Monday, June 12th, 2017
4:30 A.M. RST
There you are. "Hello?" It had been some time since Kruger had heard a voice of air outside of the forge. I'm not talking to you. Be careful, they'd been the last things Matt had said after the challenge. Since taking hold of the yellow opal, Kruger hadn't heard a peep out of it. Maybe it was just getting used to the new surroundings, though this was not the tone he'd been expecting from it. The room was dark, the evening's celebrations had gone on long after both the challenge and the concert had finished. Private celebrations, true, but just as exhausting. Even that wasn't quite enough to allow slumber to drag him into its embrace. He was used to not sleeping, but in this case the aches of the best of three had outlasted the adrenalized state his body had been in. Breathing hurt, hell closing his eyes hurt if he were being completely honest. The soft sigh of sleep next to him came with warmth as Ali nestled in close to him. "Not talking to her either if you're smart. She's as likely to hurl you into oblivion than hold a conversation' plus she's sleeping." Both points were true, or at least he thought that was her opinion. He'd been wrong before. You're beneath her. Beneath me as well. "You need to open your eyes wider. You're on the nightstand and she's next to me?" You know what I mean. "I do, that doesn't make it any less funny. You're right of course, she is worlds above me, and yet she's mine. As are you, for now at least." You should feel honored, I came to you because of her. "Yeah' I suppose it's reveal intentions time then. I went after you for two reasons. First one's simple. Matt's the best, and I wanted to face that man. Of course the other reason' you should feel honored. I went after you to piss off ShadoWeaver." I" What" There was a long silence, but the prickle of the hair on the back of Kruger's neck was enough to tell him that whatever, or whomever MoonBeryl was, they' it' he was still there. This conversation is over. Like a mental sigh the sensation was gone leaving Kruger with just Ali and his aches. "Liar."
There you are. "Hello?" It had been some time since Kruger had heard a voice of air outside of the forge. I'm not talking to you. Be careful, they'd been the last things Matt had said after the challenge. Since taking hold of the yellow opal, Kruger hadn't heard a peep out of it. Maybe it was just getting used to the new surroundings, though this was not the tone he'd been expecting from it. The room was dark, the evening's celebrations had gone on long after both the challenge and the concert had finished. Private celebrations, true, but just as exhausting. Even that wasn't quite enough to allow slumber to drag him into its embrace. He was used to not sleeping, but in this case the aches of the best of three had outlasted the adrenalized state his body had been in. Breathing hurt, hell closing his eyes hurt if he were being completely honest. The soft sigh of sleep next to him came with warmth as Ali nestled in close to him. "Not talking to her either if you're smart. She's as likely to hurl you into oblivion than hold a conversation' plus she's sleeping." Both points were true, or at least he thought that was her opinion. He'd been wrong before. You're beneath her. Beneath me as well. "You need to open your eyes wider. You're on the nightstand and she's next to me?" You know what I mean. "I do, that doesn't make it any less funny. You're right of course, she is worlds above me, and yet she's mine. As are you, for now at least." You should feel honored, I came to you because of her. "Yeah' I suppose it's reveal intentions time then. I went after you for two reasons. First one's simple. Matt's the best, and I wanted to face that man. Of course the other reason' you should feel honored. I went after you to piss off ShadoWeaver." I" What" There was a long silence, but the prickle of the hair on the back of Kruger's neck was enough to tell him that whatever, or whomever MoonBeryl was, they' it' he was still there. This conversation is over. Like a mental sigh the sensation was gone leaving Kruger with just Ali and his aches. "Liar."