4 The end of the Bound Earth Spirits
It wasn't Zach's destination, but he left the train with a few stops left - he made a promise that he would send Spiritburg home.
Zach is in front of which district, which road, which house number, ha, it doesn't matter which city or state he is in. The important thing is, "Do you need help?" ”
"Uh......" The woman with still red eyes looked at the strangers who appeared in front of her driveway - there were four, two strong young men (Wes and James), two mature people (Zach and Dale), and "Thanks...... didn't look like bad people.
While Zach helped stuff the suitcase into the back compartment, the woman was getting five confused children into the car.
It's a situation that I can't explain at once, but trust me, it will be clear. Now, Zach made sure the woman had enough mental strength to drive, "Have a nice day." ”
"Thank you. "It was probably the first blessing of kindness that this woman received after a day of 'hell', and a little smile appeared on her face, but it quickly disappeared - kindness from strangers obviously couldn't offset what made her eyes red.
The woman said goodbye to the stranger who was kind enough to help, started the car, and left the driveway.
The four of them continued at a slow pace for a short distance, making sure the woman's car disappeared around the corner and then turned back.
"Don't cry. Zach's voice became calmer, "Do you have a spare key to your house, or do I need to trespass." ”
Again, in Dale's opinion, Zach's 'bad habit of speaking to the air'. Well, after the journey through three states on the train, Dale has begun to realize one thing, although he still doesn't fully understand it - his boss, Zachary Grande, is not talking to the air, but only to the 'people' he can't see.
And the 'person' that Zach is talking to now is the 'Groundbinder, Mr. Berg' in the mouths of Detective James and Wes.
Berg was crying. Dale kept as calm as he could - someone who had died in their carriage at the beginning of this 'tolerance' and who had been confirmed to have his body removed had become something he couldn't see, and then apparently improvisedly had his boss change the route. As a result, they are now in a strange city, in front of a strange house, crying.
This situation is really not ...... at all Under the weather.
"Underneath the potted plant. Zach glanced around and shook his head on the front porch of someone else's house, "Look around Berg, there's not a single potted plant here." "It feels like Zach isn't in a good mood either.
Zach seemed to have heard some direction from the Earthbinders, walked to the side of the front porch, and crouched down in the corner of the fence, "No. "There's no hollow railing here." The key is not here. ”
Apparently with another instruction, Zach stepped down the front porch, crossed the lawn, and began to check the pestle's mailbox on the side of the road, "No. Zach should be impatient, "Honestly, how much do you know about your home......"
Before Zach could finish his words, a spark burst out in front of the thimble on Zack's finger. Zach straightened his arm and moved his fingers as far away as he could, a little irritated, "Sam, hold him." ”
There was no strange light or shadow, just a person who didn't belong here, standing on someone else's lawn, stretching out his arms.
The static scene didn't last long, and Zach withdrew his hand and twirled the thimble between his fingers, "I'll go in through the window." "That's the decision to enter in an illegal way.
It's like the character premise of some vulgar game, 100 percent - James jumped in front of Zack, "I can't let you invade a civilian's house casually!!"
"That stops me. Zach was gone when the voice was gone.
The front door opened just as Dale felt his leg go limp. Zach helped them, "Do you want to come in?"
Wess gave James a kick when he was ready to say something, "Shut up, James!" and was the first to enter this strange city, a strange street, a 'stranger' home.
Quotation marks are a must, this is Berg's home, he just lost his physical form, not his physical form and did not know where the spare key to his home was. Look, don't listen to James.
As long as he's not the first to go in, Dale doesn't think he needs to worry about anything. Dale grabbed Wess by the shoulder, borrowed a little force, and followed him into this strange home.
"Ugh. Zach seemed to have made this his own turf and walked straight to the rear, "Don't cry Berg. "Zach, I'm really impatient," what if the furniture is changed? Now, tell, where are your cigarettes hidden, I hate this temperature. Hmph, don't say no, people who have been working outside for a long time must have some ...... hidden" Zach didn't know where to go around.
Dale was a little surprised, Wes noticed that his center of gravity was a little weak, and he didn't go to hang around with Zack in someone else's house without a trace, and after controlling this speed, he entered the living room and sat down on the sofa. Dell felt a little more relaxed as the cushion was not covered by soft and comfortable cushions.
James came in anyway, leaning against the door, staring gloomily down the hallway Zach had walked. He wasn't going to sit around.
I don't know which room the rummaging sound came from, accompanied by Zack's tone of unknown meaning,
"Wow~Good stuff~"
James on this side of the living room, apparently with his usual rude tendency to insert Zach. Probably because of the word 'gun'. Wes noticed it and suddenly said, "How much do you think you know about the current situation?" was asked to Dale.
Dale glanced at Wes, stopped talking, and shook his head. He didn't want to answer. Clever, there's no need to make yourself look stupid, is there? In other words, Dell really doesn't understand the current situation.
"At least you should understand that Zach is helping this guy named Berg. Wes glanced at James as Dale continued. Very useful, got a 'tsk' from James. But James also dismissed any attempt to provoke Zack.
Dale didn't want to speak, but, "Earthbinding, you say, it's not human. ”
Weiss probably didn't expect Dale to care about this kind of thing, and after a pause, he was silent for a moment, as if he understood something, and nodded in agreement—"Well, it's the Earth Bound Spirit, I just said it was smooth." Looking at Dale, "If we were to formally use these terms accurately in every conversation, the conversation would be very ...... Odd. ”
Dale stopped talking again. He didn't care about weirdness, he cared about the words—he needed to be precise in his conversations. Just like when we learn a system, you need to be as precise as possible in the instructions you use in your primer.
This is Dell's primer.
Zach came back, holding a cigar between them, with a satisfied expression on his face when he breathed out the smoke, "Good stuff~" The tone changed, and he lost his previous impatience, "Someone wants to either?Berg still has a lot of stock~"
"It's not your home!" it was James, "it's not your thing!"
"What does it matter. Zach shrugged his shoulders and snuggled comfortably into the sofa that didn't belong to him, leaving only his hand with the thimble on the armrest, "Berg can't use it, he gave it to me~"
James wanted to say something, but Dale preempted him, "How long are we going to stay here?"
"It depends. Zach's gaze drifted to the display case in the living room, the furniture in the space that was hard to ignore—the horizontal shelves that almost acted as screens were filled with models, models of ships, "We either wait for the angels to come here to send Berg to heaven, or Berg's soul will naturally dissipate into this world." Zach tilted his head, "See which comes first." ”
Zach didn't seem to have any intention of explaining the reasons for these two situations, and his chin was raised to his thimble finger as he looked at the model ship on the display case, "This is all your work?"
Answer, we can't hear it.
"Impressive. Zach raised an eyebrow, continuing to ignore the emotions of the other three in the space, "So, which ship from Barton's new port?"
Answer, we can't hear it...... It's the same later, don't ask.
"Oh. That's a pity. Wait, how do you put such a complex model in a suitcase? I guess these designs are so intricate that I can't imagine what this intricate thing would look like after a long haul. ”
Just enough time to answer a gap.
Zach had a smile on his face, "That's really ...... Awesome~ I bet your kids really enjoy assembling these models with you. Let them understand the work their father did when he was always away from home. I bet they adore you and know that their father built these ships. ”
The same time gap.
The only thing that happened was Zach's participatory, "Hehe, that's good." Do you take families to see your work? I mean field trips. ”
The same.
"Oh. That's still a bit of a pity, but understandable. Zach, who sounded like he had regained his patience with a cigar, became friends with Berg, who no one could see......
This is the most disgusting situation of the kind!
This makes any onlooker seem to understand something in front of them and not at all sure what they're talking about!
Someone is not prepared to put up with this.
Of course, it was James—"How long are we going to stay here!Someone could come back at any time!The woman!Berg's wife!We can't stay here forever!"
Zach first gave him an apologetic look at his thimble, then looked at James, "And you're a police detective, where is your specialty?" Zach sarcastically, "She brought her luggage, James, she brought her baby." She had visibly cried, and the child seemed completely unaware of what was happening. James, use your brains, they went to Newton to confirm the body, and they won't be back anytime soon. ”
James's blushing face tended to be ripe, but fortunately, there was Wes, so that James could not continue to press, "After going through the normal procedure of the corpse in another place, it is about this time to notify the family, we know very well." James, don't speak. Please. ”
Since Wes said please.
Zach gave Wes a grateful look and looked back at the thimble in his hand. The next words were meant to be comforting, "When your wife gets your belongings, your children will be able to assemble the ship you built at Barton." Zach looked at the display case with a reassuring smile, "They can put the boat there......"
Zach lifted his hand to point to the empty spot on the display case, and he once again moved his hand with the thimble away from him—and the spark burst out again. Zach didn't want to be hurt by mistake.
"Sem, don't you have a better witchcraft to control Mr. Berg. Zach's impatience returned.
Since the story has progressed so far, we are all focused on what the physical world can perceive. There's no need to break it now, so, Sam replied to something, and we pretended not to care and continued with the progress.
Spark was gone, Zach withdrew his hand, and the living room fell into a subtle silence, save for Zach's somewhat noticeable breath that didn't know if it was deliberate or less than practice.
"Do you think that angel can come before Berg disappears?" Wess asked, clearly not wanting to ask, but breaking the silence seemed more important.
"See how long Angel Crowley is going to spend questioning my character. Zach shrugged.
Inevitably, the conversation can't go on. A subtle quiet return.
If we were to count the people who had the most discomfort in this scene, it would have to be Dell.
So he started trying, he started trying to participate, "This Berg you've been talking about, let's all stay here for the time being. "Careful wording," sounds like he doesn't have much time left. In the fact that Dale knew, heh, there was no time, and Dale watched as Berg's body was picked up at Newton Station.
Zach knew that Dale was just asking for an explanation, and that was understandable. But Zach didn't want to explain for some particular reason, so he difled the subject, what Toredo does best, "These two (James, Wes) don't need to stay here. Hehe, Dale, you don't need to stay here, you have to follow me. ”
Before Dale could put on a 'I already regret following you' expression, Wes said, "I don't care about James, my prayer to meet you has come true." Wes didn't look joking, "I don't want to go back to the West, to the Feast of Demons, and there's only one Jaime by my side." Having you there is my greatest sense of security. Lest James interject, Wes glared at James, "I said I don't care what you think." Do you want to go first? I won't stop you. ”
James was quiet.
"Huh. "Sorry, Zach couldn't hold back," Thanks, Wes. ”
Another thing that Dale couldn't understand at all. What the hell is the relationship between these three people!
No matter how calm a person is, there are times when he can't stand being constantly excluded and watching from the sidelines.
Dale stood up, "I didn't plan it, and I won't allow you to treat me like a fool for the rest of the trip!" No one treats Dale like a fool, but I guess that's how he feels in such a situation, "I want to know what happened at this point......!
Didn't finish it.
Zach also stood up, "Let's go." "An inexplicably relaxed tone," Berg vanished completely. ”
That's really ...... Abrupt.
Zach had already walked to the door, and when he opened the door, he seemed to remember something, and looked back at Dale, "When a person dies, the soul will continue to exist in this world for a while. We call them binders because they are bound to the things that still mean to them in the last moments of their lives, corpses, houses, objects, anything is possible. You've heard us say a lot about angels and demons along the way. Zach pouted, "Go to church, I'm too lazy to explain." As for that, Berg, a ship engineer who wanted to go home, worked at Patton, and he was also a husband and father. Sadly, he died halfway through, so he was tied to the transport home. When we reach this city, the meaning of the bindings ends, and without the meaning of continuing to exist in this world, he will disappear. But I agreed to wait for the angels, and the only way my wizard and I could think of was to give Berg something that he could continue to have something meaningful to keep and see if he could get back to the Binding Spirits. ”
Zach looked at three pursed lips and smiled, "Hehe, as you can see, I guess this is the problem that a man who has been working outside for a long time has to face, and there is nothing in this house that he can find meaning." Except, my last attempt, those models that definitely make sense to him. ”
Finally, Dell, who understood all this, opened his mouth, "It backfired." ”
Zach nodded, "yes, I think my attempt reminded him that what he lost won't come back." He has no nostalgia for this world at all. He disappeared. ”
Without giving anyone time to sigh, Zach was already standing outside the door, "Hehe, lucky, we are only a few cities away from our destination~How about a road trip~ It will definitely be fun~" briskly walked down the back porch, "James pays for it~"