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[h1][u]Elys Adair[/u][/h1][/center]
[i][color=gray]Oratorio - The Abyss[/color][/i]
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She took a breath in.

Now she understood the allure of the Abyss. She, all of a sudden, wasn't in a rush to leave.

Another breath in, feeling the dampness against her skin, the grass under her soles, the faint breeze bringing the scent of flowers.

A deep part of her felt at peace.

So, when the goblinoids found her, it was only in calm eagerness that she met them. They wanted to fight, and she [i]needed[/i] this.

A crew of about five goblins in total, raising their spears high, bloodlust dripping off them.

Elys only drew her sword, widened her stance, and waited for the prey to come closer. The largest of the massds started the charge as they surrounded her, lunging forward with his spear. She side-stepped, her sword coming down to slash the spear clean in half. An attack from the right and left. Elys spun on her heel, leaping onto the largest goblin to dodge the spears. Her staff cracked down in a sweep, knocking back the spears. She stepped off the goblin before it could try and shrug her off, embedding her sword in its neck and yanking hard. There was a snap as the blade cut and separated the neck, and the goblin collapsed.

There was an outcry from the goblins surrounding her, satisfying something deep within Elys’ heart. She could see the masses trying to find an opening, using her blind spots. But that was the thing - she had no blind spots. As a spear lunged towards her spinal column, her sword swung behind her, cutting the spear clean in half. Another slash as she spun towards them, and they sustained a deep gash through the chest and belly, causing them to fall.

The remaining masses were starting to hesitate, which she used to her advantage, impaling one while slashing at an another. They collapsed, leaving only one goblin. It was whimpering, turned tail and ran. Elys watched the mass shrink from her ‘view’, and sighed. She wiped her blade off on the grass, and sheathed it.

Her body hummed with adrenaline, feeling much more like itself. Yes. This was normal. This was her life, wasn't it? Killing monsters. This made sense. This was who she was, wasn't it?

But as she stood there, her heart beginning to settle, the answer left her heart hollow.

She was missing something.

But what? What on earth could she be missing? Did the vision she saw really change her so much, and leave her dissatisfied with her life? 

Was she meant for something more now?

How did that look like?

What was she to do?

Elys sighed. She plopped down on one knee, looting the corpses she had felled. The small pouches were easy enough to find from running her fingers over the bodies, and she pocketed four. The spears were destroyed for the most part, and she was no good at extracting livers. So, she left the rest and stood.

She had proof of her effort.

But she was still unsatisfied. Why was she called here? Why did she feel so… comfortable here?

So, Elys turned heel, leaving the corpses behind as she ventured deeper into the Abyss as the darkness of the night enveloped her.