He’d repeat, low and unnerving. Despite the tension in the air lifting, despite his demeanor no longer hostile, Ghadius’ had a venomous tone. No longer enraged by the foolish one approaching him, trying to do… something to him… he still wasn’t too thrilled. The spirit refused to face Klonoa, but he could tell the kid had no intentions of leaving any time soon. And that frustrated him, yet confused him greatly.
“You. The one who’d constantly defy me and my minions plot of revenge on the miserable world.”
The hero, offering to help Ghadius, the Spirit of Darkness and King of Nightmares? What a mockery it all was! To give an empty promise and have nothing come of it Did Klonoa really think he could trick him like he was nothing but a gullible moron? How dare he.
“You, who, along with that prince, defeated me. Humiliated me. You and those mortals, celebrating my defeat…”
The thought of such a thing, from his enemy! The child hadn’t proved to be trustworthy to him at all! The traveler of all these foolish dreams had only proven him that he is capable of shooing nightmares away. The nerve!
‘ what if i could help you ? ‘
That was it. The phrase would be enough to make him snap.
“Do you REALLY expect me to believe A WORD that comes out from your mouth?”
At last, the he turned towards the dream traveler. Voice grew more strained. The lingering feeling of tension in the air gradually returning, with the dark spirit shaking like a tree as flaming shadows danced on his form. The past few moments have been quite the roller coaster of emotions, haven’t they?
“I helped shape this world, I’ve been here LONG before any of the eldest ancestors! I am just as much a part of this world as the people and the others! Yet I am shunned and cast away. And you. You appear, and ruin everything. Ruin my one chance at avenging my imprisonment. Do you really believe I’ll trust you after the others sent you to stop me then? Like they didn’t respect me enough to come after me themselves?!”
But the other spirits weren’t even around during that stunt he pulled..
“Do you HONESTLY think it will undo millennia of beliefs and traditions? What do you think will change? Why. WHY are you being so difficult? WHY are you trying so hard with me!?
“WHY do you WANT to HELP ME?”
you subconsciously began to back up as his initially low, seething tone & demeanor further grew more rageful & loud ... by the time he finished his words, you had backed all the way up to where you dropped the wind ring ／ the edge of your heel steps on it & you stop as it snapped you out of moving, eyes shift to the side glancing over your shoulder.
maybe this is a sign that you should take this opportunity to leave like he told you to, maybe you're just making things worse.
you close your eyes briefly, instead you chose to kick back the wind ring with the heel of your shoe further & push it out of the scene entirely ／ you then look on & step a few feet forward to face him once again.
once you speak up, your voice starts off a bit shaky ／ which you couldn't help, fear is still present within you & the sudden return of all the tension, the overwhelming density of anger ghadius emitted wasn't helping your anxieties any ... you try your best to keep it together.
❝ i thought that you were sealed away because you were evil & bad. but talking to you, i learned more from you and ... realized some things on my own that i didn't until now, i- i ... don't think you're evil. i think you've been sad … for a long time … it isn’t right that everyone else is happy & you don’t get to be, too ... ❞
❝ i- i don't know about these ... 'others' that you said sent me, the .. the only one i know who led me here was huepow. he told me that himself ... he gave me the wind ring, too. ❞
❝ and ... i get that there's a lot of history & beliefs that are against me, it might not do much good, but ... it doesn't hurt to try ... i gotta try ! if you tell me where i could find the other spirits, me & huepow can talk to them ... if you don't believe me, let me prove to you that you can trust me ! ❞
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