Fallen Stars
Mystery Twelve
Vanishing Shadow!!
Wrath: (What is she about to say?)
Adhil warms up, getting ready to speak. Enma is making ominous noises.
Adhil: I am the sergeant of the 85th Squad, stationed at Leda Lake City! My name is sergeant Adhil!
Wrath whispers to Vega and Draco.
Wrath: Sheesh, why is she telling us?
Draco speaks up, with a slight smile.
Draco: I would tell you our names, but that doesn’t matter.
Tabit whispers to Algol.
Tabit: Huh, what did he say? It doesn't matter?
Adhil goes to speak again.
Adhil (severe): What business do you have here? This is nothing but a measly village, there’re bigger and better cities, on the route to the right!
Draco (laughs): A measly village? With an Army squad protecting it?
Enma shows its teeth.
Adhil (uneased): (Huh?)
Tabit speaks under his breath.
Tabit (pissed): Void continent scum.
All three of them hear Tabit say this. Draco, while smiling, raises a finger pistol, as it starts to glow. Vega rushes in, cutting the three before they could even see him! Cutting them diagonally, while they stand in a straight line!
Vega: **Vanishing Shadow**
They all yell out in pain!!
Tabit, Adhil, and Algol: Agh!!
As the cut goes across their chest, blood spews out, with them spitting up blood!
Tabit: (Did he just cut all three of us? We didn’t even see him coming. Was the guy talking just a distraction-)
Vega: **Ignite**
The cuts across their chest ignite with flames bursting out! Standing to the side of them, Vega turned his sword sideways, winding up, sending off a final cut!!!
Vega: **Tōkatsu Jigoku**
AN* Tōkatsu Jigoku, meaning the Reviving Hell.
In a split second, before the raging flames leaped onto the soldiers. Adhil looked at Vega and saw a red aurora coming off of him, and the same aurora around his sword and flames.
The soldiers are engulfed by incredibly powerful bright red flames!! They continue screaming in agonizing pain!!
Algol, Adhil, and Tabit: Aaaaahhh!!!
Screeching in pain!! The soldier's animals look at Vega, as he’s covered in flames. They try running off, but kill over signaling their partners died!
**Vega**
Army Kill Count: 3
Vega (expressionless): (Too easy.)
Draco (joking): God damn overkill, Vega.
Wrath (upset): Damn it, I was just about to go in too.
Wrath walks over to the corpses.
Wrath: I can’t even check and see what they have, it’s burnt to a crisp.
Vega lets out a loud yell!!
Vega: AAAAAAH!
The red flames cover his body! Raging flames surround him, and Enma grows a little bigger! Then the fire disappear.
Wrath: What the hell was that just now?
Vega touched his chest.
Vega: I don’t know. Maybe that’s the feeling when you move up in tiers. Caffua did say we have to kill 'Stars'. So it does refer to people with powers and partners.
Draco: Hmmm. That makes the most sense.
Wrath: Well damn, Draco and I are still on M then. While Vega here has leveled up. Do you feel any different?
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Vega: No, I feel pretty much the same. What did Caffua say we get on the next one again?
Wrath: I remember him saying…
*Quick Remembrance*
Caffua: When you hit K, you get increased strength, extra durability, can turn into your abilities, an increased time limit to 1 hour, and can communicate with your partner, such as hearing each other's thoughts.”
*Back to the Present*
Wrath: That’s what I remember.
Vega: I wonder what’s the first one I get.
**Vega**
Stellar: K9
Draco: Good thing you’re here, Wrath. I almost forgot what he said.
Wrath: You still have a terrible memory?
Draco: As my mom would say, it's just selective memory.
All of their animals run over to eat the seal. Vega looking at Enma notices it still has one spike.
Vega: (So I guess moving tiers doesn’t change that.)
Enma: (No. You have to upgrade yourself to bring the strongest version of me out, Vega. I’m a reflection of you.)
Vega: (So I can finally talk to you now. This is the first ability on the Stellar I get.)
Enma: (Nice to finally speak to you.)
Vega: (Now, what were you saying?)
Draco: Yo, Vega. We’re about to head into the city, come on.
Vega: Right, I’m on the way. (Let’s chat on the way, Enma.)
Enma: (Gotchu.)
As the gang continues walking, they reach the gates of the city.
Draco: She said this was Leda Lake City, right?
Wrath: That’s what I heard.
Draco (cheerful): Well, let's explore!
As they walk through the gates with their animals, they see an open land with multiple buildings all around. Gardens of vegetation and flowers growing, all around. The sun shines just like it's spring.
Vega: It’s like a giant grassland. An open area and they settled this.
They see the opening sign.
**Welcome To
Leda Lake City
Home of The 9th Largest Lake**
They see a flag on the gates, it's a flag with grass on the bottom with mountains drawn on it, top right. With a lake in the middle of the flag, in the middle of the lake is a single eye and in the top left of the flag, they see a symbol… (Rough layout)
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They continue walking through the entrance.
Draco: We kinda stick out with our animals, so stay on guard.
Wrath: Right.
Vega: We could just have them hide on the rooftops.
Draco: Smart idea.
Wrath: Well, I’ll see you guys.
Wrath takes off running.
Draco: Wait, where are you going?
Wrath: I told you, to find a tailor!
Wrath is now out of sight. Draco and Vega start walking around the city.
Draco: You plan on running off too?
Vega: Nah, there’s nothing I need right now. What are you about to do?
Draco: I’m looking for a bookstore. Trying to find a composite book.
Vega: There’s gotta be one nearby.
Draco and Vega walk past farmers, milking cows and goats right in the open.
Draco: I guess this is normal here.
Vega: Hold on. What’s that sign say?
**Flex’s Calendar Store**
Draco: Yeah, I don't think they have it.
Vega: Maybe they do.
They go into the store in search of a journal.
Draco: Yeah, this is weird.
They walk in and see nothing but large calendars hanging on the wall.
Vega (perplexed): There aren't any tiny calendars. There’s only huge ones.
Draco: Let’s leave.
Vega: Yeah.
Vega and Draco walked out of the store in search of a different one.
Draco: Let’s just keep looking.
They walk some more, finally finding a bright neon sign.
**Perry’s Bookstore**
The sign has a rat in the background on top of the letters.
Draco: Nice. Let’s go in.
Draco and Vega go in, while their animals chill on the rooftop. They scramble to look for a journal. Draco spots one and takes it to the register to buy it. A perky cashier comes around to ring them up.
Kerri: This is it?
Draco: Yeah, that’s everything. You're not Perry, are you?
Kerri (laughs): Heck no. Perry started this whole bookstore franchise, he owns so many. He’s the big big boss.
Draco: Oh, I thought this was a local joint.
Kerri: That’s understandable. Leda just feels so home-like, people say that all the time. Where are you from?
Draco remembers Tabit saying, “Void continent scum.”
Draco (hesitance): Uhhhh, some lowly southeastern city. Don’t worry about it.
Kerri: Ok. Well, your total is 2,000 Sols.
Draco and Vega (very surprised): 2,000?!!!
Kerri (joyful): Yep, Low prices here at Perry’s.
Draco: (Sheesh.) Does it at least come with a pencil?
Kerri: Just for you, I’ll throw in a free mechanical pencil. *winks*
Draco (smiles): Thank you. I’ll take it, here is 2,000 sols.
Kerri: Nice doing business with you, come back again!
Draco and Vega walk out of the store.
Draco: What the fuck. 2,000 for one book. These cost 2 sols back at home.
Vega: I feel that after that exchange, we were on a completely isolated continent. Why was there such a massive gap in paying for something?
Draco: It’s fine, we’ll have more money than we’ll ever need in the future.
Draco holds up his journal.
Draco (smiles): But this is the start.
Vega: Wrath better not be starting anything.
Draco: Let’s regroup with him. There probably isn’t a crazy amount of tailors here.
**Meanwhile**
With Wrath
Rodney’s Tailor Joint
Wrath: This cape, I’m just trying to make the hoodie part lighter. But still, cover all of my face. And I want the inside of the hoodie to be all blue.
Rodney (happy): Sure, I can do that. I have this material too.
Wrath (relieved): Great! How long will it take?
Rodney: Hmm, give me about an hour, it should be done.
Wrath: Alright. Well get started, I’ll wait.
Rodney: Be back in an hour.
Rodney takes the hooded cape to the back and gets started.
The background music of the store plays,
You can have all my shine, I'll give you the light
You can have, all, my, shine, I'll give you the light
**Meanwhile**
Back to Vega and Draco
Draco (drained): Man what the hell? There are a bunch of tailor shops here. What is the market like here?
Vega: With so many shops, I bet Wrath’s total will be super low. Probably even lower than your book.
Draco (tears up): If that happens I’m going to kill Wrath.
Vega laughs it off.
Vega (smirking): Ahaha, stop it. Let’s just find him.
As an hour goes by, Draco and Vega still can’t find the shop. Rodney comes back out with the cape.
Rodney: Try this on.
Wrath gets it and puts it on. The hoodie covers most of his face, and the inside is blue.
Wrath (extremely satisfied): This Is PERFECT!
Rodney (smiles): Glad I could help. Now for your total.
Wrath: Yep.
Rodney: This fabric, with the labor. Comes to a total of 5,000 sols.
Wrath’s happy expression leaves and he has a puzzled look.
Wrath: 5,000? What? Is that right?
Rodney: 5,000 is the total.
Wrath thinks intensely.
Wrath: (Lose all of my money on this or…)
Rodney (confused): Hmph? So are you paying or not? I’ll have to call the Army.
Wrath comes up with some reasoning in his head, thinking seriously.
Wrath: (Shit. The sergeant is dead. If more people figure that out. It will cause even more of a shit storm. I have to make a move.)
Wrath coats his left hand in electricity. Rodney is taken by surprise.
Rodney (scared): Whoa, what are you doing?!
Wrath stabs Rodney through the chest with his electricity! Rodney looks into Wrath’s blue eyes, he also sees Wrath smiling, his fangs slightly showing, but it’s somewhat covered by his hoodie.
Wrath (sinister): I need you to be quiet.
Draco and Vega come walking through. And see Wrath’s arm through a man. Sparks flying.
Draco: Wrath, the fuck man.
Draco has a slightly confused expression.
[What Is He Doing??!]
Mystery 12 Fin