"Sa Machine Ailée" et autres histoires

[Este]

Surtout l'action.

[Sandentwins]

Last chapter got me. big grandpa Tao mood in this chilis tonight,,,,,

Like, you just know he's a good one. Get him to meet Tina and he's all over the moon.

[Este]

Last chapter got me. big grandpa Tao mood in this chilis tonight,,,,,

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Like, you just know he's a good one. Get him to meet Tina and he's all over the moon.

Tu dessines vachement bien ! Comparé à moi... Voici mon dernier travail d'arts plastiques où l'on devait dessiner une forêt la nuit... Je ne blague pas !

[Sandentwins]

Bah, tout le monde passe par là. Même moi. C'est juste que certains y restent...

Chapter 19: Deal

After an endless climbing, Tina's eyes finally touched to the light.

She felt awfully tired. Her arms were begging for mercy, and her heart was pounding in her head, but she was there. She's made it. The earth had stopped trembling, and nothing outside seemed to have been disturbed. It felt relieving.

To think that she could have died down there, and no one would have known!

She hoisted herself out, and grabbed Leon's arm to help him. He was awfully silent, still struck with mute panic, but she knew to give him some space and time to process it. It's been one hectic ride, and she shouldn't expect either of them to be functional right now.

She looked around. It felt as if she didn't recognize her surroundings, as if the land had shifted somehow during her time underground. It took her a good moment to recall where she was, where the Golden Condor was, where everything was and why they even came here.

The library! She's gone so far to reach it, and now it was destroyed! Even though Esteban said the Cities couldn't be destroyed, she didn't believe it. She's gone so far, done so much, and she didn't even salvage a single book! What an idiot she was! She let herself fall to the ground, contemplating the depths of her failure as disappointment and shame washed over her like dust over a dormant City. All of her efforts, gone to waste! She felt like crying, and didn't even try to refrain herself.

She's gone so far...and what now?

Leon shifted, a little uneasy. He took off his hoodie, shook it off to remove as much dust as he could, likely to busy himself. Sun had risen to noon heights, and it did feel like they've spent a lot of time in there. He could hardly believe that such a place existed underneath the earth, hidden from sight. A metropolis of orichalcum, waiting for the Chosen Ones to come visit it! Had Esteban not screwed up, they'd still be exploring it. Wonder what caused him to go berserk and trigger defense protocols...oh look, there were some golden pebbles caught in his hood. He picked them up, looked them over with a smile; were he not any more knowledgeable, he'd have taken them for gold nuggets alright. He picked up as many as he could, which wasn't very easy since they were so small, and tucked them away in his jeans pocket. They did promise Joey a cut of their findings, after all.

Tina had sat up, holding her knees to her chest. He sat next to her, and gently rubbed her shoulder until she looked at him. Her eyes were red and puffy with tears.

“...what now?”, she asked.
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[TEEGER59]

Tu dessines vachement bien ! Comparé à moi... Voici mon dernier travail d'arts plastiques où l'on devait dessiner une forêt la nuit... Je ne blague pas !

Bah, si on change le sujet, tu dessines vachement bien les fanons d'une baleine!
J'ai pensé immédiatement à ça en le voyant.

[Este]

Tout à fait !!

[Sandentwins]

Cause last chapter got angsty.

Also, some wholesome with Leon and Zia.

[Este]

Encore de beaux dessins !!

[Sandentwins]

Chapter 20: Ocean

“...and you say it's all gone, now?”

“Yeah. Collapsed right on top of us. It's a miracle we survived.”

“That's dangerous stuff, you know! You shouldn't go spelunking into old ruins if you have no experience or tools.”

“They're not old ruins! They're...they're a big part of history, you know.”

Still, Joey looked a bit shocked. He rested his forehead in his hand, slowly taking it all in, with Tina throwing him apologetic looks every now and then. Leon didn't care, more busy with sipping his hot chocolate; seems that he wasn't preoccupied with anything for the time being.

After a time, Joey rose his head, and looked at the little golden pebbles he's been brought. Unmistakable proof of everything that's gone down since these kids left and went to find some legend in the Yucatan, that apparently now was true.

Could his day get any weirder?

“And what about that Diaspro guy? Did he say anything?”

“We...kind of left without saying goodbye. We figured it would be a lot to explain.”

“They could get in trouble, you know. You were under these guys' responsibility, they can be liable for your injuries.”

“Honestly, we're not after the money.”

Leon rubbed his neck a bit, unsure about it. It still hurt a bit to look around, even after he's pressed some ice to it. A lawsuit settlement would be nice.

“I doubt they'll manage to find the City. They haven't found it so far, why should we be worried?”

“Mh...be careful, though. Who knows what some people are ready to do for money.”

He looked aside, sipping his cup. Guess Joey's family had plenty of experience in that domain.

After a time of observing the tiled wall of Joey's kitchen, Killa returned to the children's side, dutifully watching over them. Night has fallen a couple hours ago, and after such a long day, the kids were definitely in need of rest. If Joey had accepted to help them out for kindness's sake, the “cut” they've brought him definitely helped along. Just look at how he was gazing at the little orichalcum nuggets, already calculating what he could do with it!

“Have you ever been to other countries, Joaquim?”, she asked after a time.

“Me? Never. I mean, I did do some odd jobs at the border, but that's about it.”

“The second City is in China. We've got a long way to go.”

“Was it not Tibet?”

“Eh, let's not get into politics.”

“Damn, that's a long way indeed. You kids speak Chinese?”

“Not a lick of it, sadly. We kind of thought we'd manage without human interaction.”

“That's a shot in the dark. I mean, where would you go tonight if you didn't meet me?”

Leon shrugged, but Tina thought it over.
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[Este]

C'est mon chapitre préféré il est stylé !!