Chapter 4: The statue
When noon arrived, Jess and Neocro went back to town. Jess had to get more food, and had to sell weapons she found. Neocro and Jess sat on a bank near the food store, eating their lunch. "When did you start playing this game?" asked Jess. "I don't know, 2 days ago I think." said Neocro. "But I had this game on my computer already, and I remember things. I think I used to play years ago. I just can't remember for some reason." "That's strange." said Jess. "I started to play about one year ago." "And still vagrant?" asked Neocro. Jess laughed. "I have more characters! I just can't keep playing on one. So I make new ones." Neocro looked surprised to Jess. "No wonder you got so many stories to tell then." Jess smiled. They continued eating, Jess was quiet for once. "Oh!" Jess suddenly got up from the bench and pointed with her finger to the crowd. "Lucrecia!!!" shouted Jess. She ran to the crowd. Neocro just stared surprised to the place where Jess disappeared. A bit later she came back, dragging a pretty dressed magician behind her. "Neocro! This is my friend Lucrecia." Neocro greeted her. "Jess I was busy!" said Lucrecia. "Not anymore." said Jess and she pushed Lucrecia on the bench. "Jess, I don't have time for your little games." Jess glared and handed Sabrina some chocolate. "Oh." said Lucrecia. She started to eat from the chocolate, then she looked to Neocro. "Hi Neocro, I'm Lucrecia, Elementor." "And she's really smart!" said Jess. "Oh, Jess. Stop that!" Neocro shocked, if Lucrecia was really smart, maybe she could help her. "Lucrecia... can you tell me more about that statue in Saint Morning?" "What statue?" asked Lucrecia, while continuing eating the chocolate. "Follow me!" said Jess. She ran away. Neocro and Lucrecia followed her. They reached the square with the magician trainers. "The statue of the true Heroes!" said Jess. "Neocro is interested in it, for some reason." Lucrecia walked slowly to the statue. "It's the statue of the..." She counted the people on the statue. "Of the 9 true Heroes!" Jess clapped in her hands. "Tell us more, tell us more!" Lucrecia hesitated and walked to the statue. She let her hands slip over the stone of the statue. "I feel a lot of power in this statue!" "Yeah, yeah! Power!" said Jess. "Oh!" said Lucrecia. "Oh!" said Jess. Neocro came closer. "I see a text..." Neocro looked curiously to the place where Lucrecia her hand was. Lucrecia wiped the dust away. She started to read.
Sometimes you don't know what's right
And you get stuck in a fight
A fight between the evil and the good
It will certainly bring you in a crazy mood
The words of the poem smashed into Neocro's face. She closed her eyes. She knew the words...
Turn left and light will blind you
Turn right and darkness gets behind you
I tell you
Don't let the others make your choice
And listen to a familiar voice
A voice coming out of your heart
Telling you to be smart
Familiar voice... She knew the voice. Neocro knew where this was about.
Don't go to the light
Neither the dark
There is another way to see
And to look at things
With a happy new sight
Neocro started to murmur the words of the poem together with Lucrecia. Jess looked curiously to Neocro.
It's a world created by our own
In which you can always be left alone
Your friend will help you there to find your way
By guiding you trough night and day
Lucrecia stopped reading. Neocro continued murmuring.
I tell you
You are able to think bright
So move one step away from the fight
To enter our peaceful world
Of Twilight
"That's exactly what it says here!" said Lucrecia. Neocro stared to the ground. A great feeling of loss ran through her. "This text must go about the group they formed together." said Lucrecia. Jess nodded. "They must have done something great if they got a statue." Lucrecia and Jess kept discussing about the statue. Neocro didn't listen anymore. She lifted her head and stared to the statue. The faces were familiar to her, not because she stared already for so long to this statue, but because she knew this people. She used to know them, in the past. But why did she forget? Why couldn't she say their names? Why didn't she remember which was her role in this group? Neocro sighted and looked in the distance. Suddenly she noticed a person standing on the other side of the statue. Brown cloths were covering his body. The boy stared to Neocro. Neocro hesitated. The boy turned around and started to walk away, slowly, like he wanted Neocro to follow him. Neocro looked to Lucrecia and Jess, who totally wandered off the subject of the statue and were talking about all different kinds of food now. Neocro walked slowly away, keeping an eye on the boy. He disappeared into another street. Neocro followed him.
The boy with the brown cloths started to run faster, but not fast enough to lose Neocro. Neocro ran after him, over a bridge, leaving the city. They ran over grass field. They reached a cave, Neocro walked into the shadows of the entrance. She shivered. It suddenly got really cold around her. Slowly she followed the boy into the cave. It was dark but the boy had a torch, so she ran blindly after the light. Why am I follow him? It might be dangerous here. After running for a while they reached a big room. Sunlight shin through an opening in the ceiling. Neocro looked around her. She saw the boy standing a bit further. "Hi... I'm sorry for following you but..." said Neocro. The boy didn't answer. He threw her a package. Neocro opened the package. Neocro her breath stocked. Bloody red yoyos were inside. Her heart started to beat faster as she let her hands slip over the signs in the yoyo. She touched the sides of the yoyos with a figer. Her finger started the bleed. This yoyos were perfect. She closed her eyes as she held them in her hands. Power ran through her body. This were HER yoyos. "Don't lose them again." said the boy. "Lose them... Hi how did you get those?" The boy didn't answer. He whistled. Neocro heard growling out of a dark corner of the room. "What..." murmured Neocro. The boy walked away, back to the entrance. "Hi, you, what is this?" He disappeared into the dark. Neocro wanted to run after him but the growling in the corner continued. She curiously narrowed her eyes, trying to see what was hiding in the shadows. The shadow in the corner moved slowly towards the lighter parts of the room. Neocro's breath stocked. It was a dog, or it was supposed to be a dog. Only the skeleton was left.
The skeleton dog walked slowly, growling to Neocro. Neocro looked behind her, where the boy disappeared. I can run. I can just run away. She looked to the yoyos in her hands. On the other side, she could fight. Neocro smiled. She threw her yoyos in the air. She turned them around. Power, power. Then she swung the yoyos to the dog. Hit, critical, hit, push away. It felt great.
Neocro walked out the cave, her yoyos hidden in her bag. The sunlight warmed her up again. The boy sat at the entrance. "Thanks." said Neocro. "You're welcome, Neocropain." said the boy. "Who of the 9 are you?" asked Neocro. The boy laughed. "I thought you lost your memories." "I did..." said Neocro. She sighted. "Although I think I know who I am now." Neocro stared to her yoyos. "There is only one using yoyos on the statue." The boy got up and threw the cloths of his body. He held an axe and sword in his hands. "And there is only one Blade. MrBored is my name." Neocro smiled, MrBored sounded familiar. She tried to remember how close she used to be to MrBored. "Don't worry." said MrBored. "I don't know either what relation we used to have. Just like you I don't remember ever playing this game." Neocro shocked. "But you did find our weapons, and you found out that I used... that I am one of that group." MrBored smiled. "I wander around a lot, listening to stories that people tell to each other. That's how I heard about you." "And... the weapons?" asked Neocro. MrBored lifted his shoulders. "I found my weapons close to the place where I woke up. So I went searching for your weapons where you woke up." Neocro sighted. MrBored put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't feel down. We'll get our memories back. Keep strong." Neocro smiled. She remembered. MrBored always used to cheer them up.
Suddenly Neocro heard her name behind her. "Neocro! Neocro!" Jess ran to her. Lucrecia ran after her. "I'm going to make a new character!" Neocro stared to Jess for a moment. MrBored did the same. "Oh am I disturbing?" asked Jess after a long silence. "Eh..." Neocro her mind was still with her past. "Not at all." said MrBored. "Oh, well. Come to Flaris Neocro! I'm making a new character." "That means I can leave." said Lucrecia. "Oh, you're not!" said Jess. "I'm already gone!" said Lucrecia. She lifted her staff and disappeared, a bit further she appeared again. Then she was gone. "Ehh, Jess... I actually..." Neocro hesitated. She wanted to talk more with MrBored. MrBored smiled. "Being together won't bring our memories faster back. I'll find you." Wings popped out of his back, he waved and disappeared in the air. Neocro sighted. Jess took her arm and dragged her to Saint Morning, talking about the new character she was going to make. A Bow Jester? What was that?
When noon arrived, Jess and Neocro went back to town. Jess had to get more food, and had to sell weapons she found. Neocro and Jess sat on a bank near the food store, eating their lunch. "When did you start playing this game?" asked Jess. "I don't know, 2 days ago I think." said Neocro. "But I had this game on my computer already, and I remember things. I think I used to play years ago. I just can't remember for some reason." "That's strange." said Jess. "I started to play about one year ago." "And still vagrant?" asked Neocro. Jess laughed. "I have more characters! I just can't keep playing on one. So I make new ones." Neocro looked surprised to Jess. "No wonder you got so many stories to tell then." Jess smiled. They continued eating, Jess was quiet for once. "Oh!" Jess suddenly got up from the bench and pointed with her finger to the crowd. "Lucrecia!!!" shouted Jess. She ran to the crowd. Neocro just stared surprised to the place where Jess disappeared. A bit later she came back, dragging a pretty dressed magician behind her. "Neocro! This is my friend Lucrecia." Neocro greeted her. "Jess I was busy!" said Lucrecia. "Not anymore." said Jess and she pushed Lucrecia on the bench. "Jess, I don't have time for your little games." Jess glared and handed Sabrina some chocolate. "Oh." said Lucrecia. She started to eat from the chocolate, then she looked to Neocro. "Hi Neocro, I'm Lucrecia, Elementor." "And she's really smart!" said Jess. "Oh, Jess. Stop that!" Neocro shocked, if Lucrecia was really smart, maybe she could help her. "Lucrecia... can you tell me more about that statue in Saint Morning?" "What statue?" asked Lucrecia, while continuing eating the chocolate. "Follow me!" said Jess. She ran away. Neocro and Lucrecia followed her. They reached the square with the magician trainers. "The statue of the true Heroes!" said Jess. "Neocro is interested in it, for some reason." Lucrecia walked slowly to the statue. "It's the statue of the..." She counted the people on the statue. "Of the 9 true Heroes!" Jess clapped in her hands. "Tell us more, tell us more!" Lucrecia hesitated and walked to the statue. She let her hands slip over the stone of the statue. "I feel a lot of power in this statue!" "Yeah, yeah! Power!" said Jess. "Oh!" said Lucrecia. "Oh!" said Jess. Neocro came closer. "I see a text..." Neocro looked curiously to the place where Lucrecia her hand was. Lucrecia wiped the dust away. She started to read.
Sometimes you don't know what's right
And you get stuck in a fight
A fight between the evil and the good
It will certainly bring you in a crazy mood
The words of the poem smashed into Neocro's face. She closed her eyes. She knew the words...
Turn left and light will blind you
Turn right and darkness gets behind you
I tell you
Don't let the others make your choice
And listen to a familiar voice
A voice coming out of your heart
Telling you to be smart
Familiar voice... She knew the voice. Neocro knew where this was about.
Don't go to the light
Neither the dark
There is another way to see
And to look at things
With a happy new sight
Neocro started to murmur the words of the poem together with Lucrecia. Jess looked curiously to Neocro.
It's a world created by our own
In which you can always be left alone
Your friend will help you there to find your way
By guiding you trough night and day
Lucrecia stopped reading. Neocro continued murmuring.
I tell you
You are able to think bright
So move one step away from the fight
To enter our peaceful world
Of Twilight
"That's exactly what it says here!" said Lucrecia. Neocro stared to the ground. A great feeling of loss ran through her. "This text must go about the group they formed together." said Lucrecia. Jess nodded. "They must have done something great if they got a statue." Lucrecia and Jess kept discussing about the statue. Neocro didn't listen anymore. She lifted her head and stared to the statue. The faces were familiar to her, not because she stared already for so long to this statue, but because she knew this people. She used to know them, in the past. But why did she forget? Why couldn't she say their names? Why didn't she remember which was her role in this group? Neocro sighted and looked in the distance. Suddenly she noticed a person standing on the other side of the statue. Brown cloths were covering his body. The boy stared to Neocro. Neocro hesitated. The boy turned around and started to walk away, slowly, like he wanted Neocro to follow him. Neocro looked to Lucrecia and Jess, who totally wandered off the subject of the statue and were talking about all different kinds of food now. Neocro walked slowly away, keeping an eye on the boy. He disappeared into another street. Neocro followed him.
The boy with the brown cloths started to run faster, but not fast enough to lose Neocro. Neocro ran after him, over a bridge, leaving the city. They ran over grass field. They reached a cave, Neocro walked into the shadows of the entrance. She shivered. It suddenly got really cold around her. Slowly she followed the boy into the cave. It was dark but the boy had a torch, so she ran blindly after the light. Why am I follow him? It might be dangerous here. After running for a while they reached a big room. Sunlight shin through an opening in the ceiling. Neocro looked around her. She saw the boy standing a bit further. "Hi... I'm sorry for following you but..." said Neocro. The boy didn't answer. He threw her a package. Neocro opened the package. Neocro her breath stocked. Bloody red yoyos were inside. Her heart started to beat faster as she let her hands slip over the signs in the yoyo. She touched the sides of the yoyos with a figer. Her finger started the bleed. This yoyos were perfect. She closed her eyes as she held them in her hands. Power ran through her body. This were HER yoyos. "Don't lose them again." said the boy. "Lose them... Hi how did you get those?" The boy didn't answer. He whistled. Neocro heard growling out of a dark corner of the room. "What..." murmured Neocro. The boy walked away, back to the entrance. "Hi, you, what is this?" He disappeared into the dark. Neocro wanted to run after him but the growling in the corner continued. She curiously narrowed her eyes, trying to see what was hiding in the shadows. The shadow in the corner moved slowly towards the lighter parts of the room. Neocro's breath stocked. It was a dog, or it was supposed to be a dog. Only the skeleton was left.
The skeleton dog walked slowly, growling to Neocro. Neocro looked behind her, where the boy disappeared. I can run. I can just run away. She looked to the yoyos in her hands. On the other side, she could fight. Neocro smiled. She threw her yoyos in the air. She turned them around. Power, power. Then she swung the yoyos to the dog. Hit, critical, hit, push away. It felt great.
Neocro walked out the cave, her yoyos hidden in her bag. The sunlight warmed her up again. The boy sat at the entrance. "Thanks." said Neocro. "You're welcome, Neocropain." said the boy. "Who of the 9 are you?" asked Neocro. The boy laughed. "I thought you lost your memories." "I did..." said Neocro. She sighted. "Although I think I know who I am now." Neocro stared to her yoyos. "There is only one using yoyos on the statue." The boy got up and threw the cloths of his body. He held an axe and sword in his hands. "And there is only one Blade. MrBored is my name." Neocro smiled, MrBored sounded familiar. She tried to remember how close she used to be to MrBored. "Don't worry." said MrBored. "I don't know either what relation we used to have. Just like you I don't remember ever playing this game." Neocro shocked. "But you did find our weapons, and you found out that I used... that I am one of that group." MrBored smiled. "I wander around a lot, listening to stories that people tell to each other. That's how I heard about you." "And... the weapons?" asked Neocro. MrBored lifted his shoulders. "I found my weapons close to the place where I woke up. So I went searching for your weapons where you woke up." Neocro sighted. MrBored put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't feel down. We'll get our memories back. Keep strong." Neocro smiled. She remembered. MrBored always used to cheer them up.
Suddenly Neocro heard her name behind her. "Neocro! Neocro!" Jess ran to her. Lucrecia ran after her. "I'm going to make a new character!" Neocro stared to Jess for a moment. MrBored did the same. "Oh am I disturbing?" asked Jess after a long silence. "Eh..." Neocro her mind was still with her past. "Not at all." said MrBored. "Oh, well. Come to Flaris Neocro! I'm making a new character." "That means I can leave." said Lucrecia. "Oh, you're not!" said Jess. "I'm already gone!" said Lucrecia. She lifted her staff and disappeared, a bit further she appeared again. Then she was gone. "Ehh, Jess... I actually..." Neocro hesitated. She wanted to talk more with MrBored. MrBored smiled. "Being together won't bring our memories faster back. I'll find you." Wings popped out of his back, he waved and disappeared in the air. Neocro sighted. Jess took her arm and dragged her to Saint Morning, talking about the new character she was going to make. A Bow Jester? What was that?
