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Zuuka Blacklight

Son of the CEO of Blacklight Industries, a major tech, games, and weapons producing company that is known as one of the top five companies in the world.

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a character in “Shadows in the Mist”, as played by LookingAtPerks

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Name: Zuuka Blacklight

Age: 11, nearly 12

Nicknames: Zuu, Rich Kid, Target Number 1

Appearance: Zuuka has an appearance that does not appear very masculin, and lacks any sign of real muscle development. He is a very thin and lean person, who is better at speed, intelligence, and dexterity then strength. His hair might appear light it is of a more singular color at a glance, but in truth its like he has a rainbow of cool colors such as purple and blue, as well as bits of white mixed in. If the light hits it just right, especially when wet, you can really see its wonder.

Zuuka does not really look intimidating at all, especially with the fact he wears glasses. And due to this and the fact he is rich, he is often targeted for bullying, hazing, and harassment. The more embarassing, the better.

Under the clothes is still the same, he doesn't show any sign of muscles or serious muscular development, indicating he is not built for strength or maybe even endurance. His bare skin is silky smooth as if maintained, his eyes are deep and vivid as if one was staring into a well full of mystery. There are some surgical scars on his back as well.

Although he stays calm and in control, unless he is using the poker face his father made him cultivate over the years, his face is a good way to understand his expressions. He has various types of smiles though. An innocent, kind hearted smile from a sheltered boy learning things in reality. But there were also others, like the satisfaction he felt when he helped his friends, and outsmarted an enemy. And to those who have hurt or slighted those he cares about, and are about to face a rather fierce retribution, there is what could only be called a smile of a demon.

Species: Human?

Magic/Powers/Special Abilities: Zuuka has high magic power and ability. He is known for two different Magic Styles he has, Commander Style and Assault Style. Commander Style involves him staying in the back, overwhelming the enemy with pure tactical ability combined with high magic power and a good understanding of all things. It lets him calmly stand in a single spot and take out all the enemies as they try to handle the situations he will force them into.

Assault Style is the opposite. He gets more close and personal, and a lot more active. He often holds some sort of weapon, or even is using multiple weapons and equipment at once that he had stored before in storage. Thanks to who his father is, Zuuka has a large amount of weapons at his disposal.

He also supposedly has variants, and maybe even a whole different style, but for now that is just conjecture and speculation.

He also has a special Telekinesis Power, though it seems precise movements, at least for certain areas, are too difficult to handle. This is possibly a more inborn gift, but he also has amazing calculation ability in determining where things will go and the trajectory it would take. He can also use it to predict what his opponent might do, or to search for clues and solve mysteries.

Notable Traits: His hair is a strange color/collection of colors, very rare and not seen often in Mistviel. Additionally, he has some surgical scars from some sort of incident in his past. Finally, his eyes feel like they could be as deep as the deepest well.

History: Zuuka never knew his mother, as she had died during childbirth as she gave birth to him. Zuuka was the only son to Tychus Blacklight, a CEO for one of the largest corporations in the world. If money grew on trees, then they lived in a forest. Anything and everything Zuuka could ever want, it could easily be provided for him. In terms of growing up, it might seem like he had it easy.

But once he was old enough, his father had him train in harsh conditions a good amount of time. He wanted to make sure Zuuka was strong, in case of any dangers and threats that he might one day face he would be able to deal with it himself. Even though he had bodyguards, security, Zuuka's father was a very cautious man. And that probably made sense, given that along with tech and game development, he also made profits from weapons. And it was also thanks to this that Zuuka was able to train with and learn using the best of the weapons.

Eventually, wanting to prove himself though, he decided to join Mistviel Academy to prove he could get by on his own talents. And so, that was why he joined the Academy unaware of what he would get caught up into.

Notable Equipment: This would litterally be too long to list, due to who his father is and how much money he has.

Mentality: Zuuka is someone who is a bit hard to explain the mentality of. He tends to seem kind, loyal, nice, but he might also want to stay uninvolved with things he finds bothersome, and stick his nose into a book rather then deal with it if it was that extreme. Zuuka is not overly obsessed with money or prideful though, but he is not afraid of trying to use money to solve a situation either as he would prioritize people over his ideals.

Fears: Zuuka is afraid of certain memories of his that seem to be missing, and he is also afraid of Dragons. He has a partial fear of ghosts, but it is not that strong.

So begins...

Zuuka Blacklight's Story

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“Luke, sh-“ Abigail was interrupted with another blast from Luke, at first she was confused, but her eye started to sting with pain, vision in it would cut out and smoke a spark a bit, she stumbled back, holding that side of her face of the pain. Luke that widened the range, affect her leg and her arm, both started to smoke as she was brought to her knees, trying to fight against the pain.


Abigail looked up at Luke, slight smoke still coming out of her eye. Come on recover, cool down She was telling herself in her head. She looked around, the duel hadn’t stopped yet, but Luke was asking for a draw. Abigail was fueled with pain and rage. Luke had no idea the internal pain Abigail was suffering. “Made your point huh, glad my pain could help you with that.” Abigail’s cybernetic eye then turned red, and slowly her arm and leg did as well, anger was slowly taking over Abigail and fueling her, arm still sparking.

Abigail threw a punch into Luke’s stomach, sending him stumbling back, she stood up and took a step towards him, her rapier slid to her cybernetic hand using the magnetism ties between the two, and it quickly being ingulfed in fire, one of it's many abilities. As Abigail took another step, the computer quickly spoke up, ending the duel. Severe damage detected. Life threatening vitals detected, ending duel. Luke Sonique is the victor. Abigail looked around confused “What? I'm fine!” She said, but her cybernetics started fading away red. She quickly became dizzy as her leg gave out, and she passed out shortly after. Nurses ran over to her as soon as the duel barrier fell.

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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As Yuna laughed with the others, he noticed that there seemed to be a lot of oddities going on all at once. Of course, as Yuma could probably feel telepathically from him, he felt like the duel was allowed to go on way too long and he even started kicking the field at one point before putting his shoes and socks back on. Eventually it did turn off on its own though, but he thought it was a bit strange it took so long.

However, he "heard" something from the coach's mind that provided a possible answer.

"Hey, Mr. Coach~"

"Uh...what?! Shouldn't you be recovering from your duel?"

"We are pretty fine right now...but don't you think it was strange that it lasted so long?~"

"Well, I am sure it was a one in a million glitch and..."

"Are you sure? I thought maybe it was because I had to duel my brother, and since we are genetically and physically identical, it might have bugged out for a bit on registering the number of people in there and the condition of them...~"

The coach looked away immediately at Luke and Abigail.

"Not sure not a tech person. But I gotta go do coaching now. Let me know if it comes up again!"

Seeing that the other duels were over, Zuuka started to go over ot them first...but then noticed Alison nearby, away from her group.

"Alison? What are you doing over here...oh wait, did you come to cheer me on? Or maybe you got a bit upset about what he said? Well no worries, I got angry for all of us and gave him a good beating like my father and self defense instructors taught me, so he wont say stupid stuff like that again if he knows better".

There were counltess people i nthe crowd who wanted to scream at what point was that Self Defense and not One Sided Beatdown, but no one had the courage to do so it seemed. After that, he saw the end of Luke's and Alison's fight and got concerned, so he ran over.

"Luke! Abigail! I just saw all this! Is everyone okay?! What happened?! Don't you think this is way too overboard for the first day of class?"

And of course, Zuuka had no idea about most of what happened outside of his own duel, and so misinterpretted the chain of events. Actually, he was still unaware the two pranks on Luke were not connected, however Yuna who had been listening for awhile now had pieced that together.

"What do you think we should do Yuma? Get involved? Not get involved? Seems a bit heated..."

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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As Alison sat down, Zukka called out to her wondering if she was cheering for him. Or was angry at the bully. Of course she was furiously mad to the point she wanted to...No, she was a good girl that wanted to take care for her sister. Yeah, she just needed to relax. "Oh, I had to take a break after all the exercises...I'm frail, kind of ran in the family sadly...But, I wanted to watch and maybe give you a bit of a small prayer to beat that bully up." She replied with her kind smile.

Truthfully, she wanted Zuuka to break a few bones in the bullies body...And break him a lot more than he did...Of course you cant have everything nice. But at least watching him made her soothed...For now anyways...She wanted to personally do something to him. No one insulted her family. No one...

"Of course...I'm thankful to avoid a duel...And I rather not have people challenge me in a duel...But I should be fine while I stay here. I am not one to make enemies." She added before Zuuka ra off to where Luke and Alison were. Oh dear her...Alison looked banged up...The nurses even ran out to get her medical aid. Luke...Did that to her?...

Even with that military training and cybernetics, it looked like a one sided fight with Luke looking relatively uninjured. And people accept duels knowing this...How unethical...If she had to duel someone and broke her arm or other parts of her body then what would she do then? In fact what would they say? Sorry you broke your arm, lets say sorry and wrap up your arm and send you on your way? That's insane...

As Zuuka was now confronting Luke and Abigail of going a bit overboard, she simply sighed to herself as continued to sit down.

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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Luke didn't expect the punch and went falling backward after being caught off guard. He also didn't expect her to come at him with the flaming sword, but luckily she went down before she could use it. Luke went to grab Abigail the minute she fell and the nurses ran to help her as well.

"Her cybernetics overheated. She needs to be cooled down." He shouted as they came to help her.

He felt like crap for doing this to her, but it was just a basic duel. He saw her weakness and he exploited it. He thought she was going to accept his offer for the draw, he didn't want to win that way.

"It wasn't like that Zuuka." He told him after he asked about the duel. "I tried to offer her a draw, but her cybernetics went out. I didn't think I was going to damage her that much."


"I think we might want to just sit this one out. We did prank them too and I don't want them get mad at us over it." Yuma thought back at Yuna. He also wondered about the dueling arena and if it was something to do with their DNA being identical or if it was something more sinister as the coach seemed a bit shifty.

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Abigail was out cold in Luke’s arm as the nurses circled around. Pulse was lower than usual, but it’s not every day your cybernetics take over your body temporally when you’re completely out of energy. The lights inside of her cybernetics were still glowing blue, but slightly more faded than usual. The coach and nurses were confused about how she was able to function “normally” before the computer called the duel to the end. Her vitals were all over the charts before she passed out, so they didn’t really know what to expect.

The nurses slowly took Abigail from Luke and started checking basic vitals to see what all was going on. Her implants were going back down to normal temperature, but when they pulled back her eyelids to check her pupils, her cybernetic eye was brighter than the rest of her cybernetics, and it was still red in color. The nurses took note of this along with her vitals, not really focusing on it too much. They tried waking her up a couple times, nothing really worked, but they weren’t worried since her vitals were mostly normal.

After doing all of Abigail’s vitals, the nurses loaded her up onto a small gurney. Abigail’s noncybernetic hand fidgeted for a second and gripped onto Luke’s hand before going limp again as they started to roll her out of the room.

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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After that, the rest of Gym Class went normally...well, normally as any of them would expect for a Gym class in a world of magic, technology, and monsters. Thankfully, other then Abigail, it didn't seem like anyone else had a serious injury that required any real care, most was just band-aids.

At the end of class, the coach addressed everyone.

"Now, this day might seem to have hicups, but in truth this was actually pretty good. You see, a lot of people that come here, especially on their first year, often don't know their own strength and power very well. This total level of injury is actually pretty good. You have to remember, you wont learn much if you only get coddled, protected, and learn and experience what you want. The world is much larger, and far more dangerous, then that, and so part of this school is designed to help make sure you will get out of your comfort zones and be able to deal with it".

He then began addressing individual students, including a few other notable ones, but then got to Luke while mentioning Abigail who was not currently there.

"Luke, I think you might already have an idea about this, but you have to be careful about how you react to things. If you get angry and go overboard too easily, not only could you hurt someone needlessly, but you could also burn bridges that you might not want to burn, and that even your gifts would not be able to repair forcibly. As for Abigail, she is a good example of needing to control your powers and abilities, and to not let yourself go overboard or take too much heat...and to also be careful of who you trust and make friends with".

As that was mentioned, it was probably noted that several of the students did not look at the girl who sold Abigail out with favor...rather, they seemed more disgusted and negative.

"Next up, Alison. What that boy said about you and your family was certainly wrong and horrible, but you overreacted way too much. Not everyone will have the same opinions of you, and not everyone will like you or say good things about you. However, you cant just go and attack anyone who vocalizes those comments with such brutality and bloodlust that you showed earlier".

After that, he turned to the twins while he let Alison ponder those words.

"Yuna, Yuma. First off, you two clearly have your own issues. First off, in the beginning you were highly resistant to doing anything other then the way you wanted. Maybe it might make you feel uncomfortable, vulnerable, or even embarrassed, but you can't always do things your way. Sometimes, you just have to accept that you have to do things you don't want to. And there is no guarentee you will always be able to be together. Also, your start of that fight, you clearly were unable to keep up the motivation to fight seriously. YOu got a bit better at the end, but you never know when you might have to fight against a friend. And in the future, you should avoid argueing with teachers".

And then finally, he turned towards Zuuka.

"And you...first off, I know he said some bad things to you and insulted the people you knew, but that was a bit too brutal of a reaction. Additionally, although it was fine this time, you should be careful in the future about underestimating your opponent and not using all you got. Besides, unless you fight with everything, you wont be able to grow or improve as well. And finally, you also need to remember to stay calm no matter what is said, because otherwise it could leave you with openings and weaknesses".

He then continued on, and went over everyone else in the class, including their strengths and weaknesses. After that, class was finally about over.

"Alright people, that is it for today. Remember to take a shower and wash off all the sweat! It wont be good for any of us if you stink for the rest of the day and bother everyone! And remember about what I told you! Things will only get harder from here!"

And after he said that, the class seperated and went to the lockerrooms where they would take off their gym clothes and shower before next class. As Zuuka stepped under one of the shower heads, he was able to not feel so intimidated by the other older boys showering around him as he worried about if Abigail would be okay and if she would be able to make next class.

He ended up in a position near Luke thankfully, but for a moment when he looked over he got a bit embarrassed again before remembering he was his roommate and asked a question.

"Hey, uhhh...so you two are okay right? Also...should we take notes for Abigail if she is not recovered yet?"

Incidentally, Yuna pulled Yuma over to share a single showerhead, deciding to take his advice and letting some time pass before they got involved again. That said, he was a bit concerned with some of the others using this opportunity to make fun of Yuma, so he decided to help speed things up and wash Yuma himself.

(So I left it here because we didn't decide yet what to have happen next, like what class and such. I think we might timeskip something like math and then have the class after that happen, to give Abigail time to recover though)

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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After the duels were all over, the class resumed as normal. Alison doing a couple more laps after sufficiently resting her weary body. Soon enough time flew by quickly as the end of gym approached as their coached called them all together. He explained that today although a bit bump was actually good because it tested the power boundaries of students. Of course she was exempt from this due to her frailty which she did not mind one bit.

Soon enough the coach began to speak with each of them, and as he went to her he said that even though the bully had pretty much insulted her. However he also told her that she had overreacted to it, and should not do such a thing. Of course...She had no intention of following his advice. He was like some sort of war hero, sure he may have seen death on a large scale, maybe even lost some friends but her family was more precious than that...After everything that has happened, and what happened to the both of them she had zero intention of following his advice.

Why would she just stand around and take the insults of others? A bully was in the same category as a criminal. Who would take their side? No one would care if anything happened to them. If a murderer died would you feel bad for them? No...No you would not. Would you feel bad if a bully who had picked on you all year suddenly vanished? No you would not...Some things need to be taught not with words but with action...

Once the coach finished speaking to each of them, they were all free to head to the locker rooms to change and shower. Although it was still an experience to shower with others in public...She really disliked having to do this but she was sweaty and rather not stink throughout the day...So she sucked it up to keep to herself in a corner before putting on her normal clothes.

With all of that done...She should head to her first class...And perhaps she should make a doll for Abigail. Poor girl was pretty beat up after that duel. She should recover fairly soon no doubt. But for now, she was going to focus on her studies at this moment. She had a goal to complete after all.

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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Luke went to the showers along with the others. When Zuuka asked him a question he had to think for a minute.

"I sure hope we're okay. I didn't want to hurt her that bad, but I wanted to get the point across that I shouldn't be messed with. I honestly can't believe she's the type to do that sort of thing just to fit in with the popular girls." Luke spoke keeping his eyes forward looking at the shower wall as if he were searching for answers that weren't there.

"I just got so mad, maybe it was justified, but it clouded my judgement and I may have taken it too far. I mean she punched me, but she also held my hand right before she passed out so I don't know if we're okay or not. Yeah it might be a good idea to take notes for her, if nothing else as a peace offering."

Yuma was a little bit upset by what the coach had said, but he didn't argue because he also pointed out that they shouldn't argue with the teachers. He thought it was nice that his brother was washing him, but he could feel the concern through their gift.

"You don't have to worry about me all the time, Yuna. I'm not worried about the other kids making fun of us, they just don't know how we do things where we're from. I love that you worry about me, but I need to do a few things for myself, even if it takes me a little longer." He smiled. He wasn't too worried about his brother just yet, but he didn't want him to get to the point where he was smothering him either.


After the showers they all headed off to their next class.

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Zuuka looked back at Luke, and then shrugged. "Yeah....well, I dont know, I am not really great with interacting normally people...but, maybe you went too far? Sorry, I don't know these things very well..."

As he mentioned that, he looked around and noticed the others and couldn't help but compare again, and he stepped closer to Luke while looking down and hoping no one would notice him if he was standing next to Luke who drew more attention lately. Incidentally, he ended up mumbling something as he was embarrassed...

"I kind of wish dad had not trained me so well now...I got placed in an advanced class and almost everyone is taller then me..."

The only exceptions where Yuna and Yuma, who were also more advanced then others their age.

Yuna looked at Yuna with a worried look despite his words. "Okay...but, dont try to hide it from me okay? If anyone bothers you, I will beat them up good!"

And so, after they were done the group went to the next classes as needed, and Zuuka and Yuna took in the words said to them. The first class was a rahter basic and typical class, Math Class. Yuna was not exceptionally good at math though, but he was able to manage to follow along, while Zuuka seemed to ace and understand everything perfectly as he took notes for Abigail. Otherwise, it was a normal, typical class.

Zuuka did get like, five calls in the middle, but he silenced his phone and hoped no one noticed, while trying to hide his embarrassment. Currently, he figured there were only six people who would actually call him, and four were in class as well. Since Abigail was probably still unconscious or resting in the nurses office, it was unlikely she would call, which left only one person. And probably, the only one of the six who would call him in the middle of class.

Thankfuly he somewhat expected this, and had his phone on silent.

Daaaad! Stop calling me in the middle of class!

He knew his dad could be overprotective and worrysome, but it seemed like he, the adult, was less mentally prepared then Zuuka, the child, for this change.

And after that class, the next class came around was...history.

The teacher for history was a High Elf, another variation of Elf different from Wood Elves. High Elves were still pretty diverse, and had personalities as diverse as humans these days, however...to this day, there were still some that looked down on other races, or just the other Elven Races. However, she showed no indication of being like those at all.

"Now then, if everyone is here, I suppose we should begin soon. After all, we are going to be starting off with one of the more interesting areas of history...the Age of Shadows. Does everyone have their text books?"

She said that with a smile that might concern people if they were not in a history class.

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For the next class, it was math class. It was basic math class, no advanced terms yet. However for her she was mostly self schooled, she never had much of an actual experienced teacher to help her learn the problems in depth. So, she sat quietly in her chair and took notes, taking note that Zuuka was getting flustered for some reason.

She waved it off, not taking a deeper look into what troubled him and class passed by quickly. Next class was now history taught by a High Elf. Their topic was the Age of Shadows, she may have read some books about it. But she was curious to know how a history teacher taught the lessons, or what more info he had on the matter. She dug into her purse and pulled out a textbook, looking like a simple but sweet girl ready to learn. And that’s true, she was here to learn.

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Abigail sat up quickly, being slightly tugged by tubes and wires. It took her a second to realize where she was, some nurses office or nursing station of sort. A nurse quickly ran over to her after some machines started going off, signaling she was awake and functional again. “Can I go please?” Was the first thing that came out of her mouth as she turned towards the nurse. At first the nurse wanted her to stay, but Abigail showed her she was fine, moving her cybernetic and normal limbs. Her cybernetics were back to the normal blue glow they gave off, only thing different was that her eye was still a red color. Abigail was confused why her eye was red, but just ignored it, thinking it would just go away

The nurses disconnected all the syringes from Abigail and said she was fine to go. Luckily for her while she was out they had given her a bath and cleaned her so she didn’t have to worry about taking a shower. Abigail put her hair up as she walked back towards the gym to grab her change of clothes, making her bangs cover up her cybernetic eye, to mask over it being red now instead of blue. As she got to back to the gym no one was there so she quickly changed back into her normal clothes and headed to the class, figuring out she missed a class and would be walking into history late.

Abigail knocked on the class door before she walked in, looking at the teacher and the rest of the class staring her being late. “My apologies, was at the nurses station, some… stuff happened.” Abigail said keeping her head low and heading to the back of the class, noticing that Zuuka, Luke, and Alison was in this class as well, along with some other students she’d seen around. She didn’t make eye contact with anything as she sat down and pulled out her text book.

A million thoughts were going through Abigail’s mind. Last thing she remembered was just losing control and watching as she punched Luke, and how she was about to attack him with her rapier. She doesn’t know how or why it happened, or why her eye was still red. She quickly adjusted her hair making sure it still covered her eye in the middle of her thoughts.

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Character Portrait: Yuna Razen Character Portrait: Abigail Morningtide Character Portrait: Alison Price Character Portrait: Luke Sonique Character Portrait: Zuuka Blacklight Character Portrait: Yuma Razen
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Luke breezed through math class easily, then it was time for history and he was actually pretty excited to learn more about the history of Mistviel. Most of the history he knew was about Hessia and the history of the sirens, banshees and merfolk that lived on and around the island. Luke took out his text book and opened it to the first chapter about the Age of Shadows and he was excited to get started. The name alone was enough to conjure images of vile sorcerers and dark wizards.

It was right about then that Abigail walked into the room. Luke felt like a complete jerk for what he had done. He knew he had over reacted and was sure he had made an enemy. He looked away and tried to stay focused on the class, he wasn't sure if he should apologize or if she'd even listen to him if he did.


Yuma sat right next to his brother, though the teacher didn't allow them to scoot the two desks together to make a big desk like they would have wanted. Yuma was also a little intimidated by the sight of a high Elf teaching the class, and while he didn't want to be judgmental, it was hard to ignore all the stories he had heard about the past when the High Elves wanted were able to treat others as lower races even other elves. And wood elves were looked down on as one of the lowest of the elf races.

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"Now that everyone is here, allow me to begin. My name is Revena Suerosia, and I will be your history teacher. First off..."

As she began, she took out what appeared to be some sort of pointer like thing and tapped it against the chalkboard behind her. Suddenly, the words "Age of Shadows" appeared, and along with it a holographic map appeared in front of them and showed the entire region.

"...as you know, the Age of Shadows was a time of not just heroes and adventure, but hardships and threats. Various Demon Beasts...monsters as they were simply known back then, ravaged the lands and threatened all of our ancestors. And with that hardship, Greed, Pride, and Selfishness took root. Such as the subjugation of lower class people, the promotion of racism, and so on. Most people know of legendary heroes such as Gorodan, Tenshi, Essyr, and Duca. About how they held back armies of monsters, about how they slew dragons, toppled corrupt kings. But, there is more to history then just that!"

As she said that, she had the map focus in on a region as the words on the chalkboard changed. Now, the names Tevo and Sybil Rooca was there.

"Many people have forgotten or have just chosen not to mention this, even in some history books, but that is a travesty. And that is the great warrior, who at age fifteen was able to best some of the most dangerous of beasts in his area without any armor and with just an iron sword, known for his great spirit and skill, and his younger brother Sybil, who said said to have charm that matched rainbows and was a magical prodigy. They were not born in some fancy or well known place, and their family suffered. It is hard to say that they won their legend at all. But it is important, and it did happen. Because the area that they lived was consumed into the monster territory even to this day".

After that, she had details about each show up. Tevo Rooca, 17 years old, and Sybil Rooca, 11 years old.

"During the start of the age of Shadows, much of what we know happened today actually came from Sybil's journal. This is a fact that was left out by the kingdom that recovered the journal at the time, possibly because no one knows what happened to Sybil. But, it was confirmed that when Age of Shadows was said to have started, when monsters began to run rampant and expand outward, their village which was close to that area was the first to begin recieving damage and turmoil. According to what we recovered, it appeared the two brothers lost their parents at the very beginning. But instead of running away, they decided to fight and protect their village until reinforcements came, and the younger brother, Sybil, who was 10 when it all started, took notes about what they learned about new types of monsters and what usually showed up to help the reinforcements".

As she spoke, she then expanded the map to show what was that Kingdom at the time, although now that entire area was monster territory.

"However, despite their valient efforts, eventually everyone in the village died. They were hopelessly outnumbered, and instead of sending support for those people, the kingdom decided to use the time to bolster their defenses elsewhere. This is why facts about them were so obscure. The kingdom did not want to admit that, for an entire year, they left them out there to die for them. When an investigation team was finally sent, they found a grave for the older brother only a few weeks old, and only the younger brother's bloody journal was found. But, if it wasn't for these two, it was possible that the Age of Shadows would have been the last age for this entire continent".

As she remarked about that, she then turned towards the class with a sharp look in her eyes.

"Now, tell me. From all this, what is the first mistake that people who investigate, not just history but any mystery, can often make?"

That question, which appeared all of a sudden, could be instinctively felt to hold great meaning and importance, and for those who answered correctly might receive great praise and marks. But that provided giving an accurate and valid answer.

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“The first mistake ma’m? Well, from my opinion the first mistake in looking at history and mystery is assumptions. From what we know, usually history is told by the victors. Never those defeated, or the ones unfortunate to be stuck in the middle of it. Usually since we can’t just go back in time, we rely on books and stories to tell us what happened in the older days. Books created by some historian in the past we never met before. Usually, we belive that the books we read on history is the truth. In one aspect, there is some truth but never the full truth. Some history is left out on purpose. And mystery, it takes the words of someone famous to easily make a mystery a truth. But there is always something behind any mystery.” Alison started.

“Of course, this is only my educated opinion...I am no genius on matters like this so...I hope I answered alright...” She added as she patiently awaited for any rebuttal from the teacher.

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Luke sat and listened to the teacher's lesson and also listened to Alison give a very educated response. He did feel a little bit at a disadvantage not being from this region.

"Along the same lines as what Alison just mentioned, when it comes to both history and mysteries alike, people tend to work backward from these assumptions. They go into the mysteries or look back at history with an assumption of what happened and they look for evidence that supports these assumptions and often ignore evidence that conflicts with these assumptions, giving us a skewed version of the truth." Luke said trying to sound confident in his answer.


Yuma also took a shot at giving a response.

"Another mistake that is often made when it comes to those is that people often believe they are not a part of what they are investigating. With history, we often see ourselves as separate from the past instead of the product of it. With mysteries, we seem to forget that the act of trying to solve the mystery can sometimes say more about the person trying to solve it than the person who is responsible for mystery."