[quote=thewizardguy]
The Chessmaster almost absentmindedly reaches down with one of his hands, and you feel a burning. A black mark appears on your forehead, an odd rune which you can see even in your minds eye as it burns at your soul. Then, darkness. "I'm sure you'll find some way to rationalize this one day, mortal. Simply know that you will defeat your father if you do not allow yourself to be distracted." Then you awaken in a small cabin, where the Susuwatari happily come to greet you.
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Xerxes blinks twice before looking around at his surroundings. He raises a hand to his forehead, tracing the mark over and over again before sighing. He lightly pats a nearby Susuwatari on it's head. He starts to wonder what everything up until now had meant. Especially the odd rune.