Triskix had just...snapped. Finally...Order Pyro let out what he was "feeling" for once. How long had it been since he'd done that? And the whole time...I stood there silently...just listening and glaring at him.
I listened to him...as he condemned me...and told me I had never been chained...
I listened to him as he confessed to stealing lives...his voice filled with remorse...
I listened to him as he confessed to the murder of the cards...all for Xraktos.
I listened to him...as he spoke on his pact...as though he were in control...
And through it all...I kept my silence...gripping my fists tightly...until it would seem the dam in my being could contain no more.
"Need to find Tanex now...don't we?" He commented and started to walk off...as though I would simply leave it alone.
"HAHAHAHAHA......" I broke out loudly...unable to contain it any further...my fury was loosed. The room had steadily grown cooler and cooler throughout his speech...but now there was visible ice forming all around. "And so...you think you are the only one...do you Triskix? The only one stained in the blood of others? ARROGANT FOOL!" I stopped laughing and felt myself death glaring him right back as he turned around to face me.
He was completely silent...but his eyes burned a fierce red.
"You're right Triskix...I have never formed a pact..." I began. "But that is only because I have never been fooled into one! I have been chained...I have been tortured...drowning in pits of such despair that you would BEG FOR DEATH! I WILL NEVER HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN! And whether you want me to or not...I will not allow OTHERS to be chained before my eyes!!" I felt myself begin to laugh again...as I thought on the next topic. "You have killed? So many you can't count...haha....are you sorry about it? Do you feel remorse? Hmm? Does it HURT Triskix?"
Triskix pulled back his sleeve to reveal all the scars up and down his arm. "Do you know why Xraktos can do this to me?" he asked. "Each of these scars......" he started running his fingers down one. "...Is someone I've killed. I am not sorry."
"And that is proof...all you have done cannot possibly compare...to what I am. You've scars to show of your misdeeds...if I had such markings...I would be unrecognizable...This is how I KNOW I do not exist." I continued pasting a completely neutral expression on my face. "I feel nothing. No remorse...no pity...nothing. The first city I demolished...it was nothing compared to the second. And what caused me grief? The fact that I'd wounded my Master. What about the children? The parents and the elderly I had brutally murdered? The babies who'd never even gotten the chance to experience life. Why did I feel nothing for them...not even pity? The Second City...much larger...and much MORE devastation. Yet...I felt only sadness for harming Nyx and raising my sword on Saix. Or should I start at the beginning? My birth! Bathing in the blood of those Evil Men...feeling only joy at their deaths by my hands...savoring it...even now....None of their lives mean a thing to me. I have killed...over and over and over again...and yet not once have I felt the slightest tinge of wrongdoing."
Triskix started to try and say something...but I didn't allow him to.
"You are NOT the only one bearing sins...and they weren't just YOUR masters. Don't be so selfish." I condemned him. Realizing maybe I'd gone a bit far in my lecturing...I decided to end it. Triskix was angry...steam was coming up from his feet where embers were trying to burn through my ice. "You go and find Tanex, just don't dare ever tell him your sad story...he'll most likely tell you the same thing I have." I turned away, opening a portal. "Oh, and Triskix. You may THINK you are able to control Xraktos...but keep in mind just WHO he is. 'The Pactmaker'...this title alone implies his knowledge and experience when dealing with them. I know you think you have everything in order...but let me remind you. More than one person has messed with that before...don't be naive."
I walked through the portal to the nearby hallway...coming out I slammed my fist into the nearby wall. Yelling at Triskix always made me feel this way...but I think I was even more angry that he'd assumed I couldn't understand what he was going through...
"Bad time?" A voice spoke from beside me.
I turned my head...finding Marlex. Sighing, I stood up and rubbed my fist. "No...just...ugh, What do you want Marlex?"
Marlex seemed to think over what he wanted to say for a moment...but then apparently decided to just come out with it. "It's Anamx...he's missing."
My eyes went wide. "No...he's at Oblivion..."
"No...he's not..."
I didn't know what to say...this was bad. That child...he was always being used. Always nothing more than a tool...I HATED that. "So then..."
"I wanted to ask you for help...RaXi...I know you can sense energy. Please...Help me find Anamx. I'm really worried about him." Marlex seemed so very sincere.
"Alright...I'll help you." I conceded.
~RaXi
