When Spark Fades Away

[Achelous]

It was a common day for Lusignan since he resign of his power as one of the Marechals of Gallia and moved to Nevers. The creature he carried inside was silent at first - the man considered it as a good sign, but eventually the voice of his incubi started to speak, commenting the life of a Gallic nobility, or rather what left from it after the series of revolution and power swifts in the state. At first with something, remind irony, what later grew in hate to anything he was doing - the creature was not satisfied by his actions and was telling him that return to his position of power is utmost importance; however, no single time it attempted to seize control over his mind and body, so there was certain importance which presumed him from being turned a pawn like many other of the subjects the GNI researched on various hidden black sites, the very rumour of existence of which would lead to deep investigation.

The creature, Achelous as it called itself, started to visit his dreams and showing what kind of power he could bring to Gallia if he did not cowardly escape to safety of noble life, that now was as silent as never. He kept resisting, the Creature kept attempting to humiliate Lusignan. It could continue forewer, but everything has an edge where better never to go - that edge that has been just permitted for Achelous to be violated, permitted by one of the Greater Light, the Eris themselves.

---

Lusignan was laying on large bed, alone as many nights before it. The wide windows leading to balcony was open and cold air could enter room without interruption - the orange "moon" which actually was the mother planet of the large system of satellites made everything a bit orange, and mixed with dark blue of the night the surrounding appeared almost magical - and it was so unnatural when man's eyes opened and barely visible but yet gloaming light of purple blazed.

The man's mind didn't leave his dream, but yet the body was awake. Someone else has taken control, someone known to a very few chosen as the incubi, however many of plebs would just consider the noble sir is a lunatic, or like a very few, the most broken minded, would call him obsessed by a demon. In fact, the first and the last had a very little difference for a human but yet one approach was scientific and other is religious made one laugh over another.

Inside his mind was no longer calm - as soon as the man's dream was interrupted by a clock's bell, he woke up: Antonin was young again, he barely remembered details but for sure it was the day that changed most of his career - when his cruiser, and many of the crew has fallen by the hands of the Council.

"Good morning commander," hears Lusignan as soon as he steps on the bridge of the old ship, nowadays refitted to be a battlecruiser. He nods to the crew and then glances at the illuminates, there are red space of Languedoc, stars are blazing through dust and gas of nebula pillars. Space was beautiful, attracting wanderers by its dangers and hidden opportunities to discover something never seen before - one of the very reasons why the man joined the Royal Navy, hoping to become part of the Expeditionary Corps. However the soon sparked war made arrangements - he became a combat officer. Path into explorers was closing further with every combat he survived. Eventually, he will say that there is nothing matters as much as the security of the state, and any sacrifice can be made to preserve Gallia from falling.

---

Achelous had to hide the purple colour of the iris under the helmet of pilot suit as soon as the body he now controlled left the bed and approached small private hangar of Lusignan's villa - not much of a valuable been there, just an enhanced freighter, used as a personal shuttle for paying visits to many relatives, close and far. Today will be the last flight of it. Quickly warmed up the engines of the ship, like an arrow it flew through the sky, leaving atmosphere and entering the close space of Nevers. Patrols were flying all around but the shuttle still transmitted VIP access codes, one of few things that this silly human kept for himself, a very few reminds of shadow of his power.

Now the path is toward the meeting with the Greater Light, the path toward being saved out of this corrupted body and saved from the influence of corrupted mind.