Is it how look?
Do I look fake now?
It has to be that right?
Right?
She wouldn’t just…
She would.
Why would she?
Was I just being used?
No.
It didn’t feel like that.
But…
Do I dare look at my reflection?)
Shiryu stares into a mirror overlooking a dashboard of controls, his reflection doesn’t show,
Or rather he still hides his refection from himself,
“Well what do think?” Mf’s impatient voice snaps him out of thought
“About the ship….
Yeah I’m definitely familiar with it, we call them zeppelins where I’m from,
I definitely believe Kage designed this, out tech does not work here no matter what, the fact that this does means he definitely was involved with this.”
“I don’t understand the correlation there?”
“Kage is g…
Never mind you wouldn’t believe it…” Sigh Shiryu
“I’m open to hearing anything,” Mf raises his goggles to peer inquisitively at Shiryu
“It’s…
Kage is... more than just a regular person like us,
She, he, is the living embodiment of balance on the rings, or in your terms Kage is the only administrator on our server,
A god if you will.”
“You are totally serious?” Mf asks in sheer wonder
“I don’t expect you to believe it.”
“Well it is hard to believe without substantial evidence.”
“Then lets go find some!” Pinoki suddenly barges into the craft
“You two are excluding Kage are some of the strangest people I have met,
And wherever you go I am certain a great adventure will follow,
The time for sticking is over I don’t want to see this city anymore we’ve done enough.”
“Adventure? No.” Mf waves his hands dismissively
“I just want to get some valuable information to help with my research between the correlation of what you call magic and out tech,
I don’t plan on doing anything too crazy,”
“aughg!” Groans Pinoki
“What about you Shiryu?
New body new adventure am I right?”
“…
I…
I’m just looking for love.”
“AUUGHH!” the little man groans even louder
“What are you on? Love? Come on,
Don’t you have that vampire visit, a requiem to look for, and what about this homeland of yours that always had a colorful sky?
All those adventure potential and your on love???”
“Ahh, well when you put it like that,” Shiryu passes his hand through his hair still surprised it’s there to begin with
“I do have a few things to see after,”
“Then what are you waiting on? We move.”
“We move,” Shiryu smiles, repeating Pinoki’s words,
His teeth still as sharp as ever
(If it means I won’t be alone)
“Why not have some adventures.”
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“We cannot express our gratitude enough Mr. Zadkiel,” Marshall shakes Shiryu’s hand firmly
“I didn’t do as much as you to think.” Shiryu pulls his hand away bashfully
“You should thank those warriors from Bakufu who came.”
“They have already left,”
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(Aki’s gone huh…..)
“The Chief is always on the move,” Claude speaks in, as Shiryu unintentionally slips into thought,
It’s been s few days since Geedorah’s defeat, most of the City’s population has moved from inside the damaged city to the outskirts in tents while the repair efforts ensue
“The stories of those warriors valour and discipline are definitely true after witnessing how they handled our situation, so calm and composed even during the worst,” Marshall reflects, quite impressed
“A shame we lost a man like Giichi after all of this,
Have you and other members of the guild chosen another representative yet Claude?”
“Not yet, we haven’t found everyone yet plus we are still recovering,
Giichi sir was so irreplaceable, I don’t know who we would pick.”
…...
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“That man Ginobelucci, his motives for this still remain unclear to us, need some form of closure,” a woman’s voice suddenly interjects,
Shiryu, Claude, Amelia and Marshall turn their attentions to an old woman wobbling into the spacious tent being assisted by Dexter,
“That is him, sir Zadkiel whom I told you about,” Dexter directs the woman to Shiryu,
“Greetings to you good sir,” the lady extends a wobbly hand to him
“I am Ms. Pesadora one of the leaders in charge here,
I came to express my thanks,”
“Umm, well there is no need,” come an awkward response from Shiryu
“I also heard that you were in search of another powerful requiem here?”
“Yes, do know something about it?”
“We don’t have any other artefact like that here anymore mr. Zadkiel,”
“Are you sure?”
“As the leader of the service group I was in close allegiance to our merchant alliance, even though their leader Mr. Buck is no longer with us I know for a fact that the requiem you speak of it was discovered a long time ago and sold.”
“Do you know where?”
“I am not a merchant i wouldn’t know.” The old lady taps Dexter’s shoulder signalling him to her help away,
Strangely enough the volatile man remains subdued his eyes pressed alertly on Shiryu
“Well this old woman has said her thanks already, I need rest desperately so I will be going.” Ms. Pesadora nods him off
(What a bizarre interaction.)
Shiryu watches in bewilderment, the old woman accompanied by Dexter wobble away…
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“What did you think of that man Pesadora?” Dexter whispers after the two had completely left the vicinity of the others
“I like him he’s helped contribute in saving us from the dragon crisis,
But the profits we made from this alone is outrageous, a real pity Buck couldn’t live to see it.”
“I don’t like how he knew about the other requiem,
Not a soul is supposed to be aware of it’s existence,”
“There is probably a leak on their end.”
“Speaking of them, we haven’t been in contact for so long,”
“We should work towards re-establishing our lovely relationship with them then.”
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