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The Hunters Club

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Quite a few more people walked in after Nova, one startling her by slamming the door open quite loudly. The club president didn’t seem too happy about that fact, berating the kid. She was resisting the urge to glare at him herself.

After everyone settled down the club president rose from his position behind his desk. He seemed unsure, which wasn’t a very reassuring sign, but he began to speak nonetheless. Nova sat with a slight frown on her face, which was currently resting on one hand. She wasn’t as sceptical of him talking about seeing real stuff others couldn’t. After all, it was an accurate description of her life. When he began talking about ‘Spirited Away’, she began to become confused. She had never heard of that term before, even when researching the things she saw.
Her frown only deepened when he spoke about them having powers. She supposed it was conceivable, what with all the spirits and Yōkai descent stuff, but she just wasn’t ready to believe that she, out of all people, had ‘super powers’, as her brother would put it. It didn’t really help that he talked about ‘coaxing powers out of them’. It sounded rather ominous to her paranoid self.

She continued to sit in silence until the end of his speech. Certified badass? She certainly didn’t feel anything of the sort right now. More like complete confusion and worry. The kind girl, Suzue, spoke up, voicing some of Nova’s own concerns out loud. Nova nodded, adding on to her question with one of her own.
“What do you mean by ‘coax out’? Also, what exactly are we hunting? You gave us a name, but no description. Say I run into one of these on the street, what am I supposed to do than?”

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Trios

The winged girl managed to just barely carry the young girl to the ground before the balloon crashed. Looking back at it she hoped that Boris would be okay. The little girl was trembling in her arms, her eyes still fearful. The winged girl gently sets her down, crouching beside her.
“Hello little girl. There’s no need to look scared, you’re safe now. I’m sure your parents are okay too. They seemed to be fine, last I saw them. Would you like me to take you to them?” The young girl nodded, seeming to calm down a little. The winged lady smiled at her, taking her small hand in her own.
“What’s your name hon?”
“...Mikaela.”
“Nice to meet you Mikaela. My name is Ilyssa, in case you were wondering.”
The little girl nodded again, her face serious. “Ilyssa.”

As they reached the ship’s docks, Ilyssa looked around for a way onto the ship. Finding a small gap in the crowd, she made her way onto the ship, Mikaela in tow. She looks around, quickly finding the mother of the child being supported by a few crew members. She led Mikaela over. As the young girl saw her mother, she let go of Ilyssa’s hand, running over to her parent. She hugged her mother’s legs, tears streaming down her face. The mother looked at her child, her eyes wide in wonder, before hugging said child to her chest.

Ilyssa faded back into the crowd, leaving the two to reunite. She had already drew much more attention than originally intended, she’d much rather not draw more. Walking a safe distance away, she begins to look around for a place to stay the night.

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Word association Game!

Spaceship

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Type the username above you with your eyes closed

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Type the username above you with your eyes closed

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Not too bad

Word association Game!

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