"Welco to Starborgs, how may I help you?"
"I'd like a big cup, decaff, 1/3 almond milk, 1/3 soy milk, two pumps mocha, 2 pumps vanilla, 1 pump caral, add caral drizzle and a sprinkle of cinnamon..."
"Here's your order."
"But this is whole milk, I didn't order this. Also, my na isn't on the cup."
"Don't you know your own na?"
"I'm gan."
"I can't deal with this today. Here, go nuts." The least reliable employee on the campus Starborgs handed the woman an empty cup, took off his apron and abandoned his work post leaving the woman stunned in place.
The man walked across the college campus with a dejected look on his face, keeping his head down as though life weighed too heavy on him. He was right where he always wanted to be and had the job he dread about so many tis when he was broke, but everything felt empty.
After a long commute, he stood outside the door to his tiny apartnt on the east district and he heaved a sigh of defeat while he pondered about his life choices. It was so sort of ritual he perford daily, to keep himself from bringing ho all of his negative thoughts.
"Babe, I'm ho." He said as he opened the door, where his lovely girlfriend waited to greet him with a soft kiss on the lips.
"How was work today?" She asked with a gaze that, no matter how hard she tried to avoid it, oozed pity.
"It was great... it was... great." He said as though trying to convince himself and his girlfriend leaned to hug him.
"Things will get better, you'll see..." She caressed the back of his head and toyed with his disheveled hair for a short while.
Although the apartnt was located in the slums, it wasn't cheap. The reason for that was simple, it was so close to the beach that the fresh sll of the ocean sotis leaked inside. If it was only a couple dozen floors higher it would also have a perfect sight to the sea, but that would also an it would be a lot more expensive.
After eating a few cups of synthetic food, the couple sat on the couch staring at the wall while holding hands. They didn't have much, but they dearly enjoyed each other's company and the ti their spent together doing nothing brought them closer than any TV show or videoga ever could.
Suddenly, a knock on the door broke the silence and the woman stood up to get it.
"I'm coming!"
"That's what she said." A muffled feminine voice was heard from the other side.
"Uhm... she just did." Another voice followed.
"No! Don't open the door, tell them I'm not here!" Panicked, the young man stood up and rushed to his bedroom.
"I told you this was pointless," Nika spoke to Luna by her side. As soon as the door was opened, she went directly to the fridge. "What's all this? Where's the beer?"
"It's cheeky chicken, Uriel doesn't drink alcohol." dusa shrugged.
"I don't think you ca all the way here just to ransack my fridge..." Uriel said as he walked in.
"You know why I'm here, the Fallen corp. is nipping at our heels. We can't keep doing this all by ourself and need you to step up."
"I quit, I'm not even a hunter anymore. Why don't you go bother soone else?"
"Uhm, I ca here to..."
"No, I won't give you a doll. I don't have the money for one anyways." Uriel cut Luna short who kept her usual blank expression on her face and no one could have guessed how upset she was by Uriel's refusal, if not for her gaze imdiately dropping to the floor.
"You can't do this forever, the Dungeon Raiders company needs you! We need you, I need you..." Nika began shouting, but her voice beca softer as she spoke.
"You have no idea what I went through, I'm done with this, I'm done with all this!" Uriel then fell silent and so did the rest of his friends.
"Of course we don't!" Luna cried, her face crumbling like a house of cards.
It had been a few months since they ca back from Easter Island, but in all that ti he refused to speak of the events that transpired inside the dungeon. The reason for that wasn't just how traumatic they had been, but also because the aftermath of those events still affected him.
When Sam took Water warlock with him and left Uriel stranded on the rock formation in the middle of the dungeon, the first thought that ca to Uriel's mind was that he would eventually co back. Although they had just fought each other for the egg, he still considered Sam his chosen brother and patiently awaited for his return.
Only he did not show up. Minutes beca hours and hours beca days, but he still harbored a glint of hope in his heart and remained on the sa place with a naive look on his face.
Being alone was harsh, especially now that he recovered his emotions. Uriel was forced to face the vile acts he perford while under the veiled influence of an ancient being's emotions and sothing broke inside him.
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He didn't want to speak about it, not to his girlfriend, not to his friends. He wanted to shove all the mories of what happened in that cursed place forever, but among those mories, the one he truly didn't want to speak of was of Sam.
Nevertheless, now that Luna was on the verge of transforming into a werewolf, Uriel was left with no choice but to open up about what happened in the belly of the world.
"Do you really want to hear what happened? Because if you do, you might not want to see ever again." Uriel said with a crooked smile.
"Uriel, we're here for you." Nika said as she took his hand.
"I promise that no matter what happened to you, I'll still love you." dusa added.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple... it's not what happened to that haunts , it's what I did."
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