celebration had become a nightmare and he felt like it was his fault, but then his thoughts turned towards Avalon and the others. It wasn't his fault, it was theirs. This was all their idea, all he had done was try to learn more about being a Canavar and they had dragged him into this war against Nightshade. They were the sinners, he was just a bystander.

Sel turned to flee the scene and never return. He would travel as far as it took but he would find a way back to the country side and start a different life, he could put all this nonsense behind him and move on. But as fate would have it, Sel had accidentally referred to Oathsworn and Kucing by name when he yelled for them to stop attacking, and because of this the Atropos recognized him as a Canavar and, thus, an enemy of the Abbey. One of the Atropos rushed Sel with his blade drawn and Sel drew his axe out of fright. He tried to tell the Atropos that he meant no harm but that didn't slow the Atropos's advance. The sword was shoved into his left shoulder and was quickly pulled back out and slashed along his right cheek. Sel brought his axe down over the head of the enemy and -with a speed and accuracy he didn't know he possessed- chopped away at body of his attacker in several places. He struck the face, torso, legs, arms, and stomach until the Atropos fell backwards and choked on his blood.

Horrible guilt coursed through Sel as he realized what act he had just committed. The word sinner flashed through his mind. How could he kill a member of Nightshade? He was just like the others now, he was just like Kucing and Gideon and Empie and that horrible heretic Oathsworn. He had been planning on running away, but now that he had killed an Atropos he would certainly be tracked down if he did. He would be stuck hiding in that cursed cave with the other Canavar forever, having to live his life out as the King's pet. But just as the that thought came through he heard the ringing of a bell, then two, then four and five. The terrible sound continued to grow louder and louder as it dawned on Sel what was happening. Time seemed to stand still. Everyone -citizens, canavar, and even the Atropos- stood still and stared up at the sky. He didn't know where to go or what to do, the King was dead. He would be tracked down by Nightshade if he tried to run to the countryside, and he could no longer take shelter in the presence of the King. It was over.

[b]Sel- The New Cave[/b]

Sel was tired and had dragged behind the rest of the group on the journey to the cave, so that he arrived just before Empie. He reclaimed his belongings from her without a word and proceeded into what would apparently be their new "home". He hated this cave, he hated Empie, Kucing, Gideon, Oathsworn, and whoever else Avalon had managed to force into this. He almost preferred begging or grave digging.

He was still wearing the heavy, burdensome armor of the Atropos and had succeed and patching up his wounds (witch proved to be mild). He had removed the helmet, however, and was now resting his head against the walls of the cave. What would they do now? This was all Avalon's fault, he had led them into this suicide mission. Fueled by that angry thought, Sel practically leaped out of his sitting position and glared with hateful eyes at the others. "Do you see what Avalon's foolishness has gotten us into now? I have tried putting up with your idiocy so far, I have tried blindly following your heresy but I'm sick of it. If your just going to mope around than that's fine with me, I'm going to go get some wood for a fire if nobody has any objections. Other than Kucing, of course." And stood waiting for a response [b][i]but nobody ever replied[/i][/b]