Lesser left the cafeteria with an administrative worker, after eating his fill. The administration worker asks the normal questions if he needs psychological counseling, but Lesser had said no to it. The Worker then asks what Lesser could do. He told her that it was a utility power, that was more for creation or strengthening memories.
Later. Lesser was sitting in an academy's library, reading books about runes, different kinds of memories or about the dream realm. He heard from his brother about a report made from a sleeper that returned from a death zone, later that sleeper had become one of the youngest to become a master.
Lesser open is terminal and read the "Exploration Report on the Forgotten Shore, by: Awakened Sunless". He had a small smile at the name of the reporter.
'Sunless, what a funny name.'
But that name was given from love to their child, not like his name. Lesser thought to himself. Continuing reading the report, he learned a lot from it. What to do if he was in a death zone, what to look for, and how to read enemies strengths and weakless. It took Lesser the whole day to read and study the report and the books of dream realm. Most of the books Lesser had a chosen form were recommended by the teachers, and most of them were written by someone by the name of Julius.
Lesser read with the little time he had left. He learned that the runes had more than one way to read them, and that shook him somewhat. He learns to understand the runes somewhat, and learns more of his abilities or his memories could do, and their name meant.
Like [Carving], its description was read as "You can carve power into your works.", but it could mean like "You carving gets power from your hard work." or "Carving your power grants the enchantment you want.". He wanted to test his aspect, but he would have to test it in the dream realm.
Slowly he studies his runes. Now that he could read the runes without the text somewhat. He saw more to his [Stalwart Chisel], it had a second enchantment, but it was confusing. Like it was not complete, like it could grow. Lesser was smiling, but he did not know how to complete it. Like he was missing something, but the text missing some of it runes.
But the runes to [Stalwart Chisel] had updated itself somewhat.
Name: [Stalwart Chisel]
Runes:
Memory Rank: Awakened
Memory Tier: II
Memory Type: Tool.
Memory Description: [The last child made them Stalwart, but he couldn't love them as his. As their making was for peace, but only to know war. Left and abandoned, it cared for its creators' tools, one day to hope to be fixed.]
Memory Enchantments: [Stalwart], [A…d..t T..l]
Enchantment: [A…d..t T..l].
Enchantment Description: [A... t. ….r be u..d by … cr…or, … never … it ..a…d its br…hr…h.]
But a week was not enough to learn most. Sitting in a training room with other sleepers, some looking older than 18, but the chain of nightmare seeds opening here was the problem, not them.
"What a broken world we lived in."
Lesser said it like it was a whisper. Like normal, no one heard it. Seeing everyone have a different face to them, some hoping to come back fast to help with the nightmare seeds. Some were scared to death, but some wanted to die. Their eyes were lifeless, no desire to live. Lesser wanted to be gone from all of this. He did not know at that time that the Spell had granted his wish.
They were taken to different rooms to enter a sleeping pod. Lesser enters the sleeping pod, slowly falling asleep. The Spell spoke, sounding like it was laughing at him.
[Welcome to the Dream Realm, Lesser Silverlight.]
***
Lesser was ready to be in the endless void before entering the Dream Realm, but he saw a blue clear sky.
Lesser felt his body falling before his mind could think. Some seconds after, he landed on and dug into what looked like a tree. His arms and legs stuck between the branches of the tree. Cutting him in different ways.
Looking around he saw mostly leafs, then a clearing opening by the branches. He saw more trees and a lake. He tried to free himself, but failed.
Looking closely at the lake he saw a person swimming out from it. Her body was naked and soaked, her hair was dark blue and long. She summons some sparks that turn it into an armor memory that looks like a lightweight navy coat that ends at the knee, black and navy blue in color with white clouds on it. Turning around, he saw that it opened up in the middle showing a white shirt and dark pants jeans. It was different to normal armor memories that he had read of, it looked more like a garment than armor.
She looked around, eyes light blue in color. That gave off a feeling of an endless clear sky. After confirming she was alone, sparks were summoned around her arm, forming into a weapon that looked silver repair a second later.
Lesser was about to talk, asking for help only to hear a breaking of a branch on the ground.
She pointed her repair at the destination the sound came from. A pair of guys walk forward, one dressed in a silk robe with metal plating on it, with his short silver hair and black eyes, and the other one in a full metal armor that did not cover his face. Eyes red like crimson. The armor had what looked like a tiny anchor hanging from it by the side. Only one of the guys had a weapon on them, a claymore that he carried with one arm.
'Strength aspect or a passive weight enhancement."
She thought well they walked closer. Reading them with her aspect. She was amazed by the robe guy more than the armored guy.
The guy in the silk robe stopped waking, ready to speak.
"Nice to meet…"
Lesser began to hear the slapping of branches that had him trapped, broken. Falling again, landing on the ground naked.
Everyone turned to him, ready to fight. The guy in the robe spoke, with a hint that sounded like a shock in it.
"So… nice to meet your two."
Glazing at everyone, slowly standing up. Lesser summoned his memory, a white silk robe, that shadow looked like it danced. He spoke with an awarded voice.
"Yeah… nice to meet your three."
***
After everyone calms down, they all look at each other. The man in the planted robe spoke first.
"Greeting. Lee Fong here."
"Greetings, I am Adam. I come from the Rupinder clan."
The guy with the armor said with a hint of arrogance, unsummons his helmet revealing his short black hair with some of it covered in a red color. The girl looks at him and stuff.
"Valor huh… Greeting, Mary Flagina, from the Flagina Clan of Song.
Adam looked at her with burning eyes, but before he spoke again, Lesser spoke.
"Lesser Silverlight… a crafter."
Feeling what everyone said to be true, he felt a little happy. And disturbing, because that was not how his mind felt. After looking at everyone closely, he could see that Lee. His eyes were like that of a soldier that had seen war, a great war at that. Forming around his neck was a necklace that was made from chains and stings, trapping a heath. The heart looked like it was beating slowly, but Lesser was unsure about that.
"So what aspect do your guys have? mine is more of a crafting aspect."
Lesser felt his flaw pinning himself, like it was happy that he was speaking the truths. The one that spoke next was Mary with an annoyed tone.
"Stuck with a crafter and a Valor, by the Spell… Fine, an oracle. My Aspect allows me to learn the attributes of my enemies."
Everyone looked at her with a mix of faces. Lesser still felt his flaw pinning, Lee smiled happily and Adam with an angry stare. Mary looks at Adam with an arrogant smug. Like she had not just said that she knows everyone's attributes the moment they meet.
She looked at everyone closer. Lee was the most dangerous, next was Adam. Eyes turning to Lesser, she couldn't see his attributes. Like a fog dancing around it. Well she saw his naked body. Her thought was that he saw her leaving the lake, her first instinct was to punch him. Now, after a second of looking she was less sore about what gender they were.
She saw their naked body, but the way they looked was like a gray flower girl.
Adam really wanted to kill her, beginning to speak. Lee spoke third, like he did not just cut Adam in line. Irritating him.
"My Aspect let me heal my allice from a distance. And my innate ability lets me summon a flag."
Lesser felt the pin and looked at him, knowing that Lee said it was true. His face went from shock to fear and then amazement.
'Don't tell me, he has the same aspect rank as me.'
Adam looks at Lee, finally getting to speak.
"Don't take what he says, I have never heard of someone with an innate aspect ability."
"That a lie."
Everyone turns to Lesser. His gray eyes reflected Adam, with a calm voice he said.
"My flaw lets me hear when truths are spoken, and…"
Turning to Lee
"He did not lie, but you did."
Turning back to Adam with a big smug face.
Adam's face now mixes with anger and horror, at what he just heard.
"What, that's a flaw?"
Mary with a surprise face that slowly turned to laughter. Her thought was of amzamet.
"hahaha… o gods, what did you do to get a flaw like that!."
She had heard of flaws that let people know when some lie, like Master Kai, The Nightingale.
She was more of a Gale fan, then Nights. But well the news of him returning from a second nightmare, her sister was screaming about it in the house for days.
Lee's face had a tiny smile, but laughing inside. Adam is now annoyed. Mary was still laughing, and Lesser felt a mix of annoyed and happy.
"Anyway, we talk about his and your knowless of innate abilities later, what is your aspect?"
Adam was not happy. Annoyed and disturbed that half of everyone here has an ability that lets them see through peoples. And why was he stuck here with a Song minion.
"Fine, my aspect lets me track and find bleeding or bloody creatures. Happy."
Everyone began to calm down after. Not wanting to stay there, everyone looked at each other to see who the leader should be. Lesser step back first, not being the leader was fine. He was never good with truth and peoples, but leading, gods no, never.
The legacy's both had the same trust, if one of them was the leader the other would dismay the other power. So Lee was forced to become the leader of their cohort.
After thinking for some time Lee decided that they should go east and see what was over there. They walk, ready to engage if any nightmare creatures attack. Lee walked in the front with a metal spear that was beautifully made, and had a carved text on its blade. Mary and Lesser in the middle, Lesser with his mallet and chisel in his hands, Mary's and hers silver rapier. Last back was Adam with his claymore.
They move through the forest slowly. After an hour of waking, they saw an opening in the forest. When they exited the forest and saw what passed it. Fear landed on them, no one showed it on their face, but they felt it.
They saw a many platform-like island, connected by vines and roots. Lesser first thought that they were at the "Chained Isles", but he saw no chain and the platform was on what looked like a hill or cliffs. Like a mounted chain, but when he saw the bottom of the hill. He felt more fear. Fear of the heights.
More than ten thousand meters tall, everyone mounted more than ten thousand meters tall. On top of every mountain was a platform that all looked different. Hundreds of them, maybe even more.
"Ha… damtation!"