Snake

A soft creak from the hinges of the door to a dark room, the room reeked of spoilt food, rotting flesh and various forms of human waste. A man is seen at the corner sitting down against the wall. His breath was heavy, almost laboured.

He had bright pink hair which was riddled by old white hair, he wore only a dirty black long sleeve and black trousers with his face barely visible.

A man walks into the room, closing the door slowly and walking up to him, his feet making no sound on the way. He almost blended into the dark room with his lush scattered pitch black hair and dark purple eyes, he wore a completely black 3 piece suit with black ties and shoes bit it was all covered by his black heavy overcoat.

He walks up to the man and crouches in front of him, “They must have used a technique to make his brain dormant, these demons are far too cruel to my kids”. He dragged him up from his head, making direct eye contact to him.

"Mr. Patrick", the man says.

His eyes glowed and almost like a flip had switched, he begun to speak, "Please, help me get out\-".

He stopped abruptly as the man covered his mouth saying "Shut it".

Mr.Patrick was terrified, looking deep into his cold dark eyes which irregularly contained no pupils. The man then grabs him by his face and a purple aura begins resonating from them.

The man's body slowly changes to an exact replica of Mr.Patrick, grunting and muffled screams.

A dark aura enveloped him making him slump and faint. "I'll be giving your sons a little visit, ye??", he says before walking away.

He then stops and points at him causing him to go back to his dormant state.

While back at the kingdom and the twins were doing their daily meditation when Tolo says" Boys, dress up wear going to get something".

"Another mission?", Kinea inquired.

Tolo chuckles and says "Nope, we're going shopping".

They walk out the castle and into the bust street filled with Babylonians, going about their normal day. They were traders. , sketchy people, shops and loads more.

“Tolo, i got a question, why has the technology in here not reached what was available in the normal...Terra”.

“Alot of people lost the need to use technology Spiritual energy is fascinating as it is, another reason would be that most scientist that come here would rather have a peaceful and uneventful second life of rest than to begin exploring and maybe have their soul eaten by a demon”.

“To be fair, a lot of people’s souls don't make it here to begin with and just turn into demons and the rest have to survive against those demons…so we didn't bother with technology that much”.

“The question you should be asking is why Terra hasn't made any large technological advancements in over a millennium, and to that I don't know the answer to”.

“Then tell us something about Bishops”, Kean responds.

“Well Bishops have been here for a long time now, we're not exorcists in the sense that we don't cast away demons, we prevent the demons from appearing and destroy them if they do, we keep law and order In both realms, that is a Bishop”.

“Anymore questions to pass the time??”.

The twins shook their head and continued on the journey.

The twins noticed a large building as the went on, the building was quite big and seemed like a garden.

"Beautiful, isn't it. This is the Garden Of Babylon", Tolo says.

It housed plants of different shapes and sizes, colours and beauties, all intertwined together.

"Made entirely from Spiritual energy, it's said to have a plant ever created there although I've not personally checked. Some say is from a god named Frey but you already know I don't believe it".

He chuckles while saying “It's a load of shit".

"Hey Tolo, Why do you hate gods so much", Kinea asks.

He looks up with a small smile and says "That's a story for another day”.

Tolo then takes the boys to a small bungalow built with wood, it had a gallery of weapons in front of it.

Entering into the building the stench of oil and the sound of striking filled the air, the weapons hung on a stand fiercely sharpened. A short bald dark man is on a chair sharpening a sword.

"Hey!, Tolo. You here for some weapons", the man asks.

"Yeah, Tatsuki", Tolo says with a light grin".

"Tatsuki, a Japanese name?", Kinea thought.

“Hey boys, my name’s Tatsuki, the best blacksmith in Babylon”.

Tatsuki led them to an underground room which was painted a bright yellow, almost golden in colour. They were weapons with greater quality and power, made with different materials.

"You may pick any weapon of your choosing, these weapons are made from high quality materials. Don't be shy, pick any of your choice, your king is paying me plenty", he said.

The twins begin looking at the weapons and without wasting much time, they both decide on their weapons. Kean gets a completely long black sword, while Kinea gets two daggers.

"Nice choices, but why’d you choose them”.

The two twins shrugged and Kean said”I guess I feel like it's just what's best for me”.

“Ye me too, it just feels right”.

“Well you are beginners, you’ll learn which weapons suit you best, every Bishop is special because in a place where dead people reside it's either your dead or your special”.

The boys begin walking back to the castle. Tolo, who was a ways ahead was walking calmly while the twins were checking each others new weapons when they heard a familiar voice calling them from behind.

"Kean, Kinea", the trembling voice says.

They recognised that voice like a second name, they look back and see a familiar face. Their father stood in front of them with a worried face looking almost like he was about to cry. His eyes were watery, his legs were shaking, he looked thin almost like he was about to die but here he stood looking for his own children.

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