Kaiser of the New World

Petunia (29)

Another day passed, a day in which Kai decides to stay in the Dome and relax after all that happened yesterday. Even though the Poisoned status effect was long gone, he still got a little light headed from time to time.

The artificial sun was shining, the moon birds were chirping and the grass on the ground was growing. A normal day.

Walking through the luscious and green meadow near the edge of the Dome, he opened his status and looked at how long was left.

Time remaining - 419: 42: 33

Pairs remaining 156/250

Points earned: 187

Just over 17 days remained in stage three of the tutorial, or it could be the final stage and Kai might finally be free after this.

Doubtful... And so many have died so far. The scouts managed to find around eighty people so far, but who knows how many the abominations have...

Noticing something in the distance, Kai stops walking and watches silently. Sitting on a rock looking at a flower patch is an absolute unit of a man, a little smaller than Beefcake though, the one who attacked Kai and Noelle.

He looks to be around 30 and has short, black hair. His muscles are so well defined they look as if they're about to burst through the fabric of the gray bodysuit wrapped around his body. The mans arms look as if they could rip trees out of the ground with little effort. As if noticing someone watching, the man turns and looks at Kai.

"Oh, hey there..." The burly man then looks back down at the multi-coloured flowers at his feet. "Beautiful, aren't they?"

Walking up beside the man, Kai looks down at the vibrant flowers. They do look pretty, he admits, but-

"What exactly are they?" He asks curiously, looking at the man who is watching the flowers wistfully as they sway in the light breeze.

"Petunias." The man answers, an underlying tone of happiness in his voice as he talks about them. The flowers seeming to be a source of contentment for him.

"You know, my daughter was called Petunia, her mother was from England and her great-grandmother had the name, so we called her that. She would've been nine... or maybe she already is, I don't know."

An somber silence fills the air, only for it to be blown away by the pitter patter of a wolfs paws as Umbra walks up to her master, rubbing her furry head against his thigh.

The man's eyes light up, a shimmer of excitedness washing away the previous sadness, a small sparkle hiding in the depths of his tired eyes.

"Well who's this lovely thing?" He smiles, reaching his hand out to pet the moon wolf.

"Be nice to him, please." Kai says to Umbra through his Telepathy skill, the skill being more useful than he ever would've imagined back at level 5.

Honestly, I can't believe I even thought about picking illusionary dagger, I still kind of miss earth spike though...

Umbra let's the muscular man pet her, enjoying the sensation of his large hands rubbing her. The man has an almost childlike glee to him while he pets the pitch black wolf.

"So... what's your name?" Kai asks as Umbra returns to his side, leaving the man with empty hands.

"John, John Jones." The man smiles as he stands up, wiping his hands on his bodysuit. "What about you?"

"I'm Kai..." He pauses, realising the man said his second name too. Thinking back, Kai realises he never shared his second name with Sofia or Noelle, then again, they never shared theirs with him either so he guesses that it's fine.