BXBX NOVEL Chapter 30: A Leap of Faith
Chapter 30: A Leap of Faith
*Should I try talking to Minor? I think it\'s fine, she can ask me something if she needs to hear things again. I suspect she\'s trying to deal with it. Unless it starts looking really bad I\'ll leave her to heal on her own I think, there isn\'t much I can do for her if I don\'t want my calming aura to become a major crutch, Though maybe it doesn\'t work like that, but it\'d make sense right? Surely that sort of things wouldn\'t be good to keep on. Hey system*
D.E.M.O.N.S IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS ON CALMING AURA. ALL DEMONS HAVE AT LEAST SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN AURA FROM ONE ANOTHER HAVING DIFFERING EFFECTS AND USER KAT\'S SEEMS TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DEVIATED. FURTHER AURA INFORMATION REQUIRES AT LEAST RANK 1
*Good to know, I guess. Wait what\'s that up ahead?* Kat squinted into the distance; the tunnel didn\'t seem to open up really. Maybe a little bit but the ground seemed to disappear. Placing her hand on Minor\'s should Kat stopped the girl in her tracks.
"I think we have a problem up ahead, the ground disappears up ahead" said Kat.
Minor shivered slightly and wrapped her arms around Kat\'s before indicating she was ready to proceed. The two approached the whole slowly and Kat noticed she\'d be wrong, the tunnel did open up, shame it was right around the edge. Stopping a few strides away from the whole Kat tried to glance over the edge trying to see the bottom, but even with her dark vision, whatever lied at the cliff bed was hidden from her sight.
"This is absurdly steep what are we supposed to do here Minor?" asked Kat
"Um, you\'re not going to like this. I don\'t even like this. Apparently, we have to keep going, past the edge and forward is where we need to go" said Minor
"Just great" said Kat "Just to be sure the ground really vanishes there right? I\'m not just seeing things?"
"I suspect so, I get the feeling that I need to go forward but I shouldn\'t go forward, if that makes sense" said Minor. The pair carefully shuffled towards the edge where Kat bent down and tried to place her hand over the gap to find it passed through thin air. *I do really wish that this wasn\'t an endless drop.*
"What\'s the plan now Minor" said Kat
"Well we just have to fly across I suppose" said Minor
"How do you plan to do that? Do you have magic that would let us fly?" asked Kat.
Minor looked confused at Kat.
"Demons can\'t lie correct?" asked Minor
"Yes" said Kat
"And this affects you correct?" asked Minor
"And you have no idea how we would be able to fly in this situation" said Minor
"Nope" said Kat
"Kat…" said Minor looking at Kat with some disappointment
"Why are you looking at me like that?" said Kat
"You have wings Kat" Minor yelled.
*Oh… Oh! Yeah that would be useful. Am I strong enough to fly while carrying Minor? Actually, can I even fly with my wings? I didn\'t have any time to check before we entered the tunnels, and this isn\'t exactly the best time to check these things.*
"Minor, I don\'t really know anything about my wings I don\'t know if I can fly by myself let alone if I\'m holding you" said Kat
"What\'s the point off having wings if you can\'t fly. Plus I get the feeling we can cross this" said Minor
"Didn\'t you say the enchantment wouldn\'t know what to do with me because I\'m a demon though?" asked Kat
"Hmmm" Minor pondered for a moment "I think it\'s fine Kat. It\'s not sure how to mislead you through the tunnels and is likely unsure of what you are but I\'d guess it knows if you can fly or not" said Minor
"I don\'t see how that makes any sense even-" Kat choked back her words. System I\'m not aloud to mention you am I?
USER KAT IS CORRECT, D.E.M.O.N.S DESIRES THAT USER KAT DOES NOT REVEAL D.E.M.O.N.S EXISTENCE TO SUMMONERS. USER KAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO FRIENDS BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS.
And those factors are?
THAT INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO USER KAT
*Ah the good old classified because my rank isn\'t high enough good times*.
"Um Kat, are you alright?" asked Minor
"Yeah I\'m fine, just some things I\'m not really supposed to mention" said Kat
"I understand, I might be happy to reveal my secrets to you, but I\'ve protected Major\'s for the most part. Don\'t feel bad it doesn\'t bother me" said Minor
"Right, well. The question is what do you do?" said Kat
"Well we just jump off the cliff together" said Minor
"Well that\'s hardly safe" said Kat
"Well then you jump off by yourself and then fly back up and get me. I\'m happy to take the risk with you, I\'m pretty sure it will work" said Minor
*But what if I can only glide? Perhaps my wings aren\'t strong enough for me to fly and I jump of and glide where I need to go. What then? I can\'t come back if that\'s the case. But what do I do if I can\'t glide with Minor in my hands. I\'m sure I\'m strong enough to hold her for however long but are my wings?*
"I just don\'t know Minor. On the one hand if I can fly this is all fine, but if I can\'t fly, and I\'m only able to glide even by myself I\'ll have no way to come back and get you" said Kat
"Simple we jump together then. No hesitation Kat. We\'ve got this" said Minor
"I\'m just not certain I can do this without you getting injured. It\'s a risk I\'m not sure we need to take" said Kat
"I have my full faith in you Kat, I am at your mercy" said Minor
"But it doesn\'t matter how much faith you have in me Minor. I don\'t know how good my wings are and I don\'t have a chance to test them properly" said Kat
Shrugging Minor replied "Details details Kat, I say we jump and see where we go. Worst than can happen is that I die and you get banished easy" said Minor
"Where did the scared girl from before go?" asked Kat
"She fell of a cliff" said Minor with a grin.
"Fine, ok. Fine I\'ll try this for you but I swear if we die I\'m going to haunt you in the afterlife" said Kat
"Sweet you can keep me company then" said Minor as she jumped up. Kat caught her in a princess carry and sighed. *I guess this is fine. For some reason I can\'t bring myself to just turn around and my guts says me wings will work. These changes have all been beneficial. Well, maybe the tails a bit hit and miss, but everything else is an improvement. Surely the wings work, right system*
D.E.M.O.N.S DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE MUCH DATA ON USER KAT\'S WINGS. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE USABLE FOR FLIGHT
*What about your average demon?*
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF ALL DEMONS WITH WINGS CAN FLY WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A SPECIAL ABILITY UNLOCKED AFTER THEY GAIN POWER
*Just great… a 50/50 split on if I can fly.*
"Come on Kat, jump. Don\'t be a scaredy Kat" said Minor. Kat didn\'t reply. She simply turned around and walked for a few minutes before facing the chasm once again and sprinting off into the abyss.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, Tuesday 9:30 am day 4 of Kat\'s disappearance
Sylvie and Vivian sat opposite a shogi board. Neither had made a move, each had been staring at the shogi board for at least 30 mins.
"Why did you pair decide to bring a shogi board today" asked Gramps, face now almost completely hidden by the papers upon his desk
"Because I don\'t know how to play chess" said Vivian
"Wait, you two spent two days playing chess and neither you know how to play?" asked Gramps confused
"I can play Gramps" said Sylvie pouting, though this was hidden from Gramps\' view as she was still facing Vivian
"Right, well I guess that make sense then, but why shogi?" asked Gramps
"Because neither of us know how to play, and I lost the rulebook somewhere" said Vivian. Gramps looked awkwardly at his stacks of papers. He could only hope he wasn\'t responsible for its disappearance. Clearing his throat Gramps asked "So, any further word on Kat"
"Your turn this time Sylvie" said Vivian
"Fine. We might as well tell you the truth. Kat\'s actually a demon and she got sent on a contract to go kidnap a princess in another dimension on the order of her mother the queen. She\'s been going on plenty of adventure these last few weeks actually" said Sylvie
"mhm, and how did she get the message to you if she\'s in another dimension" asked Gramps genuinely curious as to the answer
"Interdimensional carrier pigeons" said Sylvie
"Really?" said Gramps
"No it\'s actually a wall of flaming text in her bedroom" said Sylvie as if that made infinitely more sense. Gramps just shrugged and went back to his papers. In the corner of the room, forgotten by the others the witness slept. A new weapon in his arsenal to compliment his blanket and nightcap, he had replaced his shoes with thick woollen socks, that now proudly extended past the blankets end.