Arc of the Souls Chapter 14: Arc 1, Chapter 14 - The Turning Point, Part Two

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Jumkou sat down on a bench with a new friend. Both were indulging into the warm meal in their hands and looked satisfied. "Mm... This thing tastes like heaven! I never expected such great tasting food!" They both smiled at each other through chewed up mouthfuls. It really made their hearts happy, even after just meeting for such a brief period. She didn't forget her mission, for sure. But even someone like her deserved some moments of peace here and there before carrying on with it. Jumkou looked up at the sky which was partially obstructed with lit up skyscrapers. Every skyscraper was filled with billboards of all kinds of stuff, with orange and blue lighting all around. A bit strange when you consider what time of day it is, but it adds to the beauty of the city itself. Testharians, while being as democratic as they could be, were also patriotic as all can be. It showed through flags posted up nearly every street corner she had come across so far. Some of the flags represented specific companies whereas others represented government officials and politicians themselves. It made Jumkou confused for obvious reasons. Democracy and Patriotism was a weird combo by itself. "That's right..." Jumkou said. "Testharia is one of many so it would for sure have it's own system of ruling. But the galaxy is so big that you'd forget that there are hundreds of wars going on beyond this planet." She grabbed her neck. It started to feel cold... very cold. Something bad was about to happen, but she didn't know that. Tristate City was known for it's sudden drop in temperatures due to the artificial weather system. It wasn't a big drop but enough to notice and bother certain sensitive people. But it wasn't the snow or the wind. "Am I feeling a sense of intrusion or... is it just cold?" She looked around her surroundings, all pedestrians walking about. And then, a siren blasted around the busiest streets of Tristate City, indicating an incoming urgent announcement. People immediately stood still near any speakers they could find that may announce the reason for it. All sorts of shops were also closed at once without hesitation nor any reason behind it. The only things left on the street were parked cars from the morning drive in traffic and stray dogs looking curiously. A hologram of the most well known Testharian news channel would be projected onto the Eria Tower, revealing a huge sheet of a projected screen for everyone to see. Jumkou watched, along with the stranger she met minutes earlier, standing nearby but trying not to get too close to the folk alien she didn't know very well. It was about the news of a strong, condensed storm destroying the Yucares Town, with half of the town population killed. There was also a bystander who was killed by a perpetrator. However, there were no concrete details about it's appearance, only that he had white hair and red clothing. It wasn't clear if it was a Testharian or an outsider. "A... terrorist...?" Jumkou stumbled a little and then sat down. She held her head. It started getting vehemently cold, and it was eating away at her mind. This power... this feeling... I feel bad. I feel very bad. What is happening, why does it hurt! It hurts! My brain trembles! It feels as if everything and everything was going through my body! I feel... Agh! Stopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthisstopthis!!!!!! Stop violating my head! Stop putting thoughts inside my head! Stop filling my thoughts up like a broken machine! The woman approached her, worried for her condition. "M-miss? Are you okay?" She asked while ge