Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0glHGzABXJ
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiShk6IbbiE
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP4scjcpa6
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….”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZqPmn6RrR
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.” 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6LC5WFDAL
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZfdbxho9n
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.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZl7GLj3uV
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? 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjbFHEDVjq
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QiXNHhC8v
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMBNg0HL9a
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. 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lAwsiGjFJ
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.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadukD8Mwd7
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOOWaFGgDJ
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?”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqvlrYgCNj
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.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTraf9fMkfc
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.” 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGUyI7IQmq
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1gvtj2dpE
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBze7pWldz
Moryuu: “Great….”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2zCvsIOlX
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.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMCPaMQg0r
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpREaZJ2Eh
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3G4FoPaUy
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?”531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GXQ9Ho7rK
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. 531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvBUUrUqQe
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.531Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5DBGxWPPk
