Collection: Sage Eyes
The main series of Sage Eyes, the story of Simon and Tiffani.
imon: "THAT IS, HE NOTICED THE LIGHT I STOLE, FROM A HOUSE HE ROBBED."
Horus: WHEN I SAID TO MEET AT THE TOURNAMENT, I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO COMPETE.
Simon: I’M DOING THIS FOR MY OWN REASONS. I STILL HAVEN'T OPENED THE VAULT. NOT SURE IF I WILL.
Horus: THAT IS YOUR CHOICE, OF COURSE. BUT I THINK YOU WILL WANT TO, GIVEN YOUR CONDITION. I ASSUME SHIARA INFORMED YOU OF THE NATURE OF YOUR CURSE?
Simon: SHIARA?
Horus: OF COURSE. I USED HER TO FIND YOU.
Simon: BUT I THOUGHT...
Horus: THE ITEM I NEED FROM THE VAULT IS A CRYSTAL, SO DENSE WITH MAGIC, IT IS PRACTICALLY LIMITLESS. ENOUGH TO CURE A CURSE. BUT DON'T WORRY. YOUR KINGDOM IS SAFE. I INTEND TO USE IT AGAINST AN OVERSEAS EMPIRE. THEY'RE THE REAL BAD GUYS HERE.
Simon: LOOK, LET'S TALK AFTER I WIN.
Horus: THAT CONFIDENT, ARE WE? GOOD LUCK, SIMON. I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU.
Simon: "HE WAS THE FIRST TO CALL ME LIGHT THIEF."
Announcer: AND NOW, FOR THE FINAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE BLUE BANDIT AND
NIGHTSHADE.
Crowd: I LOVE YOU, NIGHTSHADE!
THE BLUE BANDIT HAS NO HONOR!
Tiffani: "I MAKE NO PROMISES."
Tiffani: "SO THEN WHAT HAPPENED?"
Fighter: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU THREW AWAY YOUR WEAPON?
Dong!
Simon "I LIVED OFF OF SCRAPS UNTIL TENCI NOTICED ME."
Tiffani: "REALLY? YOU?"
Simon: "I HAVE A REPUTATION TO UPHOLD, SO DON'T MENTION IT TO ANYONE."
Simon: YIELD.
Announcer: AND THIS BATTLE GOES TO THE BLUE BANDIT, SPONSORED BY ISABEL KORIGON!
FOURSDAY, ASIMUS II, 4998
Tiffani: “WHAT? YOU CAN TELL ME."
Tiffani: WHERE'S FARLON?
OR ANYONE?
Man: WHERE THE WHOLE KINGDOM IS. AT THE TOURNAMENT OF HONOR. HE LEFT ME IN CHARGE. AND FRANKLY, I DON'T CARE IF YOU WORK OR NOT.
Esma: HEAR THAT, ROSE? WHAT DO YOU SAY, WANT TO SEE SOME SWEATY MEN
BEATING EACH OTHER UP ON THE BATTLEFIELD?
Tiffani: LET'S DO IT!
Simon: “HAIR CLIP."
Tiffani: THAT TOOK LONG ENOUGH.
WE MISSED THE JOUSTING.
Esma: SOME PRIMPY NOBLES COVERED IN ARMOR? I WANT TO SEE SOME SKIN. WE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME FOR THE COMMONER MELEE.
Simon “…”
Voice: YOU'RE GOING TO DIE, AFTER LIVING A WORTHLESS LIFE.
ALL YOU DID WAS TAKE.
YOU NEVER FOUND YOUR PAST.
Dark Simon: YOU'LL BE FORGOTTEN, JUST LIKE YOU FORGOT EVERYTHING.
Simon: HORUS COULD SAVE ME...
Dark Simon: YOU KNOW HIS KIND. HE ONLY CARES ABOUT YOU IF YOU'RE USEFUL. YOU'D ONLY END UP AS HIS DEAD LACKEY.
FACE IT, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHO YOU ARE. YOU HAVE
NO PURPOSE. YOU DON'T BELONG WITH ANYONE.
Simon: BUT WITH TIFFANI I COULD...
Dark Simon: YOUR COULDS RAN OUT. DEAD MEN CAN'T OFFER ANYTHING TO A PRINCESS.
Simon: NO! MY LIFE HAS TO COUNT FOR SOMETHING!
Dark Simon: THEN PROVE IT.
Simon: I WILL. IN THE TOURNAMENT.
Simon: “BUT NO ONE EVER DID."
Tiffani: I HELPED BUY SOME OFTHE MEAT. DIDN'T COOK IT, THESE GUYS ARE BETTER AT SEASONING. HEY, YOU LOOK DOWN. EVERYTHING OK?
Esma: I’VE NEVER HAD ROSEBERRIES BEFORE. WHERE'D YOU GET THEM?
Mero: YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
Simon: I’M…FINE.
Fey: THE NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT HAS ARRIVED! COME ON, WE'RE MAGES, LET'S MAKE SOME MAGIC!
Man: HOW'S YOUR CONQUEST OF THE NOBLE GIRL COMING, FEY?
Fey: EXCELLENT, FATHER. SHE'S WRAPPED AROUND MY FINGER.
Man: YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
Fey: OH, HEY, YOU DIDN'T TELL ME WE HAD GUESTS. FAELYN, EVEN! TO WHAT DO WE OWE THIS HONOR?
Tiffani: “I’VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU..."
Fey: WAIT A SECOND, I KNOW YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ONE AND ONLY...
LIGHT THIEF!
Esma: YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH FAELYN AND THE LIGHT THIEF? WHAT ELSE AREN'T YOU TELLING ME?
Simon: “IT WAS THE ONLY CLUE TO MY IDENTITY."
Simon: I’M GOING TO DIE?
Shiara: WE NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO SAVE YOU.
Simon: I’M GOING TO DIE? IN LESS THAN A WEEK?
Shiara: THE NEAREST FAELYS LIFE MASTER WHO COULD SAVE YOU IS TOO FAR AWAY TO GET TO IN TIME, EVEN IF WE COULD FIND HER EASILY. AND I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESTORE LOST MEMORIES.
Simon: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?! COULD I HAVE FOUND HER IF WE HAD GONE OUT AS SOON AS YOU FOUND MY CURSE?
Shiara: POSSIBLY. BUT THAT OPTION IS GONE NOW.
Simon: YOU...!!!
SO WHAT'S LEFT?
LET ME DIE?
Shiara: I’VE HEARD OF A MAGE, APART FROM THESE ONES, IN THE CITY. HE PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE LIFE MAGIC, BUT COULD FIND ANOTHER WAY. SOME ARTIFACT, MAYBE?
Simon: HORUS. HE'S GOING TO BE AT THE TOURNAMENT. I'LL NEED TO BE THERE.
Shiara: THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU MUCH TIME, BUT IT'S SOMETHING.
9.13
Simon: ”I WORE IT IN HOPES SOMEONE WOULD RECOGNIZE IT."
Simon: AND I NEED YOU TO MAKE SURE I WIN.
Man: MISS FAELYS, IS THIS MAN BOTHERING YOU?
Shiara…: YES.
SImon: (WHAT?)
Man: SHOULD I TEACH HIM A LESSON?
Shiara: PLEASE.
Simon: (WHAT?!)
Shiara: (THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO PRACTICE WITH A NON-FAELYS.)
Tiffani: LOOKS LIKE WORK WAS BRUTAL TODAY.
Esma: EH, DOUBT IT WAS WORSE THAN OURS.
Simon: “I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT THERE."
TWOSDAY, ASIMUS 9, 4998
Simon: “I HAD THIS BANDANA IN MY HAND."
Shiara: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL TIFFANI THE TRUTH? YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB.
AND YOU AREN'T EVEN USING YOUR FREE TIME TO LOOK FOR A CURE TO YOU CURSE.
Simon: SHE WON'T THINK BETTING ON WINNING THE TOURNAMENT COUNTS, UNTIL I BRING HOME THE MONEY.
AS FOR THE CURSE, I'VE HAD IT FOR YEARS. WHAT'S THE RUSH?
Shiara: YEARS?
Simon: Explain Explain
Shiara: OHH. SIMON, BEING CURSED IS A DEATH SENTENCE. AS SOON AS THERE'S ANOTHER RIFT ECLIPSE, THE DARK MAGIC WILL SURGE AND. CRACK YOUR CRYSTAL HEART. DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT?
Simon: WHEN IS THE NEXT ECLIPSE, THEN?
HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE?
Shiara: I THOUGHT YOU KNEW. I KEEP FORGETTING HUMANS DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS INTUITIVELY. IT'S ON ASIMUS 13.
imon: “THE ONLY REASON I VEN KNOW MY NAME IS..."
Esma: SO, HOW DID YOU TWO MEET? EVEN KNOW MY NAME IS..."
Tiffani: WELL, IT WAS AT A DANCE.
Esma: A DANCE, EH? EVERYBODY, LET'S GET THE MUSIC GOING!
Rattle
Swish
Boom! Ding!
Esma: COME DANCE!
Tiffani: BUT I ONLY KNOW BALLROOM DANCING.
Esma: DON'T WORRY, FEEL THE MUSIC.
Tiffani: BUT MY DRESS
Simon: “WHEN I WOKE UP, IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN MITH..."
Tiffani: COULDN'T HELP YOURSELF?
Simon: “I HEARD A VOICE SAYING 'SIMON,' BUT I COULDN'T SEE ANYONE."
Simon: YOU'RE GLOWING SO BRIGHT, BUT THIS TIME I CAN'T STEAL YOUR LIGHT.
Tiffani: SO WHO ARE YOU, REALLY?
Simon: YOU KNOW WHO I AM. SIMON.
JUST SIMON .
Tiffani: AND TONIGHT I'M JUST TIFFANI ROSE .
YOU KNOW, I COULD
GET USED TO THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO BE A PRINCESS ANYMORE.
Simon: AND MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO BE THE LIGHT THIEF.
Simon: “TIFFANI, IT WAS 5 YEARS AGO. AND DON'T YOU THINK I LOOKED?"
Esma: IT'S A LITTLE CROWDED HERE, BUT WE'LL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU. WHAT DO FAELYN LIKE TO EAT?
Man: HEY, YOU! WE DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO PEOPLE BOTHERING ESMA.
Mero: SIMON! YOU TAKE CARE OF THE THREE BIG ONES! I'LL GET THE LITTLE ONE! ATTACK!
Simon: “BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE OR ANYTHING."
Esma: THESE ARE JUST MY OVERPROTECTIVE BROTHERS.
Nephew: AND NEPHEW!
Esma: AND NEPHEW. GUYS, THIS IS ROSE, FROM WORK. AND HER...FRIENDS?
Nephew: WOW, ARE YOU FAELYN?
Mero: …YES.
Nephew: CAN YOU TURN INTO A TREE?
Mero: …NO.
Simon: HELLO, I'M SIMON.
Lyle: I’M LYLE.
Man: SO, YOU'RE FAELYN?
Shiara: YES.
Man: CAN YOU TURN INTO A TREE?
Shiara: …KIND OF.
Esma: WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO INTIMIDATE, LITTLE MAN?
AHH!









