《Blue Screen Blues》B2: Chapter 71: "Always Know Who Your True Friends Are
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Upon Arriving at the haven, the girls were staying at, Zephyr lets out a distinctive whistle alerting the girls who were in Stealth to come out of hiding. All 3 of the girls then fade back into sight. Ryan spots Asylum and smiles at her. He then walks over to the camp site and sits down next to Breanna while Zephyr briefs the girls on new information on their fugitive status.
“Liz and I are getting hammered by royal investigators as to give them details on Breanna’s whereabouts. They know she was at our house before the murders, but key witnesses never said they saw you all leave the scene. They only saw Breanna. So technically all eyes are off of you now. But however, they are all looking for a “Cult” you all been blabbing about to bar patrons of being a part of. Queen Lake gave the order to those assholes to search our house top and bottom for any signs of cult activity. Sure, they didn’t find anything but now we are sort of on top of everyone’s shitlist. My mom is having a meeting with Lake right now trying to calm things down, but I need you three to teleport back into town and talk to officials to “Remove” yourself from this investigation once and for all” Zephyr explains to them.
“That would be a HORRIBLE idea” Aurora shoots back to Zephyr.
“Look I know it sounds bad, but the town is kind of on your side for doing that. Talk to Warren and tell them you all been in Eyefore this whole time like we have been telling them” Zephyr says while handing Aurora a note with writing on it.
“What is this?” Aurora asks cautiously while reading the note.
“It’s the “Things” you all are going to rehearse and say religiously when they question you. We don’t need any gaps in our story” Zephyr says while taking out both her daggers. All three of the girls gather around the note and start reading it. Zephyr then without warning, Stabs Aurora in the hand, then slices her blade along Laura’s leg, and then slices long ways across Asylum shoulders and chest.
The girls then scream and pull their weapons out on Zephyr, and she leaps backwards quite a distance from them.
“What the fuck bitch!” Aurora screams in pain while grabbing her bloody hand.
“Before you all attack me, this is a part of “Our” plan. You all need to have proof you have been in that PvP zone. You all need scars to prove it. I just gave you something to back up your story” Zephyr explains in a defensive stance.
“You could have just fucking told us you were going to cut us! Not surprise us like that you stupid bitch!” Asylum screams while feeling the stinging sensation from the wound on her chest.
“Sorry, most people won’t agree to this sort of thing. I just had to do it and get it over with.” Zephyr says while signaling Arcadia to come over to them.
“Don’t worry, she will stop the pain, and make the wounds look a little bit more… believable with the timeline of the events” Zephyr says confidently while looking over at Arcadia. “Go ahead and heal their wounds, and make their cuts and scars look three days old” Zephyr orders Arcadia with a snappy motion of her fingers.
Arcadia then casts a healing spell on them and selectively slows the healing process down carefully until they had what looked to be 3-day old wounds on them.
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Aurora then looks at her wound on her hand and likes the result. “I think this may actually work” Aurora says feeling disgruntled from Zephyr’s surprise attack on her.
“Don’t worry, Arcadia can heal up your scars if you don’t want them there on your body forever. This is merely an insurance policy, so our “Story” works” Zephyr says with a smile while sheathing her daggers.
“When do you want us to go talk to him?” Aurora asks cautiously.
“Do it tomorrow. Ryan has a little “Heist” you all need to pull off for him” Zephyr informs them.
“Wait really? Who are we robbing?” Aurora asks excitedly.
Ryan then steps up closer to them and sits down on a rock.
“Got a bank in New Boss City that has something our quest master needs. I’ll explain it later, but we will need back up. You all got some trustworthy friends we can use?” Ryan asks with a smug look on his face.
“For a matter of fact, we do. They are actually not that far from New Boss City to be honest” Aurora replies back while also sitting down on a rock.
“That’s good. We are taking a magical artifact from one of their banks. I will explain more later. But you need to go get your names cleared in Staug” Ryan says to them while pulling out his tent.
“I honestly don’t see how that is going to help us, I mean if we are robbing a bank in Deland, how is getting our named cleared in Tourterra going to make things any better? Especially if we get caught in the act” Aurora asks feeling a bit confused.
“It will help take attention off of us over in Tourterra. If you read that rehearsal speech, you are all going to agree with Warren you all do live an outlaw lifestyle when you are in Eyefore, but when you are all in places where there are laws that are enforced, you all act like model citizens” Zephyr explains while taking a seat down on Ryan’s lap.
“Alright, I guess it’s worth a shot. We will leave in the morning” Aurora replies back with a sigh.
“Look girls we are grateful you looked after Breanna after she lost it and helped clean up loose ends while she escaped. You all are like officially apart of our “Family” right now. I won’t let anything happen to you” Zephyr reassures them.
“You promise?” Asylum asks appearing hesitant
“Ladies, I promise you I will look over you and make sure nothing happens to you all. I may not have a lot of followers but with you keeping faith in me and our “Cause” I promise you I won’t let you all get left behind in the event you are forced into Exile and hiding” Arcadia says while casting a Spell by their feet on the barren Rocky soil. Soon Tomatoes and other vegetables start sprouting and growing out of the ground.
Laura smiles and takes a tomato off the vine and holds it in her hand.
“I trust them. Let’s go do this” Laura says while tossing the tomato up in the air and catching it. She then takes a bite out of it.
“So hang on, if a worst-case scenario happens and we have to go back to living that hellish Roguish lifestyle we just left behind, you promise us you will not abandon us Lady Arcadia?” Asylum asks while looking her dead in the eye.
“You have my word” Arcadia said while growing strawberries by her feet, Asylums favorite snack. Asylum smiles and appears cordial toward her.
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“Alright, it appears all my sisters are on board with returning to Staug. Look we are all tired, but we will rehearse this” Aurora says while raising the notes in the air and starts escorting her sisters into their tent.
Ryan then smiles at Zephyr and randomly takes a sniff of her hair. The smell of her Orange-Cherry shampoo makes him smile at her. Zephyr then gets off his lap and grabs Arcadia’s hand.
“Send me back to Staug, I need to get back to Liz” Zephyr orders.
“Ok dear” Arcadia says. She then opens up a portal for her to go home. Zephyr then gives Ryan a kiss goodbye. “I need to go home and coordinate with Liz. Ryan and Alex, can you both stay up and provide night watch for the girls?” Zephyr begs.
“I guess?” Ryan replies.
Alex rolls her eyes at Ryan for electing them to do night watch, but she chooses to take off her armor and place it by the tent. “You got first watch. Wake me up in three hours” Alex says while headed toward the tent.
“Okay then” He quietly replies back to her. Zephyr then waves goodbye to him, and she walks through the portal.
Ryan looks over at Breanna and chooses to walk over to her and sit next to her. “Hey, it’s going to be a long night for me, do you mind if I play music and talk? Ryan asks her.
“I don’t fucking care I’m dead as it is” Brenna says in a depressed tone.
Ryan then takes out his phone and plays “We Own The Night” by Dance Gavin Dance on a low speaker volume. He then scoots next to Breanna and puts his arm around her to comfort her.
“So, you completely lost it and killed some assholes that were bulling you. It’s a shame they burnt down your Inn and kept kicking you while you were down. I’m glad you stood up for yourself, it’s a shame you got caught and now have a bounty on your head. I mean You can only push someone so far until they push back” Ryan tells her. Breanna then starts breaking down in tears.
“All because of me, now my father is their next target! I hate how this town was practically handed over to Deland officials. They came in and ruined everything! It was going so well until Lake did that! Everything thing I have is now gone!” Breanna says angrily while picking up a rock and throwing it off the edge of the cliff.
“Back in my last life…” Ryan says while taking a long pause, He then tells her the story of his old town he lived in that got corrupted by people from out of state.
“The fun and life of the town slowly got sucked out of it and the town started to become depressing” he says. Ryan then shows her a picture of his old motorcycle. “Between going to the beach and hanging out downtown where all the fun and night life was at, I got me one of these to go have fun on in between work and school. There was almost nothing to do in town after all the regulations in town stopped all the fun and started shutting down fun places like our laser tag arena and Off Roading areas. The city’s policy to focus on tourism and grow the town messed so many things up for all of us. I wish I could have got a lot of people together to vote those assholes out of office and bring the fun back to my town” Ryan says to her.
“I wish we could do the same thing. Lake forcibly removed 4 chairmen and Mayor Max from the city council and replaced them with Delander’s. I wish we could just vote them out” Breanna says while angrily clinching her spell dagger in her hand that was caked with dried blood.
“Zephyr told me the town is pretty pissed off at Lake as well, you may get your wish if we can trigger an emergency special election among the town’s 50 residents” Ryan suggests.
“We can’t. They changed the requirements of the town to issue a special election on council. They made it so 150 people have to demand a special election before one can be made to remove people from office. With us only having 50 people in town, we are nowhere near that mark to have one. They rigged that shit in their favor” Breanna says in anger.
Ryan then smiles after having a flashback on something he learned from history class at school.
“So, then let’s rig the polls in our favor. Those assholes want Staug to be a tourism town, don’t they? Why not we help them out and make it one? Ryan says with a smug look on his face.
“I don’t get follow. What do you mean?” Breanna says sounding confused.
“I’ll explain later after we get your situation all squared away. But I need a favor from you” Ryan asks her.
“What?” Breanna replies.
“Join Arcadia’s Faction” Ryan says bluntly to her.
Breanna thinks to herself and about her views of Bunnell at this moment in time.
“I don’t know, I mean I am assigned to your mom, I like her message and her views on certain things” Breanna replies back.
“Fuck my mom, she doesn’t care about you. You can’t live your life to its fullest without breaking any of her rules. Denounce your oath to her and Join Arcadia’s side. You will get way a lot more active protection under her wing” Ryan tells her while pointing to Arcadia who was just sitting in the edge of the campsite looking down at the ground.
“Hang on Ryan don’t rush me with this decision. I like the perks of being on your mother’s faction since I can heal better more efficiently, and my attacks against demons are guaranteed to land a critical hit should I ever get put in such a situation like that again. I also have nothing in common with her and frankly she only has a handful…”. Ryan then interrupts her before she finishes her sentence.
“My mom and Yulee both started with a hand full of followers. If you think size is an issue here, you would be dead wrong. As to not having anything in common with Arcadia, she has experienced the same ordeal you have been in. She knows what it’s like to be forced into a corner unable to do anything while her enemies thrive and take over everything around her and not allow her to do anything about it. So don’t say you can’t connect with her about anything” Ryan says firmly while looking her dead in the eyes.
“Arcadia come here” Ryan says while calling her over. Arcadia gets up and stands right in front of her. “Show her your memories” Ryan orders her. Arcadia then gently places her hands on her shoulder and magically zaps her own memories into her head.
After 2 minutes of experiencing her timeline of events of being trapped here on Lectioterra, Arcadia stops. Breanna then falls to her knees. She looked as if she was lied to and deceived. When in honestly, she was. Inside her head she was angry and regretting all the gracious donations she was making to the Church of Bunnell. The words and lies of the recruiters from the church that recruited her and promised her redemption after she joined the church after she left the long dead and gone “Fusers” cult before it morphed into the Disturbia Anarchy. All the lies of the past that they shoved down her throat were starting to make her very angry. The images of see Arcadia sitting all alone up betrayed and locked out of the world while Bunnell and Yulee wreaked havoc upon the world started making her cry.
Breanna then then makes a signal with her hands and says, “I Breanna Stark, hereby denounce my oath to Bunnell” and his mother’s magical “Triquetra” symbol appears above her head and shatters.
Breanna then looks over at Ryan with Salvation in her eyes.
“Where do I sign?” Brenna asks feeling awakened.
Ryan and Arcadia look at her and smile.
“Draw a unicursal Hexagram over your heart and say: “Cross my Heart and hope to Die, I promise you I will never leave your side.” Ryan says while drawing the shape into the dirt by her feet. Arcadia then stands up strong and smiles at Breanna.
“Breanna Stark, thank you for casting your faith into me. I hereby accept you. From now till the end of time” Arcadia says while casting a leaf emoji above her head. As soon as she does that, an eruption of light engulfs Arcadia, and she starts to glow like a bright star and a piercing noise that sounds like clay breaking emits from her.
Ryan then looks over at her in confusion.
“Yes, that’s it! I have enough followers to free roam all day and night! Arcadia yells in excitement. “No more time restraints!” Arcadia cheers while clapping in joy. Ryan and Breanna look at her and she comes toward them and gives them a hug.
“I joined your side, but you need to do me a request right now. I need you to go look after my dad.” Breanna tells her firmly.
“Alright girl. I’m on it” Arcadia says while backing up and teleporting away. No less then 10 seconds later she comes from her Faction room without her flaming headband and her flaming staff. She also was wearing more casual clothes that Staug locals would be wearing, and she had her hair magically dyed blonde.
“I’m on it. I’ll keep tabs on him” Arcadia says while opening a portal to deep inside the woods of Staug. She then steps through it and closes the portal behind her.
Upon doing that Breanna snatches Ryan’s phone what was now playing “Sudden Sky” From Crown The Empire and turns up the volume a little bit. She then crotches down and starts taking strawberries from the ground that Arcadia just grew and starts snacking on them. “So, tell me of your plan to outvote the council? Also, what is your plan on getting me free from my royal screw up?” Breanna asks while taking a bite of a huge juicy Strawberry.
Ryan then relights the campfire and shares his plan with her.
Soon after it was time to for him to wake Alex up and he was off to bed. Alex and Breanna take this time to swap stories on what just happened, and Breanna takes time to get to know Alex. Two hours until the sunrise, Breanna decides she can trust everybody and chooses to walk back into her tent and get some rest.
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