Julia and Kat

Julia continued towards Salazo with the others quickly. She had heard what Laoveen said and nodded to him. She had expected as much. She had a few things she needed to inform him herself but that could all wait when they reached Salazo. As they drew nearer the plants and wildlife grew richer and more fertile with magic. Floating pieces of land could be seen in the distance around the city itself. Around the city were several waterfalls spewing out potent magical water that could heal even the most deadly curses if one bathed in it. 

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Once at the entrance to the city Julia stopped. The city was surrounded by a huge green barrier. Only those who were permitted in could pass through the barrier. Two lalafell and two neko guards came up to the front of the barrier and they all recognised Julia, Kiyu and Laoveen instantly. 

"Welcome Julia, Kiyu, Laoveen, who do you have with you?"

One of the guards looked to Fiona with concern before looking to everyone else then whispered something in the rest of the guard's ear. It was then that he ran off. Julia gave a small smile and spoke politely.

"We're here for Kat, please go and bring her quickly. We have important things to discuss."

The guards nodded and slowly looked back, waiting for Kat to appear. After a few minutes of waiting Kat finally showed up. She walked up to the barrier and without saying a word she waved her hand, quickly casting a spell on everyone except Julia, Laoveen and Kiyu then turned around to walk away.

"Come on inside, all of you. I'm sure we have plenty of things to discuss."

The guards looked shocked as Kat walked away. One of them ran up to her and whispered in her ear then Kat suddenly stopped.

"And? Do you see her attacking? No. I know what I am doing. Fiona is a valuable ally, do not question my judgement." 

The guard looked to Fiona before scuttering away. With that, she continued to lead Julia and the others further into the city, the dark spirit fox following close behind. She lead them to her private quarters and let them all inside then she sat down on a table that had eight seats around it. Clearly, she had been expecting them all. 

"It is good to finally meet all of you. My name is Kat, the top researcher in the investigation of the cracks. They are getting worse over time, and they are starting to affect this city. As some of you know, this city has always radiated magic however with the cracks getting stronger this city is starting to radiate more magic than it normally should. This could have extremely dangerous effects but I am sure you two have things to report too so let's hear the news."

It was then that a voice would ring in everyone's head, the same voice as from before. 'The magic overflow is more dangerous than you realise.' Kat instantly looked around but couldn't see anything. Julia looked at Kat and spoke to her.

"It is the same voice from before, it warned us of danger, that we should be careful then all of a sudden an Elder Worm attacked us."

Kat's eyes opened wide in pure shock. 

"What, an Elder Worm? Their sightings are extremely rare. This is very concerning."

She waved her hand over her eyes and they glowed purple. She looked around and saw the dark spirit fox. Slowly she jumped off her chair and inspected it the spirit fox just stared back at her unblinkingly. 

"Interesting...interesting, and it warned you of danger? Laovaan what are your thoughts on this?"

Kat slowly pushed her hand through the fox and gave a small nod.

"Yes, as expected. 'The magic overflow is more dangerous than we realise' it says. I think we should definitely heed those words. It is vague but I feel like something bad is on its way, something very bad."

As mention of that the fox nodded. 'Yes. You must be prepared.' Kat looked to Julia and waved her hand over her eyes. Suddenly they turned purple as Kat's had. Julia blinked a few times then inspected the fox herself. 

"Kiyu is right. It definitely isn't a nogitsune. I have never seen anything like it in the library of knowledge."

She got up and looked at Laovaan, waiting for his opinion on the matter. While they waited Kat sat back on the chair and sighed softly. She had a bad feeling all of a sudden that she couldn't swallow. She had a few hypocrisies of what the fox was, but she wanted to hear Laovaan's thoughts first.