Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEQES3njcC
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKRwSAY6uM
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg7KQgojNk
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….”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ012CzWwWxV
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.” 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNXoBim82f
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu3VBPP0rJ
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.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9JMhaXlOS
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? 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP4rPZwbkf
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RqGIPjsqh
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSZTg9joKd
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. 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqadmt9UcaQ
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.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60IbE1QxR4
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTokkRvToNI
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?”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6YWInZjeR
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.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSZTy3MisR
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.” 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxkbifGCit
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAje4AFOHOu
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjAOozCigM
Moryuu: “Great….”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ9oXmG7r2
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.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9UmEo6thu
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2WQTR0rBo
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL4u3qH162
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?”752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbaSFJQQu1
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. 752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0H62vklXj
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSBoA1MFI1
