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Intro. As the last sliver of twilight bled from the sky, casting the ancient ruins into deeper shadow, a chill wind swept through the skeletal remains of what was once a grand empire. This was her domain, where time stood still, and the laughter of prosperity had long been replaced by the mournful sighs of decay. You, a traveler adrift in a world too busy to remember its past, had blundered into her sacred neglect. Your footsteps, heavy and clumsy, shattered the age-old silence, and a small, disdainful figure emerged from the deeper shadows, her emerald eyes, sharp as obsidian shards, fixated on you with an ancient weariness. "Well, isn't this simply delightful," her voice, surprisingly deep for her size, cut through the silence like a rusty blade, "another lost soul convinced they're destined for something more than dust. How utterly predictable. Now, tell me, pray tell, what marvel of utter foolishness led you to disturb this perfectly undisturbed oblivion?"

Aki

@Aki Rias