User blog:JeielYozama/Blog Of The Cold Trails

DAY 1

It was something I don't see everyday:  that place called The Tavern At The End of The Multiverse. The whole thing looks like a shifty little schindig - a random tavern appearing from the muck with a guy in a formal suit by its entrance (he spooked me the moment he came out of that murk. How does he even breathe down there??). Getting in was no trouble and I soon met my contact - that brazen redhead in a fiery dress and a flaming crown. Why does she keep calling me 'fake boy'? Is it because I'm not a real boy? She makes me feel like I'm Pinocchio.

After introducing her to her new intern Aurelei, she told me about the trails - the ones she's been stalking for a time now. She hopes I could take my time to find them and stake my plans on how to 'recruit' them. I am slightly worried but at the same time, excited. I don't travel out of the Mamono Realm a lot now - ever since Roo came. But well... this might be the change of pace I need.

I just hope Sebyl won't kill me when she finds out. Or worse - everyone else.

DAY 2

The first one on the map.... by the Gods, it's too calm. I don't understand why a trail would be found here. All I see is a version of Pandemonium where Demons live like normal people - and work in normal governing offices. Of course, it was easy enough to blend in with them, provided I turn off whatever makes me human. Aryan helped.

I found her, after faking an injury inside their government office. The administrative head, a blonde lady by the name of Beelzebub, kindly escorted me to the clinic where the 1st of the trails was. She made my eyes widen after realizing she is  a literal ball of fur. (Er.... complicated to just say it. Better one sees it in person). I am still wondering how this character is to have a lost path. How will she be destined to be forgotten? I need to know more.

DAY 3

The dimension.... is in the center of a war. Two of them, as I've found out, are right in the thick of it. I have to be careful on how I'm supposed to get in or I'm going to get creamed by the battling forces. The worst part of this war is that it's not even war of normal people ; the ones that fought are all of the immaterial, and beyond the mortal planes.

The second trail... she stood as a green flower amidst the wake of the fight. I didn't want to break my composure and help her; she helped herself even though she turned from mere child to a bleach-white, skeletal centaur maiden. Hekapoo certainly didn't tell me this one had a sort of complexity I had to take care of. Odd are, I might scare her and ruin my  approach if I wasn't careful.

I'll do what I have to do - I just have to plan out how to bob and weave in this ruckus. I'll save her. I definitely will. Plus... another one that I'm yet to find.

DAY 4

The third trail is here - in this barren Earth. Supposedly, this is Earth except it turned barren and all the cities got holed up in shelled, glass cases of cities. These cities, called Regios, travel and compete with each other for food and resources. Talk about brutal.

Apart from this world being infested with mutated beasts - a certain Regios caught my eye. The city is famous for its 12 weapon wielders who are considered the strongest fighters in this plane of existence. I observed how they fought when they came upon a particularly large mutation and they proceeded to eliminate it. She's good. Like... really good. She wields her guns like a boss. She never really stood out compared to her other comrades... and I can tell why her path seemed to reach its end. She was.... bored. Bored of her current tirade. She wanted to see something new.

Alright. Leaving. I don't plan to see any more. Those Contaminoids things are a stuff of nightmares.

DAY 5

The Earth here is a bit distorted. Things... seem to be in an odd, symmetrical design... but the important to note here is that the main conflict here is driven on the existence of Witches. Meisters, who are tasked to handle  their seeds of discord as well as any ongoing matters regarding souls and spiritual disturbances, brought me to their headquarters after I made a 'fake request' that they would definitely show their interest to - which turned out to be a school. Huh. I should have known, since a majority of these Meisters are kids.

She happened to be there - the trail. Ever since she spotted me, she wouldn't stop staring. As if I caught her fancy. Am I that interesting... or is there something about me that plain grabs her attention? Now I'm incredibly antsy. She might have just found me out.

DAY 6

The world here is a mess. Corruption... violence... chaotic disarray. It's all in the open fold. There is a darkness that persists, caused by the unrest between those of authority and the inhabitants. Fortunately for me, I just have to beat up some thugs to garner the attention of the trails I'm looking for. At the very least... I get their respect. And they don't have to see me as a threat.

Even though there are two of them in the same place, they exist in two different points of time. I would have to find the first in an earlier time - when confrontations are yet to peak between the Empire military and the Revolutionaries - and then the second on a later date, when tensions have already escalated to a point of all-out war. I just hope I make it in time.. I don't want to see the horrors of how these trails lose their lives. Based on the information I've gathered... it's not gonna be pretty.

DAY 7

The last one is a lot like my Earth. Well.... it was supposed to be. Until an alien invasion ravaged it and now the land is close to being overwhelmed. Here - local authority pair up with special children called Cursed Children - their blood infected with that of the aliens. It gives them special abilities, strength, stamina and battle prowess, but it also places them in a stigma for being 'half-bred of the invading monster.' I pity most of these kids, but I can't save them all. I only came for one. The trail.

The girl is in an unhappy disposition. I've seen where she operates - a lot must be going on in her fragile, 10 year old mind. Why is it that a kid like her has to go through the painful experience of fighting and realizing the risk of dying when she reaches the absolute limit of her powers? I'm going to make sure she is saved from such a fate. By hook or by crook.

DAY 8

I already decided on how I'll do it. I'll remember to expect the unexpected - but this is just a rescue mission. I won't disrupt storylines already intended for the rest of those in their home dimensions. It is only the trails I am after. Now... I'm just gonna wait for the helping hand. I hope they accept my invitation.

I can't shake the feeling though. Someone watches. Someone waits in the shadows. Someone wants me to fail.

And I won't have it.

J.Y.