Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs5RMfcnaP
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4gFOeazTU
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYocSAoqu4
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….”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKIbepMPpM
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.” 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy13HsK2b2l
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY59vPd3soN
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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltU6SAMpUD
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? 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DG2qTObtn
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5rgveB2Fp
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuPiRRYRke
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. 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4rwrX8VIf
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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfVyUC11de
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPVrjaeR4l
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?”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1tTFKBtYk
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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKYmnitBZI
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.” 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZTp2GFins
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUglqqhzRE
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6yy8SVrIE
Moryuu: “Great….”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k1EdpeFPp
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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUDQSDm1vr
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIHZqoYsu6
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xi2YwqRjV
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?”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDHWc5dX2p
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. 548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKIV0Xtxnx
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1Ne6i49Yg
