34 Hermess Delayed Display (1/2)
”The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other.”
-General Douglas MacArthur
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”Sever?”
”What do you mean by that emcee freak?”
”Come on we expected more! Where's your magic ?”
”Who do you think you are? General Douglas McArthur in his quest on the Pacific?”
Few began to say things like that, as they snapped from their mental paralysis now going as far as to even humiliate a deity. Little did they know that the delay was purposed.
Not even a minute after a few crowds again began a noisy extravaganza, large explosions came setting ablaze the same distant mountains where his finger is pointed. It was so powerful that the impact reached us and even woke Shiro up feeling afraid whilst crying. The seas began to roar vehemently from the explosions' wake and so as the wind becoming fierce enough to deem the feeble defenseless and vulnerable.
”That happens...” Celes suddenly talked in connection to where we last picked up.
”A single display of power could take form as a demonstration, a lesson and as well as a warning.” She added, while also comforting Shiro in my arms little by doing silly faces (that are not too silly), distracting the child from the brutality of visages while I felt the need to respond if I don't want her seeing me unable to grasp the situation. But then...
”Oni-chama, what happened ?” Shiro asked with eyes which just cleared out of tears.
”It was just fireworks. Nothing to worry about” I replied to her, giving her a straight lying face while assuring her that she is safe.
”It's without question. Basically what you're saying is to instill fear to silence the enemy, right?” Getting back on the topic, I further confirmed her implicit claim.
”Yes,” she replied.
I wonder where she could have to get that knowledge from and what's even more interesting is how she felt so sure of her inferential judgment. Or, maybe it's given judging that her family is an industrial icon in the business class. Wait, am I saying that her family resorts to such? Haha. Such a sarcastic and advanced thinking, while here she is comforting a child with what she thought were silly faces.
To the main scenario. As we all know, there are many signs as to how you can deem if someone is being scared. Needless to say, it's : (1)Their heartbeat. (2)Their eyes. (3)Their breathing. (4)Their posture, which by looking at one of those, you can frantically tell if someone is indeed being a scared kitty cat.
And from their looks alone, the en masse of people which was trying their hardest to blame the deity moments ago now stands too corrected to even move a muscle, and every bit of their being has become a very live embodiment of fear. Their expression is an exact replay the same when that Atlas gargoyle began picking the whole island up to be transported here.
Then the just-humiliated-deity began to take hold of the microphone in front of him, smiling and rather proud of the blazing display he just made.
”MacArthur eh? I have you know that his bombs were delayed for a purpose in his venture on the Philippine archipelago. So is mine. There's no way I'm killing the animals there just for my demonstration. So what I did? I sent out a danger prompt to their beastly senses and purposefully delayed the cute fireworks for a while to let them escape the area of impact. Any more questions?”
The crowd resorted to silence, with behaviors that are the complete opposite of what they were showcasing earlier.
”Now that's the behavior I'm looking for! What an intelligent race indeed.”
Wait, if by any means he is generalizing us with that sarcasm, he's gonna have to pay the price. I hate it when I distance myself from any troubles and yet when the time comes for pointing fingers I am included. It's just unfair.
”Ehem. Now back to the integrals. I am Hermes, one of the appointed Messenger of this gamble, who are endowed of a very important task... and that task is to ONLY explain to the participants about the rule that governs the warfare and as well as the brief overview. But, before that, I can see that I have to explain some things first...Here goes. What I am about to say is addressed to the people who have no idea what, why, and how they got themselves into this mess. Unfortunately, the game took a different turn even before it started dragging you all along here instead of it just being the Herrschers- the legitimate participants of this game. And now, I am readily privileged yet saddened to delineate to you a piece of good news and of the bad news. Let me start with the good news first as it is somewhat of urgency, for you to understand the bad one. Here are the terms from the Magistrates in accordance with you innocent ones unprecedentedly being here...”
Having declared so, a luminous magical circle appeared right in front of him and from there, a golden scroll gushed forth.
Hermes then opened the seals and was getting ready to read it allowed. I wonder what will happen to them now? Will they be sent back? I mean, it's a little unfortunate for them.
”Here's the message from the Magistrates... Although unlike the Herrschers who fully bare the will of a deity... Congratulations! You all are now official players of the game!”