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Mana-Script Academy: Alteration

Interacting with: Aaron Zairos (@JELDare)

"I see. So it's an downside of an Alternation. I'm sorry, I rose a false alarm for nothing. We're not getting killed on purpose then." He said. Looking at the direction Aaron was aiming, it was the girl who ate a lot, the girl who looked bored to death and the wasp. Possibly one of the Alterations had something to do with the *BANG*, but investigating wasn't the idea that came up. Rather, Agni felt as if Aaron was bored to talk with him.

"If I am bothering you with my coldness, just say it. If I am, I'll do what I can to not bother you. If you want to meet the others, I have... no problem with it, I guess." He said.

Resolves UNITED under one SKY - Kael Taiyou X Magus Dream

Location: ???

She watched the ten of them from the lake. This day was the one of their meeting. She decided to finally let signs of herself to see if they would come.


???: La... la-la-la... la-la-la...

Location: Glory Star Orphanage - Western Room Corridor

After going with Kaito at Kiragi's room, the boy happily greeted his two big brothers. With a smile they all walked together. As they were walking, however, Lucent saw something passing by them, feeling a powerful aura right next to him.


Lucent: !!!

He looked back as nothing was even there. However, he saw something. It was a shadow of a woman, passing by him, going in another direction. He could feel her calling him.


Kaito: Lucent, what's wrong?

Lucent: N-No, I just thought... I saw something...

Kiragi: Big Bro Lucent, are you OK?

Lucent: I am, I am, don't worry. Let's go, we'll have breakfast soon enough.

They continued on their way, going towards the dining hall. However, Lucent's thoughts swirled around what the mysterious shadow had spoken.


Lucent: ... Heed my voice...

Location: Spring Zone Streets

Inside the car, Veronica and Auror were usually chatting about something in the school. The car stopped since the red signal was on. As they stood there, Auror looked at the window and saw a black silhouette aiming at them.


Auror: Huh?!

However, once the car began to move again, the image disappeared. It was most certainly a woman. Auror gave his head a shake and blinked twice.


Veronica: Big Bro, what's wrong?

Auror: Nothing, it's just... I think I saw something... or someone.

Veronica: Is it familiar to us?

Auror: Not in the least. It was the shadow of a woman and... weirdly enough, it spoke to me.

Veronica: And what did it say?

Auror: Ones with the wish to defend this city...

In another place, Lilina and Masaru were walking towards the school together. Lilina was also a victim to this phenomenom. She saw a strange silhouette in the roof of a house. Once she blinked, the image vanished, not leaving a trace.


Masaru: Lilina? Is... something the matter?

Lilina: Masaru, am I wrong or did I just see a woman in the roof?

Masaru: A woman? But there's nothing there.

Lilina: I'm sure I saw a silhouette of a woman in that roof. It wasn't just that... I heard something as well...

Masaru: Something...?

Lilina: You, who lives in fear of losing what is precious to you...

Location: Spring Zone - Hakurei Shrine

Meanwhile, Xaizor and Marina were descending the stairway of the shrine. In the middle of the descent, an image appeared. It looked like a woman, perhaps? It was standing at the right edge of the cliff until it fell.


Marina: No!!

Xaizor: H-Hey, don't do it!!

However, once they reached the edge, nothing was there. It's as if no one was in that spot at the beginning.


Marina: Was that... an apparition from the dead?!

Xaizor: I don't know... but... what was that? Was it a woman? And it just said...

Marina: Time runs short for this town...

Xaizor: So please, heed my voice and come to me.

This didn't made any sense. Before anything, they needed to go to school. They kept descending the stairs, as the voice haunted not only the two brothers, but the other chosen as well.

Resolves UNITED under one SKY - Kael Taiyou X Magus Dream

Xaizor Arcadia and Marina Arcadia
Location: Spring Zone - Hakurei Shrine

As the rain droplets fell, Xaizor and Marina had just finished their breakfast. They went to pick up their things and soon Xaizor raised a question.


Xaizor: Hey... I was wondering something. Why do you think Dad sent us here?

Marina: I have little to no idea, similarly to you.

Xaizor: Rayla told us about those monsters that attacked town. Do you think that maybe Dad wants to redeem himself through us?

Marina: I think this is not the case. Father has abandoned this life of travelling between worlds for a long time, remember? His first and utmost priority is the people of Lacrima.

Xaizor: That being our priority too, right? Even if we're here to help this world, we need to get stronger to aid ours even more. We need to be prepared.

Marina: Xaizor...

Xaizor: That being said... I remembered that we don't have umbrellas at all.

Marina: Um, hello? I can cast a bubble to shield us, you know.

Xaizor: Oh right! Then cast it already.

Marina: It would not hurt for you to say "please", would it?

Xaizor: What you said.

Marina stepped once again on Xaizor's foot, pressing her foot the most that she could.


Xaizor: OWWW!!

Marina: Stop talking, you rude caveman! Let us go, we are going to get late!

Lucent Vermillion
Location: Glory Star Orphanage - Living Room

Kaito finally woke up and went towards Lucent, who was waiting on the living room while reading a book, a little down. He sat next to him as Lucent stopped reading a book for the moment.


Kaito: Woke up with your left foot today?

Lucent: It's just... I saw Tatianna and I... couldn't bring myself to say "good morning" to her. When I tried to go at her, my feet trembled and I couldn't move.

Kaito: You're still scared of her, right?

Lucent: H-How wouldn't I be? She's not known for having a good temper. What if I suddenly make her angry out of nowhere?

Kaito: I doubt she would get pissed because you greeted her. In fact, I think she would like it.

Lucent: I don't know... my body refuses to move and I get nervous... I mean, she's related to thugs and so I keep thinking that maybe she would...

Kaito: You're being a little biased about her.

Lucent: I know, I know but I can't help it. All this... thing about being friendly with others was something I wasn't expecting to happen, you know. I still have some conceits about some people...

Kaito: Lucent, listen. First of all, I want to apologize for forcing you into doing this. But right now, I want to help you the most. Remember what I told you? I'm here for you.

Lucent: Won't this make me a kid for depending on you and Reeta all the time?

Kaito: Look, I don't mind. I want you to depend on me.

Kaito gets up and stretches his arm a little before looking at Lucent again.


Kaito: Once she comes back, we'll talk to her together. Sound good?

Lucent: All right. I think I'd feel more comfortable then.

Lucent closes his book and gets up as well.


Lucent: (Hmm... maybe I should ask Lady Amara if I can borrow the kitchen this afternoon...)

Kaito: Hey, what are you thinking now?

Lucent: It's a secret. Anyway, let's go see if Kiragi's awake.

Kaito: You really got attached to Kiragi, didn't you?

Lucent: Kinda... I do see him as a little brother I never had before... since you're the older one.

Kaito: Haha. Shall I call you as "brother" then?

Lucent: No, that would be weird... c'mon, let's just go.

Lucent and Kaito went together towards Kiragi's room, in order to see if the boy was already up.

Auror Dias Intermezzo
Location: Intermezzo Mansion - Dining Room

As they finished eating, Veronica suddenly rose an idea.


Veronica: Can we pick everyone at their houses and go together to school, Daddy?!

Magnus: I don't see why not. Going with your friends is a nice idea and it'll at least let them evade the rain as well.

Auror: Hopefully the car will be big enough for everyone.

Veronica: I'm sure it will! Big Bro, let's go!

Auror: Hehe, OK! See you later, Dad!

Veronica: Bye bye, Daddy!!

After receiving their bagpacks from the butlers, Veronica and Auror went to the car. Soon, the engine's noise could be heard as the limousine departed from the mansion. Magnus looked at the window, worried about his son.


Magnus: (Veronica... please, I will need your aid. We need to save your brother from himself...)

Lilina Alegretto
Location: Alegretto Residence - Lilina's Room

Inside her room, she opened the curtains of her window only to see the rain fall down.


???: Oh my, it's raining... I wasn't expecting rain to fall so soon...
Masaru's Voice: Lilina? Are you ready yet?


Blooming Elegant Flower
Lilina Alegretto


Lilina: Yes, Masaru. You can come in.

He gently opened the door, as Lilina received him with a smile.


Masaru: Sorry if I bothered you.

Lilina: No, no, I'm not bothered. Please, don't worry.

Masaru: OK. Also, thanks for letting me reside with you and your family.

Lilina: It's no problem. Mother likes you as well, so she'd always welcome you.

Masaru: This... I'm just doing this for my mission. Once it's complete, I'll take my leave, OK?

Lilina: If you say so. By the by, what is this mission of yours? Does it involve Lucent Vermillion, the caped loner of class 2-C?

Masaru: H-How do you know that?!

Lilina: Perhaps I heard you talking yesterday on your room about him to someone else. Your tone was loud, by the way.

Masaru: ... Me and my big mouth.

Lilina: Don't worry, I'll keep quiet about it. Well then, shall we go to school?

Lilina and Masaru picked their umbrellas and left the house, heading to school.


Lilina: (The number of Psychic Aura users has raised for now... Sayaka, Kaori... me...)

Lilina: (I've been putting a strong front, but I do wonder... will there be a day for us to no longer fear life? Or should we consider ourselves as aberrations, destined to be chased by... God knows who?)

Resolves UNITED under one SKY - Kael Taiyou X Magus Dream

Spring: Fourth Week, Day 3
Weather: Rainy Day

Location: Glory Star Orphanage

BGM: Heartbeat, Heartbreak -Rainy Mood- (Persona 4)

Lucent, for a first time, woke up early. As he stretched, he heard the rain falling outside. Putting his cape, he decided to actually see how things are going on with the rain.


Lucent: It's not terribly strong, but I guess it's manageable.

He looks around and sees that no one is up yet. People do say that rain makes someone sleep easily and profoundly, though he didn't know if that was true or not. Lucent was worried with someone, however...


Lucent: (I wonder if Rayla is OK... Tatianna said that she'd be actually seeing us at school today, but still... I couldn't even thank her for what she did.)

Lucent: (I guess I'm going to wait at the living room until someone else wakes up.)

Lucent walked towards the living room and sat in the sofa. He didn't want to bother Kaito or Reeta by waking them up, so he got a book and began reading until someone would come.

Location: Intermezzo Mansion

BGM: Beneath the Mask -Rainy Mood- (Persona 5)

Both woke up together as usual. After saying the usual greeting, Auror and Veronica walked down the corridor, talking about the rain.


Veronica: Ugh, I hate when it's raining! And just because today we had cheerleader practice too...

Auror: I'm not a fan of raining either. It's too... I don't know, it kinda messes all plans...

Veronica: We can't even lunch at the rooftop today! I don't wanna go to the cafeteria, it's always full on rainy days!

Auror: Hmm... maybe I can find a classroom that no one's using.

Veronica: Yay! I can't wait for us to find our secret spot in school!

As they reached the main hall, Magnus descended to say good morning to his kids.


Magnus: Good morning, my children.

Veronica: Good and pretty morning, Daddy! Although it's raining and I don't like it...

Auror: Good... morning.

Magnus: *sigh*

Auror: What?
Magnus: Nothing, Auror. Don't worry about it. Anyway, let's go eat.

Veronica: OK, Daddy! I'll head in first.

Veronica rushed towards the kitchen by herself. Magnus looked at Auror, who was slightly bored.


Magnus: Auror, I know you're still angry about the whole issue...

Auror: I don't want to talk about it. Let's... just eat. Like a family would do, I guess.

Magnus: ... Yes, let's eat, son.

Auror didn't say a word and went alongside his father towards the dining hall.

Mana-Script Academy: Alteration

Interacting with: Aaron Zairos (@JELDare)

So his reason to be there was simply and only for fun. Like he said before, it was something he couldn't feel. If it was a normal person, they would feel envy. He couldn't. "I see. So you don't have a truly serious goal. Rather, you're doing this just for the experience..." Agni commented. He didn't know what to say anymore. He kept looking around, trying to see if he could find someone of the school staff, when suddenly...

*BANG*

"What was that loud echo? Did someone used a gun and shot someone else?" He asked. Another thing to notify: thanks to his lack of emotions, Agni's completely blunt. If he has an opinion of someone he might say it, with the risk of being mean, even though he never wanted to. "So this station is housing a murderer... where's the staff? We might die here." Agni commented.

Resolves UNITED under one SKY - Kael Taiyou X Magus Dream

Location: Spring Zone- Hakurei Shrine

While Marina decided to study at their room and Xaizor was training behind the shrine, Reimu was once again trying to estabilish connection with Lumino in Lacrima. However, steps could be heard. When the person arrived, she was taken by surprise.

BGM: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (Perfect Cherry Blossom)


???: Excuse me, Reimu. Were you, per chance, going to talk with Lumino?

Reimu: A-Alice?!


The Seven-Colored Puppeteer
Alice Margatroid


Alice: Are you sure it was a good idea for you to leave Gensokyo in control of Yukari?

Reimu: Oh great, she simply explained everything to you. Nice.

Alice: I'm not the only one who knows that. With your shrine gone, some of us actually have been worried. You are the shrine maiden that protects Gensokyo from the Outside World.

Reimu: Kasen will keep an eye on Yukari, but I trust that she's going to keep everyone safe. She likes our world more than I do.

Reimu: Anyway, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be back home and doing whatever you want?

Alice: I'm doing exactly that. I'm going to aid Lumino at the protection of his children.

Reimu: *sigh* Alice, if you're trying to take his heart, you should give up. It's mine.

Alice: Ha ha. It's not for that reason I'm here to do this.

Alice: You're not the only one who owes something to Lumino and wants him to be happy in exchange for what he did to us.

Reimu: ... I know that.

Alice: So, even if you say no, I will aid them.

Reimu knew how Alice can be persistent when Lumino comes to be the matter of case. She wouldn't just stay quiet at this and there was nothing Reimu could do to change that.


Reimu: Like you said, my no doesn't matter in this, so what can I do? But you better help instead of just talk.

Alice: Thank you for comprehending. I'll take my leave now.

Reimu: Don't you want to meet them, at least?

Alice: Another and better opportunity will arise for us to meet. Now, if you excuse me.

Alice bowed and then left the shrine, heading back to the streets of the Spring Zone. Reimu sighed once again.


Reimu: The less problems I want, the more I have. *sigh* Thanks a lot, gods...

Xaizor: *appears* What's with the sighing, Reimu?

Reimu: It's nothing. Get in and call your sister, I'm going to make dinner.

Xaizor: OK, just give me one second. I need to try something with my katana real quick!

Reimu: Training time's over, Xaizor. Do as I told you.

Xaizor: Damnit, I just thought about a new technique...

Mana-Script Academy: Alteration

Interacting with: Aaron Zairos (@JELDare)

Aaron had shot a lot of questions, which Agni felt like it would have no issues in answering. Well, maybe talking about his Alteration in specific would be disturbing, so that topic could be avoided as a safety measure. Either way, they would eventually know about each other's powers in the long run... seeing it might be better than talking about it. "According to the letter, the staff should be here to pick us at any moment. Once that happens, they will take us to the campus." He said, reading the letter once again.

"About the other two questions... you're right, I can't experience emotions. I used to feel them and simply not demonstrate it, but now I can't even do that. That brings me to my reason. I want to find a way of being emotional again, without my Alteration blocking them once again. Perhaps when that happens, my life can go back to normal." Agni spoke.

He gave his head a little shake and looked back at Aaron. "So, what's your reason to be here?"

Mana-Script Academy: Alteration

Interacting with: Aaron Zairos (@JELDare)

As Agni was watching everyone and their conversations, someone suddenly talked with him. It was the guy that was playing blackjack on the train. At a first impression, he didn't seem to be bad or anything. Rather, his approach was different from what he had expected initially. Goes to show how you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, an important lesson that he already knew but forgot momentarily. The question, though: how his first impression would be. In all case, he decided to be sincere.

"I admit I do. The problem is that I wasn't sure of how I should approach you all since I'm... well, emotionless from the start. As a friendly advice, if you wish to believe in me, my face won't change from this and my voice will sound cold all the time." he explained. Yes, without a doubt he sounded and looked empty. But it's not like Agni wasn't used to this. Being alone and left behind was no longer a problem for him. It wasn't their fault his Alteration transformed him into a marionette. He took Aaron's hand and responded with a firm handshake.

"I'm Agni. Agni Blackheart. It's a pleasure to meet you, Aaron. I'm serious about this."

Mana-Script Academy: Alteration

Location: Train Station - In the Platform

BGM: Land of Beginnings still playing

Soon, as he kept looking, he saw other students arriving. Some of them were peculiar enough and did caught his attention:

First and foremost, there was a girl composed of leaves. Was she a human or a plant? What was important is that she radiated happiness. That was notable since she publicly greeted everyone, in loud and clear tone.

Then, a red haired guy who seemed rather bored. He had noticed that the guy had a gaming system. Agni wasn't fan of games, but he didn't mind. Though in his opinion, this person looked like someone who had one only goal. He hoped this person wouldn't get bored easily.

... Was that a giant wasp? Looking closely at it, doesn't it look like a living cloud of wasps or is it some sort of trick? Does it have a mind? Many questions were raising about it.

The blackjack player approached the plant girl. In his opinion, those people were perfect tricksters. He did felt as if he could be talking, but behind the words were lying a second intention. Agni felt as if he needed to be careful, but somehow he didn't look like a bad person.

In another side, another girl with black hair seemed lost in thought all alone. What could she be thinking? It seemed profound. It'd be best not to bother her while she was thinking, for a first impression. She seemed smart.

That amount of food and she ate all of it in one bite and gulp. That... was incredible, if not worrisome. She also looked happy, now that she was out of the train. Is she hyperactive? Agni thought that maybe he wouldn't be able to keep up with her rhythm.

The last one was lazy. She looked even more bored than the gaming guy. Was she depraved of sleep? This would be a very boring trip to her,if she was that bored. He wondered if there would be something to cheer her up.

Yes, his possible classmates alongside himself were all so peculiar. This was like a circus.

Mana-Script Academy: Alteration

Location: Train Station - In the Platform

BGM: Land of Beginnings (Bravely Default: Flying Fairy)

All the students dropped off and looked around. It seems, like normal people would do, they were all curious about this place. One could see that they were all having expectations for what it'll happen in this new year, at a new school. Of course, this wasn't any normal school and neither the students were normal. If a simple human were to step here, it'd be like going into a fantasy land. The chatter between everyone seemed to increase more and more as the students seemed to be forming pre-friendships while they don't know much about each other. It seemed like smiles filled the faces of the new students.

Except for his.

As he boarded off alongside anyone else, he did the same thing: looked around at the new possibilites. However, he wasn't surprised. A *gasp* wasn't coming out. His face was straight normal, as if he was actually unfazed about the scenario. So... this is where I'm going to study now... me and this... strange power., he thought. Maybe in his thoughts he was surprised, excited, but in the external range of vision he looked like a statue that just moved his face here and there.