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Ace & Lareye 2
Ace walks out of the presidential office, and makes her way over to the tree Lareye had perched herself on. The sparrow chirped loudly at Ace, scolding them for being late. “Sorry, I forgot I had a meeting today.” They apologized. “It won't happen again.” The bird flapped its wings in response, chirping again to beckon Ace along as they began to move, guiding them to the desolate wheat field. Ace followed along, knowing they’d have to go through rigorous training after a tiring meeting like that. But they were the one who wanted this. They were the one who wanted to protect Chaos. Once in the field, Lareye morphed back into a more human form, and tossed Ace a dull sword. Ace immediately went into a longpoint stance, both hands gripping the blade. Lareye carefully adjusted her position. “Straighten your back, and relax your shoulders a bit. Being this tense will negatively impact your combat abilities. And this foot isn't at the correct angle.” Once Lareye was satisfied with Ace’s stance, he stepped away.
“For today’s training, you’ll begin learning how to do a move called a feint attack. This is less for actual fighting, and still more reliant on your wit in the fight. It is a deceptive move used to bait your opponent into blocking an attack from the wrong direction, while you switch at the last second..” Lareye drew her sword, and got into a stance of their own. “You need to be very quick with moves like this.Try attacking me and I’ll show you.” He urged his apprentice on. Ace swung their sword at the god, which was obviously parried. Lareye attacks back, aiming for Ace’s right side. Ace moved to counter their attack, only for the god’s sword to not make contact with their right side at all, instead reaching their left. Ace was shocked at this, moving their head to look at the god’s blade. “That’s devious!” They sounded impressed. “Indeed, devious, but necessary. Now you try.”
The two of them got back into their stances and resumed their training. After hours of practice and corrections, the light in the sky began to fade. Ace’s pace began to slow, and Lareye remembered that mortals cannot fight and train for as long as a deity. “Would you like to take a break?” Lareye questioned.”No, I’m good, I can handle more training.” They said, determined. “Let me rephrase. You’re going to take a break to regain your strength. It’s good to challenge yourself, but you’re no good to that president of yours, or anyone for that matter, if you tire yourself out.” Ace sighed, knowing the truth in Lareye’s words. “Fine, I guess you’re right. I’ll take a break.”
Ace sits down on the dirt, the wheat towering over the two of them.
“...”
“...”
Ace decided to break the silence between them. “So.. that friend of mine is running for president..”
“..Doesn’t he already have that role? Why run for it again?”
“Well, yes, but certain candidates would be a bad fit for the country. So, it’s better to be safe and have Chaos run again.
“So.. they need to try for it again every few years?”
“Yeah, that’s kinda how elections work..”
“Huh.. Interesting. The way you mortals decide a leader is fascinating.”
“You don’t come down here often, do you?”
“No, I really don’t. I just.. don’t see much need to involve myself in mortal affairs.”
“Well, Chaos’ campaign would be greatly improved by the endorsement of a god.. I was wondering if maybe you could do that? I don’t know if Ira would be willing to.. And DNA definitely wouldn’t.”
“Perhaps.. It depends on the circumstances. If someone corrupt were to try and take Chaos’ power, then intervention would likely be necessary. If not, there’s no true need for my endorsement. I’m sure your president will do fine on his own..” Lareye explained, before touching on that last sentence. “..DNA? I learned today that your president is involved with Ira, but how is he connected to DNA?”
“DNA has caused us some… issues.. In the past. We aren’t exactly on friendly terms.”
“Huh. So that’s how he’s been handling things..? Messing with humans..?” Lareye muttered, more to themself than to their apprentice.
“Yeah, basically. I think he’s tried to kill us like.. 3 times.”
“Oh.. really? Hm.. I knew of his hostile nature, of course, but I didn’t expect him to begin taking it out on something he took part in creating..”
“Yeah.. anyways, I know Chaos would appreciate an endorsement, but no pressure!”
“..I’ll take it into consideration.” Lareye said, pondering the idea.
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“Cmon Lareye! Pleaseeee?” The shorter god begged. “No, Cosmo. I'm not going.” Lareye responded “But I'll be so lonely!” Cosmo pouted and Lareye sighed. “Fine, give me one good reason why I should join you.” They took a moment to think, before responding. “Um.. you might find a new apprentice there?” He offered this idea, unsure if it will work, but hopeful nonetheless. It had been a while since Lareye trained an apprentice.. maybe it was time to pass her combat knowledge to yet another human. They relented, considering the possibility for a new apprentice, and knowing it's difficult to say no to Cosmo. “You make a good point.” And so, the two gods descended to the planet below.
The two gods wandered around, currently doing nothing but observing the planet they created so long ago. But after a moment, Lareye felt a cold touch on their shoulder. He turned around to see a shadowy figure manifesting behind them. Cosmo turned around after seeing Lareye do so. “Ira!” He cheerfully greeted, a stark contrast to Lareye’s reaction. Lareye let out a sigh. As nice as it was to see an old friend, he knew Ira likely came with news. Good or bad, she supposed they’d find out.
A grin formed across the shadow’s face, offering a simple and quick wave to the both of them. “Greetings! I am sure you two are overjoyed with my presence!” Ira said rather cheerfully, way to be egotistical, huh. “Salutations, Ira.” Lareye responded, acknowledging the shadow with a nod.
“Are you just stopping by to say hi, or is there something you need to inform us of?” they questioned.
“Well, yes, I technically do need to tell you something. Though it is not “us”, the information is not at all dealing with Cosmo.”. “Aw man..” Cosmo whined. “Oh?” He felt a spark of interest about this, wondering what on Thuvis could be of relevance to her, and not Cosmo as well. “Go on.” Lareye urged.
“There is this one mortal that I have been..spectating. To put it nicely, they aren’t very strong at all. You know they’ve got heart but no strength at all, mentally and physically. It is quite obvious actually. So I assumed that you could help them out!” He ended the sentence there, clasping his hands together.
“A mortal you believe to be worthy of apprenticeship? I see.. Do you perhaps know where they are, currently?” “See, I told you!” Cosmo exclaimed.
“I could possibly check where exactly they’re located at, but there is a chance that they’re currently with others.”
“Understood. I’ll consider it, I’ll need to see them myself first in order to decide. Do you have an idea where they might end up going? Somewhere that they frequent, perhaps?”
“I watch people, not read their minds! I have no idea where they plan on going, all I know is that they move locations a lot.”
Well, that would make locating this person significantly difficult.
“Alright, alright. I could probably locate them myself if I had a name, then. Do you at least have that, Ira?”
“All I remember is that the mortal's name starts with an A, they also constantly look tired.”
“Ira. That could be any mortal on this planet. A doesn’t narrow it down at all, Aaron, Alexander, Andrew, Adam, Avery, Ana, Austin, et cetera. Also I’m pretty sure every mortal looks tired, at least to our standards. Is there anything significant about them that you remember?”
“No, I quite literally have no other information. They are not my main focus, usually they’re just tired..and that is all I remember.”
Lareye took a deep breath in order to keep her composure. “Understood. I suppose I’ll keep a lookout for this.. Exhausted mortal. Thank you, Ira. Anything else that you have to say?”
“Nope! Have a fantastic time looking for them! Maybe you could ask some other mortals if they have seen an exhausted mortal with a name starting with A!”
“..Noted. Well in that case, farewell. Take care of yourself, Ira.” “Bye Ira!” They waved farewell to the shadow. The two gods continued their walk. Cosmo turned towards Lareye. “Well that sounds fun! Are we gonna go look for them?” Cosmo asked eagerly.
“And how do you propose we do that, Cosmo?” Lareye sighed.
“I don't know, maybe they're around here somewhere! Or we could ask around, I'm sure humans will want to help!” Cosmo offered his naive ideas.
“We don't have any other details, Cosmo. A tired human whose name starts with A could be anyone.” Lareye explained patiently.
“Aw man, I wish we had a way to just summon Ira! I'm sure they know something else about them.. like how they look or something.” Cosmo said, disappointment clear on her face.
“I do too, Cosmo. But Ira works in mysterious ways. It's hard to know where he is, or where they’ll be next.” And so, with no leads as to who this human might be, the two continued their walk.
Cosmo skipped along the path, Lareye trailing behind. Cosmo looks down to see white mushrooms growing in the grass and stops, crouching down to poke at the caps. “Lareye, what's your favorite fungi?” Lareye took a moment to ponder her answer, thinking back to the varieties of fungi he made for this planet. “Uh, I ended up really liking the design for Tricholomopsis rutilans. So that one, I suppose.” “Those are the purple ones, right?” She asked, testing her knowledge. “Correct! Those are the purple ones.” Lareye confirmed, proud of Cosmo for remembering. Cosmo looks up, and points to someone sitting on a bench, engrossed in whatever they were writing. “Hey, that's a human! Maybe they're the mortal Ira was talking about! Let's go ask their name!” “Cosmo, we can’t just go ask every person we see what their name is.” “I have a really good feeling about this one though!” “We can’t base decisions like these based off of gut feelings, Cosmo.” Lareye informed them, but looking over at the mortal, maybe she could see where Cosmo was coming from. Even if this wasn’t the human Ira had mentioned, they were certainly dedicated to their work. And that was always promising.
“..I can go see, though. Stay here for a bit, Cosmo.” With that, they approached the person on the bench, and he noted the bags under their eyes.
She didn’t entirely know how to start this introduction off, so she supposed he could take a line from Ira. “Greetings.” She began, attempting to shift the humans focus.
They looked up from their notebook. “Hello.” Attempting to find something else to say, she wondered when interacting with mortals became so hard. Had it always been this difficult?
“Did you need something..?” The human’s comment distracted Lareye from her thoughts.
“Nothing much, just an introduction, and I couldn’t help but notice how much you were writing. So enlighten me, what’s your name?”
“You first, and maybe I’ll do the same.” They answered cautiously.
She noted the quick deflection, that certainly showed potential. “Nice try, but two can play this game.” She responded, quickly glancing to make sure Cosmo was still where they left her.The human noticed this quick glance, and realized they had seen the person in front of them before. “Don’t be modest, I know you’re a god. Let’s be honest, you’re Lareye.”
Well, that was quicker than she expected. No point in keeping up the mortal facade now. “Well done. If you’re looking for a mentor, I’ll make sure your time’s well spent.”
They blinked a few times, clearly surprised at what they heard. “An apprenticeship? From Lareye? I’m very honored, but I’m probably too busy…” A strong work ethic, then? That only seemed to prove their potential even more. “I’m sure we could find a way to fit it into your schedule. What work keeps you so preoccupied?”
‘I’m the vice president of Bleemtopia.” They answered.
“Ah, the vice president of.. What now?”
“..Bleemtopia. The country we’re in right now..?”
“Oh.. right, I see. I forgot you mortals ended up naming the land with all these different names.”
Suddenly, the human and Lareye hear a familiar voice from behind. “Hey Lareye! How’s your apprenticeship thing going? Is this the human?” Cosmo has far too much energy..
“Yes, Cosmo. This is the human I’ve chosen to offer apprenticeship to. So, do you accept?”
Ace did need to learn how to fight. They couldn’t let what happened to Chaos happen again.
“I accept.”