Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT4j5kSLxA
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mIjUXsQCa
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAPOjVG6Y0
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….”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1028kyglDC
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.” 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxj4iXmVsw
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUwBP1P4e9
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.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4s5un9tJND
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? 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoStf1TuXG
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDUZf7B2pL
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ9pGXNHe4
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. 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVzZrUXnj2
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.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NGMONlnIj
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5CsOyo4BW
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?”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrdONLKnOX
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.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ5IQ9r4Xq
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.” 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzHKVkYbm0
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GohMOeVCN
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWbOyFtIaz
Moryuu: “Great….”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9iyK5ZsKw
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.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7SW2FI5JL
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemByDTNOMU
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ohmsi8wWm
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?”567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD69LViWCeq
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. 567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NjIvASLFT
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.567Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCwT1NGb7g
