11 Leveled up twice (1/2)
”Do you see? Because I can see.
Those quiet eyes. That pensive face.
Those silent tears. That melancholy.
Those unchained laughs. That uncertainty.
Who is that? Oh, it's me. It's all me.
A mask. A veil. A barrier. A cover.
The act is strong. It still goes on.
Will it crack?
Of course not.
I will stand forever even if I'm alone.
What is this? A brand new face?
I see anger. I see indifference.
Who are they? Why were they born?
Ah, the tragic epic. The trilling lament.
It was because of me. Because of me.
A mask. A veil. A barrier. A cover.
The act is strong. It still goes on.
Will it crack?
Of course not.
I will stand forever even if I'm alone.
A mask. A veil. A barrier. A cover.
The act is up. It's time to stop.
It finally cracked.
Retreat to advance.
Here I stand as I curl up and laugh.”
Somehow, although her voice was a gentle lull, it still have a sense of urgency. Her voice and get words didn't match up again. It felt like a self-destruct sequence. It sounded like you could see the world in front of you in tatters as you stroll through singing a bright song. The way Chao looked made everyone's heart skip a beat subconsciously. The incredible woman in front of them seemed like a mirage that would disappear at any time without warning.
”My dears, have you trained at all while you were here? Hmm? If you advance at least 2 levels, I'll reward you handsomely for your hard work.”
No. She'll never fade without at least telling us where she plans to go or telling us that she's off to wander, right?
Chao's face darkened as no one responded to her. ”AHEM! My room is quite literally saturated with my energy making it the perfect place to train and you won't even take advantage of it! I don't need people who won't pull their own weight. In other words, weaklings who are weaklings on purpose can get the f#$$ out of my life.”
With her berating and warning, everyone snapped to attention. Lawrence looked at Chao before his eyes glazed and focused on her. His eyes would flash to a red as Marianna would take over, but then she'd also just blankly stare at Chao. After a short clash between Marianna and Lawrence to regain control of their body, in the end they both lost. Their eyes were red and green while they took up adrogynous features and stalked towards Chao.
Chao was smugly laughing at her minions when she felt the disturbance towards her left. She turned her head and was face to face with Marianna and Lawrence's beast form. 'I guess my singing had a bit of a mesmerizing hypnosis effect on the animalistic side.'
Smiling to herself, she turned to everyone. ”They are Marianna and Lawrence. Red for Marianna, green for Lawrence. Right now, they're training in their dream therefore they're in the running for the reward. Are the rest of you just going to stand there dumbly?”
Bea, Gladys, Furvus and Albus glared at Chao for a bit before sighing and floating up towards the ceiling of her room. All around the top, there was a balcony to look down on the rest of Chao's room. When the seven children saw that, they were curious. Why would Chao have a viewing strip around the top of her room when only she lives there? It was really plaguing their thoughts, so once again they selected the victi- candidate to ask. This time it was Nubis with Inrigo as backup in case she said something out of line somehow.
”Excuse us Lady Chao, why is there a balcony going all around the top of your room? You're the only one who is in this room.” Nubis pointed at the viewing strip above as she said this. Chao smiled and replied seriously, ”You will know once you advance the two levels. I'm not keeping any secrets from any one of you.”
This time Inrigo queried, ”How exactly do we train?”
”It's entirely up to you. You all could do image training, sparring, studying, or even meditation. It depends entirely on your personality and what your body is most comfortable with. For example, the four up there are doing visualization first before they spar. Marianna and Lawrence are technically doing all of the above.”
”What do you mean?” At this time, Noctis' attention had been captured and couldn't help but ask.
”In their dream, they are in their human forms reliving their training.”
”That's possible?”
”Yes, it is. As long as the conditions are right. Now find a spot. You want to learn more right? Consider this your entrance examination for class.”
Nodding their heads, the seven children wandered off to the training room. Everyone else simply started with meditation to advance once before doing other stuff to finish up the quota.
About two hours later, the four upstairs and Lawrence were finished. They slowly roused from their slumber and Lawrence was occupying the body at the moment while Marianna was still studying some spells that she'd created.
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Bea was eager for Chao's reward as was Albus as they both plopped down on either side of Chao. The bed swayed a little and Chao opened her eyes. ”Good job my dears. Sit in front of me.” They followed her directions obediently with a blush on their ears and cheeks. Furvus sulked again while Gladys pinched his glabella.
Chao covered the two ladies eyes and leaned forward. From guys's perspective, she was holding their hands. This was because what Chao was about to do would make Gladys and Furvus blow their tops. Chao placed her lips right in the middle of Albus' collar bones and sucked. As she did this, she was absorbing any faulty energy Albus may have made subconsciously, but it would undeniably seem like she was just marking Albus as hers. When all the faulty energy was absorbed, her tongue moved to soothe the area a bit while distributing the purified energy to her body once more.