Arc of the Souls Chapter 68: Arc 2, Chapter 45 - Nunri

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[ Mobilizers Base 1 Health Clinic, Testharia ] { 52 minutes and 24 seconds after the attempted assassination of Second-Leader Asheera Eria } Whirring, clicking and echoing. Clicking, echoing and whirring. Those were the only 3 sounds present in Soraya Jashugan's room. The room where she'd continue her work every day tending to patients and to add new entries into the database of the hospital. Ever since Kaioshun's arrival on Testharia which the Testharian's call the Slaughter of the Innocent, the added number of patients, exacerbated by more frequent terror attacks by Lantisul loyalists certainly gives her no second of rest. A sigh followed suit, as well as the sound of scattering pencils onto the floor. “Shit...” This wasn't a good work ethic. She was a professional and she must do her job accordingly. Soraya picked up her pencils one by one before they rolled further away from her desk, her arms ached and it's already been at least 2 hours since she last stood up. She sat back down, opening an inquiry left by the hospital's director regarding the influx of patients and the upcoming meeting with her colleagues in the Central Health Ministry later in the evening. She read it out loud, sighing more and more after each repulsive sentence. It almost sounds like hatred falling onto deaf ears. Soraya was about to type out a reply before her data pad was disrupted by a priority call. Incoming Call: Director Finne “What now?” The frustration grew louder, itching more inside Soraya's mind. She tapped onto the screen. The call was answered. [C]: “I trust I'm not disturbing anything, Soraya?” “Not particularly...” [C]: “I've got some news from the Great Kamisword himself. He told me to relay this to you. He said it's top priority.” “One second...” Soraya was fishing for her notes regarding the Great Kamisword's instructions. Her hands were shaking, possibly due to anxiety or just the sheer amount of exhaustion she is in at the moment. She couldn't find it. “Was this about who tried to assassinate Her Majesty? If so, I may have left the note somewhere in... hold on...” Soraya put the director on speaker and bolted off her seat, walking over to the drawer she last recalled putting her notes in. The Great Kamisword's note. The one that told her specifically to take care of a special patient. One who was found allegedly lifeless in the Central Park. She read the note thoroughly, trying not to miss any clues that could be detrimental if she forgot to mention even a single part to her director. “I don't get it. When I was treating her, there wasn't any Soul-Residue left by the perpetrator... or anything at all. Even those without a Soul utilize Soul-Energy so this has to be impossible.” The Director's voice came through the speaker. [C]: “The Great Kamisword stated that the one who attempted to assassinate Madame Viceroy was someone lacking both... No Soul and no Soul-Energy.” Silence. Soraya's mind raced. No soul. No soul-energy. She just heard the impossible. She froze in her place, staring at the note that explicitly told the same thing but in greater detail. First, anxiety clouded her mind and then she was being eaten by the impossibility of it. It's incomprehensive. Lacking both is impossible. You can't even be born if you have no correlation to what builds life. Soul-Energy. She dropped the note, her hands now trembling harder than before. “Hey... Director... Is this some kind of joke?” Her voice shook. Fear crept in. [C]: “Unfortunately, my dear. The Great Kamisword doesn't joke.” “... What does the Great Kamisword ask of me? I have saved Madame Viceroy's life, but... Trying to get behind who this person is or how they operate is... beyond my capabilities.” [C]: “Bring your notes. All of them. The Great Kamisword wishes to see you immediately.” = = = { 4 minutes after the attempted assassination of Second-Leader Asheera Eria } The Great Kamisword stormed through the hallways of the hospital, ordering the doctors and surgeons to find So