Golden Age: Revival

"I'm actually heading to London I have something I have to take care of. Though I'm sure Ren will be willing to accompany you two girls back home right?" he elbows Ren in the side.

"Oooof..." he grunts, "Yeah... not a problem at all."

*Euryale stares wearily at Thiera.*

<Don't worry. We'll meet again soon.>

"I'll hold you to that."

*She leaves for a nearby airport.*
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*Nero is ordering breakfast from room service.*

"Hey! Wake up & tell me what you want! We have to get to the airport in a few hours!"
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Drioma<I told you he used magic & that he's been alive for hundreds of years. Not my fault you didn't put 2 & 2 together. So...I suppose you'll be heading back now?>

Allina: <PELE!>

*She wakes up yelling*

Allina: <That was the weirdest dream ever. Or nightmare. I'm not even sure.>

*She stares at him and widens her eyes, smiling*

Allina: <I'll have a strawberry milkshake, chocolate cake and... Meh, that's it.>

Ren follows the girls Aiden heads on his own way for now.

"...I suppose."

Mimiru:<There wouldn't happen to be a place where we could get a quick meal, would you?>

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*Taiyo follows Euryale*

~The next day~

*Soon after the first class begins, the group already half asleep, they're awakened by instructions for them to go to the office. Nero started rising from a desk.*

N"Probably detentions for skipping a day. I know Allina & I got back late, but wht was keeping the rest of you?"

Aiden has returned to London. Euryale has his number so that the group can inform him if anything happens.

Ren has somehow managed to score himself a vacation in Australia. Currently he's spending this time trying and failing to pick up chicks.

OOC: I'll introduce Lune as soon as the group is somewhere near a TV.

"Why was I called?"

Mimiru:<Probably because it's weird for a former student to hang around the school. I bet there's a police officer waiting to haul you away.>

"...I have nowhere to go."

Mimiru:<Get a real job then.>

*Taiyo is sitting on Euryale's desk.*

Taiyo:<But you'd miss him. Why were we late, Euryale?>

Allina: <That chocolate cake was worth any detention!>

E"I don't know what to say, but I guess we're going to have to figure it out."

*They've reached the door to the principal's office. When they enter, the secretary tells them to go straight back. In the office, behind the desk, is the principal: A tall, bald, dark-skinned man wearing a suit & a fez. He has his fingers steepled & is peering at them over it.*

<So. I heard you were all on vacation over the weekend. An extended vacation.>
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*When Aiden arrives home, he finds police searching his house.*
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*A boy comes out of the bushes, a coat slung over his back, revealing off-period clothing. The girls look at each other uneasily. One of them, a tall blonde, walks over to him.*

Girl<Hi. What's your name?>

Boy<Hwæt?>

"Flight was delayed."

Mimiru:<Freak weather patterns.>

Taiyo:<Plane got re-routed.>

"What the hell is going on!?" Aiden is visibly pissed at the cops searching the manor.

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Ren looks over and sees what's going on with the strange boy and decides to investigate.

Allina: <Volcano Goddess.>

<I know none of that is true. With the possible exception of the Volcano Goddess, I can't really disprove that. I'm told 2 tourists broke into President Koshkey's mansion in Russia during a meeting. And although she tried to hide it, I'm told a few more were at Ms. Psyche's expedition site in China.>
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Girl<My name is Vanessa. Va-nes-sa.>

*The boy just scratches his head & stares at her like she has a foot growing out of her chest. She points to herself, exhasperated.*

Vanessa<Vanessa!>

*A look of dawning comprehension appears on his face as he points to himself.*

Boy<Roatha.>
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<We're tracking some counterfeit money, a lot of which seems to have found its way here. A sum of about 2 billion, to be exact. If they were worth anything, that is.>

Aiden scratches his chin, "As much as I hate making trouble for my own family I want to say that you might want to track the money trail of my uncle on my late father's side, Alexander Cunningham. Counterfeiting money sounds like something he would do. Most of my family has cut ties with him per my instruction when I gained control over the family's collective wealth after my father's death. He's estate is in Stockholm. If I remember correctly his last venture was an investment in some priceless German art. I'm willing to bet that this..." Aiden walked over to a wall with a rather large painting on it, "Is also a counterfeit. It was something he had sent here a month and a half ago while I was in Australia. It was put up without my permission and if you wish to take it I will surrender it willingly."

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Ren looks from the girl to the boy, "I've seen some weird stuff lately... Roatha right? Do you know a Thiera Psyche? Blonde, gorgeous, a total bitch?"

"Wow, and you believe that? Especially the bit about tourists breaking into the Kremlin. That's pretty farfetched."

<Thiera...ġelǣd moe to her!>
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<It's been all over the news, don't try to deny it. When you didn't get back, I checked to see if you were safe, then told your legal guardians that you'd been given an extra day to write a paper. Bottomline: If you want me to keep covering your absences, you'll have to let me in on what's going on, here.>
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<No, the money seemed to have originated from several members of your family. We're still looking for either a counterfeiting station or a backdoor account, to tell us for sure.>

"I can probably trace the money trail. Sometimes it helps to be a little paranoid" he gestures for some of the cops to follow him.

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"What dialect are you speaking?"

"I'm not even a student here."

Mimiru:<News stations exaggerate and make stuff up all the time.>

Allina: <I stand by my excuse! Pele should make some mad volcano eat your office!>

<Very well. If you're going to play it that way, you'll all be serving detention tomorrow after school. Also, of course, you'll receive failing grades for those papers you didn't write. And Mr. Azuma here will have his visitor's pass revoked. Unless, that is, you stop pretending I'm an idiot & tell me what's really going on.>
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<Eh?>
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*The cop follows him, subtley resting a hand on the holster of his taser.*

*From behind, Taiyo wraps her arms around Euryale's waist and rests her head on Euryale's broad shoulder.*

Taiyo:<We went to China, Euryale and I made love in a hotspring, and then scary stuff happened.>

Mimiru:<Azuma and I went to Russia, and it was boring. We met the president, but he's an asshole, so it doesn't matter.>

"I have excellent eye sight and peripheral vision. If you plan on doing something you'll have to be much more subtle than that" Aiden mentions before they reach a small side room with a computer in it. "In any case, this computer is dedicated to keeping tabs on the family's funds and trade. Where they spend their money and how. I'd rather like to know when and if someone is decided to send an assassin, hitman, or anyone else who may make my life difficult. I also recently added someone to this network of course. I had to go through MI6 to do all of this of course. I happen to be on good terms with them after I had assisted them on a... sensitive case." Aiden hits a button on the computer tower which ejects a hidden thumb drive. "This should contain any and all transactions made by the Cunningham family, outside of my own. Anything pertaining to my own spending is a matter for both the Government of Ireland and the British Parliament and you'll need to bother them for it as I'm not able to give you details no matter how much I may want to." He pauses, "Is there anything else you need?"

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Ren stares at him.

Allina: <We went to Hawaii and almost threw Nero into a volcano.>

<That's better. This Psyche woman has something to do with it all, doesn't she?>
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*He turns & starts walking towards the school.*
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<I see....>

*He hands the drive to another officer.*

<We'll check that & get back to you. In the meantime, a lot of your family accounts will be frozen, while we investigate them. We thank you for your cooperation.>