Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSjqc3AYoP
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPR1YKGbhHn
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzsbVWhqPV
Moryuu: “….Sorry.”
Talon: “I mean, when I was gathering the sleeping souls from their respective warehouses guess what I found.”
Moryuu: “….”
Talon: “Yep, Caecius soul ready for the next round. I thought, Mmmmm, who could have killed him….”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2VYX6QkDW
Moryuu: “Okay I get it, I messed up.”
Talon playfully punches my shoulder and smiles.
Talon: “I’m just messing with you. Yeah, I’m a bit mad but that won’t help the situation.” 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKAgh1ZZB5
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5BVecSV8C
Moryuu: “Good, Talon I have something for you.”
I take out the Eye of Aion and show it to Talon.
Moryuu: “Have you ever seen this before.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitIPPTvnQW
Talon: “No, but I’m sure it’s trouble.”
Moryuu: “I think so, Caecius desperately wanted it and it seems to react to Nu. Considering they’re both magic users I think it’s better that I hold onto it, Nu may seem innocent but I don’t trust her with whatever this is.”
Talon: “Sigh...You got to start trusting magical people, man.”
I put the eye back into my pocket and find a nice place to sit down.
Moryuu: “I don’t think so, something like that won’t change overnight.”
Talon takes a sit on the dirt next to me, awfully friendly, aren’t you? 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5p71snaD4O
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKHHSBdrpL
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKLn96ybv0
Talon: “That’s what all the ladies say until I work my magic.”
Moryuu: “….Sure they do. Maybe you should take this more seriously instead of planning to flirt with a little girl.”
Talon: “I’ll have you know I take flirting very seriously.”
Despite saying that Talon raises his hand over his ear and creates a portal over it.
Talon: “My portals aren’t just for teleporting stuff away, I can even use it for recon. My ear is now inside listening to their conversation.”
That does seem useful, maybe he’ll hear something that can give me a clue to where Shadow is. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnyMAJllgg
After some time Talon’s eye widen.
Talon: “Well, it seems that Magpie is now possessed by Shadow and the group is going to try to help her get free from his control.”
Moryuu: “I see….what would happen to shadow if the host body is disintegrated.”
Talon: “Okay I wasn’t mad when you killed Caecius but killing that cutie is off-limits.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYedhxsczsi
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgROkKojjn
Talon: “Well maybe they won’t fail, we can’t have more people dying here.”
Talon raises his other hand and creates another portal. He grabs a doll that looks a lot like Magpie. He then writes something down on a piece of paper and then throws the doll and the folded paper into the portal before it closed.
Talon: “Hopefully they’ll use the doll this time.”
Moryuu: “And the paper?”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWxwc5WfPN
Talon: “It just tells them to hold hands when the shift happens in 18 hours so they don’t get separated and to use the doll to find Magpie. That doll will also allow me to track them so they don’t get too far away from us.”
Moryuu: “Good, our chances are looking better.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71lZxrexNn
However, as if to mock my optimism, the sun rises but something is off….it’s blood red.
Talon: “Oh crap, Moryuu….”
We stand up in attention as a thick fog begins to creep into the streets around the building. I hear roars of creatures, maybe umbra or perhaps more….
Talon: “This is probably because of the God’s growing power, this place is getting more dangerous and evil.” 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XW0TGXsrz
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzv4mV4lSKm
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0udm4b7AW
Moryuu: “Great….”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq8LGuW2Qk
I take out my Tonfa prepared for battle.
Talon: “No, I don’t know why your item is not a perfect replica like every other item here but you shouldn’t transform now. Save you last 4 for something important.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ92vV2Xy2
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB43QdiWs7
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8Z9PF1OaF
Talon: “You say that but you don’t have to fight alone.”
Talon raises his hand and creates a portal that slowly descends upon us.
Moryuu: “What are-”
Talon: “I really wanted to give those guys more privacy for their reunion but I have no choice. I’m transporting us inside with everyone else, we’ll work together to repeal this assault.”
Moryuu: “But what about the Eye problem?”537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabw2cPIiI8
Talon: “If you care so much then make sure it stays in your pocket.”
Moryuu: “Sigh.…fine.
The portal envelopes us and we appear in front of everyone inside the building, as expected they seem shocked to see us. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMC6jdOsSPX
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXAvPmXbXe
