Dimensional Descent

~Half a day ago~

Heira stumbled out of a teleportation gate, her knees feeling weak.

A mixture of emotions seemed to ram against her skull, causing her to keel over, the contents of her stomach emptying out before her.

She heaved and coughed, her elegant demeanor twisting to nothing every time she remembered Anared wouldn't be coming back.

After a long while, when her heaves reaped nothing but dry coughs, she stood, wiping her mouth with her forearm.

If those who wrote tales of this goddess like woman were to see her now, it was hard to tell how they'd react.

Heira took a look around the world she was on currently. But, after a moment, it became clear that it would be hard to call this place a world at all. Rather, it was an asteroid floating aimlessly in space. If it wasn't for the Force Arts protecting her from the cold and especially the fearsome Astral Wind Force, she would have died a hundred different ways by now.

Her appearance hadn't gone unnoticed.

This was a small relay hub, the location of which was usually only known to bounty hunters and the like. So, it could be said that their alertness was as high as it came. Plus, considering the small size of the asteroid, they would be far to incompetent to miss the sight of a grieving and vomiting beauty.

The hub was made of nothing more than what looked like a gas station. As for what kind of vehicles it fueled, it was hard to tell. But, from the outside, it didn't seem to be as important as it truly was.

Heira stumbled forward, the change of gravity not helping her case in the slightest. But, she still managed to make it to a dwarf like man who seemed to be napping.

The short man reclined on a chair, his face covered by a newspaper. Even after Heira got close, he still didn't react.

communication channel."

man shifted slightly, a single groggy eye peeking out from behind the folds of his slipping

he could speak, Heira slipped a ring

snatching the ring out of the air with movements that were far too

toward a narrow wooden outhouse that exuded a

to give a damn about the smell as she barged in, not even glancing toward the filth filling the

rusted phone hanging above that seemed to have appeared from thin air. With nimble fingers, she dialed numbers in quick succession, her demeanor becoming calmer and calmer by the second. It was as though every number she clicked sealed away

"Hello."

the voice on the other side seemed as distant as

"Commander Scithe."

that you've called me directly this

seem to react much

quite a lot of time on your hands despite being a Quadrant Overseer. Paying attention to a

be so, but who asked them to be

you sure that's the only reason?" Heira sneered. "Or is it more related to

responding immediately. But, when he did, his voice carried

men don't like women who are too smart for

on things that may or may not be true. I'm just a woman, after all. How could I know any of these things

has been looking for all this time. And, it may be

he is extraordinarily favored and this just might mean that for this overseer to resist temptation despite the price for such information that they are at the very least

But, the slight creaking of the phone beneath his palm didn't

was about as good as Leonel having the favor of a Seventh Dimensional world. For him to step into such a matter, he was no different from the pawns he had been using from Terrain's headquarters

wasn't to hide the title itself... rather, it was a silent warning, a hidden blade