Aethelos: The Bastard of Light

(SCENARIO: Same clearing. Smoke clearing. Eli Cari on the ground.) · The pain was a crushing burden, but the sight of the savior made Eli Cari momentarily forget his body. The author of the shurikens stepped out of the trees: it was the apple thief. · The apple thief (now revealed as Ninjespeed) has lighter hair (light brown), an agile and light appearance, simple clothes. Confident and slightly clumsy expression. · The young man approached with a light, stealthy walk and looked at Eli Cari. “Tchiiiiiiiiiiii! You’re in a terrible state. Clearly you didn’t even see me arriving.” His voice was clumsy and joking — a total contrast to the brutality of the clearing. · Eli Cari, shocked to see him there, tried to speak, his voice fragile and trembling. “Get out while you still can…” · The thief rolled his eyes. “Then let’s go. In that state you can’t even crawl.” · Glinn, furious, ripped the shuriken from his shoulder and roared: “Aaaaaah! Bring whoever you want, it won’t be enough!” · “Don’t worry, it’s just me,” the thief answered with an insolent smile. He looked to the side and said: “Hey, you, sleepyhead, wake up. You guys did well, but now take the rest of the day off.” · Lygar, despite the pain, stood up. His Noxian discipline was stronger than the shock. Lygar has longer, spiky black/dark hair. Lygar has dark purple/violet eyes. Lygar wears dark clothing. He approached Yana. “Hey, hey, wake up. Can you walk on your own?” · Yana opened her eyes. Yana has dark hair of medium length. Yana has green or light-brown eyes. Her Éteris was exhausted, but her body was recovering quickly. “I can. Just don’t ask me to run.” · Lygar, without a word, picked up Eli Cari and started moving away from the scene. · Halfway there, Eli Cari struggled. “We shouldn’t leave him alone! We’re being cowards!” · Lygar stopped, his patience gone. He exploded, his words sharp as his Shadow blade. “Damn it, Eli! Don’t you understand the situation? You’re completely wrecked. In this state you’d only get in the way, you get it? Sometimes retreat is the best strategy!” · Yana reinforced what he was saying with the calm of reason. “He’s right, Eli. We’re in a very weakened state, and right now any opponent can be a threat to us.” · Eli Cari sighed, his morals in conflict with logic. “Aaaaf, I know you’re right… but I feel bad leaving him behind.” · Lygar tightened his grip on Eli Cari. “Eli, the choice was his. You have to move forward with that, okay? Now, let’s stop here.” · Yana, seeing the location, became alarmed. “Lygar, we’re still very close to Glinn. If he defeats that guy, he’ll catch us and we’re finished.” · “We’re staying here,” Eli Cari insisted. “Because if the apple thief needs help, we’ll go.” · Lygar rolled his eyes. “The battle ate your brain! We’re not staying here to save the thief. We’re staying here because Glinn’s show-off clearly scared off some competitors from this area.” His argument was pure Noxian pragmatism. · Yana, cautious, said: “I hope you’re right. Because when that happened, the guy appeared. And when I was attacked by those mercenaries, it drew the attention of you and Eli.” · Lygar remained silent, doubting his own luck. · Eli Cari, feeling the pain ease a little, made the final decision. “We’re staying here until we recover some vitality".