As he fell, through the gale, his senses went into an abnormal overdrive.

            Tais could see the water below, calm and reflective, as he fell. Tais could smell the water below, scentless and saltless, as he fell. Tais could hear the air rushing past him, screaming, as he fell.

            I warned you, Tais. her thoughts echoed with speed, You are to be hunted by many.

            It was an alley, between buildings. A canal. They veined the city in either direction. He saw the cruiser, which he would miss. He saw the water behind it, and could already foresee the splash.

            I warned you.

            Shards of glass had left cuts upon him.

            Then, something shimmered in the air between him and his reflection. Invisibility faltered, and a net appeared.

            Tais fell against rubber cables that caught him, and bounced him back up. As he rose, a shadow began to close in around him. Tais involuntarily spun onto his back, and then landed once more upon the rubber netting. This time, he grabbed it firmly and it quivered to stillness.

            He was feet above the water. Boats passed below, in two lanes, and some remained parked on either side of the canal. Each was like the other. White. Plain. Bland.

            Looking up, he saw the ship that had dropped, hovering like a giant insect. It, too, was white. It fluttered like a beetle, with doors on its abdomen open to take him in. The beetle was the only aircraft in the sky, and seemed to impose authority over the water-striders below.

            The glass cut the net, and he fell once more.

            It was a hard landing on the back-seat of a strident cruiser. It had parked itself in the empty space. Now, it turned back into its respective laneway.

            His bleedings left red marks upon the stark white cushions. He rolled to the floor in a tangle of rubber netting.

            Huna's crying silhouette turned from the navigation panel of the white boat. Her flesh gave a warm orange glow upon the silver and white panel. She eyed her new cargo, I broke ranks for you.

            And because no insincerity betrayed her thought, he trusted her. Thank you.

            That was when a piercing beam of laser struck the motor. It erupted into a minor explosion, and Tais fell once more to the floor.

            Huna abandoned the navpanel, and moved her hands about, shooting fire back at the beetle. Their ship splashed to a halt, and nearby cruisers pulled to the sides of the canal.

            Heat seared the air in both directions. Sweating, Tais blinked against the brilliance, between the gray buildings.

            I warned you, Tais.

            Light danced upon fire, as the fluttering beetle chased the water-strider. Lasers ravaged the cruiser, and flame melted away the beetle's hull.

            I warned you.

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From the hopeless trenches of the slave world, one man begins to hope, and from this hope, there blooms a freedom in his mind. The Delkori cannot enslave his mind...His mind is free. And soon, discovering the true potential of this freedom of mind, he escapes the slave world and moves through the mysterious and shifty other world to discover the true workings behind it all...
With deceitful voices in his mind, and traps at every corner that test his physical and mental powers until he is left stumbling, he grips his will power and continues on through it all...trying to find the light.
DUN DUN DUN..

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The social hierarchy:
The order of the Delko from what I think is the highest to lowest goes as follows: Delkora, Delkorei, Delkori, Klendo.
The Klendo are the workers, the slaves, they work in the trenches and know only of the trenches.
The Delkori supervise the Klendo.
The Delkora include Huna, Vewwe and their "father". They are Mancers of varying degrees.
Above them are a few others. The Viscount Director has a degree of power over what goes on, but Huna's father could easily be doing things behind his back. Also, there is a man who is called the Surgeon who has a lot of power.

Tais's background is still unknown, but he was raised as a slave as an experiment, even when he has the mental powers of a Mancer. Huna's father was conducting this experiment and others on Tais...but then the Surgeon offered him a deal and he secretly took it. So now the experiments are much crueler and scarier and run by the Surgeon himself...and that was what changed Salla.

updated 29 days ago by olius_brightwell