Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….346Please respect copyright.PENANASnTlkjLwVH
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 346Please respect copyright.PENANAhWtU0Hp8b1
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”346Please respect copyright.PENANA9aYYP82r0m
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….”346Please respect copyright.PENANAeXdzYsGDLU
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.” 346Please respect copyright.PENANAYCTcQIAZId
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 346Please respect copyright.PENANAk0nQczzFkW
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.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAY9uK0lTyAS
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? 346Please respect copyright.PENANApetPkKS8WB
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”346Please respect copyright.PENANABEArd4wdKG
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAExPP85Z6j2
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. 346Please respect copyright.PENANAXcUwXx5Zx4
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.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAbQZDpWaZCT
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAqdn8YW4jr6
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?”346Please respect copyright.PENANATc3uBYejdY
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.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAaqcacnFoTf
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.” 346Please respect copyright.PENANAlfH2hDsv2W
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAqjcUYyqWIG
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”346Please respect copyright.PENANA7i2lH32FVF
Moryuu: “Great….”346Please respect copyright.PENANAiSVLhtA1ce
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.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAKa1vi7K6yv
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 346Please respect copyright.PENANA9xD5L1l2kE
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”346Please respect copyright.PENANAickrd7uvQe
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?”346Please respect copyright.PENANAjpEgJk8Ugk
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. 346Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0sSZY6QlB
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.346Please respect copyright.PENANAdPAHRUpVfe