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I don't really have anything to say so let's jump right into it I guess

Hope you like this chapter!
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Nightmare POV

It's been a day since the storm hit us. Thankfully the damage wasn't too bad. Well, not bad enough to make us sink at least.

The left side of the ship is barely holding on tho. We'll have to stop to fix it before we arrive at Underswap.

I'm pretty relieved that Horror secured the canons two days before the storm tho. It would've been really bad if he hadn't.

Canons are very heavy and with the force of the wave, I was afraid they would make a hole in the boat and sink us all.

What a relief

On the other hand....

I can't seem to get our new recruit out of my mind....

Cross...

I find him really...

Interesting...

His emotions are all over the place.

Regardless my attempts to find out more about this guy, the only answers I get out of him are lies...

Why would he lie about his past...

What is he hiding that's so important that he even dares to lie to me...

Tho I only felt his emotions waver in certain parts. He seems to have mixed his lies with reality. So he didn't lie about everything.

Smart I guess

Feeling others emotions can be helpful at times. With this ability, I can tell when someone lies....

Fear, hesitance and anticipation are the main red flags when it comes to lying...

There's something else Cross had felt during our conversation that intrigued me....

Grief...

Hmmm...

Putting that aside...

I still can't wrap my head around his abnormal teleportation powers...

I thought it was an unconscious power that would only show up when needed but...

Yesterday, when I followed Error out of my study to go put the anchor down during the storm....

I saw it...

He chose to use it to save Lust.

It's a power he can activate willingly...

How strange...

Strange but useful...

Yet again he's not the only one with rare abilities. Error had his strings, Lust is a siren and Killer has his magic knives but these abilities have been seen before. Unlike teleportation.

Maybe he possesses a new kind of magic. Kind of like mine.....

I'll have to check.

My thoughts were interrupted when someone knocked at the door of my study

"What is it" I say in a threatening tone

I'm really not in the mood for bullshit right now.

"We WiLl bE aRrIvInG aT An IsLaNd ShOrtLy cAptAin..." Error says from the other side of the door.

"Very well, I'll be out in a few minutes. Go get everything ready" I order

"YeS cAptAin" he answers

I wait until Error's footsteps are to far to hear before getting up from my desk.

We are stopping at an abandoned island. It was once a city where magic prospered and grew. Human citizens were filled with a powerful magic called...

Determination.

But hundred years ago, its population vanished without leaving anything that could explain to their disappearance...

Since then, no one dared to go back. Fearing that if they did, they'd be the next to vanish.

Thankfully for us, it's perfect for a land base and for pit stops. We've been going there for three years now.

We didn't find much there but it's where we keep most of our stuff. Plus the town's library is filled with books about magic...

Maybe I could find something in there about teleportation...

On the side note...

We're still looking for the X creed...

We got a little off track these past few days but I plan on getting right back to it after Underswap. It can't be that hard to find a creed of murderous morons...

Wouldn't be our first time either...

Maybe Cross knows something that can be useful to us... I'll have to ask him

I shake my head a bit, getting out of my thoughts to make my way to the deck.

First thing first, library.

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Sorry it's reaaaally short today!

I'm real busy today 😅