Arcanum - Chapter 169

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"This ship is truly amazing . " I said making our way back to the High Admiral .





"Yeah! It's amazing how many facilities you have . . " Jay agreed .

"It's pretty amazing, unlike conventional ships all the Artificing upgrades allows us to dedicate more space for recreational activities, thus improve crew morale . " Jun smiled .

"I must admit the improvements humans make are pretty amazing . " Grace smiled .

"Well it's a good thing the three of you got into Atlantis, sadly Aspa and the other three are not so welcoming to other races . " Jun answered .

"Is High Admiral Ruri finished with Ashley?" I asked curiously .

"Hmm not sure let me give her a call . " He said walking to one of those phone stations on the wall and began speaking into it . "Well . . Good and Bad news . " He said walking back towards us .

"Ohh no what's wrong? . . " Helen asked .

"The good news is . . . they are making good progress in whatever they are doing, the bad news is you're still stuck with me for an indefinite amount of time . " He confessed laughing a little .

"Ohhh how is that bad news?" I smiled finding his candour amusing .

"Well to be truthful . . There's not much I have left to show you . " He confessed .

"Well this might sound crazy . . But we could show you around Atlantis, High Admiral Ruri is on board anyways . " Jay suggested .

"Hmm that does sound like a great idea, but don't I need to let Atlantis know?" He questioned .

"Nah I'm sure it will be fine, besides it would be like an all access pass . " I smiled .

"Well if you guys insist . I'll make one more call let the security team know to bring your weapons and Daisy's armour to the Command Deck . " He smiled walking to the phone station .

"Are you sure it's going to be okay?" Grace questioned .

"Yup, if something happens to Jun . It might be the spark of something huge . " Helen agreed .

"I'm sure everything will be fine . " Daisy smiled disregarding their concerns .

"Remember what Ashley said to us earlier today? . . There's a splinter faction of Atlantis students planning something bad, this could be bad if they find out Jun in on Atlantis with no proper protection or permission . " Grace explained .

"I think you're right . " I agreed with Helen and Grace .

"I think it should be fine, the group are very meticulous, the last attack was so well planned and executed even Paul and Scarlet didn't suspect anything and Ashley is a step behind them . So I'm sure Jun should be safe . " Jay argued agree with Daisy .

"That does sound right . " I agreed hearing Jay's explanation . "On that topic should we also start some recon ourselves and try and identify the culprits?" I questioned .

"Yeah we should do our part . " Grace answered .

"Yeah it's the least we can do . " Helen agreed .





"Righto . . So they will have your things ready for you on the command deck so let's make our way there . " Jun notified us once he was done with his call . "Any chance you can take me to the simulation room?" Jun requested .


"Ohh you don't have those in Aspa?" I questioned .

"We don't sadly, is it really as great as I've heard?" He asked .

"Well what have you heard?" I asked .

"That it's specialised rooms that can simulate and predict outcomes . . Makes illusions that feel realistic and it can copy past events accurately . " He described in pure excitement .

"Yeah its pretty good . . . we've only used it for two situations . . . recollecting a past event and a preprogramed simulation . " Grace answered .

"Yeah it feels very real it's quite amazing!" Helen smiled .

"Please take me there I would love to experience it . " he requested .

"Sure!!" Daisy answered .

"Do you know how it even works? I assume it uses some sort of illusion to trick the eyes, but how on earth do they make it feel realistic?" Jun asked completely astonished .

"We have no idea either sadly . " I answered .

Opening the door into the Command Deck, every crewmen stood up to salute Officer Jun, "At ease . " He ordered them making them reassume their normal jobs .

"Officer Jun the Atlantis student's belongings" A set of six guards dressed in black handed our stuff to us .

"Thank you and I assume they haven't been tampered with?" He questioned .

"Nothing of the sort Sir we've personally kept an eye on them . " A guard replied .

"Great these five are good friends of mine . " Jun smiled and instructed us to take our gear with an open palm .

"Emilia can you help me with my armour?" Daisy asked trying to put on her armour .

"Sure . . . " I smiled following her instruction on how and where she needed help .

"So Daisy how did you get this armour?" I questioned looking at the intricate design and decorative patterns on it, "It doesn't look like off the shelf armour . " I asked .

"I won it in a competition . " She smiled .

"Ohh what type of competition?" I questioned .

"The ones I'm best at . . Fighting . " She chuckled .

"Should have known . " I pat her head like a younger sister .





"We ready?" Jun asked seeing us all ready .

"Yup . " We all smiled back .

"Right let's go . " He said opening the hatch the same way we entered .

"So Emilia?" Daisy whispered to me as we made our way across the bridge into Atlantis .

"Yeah?" I answered her .

"Do you really think Paul is going to be okay?" She questioned with a look of intense worry .

"What do you mean?" I asked her .

"Do you think he will make a full recovery?" She asked .

"Yes I'm sure he will be okay . He said he'll be back to normal after a few day . " I answered her .

"Okay . " She nodded looking a little relieved .

"You really care for him don't you?" I whispered to her .

"Of course! He saved my life!" Daisy replied .

"Have you ever you know . . Liked someone a lot other than Paul?" I questioned .

"Hmm not really . " She answered .

"How does he make you feel?" I inquired a little .

"My heart is always racing when I see him and when I'm alone or just being quiet I always find myself thinking about him . " She answered honestly like an innocent teenager .

"Have you told him how you felt?" I replied .

"NO! Are you crazy?!" She answered in shock making everyone turn to look at us .

"Don't worry guy's she's just over reacting . " I laughed causing them to shrug and returned to their own conversations . "If you don't tell him how is he meant to know?" I questioned her .

"I don't know hope he notices somehow . " She answered looking more and more adrift .

"Trust me, he's really blind when it comes to those things . " I laughed remembering how afraid he was to even confess to me despite knowing I liked him back .

"Have you ever liked anyone before?" She questioned me in return .

"Me? . . . other than Paul? There was a few others . " I answered her .

"What were they like? How did they make you feel?" She asked curiosuly .





"Well firstly there was Raj, he was a nice guy famous, very rich and was quite nice and funny . My parents wanted me to marry him, I'd say we was a good match but for some reason Paul really disliked him and well ultimately made me reconsider the marriage proposal and stuff . " I explained to her .

"Ohh no . . That wasn't very nice of him . " Daisy replied hearing my story .

"I felt it was for the best, I was still very young at the time . I did meet up with Raj a few times after Paul and I broke up but nothing came out of it, I don't know why but every time we met I'd always remember Paul warning me about him making it a little awkward . " I answered .

"Maybe there is something wrong with him . " She replied .

"Maybe . . But I don't see it . " I answered, "Anyways the other one I met at University when I was studying to be a lawyer, he was nice and well off, but my parents wouldn't have liked it, so it wasn't official and just didn't end up working out . " I explained to her .

"University and Lawyer?" She questioned .

"University is like Atlantis somewhere people go to learn and a lawyer would have been the thing I was studying . " I answered her .

"Ohh interesting, what's was it like to be with someone?" She asked looking extremely interested .

"It's nice to have someone you can rely on when you need, to stay with you through thick and thin . " I answered her .

"Do you miss it?" She asked .

"A little here and there . . Mostly because he's the only person that I can confine to and relate to . " I answered .

"Do you still love him?" She questioned quietly .

"Who?" I asked .

"Paul . . " She hesitantly replied .

"It's hard to explain and very complicated . We've known each other for a long time, I've been there for him when he needed me and he's been there for me . I'm actually not quite sure . " I admitted to her .

"Do you think about him a lot?" She asked .

"All the time . " I answered her honestly but questioning my own motives . "Well the one takeaway I want you to understand . . Is life isn't a fairy tale . . You're still young there's millions of people out there in the world, so don't just keep your eye son one person . " I tried to advise her .

"Fairies don't have tails . . . . I'm lost . " She admitted looking extremely confused .

"I swear to God . . . . this world!!" I cursed, "Okay what I meant, is love isn't like those you read in books and stories where there is one guy and one girl and they are destined for each other . . Love takes work and commitment . . and that if you spend all your time chasing and waiting for Paul you might just miss someone that loves you and you could love him . " I tried to explain to her .

"I think I understand . " She nodded slowly .

"Daisy?" I asked her quietly .

"Yup?" She answered with a smile .

"Do you know if we get a holiday soon?" I asked suddenly missing home a lot .

"Holiday?" She looked at me a little confused .

"We get time off Atlantis soon like a week or two?" I questioned .

"I think so . . In the church we would often get a week rest after four weeks which coincides with big celebrations . " She answered .

"Ohh that's great . " I smiled wondering if Paul could take me back to visit home for a week or two .

"Are you thinking of the other two . . Raj and Nicholas was it?" Daisy questioned .

"Not really . . Paul warned me that I can't tell them anything . . But I defiantly need to talk to Raj about something . " I answered .

"If you had to choose . . Would you prefer home or here?" She asked .

"It's hard, I have a lot of friends and family at home that I worry about, but then I'd worry about you guys as well if I was home . " I answered .

"It must be hard on you and Paul living in two different worlds . " Daisy said looking a little concerned .

"Yeah Paul did something to try and alleviate the worry . . But it's still there . " I sighed .

"By the way do you know if Paul is seeing anyone?" I questioned .

"To be honest I don't, I don't know if you remember but after he saved me and the church adopted me I didn't see him again till I arrived in Atlantis . " She answered .

"Ohh yeah sorry I totally forgot . . " I chuckled, "Ohh crap I forgot . . " I cursed remembering something .

"What's wrong?" Daisy asked worryingly .

"Nothing wrong just need something . " I said to her . "Umm Jun?" I asked for his attention .

"Yes Emilia?" He asked .

"Is there a way I can get a few bottles of those drinks you bought us?" I questioned .

"Yeah sure, how many you need?" He asked .

"Can you get me like five bottles?" I requested .

"Yeah sure, once I return to the ship I'll get someone to send it over . " He smiled .

"One for me to please!!" Daisy requested laughing with a cheeky grin .

"Noooo! I won't make that mistake again . " He smiled .

"Hey Jun, just wondering can you cast spells?" Jay questioned .

"Sadly in terms of combat effectiveness I'm not great . . I am good with a side arm but I totally forgot to bring it with me . " He answered .