Agnisotra: Origin Tails

It took me a while to figure out how and what but I found out how to gather useful information. There is a small outpost outside of Scassarras where Raishin seemed to have been held for a day before he got sent off. If I only acted a bit faster. I sneaked into the outpost and observed the security. It was quite mediocre. That doesn’t mean it would be easy for me to sneak around though. Agnis or even Gregory would have an easier time getting around here. Maybe I should have gone to the palace with Gregory and should have sent Agnis to deal with this. I vaguely remembered something Gregory and Agnis told me about sneaking around. Make my mana thin. I got a bit better at mana control this last year but I’m not sure I can do this well enough to go by unnoticed. I managed to sneak into a building. I had to hide in a toilet stall because someone heard my footsteps.

“Quite the busy day, eh?”

“Can you please not talk to me while I’m taking a piss?”

“Come on we got worked to the bone since queen Shera came back from her long trip.”

“I heard rumors that they just kept her asleep.”

“Anyways since she woke up the king got extra serious on finding Shania, unfortunately, this involved them sending a multitude of ‘criminals’ to Event Horizon.” Yeah, please keep this a secret but I’m getting paid to take a shit at the moment, I’m using this to get a break.

“Great, another one, can you guys stop talking to me while I’m taking a piss?!” It is so exhausting, hey are there some people that they brought in that caught your attention?

“Hmm, to be honest, most seem like regular civilians, there were some human traffickers between them though…”

“I see I guess I won’t be able to piss in silence… If you can’t beat them, join them. There was one funny kid that claimed to be the boyfriend of the princess though.”

“There are crazy people like that anywhere, I don’t even know what the princess looks like, but if she looks anything like the queen, she surely is a hottie, huehue.”

“Stop laughing so creepy!” A funny kid? Are they even sending kids to Event Horizon?

“It seems so, weirdly enough he got sent to one of the deeper rings.” Deeper rings? I'm quite new here and didn’t ask many questions, what do you mean by that? I heard someone close his zipper and the splashing of water.

“I don’t know exactly what it means but the lower the number of the layer the worse the crime is. I heard he got sent to Layer 2.”

“Layer 2? What could a kid do to deserve that?”

“Who knows, maybe he really was the boyfriend of the princess haha!”

“Haha! Hey don’t take too long taking your shit! It will put more work on us!” The 2 men left the toilet area. I got out of my stall and looked around. Nobody was here. So, this prison, Event Horizon, has layers and they sent Raishin to layer 2. I don’t know how big this place is so I might have to get a more precise location. I peeked out in the corridor and saw nobody; I walked through the corridor and went into the first door I found when I heard voices or footsteps approaching. I looked around and I was in a strange room. There was nobody in this room luckily. I tried to figure out what this room was but I was having difficulties because it was quite dark. I felt around but I couldn't find something that could illuminate the room. My eyes slowly got used to the dark. It seemed like quite a strange room but I didn’t have time since I heard people approaching. I saw a cabinet with boxes on it. I climbed on it and hid behind the boxes.

Two tall men entered the room and turned on the lights. One had hair that looked like fire and another man had a long beard. It reminded me of a dwarf but dwarfs aren’t this tall. Both men sat down and looked through a window. There was a room on the other side of the window and s middle-aged man got sat down in the room. A person in a dark blue uniform entered and sat down and interrogated the middle-aged man. I assume this is an interrogation room. I couldn't hear well what the interrogation was about but I could figure out what it was about. The conversation between the man with the flame hair and the man with the large beard implies that this is about the princess ‘Kidnapping’. They were discussing in which cell they would lock up this man.

“Let’s lock him up in the 8th layer, North wing, section 3, cell 12.”

“A lot of so-called criminals lately, do you think they are all guilty?”

“That is not our job, we are not the jury, we just do as we’re told and lock these people up based on how crazy they seem.”

“Most of these seem like normal people…” The man with the flaming hair looked at the man with the beard.

“Well, that kid we sent away yesterday was quite crazy.”

“Well, I didn’t want to send him to Layer 2, but according to the protocol he should be locked up in layer 3 or worse, unfortunately, it doesn't take age into account. The best I could do was send him to the East wing, which is the best part of the layer but still…”

“What has this country come to that they even send young kids into a prison made for dangerous criminals just for possibly interacting with the princess…” The man with the flaming hair put his head in his hands.

“Well, section 6 is quite empty so he won't have to deal with many criminals.”

“That's not the point, but whatever, the palace isn't interested in if these people are at fault or not, they just want to send them to prison, and nothing we can do about it, send this guy away and get the next one in.” I had to sit through multiple of these interrogations. I started to get cramps but if I moved, I would get into trouble. After what felt like an eternity these guys decided to take a break.

I waited for 5 minutes or so until I got out of my hiding spot. They turned off the light when they left but I got accustomed to it. I made sure to not knock over anything. I went to the desk the two men were sitting at and looked through the files. I looked at the date of yesterday. I found out where Raishin was sent. Event Horizon, Layer 2, East wing, Section 6, cell 4. I made sure to memorize this, put everything back in its place, and put my ear to the door. I didn't hear anything so I opened the door and tried to leave the building. I heard footsteps and got into the toilets and locked myself in a toilet stall, again. I heard someone come in and about a minute later someone else.

“Yoo!”

“You again? Please let me piss in silence!”

”Aww, come on bro, we had a nice chat earlier today!”

“Hey! What the fuck! Don't slap my back when I’m taking a piss!”

“So cold, go pee out the bad energy! I wonder if that other guy is here too.” Sup!

“Oh shit! He’s here too! I hope you’re here again and not that you’re still here.” Nope, I’m here again, I think I might have eaten something that didn't agree with my stomach.

“Look at us! We should become the toilet brothers!”

“I’d rather not! Leave me piss and that guy take a shit, nobody comes here to chat!”

“So hey, yesterday…”

“Alright! I’m done!” I heard a zipper and someone leave.

“Hey, that’s dirty bro! You didn't wash your hands! Shitting bro are you still there?” I decided to not respond. I heard another zipper.

“Shitting bro?” I heard a stall getting opened and another. I have a bad feeling about this. This random guy finally got to the stall I locked myself up in.

“Hey, you didn't shit so much that you passed out, did you?” I decided to climb up and go into the stall next to mine that he already checked.

“Hello?” I carefully got out of my stall and sneaked past him. He was quite rude he decided to look from under the door. I checked the corridor and it seemed safe. I made haste and left the building but before I left, I heard someone screaming about a toilet ghost. This drew the attention of the people outside and the chaos enabled me to escape. In the distance, I saw a strange large vehicle depart going southeast but I didn't have time to give it more thought. I returned to Scassarras and decided to spend a night there before heading toward Ainahs.