The Eater of Worlds[?] is Here!

@Kaya



The passage of time went unnoticed as Devias was basking in the starlight. The moon and the stars were brilliant objects to him. Back in the void, those little, flickering lights were created by skilled artisans, usually those who were bearing the essences of light or fire. They were brilliant, but even the most skilled of them could not compete with this world's natural stars. The rooftop gave him an unobstructed view of them. The moment he arrived, he thought to himself that he could stay for hours just staring up at the sky, and so he did.

When he was ready to call it a night, it was already midnight according to his watch. He'd been up there for over four hours now. Indeed, it was time to go. He took the scenic route back to the dorms, a path that he was by now familiar with enough to walk while having a book opened in front of him. It made him prone to bumping into people, but this route was one of the lesser traveled ones, so he could afford to let his guard down.

But other than reading from his book, he would also sometimes take out a pencil and write down details of his observations, both from when he was stargazing and the ideas he had that popped into his head after that exposure. Just a few of his observations was the fact that the stars shifted quite erratically every night. They hadn't changed their position from each of the other stars, but it was like his point of observation had changed, leading him to believe that this island relocates every so often. Perhaps that was the reason why this place was hidden so well from the greater part of the planet.

Still engrossed in his reading and note-taking, he hadn't noticed the other soul that he was about to crash into.

There was a sudden force that put a damper on his momentum, followed by a soft thump and maybe a clattering of some objects on the floor. This was enough to snap Devias out from his engrossed state of mind and actually mind his surroundings. "I am deeply sorry," he said with his signature near-monotone voice that only had the slightest trace of emotion to make his regret heard.

He quickly put his book and pencil back into his satchel hanging on his waist and leaned over with knees bent to offer a hand to the fallen girl, who was understandably mad about the accident.

End Bringer. Void Spawn. Ender of Creation's Song? Those were the things he was called by by the young girl right before telling him to stay away. Out of the three, he could only relate to the second description. "Ahh, so you know about Void Walkers?" That was a pleasant surprise. He had thought that knowledge about his kin were next to non-existent in this world. Not noticing that she was purposefully backing away, he extended his hand further towards her as an offer to pull her back to her feet.

((OOC: It's alright, shorter posts makes things move faster and won't dry up my vocabulary too fast ^^;))

Okay, it was clear from the way she scurried away and her foul response, she didn't want his help. Although for someone like Devias, the words that he thought were meant to cause emotional harm against him were simply taken without much reaction. While he could say it was a rude thing to say, such language had never affected him, and it wasn't likely that it would start affecting him now.

Still with his calm demeanor, he simply retracted his hand and instead picked up the girl's belongings which dropped due to their encounter. "Here are the things you dropped. I must apologize again, I didn't mean to crash into you." He held out the painting kit to her only as much as needed, cautious of making her flee even farther. Since she didn't want him touching her, he hoped he could at least do this. Then again, she might not want him touching any of her things either, but that thought came too late.

From the look on her face, she seemed to be trying to do something. Whatever it was, it was either not directed at him, or simply didn't affect him at all.

"Wait!" Devias called out, chasing after the girl. Why was she running? After a few moments into the chase, he ran past his cousin, who was more than happy to chase after him and see what he was doing.

Easily catching up, she asked, "What're you up to, Dev? I don't get to see you running a lot."

"That girl, she left her stuff behind."

"Don't worry, I got this!"

"Lorencia, don't!" but his cry came too late as Lorencia opened a portal in front of her, with the other end opening up around the corner. A miscalculation on Lorencia's side made her run directly into the sprinting girl, knocking the two of them down.

As Devias arrived at the scene, he had his hand brace against the wall so he could catch his breath for a moment. "Are the two of you okay?" he asked the two girls. Lorencia gave a groan but gestured that she was fine.

"Here." Devias leaned over and placed the kit next to the strange girl and then stepped back, not wanting to cause her to run off again.

"On the contrary," Devias replied, "the Void gives as much as it takes, yet allow some other things to occupy its space with it. At least, that's what the Void we come from does." It seems that the crash was a good form of therapy to snap this girl out of whatever state of mind she had been on when she started rambling and subsequently dashing off.

"Oh! These are pretty amazing!"

Devias glanced at her cousin who was flipping through the paint book that belonged to the strange girl. Before he could say anything, Lorencia showed him the contents, presenting it in a way that made her look like a toddler showing off a drawing. "Aren't these just magnificent!? I SO LOVE THESE!"

With a sigh, Devias said, "Indeed they are, but please don't look through other people's things without their consent." He looked back to the girl and once again offered a helping hand. "Again, I must apologize for this."