The Fall of the Dieties - The Violation of Ayumi

The world cannot be divided into Light and Dark, not perfectly. Just as the world cannot exist with the perfect society because no one is perfect. The Silver Lakes and Isles of Despair stand equally against each other, swore to fight ever since Ronin betrayed Flame, but there are those who betray their very nature. There are some who refuse to even fit into societies bent on war.

The King of the male rogues, the passionate Rajputs, Mocking Call stood silently as his mind ran over the relationship between himself and the ex-Valkyrie, Ankh. He often thought of her previous loyalty to a Valkyrie Queen, the spitfire Sirenne who had disappeared in a swirl of hurricane. It is said that a cheater will cheat again, but could this apply to someone who abandoned their people? How could someone who despised men in one realm become their greatest ally in another? The questions kept his mind working like the unrelenting cogs of a machine. He needed an output. He needed a release.

A King of the Rajputs was not exactly against the presence of women. Rajputs were still male and they required a nice roll-around every now and again, especially when their temper mounted. Temper was something that he shared with the previous King, Gobardon. Actually, they had so much in common. Both were Rajput Kings. Both had the Stone of Amethyst. And both had picked the same victim.

Ayumi did not like to think about Maugrim, the child conceived during The Sinner’s attack. She did not like to revisit that part of her past or think about the beast that had tamed something that was gentle. Weary and utterly alone, she stood with her back to the wind and her head bowed as if admitting defeat to the world. The voice had left her. The voice had betrayed her.

Ayumi…stand up…

Who are you?! Where am I?! WHO AM I?!

Ayumi, calm down. This is your home.

What happened to me? What…why?

There is too much to explain right now, but I will explain it later.

Please…why am I here?

It had been a long conversation and an even longer night. For hours, Ayumi could not cope with the fact that The Whisperer had not a body, but just a voice. After the shock of hearing voices wore off, Ayumi listened as The Whisperer told her about Hoof Prince and that Ayumi had once lived there…a long time ago.

Her former memory was gone and so was The Whisperer. Ayumi had the feeling that she was being watched, but would not recognize The Whisperer even if it did appear. In fact, she would not recognize anything if she was to see it. She knew that those trees over there would not harm her, for they never moved in the forest (except when the wind blew, but Ayumi realized that the wind was gentle as well). Rocks were nice fellows as long as one did not kick them up toward the belly when running. Fish…those comrades of the waters…they seemed friendly enough. Yes, this world seemed quite serene. Those trees, these grasses, that horse over there…

Why did The Whisperer allow her to approach Gobardon? Why did The Whisperer suddenly disappear, leaving her to the wolves? Why was The Whisperer not here now….when another horse approached!

A spat with the Isles Queen had filled him completely with rage. There was nothing left in him to calm his hostile spirits. When he saw Ayumi, he saw a quick release.

When Ayumi saw him, she saw another terrible memory.

She named her Exposed.