“Tanex, Triskix. You both stated something toward the beginning that has kept running in my head. You said something about that ‘they both `are part of a pact.’ So does that mean that they both are still in that pact correct? Do you know the details of that pact they share?” Nyx asked breaking the silence in the room.
“Also Xraktos… is a human in a sense; he’s not a god, right?” Nyx continued. “ And you said before that “Pactmakers are humans who get special powers from gods and summon spirits.” So does that mean that there is someone above Xraktos that holds a pact over him? Is that the same pact that is held over Xerebus as well?”
A picture had started to form in my mind from the fragments of thought I had gathered from Xraktos’s mind. Tanex seemed to be watching me do this and waiting for the outcome.
“Martel is the key of the pact Xraktos and Xerebus share….” I said carefully choosing my words. “I believe they made a contract with themselves about retrieving Martel….And I think…..the reason Xraktos wants to get into ‘Where Nothing Fades’ is because Martel is there….”
“So Martel became a nobody and then faded,” Tanex concluded as he strummed his fingers together. “That would explain how a goddess could disappear without a trace. Then their pact is a competition to see who can retrieve Martel first.”
“And then whoever can get to her first would keep her for his own and the other would be forced to never see Martel again as an extension of the pact,” I finished.
Tanex eyed me wryly.
“I wouldn’t have concluded that,” Tanex said sharply. “Can you provide me with a reason you would?”
I remained silent for a moment wondering exactly the same thing. Silence engulfed the room again. The only sound was Tanex’s tapping fingers. When I didn’t answer still, Tanex seemed to smile a bit.
“So that is your measure of the pact,” he started calmly smiling.
Then it hit me. I remained silent. Tanex continued to smile.
“He can rip you to shreds materially, but you have been slowly doing the same thing to him mentally…..interesting Triskix….very very interesting…..I bet he believed that he could shield himself from it with his own power…..but a pact is binding…….interesting Triskix…..very very interesting…..how much have you shredded of his mind? How much do you know of now by shredding it? Tell me Triskix….”
“Tris?”
“Triskix?”
“Pyro?”
I felt my skin crawl as I heard my name being questioned like that. Each of the apprentices wanted to know now…..know it fully. I looked away for a moment, and as everyone in the room began to sense that I was not going to hand out answers, a subtitle sigh went though the room. Tanex gave a quiet nod.
“To answer your question Nyx-dear,” Tanex started. “Aside from what Triskix here just said, I have a very incomplete analysis of that part of the situation, but it is slowly coming clear indeed. And as to your second question, I believe Xraktos has started to reform pacts with gods, but an interesting point you bring up though is Martel’s pacts.”
“Martel’s pacts?” Nyx asked.
“Yes,” Tanex answered. “I believe that Martel formed a pact with Kratos before she faded, and this has harbored him due to her absence. I do not know the extremities of this pact and judging by Triskix’s face I doubt he knows either. But it is one of Xraktos’s largest weaknesses, and if he revives Martel, there is a chance that it will actually hurt him more due to the shock of a revived pact.”
“Tanex,” I started. “Why do you know so much about the Pactmakers Council. Is it not secretive?”
Tanex gave a silent laugh.
“Cruxis’s information has only started to come to light due to its extinction. I only got a hold of one of the pactmakers books in the last year or so, and the fight to get it was astounding…..It seems years back there was a rebellion within Cuxis as a whole and in the end the Leaders of Cruxis were killed off. Without proper leadership, Cruxis’s group faded away as arguments continued to ravage it.
“Now do not miss interpret, there are members of Cruxis alive, but they are weak descendants and most likely do not have the knowledge of their own ancestors. These people are of no threat to anyone.” Tanex answered. “It appears that Kratos was the last of his kind…..and now his nobody Xraktos carries that on now….”
“Is it possible that Kratos led this rebellion?” Lexian asked. This was the first time he had really spoken, and my head turned to see his face. Tanex gave another silent laugh.
“It is very possible and actually quite likely,” Tanex answered. “From the information I gathered, I only found that there was a rebellion. It states nothing of what the rebellion was about, but if it had to do with Martel then it is very likely that Kratos was the head of this rebellion.”
The room fell into silence again.
“Now that the past has been explained,” Tanex said starting to strum his fingers together again. “The only thing that is left of this meeting is the layout of the present and the future. Firstly, I am aware of Xraktos’s machine that he plans to use to revive the XIII or so he says, and I found it mildly enough intriguing to look into it.
“This machine is some of the most advanced technology of this time period. It uses actual nobody life force to work somewhat like a gummi ship to reach ‘Where Nothing Fades.’ The original problem with accessing this world through the gummi ship was that ‘Where Nothing Fades’ has no light ties that tie the other worlds together. Instead, ‘Where Nothing Fades’ is tied to the other worlds though the shadow ties, and it takes so much energy to transport to ‘Where Nothing Fades’ that that if a single nobody tried to get there by themselves, they would end up forcing themselves to fade.
“So instead, Xraktos has made a machine that uses multiple stronger nobodies at once to open a portal. When put in simple terms like this it may not seem complicated, but do not be fooled. I have been researching other methods to access ‘Where Nothing Fades’ but it seems that Xraktos has hit the nail on the head with this machine. The only problem is the amount of energy used would cause all the nobodies who power the machine to fade to their deaths.”
Tanex seemed to be waiting for this to soak into everyone’s thoughts.
“I do not see this as a problem when debating about the fate of the XIII,” Tanex continued, and his voice seemed to become darker.
I looked down a bit and let my hair slide over my face making diagonals. So Tanex had the same plan as Xraktos then……
“Who are you planning to use,” I asked.
Another silence ate into the room.
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X___X sweet God that killed my brain. *head/desk*
Triskix:.......*pokes Soji*..........dead as a doornail .__.
Caex: lol......
Triskix: wtf are you still doing here?
Caex: .__. I got summoned :/
Seta: X3 *glomps Caex*
