Golden Age: Revival

*Allina waves at them.*

Allina: <Hey guys!>

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Ari: <I have finished my apprenticeship. I-I am waiting to become a knight when we find His Majesty.>

"Hi. Bye."

*Mimiru keeps going.*

T"And, until then, you'll be learning math & English. Also a bunch of other useless subjects. Also, knights aren't really a 'thing' anymore."
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N"What's her problem?"

Taiyo:<She really wants to go home?>

Allina: <And so do I. Drop by or call if you need me, guys. See ya soon!>

*She runs off.*

"Yeah, I'm Kyoujin Wartooth" Kyoujin smiled and extended a hand, "And this is my friend <insert name>."

<Deborah.>
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N"Well, shit, now what do we do?"

Taiyo:<I'm going home. Carrying this thing down the street is weird. Bye!>

*She wanders off.*

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*Azuma opens his eyes to see Mimiru staring down at him.*

"What are you doing here?"

Mimiru:<I thought about suffocating you, but then I'd have to put up with the others all by my lonesome.>

"Now answer the question."

Mimiru:<I'm bored. Want to watch a movie?>

"Yeah, sure."

*Azuma tosses the sheets aside and gets out of bed wearing either the same clothes he wore the day before or identical clothing.*

OOC
Of all the names... you had to choose Deborah. I'll shit on your grave, Neo.

IC
"Well, come in then and sit down" Luna shrugged.
"Thanks for letting us come here" A broad grin was still plastered across Kyoujin's face as she walked in and sat down on the couch, followed by Deborah.
"So, I guess I should have asked this earlier, but... uh" Luna closed the door after them and joined them in the living room, "What is it you want to ask about?"

OOC: All I could think of was Red Mage's cross-dressing adventured in 8-Bit Theater.

<Let me cut right to the chase: You were attacked by monsters, weren't you?>
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N"I'm gonna head off, too."

R"Where are you going?"

N"Library."

R"...No, really?"

"How was Egypt?"

Mimiru:<Horrible. There was no revolution. Just sun, sand, floating light monsters, and some God dragon thing.>

"I'm pretty sure that first bit is a good thing. It's not like we're home long enough to know about the going ons in the world."

Mimiru:<I suppose, but it still sucked.>

~A few hours later!~

*Everyone gets a message from Nero that reads, "Japan hates us."*

"How'd that jackass get my phone number?"

Mimiru:<Since when did you have a cell phone?>

"Good question. The only person I really keep in contact with is you and that's only out of pity."

Mimiru:<If it weren't for me, you'd still be sitting alone on the playground reading an atlas.>

"Yeah... Those were the days."

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[How did Blacky get my number? I feel weird painting my nails black now.]

Luna's eyes widened a bit before she sighed inwardly and sat down, "Yeah, but who else but a bunch of excitable teenagers would believe that?"
"Well..." Kyoujin shrugged, "I don't think anyone else would. But I do... I don't want to be too blunt or intrusive, but... how did it happen?"

Luna leaned back in her chair and narrowed her eyes, "There were strange people there... They had very exotic names and were quite frankly, weirdos. They were out in the middle of nowhere so I took them back to a town, but then..."
Luna trailed off, not sure how much to tell the girls.
"Then?" Kyoujin persisted.
"Then things changed, I saw things" Luna continued, "Things not of this world, unnatural and frightening. The weird people got my father killed and nearly led me to my death, then the manticores rampaged."
"Manticore?!" Kyoujin half gasped the word, "So they are real!"
"...Yes. One of them must have gotten past the weird people who tried to destroy them" Luna went on, "And it slaughtered many people. Then I just... ran."

Kyoujin looked at Deborah for a few seconds then turned to Luna, "Thanks for telling us... what uh, what were you doing for so long while you were a missing person?"
"Going from place to place, in fear" Luna shrugged.
"Fear or what, exactly?"
"Fear that the monsters would come back, and not just in my dreams... Fear that the government would put me in a crazy house..."
"That must have been awful... the dreams, I mean." Kyoujin spoke softly and shook her head slightly.
"Yes... they still are" Luna sighed, "I'm sorry but I can't give you many details about this stuff, all I have are my memories, and half of them are repressed I think."
"That's okay."
"...But... there is one more thing. I, um... I'm still restless. I think I need closure.. or something."
"Sorry?" Kyoujin raised an eyebrow.
"I want to know more. I want to find out more about all of this magic stuff, and myself" Luna was going red, as though she thought she was embarrassing herself by saying it, "I want to help you as much as I can, if you help me... to know more! Maybe I can be more useful if I do that, and as it is I am good for very little..."
"Umm..."
"Please... I just want to do something, and you seem nice. By the way..." As Luna spoke, her eye was caught by something coming out from Kyoujin's hand onto her couch.
"What's that liquid?"
"Huh? Ah!" Kyoujin noticed the poisons dripping from under her fingernails and went tomato red, "I, uh, p- I don't know!"
She could usually control when it came out, but sometimes it just flowed freely... then it stopped, and Kyoujin looked very guilty, as she'd just about blown her secret to Luna and Deborah.
"Am I right in guessing, that is either an infection..." Luna looked Kyoujin in the eyes, "Or your power?"
When Luna said 'your power', Kyoujin took a sharp little breath, confirming Luna's suspicions.
"Don't worry..."

*After a few minutes, they get another message from him: Meet at park in half an hour.*
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Deborah<It's okay, I kind of suspected you had something like that.>

Mimiru:<Do we have to?>

"I wouldn't, but if we don't there's a good chance we're going to get magic'd there anyways."

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*Taiyo sends a message back saying she hasn't even started painting her toe nails.*

*Allina texts back saying "Can you make that 60 minutes? I ordered a couple pizzas and I wanna take a shower afterwards."*

Kyoujin looked at Deborah, then to Luna, "What? No... uh, no it's-"
"I won't tell anyone" Luna smiled, "You see, I have a power too... although mine isn't the same as yours... may I ask what is that liquid?"
"But..." Kyoujin was terrified of being found out and becoming an outcast, so she had been trying to hide it, "Uh... it's poison... I'm disgusting."

No, get over here or I'll send Roatha after you.
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<For having a special power? Don't you think I wish I did?>

*Allina texts back saying ".|." just as the pizza guy shows up. She eats a few slices, takes a shower, and heads out to meet Nero.*

Allina: <And I'm only 5 minutes late!>

"Suppose we should get going?"

Mimiru:<Unforunately.>

*The two get up from their respective seats, toss their shoes on and leave.*

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"Stupid Blacky."

*Taiyo puts the lid back on her nail polish and leaves in her pajamas.*

*Nero is sitting on a bench, petting a duck on his lap.*

N"Ladies & gentlemen, let me first start by welcoming you all--"

R"Just tell us why we're here, damn it!"

N"Oh, fine, ruin everything. I looked on the internet, & everything we've been attacked by recently, regardless of where we were at the time, seems to have been monsters from Japan. When we left South America, the shadow-monster in the ocean was a sea-spirit. The cat we were attacked by in the lab was a Bakeneko. The things that Azuma, Roatha, & I were attacked by here were kappas, which is what initially aroused my suspicions. I'm not sure what exactly Yomi was, but Yomi is the Japanese name for the Underworld."

Allina: <That's it? Why didn't you just text that to us?>

*Ari is walking around the city. He walks by the park and notices the group. He darts into a tree near the bench, blending in with the foliage.*

Taiyo:<Me and Euryale were attacked by some in China.>

"Why is there a duck on your lap?"

N"Nevermind the damn duck. The point is, I need you guys here to discuss what we're going to DO about it. I think one of the Illuminati, whichever one is in charge of Japan, is targeting us specifically, for some reason."