The Way Back

*The two turn around.*

Kentaro:<Come again?>

*Crowley comes back to full consciousness and widens his eyes.*

Crowley: <Parker... I don't know where she is. I can't remember what happened. We went inside this house before the explosion, and... I can't remember anything else.>

~Kari, Kentaro & Creed~

*Creed also shows up because he apparently followed Fahren.*

Fahren: <I saw what you did when those monsters attacked you... with your Aeldi's powers. But not just that, you seem to be viewing things differently now... Am I wrong?>

Jade Rabbit: <Yes.>

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~Allina, Lucien, Crowley & Alto~

*Razz looks around. There are maybe like two houses in the whole block with more than a couple stone bricks still standing. Otherwise it's just rubble, everywhere.*

Razz: <...I don't see her.>

*Allina stops the spell and turns to Alto, placing her hands on his anckle and healing it. Crowley's chest and leg wounds start closing up by themselves. Razz stares at them.*

[It's just like what happened to me. Allina's white magic has improved a lot since I left.]

"Thank you Allina. Your magic is amazing" Alto actually pats her on the head when she finished.

Lucien stares daggers at him.

---

Creed walks over to Kelphy, "I'm... sorry."

*The two look at each other like "Huh?"*

Kentaro:<I don't know?>

Derek: <Of course. I know it might be hard to think of right now, but... about the question I asked earlier...>

~Kari & Kentaro~

*Turns out Creed's presence there has been retconned.. Fahren laughs a bit and nods.*

Fahren: <Haha, I'm sorry, I tend to blabber too often.>

Jade Rabbit: <Hmm.>

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~Kelphy, Kentaro & Creed~

*Kelphy turns to face them and smiles nervously, looking from Derek to Creed because Creed showed up in a very delicate moment. She then stops on Creed.*

Kelphy: <W-Why?>

"For threatening to kill you earlier?" Creed blinks.

Crowley: <So... do you know where she could have went?>

*Derek sighs, then stuffs his hands in his pockets and walks a few yards away.*

Kentaro:<Right...>

[This is weird. Something tells me I should know this guy.]

~Kari & Kentaro~

Fahren: <I hope the armor piercing ability we developed have helped you in your battles, it was--Oh.>

*Low white mist has invaded the hallway all across the floor and is now rising around Kari and Kentaro.*

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~Kelphy, Derek & Creed~

Kelphy: <I-It's okay, I know you were--Derek!>

*White mist has invaded the ballroom, drifting around across the floor. It starts rising around Kelphy, Creed, and Derek.*

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~Alto, Crowley, Allina & Lucien~

Razz: <I'm not sure she could've gone very far after an explosion like that...>

Allina: <...I'm sure we can find her.>

*Quite suddenly, white mist appears all around them and they can barely see their surroundings. It starts closing in on Crowley, Allina, Alto and Lucien.*

Razz: <What's going on?!>

Allina: <I think we're being summoned to the magic world again. Look for Parker, we'll be back!>

Razz: <What?!>

"Don't worry Razz we'll be back. Luna calls" Alto smiles and raises his fist in the air. The one with his pact ring on it which shines like a beacon resonating with the other pact rings.

"It makes travel easier when you have a guide I've come to learn" Alto grins.

---

Creed lets the mist surround him.

*Crowley looks at the mist around him and starts to stand up.*

Crowley: <What... what the hell's going on here?>

Kentaro:<What is this?>

*Kentaro grabs on to Kari's hand.*

*Derek throws around a few fireballs, causing the heat to push the mist up to the ceiling.*

Derek: <What the heck?>

~Kari & Kentaro~

Fahren: <I'd imagine you've seen this quite a few times before.>

*The mist closes in on them and by the time Fahren finishes his sentence they can barely hear him in the distance. All they can see around them is thick white mist, and it's hard for them to even see each other.*

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~Kelphy, Derek & Creed~

Kelphy: <What's happening?>

*The mist quickly descends again and it becomes so thick they stop seing anyone or anything around them.*

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~Alto, Crowley, Allina & Lucien~

Razz: <...Okay?>

Allina: <Wait, it's surrounding Crowley too?>

*Soon, the mist around each of them is so thick they can't see anyone or anything around them. When it clears, Alto, Crowley, Allina and Lucien discover they are no longer in capital Alda. They're standing on large square thin platform that seems to be made of glass that emanates a faint golden glow, which is hovering in the middle of what seems to be outerspace, with darkness all around them sprinkled with little stars.*

Crowley: <What.... just happened?>

"Welcome to Mysteria Crowley" Alto claps sarcasticly.

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"You've seen this before Derek its the way to Mysteria" Creed snarks.

Derek: <It happened all of once, you snarky twat.>

*He grumbles as he goes into the mist.*

*Kentaro feels Kari's grip on his hand tighten.*

"Don't let go."

Kentaro:<Wouldn't dream of it. Rabbit, are you still here?>

~Kari & Kentaro~

*He is not. The mist starts clearing and they're standing on a thin square platform made of something like glass that emanates a faint golden glow, hovering in what looks like outerspace, many distant stars sprinkling the darkness around them. Allina, Kelphy, Derek, Creed, Lucien, Alto and Crowley are also there.*

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~Kelphy, Derek & Creed~

*The mist starts clearing and they're standing on a thin square platform made of something like glass that emanates a faint golden glow, hovering in what looks like outerspace, many distant stars sprinkling the darkness around them. Allina, Kari, Kentaro, Lucien, Alto and Crowley are also there.*

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~Alto, Crowley, Allina & Lucien~

Allina: <Yep. Welcome to the magic world that nobody really gets.>

*Some more white mist drifts by, leaving Kari, Kentaro, Kelphy, Derek and Creed on the platform.*

Derek: <Well... why are we here again, I wonder...>

Kentaro:[You know anything about the "Magic World", Dragon?]

"I missed this place" Alto smiles, "Feels much nicer here, I can cut loose without breaking reality from the strain of my mana" the way he says this statement makes it hard to discern if he was being serious or not.

Lucien and Creed both sweat drop.