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Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"We got your back, Cap!"

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Location: Deep Space.

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The sudden flash of pink from outside the window looked surprisingly, and this lead to both Neeko and Sarah to look directly at the window. Sarah stood up in concern, then Kiko, Boki and Baki rose and floated up to Sarah’s eye level. Sarah walked towards the window before it swung open a feet away from her face. It was Syndra and all she had to say was Ahri was in danger, Sarah immediately transformed into her guardian self and Kiko zoomed out into the depths of space.

Sarah called Neeko to follow her after she transformed into a guardian. "Come on, Ahri- ur... Cap’s in trouble." Said Sarah as she immediately followed Xayah and Syndra. She was about to blame herself if Ahri dies, and she didn not even get to say what she really feels. But Sarah promised her guardianhood to tell Ahri how she feels if they both get out alive, and Sarah is going to get her out of there if it costs her life.

As she arrived at that part of space, she saw Ahri. As the guardians flew in to come save Ahri, Ahri was able to let out a small smile, but the crushing force around her neck made it a bit difficult to breathe, but she let out a quick. "You’re fucked now..." she let out, but the grip around her neck got tighter and her air supply without Kiko was about to kill her consciousness.

When Xayah’s daggers caused the creature to drop Ahri, Kiko immediately gave Ahri an airbubble to breathe, when Varus tried to pick Ahri back up, Sarah shot at his hand and wiggled her finger. "Hands off, you wouldn't want to lose your weird dark fingers now would be." Said Sarah, Varus then immediately let out a chilling screech and his both appeared out of nowhere. "Kiko, get Ahri home!" Sarah exclaimed, Kiko then let out a squeak, before wrapping Ahri in pink starlight. Before Ahri was launched back to earth she tried to say something, "Wait Kiko, I can help them-" With a flash of pink, Ahri flew back to the planet, like a pink shooting star. Sarah raised her guns as Varus charged an Arrow, Thresh then laughed and threw out his hook at Xayah, if it were to land, Varus might let lose his arrow on Xayah instead of Sarah.

"Xayah, on your right!" Sarah exclaimed, as she fired at Thresh, but his hook was already flying, this may prevent any further follow ups from him, but Varus was a different problem.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"I do understand."

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Location: Song Residential Home.

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"Here's the thing about crushes Xayah, you never take away from the person their moment to confess, the moment I take that away from her, she's not going to want to be around me anymore." Ahri moved closer to Xayah, her eyes told stories that she didn't want to do this, and her ears drooped down because she knew it was wrong. "I do understand, people aren't born brave, but Sarah is, Sarah has always been brave, she just likes to time her moment, trust me, if Sarah really does want me, she'll go for me." Ahri smiled, though her eyes again, says otherwise, "I don't know what goes on in Sarah's head, but I know for a fact that whatever she wants to do, she'll-" Then all of a sudden, a dark purple hook flew from the heavens, latching on Ahri, wrapping around her shoulder. Ahri didn't have time to react, "Open the windo-" she was then pulled up to the darkness above, into the stars... The dark star have come to attack yet again.

She could feel the pain in her shoulder, the hook was digging deep and she was slowly losing feeling in her arms as she was being dragged to the void of space, without Kiko, she wasn't going to survive in space for very long. She took a deep breath and hoped that her team would come quickly. She heard laughter from above her, two voices, she knew exactly who they were. "G̴̡̫̞̳͆̀ů̵͔͎̒̋ạ̶̦̱̼̾̊̕ŕ̵̫͇̌̂̆ͅd̵̼͔̖͒̀̈́͆i̷̢̹̰̻͛ȧ̶̳̫ͅn̶̻͐̿.̶̙̼̓̋.̷̱̒͌.̷̡̢̮̋̉͌͛" ("Guardian...") The voice crackled, with a flash of black, the hook wasn't around her arm anymore, but instead there was a dark, sinister looking hand around her throat. Ahri's clawed at the hands to let her go but the more she struggled the more she was going to lose consciousness. Her eyes trailed to see who it was, Thresh... And behind him, someone who she's never seen before. The figure look like he held a bow, "V̶͚͆ǎ̵̧͍r̵̥̀u̴̹͑s̴̖̅͝, W̶̰̋ḧ̸́̕͜a̶͕̭̅ẗ̵͎̭ ̵̼̒ś̷̺̾ḧ̸̰́̋a̸̿͜l̴̖͜͝ļ̶͂̆ ̸̤̣͂w̶̤͐ẻ̷̠͙ ̶͇̂̆d̵̺͛ő̷͎͕ ̷͉̻̑w̸̳̬̓ĭ̴͚͝t̷̢̿h̸͖͐͛ ̴̞̪͌͝ṫ̶͚h̸͈̠̓̇i̷͕͐̉ͅs̴̢͓͋͑ ̷̩͗̽o̶̮͐n̶̩̚͠ë̵̱͉́?̷̹̻̃" ("Varus, What shall we do with this one?") Said Thresh as his grip tightened around Ahri's neck. Ahri could barely hold on, but that name, Ahri repeated in her head over and over again, why did it sound familiar. The figure behind her, Varus, let out a maniacal laugh before replying "K̶̪͍͝i̶͇̓ľ̷̞̪ḻ̴̽͝ ̶̩̌̔h̶̜͈͗è̴̯̮͗ṙ̴͖͝.̷̦̰̆͝" ("Kill her.") Ahri prepared for the worst, she hopes the guardians would at least avenge her if she falls.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"Forget about it."

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis

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As Lilith put her phone by Aria, Hoon immediately started inputting both her twitter handle (HoonHoonTwit) and her Instagram handle (HoonHoonPic). Aria, for so reason, decided to repeat Lilith's last name in her head, almost like she was implanting it in her head so she doesn't forget. It has been since Aria has done this, well probably because Hoon's range of friends have been pretty limited. She knows a lot of people but their names do not stand out at all. As her instagram loaded, Aria immediately saw her instagram pics, she had forgotten that most of her pictures didn't even show her face but instead showed cigarettes, her music equipment, and food. The few pics that showed her face were usually group photos or Aria feeling really happy that day. There was a selfie that was taken the night of the swan songs monday music night, she looked really happy in that one. Though her twitter is practically the opposite, her tweets seem to just be about smoking, drinking, and cooking, with the occasional shit post between the posts. "There, if I tweet about jumping out of my apartment window, don't worry because I can't." Hoon joked, were those the type of jokes to be made in dates? Hoon didn't know, it's been awhile.

Aria noticed that Lilith has avoided the work question, and being Aria, she thought she was prying too much, and those usually lead to one of the issues Hoon seems to have. When Lilith offered to share her music with all of her friends, Aria immediately flinched before flushing a light pink, "Y-You don't have to, I can get by, I-I mean, I have been for awhile now." Said Aria, as she immediately covered her the lower half of her face with her phone.

As they ate, if people were to compare Aria's reaction to Lilith's when eating the spicy food, it was very clear that Hoon doesn't react to spicy at all. She just practically stands there eating without looking like she cares, if it was spicy or not. As they both finished their food, Hoon turned to the taller girl and asked, "So uh... What are we eating next? There was this cereal thing with shaved milk, boba tea stand I saw when we walked, line was long when I last checked though-... B-but m-maybe you should pick! I-I don't wanna be dragging you around, dates aren't like that, or at least twitter said that's not supposed to be a thing. " Hoon said, confirming that it was a date in her perspective.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"What lies underneath. pt2."

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Location: Song Residential Home.

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Ahri had her arms crossed, as she stood fully upright on the roof, the cold wind blowing against her hair and tails that made it flow behind her. Her eyes locked with Xayah then after awhile, with Syndra. "It's cold so I'll make this quick." She walked back to the window and closed it so no one would hear. She gestured at the people inside and said "Based on how Sarah looked at you earlier, I'm assuming she told you that she likes me." Ahri let out a quick sigh, fog forming by her mouth. "Before you say anything, yes I know, and I've known for like a year, Sarah's not really good at hiding things." Ahri added as she shrugged. She then looked at the sky and slowly ended up sitting down, "It's just, she's not seizing her moment, and I thought giving her a taste what could be might move her." Said Ahri, defending herself and her friend.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"God I wish."

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis

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"Okay, sorry sorry, I’m just used to bowing to new people, force of habit." Hoon replied as she stepped forward because the line moved. Aria thanked the heavens that Lilith could handle her spicy food. Aria watching the Korean chefs do actual authentic cooking techniques made her miss home and her mouth water, mostly the mouth watering part. Her eyes were trained on the sizzling of beef on the skillet, and the cheese stretches of the people who already got her food.

Aria smiled as she saw Lilith keep pressing herself against her but when Lilith asked her if she did music for a living, Aria let out a quick sigh and tilted her head down a little. "I uh... I wish, I work as the assistant chef at the Starboard." Said Aria, though seeing Lilith’s face practically got rid of her sad thought so she ended up smiling in the end. "I would like my music career to take off but I don’t really have enough followers to do so." Said Aria, she took another step forward as the line moved again and continued, "But you know, I hope so! Fingers crossed." She added, raising her index and middle finger wrapped together.

As they arrived at the front of the line, Aria cleared her throat, glanced at Lilith for a moment then spoke in full Korean to the cashier their order. The cashier smiled and asked if she was Korean, Aria nodded in reply and ended up bowing and shaking her hand. She handed the woman the money and she yelled at the chefs behind her, telling them their order. Aria then asked if they could give hers extra korean fire sauce, and the woman nodded in response.

Aria moved to the side as they waited, "So uh, how about you, whats your work-" Aria then blinked and remembered that she didn’t even know the girl’s full name so she couldn’t add her on facebook or follow her on twitter. "-A-And your last name, w-what’s your last name?" she added. The cashier lady then handed them their food and they were in these little disposable paper take out bowls. Aria’s bowl was significantly redder than Lilith’s, Aria handed Lilith some chopsticks and said,"You wrap the beef in the cheese before getting some rice, trust me, it’s the good shit." she added.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"What lies underneath."

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Location: Song Residential Home.

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Ahri continued to laugh with Sarah, they made a few jokes and all but when Sarah's phone buzzed and she gave Xayah a look, something had to be up. She looked over to Xayah who looked like she had just spoken with Syndra and thought for moment. Did she have to talk to them? Yes, she did. "Hold on a moment, I gotta talk to those two in my 'office'." Sarah raised her brow at that statement, she then realised what she meant by office and it usually meant it wasn't going to be a good talk. "Alright, don't let me get in your way." Sarah said, stepping back and falling back on the bed to give Ahri what she needed. Ahri nodded and thanked Sarah, before walking over to her window and opening it, letting the cold wind in. "Hey, you two! Step into my office real quick." Said Ahri, as she climbed out the window and onto the roof, she gestured the two to follow them so they better follow or someone's going to get kicked out the house.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"A date? A date."

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis

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"O-Oh, t-thanks," Hoon cleared her throat since she caught herself stuttering again, was she nervous? No, that can’t be- but she definitely was. "S-Skirts really aren’t my thing, but I thought y-you’d like it." Said Aria, a smile forming on her face, she mentally punched herself in the face to stop herself from stuttering, though she doubt that was going to stop soon.

Aria was quite surprised when Lilith wrapped her arms around hers, but she did miss having company as close as this, having someone that was really touchy that Hoon was close with was always a win for her. Aria was pretty hungry, Aria had a breakfast sandwich and a lunch sandwich so her diet wasn’t great either. "You’re not the only one, I had two sandwiches today, they were good but still..." Said Aria, as she shrugged along with her response, the festival was surprisingly diverse.

When Lilith suddenly pulled away, Aria thought she had done something wrong, but Lilith explained that they haven’t been fully acquainted yet, but Aria honestly liked it better than awkwardly standing next to each other. Aria nearly flushed a deep red when Lilith called her warm since Aria was used to being called ice lady because her hands get cold easily, "I-It’s okay, I uhh... I actually... Uhm... You know, _{like it...}" Aria said meekly, her eyes glancing away from hers now that she’s thoroughly embarrassed herself. Aria opened her arm again, inviting Lilith’s arms to go back where they were.

When Lilith asked Aria what she would like to see, Hoon looked around and the first thing that caught her eye was a stall with Korean flags and colours. Suddenly confidence surged through her veins and she grabbed Lilith by the hand and pulled her towards it, she read the sign which was in Korean before turning to Lilith. "Dude holy shit! I’ve been itchin’ to eat some 치즈 불고기 비빔밥 !(Chiejeu Bulgogi Bibimbap!) ‘Cheesy Spicy Korean Beef with Mixed Rice’" Aria exclaimed, her accent thickening as she said the food, she then realised that she was not speaking Lilith’s language any more. "Sorry, it’s uh, spicy beef wth mixed rice, it’s good I swear! If you know, you could handle your spicy food." She really wanted Lilith to try it since this was what she ate growing up and she would love it if Lilith liked it.

Aria then pulled out her wallet and raised it up to show to Lilith, "This one’s on me, please like it." Said Aria with a smile, though she followed it up with a quick bow when she asked Lilith to like it.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"Quite the endeavour."

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Location: Song Residential Home.

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Sarah let out a smile and glanced at Ahri, before looking back down at the ground, she raised three fingers up and replied with "Three years, from the moment I saw her you know." She then remembered, she didn't know what to do, especially when she was transported in this new world, Ahri had always been her guiding light, had always been there for her, had always been her 'Captain', and from where she came from, she was usually captain. "I kept it in me, which is really not like me at all, just because she's someone I didn't want to lose." She looked at Xayah then let out a sigh, a small smile appearing on her face, she could see Ahri in the background, teaching Neeko more about phones. "Ahri knows that." Sarah continued to smile but deep down she was definitely frustrated, "She knows more than she lets out you know, that's standard Song Ahri." She looked at Xayah deep in the eyes, "Now that you've figured out my secret, you can't tell anyone. Not even your boyfriend. because I will shoot you. In the face. Really hard. Multiple times. And would probably reload as well. And do it again." With that long list of insults, she added one more thing. "And before you say 'why don't I go after her?' Let me tell you, Being friends with her is definitely way better than being in a relationship with her." Sarah then grunted as stood up, walking towards Ahri, reached her arm around Ahri to grab a piece of popcorn from the bowl she was holding.

"You tasted good, you been eating vanilla ice cream again?" Ahri turned her head to see her taller second hand woman, she smiled and replied "You know it-" then they both went on to say "Cherry not included!" which resulted to both of them laughing since they bonded pretty well. As Ahri turned back to Neeko, Sarah turned to Xayah and gave her a shushing gesture silently, she enjoyed being friends with Ahri, she wouldn't want to ruin that.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"An unexpected expectation."

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Location: Song Residential Home.

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Sarah shook her head as she was nudged to snap out of it, she saw Xayah urge her to come sit next to her, she watched Ahri talk to Neeko about relationships before proceeding to listen to Xayah. Sarah raised her brow at Xayah, sitting down next to her, legs up with her elbows resting on her knees, her head was down as she asked. "What do you want?" She asked, letting out a sigh, her heart was racing and her breathing was irregular, was she blushing? She was. "What do you mean 'preferences?'" Sarah asked, turning her head to Xayah, her eyes were filled with both confusion and angst. Does Ahri know? There is no way Ahri could possibly have known. She glanced over at Syndra for moment, and she was looking at both of them, did the two have something in mind? Whatever it was, Sarah would probably just end up more confused.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"Devious is one of the words that describes me."

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Location: Song Residential Home.

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The only reason Ahri was taking so long with the popcorn was because the microwave decided to break tonight, and her dad won't be able to get a replacement until a few days from now. The doorbell rang and Ahri immediately turned to the door, but as soon as she did she heard someone from upstairs call out they were going to get it, based on the deepness of the voice, it appeared to be Xayah. Soon she heard the foot steps hurry down the stairs, it didn't sound like Sarah or Neeko's socks, but instead sounded like a certain Vastayan's feet. It was Xayah, she opened the door for Syndra, they exchanged pleasantries before welcoming her in. The sweater definitely was a choice, "Surprised to see you not wearing that Varsity Jacket!" Syndra looked at Ahri, as a few Multis were bouncing beside her, "It needed a wash." Said the senior as she then moved along with Xayah upstairs. The Microwave then beeped and the popcorn finally should be good by now. Ahri opened the door and thanked the stars that it wasn't burnt, she pulled out of the microwave with the tips of her fingers and poured it on the bowls she prepared. "Kiko..." She let out, and from on top fo the microwave came the small vulpine companion slowly floating down onto Ahri. "Would you mind helping me?" Said Ahri as she raised a bowl of popcorn to Kiko. Kiko then squinted his eyes before nodding, Kiko took the bowl from Ahri and sat on her head. "I suppose that works..." Ahri then grabbed the other bowl and made her way upstairs, Kiko was really good at balancing, so that shouldn't be a problem for him.

As Ahri climbed up the stairs she heard screams and noises from her room, seems like they were having fun. She opened the door and saw Neeko trying to give Sarah a kiss, Sarah was keeping her away by pulling her head back and her arm on Neeko's forehead. Sarah turned to Ahri and called out, "A little help!?" Neeko continued to try even though she wasn't going to get close anytime soon. Ahri laughed and put the bowls down on the desk to her side, "Please?!" Sarah called out, Ahri then just raised her brow, "Come on! Do something, anything!" Sarah continued, Ahri then cleared her throat and pointed Neeko and exclaimed, "Stay away from my girlfriend!" Neeko and Sarah then turned to Ahri and simultaneously said "What?!" Both their jaws dropped and they exchanged looks, "You heard me!" She then grabbed Sarah's arm and pulled her up, "She's my honeybear~" Ahri then wrapped her arms around Sarah's arm. "N-Neeko no believe you!" Neeko called out, pointing back at Ahri, her hands clenched to her sides after she had pointed. Ahri then had that smirk, you know, the smirk when she's about to do something devious. "Oh, you don't believe me?" She then put her hand on Sarah's opposite cheek, turned her head towards her and kissed her on the lips. After she pulled away she looked at Neeko, "Still don't believe me?" Neeko then had her mouth open as she was in shock, "N-Neeko believe you..." Ahri then saw Sarah in the mouth something in the corner of her eye, "What the fu-" Ahri then smiled and let go of Sarah like nothing happened, "Well you shouldn't believe me, 'cause it aint true." Said Ahri as she made her way back to the popcorn.

Sarah and Neeko both turned to her, Sarah in more of a shock than Neeko. Ahri then winked at Neeko, which made Neeko think, but before she could think deeper Ahri interjected, "I'm just showing you that you shouldn't force someone to be your girlfriend, okay Neeko?" Neeko then put her fingers under her chin like she was in thought and replied "Okay," Ahri then added another line as she picked up the bowls, "You should wait for that person to want you to be their girlfriend first okay?" Neeko nodded at that, then triumphantly raised her fists in the air, "Then Neeko will work hard to be one of your girlfriends!" Ahri then smiled, and replied "Yeah! That's the spiri- Whoa!" Sarah pulled her to the side and started whispering, "What the hell was that?" Sarah asked, Ahri then started whispering back, "You said I should do something," They were both ducked down a bit, and Sarah's hands were all over the place since she was a mix of confused, flustered, and a little turned on. "Yeah, but why'd you kiss me?" Asked Sarah, Ahri then smiled and whispered back, "It worked didn't it?" To be fair it did work, "Good work." Said Ahri with a wink as she lighly slapped Sarah's bum. "What?" Sarah whispered as her hands made the confused gesture, Ahri then took the popcorn bowls and made her way to Xayah and Syndra, "I got the popcorn!" She called out, Sarah still stood there as she turned to Xayah and Syndra, she then let out another confused "What?" since she was still very much confused.