Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxJEcpMxUB
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZby00HQ24
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9r7ibJ4Tk
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….”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iKaw67yl7
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.” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24OII192Hy
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5UygHAbQz
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QVNwFnqnR
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? 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbIDuJDzNW
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7e62szn2V
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe96w5O0mzu
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡve4oNWBWSf
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77l5mWKc3Z
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSXiLoVZ60
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?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMGgVJveWw
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ205OoEsnfk
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.” 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72kibQ87GF
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwH3JugT6OR
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQ7bNWUKmq
Moryuu: “Great….”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpzc7HavTO
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.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYgseAbqkO
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHa5wRYRd2
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtzfR0rayE
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?”729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5kZxhJtsU
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bkySHCodG
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolmwp2VeZA
