Hm?
Sky who awoke from his slumber, gazed at the wooden ceiling.
His hand reached for his neck, inspecting it carefully. Finding nothing pressing there.
"Lilith?" He whispered out, no one answered.
'Strange...No assassination attempt today.'
Maybe he was spared the hassle, must be his lucky day.
Creakkk
He got up from his bed and inspected his room.
It was a medium size cozy room. The living hall and kitchen were integrated together, a dining table at the corner, bed near the window.
Moonlight lit the room, as the gas powered lamps were out.
The bracelet on sky's right arm glowed and displayed the time:
[2nd Feb 0:04:05]
It was four in the morning, a time sky hated once but got used to after daily nightly assassinations.
Yawnnn~
He gave out a long yawn and lazily got into the bathroom.
After a while he got out and wore his formal uniform.
"As handsome as ever." He whistled while checking himself in the mirror.
In the mirror was a man in his early twenties. He had inky black hair and bright molten gold eyes. A clean and sharp face. Something that could be considered charming.
He wore a black suit, with plane white undershirt paired with yellow tie and black trousers.
He finished his dressing with a pair of white gloves.
"Perfect!" He whispered cheerfully, giving out a small smile to himself.
Even if no one cheers you, you yourself is enough.
Fixing his hair, he walked towards the kitchen cabinets.
His hand by habit went towards the box of orange juice. It stopped, hesitated then picked up the tea beside it.
'I should try something unusual.' He reasoned. It was definitely not because of low supply of orange juice.
Sky brewed the expensive tea and strolled towards the window by the bed.
Cold morning air rushed in his face, taking away the drowsiness that remained.
The crowded streets were empty, every house was out cold, silence permeated throughout the city.
A Gaint azure cresent moon hung in the sky, swimming in the Celestial river that was the bright starry sky of StarStrek.
Constellations, stars, nebula, aurora. It was like viewing Milky way from afar.
"Ha~ a wonderful way to start the day." He quietly exclaimed while sipping on his tea.
'To think ancient humans saw this every night outside in the Epoch of Mythology.' Sky was a bit envious of them.
Every time he gazes at them, he is reminded - he is truly in another world.
This world as grew on him, after spending so many years and making so many acquaintances.
Though this year been hectic, he survived it... almost. The last act of the year is still remaining, this might be calm before the storm.
'Well, who cares, I am the centre of the storm anyways' He banished the unnecessary bad thoughts, his preparations are enough. Risks were given on his path. No need to ruin the morning with them.
Finishing the tea, sky retreated back into the comfy warmth of the room.
Setting aside the tea cup, he quickly scanned the news and letters, checking if any inquestor or authority personnel have any leads on his location.
Affirming that were none, he cleaned up the room and walked out of his room.
Sky was mindful of his steps, so has to not accidentally wake up his teammates who lived adjacently.
They have been working hard nowadays, working enthusiastically on some random project, if only they worked so hard on trials instead....they might have already conquered the current one.
With many things on his mind he walked down the narrow staircase, that led to the ground floor - library cafe hybrid.
Hm?
From the staircase, he saw that the ground floor was brightly lit up.
Did someone forget to turn off the gas lamps? Or is someone awake at this hour.
He dismissed the second thought, those idiots would not be awake to read at this hour.
With sneaky steps he went down.
"Hey, not there....don't touch that! Ouch!" A quite feminine voice wispered to someone.
'.. that sounds suspicious.. anyways, that's the sleepy head Nyx...why she awake, I thought she will wake up at eleven not four in the freking morning....this is serious!'
With a serious expression, he continued evesdropinng.
"Aeon can you hold this." Another feminine voice.
This time it was the voice of the petite owner of cafe. Who was addressing Aeon.
'Aeon is also awake? I went to bed before him.'
Sky smelled a faint sweet fragrance of baked cake.
'cake? Are they celebrating something.' he came to an conclusion.
'but the team aniversary is few months later? Did they get a girlfriend or boyfriend to celebrate about?'
He quickly dismissed the last notion. Aeon will forever be alone with his dull personality and those girls are too lazy and crazy for any man to date them. They can't even bother to get down the stairs for missions he assigned.
'I remember all their birthdays, today isn't it....hmm what could it be..' He racked his brain for solution.
"Hm? The valves are spinning! Look Nyx."
'Huh? Gas valve spinning?!' Sky's face paled in fear. They are still in debt from the last incident!
He got out of his hiding to reparmand them,
"Nyx, Lillth! Get away from...the.." his words got stuck into his mouth, as he saw the state of the room.
Nyx and Lilith were wearing a party one piece outfit, currently fighting over decorative lighting and consequently getting tangled with it.
The cafe owner also changed into something new for once, wearing that old cristmas dress he once made as a joke.
Aeon stood at a corner, covered in confetti. A blowout on his mouth.
In center was a big cake, above it written in crappy handwriting-
[Happy Birthday Sky!]
"..."
"Ah..Hehehahahahaha!" After a brief moment of shock, he unconsciously started laughing.
Ah! Today was his birthday. In the rush of all things and worry of what's next - he forgot the present.
He turned 21 today.
That's why they have been restless for once. For me they were.
"Pooooo!" Aeon blew the blow out nonchalantly. His dead eyes looking at me, I could tell they were congratulating me.
They all were surprised that he woke up so early, maybe they lost track of night.
Awkwardly they congratulated him,
"Uh.. Happy Birthday Sky!" Nyx tried to act cheerfully, though it wasn't her style.
"Happy Birthday Sky." Lilith said quietly in a formal tone.
"...pooooo!" Aeon simply blew air into the blow out again.
Something in Sky's heart stirred looking at them all.
Maybe his actions were not wrong afterall, his efforts were not wasted.
Maybe he has been going too harsh on them lately...
Thud!
The gas valve fell, gas leaked.
Aeon took a few steps back to brace impact.
The cafe owner simply sighed.
Nyx and Lilith stiffened up, not daring to look at sky suddenly.
...he retracts his previous sentence. They deserve to be treated harshly due to their low sub human intelligence.
"Hahahahahaha" he laughed out loud. They trembled from fear.
"All of you....to the 'morning walk'. Now!" He shouted.
"Nooooo....." Nyx and Lilith complained.
Aeon already accepted his fate. Hoping he can survive today.
This is a glimpse of my new life as Blasphemer, sky.
Hectic and chaotic, never at peace. But it's fun.
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[A/N : Well, this was more of a chp 0... Many future plot hinted, hope you find them!]