[u][i]Central Unitia - Streets[/i][/u] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChK9FijyxdY]Dungeon[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/2hD4zH8.png[/img] Pairah: Urgh...Where is this damn monster? We've been walking this hellhole for a while now... [img]https://i.imgur.com/uawIDiQ.png[/img] Miolina: Hmmm... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ovEdjuJ.png[/img] Pairah: Damn...I'm reaching my limit... [img]https://i.imgur.com/KKJqcU2.png[/img] Miolina: Don't die on me now Pairah, we're so close. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uPXPy0r.png[/img] Pairah: What part of this is close to you? [img]https://i.imgur.com/DlmklHY.png[/img] Miolina: I think I've finally managed to lure one with my scent. Voids really love the smell EXS you see. Suddenly, Miolina produces a black sphere and gives it to Pairah. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4Bz7y7q.png[/img] Pairah: What am I doing with this? [img]https://i.imgur.com/p1PmRjZ.png[/img] Miolina: Just hold that for me, I'll go hide over there. [img]https://i.imgur.com/HUvJOQG.png[/img] Pairah: Hide? Hey, are you planning to leave me here? [img]https://i.imgur.com/2Q5C6Jj.png[/img] Miolina: Pah! Miolina claps her hands, making the sphere disperse into a mist that blinded Pairah. [img]https://i.imgur.com/AG30Esc.png[/img] Pairah: Wait! Don't run! Pairah forced herself to stand, the mist expanding further an further, making it look like the light as being taken over by the darkness. The girl looked at every direction, feeling like she was in a completely different place. The buildings weren't visible anymore, the sky was slowly getting darker. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2ko9Qu3.png[/img] Pairah: W-What the hell did you do? [img]https://i.imgur.com/y66pdZ0.png[/img] Miolina: Me? Nothing much...It's just that the Voids are attracted to EXS...and they can only manifest themselves when there's a large amount of it around. [img]https://i.imgur.com/9RTNarC.png[/img] Pairah: And...what happens after that? [img]https://i.imgur.com/DlmklHY.png[/img] Miolina: Hehehehehe... [img]https://i.imgur.com/ovEdjuJ.png[/img] Pairah: T-This isn't funny...say something already? [img]https://i.imgur.com/FvEVuDq.png[/img] Miolina: And there he is! Have fun with your new friend! Suddenly, a creature materialized in front of Pairah. A bipedal Void monster that was taller than Pairah. Her emotions were a mix of anger and worry. She didn't knew what to do and Miolina just let out some ocasional laughs at the creature approached. [img]https://i.imgur.com/vByFRr7.png[/img] Miolina: (Now then...will you perish and turn into a Void? Or will you survive and turn into an In-Birth?) [img]https://i.imgur.com/2hD4zH8.png[/img] Pairah: D-Don't come...I'm warning you damn freak of nature. [img]https://i.imgur.com/dd0jr25.png[/img] Void: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/AG30Esc.png[/img] Pairah: GET AWAY!!! Even if her body screamed in protest, Pairah put all of her strenght in a punch that didn't seem like it fazed the void much. Then, it violently picked her up and slammed her in the ground. [img]https://i.imgur.com/y2m9808.png[/img] Pairah: AAAHHH!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/dd0jr25.png[/img] Void: SHAAAAAAA!!! The creatured opened its mouth and bit her torso. Not only she was in intense pain, but her vision went into a complete blurr and her sense of proprioception was gone. Pairah felt that if it wanted, the monster would've just had split her body apart. What it wanted was the EXS inside of her. She did feel something escaping her body within each seconds. However, she was also feeling something inside of her changing. But none of that mattered to Pairah. All that was on her mind right now was anger towards Miolina. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uPXPy0r.png[/img] Pairah: (That...wench...She kept babling something about power...but all I'm getting was a monster making me his meal...I won't accept this...I can't accept this...once I'm out of this situation...I'll...) Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_wLOwAa26w]The Lord of a Flame[/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/JzfgeIr.png[/img] Pairah: [i][b]I'LL FREAKING KILL THAT PIG FOR MAKING A FOOL OUT OF ME!!![/b][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/FvEVuDq.png[/img] Miolina: Oh? Suddenly, the monster backed away in recoil. One could see smoke coming out of its mouth, as if something burned it. Pairah slowly got up, once again, ignoring the pain in her body. She could feel an extreme heat from inside of her, but didn't seem bothered by it, as if said heat was one with her entire being, a part of her existence. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2JsfxO0.png[/img] Pairah: I see...So this is it...The power she talked about. [img]https://i.imgur.com/p1PmRjZ.png[/img] Miolina: Such intense heat. Those flames could just instantly incinerate anyone she glared at. [img]https://i.imgur.com/dd0jr25.png[/img] Void: SHAAAAAAA!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/tFmvLhJ.png[/img] Pairah: You want some of this? Then EAT IT YOU FREAK!!! Since she still didn't knew how to properly control her powers, Pairah punched the air, hoping something would come out of her hand. The Void did flinch a bit after she did so, but it kept running at her. [img]https://i.imgur.com/KGegBu4.png[/img] Pairah: Tch... [img]https://i.imgur.com/DlmklHY.png[/img] Miolina: Alright, time for some coaching. Miolina got between Pairah and the Void, kicking the monster away with a EXS charged strike. [img]https://i.imgur.com/y66pdZ0.png[/img] Miolina: Now you an I are the same. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2ko9Qu3.png[/img] Pairah: Why didn't you tell me this would've happened if the damn thing almost ate me? [img]https://i.imgur.com/DlmklHY.png[/img] Miolina: It's more exciting this way...Besides, it was your anger towards me that generated enough willpower to resist being turned into a void. [img]https://i.imgur.com/HUvJOQG.png[/img] Pairah: Huh? [img]https://i.imgur.com/g1l6r9M.png[/img] Miolina: I'll promise that I'll tell you everything in detail later...even if you don't exactly get all of it. Now then...for that coaching. The monster got up again, heading straight towards Miolina and Pairah. [img]https://i.imgur.com/p1PmRjZ.png[/img] Miolina: Just imagine a fireball and direct those thoughts towards the space you want it to appear. You know the rest. [img]https://i.imgur.com/3SSOTnW.png[/img] Pairah: Really? It's just that? [img]https://i.imgur.com/vByFRr7.png[/img] Miolina: This is a really simplified method for faster results. Mastering EXS isn't exactly "just that". Now then...the stage is all yours. [img]https://i.imgur.com/JzfgeIr.png[/img] Pairah: Alright... Miolina walked behind Pairah, wanting to see the newborn In-Birth up close. Pairah glared at the creature, imagining the fireball in her hand. I almost an instant, she could see if forming in her hand, albeit a little unstable, but she was okay with it for now. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7WP6yF8.png[/img] Pairah: This time...you're going down. Once it jumped towards her, she launched a fireball towards the creature. It was a clean hit, the creature fell into the ground, flames covering its upper body. It kept struggling to get up. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4FKTKLn.png[/img] Pairah: HUFF...HUFF... [img]https://i.imgur.com/DlmklHY.png[/img] Miolina: Great! You were fantastic! That was a certainly great display of spirit. I think I'm going to tear up with such magnificense... [img]https://i.imgur.com/y2m9808.png[/img] Pairah: Shut up... [img]https://i.imgur.com/g1l6r9M.png[/img] Miolina: Well now...it's time to end the show. It doesn't look like you'll be able to conjure another one of those, it would be too much unstable to even travel a single meter. Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74NIlCenTWQ]Memories of the Abyss[/url] Miolina dispelled the mist. Pairah saw the Void Monster fade away. The afternoon sunlight bathed the place they were once more. Suddenly, Pairah felt her body numb, falling on the ground, this time, her conscience slowly fading away. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ovEdjuJ.png[/img] Pairah: Gah... [img]https://i.imgur.com/p1PmRjZ.png[/img] Miolina: Don't worry, that's normal. Usually, you were supposed only to faint after you got bitten by a void, but I trusted that you would get the job done. [img]https://i.imgur.com/KGegBu4.png[/img] Pairah: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/kKeyMGF.png[/img] Miolina: Well now...She didn't actually tell me where her home was...oh well, I'll take her to mine for today. She easily picked up the sleeping Pairah off the ground and jumped from building to building, heading towards the exit. [img]https://i.imgur.com/FvEVuDq.png[/img] Miolina: Let's see...You possess the wrath of a ferocious beast after its prey...Maybe we should call your ability "EXS of the Rogue Feral Inferno". Yeah, I guess that's a good name for your power. The girl who wanted to reach the top...denied of her glory by a single failure, now being in possession of the power that will make her desires true. [img]https://i.imgur.com/LsZQHey.png[/img] Pairah: (Now...no one...can stop me...not my former boss...Not the Holy Hammer...NO ONE!!! I can hardly wait to crush them all...) [u][i]Spring Zone - Sayaka's Home[/i][/u] [img]https://i.imgur.com/FlMDq6l.png[/img] Sheila: Hi Xaizor! You were really a hero back there. [img]http://oi62.tinypic.com/2ujqrnd.jpg[/img] Rosa: Hehe...that he was. [img]https://i.imgur.com/vFRoAy7.png[/img] Kenneth: A splendid performance indeed. [img]https://i.imgur.com/fNrDm9l.png[/img] Sheila: Rosa, can we leave the rest to you? [img]http://oi61.tinypic.com/imo321.jpg[/img] Rosa: Sure, but why are you asking me this? [img]https://i.imgur.com/pnvP2fG.png[/img] Sheila: I would love to stay longer but... [img]http://oi57.tinypic.com/6dwr9j.jpg[/img] Rosa: Hm? What's with this smell? [img]https://i.imgur.com/ovv35cy.png[/img] Sheila: (Took a while for someone to notice my stench.) We have to go. Maybe another time. You can give Sayaka Kenneth's phone number if she want to call us again...right Kenneth? [img]https://i.imgur.com/vzhhvIf.png[/img] Kenneth: Phone? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Mhb8xS6.png[/img] Kenneth: Oh Sure, she can have it. (Almost forgot what this phone was...Still not used to the luxuries of this world.) Sheila leaves first, Kenneth shares the number with Rosa, then leaves soon after, but not after bowing to Rosa and Xaizor. [i][u]Spring Zone - Lilina's House[/u][/i] [img]http://oi61.tinypic.com/e5mujd.jpg[/img] Kail: You're right...she's probably scared shitless with what has been happening. Let's go inside. [img]https://i.imgur.com/3tyaNy2.png[/img] Victor: Then I'll leave it to you. [img]http://oi57.tinypic.com/2mji47.jpg[/img] Kail: Wait. [img]https://i.imgur.com/3tyaNy2.png[/img] Victor: Hm? [img]http://oi58.tinypic.com/34q75fk.jpg[/img] Kail: Thanks for helping Kresnik. That's your name right? I overheard that girl saying your name. [img]https://i.imgur.com/3tyaNy2.png[/img] Victor: Just call me Victor. I don't want to be associated with them anymore. [img]http://oi58.tinypic.com/17qzww.jpg[/img] Kail: Hm? [img]https://i.imgur.com/3tyaNy2.png[/img] Victor: (He doesn't seem to know what I'm talking about...we'll, I guess his friends will tell him.) Until another day. Victor walks away. Kail nods and then, enters Lilina's house, but not before telling the officers to tie Veria up. [u][i]Spring Zone - In a rooftop somewhere in the city[/i][/u] Daniella was carrying two cups, one of coffee, and another one of tea. She also had a book under her arm, a different one than what she was reading earlier. She handed the cup of coffee to the other person who was in the rooftop. Said person was looking at a laptop. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7Sz5tTS.png[/img] Daniella: Alright Miss Orston...Here's your coffee...Did I miss something while I was out? [img]https://i.imgur.com/JgsOj5t.png[/img] Vinny: Just call me Vinny already...No need to be so formal...And yes, She used her "Time Slow". Twice in fact. [img]https://i.imgur.com/EzN5xyq.png[/img] Daniella: That means I missed the entire fight... [img]https://i.imgur.com/r1iInqC.png[/img] Vinny: No matter how many times I look at it. It really doesn't seem like an ability of this world. At least, not right now...what with all of these new powers showing up? [img]https://i.imgur.com/CfxFQNW.png[/img] Daniella: You're right. Humanity is ever evolving. Makes me wonder what will become of this world after you and I are long gone. [img]https://i.imgur.com/AHHGAEk.png[/img] Vinny: Who knows? Anyway, Kaori is outside her home...that might be a problem. [img]https://i.imgur.com/2NqlZIQ.png[/img] Daniella: Want me to go there? I could raise some hell if you want. [img]https://i.imgur.com/e5GMkyo.png[/img] Vinny: I don't think that's my decision...It's up to you to. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ZxS2J5s.png[/img] Daniella: Okay, I'll just keep on reading then. [img]https://i.imgur.com/v2TE2J0.png[/img] Vinny: Still not feeling like it's your time yet? [img]https://i.imgur.com/QnRYAz6.png[/img] Daniella: I have to make sure I won't regret it later on. I'm pretty much rebelling against my uncle after all. If my heart isn't in it, I'll just drag everyone down. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VmfqCh7.png[/img] Vinny: If you say so... [img]https://i.imgur.com/XMa4Smz.png[/img] Daniella: Hm? Someone is with them right? [img]https://i.imgur.com/gyjTTgB.png[/img] Vinny: Yep, they were lucky enough to meet up with Mia. Don't worry, she's a honest one. [img]https://i.imgur.com/7Sz5tTS.png[/img] Daniella: I see. I'll take your word for it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/RvGEaEY.png[/img] Vinny: Now then, let's watch how this unfo- Then, Vinny saw some kind of camera mounted on metallic spider legs displayed in the computer. [img]https://i.imgur.com/9t6SE8o.png[/img] Vinny: Ooookay...What is that and can I take it home with me? I want to examine it further. [img]https://i.imgur.com/WvDaLal.png[/img] Daniella: Keep your inner mad inventor in check Miss Orston... [img]https://i.imgur.com/fWTkHi3.png[/img] Vinny: [b]IT'S VINNY!!![/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/ZcTFDYK.png[/img] Daniella: Right...Now as I was saying, keep your urges in check and tell me what do you think of that camera. [img]https://i.imgur.com/epWPbLR.png[/img] Vinny: Okay...It seems like it's monitoring them...Maybe that's how they assigned different psychic users to different places. They were certainly prepared for the moment that one of their targets decided to leave their homes. [img]https://i.imgur.com/ZxS2J5s.png[/img] Daniella: That's certainly a problem... [img]https://i.imgur.com/RvGEaEY.png[/img] Vinny: NO NEED TO WORRY THOUGH! Mia won't let us down. [u][i]Spring Zone - Streets[/i][/u] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FKr-ubidmM]Ambience of the Underground[/url] Suddenly, more people armed with home-made weapons appeared, showing their intent to get in the way of the three. Leader-like Thug: THERE THEY ARE!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/Xq3sPpG.png[/img] Andorina: Uh oh...Incoming... [img]https://i.imgur.com/vkXthwy.png[/img] Kaori: G-Get behind me Andorina...I...I won't let them get any closer. Andorina hid behind Kaori, who pointed the gun at the group at the front. There was also a group attacking from the rear as well. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MatJoZL.png[/img] Kaori: (I just need to aim at their feet...) At first, her hands were shaking due to being afraid of pulling the trigger. However, she quickly got used to her intuition guiding her aim and soon enough, she fired a shot, hitting one of the legs of the thugs. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MZYcHvG.png[/img] Andorina: You did it! [img]https://i.imgur.com/G8KMPGM.png[/img] Kaori: Oh? Really? [img]https://i.imgur.com/9R3SCqU.png[/img] Andorina: Yeah! It was a nice shot. [img]https://i.imgur.com/vchIKeq.png[/img] Kaori: R-Right... (I'm not sure how to react to this...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/Xq3sPpG.png[/img] Andorina: Apologize to them later, just keep firing. [img]https://i.imgur.com/b5mGVBr.png[/img] Kaori: (You say "just" but I'm still really nervours...I'm holding a weapon that can kill someone if I'm not careful...)