[Acheron]

The time was going by at what seemed like the lowest pace possible for Kessler, not like he wanted the day to be over but sometimes time just decided to go on a crawl for him. It wasn't a huge deal though as the day couldn't have been nicer, so nice for a day that he just decided to wear his vest instead of the usual button up shirt, plus the something of a mission he was on was going to require that he get a little dirty. It wasn't too out of the ordinary for him to be doing something for someone else, it was actually very important to Kessler to be able to help out someone in need. This time it happened to be a family that lived on the banks of the Shuyin River. One of thier children, a seven year old boy had gone off into the nearby mountains and had been missing for now a day and a half, they sent the other brother running over to Kaguya Village to get Kessler, only because of the rumors that they had heard about him. With times being so desperate, Kessler figured that the family wanted to do whatever possible to be together with the end coming up. At least that's what everyone believed, that the end was coming and there was nothing they could do to stop it; Kessler didn't choose to believe any of that. There would be no end for himself that he did not choose himself, he wasn't going to let any sort of wind or mist it created to be the end of him.

Mountains were like playgrounds for Kessler, he had been on them many times before, usually when his parents would get into fights when he was younger; he would run to the nearest one and spend the night there. It wasn't till he was old enough to be allowed out on his own that the mountains near his village were mearly hills, nothing like the ones near the Shuyin River or on the other continent. He didn't mind the ones he was on now though, as his boots pounded the ground as he followed the tracks up the mountain. Though it had been a day since the boy ran away and his tracks easily had washed up with the midnight rain, Kessler was still able to see them on the ground. Seeing in front of him what looked to be a cavern, Kessler could hear the little boy sobbing a bit. Before entering, he took a good look around to see if anyone or anything was around. Kessler dashed into the cavern and pulled out the little boy, who seemed more shocked than happy.

"Don't worry, you're going to be just fine, you'll be back down with your family sooner than you think", Kessler put the little boy down on his feet and then took a knee, pressing his right ear against the ground for a moment, listening to what the Earth would tell him.

"You are in someone else's home...They will not be pleased."

Kessler didn't have time to think over what the Earth had told him as before he was able to say anything, a rather large brown bear came charging out of the cave where the little boy had been, apparently it was hiding in the back of the cave. Kessler picked up the little boy and crouched down, as the bear came at them, the ground rose up in front of the two males and formed a stone wall, which the bear ran into and then fell back a little. Kessler could have continued on and fought the bear but he chose to run, making sure that he held the boy tight and before he knew it, they were down at the base of the mountain. He handed the little boy to the mother, who had the other son tugging at her dress to see his brother again, while the father decided to engage Kessler in conversation.

"I really don't know how to repay you...Thank you so much", the father was more than willing to pay him.

"It's not an issue, I'm glad I was able to help. I think he's hungry but looks okay otherwise", Kessler shook the man's hand.

"You know, I...I... I don't mean to ask for two favors from you but...I heard what you did for that family in the nearby forrest...Do you think you could do that for us?"

Kessler suddenly grew very serious, "That was a different situation, I don't make a habit of doing that. They were already on thier way out."

"But please...The wind...it's coming and people are saying that now humans can die. Plus with our livestock not doing well...."

The man's voice had fallen on deaf ears though as Kessler began to walk away. As he started walking he could feel the man reach into his pocket for his wallet and started running after Kessler, shouting about how much he could pay him and how it would all be okay, because they would all be going together. Before he was able to reach Kessler, there was a stone wall out of the ground in front of the man and when it came down, Kessler was nowhere in sight now. The man fell down to the ground, pushing his face in the dirty and crying his eyes out; Kessler paid no attention to it and continued his run through the forrest, hoping to reach the plains and then the village with some good time left in the day.