"Sneaking out to drink, oh how common of you" he chuckled at his friend action
"Why did I waste my time coming here, should've looked for you at a bar instead"
A low groan exited the man as he tried to find his balance.
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Finally gaining his bearings he surveyed the area though with that face, people would say he was looking for the next keg.
In his blissful search he finally landed on something interesting or more likely terrifying. Instantly he sobered up going from a drunkard to a business man.
" THE FUCK IS THAT" he shouted, gaining looks of scrutiny from the madam.
"Some treasure, i found at a wreck site" she said sarcastically- bracing herself for the mockery incoming
"Best not believe we're buying such shit here" he sneered- spitting a lug of spit near kades feet.
"shit - this here a premium product, name one slave who entered my lab and lives?" she declared- laying that question out there for anyone to respond but the room went silent
Roger stood there contemplating, sneaking quick glances at the boy in question but he hurriedly stopped. Fearing the expulsion of the contents within his stomach
"Why dont you give him a job" she remarked but all she got back was alook of disbelief from the man.
"You Owe Me" she tossed in, making sure to exaggerate every syllable.
Roger just stood there annoyed, thinking about the worst mistake of his life.
'Why did i gamble with her of all poeple' his mood soured more as he accepted his fat
begrudgingly agreeing to the request though he added some of his own conditions as well
" I'll take him but he'll be working in the back, dont want him scaring off me customers" he retorted.
" No problem, " she snapped back.
Just like that someone witnessed himself get bargained off akin to a black friday special
Kade was baffled by what transpired and the way he got sold hurt him even more like she didn't want to keep him.
What happened to all the fawning she did during his torture and worse of all they referred to him in many ways but the one that hit the most was filthy.
He saw it all- the way Roger had to steel himself every time he stole a glance.
A single thought surfaced under the crescendo of realizations.
'Am i ugly' a thought so resounding, that he never questioned it but another realisation hit.
He never once checked a mirror after his many evolutions and maybe one of them cost him his beauty.
A minor inconvenience but when he thought about the views he had for all these people. He was disgusted at being viewed the same so he steeled himself, slotting it in his long list of goals.
No god can go around looking ugly.
Then he froze- reflecting on the way he referred to himself. It was so obnoxiously arrogant that he questioned if he even said it.
Something was wrong and he could feel it so he made it his first order of business to become more knowledgeable ofhis circumstances as he could fell something was influencing him in the background.
A grating gurgle snapped him out of his thoughts- forcing his body to move against his will. Leading him to a wooden door.
'What's behind it?'
Well he was about to find out- with a fling the door opened and a ferocious heat instantly enveloped him. What should've happened was him instantly screaming in agony
What actually happened was the complete opposite of that. Stunning mr Rodger
'Guess she wasn't lying' he reflected
Behind the door was a group of slaves shoveling what looks like coal inside a huge furnace but boy did those guys look dead.
Their skin grew all flaky- showing signs of cracking everywhere.
Wasting no time they put him to work and closed the door.
Inside kade was shoveling away or to be more specific his body was shoveling away his mind though was trapped doing something else. Relishing on the feeling this heat produced
It wasn't harming but actually welcoming- whispering into my ears. Forming thoughts of hidden desires but that quickly changed the once calm whispers. Hurriedly changed to a commanding declaration.
Not asking but telling what his future looked like though this did not sway him as he has built a tolerance for such things. Propaganda only works once- the second time just leaves the person questioning-
So he did, trying to find the origin of such noises, however he quickly realized it was . further blunting his progress though he quickly learned that his past understanding of this world was a farce.
A vision the elites made to keep us in a cage so he searched within trying to find anything that felt foreign and there it was.
Hanging just beneath his heart hung a half eaten apple, shimmering with an unholy gold colour.
It was tempting, forcing waves of desire to erupt from within him. Kade experimented with the different effects the apple created only to be disappointed when he found out it only had one.
It wasn't even an attack type thing, just a classic area effect spell or what he thought it was as he hasn't tried projecting it outward yet.
Continuing to bask within the effect he finally realized something: the clanging declaration stopped returning to its once peaceful whispers.
His body didn't grow though it felt stronger like his muscles felt fuller and his mind felt clearer.
This time he questioned the cost of said evolution. Wandering what he lost this time for the exchange of power.
He suddenly felt more remorseful of his actions, warning himself to be careful with his actions around said artifact, but we know how boredom works.
Can only be solved with a little fun in your life and currently the golden apple was his
Trapped within his experiments time went by and his time of departure finally but this time something odd happened.