"Oh, they're a set of five tablets that are all in one place; Mount Ararat in Turkey itself," Gavin said to Charles. "And thanks for your offer to help; it's good to see a fellow kid with a sense of duty." These compliments did not prevent him from chuckling when Eric called the young boy out on his bratiness, before calling Kasumi out of her invisibility, which, yes, Gavin can see with his High Magic.

In response to Mitsuki's words, Gavin would then say:

"Yeah, we should start our quest now. But as for a possible division into groups, I have an idea, actually. One group to delay those who would hunt us, and another to seek out the Tablets." The young man looked at Fenrir and Morgana, then, not knowing about what the latter currently felt.

Then Master Grey had to give Gavin a question the latter couldn't easily answer. Damnit, he was unprepared for that. But the eighteen-year old boy would recover enough to say:

"I didn't want to do this..." before opening a small portal the size of a soccer ball, placing his hand through it, and drawing out a sheaf of papers. Gavin would then walk over to Master Grey, and hand the sheaf over to the old man, before continuing:

"This sheaf contains my own research into the past and its myths and legends, as well as my own university's excavations in the Middle East before...complications struck. The records of said excavations involved finding ancient accounts, which are transcribed in the papers in authentic cuneiform*, with the style of the language itself so authenthic that only an expert with more experience in Mesopotamian culture than me could have faked them, and even then, someone as wise as you could see any inconsistency." And indeed, the papers and the cunieform records, as well as the English [i]translations[/i] of the records, transcribed in them would look and seem authentic.

Then Kira just had to leave, after making it clear that she believed she can elude whatever was hunting them. Gavin fumed at that, but all he can say was:

"I do not seek to bind people here by force. But remember that people elsewhere are gunning for you!" And yes, he can see the power of her bent light. It didn't matter, what mattered was he had to accept this setback...and Kira's potential death.

Once Kira had left, Gavin would turn to Fenrir:

"Use your powers; summon a few spirits to keep Ms. Light safe until she changes her mind."

The young adult then looked at Marcus, knowing that the man wasn't telling the [i]entire[/i] truth, but it was good enough, his offer was good enough for what its worth.

"Very well, your offer is accepted, Mr. Nickleson, but we will have to assign a watcher to you, just in case. I would suggest Eric for the job." He would then look at Morgana again; he didn't know what she was thinking, but the expression on her face was uncommitted; that much he can see.

"Those of you who don't want to join this quest, this is your last chance to back out. Note however that this isn't just a simple 'let's create a line of communication' with the Divine' mission. This quest is to erase the stigma against magic that exists now, so that Magi will be able to act openly while facing one last set of predjudices. More to the point, if we reconnect Heaven and Earth, Heaven will most probably reward us, even those of us who are not exactly paragons of virtue."

He then looked at Neil, and smiled.

"To be honest, if I were ever to betray you, it would be out of cluelessness rather than malice, aka I would be doing it because I was an idiot, not because I don't like you. As for what we need to do...I need you guys to settle your affairs online. We leave for Epirus, Greece, as soon as possible; some of you are masters of making fake papers, right?"

"As for why Epirus and not Mount Ararat directly?" he continued, "the answer is that the Tablets' hiding place can only be unlocked by the Key of Purgatory, a Key that can be acquired only from, well, Purgatory. And in Epirus lies the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromanteion]Necromantieon[/url], a gateway to the Underworld where we can get the Key."

[b][i]O'Ryan[/i][/b]

Yeah, Gavin left his laptop behind, along with a draft of his message asking people to come with him to Brightwell, Illinois.

((*The script of the Sumerians))

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