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Nazune was flying.
Not on her own, though; she was being carried by Norriden, who was the one who actually had the wings and was really doing the flying. Nonetheless, Nazune still had the slight sensation of flying; at least, as far as soaring high of the ground and through the air at a rather high speed concerned flying.
There was only a single reason why these two were flying above Adela right now: They were looking for someone.
And to further their progress towards that end, Nazune informed Norriden, "The last place I saw Bishop was at a hotel or inn of some kind."
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Of course, the captain of this flight is none other than Norriden Utor. There will not be a movie, but the scenery below makes up for that. When Nazune spoke up, Norriden nodded in compliment and headed for the hotel central he knew of. Perhaps that what she meant. When the two landed, there were hotels and Inns scattered to the left and right of them. They seemed almost endless.
"Any of them look any familiar?" Norriden asks with his booming and echoing voice. His pupiless white glow of a gaze centers on Nazune as he speaks.
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Nazune cringed a little when Norriden spoke up with his thunderous voice. Geez, that was loud, and being right next to it...ouch...
Nevertheless, Nazune started to try and take note of all the buildings that even remotely appeared to be hotels. And all the while, she was trying to remember any details about the one she was at, the one where she and Neseraph-
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"It had a courtyard!" Nazune announced. "Out back. And it didn't seem to be too large."
She began to scan the buildings of Adela from her perspective, trying to locate one that looked even slightly like a hotel and had a small courtyard...
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Norriden glanced at Nazune when she spoke of the courtyard. In fact, he knew exactly what she meant and where that was. He met with Insera and Bishop there before Insera got attacked by an invisible foe. He was about to pick up Nazune to go for a short flight to thet point when another booming and echoing voice sounded out from behind the two,
"There you are. I see you found Nazune." Norriden turned around with a slight smirk on his face to see Tesri. Not the same Tesri though. He's changed as much as Norriden has. The difference is that he has one demonic leg, both hands are demonic, and half of his face is covered in rough, black skin with only one horn protruding out his forehead. He seems to be carrying an unfamiliar woman, that seems to be quite damaged, limp in one arm and Norriden's sword in the other hand.
"You forgot something." He finishes, holding up Norriden's sword.
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Nazune's observations were unceremoniously interrupted by another 'booming and echoing voice'. However, this one wasn't almost in her ear, which meant it came from a more distant source, and hence, came from another person.
She slowly turned out to see for herself who the voice belonged to...
And saw, quite possibly, her worst nightmare.
Nazune's visage slowly degenerated into a frown and then further into a half-scowl. She had met Tesri before...and found that she really didn't like that man.
And look at that, seems he stole Norriden's sword and was holding a victim of his own handiwork in his arm.
"I suddenly remembered where to go..." Nazune drawled unhappily as she turned her back to Tesri and began down the street, hoping that she was heading in the right directions towards the hotel Bishop was last seen.
Martyr convulsed a little in Tesri's arm and coughed once more. Finally, she managed to open her eyes, the one behind the broken lens of her glasses being red with blood.
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"Oh, I knew I was forgetting something when I left Province." Norriden noted just before catching what Nazune had to say. He turned back to signal Nazune.
"Wait up, Nazune." Norriden continues while walking towards Tesri. He grabs his sword and quickly sheaths it while observing Martyr's condition.
"What happened to her?" He asked in concern.
"Let's just say the explosion that took out the top three floors of the CI Building left its mark on her. You are why I brought her here. I know you have miraculous healing capabilities." Tesri explains still supporting Martyr's form. Norriden's eyes widened and was about to panic before Tesri spoke words of reassurance, "Don't worry. Kaité's aura was in the sublevels of the building when it occured and our father was more than likely with her."
Norriden sighed in relief while placing his hand on Martyr's chest to channel his healing energy. With his newfound powers, the process was accomplished extremely fast. The result left Martyr with no scars or wounds of any kind and her eye was completely healed.
"Thank you, Tesri. Another life saved. Now I need to catch up with Nazune before I lose her again." With Norriden's final words, he turns on his heels and begins to dash after Nazune. Merely Tesri's smile follows his big brother.
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The first thing that came into Martyr's mind once she fully came around was-
Panic.
She quickly laid her feet firmly on the ground and frantically backed away from all of the people present. "Where am I? What just happened??" she inquired openly in quite a shocked tone of voice.
Martyr took a few quick glances around for herself; this wasn't Province, she wasn't falling, her ears had stopped ringing, and she felt relatively fine.
All up until she started to feel a bit woozy and almost tripped when she fell slightly off balance; that sudden and unexpected shift in reality was almost as bad as when she was told that she was a Neseraph.
Nazune stopped for a fraction of a second when Norriden bid her to do so, but continued immediately afterwards; the more distance she put between herself and Tesri, the better she felt. When she found Bishop, she would have to make a note to talk to him about some of those legal 'orders' that he dealt in that separated two people.
And speaking of Bishop, she continued to eye the hotels or buildings that at least looked like hotels as she made her way down the street. Unfortunately, she never really had the chance to catch a glance at the front of the hotel while she was there. She did know, however, that the entrepreneur of the inn was advertising the duel that she and Neseraph had. Maybe those advertisements were still up...
To that end, Nazune kept a keen eye open for anything that looked like a poster or flyer on the front sides of the buildings she passed by.
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Teari smirked a little and let Martyr panic on her own. That was to be expected. He crossed his arms over his chest as he watched.
"You are currently in Adela Village. The top floors of the CI building went up in a great blaze and you were badly damaged in that event. While you were free falling, I saved you and brought you to my brother to get you healed. Everything is fine." Tesri explains, assuming it would calm Martyr down at least a little.
Norriden caught up with Nazune at an almost skidding halt.
"I take it you didn't start off on the right foot with Tesri. Neither did I, but he has changed a bit. If not for him, I wouldn't have been here on time to save you." Norriden explains, trying to help clear his brother's name.
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Martyr focused her attention upon Tesri once he gave his recount of what happened and explanation of the situation. An undeniable part of her nature made her somewhat suspicious of Tesri's motives, and why he even bothered.
Nonetheless, Martyr played the appreciative card and nodded to him. "Well...thanks." As she turned to go, to seal the conversation on a better note, she added, "And tell your brother I said thanks as well."
With that, Martyr began to saunter away with her thumbs in her pants pockets. She felt like a new woman; her future appeared open with plenty of mischievous possibilities to her. She was ready to put the whole Neseraph ordeal behind herself and resume living her true life.
To Martyr now, it was like it never happened. She never was an Angel; she always was and always will be a demon.
Norriden wasn't too much of an interruption to Nazune's search, as she kept up her steady pace and observations of the passing buildings.
She did respond to him, however, her voice laced with contempt, fueled by her naturally fiery temper, for his brother, "Excuse me if I have a hard time believing that. In fact, I'm surprised that the word 'Tesri' isn't some god-awful, profane word in the dictionary yet." With her inhibitions brutally thrown out the window by her furious attitude, Nazune went so far as to coldly say, "And for the record, you didn't save anyone back there. I was doing well enough on my own."
She disengaged from conversation to devote her attention back to scanning the buildings she passed by for-
Advertisements.
Nazune spotted a particular building with a few such posters on its front side and started for it.
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Tesri watched as Martyr walked away. A smile followed after her as Tesri stood there. He turned his attention on the couple down the street only to see Nazune telling Norriden off. Now he has nowhere to go. He has to move on. So, Tesri walks off in his own direction.
Norriden lowered his head as he was shut down by the woman he loves. He didn't want to yell or raise his voice, but it's hard to raise his voice with his current voice as it is.
"I'm just trying to say that Tesri isn't as bad as he place himself to be at first. Would you mind telling me how you were going to fight off fifty or so Hellsend and Godsend, let alone get away from them." Norriden stops on time to recollect and think about his current position. Only one thing he can think of comes out, "Forgive me if I just wanted to help the woman I love."
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Just before Nazune passed through the building with the advertisements' front door, she turned to look back at Norriden and had enough to time to reply during his pause in a sharp tone of voice, "I'm not helpless, mind you."
As Nazune laid her hand on the knob of the door and Norriden made his final remark, she looked at him like he had just spoken in a different language, as if what he had said was the most alien concept to her.
"Fine. You're forgiven." Her response had so much bite to it that it almost had fangs, and the sardonic smile with which she punctuated it didn't help either.
Leaving only that, Nazune turned the knob and passed through the portal into the small front lobby of the building. And, on a more positive note, she happened to recognize it; perhaps this was the hotel.
The innkeep behind the counter squinted at Nazune once she entered, attempting to discern whether he had seen her before. He didn't have to scrutinize her long, as he soon recognized her.
"Hey..." he pointed at her. "I know you...you and that other guy...and all his weird friends...right?"
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Norriden stopped moving as if his heart had stopped all together. Nazune words left him a bit stunned and a bit shattered as well. Norriden's knees buckled up and he dropped to the ground, unable to hold himself up much longer. What has happened to Nazune?
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"Yeah, that would be me," replied Nazune to the innkeep as she came further into the hotel's front lobby and reached the counter. She looked over her shoulder to see if Norriden was behind her...only to find out that he wasn't even in yet. She perked an eyebrow, puzzled-
"I thought I recognized you from somewhere..." started the innkeep, his voice growing less and less friendly with each word he spoke in that sentence. "And I thought we had an arrangement!! You and that other guy were supposed to have your little bout in my courtyard and bring some business!! You left in the middle of it!"
Nazune turned her attention back to the innkeep around the time he said 'arrangement.' She adjusted her sunglasses a little and replied, "Well, we didn't exactly get the room we were promised."
The innkeep was still frustrated, "And you would have should you have stayed and finished there! I had to deal with quite the lot of angry customers, you know!!"
Nazune sighed. "Look, I'm sorry about that, but that's not why I'm here. I actually need your help - some information, to be exact."
The innkeep's mood brightened immediately once the prospect of business was involved. "Oooohh!! Certainly, I might be able to help you there."
"Well, I-" she started.
"For a price..." the innkeep interrupted, holding out his hand and rubbing his thumb against his middle and index finger expectantly.
Nazune moaned; she had no money.
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"For a price?!" Norriden's thunderous voice roared in from outside. His grusome form then trudges into the hotel and up to the counter. He reaches over the counter to grab ahold of the Innkeep's collar of his shirt and pulls him face to face.
"This is a matter of life and death of a friend and you are going to hang his life over a price?! You make me sick!" With his words, Norriden shoves the Innkeep back with his one hand he grasped him with. Norriden turns away and begins for the exit.
"C'mon, Nazune. He probably doesn't even know of the whereabouts of Bishop." Norriden finishes as he continues for the exit.
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Nazune noticeably flinched, nearly suffering a heart attack, and the Innkeep almost needed a new pair of bloomers when Norriden's loud reiteration was heard from outside.
Then the unscrupulous entrepreneur was the victim of a double assault of physical and verbal abuse, courtesy of the enraged Norriden.
Even though Nazune wasn't exactly thrilled at the prospect of compensating the Innkeep for dispensing some information as to the whereabouts of Bishop, she didn't imagine going that far, and hence, she was quite appalled by Norriden's barbaric display.
As such, Nazune didn't take one single step to follow Norriden out the door. Instead, she replied icily, "And you do? This is the best chance I have at the moment of finding Bishop and I'm not going to pass it up! I would pay any price to keep Bishop safe! Alright??"
Nazune vaulted over the counter and landed next to the mangled Innkeep, who still looked rather terrified after his close encounter with Norriden. She crouched down next to him and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Hubbaferrubbabubba...yeah...yeah, I think so...merciful gods..." answered the traumatized Innkeep.
Nazune took in a quick breath and said plainly, "Listen. I don't have any currency on me. Maybe we could barter or something...?"
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Norriden stops after hearing Nazune. He clenches his teeth together before he manages a reply, "Fine! I'll wait outside."
With his words, Norriden trudges outside and slams his back against the wall before sliding down into a sitting position. He wraps his arms over his legs and begins to ponder a bit.
What has come over me? I'm not normally like that. Norriden thinks to himself.
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Nazune glanced up over the counter when Norriden egressed from the hotel; she was just starting to think that it might be a rather bad idea to let Norriden near Bishop when the Innkeep asked, "Trade, hmm? Ok, sure, what do you got that I could be interested in...?"
Nazune pursed her lips tightly upon the realization that she didn't exactly have much to barter with, and what she did have was really valuable and potentially useful to her-
"What about those things?" the Innkeep pointed straight at Nazune's face.
She knew in an instant what he was talking about: her sunglasses. A cold fear leaked out from her heart and coursed throughout her arteries; the thought of not having some sort of cover for her eyes was an almost unthinkable thought to Nazune.
"Um..." she started nervously, glancing around and patting her pocketsin a vain hope for miscellaneous items. "Maybe we could trade something else-"
"No, no, it's alright. Just let me have those odd lens things and I'll tell you everything I know!" said the Innkeep with all the flair of a seasoned salesperson.
Nazune sighed heavily, and, with great reluctance and force of will, began to reach for her sunglasses-
"Do you have a...blindfold or something?" asked Nazune.
The Innkeep perked his eyebrow. "Why? And hey, I thought we were trading the lenses for the information..."
"Well...these lenses are a bit special. I'll need a little bit more, but not much, you see. Just a blindfold, that's all."
The Innkeep considered it, his eyes darting around sporadically as he held his hand to his chin and contemplated economics, then finally clapped his hands together and stood up. "Okay, you stay here. I think I got something of the sort in the back room."
With that, the Innkeep opened the door a few paces behind himself and went in, immediately scrounging around for the item he sought.
Nazune stood up as well, took in a breath, and crossed her arms. She hoped that Bishop was alright...
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Nazune heard a small 'Aha!' from the back room, which preceded the Innkeep walking out with a black sash in his hands. "Here you are," he said as he handed it to her.
"Thanks," responded Nazune as she accepted it-
"And, uh, don't ask what it was used for," added the Innkeep as he glanced around somewhat nervously and batted his fingers together.
Nazune raised her eyebrow and looked down at the sash; it seemed fine. "Okay..."
Nonetheless, she turned around, closed her eyes, and took off her sunglasses. Nazune slowly and somewhat unsurely tied the blindfold over her eyes, concealing them from view. Once she was done, she carefully turned around handed the sunglasses out to where the Innkeep stood last.
The Innkeep, thinking her silly for wearing a blindfold, took the sunglasses and pocketed them. "Alright...what do you wanna know?"
Nazune took in a breath and asked, "Have you seen a man named Bishop Keller? He's a little shorter than me, brown hair, green eyes, and wears a hat and coat."
The Innkeep thought long and hard for a moment, then gasped as if his memory suddenly jarred and said firmly, "I don't know sh*t."
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"What!?" Nazune exclaimed. "But...you said-"
"That I would tell you everything I knew!" repeated the Innkeep with a jolly chuckle. "And indeed I did! Only I happened to know nothing of such a man. I can only wish you the best of luck in finding him, so: Best of luck be with you!"
Nazune slapped her forehead and groaned. She was too frustrated to compose any sort of response for the Innkeep, so she leaped back over the counter and slowly walked for the door, keeping her right hand out in front of her as it was difficult to see through the sash.
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As soon as Nazune came out the door, Norriden stood up almost instantaneously. He looked at Nazune, a bit confused about the blindfold.
"Any luck?" He asks point blankly. He cared about Bishoped too, but he still can't explain what came over him in there.
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Nazune's right hand pressed against the door that was slammed earlier, and she traced down it to locate the knob. She turned it, took two steps out, and was promptly greeted by Norriden.
She turned to look in the direction of his voice and lowered her head, shaking it slightly. She took in a breath that almost seemed to hint at her waning morale and said quietly, "He has to be somewhere..."
Nazune firmly attempted to mentally reassure herself against the thoughts that the worst might have happened. Bishop just had to be alive, he just had to be out there...waiting...
Neseraph and Insera were waiting in a city park a good distance away, having arrived there moments ago. Neseraph was standing with his arms crossed behind his back, surveying the citizens of Adela as they passed by on their business. Insera was sitting on a bench, leaned over, and staring intensely down at a cell phone she held in her hand in her lap.
"Come on...come on..." she murmured worriedly.
"Keller will call," affirmed Neseraph with a glance at Insera. "We just need to give him some more time, I'm sure."
Insera crossed her eyes scornfully and stated hatefully, "Elial will die for this; I will see to that myself if necessary...bloody Angel..."
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Norriden lowered his head upon seeing Nazune's reaction. Bishop is still lost to them. Wait... If Norriden could remember correctly, Kaité was that last one that he remembers who spoke to Bishop. Maybe she would know something.
"Last time I met up with Bishop, Kaité was the last to speak to him. Perhaps she would know something about where he might be." Norriden notes, almost sure of himself.
"Noubohri! There's Insera and Neseraph!" Came a vaguely familiar voice from amongst the Adelan crowd. The green haired girl, known as Kaité and Norriden's father then came out from the crowd and began towards the couple in the park. Both of their wings remain away from sight. Noubohri seems to have endured some damage during the mission, by the looks of his shirt.
"I see the two of you made it out of the CI Building in one piece." Noubohri notes as the two approach.
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It was a small glimmer of hope, a tiny light at the end of a long and ever darkening tunnel.
Despite whatever doubt that harbored in her mind, Nazune felt compelled to ask in a hopeful tone, "Do you know where...Kaite is now?"
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Neseraph and Insera both shot each other a quick, alarmed glance when the voice of Kaite graced their ears.
Insera immediately stashed the cell phone back into her trouser pocket, stood up from the bench, pulled out one of her Ingrams from her suitcoat, and aimed it at the approaching duo of Angels. Neseraph did nothing to stop her this time; in fact, he turned to face Kaite and Noubohri with his own Ingram pointed at them and his katana in hand.
"God-damn Angels...you have no business here," Insera snarled, scowling at the two.
Neseraph's eyes slowly shifted from Noubohri to Kaite apprehensively. "What the hell are you two doing here? That whole ordeal with Reigne is over, and so is that loose comradery that it inspired; in fact, I don't think it ever began. So...why don't you two girls move along? Me and Insera have our own matters to look into...and we don't need any more Angelic help, we already got enough thank you, so don't ask..." He punctuated his sentence with a curt and derisive little smirk.
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Norriden nodded his head, assuming that his father and Kaité are still in Province.
"If I am correct, she should be with my father in Province. I left them there during my encounter with Tesri. They should still be in the CI Building somewhere." Norriden explains. To his knowledge, he doesn't know that the entire building has been leveled.
When Neseraph and Insera both aimed at at the angelic duo, Kaité instantly brought up her shield around herself and Noubohri as the Archangel reaches for his sword.
"Intresting way to say 'Hello'." Noubohri remarks, gripping his sword as it remains sheathed.
"We aren't here because of you. It was just coincidence that led us here. We are looking for Norriden and Nazune. We were kindly going to ask if you've seen them and leave. But I guess we can skip the kindly part." Kaité explains, maintaining her shield.
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Nazune brought a hand to her chin and thought for a little fraction of a moment; there wasn't much room for mistakes since, afterall, Bishop's life could potentially be at stake.
"How long ago was that?" asked Nazune. "I mean, are you sure that she's still there? Oh! Did she say that she was going anywhere afterwards by chance? Whatever, we need to hurry; let's go to where you think Kaite is then."
Nazune held out her hand in the direction of Norriden's voice; having no leads herself and no time to effectively attempt to track Bishop's path, she trusted in Norriden's judgment.
Insera only became more uneasy once Kaite invoked her shield around herself and Noubohri; obviously, these were the tricky kind of Angels...
"Compliment taken," replied Neseraph with a grin to Noubohri's comment. He shifted the center of his attention to Kaite once she spoke and directed the initial part of his response to the tail end of her speech, "You do that, sweetheart, that'd be fantastic. And...when in Hell did Nazune start hanging around Norriden? Eh...she always had bad taste, I think. Whatever, we haven't seen either of them. Now then, you two can just let coincidence lead you outta here and we can keep this at words. Wouldn't that be nice?"
beeee-beeee-beeeeeep. beeee-beeee-beeeeeep.
Insera tensed up suddenly, almost inadvertantly pulling the trigger of her gun. Neseraph tore his eyes away from the two Angels in front of him to glance back at her urgently.
Insera's wide eyes trailed down to her trouser pocket, the source of the ringing...
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"I'm not too sure if they are still there or not. By chance, they could be. I doubt they really had anywhere to go after the mission was complete." Norriden explains as he takes Nazune's hand and pulls her into an embrace once again. Soon after, a brilliant light envelops the both of them, leaving nothing behind.
Noubohri releases the grip on his sword and stands at ease. Kaité keeps her shield up, just in case.
"That is all we came for. Now we will kindly leave." With that, the two of them turn back to head towards the Adelan crowd. They paid no heed to the cell phone ringing in Insera's pocket.
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Now that the duo of Angels had been dealt with, Neseraph and Insera could focus on the call.
Neseraph sheathed his katana, put away his gift Ingram, and drew closer to Insera so he could hear as she took the phone from her pocket and answered it.
"Hello...?" she breathed into the cell.
"In-Insera??" came the terrified voice of Bishop Keller.
"Bishop! Where are you!?" Insera exclaimed urgently into the phone.
"Please...you gotta help me-" He was abruptly cut off.
"Bishop? Bishop???" Insera shrieked, Neseraph leaning in closer with an apprehensive look on his face.
There was some rustling noise on the other end of the phone, then a new, feminine voice spoke, "To whom am I speaking?"
"My name is Insera. What have you done to Bishop Keller!?" she demanded, crossing her eyes angrily.
"Insera..." said the voice. "This is Sine of the Vindication speaking; I believe that we have met before on more than one occasion."
"You..." Insera growled menacingly. "What do you want with Bishop Keller, Angel!?"
Sine paused for a moment. "We mean this man no harm, and would wish none brought upon him. Bishop Keller is simply a means to an end. If you wish to see him alive, you and only you must bring the Hellsend Nazune to us. Do you understand?"
"What!?" Neseraph shouted into the phone. "How do you expect us to do that, we don't even now where she is!!"
"Find her," replied Sine simply enough. "You will not tell her that we only wish to see her specifically. Furthermore, any attempt in the slightest to rescue Bishop Keller from our arrest and we will be forced to take his life. Compliance will guarantee his safety. Use this device again when you have Nazune with you and are ready to meet with us."
Click.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....
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Vivante bled into being on a street that coiled around a grassy area, scaring the hoary hell out of a little girl walking with her father.
"Da! That man came outta nowhere!" She shrieked, pulling on her father's robes.
"Nothing to worry about baby girl, stuff like that happens all the time," Father replied, not even bothering to look for people popping in out of nowhere.
Vivante watched the child try to get assistance from the man she was walking with, and when the man made no move other than to continue walking on his path, he checked to make sure he had all of his gear. Sword, check, buriza, check, double sword, check, hand crossbow, check, metal crossbows, check, belt-thing, check, knives, check. He was all there, good.
Now...
Find Nazune to learn the kneecap breaking technique of Grizrend's, or find In-Serah to learn her slapping technique. Both seemed hard, he had no idea of where either woman was.
Bishop? Bishop??
That voice sounded familiar, it was coming from the grassy open area. He ran toward it, his coat tails and hair billowing out behind him.
There. In-Serah and Neseraph seemed angry at something, or someone he couldn't see, he slowed his pace to a walk. Tangent wasn't there, or he wasn't visible. Maybe they were getting angry at Tangent, In-Serah always seemed to be mad at Tangent.
"In-Serah," he said as soon as he was within sight and hearing range of the duo.
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Vivante, at first, was greeted with equal hostility as the two Angels from earlier: Neseraph whirled around and Insera's Ingram sprung up to aim at the approaching man. However, once they realized that it was Vivante, and primarily not an Angel, the two relaxed their guards.
"Vivante?" Insera began quizzically, just now recalling the man's identity. "And where have you been?"
Neseraph's mind sparked with remembrance, and he strode briskly towards Vivante to meet and ask him, "Hey, Vivante, this is very, very important. I need you to tell me where Nazune is so we can find her. We...need her help, you could say."
Insera didn't exactly understand how Vivante was supposed to know where Nazune was, but she was willing to go out on a limb at this point. She gave Vivante a stern stare as if she were demanding an answer from him with her eyes and facial features alone.
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Vivante levelled his buriza, lowering it slowly once Neseraph and Insera's hostility faded. Now why was he going to see them again...?
Oh, to see if they knew where Nazune was. But, apparently they didn't know either. He stood there for a while, wondering if she was just dead. Dissapearing usually meant you were dead.
"Nazune and I went to Hell," he began, looking at Insera and then shifting his eyes to Neseraph. "Nazune vanished. Grizrend wants me to give her this if I find her," he fished through his pockets and pulled out the bracelet, letting it dangle from his fingers.
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"She what?" came the voices of Neseraph and Insera in unison in response to Vivante's recount of what happened to Nazune.
Insera stepped forward, saying, "Let me take a look at that," in the same moment she was snatching the Mirror bracelet from Vivante's hand. She had to think for a moment before she recalled how to operate the device.
She tapped the bracelet's mirror twice, and the image of Grizrend's face appeared. "Insera? What in Hell? I thought Vivante was looking for Nazune! Where's my baseball bat-!?"
"And so are we," said Insera firmly. "We...desperately need her help. It is a life and death situation, you could say."
Grizrend raised an eyebrow, "That bad, huh? What in Hell is going on over there, anyway? Just when I thought you four twits were getting your act together, you find a new way to f*ck it all up."
Insera crossed her eyes, not taking to kindly to being called a 'twit', and replied hotly, "Grizrend! This is important god-damn it! Is there or is there not anything that you can do to help us find Nazune??"
Grizrend averted his eyes upwards and curled the tail of his white goatee as he pondered for a second. "Hate to say it, but there's not much I can do from where I stand."
Neseraph rolled his eyes and rubbed his forehead, mentally cursing his and Insera's luck. Insera looked an interesting combination of disappointment and frustration.
"Hey," Grizrend began solidly. "When, or if, you four get back together, make sure to contact me again. I think it's nigh time to get you lot outta the future; seems to me that the four of you are having more problems there than here."
Insera didn't respond; she simply let the image of Grizrend on the mirror fade silently. Afterwards, she exhaled heavily, pocketed the Mirror bracelet, and said quietly, "Thank you, Vivante. I shall hold on to the bracelet."
Neseraph took in a breath, let his arms fall to his sides, and spoke, "We don't have any choice, do we?"
Insera cocked her Ingram at the same time she said, "No. We cannot waste time trying to locate Nazune; We must rescue Bishop ourselves, Angels be damned."
Neseraph nodded as he drew his katana. He knew what they were about to attempt was risky business. Nazune just had to make herself scarce at such a critical moment. But it wasn't like they could rely on chance to find her...
Insera glanced at Vivante and said sternly, "You are coming with us." With that, she took a .9mm pistol from her trouser pocket and offered it to Vivante, "Do you need a gun?"
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Hmmm a baseball bat... Maybe that was how Grizrend would break his kneecaps.
Then, as Grizrend and In-Serah were talking Vivante heard another voice. It was a woman's voice, familiar somehow but not Nazune's or Vanecia's. And... it seemed to closer somehow than Grizrend and In-Serah.
I hereby call the Dread Army. Come, my warriors, it's a new day. A new time. Come to me, your Commander. Come to me, your Mina.
Vivante blinked and looked over his shoulder for the voice. No one. Odd. The message lingered in his mind a moment after it passed, at once familiar and unfamiliar. Again, odd. He dropped the matter when In-Serah spoke to him and nodded afterwords. Now Grizrend would have to come break his kneecaps since he didn't give it to Nazune.
How easy would it be to steal a baseball bat? Hopefully he'd find out in time. There was also the slap-fu technique. How did Neseraph usually call it upon himself? He couldn't remember. If he stuck around long enough he would figure it out though. He watched In-Serah and Neseraph ready their weapons and lifted the buriza.
He tilted his head to the side when In-Serah held another metal crossbow towards him. So generous, she had already given him two of the weapons. What he really needed were some quarrels, they wouldn't be any good if he didn't have quarrels. "Yes," he leaned the buriza against his leg and pulled the other two metal crossbows from his pockets. "I will need quarrels as well."
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Insera gave Vivante a cross, questioning look and replied sharply, "Quarrels? What the bloody hell are you going on about?"
"He probably means ammunition, babe," offered Neseraph as he checked his own Ingram.
"Oh! Of course. And don't call me that!" she retorted as she produced two handgun clips from her suitcoat pockets and handed all three items to Vivante.
Neseraph afforded a quick smirk before starting off and instructing, "Come on," to the others.
Insera caught up with him, took out the cell phone with her free hand, and said, "We will need someone to contact Sine once again so that we can know their location. Now who is the best liar here...?"
Neseraph put on an indignant face for show, put his Ingram back inside his coat, then took the cell phone. "Alright, alright, seems someone's gotta do the job."
After glancing about her surroundings, Insera mentioned in a low voice, "We should go inside as well. This must be as discreet as possible."
"Check," replied Neseraph, who simply barged into the nearest building on his left once they where out of the park.
Insera, who didn't notice his sudden exit until a couple seconds later, whirled around on her heel and angrily stomped after Neseraph into the building, which happened to be a game house.
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Vivante stuffed all guns and clips in his pockets, picked up the buriza and began walking obidiently behind In-Serah. The object they were holding fascinated him. It was so inconspicuous, it had to be a weapon of sorts. It didn't look much like a weapon, but their crossbows didn't look much like crossbows.
Vivante swept into the game house after In-Serah, sweeping the inside of the building before turning his attention back to the object Neseraph held.
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It's been some time since Norriden ported himself and Nazune back to Adela from Province. Norriden travels by the park that Neseraph and Insera were previously in, amongst the Adelan crowd. If he had been any sooner, he would have seen the two before they entered the building near the park.
"See anything out of the ordinary yet, Nazune?" He calls back as he slightly turns to the demoness with his demonic appearance.
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The game house contained a number of tables for pasttimes that strangely resembled some games of the present, including billiards and card games. A few people turned to look when the door opened and the three came in, but most didn't care (some because they had less money than what they came in with).
Neseraph sweeped to the right after walking in and stopped in a narrow hall that had two benches on either side, a waiting/relaxation area of sorts.
He took in a breath, glanced at Insera, then said dismally, "Here goes..."
He input the command for memory dial #2, then held the receiver to his ear.
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Neseraph heard Sine's voice over the phone, "Do you have Nazune with you? Speak truthfully, Keller's life depends upon it and you know not if we are watching you."
His face became like a stone as the weight of the gamble weighed down upon him. He glanced over at Insera and Vivante.
Insera nodded confidently.
All-in.
"Yes," Neseraph said surely into the phone, covering up the lie as best he could with his tone of voice.
A tense pause ensued...
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Sine asked, "How many are in your party?"
Neseraph furrowed his eyebrows in frustration; it was hard to tell whether she bought the lie or not. Nonetheless, he spoke truthfully this time and replied, "Three."
Again, another paused followed.
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Sine's austere voice came over the phone abruptly, "Listen very carefully. We are waiting inside the Adela Regional Art Museum; it is currently closed off to the public for scheduled renovations. No one but you three has any reason to enter the building this day. Should anyone outside of your party of three enter the building, Keller will die. If your party with Nazune does not enter the museum through the front doors, Keller will die. If you enter the building with more than your specified number of party members, you will endanger our establishment of trust and, hence, Keller's life as well."
Neseraph held up his free hand and spoke hastily into the phone, "Alright, alright, I got it. Where is the museum?"
"Find it. You have until sunset."
Click.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrr........
Insera had been close enough to Neseraph to hear the faint conversation, and she didn't like what she was hearing. The chances grew more staggering, the odds stacked higher, and the risk exponentially multiplied with each added stipulation of Sine's.
Neseraph sighed and turned the phone off, handing it back to Insera. "Looks like we have no choice babe."
She took the phone and slid it back into her trouser pocket. "I am aware of that...and don't call me that."
Neseraph nodded and grinned. "Yup. We're going to have make Vivante dress in drag and impersonate Nazune."
SLAP.
"Be serious!!" Insera snapped after smacking him upside the face. "What we need to do and ask a local about the location of this museum and then plan our strategy very meticulously if we even want to hold on to a mere sliver of hope of saving Bishop."
It was a little hard in Nazune's case to see much of anything. She had fallen behind Norriden's pace by walking unsteadily and unsurely forward, her vision being greatly hindered by the blindfold she had wrapped over her eyes. Occasionally, when there were no people directly in front of her, she would lift up the blindfold for a second to see where she was going before tucking it back down to conceal her eyes again.
She stopped once Norriden called back to her, dipped her head forward some, and lifted the blindfold a tad again, taking a quick surveillance of her surrounding area.
"Nothing," she reported back with a few shakes of her head as she pulled the blindfold back down.
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Vivante followed Neseraph, still glancing at the establishment and gauging the looks they were getting. No one seemed interested, good. When they stopped and Neseraph began talking to the box he crossed his arms and listened.
It was like he was having a conversation with himself. Or, rather it would seem that way if the box didn't make soft murmuring sounds. Perhaps the box was a magic thing that gave answers when it was spoken into.
He stayed silent after Neseraph returned the box to In-Serah and glanced at each of them while they spoke. Neseraph's course of action made him tilt his head to the side slightly. He didn't know what the man meant by 'dress in drag' but impersonating...
He could look like Nazune, with a little work granted. His hair would have to be reddened and they would have to make him more womanly. How hard could it be? And, on a completely unrelated note, speaking about impersonations got Neseraph slapped. Perhaps if he talked about them she would turn her slapping hand on him.
"If we have no choice, then I will do it."
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Norriden couldn't help but notice Nazune, trying to hide her eyes from the world. He sighed and was about to say something to her, but didn't see where he was going and walked into a large figure. Before Norriden could turn to the figure to apologize, the figure speaks in a deep and familiar voice to Norriden,
"Ah, Norriden. It has been some time. I see you have changed as well as myself." Norriden arches an eyebrow as he turns to gaze upon the foriegn face. Tis a tall, dark skinned man with a bit of familiar markings on his face. He has the symbol of the Fire Bringer on his forehead and red birthmarks that seem much like claw markings over both eyes. He peers down at Norriden's demonic appearance with firey orange eyes.
"Sizzlebeast...?" Norriden somewhat questions as he looks closer. The dark skinned human nods his head with a smile.
"What happened to you?" Norriden asks more on the side.
"Let's just say, I had a bit of a runin with someone that has cataclysmic powers. So, who's your lady friend?" Sizzlebeast asks his own question, his companions behind him.
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Neseraph gestured both hands towards Vivante, as if trying to sell the man to Insera. "See? He'll do it."
Insera looked incredulous. Never had she seen a man be so relatively willing to cross dress. "This is preposterous! Are you really expecting to succeed in passing Vivante off as Nazune??"
Neseraph cupped a hand under his chin and looked Vivante over. "Well, I never said that he wouldn't need a bit of work to be convincing..."
She scoffed harshly. "Convincing?? If that was an attempt at comedy then I am afraid it was too thin. I think that the Angels are going to know that Vivante is definitely not Nazune."
"And I definitely think that the Angels are going to know we don't have Nazune if us three stroll into that museum as we are now," countered Neseraph.
Insera pursed her lips, still not in favor of an idea she thought ludicrous but caught by the logic of Neseraph's rebuttal.
"Listen, babe," started Neseraph ("Don't call me that.") , "I have a half-way decent plan. What's the probability that the Angels are not going to be watching every point of ingress other than the front doors? Zilch. The way I see it, if we make Vivante up to be Nazune, we can at least get in through the front doors and go from there."
Insera sighed, then said sternly, "You have ten minutes. I am going to inquire about the location of the museum in the meantime."
Neseraph grinned and caught the Mirror bracelet that was roughly tossed to him by Insera as she swept out of the hall and began talking to the people playing games in the main room.
He lightly clapped Vivante on the shoulder and jerked his head towards the men's restroom. "Come on. We gotta get you prepped."
Neseraph traversed the short distance down the rest of the waiting hall, pushed open the door to the indicated bathroom, and stepped inside.
Nazune kept going as Norriden, ironically enough, was unceremoniously stopped when he bumped into somebody. It was no one she could recall knowing, so she went on by the conversing two at an angle figuring Norriden would catch up when he was done; time was of the utmost importance, afterall.
Walking in the grass now instead of the path, Nazune lifted up her blindfold once more to check where she was going-
And noticed a tuft of pink hair towards the bottom of her field of vision. Nazune's eyes trailed down and she saw that the pink hair was attached to a strange kid who was looking back up at her. Oh no...she didn't like kids.
Virus grinned and launched her right hand high into the air, "'ELLO!!"
Nazune frowned wryly and replied quietly, "Hello..." She pulled her blindfold back down over her eyes and stepped around the kid, continuing onward.
Virus bounced alongside Nazune and exclaimed for no apparent reason, "'ey! You're wearing a blindfold like me!!"
"Yes. Yes I am," Nazune forced herself to reply as levelly as possible.
"Where are you goin'?" inquired the endless bundle of questions that was Virus.
Nazune was reluctant to respond, but eventually answered simply, "I'm searching for someone."
"'ey! Guess what! I'm lookin' for someone too! Wanna know 'oo? Wanna know 'oo?" Virus gushed as she jumped up and down, keeping pace with Nazune.
Nazune held up her hand, "That's...quite alright."
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Vivante listened quietly as Neseraph attempted to tell In-Serah of the effectiveness of his plan, and was a little dissapointed that In-Serah didn't decide to slap him. There would be other times...
Neseraph was successful and, gestured for him to walk to another room. He followed, and found that the room was a bathroom. It was probably best to do it out of sight.
"Now who would want to hide from you?" Fleurety purred in Nazune's ear.
Fleurety hadn't stuck around long after Sizz ran into an old buddy of his. When Virus went after the red haired woman he trailed her. Hovering a few inches above the ground so he could walk behind them without his footsteps giving him away. He intwined his fingers and folded them behind his back, smirking a little as Virus hopped along beside the woman. She seemed antsy enough around Virus...
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"Oh, that's Nazune. We are searching for a friend, Bishop. We've had little luck so far, but are hopes are still with us." Norriden explains as he begins to walk again, mainly to catch up with Nazune. Sizzlebeast continues to walk a long side of him.
"Ah, yes. I am also on a search. Unlike yours, mine is more in one direction. I know exactly where who I'm searching for is. A kind of bond we share. I wish you luck on your journey, my friend." Sizzlebeast explains as he places his hand on Norriden's shoulder. Norriden slightly smirked.
"You've changed. I think it's for the better." Norriden notes, causing Sizzlebeast to smile in reply.
"It's amazing what love could do to you." Sizzlebeast adds to his reply. Norriden 'Heh'-ed before looking towards Nazune as she is pestered by Sizzlebeast's companions.
"I know exactly what you mean." Norriden commented as Sizzle pondered a little bit. He finally came up with an idea and decided to share it with Norriden.
"Considering I know where my search ends, perhaps I could help you with your search in the meantime. I'm sure my companions would be willing to devote some time in your search." Norriden thought a moment on the proposal. Help would be nice, but what would Nazune say?
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Once the two where inside the bathroom, Neseraph made a quick sweep of the place to insure that it was indeed empty: Clear. After confirming this, he sauntered back over towards the door and dragged the trash barrel over to wedge it under the knob.
He grinned at Vivante and commented as he tapped the bracelet's mirror twice, "Best if we're uninterrupted. That'll save us an awkward moment and an odd explanation."
Timely enough, Grizrend's image appeared on the mirror. "What in Hell do you want?" he said sourly.
Neseraph braced himself, shifting around some, and answered as straight as he could, "This might sound weird but, uh, we're gonna need some of Nazune's stuff. We're going to dress Vivante up like Nazune. We're really pressed for-"
"Wait-wait-waitaminute..." Grizrend interjected, then inquired in total disbelief of the words that just graced his ears. "What??"
Neseraph practically spelled it out for the Hellsend Master, "Vivante-is-going-to-dress-up-like-Na-zune."
Grizrend made a classic face. "Go f*ck yourself..."
"I'm not kidding," Neseraph said flatly.
The old demon's face was steadfast like a statue's. "Go f*ck yourself..."
"I'm seriously not kidding." The grin that was painted across Neseraph's face was contradictory to his statement.
Grizrend threw his hands up in the air and let them fall lifelessly back down to his sides, the proverbial waving of the white flag. "Alright...alright...I'll play along, since you all have now officially lost it. Hell, this a better be good for a laugh at least. Well...what do you need, god-damn it?"
"Now you're talking." Neseraph gave Vivante a victorious smack on the back and flashed a celebratory grin. Then, to Grizrend, "Just get us some clothes that Nazune usually wears, especially a pair of sunglasses. Oh yeah, and check that unholy garage of yours for something that'll dye Viv's hair here-"
Grizrend snorted and waved it off. "Who do you think you're talkin' to? I teach all my boys color flux for when I send them off on big jobs on Earth, like stealing cars and sh*t like that. I'll give him a temp job; he'll be a guaranteed red-headed stepchild for a good three hours when I'm done. Don't move, short-stack."
"Cool," encouraged Neseraph, who conveniently stepped out of the way once a small, coppery time rift opened up in front of Vivante.
The image of Grizrend on the Mirror bracelet twitched his fingers about, prepping the spell. After that easy task was done, one simple pass sent the arcane rays through his end of the portal and out Vivante's half. The rays hit Vivante's hair and the new color washed over the old in a matter of seconds. It was as if Vivante had blood-red hair his entire life.
As the small time rift sealed itself, Grizrend said, "Okay, three hours before the spell wears away. Now for those damn clothes..." and wandered off out of sight.
Neseraph nodded his head a couple times before he stole a glance at Vivante's new look. "Sharp..." he commented, suppressing a chuckle that half leaked out.
After a moment, Grizrend appeared back on the Mirror's visible range. "Heads up."
Another time rift sliced up, a bit larger than the first, and a bundle of clothes similar to the type Nazune usually wore flew out and landed on the floor, followed by a pair of sunglasses.
The old demon sighed and said heavily, "Good luck with...whatever," adding, "Make sure to keep me informed."
"Right," replied Neseraph as the image faded from the mirror's surface.
He stuffed the Mirror bracelet into his pants pocket and shifted the face Vivante. "Well..." On that note, he turned about-face and continued, "Slip 'em on. Can't wait to show Insera, heh heh. You?"
That made five. Insera was starting to think that regulars in this particular place would scarcely be regulars a sophisticated place like a museum. For that matter, it was a longshot to think that the people here would know the location of such a place, or even that it existed.
Nonetheless, persistence, hopefully, should pay off.
Insera approached another man, of quite a stocky build, and his buddy playing a strange game that bore resemblances to pool and craps it appeared.
"Excuse me," she initiated formally.
"I'm busy..." replied the burly man without looking at her. He was occupied with lining up a shot on the table.
"I only wish to ask you for directions is all," Insera explained.
The man fouled his shot, the ball missing the hole by a mile. He angrily straightened up and turned on his heel to face Insera, who was dwarfed in comparison by his height. "See what you made me done!!"
"My most sincere apologies, sir," Insera was trying her best to contain her own anger. "I only want to know directions to the Adela Regional Art Museum. Could you help me?"
The man flashed a burly smirk and replied, "Sure. I'll help you if you buy me a drink and serve it to me for messin' up my shot."
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Insera clocked the man upside the head with the side of her Ingram, knocking him over the game table. She fiercely dug her hand into his shoulder and turned him around onto his back. She jumped up onto the game table, roughly shoved the barrel of her submachine into his mouth and almost down his throat, and grabbed the man's collar with her free hand.
"I am losing my patience with you lot!!" Insera hollered exasperatedly, catching the attention of the whole main room. "Believe you me when I say that this is truly a matter of life and death!! Now tell me where the god-damn Museum is or you will not have a bloody mouth to speak with anymore!!!"
The burly man began to speak frantically though his words where muffled by the metal in his mouth. Insera pulled her gun out just enough for him to talk, "You-you-you can get there real easy if'n you just take the back door out. Go right down that back alley out there until you come to Serval's Magical Merchandaise. It's-it's right across the street from Serval's shop, can't-can't miss it."
Insera tilted her head to the side and responded cordially, "Thank you..."
She pulled her gun back and leapt down from the game table as the burly man's cowardly buddy came over to see if he was alright.
With the information secured, Insera strode towards the waiting hall, and hence, the restrooms to check on Neseraph and Vivante.
Nazune almost jumped out of her skin when Fleurety abruptly interjected himself into the conversation. This provided an endless well of giggles for Virus to dip her hands into, "'ello Fluffy! You got 'er good! You got 'er good!! Yay!! You're the ninja, Fluffy!! You know, like really sneaky and silent and BOO I scared you!! Isn't that cool? Isn't that cool?"
"Fantastic..." Nazune drawled, lifting up her blindfold again to check her course. She had to sidestep to the right to narrowly avoid colliding with a tree that was dead ahead.
"'ey!! You're cheating!" Virus mentioned as she crossed her arms and got all huffy. One could imagine Virus as resembling a blowfish when she got huffy like that.
"No I'm not," snapped Nazune, growing ever more annoyed by the kid.
"Can't you see with your blindfold on? I can! I can! W'oooo!" exclaimed Virus, punctuated with a bout of giggles.
"No...no I can't..." Nazune replied quietly. Strangely, she felt slightly wounded by the child's remark.
And, like a predator upon the smell of blood, Virus pressed, "Then why do you wear one if you can't see silly!"
"Because..." Nazune fell short of words. "Nevermind...just nevermind."
My child...
