[center][h2][color=black][b]Mourningstar[/b][/color][/h2]
[@King Cosmos][@Zeroth][/center]

The battle was over it seemed, all people involved safe (aside from Digbie's torn ass), and things were back to the usual. Jason grabbed the Source Crystal to experiment with it, Mourningstar wanted to stop him but at the same time... she just didn't have it in her to care. She had done her best to try and lead everyone, but nobody seemed to care. Nobody listened to her, Ardur had vanished, Rain was gone, everyone was abandoning her. She did everything right though didn't she? She took suggestions, she gave second chances, she tried to protect everyone around her even at the cost of her own life. So why did everyone just ignore her? Was she not being assertive enough? Was it because she was weak? Did she just radiate an aura of unreliability, so nobody wanted to be around her? This experiment had been a complete failure, she should've expected it.

Nobody would listen to a weak willed loser, doubly so if they were as pathetic as she. So she needed to become stronger somehow, somehow. It was because she was forced to share EXP with the people she tried to lead, she needed to be alone if she wanted to be strong enough. But that's okay, she was used to being alone. She floated past Asura and Digbie, picking up the torn cloth that lay in the cave and floating over to the stash of Mana Crystals that Jason was messing with.  She quickly tied up the cloth as best she could, forming it into a kind of satchel for carrying as she picked up three Mana Crystals and a Flame Touched Mana Crystal, putting them all in the bag. Mourningstar nodded as she floated past Oberon with her haul, going deeper into the cave. [color=black][b]"Yeah. It's time to get stronger."[/b][/color]

And of course, the best way to grow stronger was to find someone stronger. Learn, grow, advance. The slimes had the Mother Slime, the rats had the Mother Rat, the Goblins had Crispy and Rattleskull, it only stood to reason that there must be someone like that for both the other species as well. So Mourningstar would find the biggest Wisp in the cave. She would either learn from them. Or she would kill them. [color=black][b]"Yeah. Yeah. That will work."[/b][/color] She muttered to herself as she got further and further away from the group. She stopped for a moment and pondered. [color=cyan][i]'Is this really the right choice? Am I being hasty, should I go back to the safety of the group? Sure I'll stagnate, I would never be respected, but I would be safe.'[/i][/color]

[color=black][b][i]'Safe until they realize how useless you are.'[/i][/b][/color] The voice cut through her hesitance like a hot knife through butter. [color=cyan][i]'Yeah, they'll toss me aside once the Goblins are taken care of. This is the better path. The only path.'[/i][/color] And with that in mind, she went to search for her teacher.