Good to see that everyone seems to be safe but this eye….362Please respect copyright.PENANAyyIHLnNs8X
I grasp the weird amulet in my pocket and stalk through the shadows of the building where everyone is. 362Please respect copyright.PENANAb1iejo0f29
In the middle of my patrol, a portal opens to reveal the familiar sight of Talon.
Talon: “You had one job Moryuu….”362Please respect copyright.PENANAjrT2Bcz7ad
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….”362Please respect copyright.PENANA18FRMPNs4q
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.” 362Please respect copyright.PENANAK62nRVKKOT
Talon: “I still got his soul in a safe place, ready to return to where they belong once this is all over.” 362Please respect copyright.PENANARQqxz5eaVs
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.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAtyMOLv9hh7
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? 362Please respect copyright.PENANAq8CeJ3U1Uj
Talon: “Shame, from what you’ve told me before I think that Nu sounds pretty cute.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAXolBXOmlhe
Moryuu: “I think she’s taken.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAJTjwtWqR6j
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. 362Please respect copyright.PENANACk3ljcvfiq
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.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAjn3g3mU3Ul
Moryuu: “I’m just exploring all my options, just in case they fail.”362Please respect copyright.PENANALfQabhIJtz
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?”362Please respect copyright.PENANAXdZ7qsecdv
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.”362Please respect copyright.PENANA2HrIsdXG84
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.” 362Please respect copyright.PENANA74qxdZanDa
Moryuu: “Just to make sure, how many shifts do we have left before the God wakes up.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAvHkoe5yALj
Talon: “Not quite sure, maybe the next one….maybe 5th one.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAJj4e5mloVE
Moryuu: “Great….”362Please respect copyright.PENANARgtex1BLr0
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.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAPouRRLHqxb
The fog becomes thick and the red sun unnaturally rises faster into the sky. 362Please respect copyright.PENANAmuacja97dq
Moryuu: “That’s not up to me.”362Please respect copyright.PENANAlbf8r6GxUE
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?”362Please respect copyright.PENANADmg5dXrXpt
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. 362Please respect copyright.PENANA8J1ZBH43pA
Whatever, I’ll do what I have to do.362Please respect copyright.PENANASkDhFfW5T3