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May The Me Be With You.
Kushiro, Japan - The luxury docks.
It was perhaps one of the most gorgeous days of the entire year, bright and sunny without just enough clouds for shade, while the temperature sat at the low seventies. However no tourists were found on this dock, in fact the sheer amount of demons and apparitions present would send chills and bad juju through most sensitive humans present despite the great weather. At least 500 apparitions were gathered, another 300 or so were staff aboard the ship. A final shuttle bus from Tokyo airport would be arriving where the last few contestants would be arriving from first class flights, driven to the docks by luxary bus. The contestants were mostly C and D class apparitions, mostly selected for their special abilities and hidden potential. A single loud horn blared apparently signalling the time for the staff members to get onboard because every person in a sailors uniform began shuffling towards a small ramp where they would go in two by two. Just before the last dock to the ship was the small but comfy looking check in station where contestants identification would be checked and their tickets to the cruise would he given out.
Sitting at the check in station wearing a nice suit with a pair of black leather gloves sitting neatly on the edge of the table. in the seat across from him was Yuna wearing her typical hooded cloak with her hands neatly folded into her sleeves and a chess board sat on the table between them. “So only four of them have been told That theyre on a team?” Yuna said as she scooted the pawn closest to the middle forward two spaces. “Well, five now, you will be competing as well.” Raiju said as he moved his own pawn forward one space.“Seems like its needlessly deceptive, what if one of the other apparitions figures it out.” Yuna then moved her queen out from the back line through the fresh hole her pawn had made. “It wont matter, They have all been selected specifically for their expendable nature.” Raiju took advantage of the bold move immediately sliding his bishop across the board to take out the queen. “Hopefully this team of yours are not also considered expendable.” She had a frown now but that could honestly be attributed to the thought of her being expendable or the sudden realization that she was about to lose. Yuna moved the knight in an L to try and fill the gap and Capture the bishop the following turn. “I would certainly hope so as well, after all my entire plan revolves around you five being far more dependable than everyone else here.” Raiju would respond as he moved the pawn on the other side of the first one he had moved. “You dont think thats a bit of a gamble?” Yuna said as she moved her Knight in place taking the first bishop. Which she immediately regretted as she saw the smile creep across Raiju’s face. Grabbing his queen raiju replied with “I dont Gamble Yuna, Checkmate.” He slid the queen across the map taking the knight who blocked the gap positioning her in a way that lined up with the king and the single diagonal direction he could move. Everything that could have potentially moved in the queens path had already been taken or was blocked by one of her own pieces.
The duo rose from the table just in time to see the last few selected candidates arrive, and a glance at his watch told him it was time for him to board. “alright Yuna here is where you come in. You will be attending the preliminaries with the rest of the invitees. There will be five hundred Candidates there and You are to find me the four with the greatest potential for growth, with a diverse range of talents, and preferably the ones with the best chance to win. That will be our team…and Make sure at least one of them is human.” Yuna could tell after the game had ended that things were getting serious finally, His addressing her and giving her the orders only settled it further. She slightly bowed her head. “It will be done.” She said quietly Before vanishing. She had already gotten her ticket and if she read it correctly she was listed as a Platinum member giving her access to one of the VIP rooms. Arriving on the top deck of the cruise ship she flagged down one of the staff members who was busy but quickly set aside what he was doing upon seeing the vip status of the ticket. After he guided her to her quarters the staff member would ask if there was anything else he could do for her and she smiled asking for a map of the cruise ship.
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