Chapter 1: Tell Me a Story (IC)

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"Aw, what, Bizzy~? Afraid they'll get the wrong idea~?" He gave a charming wink (which was accompanied by one of those sparkles anime characters get, since he used his lightning control to do it) and a knowing smirk before he burst out laughing. "Sorry, sorry... Y'know  I'm kidding. Couldn't resist~!" Luce snickered loudly, but still hadn't moved... Well, that is, until the book that Luce had come through began to glow again, with lavender words floating up. Within an instant at sensing that, Luce looked towards the book, blinking. "Wait, what?! Why is it-- AHHHHHH!"


Before he could finish the sentence, a sixteen-year-old with white hair and the same fox ears and tail came flying out of the book... Annnd landed on top of Luce and Bismarck, before she sat up and looked around. "Where... Am I?" She questioned with a slight groan, looking around. Luce's eyes widened, as he recognized her instantly.


"... BELLA?!" Luce screeched, jumping up and... Accidentally sending Bella flying across the room. "NONONONONO! YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HEEERE!" His eyes were even wider as he quickly darted after the younger girl and tried to shove her back into the book... But it didn't work. And then Luce was left panicking, staring wide-eyed at his daughter... Only a single thought formed in his head, which he quickly verbalized. "ALICIA'S GONNA MURDER MEEEE!"

 

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  Erika was about to get mad when Emu mentioned pink in a negative tone. Well, excuse her for having a favorite color. The girl stopped when she was suddenly randomly complimented about pink, unsure of how she felt about the completely out of the blue compliment.  Uhh...thanks, she answered stiffly, a hint of confusion in her voice as they walked over to the nursery. She was about to take control when Emu noticed a small cat-eared toddler following them. Nikolas, she believed his name was. The toddler cocked his head at the question, then pointed in the direction of the nursery. 


  "Getting forest magic book," he said in a casual tone. Erika took control at this point; Nikolas stepped back, taken aback, then laughed and applauded, green eyes wide with wonder. "Magic! Again!" 


  "It's not magic," Erika said bluntly, about to go off on a tangent, only to remember the task at hand and walk into the nursery. The room really was a wreck on one half; books on the shelves being knocked to the floor, the cradle on its side. Erika walked further into the threshold, examining the floor. A familiar dark purple piece of fabric was just beneath one of the books, which was entitled Moonlight Forest by an "N.K.". Probably the book that Nikolas was talking about. The pigtailed girl picked up the fabric, feeling it in her fingers. Oh, you have got to be kidding me. 


  I can't deny it, though. This is definitely her style. Taking kids away for who knows what. Must be something to do with Bismarck and Maria, or genetic blah. Bern has always been that type of person. Then again, our culprit could be someone impersonating Bern. I dunno. But she left the fabric visibly below the book. Maybe it's something significant. With that, she opened the book to the inside cover, and, noticing a note there, read it. 


  To Bismarck - 


  In case you need me (and I know you will). 


Yours Truly,


Luce


Erika stared at the message for a moment, then closed the book. That name sounded suspiciously like that of a certain guy from the mafia. Time to question the nerd. And she knew just how to get the answer out of him without any struggle. Of course she did, she was Erika Furudo~! And Erika Furudo was the ultimate private eye! 


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  Bismarck hadn't said much in response to Emmanuel on the part about just calling him "Emu"; he had just nodding, making sure to remind himself of that. Right now he was busy with making sure that Maria stayed calm; he stroked her hair gently, trying not to break when she asked about Phineas. She too looked as though she was about to cry, so he just shook his head sadly. ".....No....I-I tried, but....but he was already gone. I feel so—"


  "Who's 'Luce'?" Bismarck flinched, feeling the barrel of a gun on the back of his head. His copy of Moonlight Forest dangled in his face; Bismarck blinked, taking it from Erika. 


  "A...A friend," he squeaked, sounding confused. 


  "Oh, really? So he gave you this book?"


  "Yes....?"


   Erika's face turned pale at that. So her theory was correct. "Huh. So, how did you get to be all buddy-buddy with Lucifer Romanoff?"


  There was a silence on the much shorter man's side, then he shook his head. "Wrong Luce."

The moment Bismarck mentioned the name 'Luce', the copy of Moonlight Forest suddenly flipped open and began to glow an electric blue as a few words floated up... Annnd suddenly a tall, silvery-grey haired man with fox ears came flying out with a loud yelp, landing on top of Bismarck in a rather... Awkward position, to say the least, with the stranger landing on Bismarck and unintentionally pinning the smaller man's hands above his head, though the newcomer didn't even notice. He then glanced around once and instantly groaned.
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"Oh, wonderful. I'm back here... Can't a guy take a vacation without being dragged through a portal for no reason?!" Luce complained loudly, before he noticed Bismarck... And the position he had landed in. "Oh, hey, Bizzy. Been awhile," his tone suddenly shifted to a much friendlier one in an instant, though he didn't move. Instead, he smirked down at Bismarck. "... Why do we always end up like this when I appear? Seriously... I'd start to think our admins have a thing for selfcest if this keeps happening! But, oh well... By the way, is that my edition of the book or your's? I always forget," he chuckled good-naturedly, completely unphased by this situation... His left ear was even twitching in amusement.
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Though, honestly, this whole situation of being dragged into a different world was something Luce was completely used to. After all, it happened all the time... One minute he was talking to his buddy in Moonlight Forest and the next he was in a completely different universe because a portal randomly spawned beside him and sucked him in. So this wasn't anything new... Plus, it wasn't as if this was something he hadn't expected to happen at some point. He had given Bismarck the book, after all, thus making the situation entirely unavoidable.
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[SIZE= inherit]  Just seconds before Erika planned on pulling the trigger, the book Bismarck was holding began glowing electric blue, a color much unlike the usual gold. She glared at him; he had a look on his face that clearly read "oh brother". A few blue letters flew up. Bismarck, now a bit worried, dropped the book, but realized he was trapped due to the girl pointing a gun at his head. The expression then faded into an "oh shit" look. He opened his mouth to say something...[/SIZE]


  And then, feeling like slow motion, a fox-eared man came flying out. Erika, suddenly seeing her impending doom, stepped to the side. There was a blur of brown, silver, blue, and turquoise as the man rammed right into the unfortunate Bismarck, who fell backwards, the man landing right on top of him. For a minute, there was some irritation from the random fox-guy's end, then, upon seeing Bismarck, he grew surprisingly casual, as though they were talking to each other side by side and not in such an awkward position.


  Bismarck, meanwhile, was internally questioning why this sort of stuff always seemed to happen to him, as he just laid there, hands pinned above his head, Luce right on top of him. He was a bit too short to shove someone eleven inches taller than him off of him, but on the bright side, he wasn't going to get killed! Yay!


  "Er.......hi, Luce....." he muttered, slowly beginning to ignore how this probably looked, seeing as he seemed to brighten up upon seeing his alternate self. "Y-You're right, I honestly have no clue why this always seems to happen....it would be nice if the landing position wasn't as weird, you know? I think it's my edition....I-I can't really tell, honestly.....glad to see th-that you're doing...er....generally well...." he commented with an awkward smile. "..........S-Sooooo.....can you please get off me? I-I know you don't mean to, but this is a bit awkward....."

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Maria sighed gently, knowing Bismarck was going to say he was useless. "You're not use-...." She began, then saw Erika aiming a gun at the back of his head. She growled lowly and glared, though remained still. Perfectly still with with her muscles tensed. Rather than speaking she was entirely focused on Erika, ready to push Bismarck out of the way and take the bullet instead of him. There was absolutely no way in hell she was losing two people she cared about today, not if she could help it. Though Phineas was only missing it still counted. Thankfully before any brains or or blood could be splattered on the already dirty room....a...kitsune that looked similar to Bismarck popped out of a book. She stared in disbelief though soon snapped out of it, leaping for Erika and aiming to tackle her. Gun lowered or not she didn't give a damn, no one threatened Bismarck in front of her "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?" She shouted. "Use some common fucking sense, he isn't working with Lucifer. He tried to STOP him from even being summoned. I was there." She said, practically hissing and ready to claw her eyes out at this point. The only thing stopping her being the fact Erika shared Emmanuels body and Emmanuel himself hadn't actually done anything wrong...yet.
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She'd deal with portal-kitsune-Bismarck later.
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There is a moment of weakness that Emmanuel wait to take control of his body again. The sudden burst of blue aura surprised the girl and Emmanuel quickly replace himself in her place. As soon as he did, Maria tackles him to the chocolate and flour covered kitchen floor. All he did is lift his arms up in surrender as he went down.


"And people say she's the smart one," Emmanuel groans and relaxes his hand on the gold rimed gun. "Erika figured out who has your kid, and then jumped to conclusion about Lucifer." He scowls at the last bit, wondering how the girl even reached that thought with a "Luce." It is pretty out of character for Lucifer to shorten his name like that, especially to Luce which sounds too... girly for the founder of the Mafia. 


Emmanuel's opinion about the man is indifference, but in truth, he is pretty excited for a new era for Hell City. He remember the old tales his mother told him about the olden days, before her, when grandpapa was at his prime (or was it grandma?). There was murder and building burning for days, but there were manipulation and back alley betrayal, and all the corruptions unlike today's surface level dealings. His older brother may be focused on the spread of Hell City but he is lot more intrested in the root of their Sin. 


Oh bug off, Erika. He doesn't care for her opinion!

 

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"Alicia?" Emmanuel perks up when he hears someone says his sister's name. He doesn't realises that the name could have referred to someone else however. 


Doing his best to look from the ground with a furrious mother cat on top of him, he sees another being on top of the men on the ground not too far from him and Maria... "Okay..."


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  Erika glared daggers at Maria when she managed to tackle her to the ground, proceeding to yell at her. She listened boredly, eerily calm, as Maria defended Bismarck, talking about how he was no supporter of Lucifer and how he tried to stop him. She was about to rather irritably argue back, only to realize that Emmanuel had taken over. Come onnnnn!! She had come up with the perfect comeback and everything! Sighing, Erika just begrudgingly let him explain for her.


  Well, excuse me for my logic error, she grumbled back to Emmanuel, but took the chance to cool down rather than take over and scream at Maria. Fine, so maybe that was a stupid assumption. And it didn't really make much sense. And it was probably based off of no other evidence aside from "letter from guy who calls himself Luce", "only a truly evil person is rude enough to not wait until 8:30, when the office actually opens", and "a lot of evil people (with the exception of Bernkastel because she doesn't give a shit) probably support Lucifer anyways". 


  It made sense to her. Why it didn't make sense to everyone else left Erika confused as hell. 


  Bismarck on the other hand gave Luce an unamused look when he made those sparkly thingies with his lightning, the blank expression soon becoming a pained one as a third person appeared and landed on top of him and Luce. That weight and that of Luce was soon taken off, though Bismarck honestly didn't feel like moving. He just laid there, before reluctantly bringing himself to sit up.  "That's it. I've had it. I'm putting on a suit of armor the next time I even think of having you shoot out of a portal like that...." he half-joked, re-tying his necktie and staring at the girl that had joined Luce. His face went deadly pale; he knew what the kitsune was talking about. ".....C-Crap. Well...um....it's nice to see you, M-Miss Bella.....holy Merlin's beard, I'm going to get brutally murdered...." he added in an undertone, then looked back at Maria and Emmanuel. "....Ah...i-it's fine, r-really....I-I don't mind," Bismarck said quickly. "N-Nobody's dead or anyth—wait...Erika figured out who has Phineas?" At that, he stood up, walking over to where Maria was, on top of Emmanuel. He gripped her hand, his eyes, once slightly disoriented from the fall, now alert and back in Panic Mode, staring right at the teenager. "Wh-Who? Why? Is there a ransom? O-Or at least any evidence leading to their motives....?" he asked, the sense of urgency having returned to his tone. Oh, when he got his hands on that damned kidnapper, Mr. Nice Guy was going to disappear for a little while....

 

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Because Bismarck would be the last person to team up with the madman? Emmanuel replies to Erika. He was the one who warned us about the Lucifer's resurrection two years ago. 


Emmanuel waits a moment later before peeling himself off of the kitchen floor. He grimaces feeling something... wet at the back of his head. It is flour, damp flour. Great his clothes are ruined. Listening to Bismarck, the teenager hums and shifts his weight to one leg. 


"Maybe, who knows." He says, knowing that is not helpful at all to the men or woman listening to him. They may have the culprit but that is all they know so far. "Maybe, maybe, you should introduce us to that fellow over there." He looks over to the two people who he identify as genetically modified people.


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Axel Sofer
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Axel was just about to make a talisman to create a pressure washer inside the store with a grateful smirk on his face, wondering why he hadn't thought of this sooner with the rest of his messes that he had to clean up after pranking one of the members of Llyria Harp when he was more or less tempted to eavesdrop. By that he means by the time he had the thought to peek into the room and see what was happening... wishing he had some popcorn at his side as he watched it go down. Although, he started to regret that decision once a gun was pointed at Bismark, opening the door and stepping inside to try to uh... decelerate things, if the person who gave him cake died what would happen to his cake supply? Plus... he kind of needed him around since he was the owner of the shop and guild and his savior.... that probably paid a part. Probably. Unlikely. It is a possibility...


[SIZE= 12px]However, it seems that it had gotten in control without him stepping in and he was so going to take a picture of this scene, his hand covering his mouth to suppress a small laugh. [/SIZE][SIZE= 12px]"C-come on, you can't blame me here. Another Bismark just came out of [/SIZE][SIZE= 12px]a book[/SIZE] in this position. "    He said, explaining for his laughter at such a serious time. His other hand already taking pictures with the not so hidden motive of future use, it was comedy gold and great for Bismark if he ever becomes narcissistic. What was even more comedic was the reaction of the other Bismark, when it came to embarrassing Bismark, who better than himself?


[SIZE= 12px]The comedy didn't even stop there with the reaction of the other Bismark with the introduction of another person through a book, he really should have taken a video but the memory was fine enough... and 50 pictures on burst should be enough to make sure he would never forget it.[/SIZE]



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"I'm Katie-Lue. But most people just call me Katie." She replied as she headed back to the broom she had set aside earlier. She walked to the other side of the dinner to start sweeping, calling over her shoulder as she walked. 


"If you want breakfast just go ahead and look at the menu and pick out what you want. I left a couple on the bar last night." She gestured her head to the bar that connected to the kitchen near the back of the dinner. Once she found a spot to start Katie began to sweep, humming quietly as she did so.

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Ciri smiled at Katie's response, "Nice to meet you Katie!" She replied cheerfully. She continued lightly sipping her coffee. She was sure this would be more than enough caffiene to keep her going for a good portion of the day....though of course she was still going to supplement that with candy. Hell even now she was taking a chocolate bar out of her backpack and breaking it up over the remainder of her coffee. She was absolutely positive if she was anything less than a bunny hybrid that used way more energy than the average human that she'd be dead by now.
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When she told her to go ahead and look at the menu she nodded, standing to grab one and looking it over. "Everything looks so good.." She mumbled. She was super glad she usually didn't eat as much food as she did intake energy, she'd be entirely broke by now if she did.
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"Aw, what, Bizzy~? Afraid they'll get the wrong idea~?" He gave a charming wink (which was accompanied by one of those sparkles anime characters get, since he used his lightning control to do it) and a knowing smirk before he burst out laughing. "Sorry, sorry... Y'know  I'm kidding. Couldn't resist~!" Luce snickered loudly, but still hadn't moved... Well, that is, until the book that Luce had come through began to glow again, with lavender words floating up. Within an instant at sensing that, Luce looked towards the book, blinking. "Wait, what?! Why is it-- AHHHHHH!"


Before he could finish the sentence, a sixteen-year-old with white hair and the same fox ears and tail came flying out of the book... Annnd landed on top of Luce and Bismarck, before she sat up and looked around. "Where... Am I?" She questioned with a slight groan, looking around. Luce's eyes widened, as he recognized her instantly.


"... BELLA?!" Luce screeched, jumping up and... Accidentally sending Bella flying across the room. "NONONONONO! YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HEEERE!" His eyes were even wider as he quickly darted after the younger girl and tried to shove her back into the book... But it didn't work. And then Luce was left panicking, staring wide-eyed at his daughter... Only a single thought formed in his head, which he quickly verbalized. "ALICIA'S GONNA MURDER MEEEE!"

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There is a moment of weakness that Emmanuel wait to take control of his body again. The sudden burst of blue aura surprised the girl and Emmanuel quickly replace himself in her place. As soon as he did, Maria tackles him to the chocolate and flour covered kitchen floor. All he did is lift his arms up in surrender as he went down.


"And people say she's the smart one," Emmanuel groans and relaxes his hand on the gold rimed gun. "Erika figured out who has your kid, and then jumped to conclusion about Lucifer." He scowls at the last bit, wondering how the girl even reached that thought with a "Luce." It is pretty out of character for Lucifer to shorten his name like that, especially to Luce which sounds too... girly for the founder of the Mafia. 


Emmanuel's opinion about the man is indifference, but in truth, he is pretty excited for a new era for Hell City. He remember the old tales his mother told him about the olden days, before her, when grandpapa was at his prime (or was it grandma?). There was murder and building burning for days, but there were manipulation and back alley betrayal, and all the corruptions unlike today's surface level dealings. His older brother may be focused on the spread of Hell City but he is lot more intrested in the root of their Sin. 


Oh bug off, Erika. He doesn't care for her opinion!

"Alicia?" Emmanuel perks up when he hears someone says his sister's name. He doesn't realises that the name could have referred to someone else however. 


Doing his best to look from the ground with a furrious mother cat on top of him, he sees another being on top of the men on the ground not too far from him and Maria... "Okay..."


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  Erika glared daggers at Maria when she managed to tackle her to the ground, proceeding to yell at her. She listened boredly, eerily calm, as Maria defended Bismarck, talking about how he was no supporter of Lucifer and how he tried to stop him. She was about to rather irritably argue back, only to realize that Emmanuel had taken over. Come onnnnn!! She had come up with the perfect comeback and everything! Sighing, Erika just begrudgingly let him explain for her.


  Well, excuse me for my logic error, she grumbled back to Emmanuel, but took the chance to cool down rather than take over and scream at Maria. Fine, so maybe that was a stupid assumption. And it didn't really make much sense. And it was probably based off of no other evidence aside from "letter from guy who calls himself Luce", "only a truly evil person is rude enough to not wait until 8:30, when the office actually opens", and "a lot of evil people (with the exception of Bernkastel because she doesn't give a shit) probably support Lucifer anyways". 


  It made sense to her. Why it didn't make sense to everyone else left Erika confused as hell. 


  Bismarck on the other hand gave Luce an unamused look when he made those sparkly thingies with his lightning, the blank expression soon becoming a pained one as a third person appeared and landed on top of him and Luce. That weight and that of Luce was soon taken off, though Bismarck honestly didn't feel like moving. He just laid there, before reluctantly bringing himself to sit up.  "That's it. I've had it. I'm putting on a suit of armor the next time I even think of having you shoot out of a portal like that...." he half-joked, re-tying his necktie and staring at the girl that had joined Luce. His face went deadly pale; he knew what the kitsune was talking about. ".....C-Crap. Well...um....it's nice to see you, M-Miss Bella.....holy Merlin's beard, I'm going to get brutally murdered...." he added in an undertone, then looked back at Maria and Emmanuel. "....Ah...i-it's fine, r-really....I-I don't mind," Bismarck said quickly. "N-Nobody's dead or anyth—wait...Erika figured out who has Phineas?" At that, he stood up, walking over to where Maria was, on top of Emmanuel. He gripped her hand, his eyes, once slightly disoriented from the fall, now alert and back in Panic Mode, staring right at the teenager. "Wh-Who? Why? Is there a ransom? O-Or at least any evidence leading to their motives....?" he asked, the sense of urgency having returned to his tone. Oh, when he got his hands on that damned kidnapper, Mr. Nice Guy was going to disappear for a little while....

Because Bismarck would be the last person to team up with the madman? Emmanuel replies to Erika. He was the one who warned us about the Lucifer's resurrection two years ago. 


Emmanuel waits a moment later before peeling himself off of the kitchen floor. He grimaces feeling something... wet at the back of his head. It is flour, damp flour. Great his clothes are ruined. Listening to Bismarck, the teenager hums and shifts his weight to one leg. 


"Maybe, who knows." He says, knowing that is not helpful at all to the men or woman listening to him. They may have the culprit but that is all they know so far. "Maybe, maybe, you should introduce us to that fellow over there." He looks over to the two people who he identify as genetically modified people.


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Axel Sofer
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Axel was just about to make a talisman to create a pressure washer inside the store with a grateful smirk on his face, wondering why he hadn't thought of this sooner with the rest of his messes that he had to clean up after pranking one of the members of Llyria Harp when he was more or less tempted to eavesdrop. By that he means by the time he had the thought to peek into the room and see what was happening... wishing he had some popcorn at his side as he watched it go down. Although, he started to regret that decision once a gun was pointed at Bismark, opening the door and stepping inside to try to uh... decelerate things, if the person who gave him cake died what would happen to his cake supply? Plus... he kind of needed him around since he was the owner of the shop and guild and his savior.... that probably paid a part. Probably. Unlikely. It is a possibility...


[SIZE= 12px]However, it seems that it had gotten in control without him stepping in and he was so going to take a picture of this scene, his hand covering his mouth to suppress a small laugh. [/SIZE][SIZE= 12px]"C-come on, you can't blame me here. Another Bismark just came out of [/SIZE][SIZE= 12px]a book[/SIZE] in this position. "    He said, explaining for his laughter at such a serious time. His other hand already taking pictures with the not so hidden motive of future use, it was comedy gold and great for Bismark if he ever becomes narcissistic. What was even more comedic was the reaction of the other Bismark, when it came to embarrassing Bismark, who better than himself?


[SIZE= 12px]The comedy didn't even stop there with the reaction of the other Bismark with the introduction of another person through a book, he really should have taken a video but the memory was fine enough... and 50 pictures on burst should be enough to make sure he would never forget it.[/SIZE]



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Maria Jones
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Maria was very, very tempted to slap the hell out of Erika when she glared at her. Beyond that it wasn't threatening whatsoever. The fact she thought it would be baffled her. When Emmanuel took control she eased off...just a little, though kept glaring and practically seething in rage. Normally she might of just let it go as a mistake but now she was already under stress due to missing Phineas. However when Emmanuel said Erika figured it out her eyes widened and she slowly stood, standing by the time Bismarck came over. She once again ignored Luce and Bella in terms of speaking to them, though she very much and very obviously acknowledged them by looking at them.
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For now she didn't even comment on Bismarck's normal thing of it being fine as long as no one was actually hurt. Honestly the man amazed her how he was even alive sometimes with that attitude...but it was his generally cheerful and kind attitude that she loved. She was going to say exactly what Bismarck did though found it unnecessary. She started glaring once more when Emmanuel brushed off the question and gave them no information whatsoever, "Tell us who it is." She told him in the most serious tone possible. "We can figure out who the hell fox boy is later. This is more important than kitsunes popping out of books." She said. Honestly at this point she was entirely used to things popping out of books. Luce? He wasn't the strangest by far, nor was Bella.
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"Fox mutants are they?" Emmanuel grins his crocked smile at the woman and turns his attention ti the new duo. He knows he is on hot iron at the moment, but he cannot help but antagonise Maria at the moment. He hums and looks at the young parents. 


"You guys have pissed off an intresting person, or at least got their attention," He says after the silence "Understandable, since you guys are our beloved Rainy Traveller and surprisingly an upstanding gang in Hell City for so long... Llyria Harp." None what he said is common knowledge in Hell City of course, so hopefully the atmosphere is still in the same level of tension. From looking at the couple, he stares straight at Bismark. "What intrests me is, what business did you do to get our local soul snatcher's attention." His eyes narrows at the older man. "Whatever her business is is also ours. You can probably understand why, Bismark."

 

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As Refara got off of his shoulders, in elaborate fashion no less, Garrett experienced a complicated mix of emotions. On the one hand, he was relieved to be rid of the excessive stimulus that his girlfriend gave him. However, he was also rather disappointed to be rid of that same stimulus and also due to the fact that his girlfriend wasn't on his shoulders anymore. After all, Garrett, despite how easily flustered he was, was still a healthy man, which is to say that he didn't dislike sexual things, he was just bad at dealing with them. It was as he was thinking these things that some unfortunately sod decided it would be a good idea to hit on Refara, in front of Garrett. Now, if the flirting was innocent then Garrett could excuse it, assuming they apologized for their mistake and backed down. However, this flirting was anything but, meaning that the tall mercenary was not able to find it within his heart to forgive the other man, he wasn't quite that magnanimous. As such, he strode forwards and, grabbing the man by the back of the head, proceeded to slam his face viciously, and repeatedly, into the countertop, destroying beyond recognition the poor fuck's face and undoubtedly killing him. During this whole ordeal the man's friends, four of them, watched in stunned disbelief. They simply couldn't accept the reality that their friend had just been killed, and in such a fashion, just for hitting on a woman. It was only when Garrett stopped, the man's corpse sliding off of the now blood-soaked counter and collapsing limply to the floor, that they snapped out of it and pulled out various weapons with enraged looks on their faces, and who could blame them? Unfortunately for them, this was a horrible idea, something that they failed to grasp as Garrett turned around with a sadistic, wolfish grin on his blood-spattered face due to the fact that they were blinded with fury and a drive to avenge the death of their comrade. As the frontrunner came at him with a knife the merc armored his arms and legs before slapping the knife to the side with his left hand and unleashing a rib-cracking kick into the man's side, causing him to cry out in pain and drop his knife at the shock. Following up, Garrett delivered a crushing right-handed uppercut, blood spraying from the man's mouth as a result, then flowed into an elbow strike into his exposed throat, crushing his trachea and dooming the man to choke on it. The third, somewhat better armed than the second, came forward while swinging a machete, cutting Garrett's tie in half as the red-eyed man dodged backwards. Without missing a beat Garrett drove forwards once more, tackling his opponent and slamming him into the ground, forcing the air from his lungs in the process. From there Garrett moved forwards, pinning the man's arms under his knees and begin to drive punch after punch into his unprotected face, quickly reducing it to a similar state as the first man's before standing up and grinning at the remaining two men, who were just now beginning to think that fighting him might be a bad idea as they looked at his blood-covered figure and felt the bloodlust coming off of him in waves.

 
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Refara had a dreadfully hard decision to make... that Chocolate chip Red Velvet ice cream looked absolutely divine, whereas that was like a.. mint swirl was it? OOO the choices were much too many and at this rate she'd walk away with a tower of ice cream being unable to pick a single one... perhaps they would put a flake chocolate and a cherry on top as well? A girl could dream right? Refara caught something in the corner of her vision that looked like an arm sliding along the case and words was it? Honestly she wasn't paying much attention to said words cause her one eye was glued to that ice cream hidden within the glass cabinet of the store. At least she was concentrating on it till she heard a very loud THUD! followed a moment by another THUD THUD THUD and, squish was it?  Finally peeling her eyes away from the glass to the side to the blood soaked counter and watched as the... well it looked like it was once a man slowly slid to the ground in a heap. She blinked, standing up to her full height as she half swung to see Garrett of all people standing there with blood coating his hands.
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Now any NORMAL girl would probably freak the fuck out and high tail it outta there, but Refara was no ordinary girl. She simply tilted her head a fraction as she put a finger to her chin and tapped it slowly as she peered to him, trying to figure out the situation and why Garrett would murder this man, of all people, in this shop, of all places? Was there a mission she had forgotten about perhaps? Was he wanted, or with a bounty? Her sharp eye glanced across the room to where the other four guys, obviously friends of his, started to pull out weapons causing Refara to don the same cute expression but tilt her head in the opposite direction. She wasn't to concerned for Garrett, after all some regular thugs in town were like ants compared to the Duo, and if they insisted to press forward and antagonize Garrett... well... she assumed they didn't particular like the thought of living anymore. She was just about to ignore said fight and focus in on her Ice cream again, maybe even tell the shell shocked owner what it was she wanted, but before she could fully turn she spotted something she didn't much like...
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That man swung his machete and tried to cut her Garrett baby! He even managed to get so close as to cut his tie in half, causing Refara's normal playful manner into something much more menacing as her eyes narrowed.
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Only for a moment though before her face brightened again making her seem all the more chilling if someone had been focusing in on her reactions this whole time. While the last two men where focused in on Garrett, now covered in blood with that wolfish grin that sent the remaining customers to flee the shop with screams, Refara took one step forward then another, almost slowly. She unsheathed her sword from hip as her second hand quickly hooked a ring into a holder on her left thigh, tethering it. She took one 360 spin and at the end she flung the sword much in the same way as one does a javelin, watching it sail right over Garrett's shoulder a hair's breath away and landed with a loud and sickening DUNK into one man's chest cavity and slamming him into the nearby wall as she did. With the rope still tethered, Refara grasped onto Garrett's arm and vaulted herself up onto his shoulder, before yanking the Sword back with the same slurping noise as the sword flung straight back towards her. The girl caught it easily as she adjusted her position then crouched and leaped from his frame, using him almost as a spring board, as she sailed through the air and swung wide at the second fellow. The blow connected and Refara's blade cut straight through the man's throat, decapitating him in one foul swoop and his body to slunk to the floor in a heap much as the rest had.
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Refara crouched down to the last man's body and unceremoniously used his shirt to clean off her sword as she sheathed it, then threaded her fingers into his decapitated head and stood up, holding it aloft, turning back to Garrett with her signature adorable smile. With blood still pouring from it, she used her other free hand to start to move the man's mouth, imitating his speech. "Uhhh uhhh we are sorry Mister Guy with the bad ass fists! We didn't mean to bother you! Pleeeassee spaaree usssss!" Her voice a terrible male's impersonation before she laughed heartily and tossed it over her shoulder, striding back to Garrett. Her deft little fingers quickly untying his now cut tie, before she swung it back around his neck and did it up in a rather cute bow tie. Happy with her work and with a soft pat on his chest, the girl strode back to the now empty Ice cream bar and the Owner behind the counter who had, pretty much, wet himself for now.
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"Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I was thinking Mint Swirl..... what would you suggest?"
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[MangoSargent]

@Mitchs98


Katie giggled. "Well take as long as you like looking at the menu. We don't open for a while so you have some time to decide." As the girl continued sweeping she started to hum a little louder, until she started softly singing to herself. Though her singing voice was nothing to be envious of, it was still fairly melodious compared to an average one. As Katie reached the point where she needed to sweep up the dirt and grime onto her dust pan she realised she forgot to grab it when she grabbed the broom.


"Um Ciri? Sorry to bother you but do you think you could grab the dust pan from the back room for me? It's the huge door next to the kitchen, and the dust pan should be pretty close to the door once your inside."

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

@Mitchs98 @TripTripleTimes @F o o l i s h n e s s @Mika9889


  Bismarck began to get exceedingly nervous when Emmanuel pretty much brushed off his question the first time, instead asking about Luce. He opened his mouth to try and explain the weird concept of alternate worlds and Moonlight Forest was honestly a big story of its own, Luce being just the beginning of the crap that occurred there. However, Maria stopped him from doing so by pressing on about where Phineas was. 


  And then Emmanuel mentioned Llyria Harp. Bismarck squeaked upon realization that they'd been figured out, though it probably took a while to figure out going on behind the scenes. Even worse, the discovered kidnapper wasn't just some run-of-the-mill thug; it was Hell City's resident soul stealer, Bernkastel. 


  "W-Well......I haven't had much personal connection to her...." he said softly, folding his arms. "....Lady Bernkastel is a regular here. Sh-She usually just comes here for tea....used to be daily. A-At that time she was also purchasing chopsticks and candy, though.....i-it was when Miss Erika and Miss Rika shared bodies with her........" He faltered, shrugging slightly. "...Sh-She usually comes to buy tea every other week or so....it's a bit less consistently, though. Sometimes she doesn't come here for a month or so, other times, she stops by thrice a day. It's the more consistent days when she starts acting weird....l-like she asks about what my dad was like, about my mother, a lot about the family. I-I answer her questions to keep her from getting angry, because I know full well what she's capable of—" The shop owner bit his lip, trying to think of what else could have angered her. At one point, he did come to realize it, then, rather embarrassedly, looked at the floor. "I-I did get mad at her once....wh-when she started pressing about my mother one day, just a couple weeks ago. I....told her to shut her foul mouth or I'd fill it with my fist." 


  At this point, Erika stopped her tangent on what she could have done wrong and just started guffawing loudly. Pfft...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA—THAT'LL ANGER HER, ALL RIGHT! 

 

[Mitchs98]

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"Fox mutants are they?" Emmanuel grins his crocked smile at the woman and turns his attention ti the new duo. He knows he is on hot iron at the moment, but he cannot help but antagonise Maria at the moment. He hums and looks at the young parents. 


"You guys have pissed off an intresting person, or at least got their attention," He says after the silence "Understandable, since you guys are our beloved Rainy Traveller and surprisingly an upstanding gang in Hell City for so long... Llyria Harp." None what he said is common knowledge in Hell City of course, so hopefully the atmosphere is still in the same level of tension. From looking at the couple, he stares straight at Bismark. "What intrests me is, what business did you do to get our local soul snatcher's attention." His eyes narrows at the older man. "Whatever her business is is also ours. You can probably understand why, Bismark."

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  Bismarck began to get exceedingly nervous when Emmanuel pretty much brushed off his question the first time, instead asking about Luce. He opened his mouth to try and explain the weird concept of alternate worlds and Moonlight Forest was honestly a big story of its own, Luce being just the beginning of the crap that occurred there. However, Maria stopped him from doing so by pressing on about where Phineas was. 


  And then Emmanuel mentioned Llyria Harp. Bismarck squeaked upon realization that they'd been figured out, though it probably took a while to figure out going on behind the scenes. Even worse, the discovered kidnapper wasn't just some run-of-the-mill thug; it was Hell City's resident soul stealer, Bernkastel. 


  "W-Well......I haven't had much personal connection to her...." he said softly, folding his arms. "....Lady Bernkastel is a regular here. Sh-She usually just comes here for tea....used to be daily. A-At that time she was also purchasing chopsticks and candy, though.....i-it was when Miss Erika and Miss Rika shared bodies with her........" He faltered, shrugging slightly. "...Sh-She usually comes to buy tea every other week or so....it's a bit less consistently, though. Sometimes she doesn't come here for a month or so, other times, she stops by thrice a day. It's the more consistent days when she starts acting weird....l-like she asks about what my dad was like, about my mother, a lot about the family. I-I answer her questions to keep her from getting angry, because I know full well what she's capable of—" The shop owner bit his lip, trying to think of what else could have angered her. At one point, he did come to realize it, then, rather embarrassedly, looked at the floor. "I-I did get mad at her once....wh-when she started pressing about my mother one day, just a couple weeks ago. I....told her to shut her foul mouth or I'd fill it with my fist." 


  At this point, Erika stopped her tangent on what she could have done wrong and just started guffawing loudly. Pfft...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA—THAT'LL ANGER HER, ALL RIGHT! 

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Maria gave Emmanuel a 'no shit' look when he mentioned Luce and Bella being fox mutants. Any idiot could figure that out, she more-so meant them popping out of books and what not. She narrowed her eyes however when he started speaking about Llyria Harp...well...it was only a matter of time before he found out. He was a detective that did work for them ever so often, after all. She sighed heavily, not really caring about that. Though when he mentioned the soul snatcher she nearly lost it again, knowing full well it was Bernkastel. Whatever she was doing with Phineas couldn't be good at all.
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She listened to Bismarck and sighed once he finished speaking, "Right. So...Bismarck pissed her off accidentally and now she stole our son.." She said. "So...do you have any leads at all?" She asked. "Anywhere she might be? Or why she wants Phineas?" Just looking at her one could easily tell she was a mix of desperate and furious, though mostly desperate. If anyone hurt Phineas she didn't know what she'd do.
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@Mitchs98


Katie giggled. "Well take as long as you like looking at the menu. We don't open for a while so you have some time to decide." As the girl continued sweeping she started to hum a little louder, until she started softly singing to herself. Though her singing voice was nothing to be envious of, it was still fairly melodious compared to an average one. As Katie reached the point where she needed to sweep up the dirt and grime onto her dust pan she realised she forgot to grab it when she grabbed the broom.


"Um Ciri? Sorry to bother you but do you think you could grab the dust pan from the back room for me? It's the huge door next to the kitchen, and the dust pan should be pretty close to the door once your inside."

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Ciri nodded and smiled, "I suppose you're right." She replied. Still, everything looked and sounded so good. And if it was home made by Katie she was sure it would be even better! When she started singing she started humming a little herself, quite enjoying the sound of her voice. She wasn't really too good at singing in her opinion, though Katie was for sure. At her request she nodded and hopped down from the stool. "Of course I can!" She told her cheerfully. She continued humming as she walked off to the aforementioned digging around, and after a bit of looking found the dust pan.
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"Here you go!" She said, handing it to her once she returned. "I'm gonna go ahead and help with the water too." She said. She walked back off, grabbing a mop and walking to the wet areas to dry them up. "How long have you had this place?" She asked.
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[CombatReadyPenny]

Ashlynn Gringe


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Ash walked down the street listening to her favorite song in her glowing headphones. She had her jacket on but not buttoned all the way down so some of her blue tattoo on her stomach could be seen. "Now is the matter of which flavor to choose..." she said as she walked down the street as police cars raced past her towards the scene of her latest kill. She had been payed in full before the job. This was because of her initial distrust for others. In the background she heard screams of 'Faded Striked again!!!' and sirens blaring from the alleyway a few blocks down filled the air. "Seems as though they found the candle..." She said with a small laugh as she turned the corner towards her favorite ice cream shop.
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"Now... I am thinking cookies and creme.. but I always get that..." She pondered as she walked down the sidewalk. "Definitely not peanut butter... maybe some peanut free rocky road.... yea... that's what I'll get.." she said as she stepped in front of the store and looked inside. She saw the blood bath aftermath and sighed. "This city gets to almost everyone..." she said as she opened the door and heard the bell ring as she entered. As she entered she heard Refsra's impersonation. "Now hey... that wasn't a bad one... But I am afraid I am here for a Rocky Road and do not have time to chat..." She said without looking up and her hands in her jacket pockets. "Now... I am here for a Rocky Road... peanut free... if you move out of the way and allow me to get my ice cream... we won't have to have any problems..."
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As she said all of this she was preparing to fight. Her weapons were hidden under her pant legs as of the moment. This is because they were kept hidden until she had a need for them, which she thought she would have to use them soon. "I am not here to stop you... just a civilian looking for some ice cream..." She said as she stepped over puddles of blood. She walked straight up to Refara, passing Garret like he was not even there, and looked up. "I hope my intentions are clear... Lady..." She said. She did not seem to have any armor on as she had bare skin showing because of her unbuttoned jacket.
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[TripTripleTimes]

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On 1/12/2017 at 6:56 AM, FemTheHufflepuffRabbit said:



@Mitchs98 @TripTripleTimes @F o o l i s h n e s s @Mika9889


  Bismarck began to get exceedingly nervous when Emmanuel pretty much brushed off his question the first time, instead asking about Luce. He opened his mouth to try and explain the weird concept of alternate worlds and Moonlight Forest was honestly a big story of its own, Luce being just the beginning of the crap that occurred there. However, Maria stopped him from doing so by pressing on about where Phineas was. 


  And then Emmanuel mentioned Llyria Harp. Bismarck squeaked upon realization that they'd been figured out, though it probably took a while to figure out going on behind the scenes. Even worse, the discovered kidnapper wasn't just some run-of-the-mill thug; it was Hell City's resident soul stealer, Bernkastel. 


  "W-Well......I haven't had much personal connection to her...." he said softly, folding his arms. "....Lady Bernkastel is a regular here. Sh-She usually just comes here for tea....used to be daily. A-At that time she was also purchasing chopsticks and candy, though.....i-it was when Miss Erika and Miss Rika shared bodies with her........" He faltered, shrugging slightly. "...Sh-She usually comes to buy tea every other week or so....it's a bit less consistently, though. Sometimes she doesn't come here for a month or so, other times, she stops by thrice a day. It's the more consistent days when she starts acting weird....l-like she asks about what my dad was like, about my mother, a lot about the family. I-I answer her questions to keep her from getting angry, because I know full well what she's capable of—" The shop owner bit his lip, trying to think of what else could have angered her. At one point, he did come to realize it, then, rather embarrassedly, looked at the floor. "I-I did get mad at her once....wh-when she started pressing about my mother one day, just a couple weeks ago. I....told her to shut her foul mouth or I'd fill it with my fist." 


  At this point, Erika stopped her tangent on what she could have done wrong and just started guffawing loudly. Pfft...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA—THAT'LL ANGER HER, ALL RIGHT! 




 

 






 






 

On 1/16/2017 at 11:44 PM, Mitchs98 said:

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Maria gave Emmanuel a 'no shit' look when he mentioned Luce and Bella being fox mutants. Any idiot could figure that out, she more-so meant them popping out of books and what not. She narrowed her eyes however when he started speaking about Llyria Harp...well...it was only a matter of time before he found out. He was a detective that did work for them ever so often, after all. She sighed heavily, not really caring about that. Though when he mentioned the soul snatcher she nearly lost it again, knowing full well it was Bernkastel. Whatever she was doing with Phineas couldn't be good at all.
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She listened to Bismarck and sighed once he finished speaking, "Right. So...Bismarck pissed her off accidentally and now she stole our son.." She said. "So...do you have any leads at all?" She asked. "Anywhere she might be? Or why she wants Phineas?" Just looking at her one could easily tell she was a mix of desperate and furious, though mostly desperate. If anyone hurt Phineas she didn't know what she'd do.
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And this is why I should be the one controlling me in the morning, Emmanuel adds in somewhere to Erika’s little rant.


Emmanuel’s finger twitch when Bismark explained his little run-in with the local soul-snatcher. Seriously, how petty could this woman be to kidnap a child because of a bad mouth? Oh wait, this is Hell City and it’s Bernkastel they are talking about. No surprise there! Two years of searching for her, he and Erika were only able to catch the dead remains of her victims and never closer. There were a handful of dumb luck where the two did dumped into Bernkastel, but they can never depend on luck to find her. The teen cannot wait for the day where he gets to cross her name off of his hit list.


He frowns when Maria asks if he, or they, have any lead to their kidnapper. If Emmanuel was younger, he would have answered the cat’s questions immediately and left the building to search for clues on his own, but he’s not fourteen. Plus, a clue is right in his hand. He turns to looks at Maria straight in her piercing eyes and straightens up before answering her.


“Ma’am, I understand that you and your husband are very worried about your missing child. It is only natural for the two of you.” He looks at the couples in the kitchen with soft eyes and gives them a genuine smile. His most practised smile during Erika’s detective business. He is sadly unaware that the two are yet married. “You probably really want to go save your kid, but right now, we do not have enough clues.”


Not a lie but not the whole truth. Not that it really matters at the moment.


“This is gonna be tough, to any good parents it would be,” He continues. “But please, leave the searching for her to me and Erika. Your husband hired us for this reason and we do not want you to worry silly during our service. This is in good hands.” Seeing this as a good time than any, the teen walks to stand in between the couple and lays a hand on each of their shoulders.


Bern doesn’t do kidnapping. Emmanuel muses, wondering if Erika has thought a similar thought, though he has a good guessing. Erika knows Bernkastel the best and even the smallest of foul would set the woman on edge and she would definetly do something to the Rainy Traveller because of it. But for the soul-snatcher to bother kidnap a child, Emmanuel cannot help but think she has a bigger plan than just revenge on Bismark. She knew Bismark would get us for this.


“Now, I believe the two of you have yet to have breakfast.” He pats their shoulders.


Keep an eye out for new clues, He thinks out of habit. Keep them away from the clients for now. It's best not to worry these fine people further, isn't it?

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

  Bismarck gripped Maria's shoulder gently as she spoke; it was clear from his expression and the way he trembled that he was trying to stay calm; instead, he was a hot mess. The shop owner then listened to Emmanuel, who advised that they not go after Bernkastel so soon. This certainly made Bismarck tense up, but he understood. Come to think of it, he still wasn't even dressed fully, the Hufflepuff pajamas in favor of his usual business attire. And he'd been walking around in public. In the rain. 


  "....O-Okay...thanks. I'd better get dressed...." he said awkwardly, tugging at the collar of his shirt. 


  At that, without another word, he quickly retreated to his and Maria's room, returning shortly with the white button-up shirt-knit sweater-trousers combination that he usually wore, a blue traveling cloak over everything else. It was better than running around in a pair of yellow pajamas, anyways. He then gave Maria a soft smile, opening the fridge and beginning to make scrambled eggs and bacon. Maybe some pancakes too. He looked at the pancake mix, then into the living room. At this rate, a large breakfast for everyone would be a good idea. He turned to Luce; they needed some catching up to do. As in, hugfest between bros. 


  ".....L-Luce, I hope you don't mind, but could you give me a hand here....? There's a bit more people present than I expected, and....well....you know, it's been a while." He couldn't help but shoot a fond glance at his copy of Moonlight Forest laying on the floor. So many memories. 


  Erika, meanwhile, caught the part on Bernkastel not normally being a kidnapper. At this, she couldn't help but agree. It was awfully suspicious. All of it. What, are you saying that we're her targets in this little stunt? she answered. It makes sense, but in using the Saedor's kid as bait, I think she's trying to hit two birds with one stone along with capturing us. Bismarck mentioned that she asked about his family, not his sons or his wife, but specifically his parents, his brother, and his cousin. He got mad when she pressed him with questions about his mother—which implies a petty rivalry at best, abuse or neglect at worst—right? At this Erika paused, her thoughts racing to connect what she and Emmanuel had figured out in the short amount of time they were here. I don't think that his relationship with his mother is what she cares about, though. I think she's curious about something to do with his family, but I don't think it's— And just like that, Erika faltered, having come to some realization. Wait. He's definitely a target of Bernkastel if he....yep, she wants intel all right. This general store is a popular place to buy different products. People come here regularly and he makes sure to write down the customer's name, what they bought, the exact time the person bought it, and the price. The Rainy Traveller has been open for around eighteen years, I believe, probably enough for there to be files and files of information of people. She wants information on potential targets. It's just a theory, but knowing Bern, it's plausible. I've got some other theories, actually, but for that, we'll have to do some snooping into personal journals and whatever diaries Bismarck has owned. That's my input anyways. You got any good theories?


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[Mika9889]

Luce had been fussing around Bella during that whole conversation, much to the girl's annoyance, until Bismarck asked if he could help with breakfast. Instantly, he calmed down a bit, taking a breath as he gathered his composure.  "Ah, yea. Sure, Bizzy... It definitely has been awhile," He chuckled as nonchalantly as he could manage, his usual devil-may-care smirk plastered back on his face. It was somewhat forced, sure, but... Well, that was about as much as he could manage, being frazzled by what he figured was his impending doom, once he managed to get back to Moonlight Forest.


Though, luckily for Luce, with how this sort of portal accident worked (especially since he doubted he kept his portal abilities with him, with how this world works and the three power limit), he wouldn't be getting home anytime soon... Which means that it was possible that Arabella's mother would be less angry by the time he got back. Which means he'd live to see another day... Hopefully.


But, despite all that was going on in his head, he calmly sauntered over to Bismarck, only pausing to pick up the book and close it before anyone else from his world could come for a visit... Bella being here was enough. "Alright, so, what do you want me to help cook? I'll try not to burn down the place," he joked light-heartedly... Mostly because he didn't realize Bella had left the shop already.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

@Mitchs98 @Hange Zoe


  Anita blinked in surprise as she was suddenly scooped up in Shiro's arms and carried somewhere; the cyborg tried to ignore the fact that she was running super fast and how weird this felt. Luckily, she was put down; Anita took this as a chance to catch her breath, and to recenter her right arm, then she saw the dude Shiro was looking at. Anita stepped in front of Shiro, pummeling a button on her arm. It shifted into a pistol. 


  "Niiiice! This is so much smoother than the old one~!" Anita remarked, examining her handgun (pun intended) for a moment before turning to the guy Shiro'd been looking at. "Okay. One, what the hell are you doing in my friend's house, buddy? Two, put away all the shit you've stolen. Three....YOU CREEEEP!" she screeched, shifting her body weight so she could run at him and punch him right where it hurt. Which she did, looking obviously miffed. "PERVERT! WEIRDO! PEEPING TOM! YOU CREEPY SNICK-SNACK FRICKETY FRAAAAAAAACK!"

 

[TripTripleTimes]

Emmanuel quickly gives the couple space once the two seems to get their bearing. Not wanting to be in anyone's way in the kitchen, the young man moves to the side and leans on a solid surface. He gives the flirtatious man a raised eyebrow and a smirk to see him supposedly do his clean up in the kitchen. He then look onward to the two fox mutants argue and chatter, but soon tuned them out of their mundane topics. He still is curious about them suddenly popping out from nowhere. The way they came here looked similar to Bismark's but the aura glow was blue than the man's usual gold. 


Erika's voice flows in his mind freely as he watches the kitchen. He was following her flow of thought well until she pause and start thinking about intels and names that Bismark may record. He is not sure if he understands ot all right. 


So, you're saying that Bern might be looking for names that Senior Saedor or Grandmama Saedor wrote down on a note when they worked here? Emmanuel asks, trying to summarize what she is trying to get at. Well, if that is a business pratice that the Rainy Traveller has been doing since the begining, they would definitely have a pile of binders and/or notebooks at the back of a storage space. But if Bern is really looking for old names, why? The informations in convenience stores wouldn't provide much informations other than what the customer bought. Maybe that is what the woman is looking for? The product's origin? 


But this seems like a sudden jump. Why would Bern even bother to ask about the man's family in the first place? Why the sudden intrests after she got rid of you and Rika and what kind of questions did she asked and how long. Emmanuel takes a pause of thinking. Whatever they were, Bismark has something important, something old maybe, that Bern wants. He then adds, I don't know if she wants to capture us. That's too much effort. I think she just wants to tease us and rub her stupid complex on our faces.


I think this is a plausible theory so far.


During their musing, it seems that Bismark has returned and in fresh clothes. That reminds him that he too should ask for spare clothes and do some damage control on their clothes. He doubt chocolate stains will be easy to get rid of. 


"Is there spare clothes I can change into?" He asks he peels away from the object he is leaning on. "And maybe some detergent and toothbrush. I'll buy it from you guys, but I really don't want chocolate stains on my shirt and pants. And maybe can I borrow your bathroom?"


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  Bismarck couldn't help but feel a small, rather bashful smile form on his face when Luce walked over to help. So maybe he was very, very, very happy and extremely relieved to see his best friend since he was six. Who was him from another world. Most people would find it kind of sad to think that your best friend was you, but not with Bismarck and Luce. His alternate self was....well...cooler than him. The shorter man carefully watched as he shut the book and sauntered over, asking what to help with.


  "Umm....ca-can you help with the bacon?" he asked, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose and handing the pancake mix to Luce. "....And don't lie, I know you're a decent chef...." Bismarck added, beginning to crack a whole carton and a half's worth of eggs into the bowl. That should be enough to feed everyone here, hopefully. He perked up at Emu's question, then nodded. "Spare clothes...? Ah, sure. They might be a bit small, though...." he said, trailing off. He thought for a moment, then he snapped his fingers upon remembering something. "....Y-You could borrow my dad's old clothes, he was more of your size and build. They're in the closet, the storage bin with the words 'Rudolf's stuff' on it. I'm perfectly fine with it, and he wouldn't mind at all....ju-just please don't wear the green flannel shirt. It....er...it brings back some unpleasant memories..." Bismarck muttered. 


  Erika, meanwhile, couldn't help but agree with Emmanuel. Yeah. You're right. So I guess that what we need to find out is what exactly Bern wants from him. It could be just about anything, really, from knowledge on customers to whatever that weird fox guy came out of to....uhhh...whatever the hell other stuff he knows. Maybe a secret he's hiding? Or she's trying to eliminate Llyria Harp. They are a pretty strong organization, once you think about it. She subconsciously found herself observing the odd fox guy, obviously curious. All right, assuming portals to other dimensions are in fact real, she could be trying to enter one of those, but I don't get why she would need to. What I do know she wants to change the past in some way that will benefit her. She never specified her reasoning, but she's tried it before. But then she would have taken Rika for that.


  ...No. Rika is a guarded source of time travel nowadays. I won't let Bernkastel touch her, and she knows that the kid is already well-protected and capable of taking Bern down if she has to. Which means that this fox guy--Luce--could easily be what she wants. He's close to Bismarck, who's the father of Phineas Saedor, who was kidnapped in the first place because he is a vulnerable person and the perfect hostage. She conveniently left her evidence beneath the book he popped out of, but knew that Bismarck, in all his hysteria, wouldn't notice the evidence. Which is where we come in. I dunno, it's confusing trying to think like a Bern. Erika sighed. Her logic is so annoyingly hard to follow. 


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  Sierra moved her hands away from Alisa's chest, sitting up and yawning as Kathryn spoke in response. 


  "Uh, yeah. I'm hungry, where's the food?" she answered irritably, ignoring how immature Sierra was acting. 


  "Not made yet. You done with your complaining?"


  "Hey! You would complain too if you were forced to watch two people making out and.....urgh." Kathy grimaced. 


  "Don't you have a boyfriend? Some police dude~?"

  "H-He's NOT my boyfriend! I don't have one!"


  "You're such a tsundere."


  "I'M NOT A TSUNDERE! SHUT UP!"


  Sierra stopped there, realizing how much she was triggering Kathy. Through the space in the scythe where she could see the scientist, she could tell that her face was burning red. Plus the tone of her voice suggested it was a touchy subject. "All right, all right, Princess. Whatever you say. Any requests?"


  "Don't care." Once again that rather hurt tone. Sierra bit her lip. This kid was definitely upset. Maybe she pushed her buttons a bit too much. Whoops. 

 

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And this is why I should be the one controlling me in the morning, Emmanuel adds in somewhere to Erika’s little rant.


Emmanuel’s finger twitch when Bismark explained his little run-in with the local soul-snatcher. Seriously, how petty could this woman be to kidnap a child because of a bad mouth? Oh wait, this is Hell City and it’s Bernkastel they are talking about. No surprise there! Two years of searching for her, he and Erika were only able to catch the dead remains of her victims and never closer. There were a handful of dumb luck where the two did dumped into Bernkastel, but they can never depend on luck to find her. The teen cannot wait for the day where he gets to cross her name off of his hit list.


He frowns when Maria asks if he, or they, have any lead to their kidnapper. If Emmanuel was younger, he would have answered the cat’s questions immediately and left the building to search for clues on his own, but he’s not fourteen. Plus, a clue is right in his hand. He turns to looks at Maria straight in her piercing eyes and straightens up before answering her.


“Ma’am, I understand that you and your husband are very worried about your missing child. It is only natural for the two of you.” He looks at the couples in the kitchen with soft eyes and gives them a genuine smile. His most practised smile during Erika’s detective business. He is sadly unaware that the two are yet married. “You probably really want to go save your kid, but right now, we do not have enough clues.”


Not a lie but not the whole truth. Not that it really matters at the moment.


“This is gonna be tough, to any good parents it would be,” He continues. “But please, leave the searching for her to me and Erika. Your husband hired us for this reason and we do not want you to worry silly during our service. This is in good hands.” Seeing this as a good time than any, the teen walks to stand in between the couple and lays a hand on each of their shoulders.


Bern doesn’t do kidnapping. Emmanuel muses, wondering if Erika has thought a similar thought, though he has a good guessing. Erika knows Bernkastel the best and even the smallest of foul would set the woman on edge and she would definetly do something to the Rainy Traveller because of it. But for the soul-snatcher to bother kidnap a child, Emmanuel cannot help but think she has a bigger plan than just revenge on Bismark. She knew Bismark would get us for this.


“Now, I believe the two of you have yet to have breakfast.” He pats their shoulders.


Keep an eye out for new clues, He thinks out of habit. Keep them away from the clients for now. It's best not to worry these fine people further, isn't it?

  Bismarck gripped Maria's shoulder gently as she spoke; it was clear from his expression and the way he trembled that he was trying to stay calm; instead, he was a hot mess. The shop owner then listened to Emmanuel, who advised that they not go after Bernkastel so soon. This certainly made Bismarck tense up, but he understood. Come to think of it, he still wasn't even dressed fully, the Hufflepuff pajamas in favor of his usual business attire. And he'd been walking around in public. In the rain. 


  "....O-Okay...thanks. I'd better get dressed...." he said awkwardly, tugging at the collar of his shirt. 


  At that, without another word, he quickly retreated to his and Maria's room, returning shortly with the white button-up shirt-knit sweater-trousers combination that he usually wore, a blue traveling cloak over everything else. It was better than running around in a pair of yellow pajamas, anyways. He then gave Maria a soft smile, opening the fridge and beginning to make scrambled eggs and bacon. Maybe some pancakes too. He looked at the pancake mix, then into the living room. At this rate, a large breakfast for everyone would be a good idea. He turned to Luce; they needed some catching up to do. As in, hugfest between bros. 


  ".....L-Luce, I hope you don't mind, but could you give me a hand here....? There's a bit more people present than I expected, and....well....you know, it's been a while." He couldn't help but shoot a fond glance at his copy of Moonlight Forest laying on the floor. So many memories. 


  Erika, meanwhile, caught the part on Bernkastel not normally being a kidnapper. At this, she couldn't help but agree. It was awfully suspicious. All of it. What, are you saying that we're her targets in this little stunt? she answered. It makes sense, but in using the Saedor's kid as bait, I think she's trying to hit two birds with one stone along with capturing us. Bismarck mentioned that she asked about his family, not his sons or his wife, but specifically his parents, his brother, and his cousin. He got mad when she pressed him with questions about his mother—which implies a petty rivalry at best, abuse or neglect at worst—right? At this Erika paused, her thoughts racing to connect what she and Emmanuel had figured out in the short amount of time they were here. I don't think that his relationship with his mother is what she cares about, though. I think she's curious about something to do with his family, but I don't think it's— And just like that, Erika faltered, having come to some realization. Wait. He's definitely a target of Bernkastel if he....yep, she wants intel all right. This general store is a popular place to buy different products. People come here regularly and he makes sure to write down the customer's name, what they bought, the exact time the person bought it, and the price. The Rainy Traveller has been open for around eighteen years, I believe, probably enough for there to be files and files of information of people. She wants information on potential targets. It's just a theory, but knowing Bern, it's plausible. I've got some other theories, actually, but for that, we'll have to do some snooping into personal journals and whatever diaries Bismarck has owned. That's my input anyways. You got any good theories?


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Luce had been fussing around Bella during that whole conversation, much to the girl's annoyance, until Bismarck asked if he could help with breakfast. Instantly, he calmed down a bit, taking a breath as he gathered his composure.  "Ah, yea. Sure, Bizzy... It definitely has been awhile," He chuckled as nonchalantly as he could manage, his usual devil-may-care smirk plastered back on his face. It was somewhat forced, sure, but... Well, that was about as much as he could manage, being frazzled by what he figured was his impending doom, once he managed to get back to Moonlight Forest.


Though, luckily for Luce, with how this sort of portal accident worked (especially since he doubted he kept his portal abilities with him, with how this world works and the three power limit), he wouldn't be getting home anytime soon... Which means that it was possible that Arabella's mother would be less angry by the time he got back. Which means he'd live to see another day... Hopefully.


But, despite all that was going on in his head, he calmly sauntered over to Bismarck, only pausing to pick up the book and close it before anyone else from his world could come for a visit... Bella being here was enough. "Alright, so, what do you want me to help cook? I'll try not to burn down the place," he joked light-heartedly... Mostly because he didn't realize Bella had left the shop already.

Emmanuel quickly gives the couple space once the two seems to get their bearing. Not wanting to be in anyone's way in the kitchen, the young man moves to the side and leans on a solid surface. He gives the flirtatious man a raised eyebrow and a smirk to see him supposedly do his clean up in the kitchen. He then look onward to the two fox mutants argue and chatter, but soon tuned them out of their mundane topics. He still is curious about them suddenly popping out from nowhere. The way they came here looked similar to Bismark's but the aura glow was blue than the man's usual gold. 


Erika's voice flows in his mind freely as he watches the kitchen. He was following her flow of thought well until she pause and start thinking about intels and names that Bismark may record. He is not sure if he understands ot all right. 


So, you're saying that Bern might be looking for names that Senior Saedor or Grandmama Saedor wrote down on a note when they worked here? Emmanuel asks, trying to summarize what she is trying to get at. Well, if that is a business pratice that the Rainy Traveller has been doing since the begining, they would definitely have a pile of binders and/or notebooks at the back of a storage space. But if Bern is really looking for old names, why? The informations in convenience stores wouldn't provide much informations other than what the customer bought. Maybe that is what the woman is looking for? The product's origin? 


But this seems like a sudden jump. Why would Bern even bother to ask about the man's family in the first place? Why the sudden intrests after she got rid of you and Rika and what kind of questions did she asked and how long. Emmanuel takes a pause of thinking. Whatever they were, Bismark has something important, something old maybe, that Bern wants. He then adds, I don't know if she wants to capture us. That's too much effort. I think she just wants to tease us and rub her stupid complex on our faces.


I think this is a plausible theory so far.


During their musing, it seems that Bismark has returned and in fresh clothes. That reminds him that he too should ask for spare clothes and do some damage control on their clothes. He doubt chocolate stains will be easy to get rid of. 


"Is there spare clothes I can change into?" He asks he peels away from the object he is leaning on. "And maybe some detergent and toothbrush. I'll buy it from you guys, but I really don't want chocolate stains on my shirt and pants. And maybe can I borrow your bathroom?"


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  Bismarck couldn't help but feel a small, rather bashful smile form on his face when Luce walked over to help. So maybe he was very, very, very happy and extremely relieved to see his best friend since he was six. Who was him from another world. Most people would find it kind of sad to think that your best friend was you, but not with Bismarck and Luce. His alternate self was....well...cooler than him. The shorter man carefully watched as he shut the book and sauntered over, asking what to help with.


  "Umm....ca-can you help with the bacon?" he asked, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose and handing the pancake mix to Luce. "....And don't lie, I know you're a decent chef...." Bismarck added, beginning to crack a whole carton and a half's worth of eggs into the bowl. That should be enough to feed everyone here, hopefully. He perked up at Emu's question, then nodded. "Spare clothes...? Ah, sure. They might be a bit small, though...." he said, trailing off. He thought for a moment, then he snapped his fingers upon remembering something. "....Y-You could borrow my dad's old clothes, he was more of your size and build. They're in the closet, the storage bin with the words 'Rudolf's stuff' on it. I'm perfectly fine with it, and he wouldn't mind at all....ju-just please don't wear the green flannel shirt. It....er...it brings back some unpleasant memories..." Bismarck muttered. 


  Erika, meanwhile, couldn't help but agree with Emmanuel. Yeah. You're right. So I guess that what we need to find out is what exactly Bern wants from him. It could be just about anything, really, from knowledge on customers to whatever that weird fox guy came out of to....uhhh...whatever the hell other stuff he knows. Maybe a secret he's hiding? Or she's trying to eliminate Llyria Harp. They are a pretty strong organization, once you think about it. She subconsciously found herself observing the odd fox guy, obviously curious. All right, assuming portals to other dimensions are in fact real, she could be trying to enter one of those, but I don't get why she would need to. What I do know she wants to change the past in some way that will benefit her. She never specified her reasoning, but she's tried it before. But then she would have taken Rika for that.


  ...No. Rika is a guarded source of time travel nowadays. I won't let Bernkastel touch her, and she knows that the kid is already well-protected and capable of taking Bern down if she has to. Which means that this fox guy--Luce--could easily be what she wants. He's close to Bismarck, who's the father of Phineas Saedor, who was kidnapped in the first place because he is a vulnerable person and the perfect hostage. She conveniently left her evidence beneath the book he popped out of, but knew that Bismarck, in all his hysteria, wouldn't notice the evidence. Which is where we come in. I dunno, it's confusing trying to think like a Bern. Erika sighed. Her logic is so annoyingly hard to follow. 


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Maria calmed down just a little and looked up to Emmanuel when he put his hand on her shoulder, listening carefully to his words and honestly on the verge of crying again. She didn't comment on the husband part, not really entirely finding it relevant. Their wedding was soon anyways, if only going to be delayed by trying to find their son. She sighed gently as he continued on, telling her they just didn't have enough to go on...which was probably true. If it was up to her and it would actually help she would run outside right now and look around for her son, possibly kill this Bernkastel woman on sight...really anyone that actually had Phineas. She didn't care why they took him all that mattered is they had. She nodded slowly when he told them to leave it to himself and Erika, "O...Okay." She replied. At the mention of food her stomach growled, "Good point.." She said, managing a small smile.
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She watched as Bismarck went off to get dressed, leaving it to be just her and the four people in the room. "I should probably get changed and stuff too." She commented, though stayed to wait on Bismarck. Once he'd returned she wasted no time walking off to their room to get a fresh change of clothes and take a quick five minute shower. She came out just in time to have Emmanuel asking about using the bathroom and such, "Of course, by all means. And don't worry about paying...it's...it's the least we can do for you helping." She said. She knew Bismarck was already paying him, but honestly if they actually found Phineas she owed him so much more than money.
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  Sierra moved her hands away from Alisa's chest, sitting up and yawning as Kathryn spoke in response. 


  "Uh, yeah. I'm hungry, where's the food?" she answered irritably, ignoring how immature Sierra was acting. 


  "Not made yet. You done with your complaining?"


  "Hey! You would complain too if you were forced to watch two people making out and.....urgh." Kathy grimaced. 


  "Don't you have a boyfriend? Some police dude~?"

  "H-He's NOT my boyfriend! I don't have one!"


  "You're such a tsundere."


  "I'M NOT A TSUNDERE! SHUT UP!"


  Sierra stopped there, realizing how much she was triggering Kathy. Through the space in the scythe where she could see the scientist, she could tell that her face was burning red. Plus the tone of her voice suggested it was a touchy subject. "All right, all right, Princess. Whatever you say. Any requests?"


  "Don't care." Once again that rather hurt tone. Sierra bit her lip. This kid was definitely upset. Maybe she pushed her buttons a bit too much. Whoops. 

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Alisa just stayed silent while the two conversed with each other, honestly finding the situation heavily amusing...up until Kathy actually got really upset. She sighed gently, kissed Sierra on the cheek, and stood up. "Kathy c'mon, we were just teasing." She said. Deciding to be a bit more flashy for once she reached into the scythe, took Kathy by the arm, and yanked her out forcing her to take physical form. "C'mon now. Sierra didn't mean to upset you that much." She told her. "What do you want for breakfast?" She asked. "I'll cook whatever you two want." She told them.
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"Thank you!" Katie said as she grabbed the dust pan. Setting it down she began to sweep the dirt into the pan. Once finished she stood up and started to head to the trash can next to one of the tables.


"I've had this place for about 3 years." Katie said when Ciri asked. "My grandmother helped me open it when I was 19. She doesn't really help out much with it since I mostly do everything myself, but when I first started she was a huge help."

 

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  Bismarck couldn't help but feel a small, rather bashful smile form on his face when Luce walked over to help. So maybe he was very, very, very happy and extremely relieved to see his best friend since he was six. Who was him from another world. Most people would find it kind of sad to think that your best friend was you, but not with Bismarck and Luce. His alternate self was....well...cooler than him. The shorter man carefully watched as he shut the book and sauntered over, asking what to help with.


  "Umm....ca-can you help with the bacon?" he asked, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose and handing the pancake mix to Luce. "....And don't lie, I know you're a decent chef...." Bismarck added, beginning to crack a whole carton and a half's worth of eggs into the bowl. That should be enough to feed everyone here, hopefully. He perked up at Emu's question, then nodded. "Spare clothes...? Ah, sure. They might be a bit small, though...." he said, trailing off. He thought for a moment, then he snapped his fingers upon remembering something. "....Y-You could borrow my dad's old clothes, he was more of your size and build. They're in the closet, the storage bin with the words 'Rudolf's stuff' on it. I'm perfectly fine with it, and he wouldn't mind at all....ju-just please don't wear the green flannel shirt. It....er...it brings back some unpleasant memories..." Bismarck muttered. 


  Erika, meanwhile, couldn't help but agree with Emmanuel. Yeah. You're right. So I guess that what we need to find out is what exactly Bern wants from him. It could be just about anything, really, from knowledge on customers to whatever that weird fox guy came out of to....uhhh...whatever the hell other stuff he knows. Maybe a secret he's hiding? Or she's trying to eliminate Llyria Harp. They are a pretty strong organization, once you think about it. She subconsciously found herself observing the odd fox guy, obviously curious. All right, assuming portals to other dimensions are in fact real, she could be trying to enter one of those, but I don't get why she would need to. What I do know she wants to change the past in some way that will benefit her. She never specified her reasoning, but she's tried it before. But then she would have taken Rika for that.


  ...No. Rika is a guarded source of time travel nowadays. I won't let Bernkastel touch her, and she knows that the kid is already well-protected and capable of taking Bern down if she has to. Which means that this fox guy--Luce--could easily be what she wants. He's close to Bismarck, who's the father of Phineas Saedor, who was kidnapped in the first place because he is a vulnerable person and the perfect hostage. She conveniently left her evidence beneath the book he popped out of, but knew that Bismarck, in all his hysteria, wouldn't notice the evidence. Which is where we come in. I dunno, it's confusing trying to think like a Bern. Erika sighed. Her logic is so annoyingly hard to follow.   




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Maria calmed down just a little and looked up to Emmanuel when he put his hand on her shoulder, listening carefully to his words and honestly on the verge of crying again. She didn't comment on the husband part, not really entirely finding it relevant. Their wedding was soon anyways, if only going to be delayed by trying to find their son. She sighed gently as he continued on, telling her they just didn't have enough to go on...which was probably true. If it was up to her and it would actually help she would run outside right now and look around for her son, possibly kill this Bernkastel woman on sight...really anyone that actually had Phineas. She didn't care why they took him all that mattered is they had. She nodded slowly when he told them to leave it to himself and Erika, "O...Okay." She replied. At the mention of food her stomach growled, "Good point.." She said, managing a small smile.
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She watched as Bismarck went off to get dressed, leaving it to be just her and the four people in the room. "I should probably get changed and stuff too." She commented, though stayed to wait on Bismarck. Once he'd returned she wasted no time walking off to their room to get a fresh change of clothes and take a quick five minute shower. She came out just in time to have Emmanuel asking about using the bathroom and such, "Of course, by all means. And don't worry about paying...it's...it's the least we can do for you helping." She said. She knew Bismarck was already paying him, but honestly if they actually found Phineas she owed him so much more than money.
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"Thanks, Bismark and Maria," Emmanuel grins widely and spins around to find this storage unit the man has told him about. He has no idea where it is, but this will be a good time to scout the general outline of the Harp's HQ without looking suspicious. Of course, he won't be able to use this knowledge against the thieving guild, too risky, but it might be good anyway for future reference. He looks behind him in the hall to see anyone is following him yet. No, Bismark is too trusting. 


The boy's eyebrows knot when Erika suddenly brings that Bernkastel has been interested in other dimensions and hoping into them. Erika, Your thought is hard to follow. Emmanuel tone of thought is rather lacklustre and he pinches the bridge of his nose. This is the first time hearing this and the bombardment exposition is honestly hurting his head. Years of sharing a body, it seems that a mental wall has formed between the two souls without Emmanuel's notice. Sure, he can still hear Erika in his mind since the beginning but hearing the new information about Bern now, it seems there is more to this body sharing than he has thought. Perhaps, there were clues about this separation long ago but Emmanuel never thought about it. Is the thought of Bernkastel burning Erika dry? 


Are you sure that Bern is looking for Luce or hoping dimension? I mean, we didn't know he existed until a while ago. Even Maria didn't knew he exsisted by the looks of it- Wait. Emmanuel stops himself in the train of thought. Rika and time travel? What the fucks going on? The brightly dressed man walks down the hall with his breath long and controlled. Something is amiss in his mind and he doesn't like it one bit. You don't belive in magic. 


"You've been hiding shit from me," Emmanuel growls, his words barely audible in the hall. He throws open a door and his temper builds.

 

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Refara had a dreadfully hard decision to make... that Chocolate chip Red Velvet ice cream looked absolutely divine, whereas that was like a.. mint swirl was it? OOO the choices were much too many and at this rate she'd walk away with a tower of ice cream being unable to pick a single one... perhaps they would put a flake chocolate and a cherry on top as well? A girl could dream right? Refara caught something in the corner of her vision that looked like an arm sliding along the case and words was it? Honestly she wasn't paying much attention to said words cause her one eye was glued to that ice cream hidden within the glass cabinet of the store. At least she was concentrating on it till she heard a very loud THUD! followed a moment by another THUD THUD THUD and, squish was it?  Finally peeling her eyes away from the glass to the side to the blood soaked counter and watched as the... well it looked like it was once a man slowly slid to the ground in a heap. She blinked, standing up to her full height as she half swung to see Garrett of all people standing there with blood coating his hands.
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Only for a moment though before her face brightened again making her seem all the more chilling if someone had been focusing in on her reactions this whole time. While the last two men where focused in on Garrett, now covered in blood with that wolfish grin that sent the remaining customers to flee the shop with screams, Refara took one step forward then another, almost slowly. She unsheathed her sword from hip as her second hand quickly hooked a ring into a holder on her left thigh, tethering it. She took one 360 spin and at the end she flung the sword much in the same way as one does a javelin, watching it sail right over Garrett's shoulder a hair's breath away and landed with a loud and sickening DUNK into one man's chest cavity and slamming him into the nearby wall as she did. With the rope still tethered, Refara grasped onto Garrett's arm and vaulted herself up onto his shoulder, before yanking the Sword back with the same slurping noise as the sword flung straight back towards her. The girl caught it easily as she adjusted her position then crouched and leaped from his frame, using him almost as a spring board, as she sailed through the air and swung wide at the second fellow. The blow connected and Refara's blade cut straight through the man's throat, decapitating him in one foul swoop and his body to slunk to the floor in a heap much as the rest had.
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Refara crouched down to the last man's body and unceremoniously used his shirt to clean off her sword as she sheathed it, then threaded her fingers into his decapitated head and stood up, holding it aloft, turning back to Garrett with her signature adorable smile. With blood still pouring from it, she used her other free hand to start to move the man's mouth, imitating his speech. "Uhhh uhhh we are sorry Mister Guy with the bad ass fists! We didn't mean to bother you! Pleeeassee spaaree usssss!" Her voice a terrible male's impersonation before she laughed heartily and tossed it over her shoulder, striding back to Garrett. Her deft little fingers quickly untying his now cut tie, before she swung it back around his neck and did it up in a rather cute bow tie. Happy with her work and with a soft pat on his chest, the girl strode back to the now empty Ice cream bar and the Owner behind the counter who had, pretty much, wet himself for now.
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"Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I was thinking Mint Swirl..... what would you suggest?"
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Ashlynn Gringe


Interactons: @Zooks @Mykinkaiser

Ash walked down the street listening to her favorite song in her glowing headphones. She had her jacket on but not buttoned all the way down so some of her blue tattoo on her stomach could be seen. "Now is the matter of which flavor to choose..." she said as she walked down the street as police cars raced past her towards the scene of her latest kill. She had been payed in full before the job. This was because of her initial distrust for others. In the background she heard screams of 'Faded Striked again!!!' and sirens blaring from the alleyway a few blocks down filled the air. "Seems as though they found the candle..." She said with a small laugh as she turned the corner towards her favorite ice cream shop.
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"Now... I am thinking cookies and creme.. but I always get that..." She pondered as she walked down the sidewalk. "Definitely not peanut butter... maybe some peanut free rocky road.... yea... that's what I'll get.." she said as she stepped in front of the store and looked inside. She saw the blood bath aftermath and sighed. "This city gets to almost everyone..." she said as she opened the door and heard the bell ring as she entered. As she entered she heard Refsra's impersonation. "Now hey... that wasn't a bad one... But I am afraid I am here for a Rocky Road and do not have time to chat..." She said without looking up and her hands in her jacket pockets. "Now... I am here for a Rocky Road... peanut free... if you move out of the way and allow me to get my ice cream... we won't have to have any problems..."
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As she said all of this she was preparing to fight. Her weapons were hidden under her pant legs as of the moment. This is because they were kept hidden until she had a need for them, which she thought she would have to use them soon. "I am not here to stop you... just a civilian looking for some ice cream..." She said as she stepped over puddles of blood. She walked straight up to Refara, passing Garret like he was not even there, and looked up. "I hope my intentions are clear... Lady..." She said. She did not seem to have any armor on as she had bare skin showing because of her unbuttoned jacket.
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Even as Garrett was preparing to deal with the remaining men it seemed that he didn't need to. He really should have expected it to be honest, Refara was quite overprotective of him. After all, it had only been his tie that was cut, at even if it wasn't he could take quite a beating, and she knew that. That being said, he was the same way towards her so he could completely understand where she was coming from. Also, her intentionally terrible acting with the head really was quite amusing so, all in all, he really didn't mind that part of her. To be quite frank, he really liked it. But then again, he liked all of her, even if he wished she'd dress a bit more conservatively for the sake of his heart, so it wasn't a high bar at all in that sense. Furthermore, he always liked seeing her fight, she was always so graceful and always seemed to be really happy. It also helped that during combat was one of the only times he could actually fully look at her without getting flustered.


 "I think the matter of sparing them might be a bit out of my ha..." he trailed off, the broad grin that had formed on his face due to his girlfriend's antics freezing before his face slowly turned beet red. The reason for this development was a newcomer into the shop, a blue-haired girl who didn't seem to be bothered by the blood or corpses at all. However, it wasn't her hair that caused the change in Garrett's demeanor but rather the fact that she was, though not to the extent of Refara, showing a good amount of skin and also because he hadn't met her before and thus had had no chance to even begin to build up a resistance to her.

As Garrett tried, mostly in vain, to calm himself down, the girl walked past him like he wasn't there, which was probably for the best as  anything he said at that point in time would likely be a panicked mess. She then began to talk to Refara, who had gone back to deciding what flavor of ice cream she wanted while completely disregarding the how horrified the owner was behind the counter, though he didn't know what about as he wasn't really paying attention. He was able to calm down slightly in this time, or at least enough to speak... sort of. As such, he addressed the newcomer somewhat quietly, though still looking away with a flushed face, "H-hey... if it isn't too much trouble... could you... you know... button your uh... your jacket... could you button it up please?" He really hoped she heard him and listened as that was about all he could muster at that point in time. That said, it would likely only help marginally even if she did.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

@Mika9889 @TripTripleTimes @F o o l i s h n e s s @Mitchs98


   For a moment, Erika was confused about Emmanuel's sudden anger with her; she then processed what she had blurted out. Total and utter nonsense about dimensions and time travel. Stuff that she didn't normally believe in. Once she came to that realization, Erika fell completely silent, the only sounds being her thoughts quietly trying to collect themselves, but it was almost muffled, as though she was trying to keep them from blaring through Emu's head. Then, once again, a silence. 


  She couldn't deny it; he was right in his suspicion. Especially after she had casually brought up time travel, something she didn't believe in. Because it was common sense, for Pete's sake. Erika had really thrown herself in a loop this time. What was she supposed to say? "Whoopsie daisies, I need more sleep"? "I was drunk once and that was a dream I had"? "Surprise, I joined the Crackpot Club and I now believe in magic and all that bullshit"? 


  Of course time loops and alternate dimensions are possible, within reason. What isn't possible is a creature from a picture book flying around like nobody's business, she snapped, taking control of the body to walk in and observe Bismarck's room. The girl immediately raised an eyebrow. "Huh. I never knew that Mr. Saedor had OCD," she commented aloud. Let's face it; the room was ridiculously tidy. The first thing Erika could think of was the short man probably bustling around, flipping out if he left a drawer open. Even, when she opened the drawers herself, she took note that literally everything followed a certain structure of cleanliness. 


  Even his underwear and socks were color-coded. Seriously, what the fuck? Erika scrunched up her nose, shutting the drawer, then decided to actually take clothes from the box Bismarck had mentioned and change. Just like he'd said, the box read "Rudolf's Stuff". Opening it, Erika noticed that there was a variety of clothing, most of them button-up and plaid shirts and regular old work trousers. She did eventually come across the shirt Bismarck had said not to wear; a casual white, long sleeved one with green stripes. She didn't get it until she noticed the bloodstains. 


 "Rudolf William Saedor. May second, 2032. He was killed by an assassin hired by his own wife. Caused a major scandal. I overheard Mom talking about it when I was a kid," she explained boredly, grabbing a salmon-colored shirt and trousers. This'll work. 


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  Meanwhile in the kitchen, Bismarck could sense how Maria was holding back tears. He looked to Luce, then at the half-finished pancake batter, then he sighed, looking back at Luce. "....A-Actually, Luce...." he stuttered. His voice was starting to shake again; in fact, the Letterman's whole body was trembling as he spoke. "......C-Could you please make the pancakes this time....?" After asking that, Bismarck moved to where Maria was, hugging her. He just needed to be with her right now. He felt tears stinging his eyes; he buried his face in her shoulder, sobbing silently. 


".......I.....I'm sorry.......I just.....I really, really need you right now......" 

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

@Sinister Clown


  And so, after mercilessly teasing the Grim Reaper, a very contented Bernkastel flew several feet in the air, enjoying the sweet bliss of flight. She had pieced that all together very nicely; whilst many of the members of Llyria Harp were very likely to be rushing about in a panic about their lost Phineas, she had the luxury to look through the information stolen from the Rainy Traveller. Bismarck Saedor was a coward; however, one of the most intriguing pieces of information that he owned would bring progress to Bern's plans to defeat death once and for all. She had always been determined to prove that cycles could be broken; time, the barriers between worlds, genetics, and, of course, life and death. Rika had left, and, with an untrusting Erika watching the child like a hawk, Bern could not further her attempt to do so. However, with the existence of someone else who could manipulate time, her plans were back on track. 


  Bernkastel, now absolutely lost, realized that she had drifted into sleep. She opened her eyes slowly, and, seeing that she was in an unfamiliar place. The scent of dirty water and blood suggested that she was in a sewer. This certainly seemed to happen a lot. Luckily, there were some folks in Devicto Mortis who were carefully keeping watch over the young prisoner. Bern boredly sat down, sensing the presence of someone else down here in this disgusting place. She stared into space, silently, then she spoke aloud to herself. "I wonder when the rain will stop...." the woman said, her low voice echoing through the sewer.