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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 15:17:25 GMT
Diana didn't attempt to open it however, respecting Izanami's space.
"..If you need anything, you can always talk to me." Diana said. "I'll be in my room if you need me."
With that, she slowly lifted herself from the door, and made her way to her own bedroom.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 15:41:11 GMT
Izanami slowly lifted her head to look at the door, her face and eyes were red from crying but she did hear Diana.
She looked down and pressed her head against her knees as she began sobbing uncontrollably, letting all of her emotions out.
"...N-Nakiri, Nakiri, why? Why did you do this? Why did you throw your own life away like that? I shouldn't of stood there and let you-"
Her dialogue got interrupted as she placed her left hand on her face, continuing to grieve.
Noticeably, there was a tear on her hand's glove made by the explosion, a mark that was blocked off from being seen was on her hand, it looked recent.
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On the grey planet, the chariot ship was placed next to the cathedral as the three F2 members arrived back on the planet and were in the bell tower along with Koshi. All four of them were silent as soon as they told Koshi everything that happened, still trying to process the death of their fallen friend.
Koshi had his back turned to the others and stared at nothing as silence filled the air, the same went to the rest of F2.
Warikomu just gritted his teeth and punched the statue of the woman sitting in a chair with the tombstone in a mix of anger and grief, somehow he did not break it despite the force he put in that punch.
"What were we thinking!? Letting her fight them on her own. And Izanami let it happen, she killed Nakiri! Next time, I'll kill her for sure!" Warikomu declared.
Kumo placed his hand on his shoulder.
"I know, bud, I know...we'll avenge her by making all those bastards pay with their blood." Kumo nodded, looking devastated himself.
Gin just looked livid before he looked up at the sky.
"...Damn it, just fucking damn it, Naki! Why did you just leave us like that!?" Gin asked, clenching his fists.
He turned around to Koshi.
"So, what's the plan? We are gonna kill the Royal pricks, right, including that two faced bitch? There is no time for second thoughts, all these bastards have it coming, they deserve to die!" Gin said.
Koshi din't turn to them, he chose to remain silent, it was unclear what he was thinking right now.
"There is no need to torture yourselves over her death."
That managed to get Koshi's attention along with the others as they turned to Aku who showed up just now, smiling at them.
"What the hell do you mean by that?" Gin asked, glaring at Aku.
"Nakiri has made her own choice, after all. But her sacrifice wasn't in vain, she helped us get one step closer to accomplish our goals by taking the orb of Fullfilment from the Royal Guard's grasp, if anything, all of you should be happy for her act of selflessness." Aku said.
He put his hand into his robe and pulled out a icy rose with thorns on it.
"May you rest in peace, Nakiri, for you have earned your rest, may this rose give you eternal bliss with it's kiss." Aku said.
What he said din't seem to sit well with the F2 members.
"Happy? We should be happy that one of us died? You want us to celebrate her death? What the hell is wrong with you!?" Kumo asked, looking outraged.
Without even thinking, Warikomu reached his hand to Aku, grabbing him by his throat as he lifted him off the floor and crushed the rose he had with his foot before walking over to the edge of the tower, ready to drop Aku to plummet to a long fall. Strangely enough, Aku still looked calm despite Warikomu's large hand squeezing his neck.
"I did not want anyone else to die, you bastard! She was one of us, a member of the team. How can someone like you understand!? Why shouldn't I do ourselves a favor and let you fall and die, then you'll join the rest of your family!" Warikomu snarled.
"Hey, hey, keep a cool head, now's not the time to be a angry dumbass!" Gin protested, him of all people.
Aku just stared at Warikomu, not scared by his threats.
"...I do apologize for upsetting you, Warikomu, that was not my intention. But I can assure you, hurting me will not bring her back, it will be a waste of time. I can relate to your loss, I'm in as much as pain as the rest of you for different reasons. If you wish to drop me, then you have my blessing to do so." Aku said.
Warikomu continued glaring at Aku, he kept crushing his neck as he was ready to let him fall.
Koshi placed his hand on his wrist and Warikomu looked down at him.
"...Nakiri will be brought back along with everyone else from our group who died. That was the plan all along, remember? Killing him will not help us with anything, you are wasting your energy, Warikomu. Redirect your anger at the ones who deserve your wrath." Koshi said, with a calm tone.
Warikomu looked back to Aku for a few seconds and sighed to himself as he ultimately dropped Aku on the floor and stepped away from him.
While leaning against the railing, Aku's neck looked like a squeezed straw and his head was tilted to the left. The sound of cracked bones were heard as he bent his neck to the right before he placed his hands on his head and cracked his head left and right accompanied by two snapping noises, it looked like a rather painful process before his bones were put back into his shape and stood up, getting out a pained sigh out of his mouth first.
"...Her death was a tragedy, but that is no reason to stop now while we are so close to accomplish our task at hand. Otherwise, her death would be meaningless if you let the pain of her death be a obstacle that will prevent you from collecting the rest of the orbs. Perhaps a little rest before heading to the next planet should clear your heads just a bit." Aku suggested.
"...It would be wise to let out our emotions through our own ways and think of our next move of getting the rest of the set without Nakiri on our side." Koshi said, looking at the three in front of him.
Gin just crossed his arms and looked off to the side, with a displeased look on his face.
"...You'll find me in the ship, we should relax before we head to Uraeus." Kumo sighed as he turned his back.
Aku walked past Koshi and stood in front of Kumo as he raised his hands at the ship.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Kumo asked, turning to Aku.
Aku's hands glew black and so did the ship as it levitated off the ground, floating in front of the bell tower.
The two Orbs of Fulfillment levitated out of the ship through the open window and softly landed on Aku's palms before dropping the ship back to where it was.
"The fuck, why did you pull the orbs out of the ship? Put them back inside!" Gin told Aku, looking confused about what he was doing as Koshi and Warikomu turned to the Chikara, looking for answers.
Aku simply turned to the rest.
"As evidenced on Gryphon, the pirates were relentless in their attempts at demolishing the Royal Guard's vessel and surrounded you and everyone else with their fleet, it is clear that they will try their best to claim the orbs with everything they have, if all of you would set out to the next planet with these two orbs, the pirates would likely ambush you all before you will land on Uraeus like they did with the Royal Guard, which is why it would be best for me to keep the orbs safe on this planet, that way they won't waste their attacks on a group without any orbs and focus their efforts on the others who have, that's the most logical course of action, wouldn't you agree?" Aku asked.
"You may see it that way, but this planet also has a orb hidden somewhere and it's two planets away till the rest of the pirates get here and manage to locate these two orbs and possibly the rest we will collect in the future, it won't be too long till their forces will come here to find the remaining orbs, this place isn't a safe haven either." Kumo objected, crossing his arms and metal limbs.
"...I'll be able to handle that potential possibility if it ever comes down to that. You have nothing to worry about, Kumo." Aku smiled.
"I'll feel a lot more safer when I'll find a reason to actually trust you." Gin said, glaring daggers at the back of Aku's head.
"That's enough. Fine, you will keep the orbs, for now while we will focus our efforts into retrieving the next orbs." Koshi said, not turning his head to Aku.
"Our efforts?" Warikomu asked.
"...In Nakiri's place, I will join with the rest of you to Uraeus, this time I will make sure nothing goes awry again and deal with the Royal Guard for good at the same time." Koshi declared, narrowing his eyes.
"...Ah, so you have finally come to a decision. So, are you ready to face her then?" Aku asked, curious as he looked at Koshi.
"...Yes." Koshi nodded.
"Very well." Aku said, closing his eyes.
Aku turned around and climbed the stairs back into the cathedral through the hatch on the floor, shoving the orbs inside his robe.
Warikomu, Kumo and Gin looked at Koshi in response as he avoided their gazes and turned his back to them.
"...You are free to mourn Nakiri in peace. We can't let emotions get in the way of retrieving what we lost in our next battle. That is all." Koshi said.
The three simply looked at each other before they went their separate ways to grieve their fallen member.
Koshi, meanwhile, turned his head to the hatch Aku left through, clenching his fists with sharp bones peering out through his knuckles.
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After a long day and getting some well deserved rest from the events of yesterday.
It was currently morning with the Sun being in the Absalon's view as it was flying through space as usual.
Hercule was already up, standing outside the Hangar bay with his transceiver next to his ear, the sounds of drills and hammers were playing in the background.
"Jesus Christ, you Neonytes must have the worst luck in the entire fuckin' Multiverse, Just a few hours later and your entire bay is fucked up just after fixing your ship. You better be careful next time cause if you're gonna call us every time this dump heap gets a scratch, the price will go up!" Emoj called out from inside the bay.
"Look, I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now, okay, just make sure everything is back to the way it was!" Hercule shouted, sounding rather annoyed as he din't have the energy to put up with this.
He then went back to his phone call.
"...I do apologize for not being able to get the orb on Gryphon and losing the only one we had on this ship, your majesty. But on one hand, F2 lost a valuable teammate who would of been a big bag of problems to deal with as shown in our battle last night so it was a win-lose situation for them and Cupid costed the pirates some of their men and ships when he tried to steal the orb from Cleopatra and I doubt their captain is very happy with him right now." Hercule said, rubbing his eyes as he said this.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 16:24:33 GMT
Queen Hestia was standing outside of Queen Catherine of 5's royal palace, in the royal gardens.
Catherine herself was seated nearby with Chiron and Clements, the only one at the table having a cup of tea.
"..That's.." Queen Hestia started, holding her elbow with one hand and the phone with the other. "A lot to deal with. With one member gone, F2 Will be getting vengeful, and from what you've said, the other groups are getting desperate.
You understand what's at stake here just as well as I do. We can't afford many more orbs getting into any of their hands."
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 16:34:06 GMT
"I know, after three planets of letting them run amok in a row, we are gonna try to shorten our list of enemies starting with the next planet, we are not gonna wait till all the orbs discovered and let a massive battle royale break out that will likely put the Universe into danger knowing these guys, the first group I think that should be dealt with first would be Cleopatra and Cyndass, those two don't have any allies except themselves and then we will deal with the bigger groups. Our next destination is Uraeus and I can tell it's not gonna be a walk in the park considering those guys might still be Po'd over commander Tiamat of Division U taking over their planet years ago, I doubt a simple 'we're sorry' and a apology cake will make up for everything." Hercule sighed.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 16:36:02 GMT
"Hopefully they'll understand that I'm not the same ruler my dad was." Hestia said. "..and, that I'm not the same ruler I was when I was letting the council decide everything."
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 16:41:25 GMT
"I can only hope they will be a bit more cooperative than Cyndass was...and I would be lying if I din't say that there isn't turmoil going in our group right now with everything going down. Dietz getting bitten by that spider did a lot more damage than we thought as he was close to executing that girl in front of us till I stopped him, said girl was Izanami's close friend and I'm not sure if she will have her game on for the next battles, Bacchus is dealing with stuff after seeing his brother again...and Theseus and Erinye have a lot of open scars and clearly isn't happy about the possibility of her dad risking his life to defeat that mad bomber, especially on a dangerous place like that volcanic planet according to a seer's prophecy." Hercule said, looking worried himself.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 16:44:00 GMT
"Prophecy?" Hestia asked, briefly casting a glance at the cloudless sky above her. "What kind?"
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 16:49:54 GMT
"Well, the guy they talked to on Gryphon, a blind griffin called Solomon, he can see people's pasts and futures by reading their hands, the pirates and F2 went to see him for themselves and confirmed that he is legit, he made a prediction that Dietz and Bacchus will be in a fight for one of the orbs 'in the water' if I recall and Theseus will be chasing after Cupid on Uraeus without any pirate backups and we aren't there to help him, which makes me really worried." Hercule admitted.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 16:54:33 GMT
Hestia's grip on her elbow tensed up as she bit onto her lip, but a brief aura appeared around her and she appeared to calm down within a nanosecond. "I see. That is worrisome.
Prophecies can be misleading. In that image, you are all unaccounted for, so theoretically, anything can be true. You might still have a chance to find them and help Theseus in the event that it comes true. Assuming the battle between those two lasts long enough."
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 17:10:42 GMT
"I would assume most of us will be fighting the rest of the groups and one of us will be involved in a battle for that planet's orb...it would be a wise move if I will go with Theseus when we will separate again, if their battle will be just as devastating as the one in the hotel, I might need to use half of my life energy to save him if Cupid lays his fingers on him. The last thing I want is to use the orbs to bring back a dead teammate at the end of this journey." Hercule supposed.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 17:18:35 GMT
"If all goes well, you won't have to." Hestia said. "Since you didn't mention a outcome, I'm assuming that the outcome of Theseus's next encounter with Cupid is unclear. I doubt Cupid will be able to completely rig the arena this time around. The Dragon's of Uraeus might do the job of killing him for us."
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 17:23:57 GMT
"Assuming they won't try to kill us first...anyway, that's what I had to say. I will call you again when our visit to Uraeus is over with and hopefully Cupid won't be a problem anymore when we're done there." Hercule hoped.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 17:29:16 GMT
"Good. Alert me if anything dire comes up again." Hestia said, hanging up without another word.
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Post by Master Psychic on Jan 5, 2020 17:55:58 GMT
Hercule pocketed his transceiver and let out a sigh as he felt a thirst in his throat, he wasn't in the mood to eat and rubbed his hands together.
"...Well, since Aphordite isn't here anyways and we have some time till the next planet, me and sir Moonshine have a long therapy session in the rec room. Call me up when you guys are finished." Hercule told the Omnis of Mechanism and Vehicles as he made his way to the upper floor.
On that floor, the sound of running water was heard before it closed and the door to the bathroom opened, letting steam out as Izanami, wearing a white towel wrapped around her body and hair drenched in water as she got done washing off all the blood on her and judging by the bags under her eyes, she din't get much sleep last night.
Izanami walked over to the sleeping rooms, placing on hand on her face, not noticing a strange mark on her palm and turned to look at Diana's room for one second before she went into her bedroom to get changed.
Inside the room next to Izanami's.
Nephthys was sitting on a chair with her cloak off, holding the staff in front of her with Garmath's reflection on the crystal on top of the staff as she was at Hikrat's temple and in the background, Zeno was watching something on his tablet alongside Faramond.
There were scrolls on the table next to Nakiri's hand placed in a glass case and pictures of Egyptian gods on the walls.
"...The symbol on her hand was a majestic gate, you say? That sounds a lot like the Gate of Babylon to me." Garmath said, with absolutely certainty.
"The Gate of Babylon?" Nephthys asked.
"It's a powerful gate that can unleash a powerful ray of light, with enough power to annihilate a dangerous threat but it comes with a great risk of sacrifing your own energy to use it, Ariana and Minato used the gate to wipe out the Juubi and anyone with light abilities can be able to use the gate aswell, as demonstrated when Gekez learned to use it but in his case, he couldn't be able to die from using it thanks to him being a Omnipotent of Light, you see." Garmath said.
"...But if Nakiri would be able to use that Gate if that is the purpose of the sigil, why din't she use it against us?" Nephthys asked.
"You may be asking the wrong person. Nakiri's parents were Omamori's who were experienced magicians and talisman casters, I wouldn't be surprised if they knew about the Babylon Gate. Hm, but you said something about a spirit being in the middle of the gate, correct? From my knowledge on these things, the mark on her hand could be a sigil that prevents her soul from getting corrupted by something, which means she would be safe from being turned into one of those Necromancy creatures. Although, I heard that if there were two people who had the same mark, their souls would share a bond that could last beyond the boundaries of Life and Death, but this is just something I read from one of the books about sigils so I don't know if this fact is real." Garmath guessed.
Nephthys placed her finger on her chin, looking curious.
"...Huh, sounds very intriguing if that were true. Thank you for telling me this, it might prove useful." Nephthys nodded.
"I'm glad to help...and, please, help out Izanami as best as you can. She was close to Nakiri, all of you will have to be there for her to get through this pain. I know what it's like to lose close friends." Garmath sighed.
"...I can relate to that pain myself...thank you again for your advice." Nephthys nodded.
The call ended and the crystal turned grey again as Nephthys looked through the crystal as if someone was there.
"...I apologize, I know these transmissions take a lot of space but, I don't have one of those 'phones' with me but you have gotten used to it at this point, right?...I know, it's really hard. Hopefully, by the end of this, we will get our wish and end this nightmare for the both of us, I promise." Nephthys said, looking sad.
She put her cloak on while holding her staff as she made her way to the door.
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Post by IDEK on Jan 5, 2020 18:16:53 GMT
Bacchus walked into the hallway, holding his transceiver in his hand. Staring at his own mother's profile picture.
She had the same blue hair both of her children had, it was a picture from a long time ago. A Picture of her holding a young baby Bacchus, with her husband and older child both cropped out. The Actual picture existed in physical form somewhere in her house, torn in two not too long ago.
As Bacchus visualized the rest of the picture where it would've been, with his thumb hovering over the 'call' button. he continued to walk ahead, not looking at where he was going.
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