Golden Age: Revival

Allina: <(Dammit... What am I supposed to do? If I try to stop them, they'll just kick me out and resume doing it...)>

"Huh. That's good to know, I guess. Thank you for your time."

*The two walk away stopping when they think they're out of earshot.*

"You think what's her name Dream Spirit Lady will know of a way for us to get in?"

Mimiru:<I don't know. She might not even be at the hotel. She wasn't around when we left, but I suppose we could try.>

*The two return to the hotel.*

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"There isn't a class system anymore, but I think Creepy Stalker is unaware of that."

*The drill makes a sound like a truck backfiring.*

<Alright, we've got it! Reel 'er in, boys!>

*The drill begins to raise out of the rocks.*
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<Certainly. I have nothing to hide. The security is just a precaution, so that unauthorized personnel don't interfere.>
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Drioma<*Sigh.* I won't be able to hold your hands when you get out of Russia, you know. I can't knock so many guards out during the day time. Try getting permission to enter. Maybe from his "guests"?>

Aiden shrugs, "You'll have to ask the others."

"Wouldn't his guests be inside by now? Kinda hard to get permission from someone when we can't get to where they are. And I imagine the guards won't be easy to convince."

[Get out of Russia? That's unsettling.]

Mimiru:<If it's knocking people out, perhaps we could handle some and you handle the rest? Depending on how many there are and where they are that is.>

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"Aren't you excited Euryale, you'll be able to find out more about yourself?"

[What is it...? I officially hate Nero.]

*Euryale glares up at Thiera angrily when she approaches the door.*

<You look like you want to attack me...but you won't. So. How would you kids like a tour of our expedition?>
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Drioma<Not all of them have arrived yet. And some of the society isn't coming. Some you've gotten in pretty good with?>
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*When the drill comes up the whole way, there's something banging on it from the inside, which is revealed to be semi-hollow & wrapped in chains.*

"I wouldn't tempt her" Aiden says. Its barely visible but a faint black line is starting to stretch from his eye.

"There's that Thiera lady... But is she even in the country?"

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*Taiyo looks at Thiera like "Who are you?"*

"It looks cold outside."

Allina: <But...What is that?>

*She quickly covers her mouth and ducks*

<And I wouldn't lose my temper. I can provide warm clothing & lodgings. As I have always provided for Euryale. It's thanks to me that she has a place in this world. Thanks to the bricks from the Babel Tower that I scoured the earth for that she can speak intelligibly with anyone in the world. Why, she'd still be a monster, were it not for my research.>
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Drioma<She doesn't have to be. She holds enough sway in the society to get you what you want.>
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*Apparently not noticing her, they wave down a helicopter, which comes into the chaldera to take the head of the drill. They spend several minutes hooking it up.*

The black line darkens, he grips the car door and even though he isn't shaking with rage it's easy to see he's getting irritated.

"So we just find someone who's part of their secret club, drop Thiera's name and hope for the best. Sounds simple enough."

Mimiru:<And exposing the Tsar? We don't have freaky powers or spy gadgets and I don't think anyone's going to listen to a couple of teenagers shouting the president is a six-hundred-year-old prick.>

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"Okay... Can we go before Creepy Stalker blows his top?"

[Maybe if I just wait till the last minute I can climb onto that thing...]

*They head into a building where they're given snow gear & mountain climbing equipment. Thiera herself heads into another room to change out of her suit.*

"I don't really know what I hope to find out."
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*The chopper begins air-lifting the drill out of the volcano as the team begins packing up their supplies.*
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*Drioma hands them a tape recorder.*

Drioma<They cost, what, the equivalent of 12 Australian Dollars?>

Aiden had cooled down by now but Ren was looking a little grumpy.

"It's not like we knew we were coming here to help some otherworldly being expose some other otherworldly being. I'll be sure to take that into consideration if I ever travel again."

[I think they might cost more since no one uses casette tapes anymore.]

*Azuma takes the tape recorder and puts it in his pocket.*

Mimiru:<Now we just have to find some fancy looking jerk. We should at least be able to do that, right?>

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"You might be able to find out why she made you human."

*Taiyo puts on the snow gear.*

"...I feel like a penguin. And not the adorable dancing kind either."

Allina: [...Or not. Yeah, I dunno what I'm supposed to do.]

*Eventually, everyone leaves the crater, & Allina is left alone to stew in her own failure. By now, it's really late at night, & her only light is the glow of the magma.*
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"What's wrong?"
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*When they get to the square, about 6 people in suits get out of a limo. They're all wearing pins that are a golden pyramid with an eye on top.*

Aiden sighs.

Ren still looks grumpy.

*She just sits down, looking around*

[It's so peaceful in here... feels kinda nice. I wonder if Nero's in jail yet.]

"There's the fancy looking jerks, now we ju- Hey!"

*Mimiru grabs Azuma by the hand and drags him over to where the limo is tapping one of the person on the shoulder.*

Mimiru:<Excuse me.>

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"I feel like a penguin and I don't know how to climb a mountain."

"I was talking to him."
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*The man looks at her, extremely annoyed.*

<What?>
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*It starts to get hotter in the volcano.*

Allina: <Fun. Yeah, I'm outta here.>

*She runs back to the base of the volcano, looking for Nero*

"I'm fine... I don't like the cold is all." Aiden sighs again.