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For just a moment
Just a small moment, the entirety of Furlheim city went silent,
The monsters that were previously rampaging, broke down into foggy particles,
The possessed people stopped cold in their tracks fainting unconscious,
And the survivors stare at each other aghast
‘What just happened?’ was their thoughts
‘Was it all over?’
THHUDD!
THHUDD!!
BLAAMM!!!
BAAMMM!!!!
The silence breaks now as all the structures previously held in the sky begin their descent
“We are free?”
“I don’t believe it.”
“What happened to the dragon!?” Voices start to pipe up
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“No, don’t touch it, leave it like that,
Find something to cover it up and we’ll take it back to Tonbo with us.” A solemn Aki says to her brother Bane,
They stand in front the dragons' requiem looking respectfully at the impaled body of Shiryu,
His blood drips down the throne’s side creating a little pond, his body shrivels up slowly as it becomes one into the requiem
“Died like a warrior at least,” sighs Aki her eyes cold and dry
Thudd!
“I never want to come back here again.” Fuyu speaks up also unfazed by the young man’s passing,
“…..”
Aki doesn’t reply turning her eyesight to the other object of interest,
It was before a large mech but now it parks still as an armored truck
Czzt!♪
Bangg!!
Czzzt!♪
The series of sound leak out of the machine
“Metal creature,
I don’t know what you are or why you did help us but you had better start explaining,” the woman captiously approaches it, knives in each hand
Thud
”Has it moved or anything Pinoki?” she asks the little man who was guarding it hidden in shadow
“No, only those strange noises it makes.”
“Meta–”
“–Sorry I have some repairs to finish.” A tinted front window suddenly slides open startling Aki she jumps back
Thudd!
“A person, inside?” Pinoki peers getting a look at the individual's face,
A brown skinned chap with semi tall curly hair, on his eyes are plastered goggles his face is round and clean shaven he raises one of his hands out the window
“I come in peace, I’m not an enemy,”
“Who are you?” Aki edges back to the person
“I’m an engineer from the second ring, my name is Daniel Grimm, but I go by the nickname MF short for metal fingers.”
Thudd!
“You have two names?”
“Just like Shiryu.” Pinoki ads
“Who?
Anyhow, I’m sorry if I interrupted in anything here, I was flying on my way to Soterra and then I saw this big creature so the mad scientist in me got tempted to test the weapon capabilities of my ship.”
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Thudd!
“…..
Huh?”
Flying in a ship?
Scientist?
“What do you know about Soterra?” Pinoki presses putting the other information to the side for now
“Nothing at all, I was sent here to see how things were and then return home, but I was also given two names of people to look for,
Have you heard of someone called Zinnia the queen of Soterra and Aki the chief of–
Ahhk”
On the mention of her name Aki instantly lunges at the man’s throat
“Who are you for real?
A Wu-tang spy?”
“A what? No I swear,” MF pulls away sliding up the window a little
Thudd!
“Kage told me those names I don’t know about any Wu-tang.”
“Kage?” Repeats Pinoki in disbelief
“Describe Kage for me.”
“Silver hair, eyes like a night sky, a cold masculinity in his cadence but soft femininity when he speaks
He used to wield a tielium glove bow,
Is that description enough?”
Thudddd!
“It.. it is.” Pinoki Stutters dumbfounded
“So Kage is alive?
Where is he, is Lyra with him and Apollo and Karina?”
“Yeah I’ve met Apollo and Lyra, never heard of any Karina ,
Lyra died recently though fighting her brother I thinkk….
And Apollo went missing with my friend so Kage went to find them, but he didn’t want to leave off without making sure the people here were safe so he sent me to check if you were all dead or not.”
“gahhh I can’t believe it!” Pinoki falls to his knees
“They were off having adventures this whole time,
While I’ve been rotting here…”
“So, I take it that you are friends with Kage?” MF removes his goggles revealing some inquisitive brown eyes
“No.” Aki hits him a deadpanned stare
“I am,” Pinoki steps in front of the confrontational woman
“I haven’t known Kage for that long but I practically grew up with Lyra and Apollo,”
“What are the od–”
–THUDD!
MF trails off as the tremors suddenly get louder
THUDD!
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THUDD!
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THUDD!
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THUDD!
The earth shakes sequentially sounding less like tremors from buildings falling and more like impacts…
“Don’t tell me…” Aki turns back to the throne, Shiryu’s body has basically sunk fully into it, but that was not the source of the loud thuds whatsoever…
THUDD!
“Fuyu, Natsu do a quick scout of the area, Bane stay here with me in case–”
Before she could get her orders out an ominous presence starts pulsing about and a black bat scurries quickly away from it’s direction
….
“Ummm.” Gulps Pinoki looking up,
“I think I found the source of the noise.”
THUDD!
A horned demonic looking figure drops out the sky making a quick beeline for the throne!