Kaiser of the New World

A can-do attitude (63)

It's been a long, long time since Kai had been by himself.

Throughout his journey, he'd always been with at least one other person. Be it Noelle, Sofia, Aldred, Wa'rak or anyone else. Even when he was technically alone, Umbra was always in his shadow so it didn't really count.

But now that he was alone, Kai felt... weird.

His thoughts were strangely calm, yet also racing. His mind was working differently, he's changed a lot since The Flashing.

Before, if he met Noelle or Sofia on the street he probably would have turned around to save himself any potential embarrassment. Even if he met John, he would have never spoken to him.

But since they were all stuck in the same situation, it gave them a sense of companionship. Even if that companionship was more than a little strained right now, it was still there.

It was like his link with Umbra. They had been connected, and it would take a lot to sever that tether.

But that was something Kai would worry about later, now, he had more pressing issues.

Failure did say that the beasts should confess their feelings for those they care for, and even go so far as to copulate. Kai thought it would only be a few that took the charismatic man's words, but now he knew how wrong he was.

Looking around the hall, Kai saw that nearly every beast was in a pair. This whole situation could have passed for Noah's ark if it wasn't in the middle of a forest and about to be destroyed by some crazy war.

Even the humans which populated The Dome followed Failure's advice.

Much like the companionship Kai shared with Sofia, Noelle and John, others in this deadly forest must have been in the same situation.

Life and death situations had a way of bringing people together. Kai had always stuck with Noelle as he didn't really have a reason not to. It was them against everything else back then.

From massive perverts to a wolf who ended up being Kai's closest companion, they had been through quite a bit in the short time they were together.

So that means that others must have gone through the same, if not more. Majority of the humans were in pairs. Flirting, eating and drinking together.

It was honestly quite a sight. It really didn't look as if all these people could die tomorrow. It's like they just accepted the possibility, so they wanted to live like there's no tommorow.

Because there was a high chance that there wouldn't be.

Kai just watched the beasts and humans pass, more and more exiting the hall in pairs for what Kai can only assume to be them wanting to partake in activities that shouldn't be done in public.

All he could do is hope that none go near the cherry blossom that he calls a bed.

There was still a few funny sights around the hall though.

No one bothered to approach John as the burly man was too busy gorging himself on a tray filled to the brim with various types of food.

One person tried to approach Sofia, one of the three humans that Kai didn't really know who was in the first war meeting. The person must have been extremely arrogant or something coming onto her, because all Kai could see was Sofia hide her mouth to snicker and just turn the man down with no remorse.

For whatever reason though, a lot more people approached Noelle. Maybe it was because she was younger, or maybe it's because she gained some fame because of her duels with Wa'rak, but she had quite a few people surrounding her to try and have her for the night.