There was a weeping insect, brushing away its tears. It was upset over being abandoned.
That was when Apollo stepped out of the shadow world and into the real world while Layla tore open space from the blue world to the real world.
Once the two of them set foot on the soil, the insect looked up to them and then raised its arms.
It hadn't been abandoned!
The insect imdiately ran over to Apollo and touched his foot, prompting him to look down at it with confusion.
"What do you want?"
Surprisingly, the insect seed dejected, as though it understood what those words ant.
For a second, Apollo was wondering what this thing even was, until he eventually rembered it was the insect that began following him a while ago.
Layla's tail swayed enthusiastically.
"Do you want to see more tasty things?"
Apollo lost interest in the insect and turned towards Layla.
"Not right at this mont. For now, I need to kill the thing in the center of this place."
Layla tilted her head to the side and placed her index finger on her chin.
"Oh, playing and new friends!"
She raised both hands in the air.
"I can't wait!"
Apollo shrugged.
"Then let's go right now."
Layla nodded.
"Ok!"
With that, the two of them ran towards the center of the toxic wasteland. Apollo left trails of lightning in his wake, while Layla kicked up large amounts of dirt with every step.
As for the insect, it looked on in despair, then began chasing after them as it cried.
Apollo found that they were running for quite so ti, but saw no trace of any filth rain to indicate they were at the perpetual raining section.
He decided to multitask during this ti and discover what the black fla match did.
Apollo pulled out the match, staring at it for a few monts. It jostled up and down because he was running.
Although Apollo had heard about matches before, he had never seen a real one in person. From what he knew, it needed to be rubbed against a rough surface and would be lit afla.
Apollo looked at his bokken, then the black fla match. With less hesitation than he should've had, he scraped the match against his bokken, setting it afla.
For a split second, Apollo saw a black fla appear. Then, his surroundings beca pitch black while the fla on his match beca white.
...No, that wasn't accurate.
Apollo could still see the ground below him and Layla next to him. However, everything past ten ters was replaced by darkness.
Layla's furry ears twitched after the match was lit. She gasped in surprise.
"Wah! It's so hard to see now!"
Apollo raised an eyebrow.
"I guess. This thing doesn't seem very useful."
Layla remained silent. She turned towards Apollo's direction, but didn't look directly at him. Then, she looked to her right.
Layla couldn't see Apollo.
"Where did you go, friend?"
Apollo rolled his eyes.
"I'm right next to you, what are you talking about?"
Yet, Layla did not respond. She eventually slowed to a stop, prompting Apollo to do the sa.
"Why aren't you saying anything, friend?"
Apollo blinked a few tis, slowly realizing that the match he was holding might be more than what he expected. From what Layla said, it seed that while this match cut off his vision of everything farther than ten ters, it would not only make him invisible, but silent as well.
"Ah, friend is here!"
Suddenly, Layla appeared in front of Apollo who had his head down in thought. He recoiled slightly.
"Ah, you can see ?"
Layla's eyes were glowing blue ever so slightly. She nodded enthusiastically.
"Yeah!"
Apollo rubbed his chin with his thumb and forefinger.
"Can you hold this for a second?"
He extended out the hand that was holding on to the match. Layla curiously stared into the white fla before nodding. She pinched onto the match with two fingers.
Almost imdiately, Apollo's vision was restored. He could now see farther than ten ters like normal. As for Layla, she had disappeared entirely.
Apollo spun around to confirm that Layla really wasn't anywhere nearby, then held out his hand. After a few monts, he found the match was back in his hand while his vision past ten ters was blocked.
Layla had been holding onto the match and then let go.
"That thingy is so weird!"
Apollo chuckled.
"It really is."
As one last experint, he stuck the match into the ground. As expected, his vision returned, while the match itself disappeared.
Other than a small unassuming hole in the ground, there was nothing to indicate that anything was there. As for the dirt, although it was 'holding' onto the match to a certain extent, it did not disappear like Layla.
Apollo's eyes narrowed.
There were still a few nuances he wasn't sure on, like what would happen if a corpse held onto the match. However, he could just test those things later.
Apollo picked the match back up and turned to Layla.
"Tell when you see any rain."
Layla tilted her head to the side, then nodded.
"Ok!"
She began running forward while Apollo made sure not to fall behind. It felt a little strange being unable to see that far ahead, however, it wasn't like Apollo was in a horror movie or sothing, so he didn't have to worry about jumpscares.
As the two of them ran, Apollo counted the seconds to determine how long the match would last. Although he wasn't the most accurate, it would at least give him a sense of their duration.
Eventually, Layla's furry ears twitched. She turned to Apollo as they ran and pointed forth.
"I can see so rain and a new friend!"
Apollo gave Layla a glance.
"Alright."
By counting, he determined roughly thirty minutes had passed. Along the way, he did several other experints and found holding onto the match with his clothes would not restrict his vision.
So he pinched the match with the corner of his clothes.
And raised both eyebrows.
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