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The sky slowly fades into shades of purple and pink, the grass rustling between Flame's feet as he walked through the flowery fields of March.
He felt compelled to just walk around, he didn't know why but his body was basically begging for it. He was feeling cold, which was rare for a blaze hybrid. Flamefrags reached the edge of the cliff. Slowly, he leaned forward and stared down at the water below, his brain measuring how long it would take for this height to bring him down -- maybe only a few seconds.
Flame chuckled before sitting at the very edge, letting the warm wind hit his dreads and making them sway slowly. He laid down on the grass, letting his legs swing at the edge of the cliff. Flame stared at the sky above, seeing the shades of lilac slowly fade to blue, then black. The stars decorated the night sky, twinkling with each stare of the eye.
Flame sighed as his thoughts were slowly filled with words that could only be described as "exhaustion". He was exhausted by the fact that this server barely wants him in it. Every time he finally had peace and quiet, someone would always want to come up and challenge him. Despite having Lomedy who would always try and pull him away from every fight -- every challenger doesn't care -- they always want to test his skill, always want to see if he's actually what he proclaims, a "Combat Master".
He started getting tired of it. Lomedy was starting to complain, even if it was subtle. Flame started laughing, almost hysterical. He was so fucking tired of everything.
Does nobody in the server understand the words "leave him alone"? He simply wanted peace after a long time of fighting almost everyone in this god forsaken server. Why does everyone think he could take a fight at any point of time? Flame just wanted to sleep and quietly mourn for the loss of his fucking peace.
Flame closed his eyes behind the blindfold, letting the back of his palm lay on top.
Then suddenly, he heard the soft rustle of leaves, he slowly opened his eyes, opened slightly to make sure it doesn't hurt as much before scoffing softly.
Yumi.
"What are you doing in my bountiful garden, Mr. Flamefrags?" Yumi leans down to look at him from above, her hair falling away from her face gracefully.
Flame simply scoffs as he turns away from Yumi, making her chuckle as she stands up straight. Her eyes looking over at the flower field before her. “You do know if you actually fall off that cliff, there’s nothing saving you from death right?” Yumi said as she moves over to Flame’s side and starts kicking him from the side.
”Stand up or I’m pushing you over the void.” Yumi insists, pulling Flame up by his forearm. “By the way, don’t you have like, a hangout with your group of… what do you call them?” Yumi mentions, she remembers Flame received a letter a few days ago from the current king of unstable, ParrotX2.
”Acquaintances, and yeah, I was just about to leave anyway,” Flame replies, his voice completely monotone, his feet barely able to keep him standing without Yumi's support. "Can you call Lomedy over? And if it's possible, can you come with us?"
Yumi looks over at Flame and wonders if she was hearing things correctly, "What? Wait a minute, why?" She questions Flame, her eyes staring into Flame's blindfold, she wanted to find something, maybe a hint of reason for why Flame would invite her, when she barely left the Farlands and has only ever left if there was a need or purpose.
"Because... I need you to be there, if something happens to me and Lomedy can't do anything, I'll need you to help him. Also because I just want both you and Lomedy with me for support."
Yumi chucklesbefore she starts laughing hysterically. Flame groaned, annoyed, as he pulls himself away from her grasp, walking away from her. "I can't believe it! The Flamefrags, THE Immortal Demon wants the Keeper of Life to come with him to a hangout! A HANGOUT!" Yumi, simply having the time of her life teasing Flame.
”I can’t believe this…” Yumi slowly starts calming herself down before she gently pats Flame’s back, chuckling softly, “you know what? Sure dude, I’ll join you and Lomedy, cause why not.” Flame scoffs, not annoyed anymore, before he starts walking over to his side of Yumi’s massive base, needing to grab some stuff before they leave to the hangout location.
Yumi headed over to where Lomedy stood, watching over the animals and the farm that were peacefully growing. She taps Lomedy’s shoulder gently, making him look over his shoulder to see the Keeper of this base. “There’s a hangout, Flame was invited and he wants us to come with him.”
Lomedy tilts his head to the side, wondering why Yumi was joining them, but he slowly realized the answer to that, especially since only he and Yumi knew about Flame’s current state.
He nodded slowly, turning away from the farm and following Yumi who started walking towards their restocking area where Flame was sitting down, simply waiting for both of them.
”Yo Flame!” Lomedy waves at Flame direction who smiles as he sees his best friend behind Yumi, “should we head out?” Asks Flame as he stands up, placing a few pills into one of his shulkers before he places them into his ender chest.
”Yeah, we should, don’t wanna be late for your little hangout.” Yumi chuckles softly as she pearls towards a redstone machine, capable of teleporting anyone to any coordinate when used properly. Flame and Lomedy quickly follow Yumi, “do you have the coords Flame?” She asks as she walks over to the side to input the coordinates.
”Uh, yeah, I’ll send it over through the coms,” Flame grabs his communicator from his pocket and types Yumi the coordinates. Yumi hums, taking a look at her communicator before turning back to the teleporter to input the coordinates. Flame walks over to Ashen, placing 20 pieces of steak on his bowl, petting him gently before he walks over to the teleporter.
”Toss it whenever you’re ready Flame!” Yumi shouted, finally finished inputting the coordinates. She walks over to Lomedy and witnesses Flame tossing his enderpearl up, the teleporter’s sensors turning on and tossing the pearl around before throwing it towards the specified location.
”See you two there,” was the last thing Yumi and Lomedy heard before his pearl landed. Lomedy followed after, waving his hand towards Yumi before he teleported away.
”Hm… Guess I’ll finally see how this story unfolds.” Yumi whispers to herself, staring at the pearl in her hands before she chuckled softly. “I wonder how Flame’s condition will affect his personality.”
She tosses her pearl up at the teleporter, her eyes watching the pearl be tossed around before being thrown at the same direction where Flame and Lomedy’s pearl also went. “Should probably prepare for both the worst and good situations. I’ll take out @₱€$% later.”