Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLM3DlcO9J
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkttwrjdh5W
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzqk0KN7S0
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….”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfInQeedUyH
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.” 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY31UKyl8R
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXVDUGjRcG
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.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxVfTmdLDV
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? 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAWYW7H24A
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGZWPbRHB8
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNFZr0NRvN
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. 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBurX80kZTk
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.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs2DaIFaJB
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRc36mjg2P
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?”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfRSjGHSMT
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.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0ctzzgzSs
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.” 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbcA9taUNQ
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBPkzG9gEs
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF62BhAhQJt
Moryuu: “Great….”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQezIgPIdyi
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.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05FqZq3XVl
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6LV7FDQHa
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUKyJ9B2gA
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?”532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsImqAEtrK
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. 532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC48WhgCGj
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.532Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuz11q1xZo
