The twilight-hollows of Murrchel Academy stretched endlessly before Abraham as he walked through the hollowed corridors, the scarred-earth slick with rain-lashed mist. Each step echoed faintly, stone-veined floors whispering forgotten-lore, shadowed-keep walls looming like silent sentinels.
Hollow Cry whispered in his soul core, A quiet, constant reminder of the pulsewave stayed with him.
Jennifer walked next to him, her amber eyes reflecting an otherworldly light through strands of rain, golden-red strands of hair that stuck to her face.
Her soul-core pulse was calm, measured, yet tethered-mind intensity radiated faintly. Abraham felt the fragile intimacy between them, a resonant pull, pulsewave harmonizing in subtle, unspoken synchronization.
"Abraham…" Jennifer's voice was trembling, yet fervent, carrying yearning over the wind-riven expanse of the courtyard. "Do you… sense it? Something is moving… watching us."
His Hollow Cry surged in response, tethered and unbound, like a rising tempest within. "Yes… I can feel it. The hollowed halls, the shadowed-keep… something waits in the rift-carved darkness."
A shiver of mist unfurled along the scarred-earth, twisting into shapes, malevolent and hollow, rift-born whispers curling in the air. Abraham's chest tightened as his soul core pulsewave reacted, tethered to the unseen.
From the fog, a new figure emerged. Her crimson hair flowed in the rain, damp and wild, amber eyes glowing with malice-bound curiosity. She moved with a sublime-force grace, each step precise, controlled, yet haunted by fragility.
"I… I'm Maria Forger," she said, voice low yet fervent, pulsewave flickering around her soul-core. "I've… been searching for the Hollow Cry… and… perhaps… for you."
Jennifer's gaze sharpened, conflicted-mind churning, aura-bound vigilance rising. "Why are you here? What are your intentions?"
Maria smiled, a sad but firm expression on her face.
"I survive… and I seek those who understand power… those who resonate."
Abraham's Hollow Cry quivered, sublime-force tethering him to both girls. He felt pulsewave resonance, fragile yet boundless, Progress flickering in response. The three of them stood in silent communion, the hollowed corridors around them seeming to listen, pulse, and anticipate.
For a moment, everything went slow . The courtyard, marked by rifts, the shadowed keep, and the scarred earth were all filled with Hollow Cry. Pulsewaves mixed, and delicate, intimate feelings vibrated in the damp air. Abraham's heart beat strongly, pulled by emotion, with longing, fear, and excitement all connected.
"Then… we survive… together," Abraham said, voice steady yet charged with fervor, his soul-core pulsewave brightening, Progress climbing. Jennifer's light seemed to waver, delicate but steady. Maria's eyes, the color of amber, relaxed a bit as she started to trust Jennifer.
A sudden tremor broke the quiet. A shadow, as if born from a tear in reality, burst out of the misty void. Its empty tendrils twisted in the dim light, looking twisted and evil.
Jennifer reacted instantly, water orb blooming, shielding both Abraham and Maria. Abraham felt his Hollow Cry surge, pulsewave tethering, and flames erupted in a sublime-force arc, soul core resonance weaving with the others. Maria's soul-core burst, shard-light flaring, piercing the shadow with frenzied precision.
The three moved as one — tethered pulsewave, boundless Hollow Cry, sublime-force attacks colliding with malevolent mist. Each strike was rending, shredding, sundered, lunging, slashing, Momentum-driven, Overpowering, tethered by instinct and trust.
Abraham's Psychological Tone surged — conflicted-mind, fervent, yearning, fragile yet unyielding, pulsewave pushing Progress. Jennifer's aura-bound shield shimmered, pulsewave harmonizing, water and flame entwined. Maria's shard-light lances struck with sublime precision, pulsewave tethered, Progress glowing brighter with every impact.
The shadows shrieked, hollowed cries echoing, rift-born whispers weaving into dark essence, malice-bound and wraith-haunted, hollowed corridors trembling under the Hollow Cry surge.
After endless minutes, the shadows collapsed into rift-born mist, leaving the courtyard scarred, rain-lashed, and vibrating with energy. Abraham's soul-core pulsewave slowed, Hollow Cry tethered, Progress flickering but steadily rising.
Jennifer turned to Maria, eyes conflicted yet admiring, pulsewave flickering. "Your control… precise… dangerous."
Maria's tethered-mind intensity softened, fragile intimacy glimmering, fervent yet restrained. "I… survive… and seek understanding. And… connection."
Abraham's chest throbbed. Hollow Cry pulsewave radiated between them — fragile, boundless, intoxicating, Progress spiking. He stepped closer, tethered-mind resonating, soul-core pulsewave entwined.
The mist-shrouded courtyard held them, three figures, fragile yet bound, pulsewave harmonizing, Hollow Cry tethered, scarred-earth beneath them whispering forgotten-lore. The academy's hollowed corridors seemed alive, watching, anticipating, awaiting the next step in their awakening.
[Quest Updated: Hollow Cry Awakening — Phase Two Initiated]