[i][u]Winter District - From Building to Building[/u][/i] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOQtf9oLIYY]Chasing You![/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/GTMRns1.png[/img] Mina: Urgh...Just what kind of grappling hook is that? It doesn't look like we can reach him with that speed. [img]https://i.imgur.com/A2PYgNe.png[/img] Nicholas: We have to keep trying...Any plans Barry? [img]https://i.imgur.com/kXWToDV.png[/img] Barry: (I guess that kind of tech should be expected...they are the same people that built the Compact Glaives after all...) He seems to know which building he can use that device on to keep building up speed. You two keep chasing after him. I'll see if I can flank him from another direction. [img]https://i.imgur.com/qdyOIZJ.png[/img] Mina: Got it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/IScXk6o.png[/img] Nicholas: We'll keep a close eye on Tsuya. [img]https://i.imgur.com/brWQANM.png[/img] Mina: (We need to hurry up too...Tsuya's causing some property damage whenever he lands somewhere...I'm amazed he still hasn't lost the guy out of sight despite his rage.) ???: (As expected, they are chasing after me. Now then...just a little further...and my plan will succeed.) [i][u]Summer Area - Ryoukan Tsurugiya Inn[/u][/i] Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT1G2KpEmRs]Lakeside[/url] After showing Elizabeth her room, Daisy returned to the front entrance in order to take a rest since she was mostly done with cleaning. [img]https://i.imgur.com/3aFW7DP.png[/img] Daisy: (Geez...Miss Kashiwagi has it rough...No wonder she takes this business so seriously...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/qj5XVNB.png[/img] Chizuru: It's almost time for their shift to end. Better tell the others to prepare dinner. Oh right, Daisy, are you a good cook? [img]https://i.imgur.com/Cun0Bjt.png[/img] Daisy: Not really... [img]https://i.imgur.com/MGU1hHS.png[/img] Chizuru: Then we're in the same boat. [img]https://i.imgur.com/OYkD6LL.png[/img] Daisy: (Why she sounds like she found a kindred spirit?) [img]https://i.imgur.com/26Lugkh.png[/img] Chizuru: Oh well, maybe it's time for you to go back home. You've been here for a while and... [img]https://i.imgur.com/uoGcqZu.png[/img] Daisy: I need some sort of confirmation that those thugs aren't searching for me. [img]https://i.imgur.com/iSVOnJJ.png[/img] Chizuru: Hmmm... Suddenly, another person entered the inn. This time, it was a blue haired girl who looked a bit older than Daisy. She was carrying a basket full of fishes. [img]https://i.imgur.com/SgM6sou.png[/img] Daisy: W-Whoa... [img]https://i.imgur.com/sfS729p.png[/img] ???: Good Afternoon Miss Kashiwagi. We couldn't fish yesterday because of the storm. [img]https://i.imgur.com/eBupTzw.png[/img] Daisy: (Fishing?) [img]https://i.imgur.com/qj5XVNB.png[/img] Chizuru: It's fine, I imagined something like this could've happened... [img]https://i.imgur.com/HCj3DL7.png[/img] ???: If you say so... [img]https://i.imgur.com/3aFW7DP.png[/img] Daisy: ... [img]https://i.imgur.com/n71i8gY.png[/img] Erialla: Oh, who's she? [img]https://i.imgur.com/d8zKcHX.png[/img] Chizuru: She got into some trouble with a local gang and now she's hiding in the inn for a while. She's been helping me with cleaning in exchange of her using this place as her hiding spot. [img]https://i.imgur.com/A03yw3Q.png[/img] Erialla: I see...That's quite the pickle you've got in Miss... [img]https://i.imgur.com/Cun0Bjt.png[/img] Daisy: I'm just Daisy. [img]https://i.imgur.com/gdRVqQp.png[/img] Erialla Shelly: I'm Erialla Shelly, but you can call me Eria. Pleased to meet you Daisy. Here, have this souvenirs. She gives Daisy a fridge magnet in the form of a seashell. [img]https://i.imgur.com/SgM6sou.png[/img] Daisy: Oh...Thanks? (It's...kinda cute...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/0g933r5.png[/img] Eria: (She seems to have liked it.) [img]https://i.imgur.com/qj5XVNB.png[/img] Chizuru: You're still making those? I still have that one you gave me. [img]https://i.imgur.com/aqA0QIc.png[/img] Eria: That's right. I always give a new one for a new friend. [img]https://i.imgur.com/eBupTzw.png[/img] Daisy: (Friends already?) Well...I'll take the fishes to the kitchen and bring the basket back. Daisy heads towards the kitchen with the fish. [img]https://i.imgur.com/26Lugkh.png[/img] Chizuru: Eria...Can you do me a favor? [img]https://i.imgur.com/54t0QFr.png[/img] Eria: It's about the thugs that are after her right? I'll go check if the coast is clear. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xOPEr3P.png[/img] Chizuru: Actually...I want you to take her back home. She already helped enough here and I don't think I should keep her in this place any longer. I'm sure there's someone worried about her absence. I phone called Sheila just a while ago, but she said she was going to be busy with something. [img]https://i.imgur.com/VufPDmz.png[/img] Eria: Sure thing. I can take a detour or two. No need to owe me anything. [img]https://i.imgur.com/MGU1hHS.png[/img] Chizuru: Thanks, you're a sweetie. [img]https://i.imgur.com/uoLZk57.png[/img] Eria: I'll see if I can entertain her with a fisherman story while I'm at it. I'm sure she's going to enjoy it. [img]https://i.imgur.com/26Lugkh.png[/img] Chizuru: Tell me her reactions next time we meet. [img]https://i.imgur.com/hY8VfV8.png[/img] Eria: Sure thing. (Daisy seems like the kind of person that keeps a lot of things to herself...I'll try not to ask anything about it...Instead, I'll make some minutes of her life happier...I have a feeling what she's been going through affected her in some way.) [i][u]Spring Zone - Hakurei Shrine Entrance[/u][/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/HYrLo1m.png[/img] Rayla: No time to lose then... Rayla cracks her knuckles, then increases the pace. The closer she got to the rift however, the louder a mysterious voice on her head became. It took a while for Rayla to make out what it was trying to say. Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I83qdDIAzaY]Kollektives Unbewusstes[/url] "Turn back! Don't enter this place! They'll go after you. Stay on the waking world." [img]https://i.imgur.com/bP23Hsi.png[/img] Rayla: (W-What? Why should I...) Suddenly, the image of Rayla's dream briefly flashed on her mind. She started slowing down. [img]https://i.imgur.com/CtMuP5S.png[/img] Rayla: (D-Don't tell me...that will happen again if I keep going? I'm going to succumb to them once more?) Then, another voice started speaking to Rayla. "That depends. How strong is your dream?" [img]https://i.imgur.com/ZqD9F20.png[/img] Rayla: (Eh?) There were no more voices. Just that question that kept lingering on Rayla's mind. [img]https://i.imgur.com/o231fvf.png[/img] Rayla: (W-What does the power of my dream has anything to do with this?) [i] Dream...Power... A dream isn't like just what we see when we sleep. It's another name for our innermost wish. Our most strong desire. [/i] [img]https://i.imgur.com/xIQpo6f.png[/img] Rayla: (So my dream isn't strong enough to fight against this hesitation? But that doesn't make any sense...What's so wrong about wanting to protect everyone? I'm not afraid to risk my life...I've already decided that I will keep fighting! I don't see how this dream is going to be so weak.) [img]https://i.imgur.com/G53cAUg.png[/img] Rayla: (All I need to do...is to keep moving foward...) I'm not gonna let any of you down! Then, Rayla managed to increase her pace again, having overcome her aparent fear of the unknown. Nothing was going to stop her anymore. Meanwhile, in a place away from reality. [img]https://i.imgur.com/qDZlCmE.png[/img] ???: See? She just needed a push towards the right direction. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4pf7uOs.png[/img] ???2: I understand now...It's just...I didn't think she was ready yet... [img]https://i.imgur.com/qDZlCmE.png[/img] ???: Our job isn't done yet. You were right about one thing: She'll be chased by "them". We have to make sure they won't try to invade Lucent's Nightmare. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4pf7uOs.png[/img] ???2: But...why her? [img]https://i.imgur.com/qDZlCmE.png[/img] ???: ...I don't know the answer to that yet...We'll think about it later. For now, let's keep going. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4pf7uOs.png[/img] ???2: Okay! [img]https://i.imgur.com/qDZlCmE.png[/img] ???: (Rayla might not escape them for too long...She'll most certainly meet them again the moment she starts dreaming...but hopefully, this time, she'll have the resolve to overcome them.)