[h2][color=00aeef]A Flower in Bloom (Part 3)[/color][/h2]
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When Wisemon finished, Shion was slightly taken aback, before she burst out laughing. [color=00aeef]"I didn't think of that! That's a creative way to use it, I'm actually kind of impressed now!"[/color] she managed to say in between her laughter. It was notable by her voice that the laughter was not mean-spirited, but rather good-natured in origin. [color=00aeef]"I like this guy, we should help him."[/color] 

Meanwhile, Renamon turned to Kuroko. [color=aba000]"Renamon."[/color]

Shion interrupted before anything further could be said, calling behind her as she walked into the room that Wisemon had pointed to. [color=00aeef]"That's such a mouthful. If you're Renamon, and this guy is Wisemon, that girl with the nun outfit mentioned three other 'mon' names... Do all of your species have that as part of their name? Would that just make you Rena-kun?"[/color]

[color=aba000]"Firstly, I'd rather you not address me as a boy. Secondly, if your purpose is to shorten the name, woudn't 'Rena-kun' defeat the purpose?"[/color] Renamon asked as she followed her partner.

[color=00aeef]"Hmm. That's a good point. So... how about 'Re-chan,' then?"[/color]

Renamon stifled a smile. [color=aba000]"I haven't been called that since I was a Relemon. Alright, I don't mind."[/color] Renamon looked around. [color=aba000]"Wisemon is right, there are only six important looking books here. If there are supposed to be seven, then one is certainly missing. But if it's not in the library at all, then I doubt we'll be able to find it... Unless you happened to see it before you came here?"[/color] She turned to Shion.

Shion shrugged. [color=00aeef]"I haven't seen any other books this ornate since going to a Renaissance Fair back in America. Hey, Wisemon, can you tell us more about these books? I get that they're important and can 'lead to calamity' if in the wrong hands, but what's so special about them?"[/color]

[color=aba000]"Wisemon already said that they can bypass our life-cycles, which I have to assume means inducing evolution, or perhaps data corruption of some form... That certainly is dangerous, but I too am curious about their importance. Surely they don't take the form of books purely for cosmetic reasons, do they?"[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They've got to at least have something written in them if they're gonna be books. Magical Mcguffins tend to have a form for a reason. Since they're books, we can assume they were created by something, which means they have a reason for being books, otherwise why not make them something less... Obvious, I guess. More plain looking, so they don't tempt potential thieves. Because I'd expect these things to be worth a lot on appearance alone."[/color] Shion walked from book to book. [color=00aeef]"What do these symbols mean, even? Any information we can get would help, I would think."[/color] 

[color=aba000]"I'd also wonder if there's some sort of forensic data we could use. Though it may be contaminated now that we've been here..."[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Ooh, we can be like those cop drama shows, we can dust for prints! Though if they only stole one book, there might not be any on the others... And considering we just learned that portals apparently exist, there's no guarantee that they didn't just teleport in through one, grab it, and leave through it again. But there's got to be some security system, right?"[/color] Shion reached a hand out towards a book with a black diamond on the front, but stopped before touching it. 

[color=aba000]"Evidently not, or I doubt we'd have been accused; there must be no information to gather on the culprit. I'd also recommend that you not reach for these books when Wisemon is so upset at one being stolen. He could interpret that as trying to steal another."[/color]

Shion retracted her hand and put it in her sweatshirt pocket. [color=00aeef]"Both good points. Sorry if that scared you, I just wanted to check for force-fields and such. The more we can learn about the thief the more likely they'll be to find, right? Being able to bypass some security system would imply that they're particularly strong or skilled, but without one they could be just anyone who was fast enough or had a quick exit."[/color]

[color=aba000]"That they didn't steal more than one is concerning. It could mean that they feared Wisemon, or that they knew we would arrive and be a scapegoat. A Mega level, for example, would have no reason not to simply defeat Wisemon and take all seven."[/color]

Shion held her chin in her hand as she thought, but simply shrugged after a moment. [color=00aeef]"What I really want to know is what's in these books. Can we read them if we don't pick them up? This is like finding out the necronomicon is real, I have to know why it's forbidden."[/color]

[color=aba000]"Perhaps the thief felt the same way and simply took it to read it? Maybe it'll be returned someday."[/color]

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