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RPG - Waking Up From the Dream (Story Thread)
Nemo★Ma:
Day 6, Near Graveyard, about 5AM
A figure wearing black clothes and black hat is slowly walking towards the graveyard. Follows it are three more hooded figures.
"You guys, this is just a scouting mission, I don't want to mess around with the people inside, after all, our presence cannot be known to them."
"Gotcha, boss."
"Er.. I didn't want to repeat myself, Hank. Don't call me by my job, there are thousands of bosses in this world. Plus, "boss" sounds like bad guys, and we are not. "
"Sorry, Commander Vi-"
"Gah! I said no jobs or ranks! Amber Vivian is enough! You really don't know how to treat your younger female Comm- Whatever, forget that."
The speaker, and apparently the leader, Amber Vivian stopped, then took out a small GPS device.
"The location is correct, however I didn't see anything... There must be a hidden entrance somewhere."
"Then we wait until someone come out and force our way in?" Said the male named Hank.
"We cannot ensure that this place is totally abandoned. There is the chance that our information provider gave us wrong info." Said another member, this time a female.
She continues, "Do you have any equipments that can somehow reveal the hidden entrance, if there are one?"
"Nah, this place didn't release any of the singals that my equipment can detect, Beil." Amber sighed, and put the GPS back. "The only way is to see where this entrance could be, and lift them using my power. However... I still prefer using the "Normal Ways" to do things."
"OK, I'll start analyze right away, Amber." said Bail, opening her laptop.
"Don't do that, we are now directly above their heads, and I don't want they notice us because of some wireless signal." Amber turned to the other member, "any ideas, Maso?"
"I see none, if there is a switch somewhere I could activate it.. But no. There is nothing."
"Hah, then let's wait if there are anybody coming up from here." Amber said, "And I'll just act as a tourist. You three retreat into the forest and-" she took off her hat and cape, revealing her long blonde hair and shiny dress below. "keep these."
"Err, don't tell me you are still trying to act like some rich lady..." said Maso, who is trying not to laugh, "just let it go, you are not that type."
"Whatever, that cover won't blown. I know that. Perfect disguise." Amber said, then before she walk off towards the graveyard "I'll see if there are any place that's likely a secret entrance. You guys just wait for my signal."
"Roger."
"Got it."
"OK."
Meanwhile, at Saniwa Shrine
"So you are Amarillo's friend, right?" said Lily White, who had just woke up from a short sleep.
"I'm more shocked by you not asking about her condition first." GA-05 pointed to Amarillo, who is currently still sleeping.
"I think you should know that.. I know her condition well." said Lily, confused.
"I know.. That's her ability, after all." GA-05 sighed, "However- well, nevermind."
GA-05 looks at Meiling, who is currently also sleeping, "The only one with no worries at all is there. GA-04 Hope Firefly, or Amarillo Viridian as you know it. Is my "Senpai". However I have only met her once. This time assuring your safety is my mission, and if I failed it..."
"You will have big trouble back at the headquarters." Said Lily White. "Amarillo told me a moment before."
"Shoot, she even tells you that?!" GA-05 sighed "Telepathy really is dangerous."
"Hmm, since Amarillo is in a sleeping status, she entrusted me to feed you up with the current information on your "mission". and you NEED to listen to it." Lily White smiled. "Well, those wording is what she told me to said."
"Yeah, I know."
*Insert story summaries from Day 1 to Day 5 here*
"Huh, so our enemies this time are these RAI Forces?" GA-04 chuckled, "Not boasting around, but-"
"We just want our homeland back." said Lily.
"Oh, I thought you are going to punish them for what they have done before that."
"Amarillo didn't want to hurt people, however, there are other humans here with the thought to punish them, you should talk to them and see if you can work out that plan."
"Sometime there must have blood." GA-05 looks at the fairy, "You won't understand that situation, Amarillo didn't want to accept that situation, but it exists."
(Part 2/3 Complete)
LordVant:
Continued from last post
*Vant Kanako, Suwako, and Orange start heading back into the shrine after their introduction with Hirowaza when Vant looks up and sees two people on the roof*
Nitori:I love you!! *cries*
Etch: Don't worry, I'm not going to go anywhere...
*the other three look up as well at the shout*
Vant: "Best leave them to their own shall we?...."
*Vant barely finishes as Orange flies up in no time and nearly runs into the two
Etch:...? *draws sword* Whose there?
Orange: "LOVE CONQUERS ALL~!!!"
Vant: "...dear god"
Kanako: "Hey no talking about us when we're right here"
*Nitori gasps in suprise as Etch reels back from shock*
Vant: *sigh* "Let's go get her before she gets us killed"
*Vant climbs up the paneling while Suwako and Kanako fly up*
Vant: "....wait a minute, since when could you fly?"
Kanako: "eh? oh...uh....wow, I didn't even realize we could"
Suwako: "It was just kinda, second nature"
Vant: "Anyway, who are you?"
Etch: A better question would be who are YOU?
Nitori: Yeah! And how do you know Kanako and Suwako?
*Vant stares at them with a disgruntled look*
Kanako: *grabs Vant's head* "easy there, he made a contract with us"
Nitori: Oh, I see.
Etch: *sighs, sheathing the sword* I'm Austin Magre, but you can call me Etch.
Suwako: *runs up to Nitori* "HEY NITORI~!!!!!" *glomps Nitori*
Nitori: SuwakOOOF!! *steadies herself*
*steps forward and extends hand* "Vant"
*Etch looks at Vant's hand, a little unsure what to do, and shakes his hand*
Vant: *shakes back and turns to his right and points* "and that's Orange"
Orange: "Hi~"
Etch: *looks at Orange* I've.. never seen you before.
Kanako: "Same here, but that girl Meira knew her"
Suwako: "Yeah, with that grumpy guy, Hirowaza"
Suwako: "Speaking of which, why were you so grumpy too?"
Vant: *shrugs" "He just put me in a bad mood, but I'm over it now"
Etch: Ah we-- wait a sec... *begins to tunr red" Y-you didn't....see...that just now... did you?
Kanako: "Oh you mean about you two ki-"
Vant: *Covers Kanako's mouth* "See what?"
*Nitori covers up her face with her hat, blushing*
Suwako: *giggles* "You two were about to make-out"
Etch: E-eh?! *turns red at the same time as Nitori* S-so you did see...
Vant: *facepalms* "anyway, we're trying to get into the shrine but from what Meira told us, we'd basically be shot on sight, so we kinda need something of an escort to get in"
Etch: That so? I guess we could tag along.
Vant: *breathes a sigh of relief* "Maybe now we can get into some actual beds and you two will stop complaining"
Kanako: "The bedding isn't the problem, it's waking up at four in the damn morning!"
Vant: "Shhhhh, quiet or you'll wake the people that are sleeping"
*Kanako gives Vant an incredibly angry look but can't maintain it as Suwako tries to use her tail to take Nitori's hat off, while Orange starts giggling uncontrollably*
*Momiji and Akyu enter the area*
Momiji: Who's yelling at this time of the morning...?
*Suwako manages to lift Nitori's hat off just as the two enter which starts Kanako chuckling and Orange rolling around laughing...and a brief smirk from Vant*
Akyu: Etch. Nitori, come down from there
Vant: "Oh? Sorry for the noise"
Kanako: *peeks over the edge* "Oh hey Momiji!"
Momiji: Hello, Kanako.
Kanako: "You're here too? YOSH! NOW I'M SURE SANAE IS HERE!"
Vant: "Please be quieter Kanako"
Kanako: "Ack, sorry"
Marx: Will you people stop yell? People are still sleeping *Cirno rubs her eyes*
Etch: augh, sorry.
Vant: "I think we might wake up the whole shrine at this rate"
Suwako: *puts on Nitori's hat and walks over to Vant* "yeah, but maybe that's for the better, huh?"
Vant: "My, aren't you perceptive"
Suwako: *runs over and starts chasing Orange* "Ahahahaha"
Nitori: Su-Suwako! Come on, give it back...
Suwako: "You'll have to catch me!"
Etch: *appears in front of Suwako, blocking her path* Ah, don't be like that to Nitori.
21/12/2009 23:28:26 ?Vant? Suwako: "Awwww, party pooper" *hands over Nitori's hat*
Etch: *eye returns to normal color* Ah well, at this rate, everyone will be awake. come on, let's go--ack! *starts coughing up blood*
Akyu: Etch?!
Marx: Oh dear... *injects Etch with a drug* while it's too late, this should help stabalize him...
Suwako: *holds Etch upright while flying* "Oi, you okay?"
Marx: Oh well, gonna go forage for wolves. I'll be back later to check up on him *walks off with Cirno*
Vant: "Alright then"
Etch: I'm alright, I think. I should be able to make it.
Vant: "Forcing yourself to move like that is apparently not good for your health"
Etch: No kidding...*puts the hat on Nitori* shall we go?
Vant: "Very well then, so what exactly is the situation with Gensokyo?"
Etch: *looks off to the side, with a sweat drop, cat ear twitching* Nekomimis...
Vant: "Oh yeah, that"
Akyu: Well, in order to restore Gensokyo, we need to recover all the memories of it...
Vant: "The memories?"
Etch: Yeah
Vant: "Oh, so in that case you just need to get everyone from Gensokyo together right?"
Nitori: Right! But first, we need to become self-sustaining, so... >.>
Kanako: "Self-sustaining?...that's a lot easier for you than it is for us"
Etch: Not exactly... Sakuya and Reimu ran us ragged "training us"
Suwako: "The vampire and her maid? Well, we're gods you must remember, we require tons of mana as well as faith to keep going"
Momiji: Ah yeah, we're trying to get the shrine up and running again.
Kanako: "If the people of that town gave us faith, we'd be fine"
Vant: "What's its name anyway?"
Etch: This is Saniwa Shrine. The resident god seems to have left for a while
Vant: "Saniwa shrine huh? Seems pretty nice"
Kanako: "Now you see why gods like shrines?"
Vant: *shrugs* "So where we headed to first?"
Etch: Well, I think we should get you guys a room.
Vant: "Alright then, let's go"
Nitori: You look like you've had it rough *pulls a twig out of Kanako's hair that no one else seemed to have noticed*
Vant: "A little"
Etch: Alri*grrrrgle* uh... ^.^;
Akyu: "Perhaps we should go to the dining area to get something to eat"
Orange: "Yay food!"
*And so they headed off for food*
To be continued...
Kojiremi:
Day 5 - 10-11am - Saniwa waterfall
Training was over, the entire ordeal of uselessly running through the ruins, being
chased by Reimu's balls, and getting miko training outside the waterfall, the
appearance of a strange group and "Lunablade". It took a lot a little convincing from
Kijiri to get Remilia to not react to her. Luckily they were off to the side and was
practically hiding from view whilst the event went on. Luckily they weren't spotted
but even then Kijiri really....REALLY didn't want anymore trouble than they've already
had that day. After everyone was dispersed for the day to do their own thing Kijiri
and Pearl's group went back to the waterfall area to try out the new Linker-MAD
system
Remi: Such a loudmouth bunch, waltzing in distrubting an already dysfunctional group!
She wasn't very thrilled to see the moon people again since one of them bested all 4 of them one in a row. Not like she cared but they were...loud.
Minory: they were...interesting to say the least.
Rumi: I-is that...so? They were weird humans...
Kijiri: *sweatdrops* w-well anyway lets get what we came here to do. *holds a one of the orbs Reimu gave them which looked very suspiciously like a Pokeball*.....haha...i can't believe it. this is just great *sarcastic tone*
Remi: *arms crossed* so...what are we going to do now?
Kijiri: we are gonna try out the Linker thing system. it can boost our powers and hopefully aid us when we need it if we fight those shadow creatures again. All of ushave little to any power left now. Especially since the source of our powers is cut off. Though I and Pearl can use some of our powers in this world it isn't anywhere near as powerful as it could be if we were in Gensokyo.
Rumia: what kinda things can you do Kijiri?
Kijiri: *draws Monohoshizao* (large nodachi/katana with no hand guard)....*drops it*....*Sweatdrops*
Pearl: teehee <3 Little Mom can't hold her sword cause she's too little how cute!~
Kijiri: T_T shut up Pearl...
Komachi: Tahahaha. Well this is rich eh?
Kijiri: *picks up nadachi* W-well anyway we hardly have any sort of power while we're out here. the most I can do is channel and manipulate our mana and move it from person to person or object to object. That's about it. Even then its rather slow. However, its really slow since as you all can see we are all linked together. Remilia, Minoriko and Rumia are liiving off of my mana so I only have 1/4 of what i could have and all my powers are cut down to 1/4 of their potential.
Remi:....I see and our powers strength and ability to use them is reliant on our mana bonds between you.
Minory: Wow so when Myon, Patchy and Koakuma were with us we were even...weaker?
Kijiri: *nods* yup. when we left Gensokyo it was us 5 so my mana was split 6 ways. With only 1/6 of my own mana left I can hardly do anything on my own except keep you all alive and well. With this Linker...thing we can hopefully get just a bit of our own powers if we can charge the mana up and generate enough to use.
Elly:...so in other words...we're saved but even you people are burdened by us?
Pearl: ohhh don't think that way...its much better than having been totally eradicated instead...
The group fell silent for a bit after thinking about their possible strength in abilities and whatnot. It wasn't a good silence at all.
Kijiri:....anyway lets get started...the only other abilities i have left are weapon enchantment. I can convert mana into an elemental and bestow it upon my nodachi. I learned it from Patchouli while I was at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. I should...be able to do it if we use the Linker system but without it I can't do it at all...
Remi: Have you tried since leaving Gensokyo?
Kijiri: Yeah...during the Sky Ray when we battled the shadows and when I battled Rumia as well. It was a no-go at all. In fact when i tried it hurts me since there is little to any mana to put into the effort.
Pearl: awww...
Kijiri: *shrugs* well...i don't need my elemental enchantment. I've been doing just fine till now anyway. But the extra mana would be great nonetheless. If I get more mana then those connected to me can get the benefit. Alright lets get happening, I'll be the focus and uhh you girls try to use an ability of yours or something i guess?
The group nodded in unison and after finding the command for the Linker-MAD, Kijiri started to focus and meditate into it as best she could. A light red aura started to build up into her as she charged ever so slowly mana being gathered by the surroundings; from the earth, the trees, the waterfall, the sky. She felt the energy building up and it felt rather....nice
Kijiri: hhaaaaaaa...
Pearl: Miss Reimu and Sanae said that the person focusing can't be disturbed or the mana will backfire...it could be disasterous if that happens so we have to be sure to protect the one focusing the mana quite well.
Minory: uhhhh...*holds self* I feel...weird...like something...is entering my body.
Komachi: *laying on the grass* that's probably the mana pouring into you from your master.
Minory: M-m-master?! Now wait just a minute!
Remi: hehehehe Master now is it? amusing.
Kijiri finished charging the mana after about 10 minutes. She felt energized and so did her party of 3 touhou girls. Minory was able to do a few danmaku bullets but not enough to last 5 minutes. Rumia was able to at least summon darkness around her slightly and for a moment it was moderately dark, but dark like blackest pitch. Remilia was able to shoot a few more of her danmaku as she used to and even was able to start a spell card but it fizzled out before fully forming...Kijiri tried to enchant the nodachi with fire but all she could do was make it a hot blade. She figured that if that's as far as it will go for one element then it'll be the same for the others so she gave up on it for now. Even when she finished charging the mana it didn't dissipate immidiately. Luckily the mana stayed within them and slowly was expelled just from them eventually returning them back to their base levels.
Kijiri: this is good...at least we're getting somewhere. Although we should practice this more in order to get the hang of the mana power-up and eventual down.
Minory: hopefully if we keep this up we can have a much better chance at surviving ^_^
Rumia: Y...yeah
Minory: ? Rumia? you look rather pale. Are you okay?
Rumia: I-is that so? I'm fine-fine...just light-headed...I think.
Kijiri: Ah...I see. If you need a break you can rest if you need to.
Rumia: N-no I'm okay let's keep going.
Kijiri:...alrighty then just move at your own pace Rumia. If you get more dizzy let me know
Rumia: H-hai! ...<I've been light-headed all day....auu it only gotten a bit worse after the mana increase...it feels like something is swelling inside of me...> *shakes her head* Alright lets start!
After a bit Kijiri's and Pearl's team tried other ways to charge mana. Having 2 charge mana at the same time should be enough to hopefully shoot danmaku normally so they tried that. Kijri took turns with her teammates to charge mana and took breaks every now and then to let the charged mana dissipate. Even though Kijiri could manipulate the flow of mana it was still tiring to do it all the time. Especially when she herself was rather low on it to begin with. Eventually Kijiri and Rumia tried charging mana together for Remilia and Minoriko.
Kijiri: alright Rumia you sure your okay for this?
Rumia: y-yeah. we just have to focus like we would normally right?
Kijiri: *nods* yup just concentrate on the mana and let it flow into you. If it feels difficult let me know and i'll aid you alright?
Rumia: O-okay will do!
They started their focus together. Both of their powers flowed between them interchangeably and since 2 of them was charging it was much faster than having just one. However, something was distracting Rumia and it wasn't her headache.
??: <So much power? in this state? this is unbelievable>
Rumia: <eh? what was that? did Kijiri say something?>
Kijiri: *felt an irregular wave of mana from Rumia not focusing enough* Don't falter okay? Keep concentrating...
Rumia: Y-yes! Of course.
??: <no you dolt. it was me the me that should have been here the entire time>
Rumia: <eh?! who are you? don't interfere with us or I'll te->
??: <tell that human numbskull? Like that'll be any good to you once I take you back
over!>
Rumia was having an internal struggle against the bein that helped them while
underground that morning, hours ago. The other one was attempting to break
through and come to the surface.
Kijiri: R-rumia you can't go too lax now keep focus.
Rumia: Uuuugh...graah!! L-leave me alone-!
Kijiri: !? Rumia what's wrong?
The others looked at Rumia who looked like she was in a lot of pain suddenly. Kijiri noticed that as well and immidiately started to release the mana they were charging slowly to avoid/soften a fatal mistake that could happen. She could feel what sounded like glass cracking in her stomach and Rumia stopped concentrating and was holding her head in agony. Then suddenly all the mana they was just charging up
together caused a small mana break and exploded outwards from the both of them.
Remi+Minory: GAAAHHH!
Pearl: MOM!
Komachi: *gets off the ground* What the deuce?!
Pearl and Elly could only watch in horror from small explosion that happened. Rumia had been blown into a tree and on the ground bleeding from her skull and eye. Kijiri had been blown into the waterfall area. The water was only a few inches high in the river since they walked in it previously.
Remi: *turns back and looks at the scene* ...K-Koji? KOJI!!
Wide-eyed and desperate she looked around quickly to see Kijiri laying in the water in the river and immidiately darted in the direction screamin her name. Since they have been charging mana she did have her vampiric qualities but that's why they chose to train under the waterfall cliff. To shade themselves from the sun. She ran up to the river's edge and stopped abruptly realizing that the water, though it flowed it wasn't deep. She hesitated, nearly choking on her partner's name. Before she could do anything else Komachi had ran past her and picked up little Kijiri's body from the river and came back.
Komachi: Vamps really can't cross flowing water eh?
Remi: !! SHUT IT!
Pearl: *checking Rumia's condition with Elly and Minory* We have to get inside and get some bandages. she's bleeding from wounds on her head!
Komachi: and little master here is bleeding from her stomach it seems!
Remi: !! No Don't just stand there get them inside now!
The 2 teams rushed into the shrine as fast as they could to apply first aid and get help.
Rumia: <w...where...am I?>
Kijiri: <Th...this place...so...dark...I feel like...my head is splitting...>
??: < hehehe. well your not dead but if what that miko said about comas being true I'll take that to my advantage>
While the teams rushed to get Aide. Kijiri and Rumia were in their own worlds unconsciously against a looming darkness
~~~~Dive Sequence start~~~~
to be continued.
Nemo★Ma:
Graveyard, about 0530AM, Amber Vivian and Elite Police Crew.
As Amber is walking around in the graveyard, she felt somebody patting her back.
She turns back and see a man dressed in a dark green suit.
"This is not a place for little girls like you!" the man said in a very deep voice.
"And I'm NOT little! I'm 16!" Amber shouted.
Meanwhile, in the forest beside the Graveyard...
"Seems our bait had caught something." Maso looks as Amber is arguing with that man, "Beil, starting predict process, we must figure out where that guy comes out."
"Get it." Bail took out her laptop and starting running a program.
At this time, Amber is still trying to stall that unknown man.
"At least you would need some manners! Didn't your parents taught you how you will respond to a girl?" she shouted at the man "angrily".
But she quickly changed her mind when she saw the man reached for his pocket for something...
The man didn't know what had happened, in the split second, his mini stun gun, which is originally kept well in his pocket, is gone from the pocket to the girl's hands.
"But she never moved! How would she did that!!"
"Ah," Amber tried to conceal her shock "So you have this trick here, am I really that attractive for you?"
"Gah! You! Seems like you know much more than you should now. Great, because your body will be rest here forever!"
The man finished his sentence, and found himself on the ground.
"Sorry, It seems that I'm a little... extraordinary here." Amber then shouted towards the forest, where her fellow members are hiding. "HELP! PERVERTS SPOTTED!!"
"Ahh, Milady, what had happened!" Beil rushed out and found the man was no longer there. with Hank and Maso follows closely behind her.
"Quickly, Hank, ready our vehicle. The pursuit will be on the way very soon." As Amber is running towards them, she quickly said, "BTW, have you got the secret entrance?"
"Yeah, commander." Beil responded, "Or do you still want the title "milady"?"
"Nah, it's too funny for me." Amber replied, and tried to change the topics to counter with the chuckles by Maso and Hank.
"Let's move out from here as soon as possible."
"Get it."
As Amber and her crew get in the car, they saw three motorcycles, possibly armed, coming towards them.
"Hank, show them your skills!"
"My honor, Commander."
Their car rushed out like a blaze, with the motorcycles closely following behind.
"By the way, commander." Bail finished checking up the maps, "Where are we heading?"
"Kamisuwa, of course" Amber replied, "小隱隱于山，大隱隱于市."
"Err, excuse me?" As Beil started, Maso interrupted her, "Chinese saying, means that the best way to become a hermit is to hide in a city than in a mountain."
"Correct." said Amber, "now let's cut the tailing first." she looks at the pursuiters from the car's mirror.
Meanwhile, Saniwa Shrine, Amarillo Viridian, Jason Zhao and Lily White Side.
"A Pseudo Codename?" GA-05 asked.
"Yeah, Jason Zhao that is, then everybody here may call you Jason." said Amarillo Viridian, who is, according to herself, 99% recovered minus a meal.
"Hah, that's OK for me. Now I want to talk about your ideas on this mission-"
"I hope you are not going to lecture me on how soft I am. " Amarillo cut his words, "We are here not on a Chrono Agent Mission, but rather saving ourselves. I have no interest on Chrono Agent Missions."
"However I have a mission." Jason started.
"And that's protect me, not kicking bad guys around like you want to. Well, if you really want to I won't stop you, talking to some of other guys there for their advises." Amarillo stopped, "As of me, I don't want harm anybody here. "Tsuki" being an exception." She added.
""Tsuki"?" Jason thought for a while. "Ah, the guy that-"
"Forget it, he, or rather she, are not here." Amarillo get out from the bed and checked her weapon, "and this need some repair, guess I need Nitori for that again."
"You sure she can do it? That's a weapon like, 4000 years beyond their technology." Jason is shocked.
"Hah, she is from Gensokyo, where anything will happen." Amarillo checked the crystal to see if it's intact, "Nitori will be more than exciting seeing this newer crystal."
"Guess so." Jason left out a sigh. Then he suddenly remembered something. "Oh yeah, this set of Tarots are what Fairy Phoenix entrusted to me. She said that you can make use of it." He hands Amarillo a full set of Tarot Cards.
"The box suits your taste." Amarillo looks at the golden box, "I wonder if the card inside is golden too."
"Nah, the card is made of some metal, but not gold. The metal is fused with the paper and it's said that it can focus some energy or something. I don't understand that." Jason pointed at the box. "The box is what I used to keep my golden Pokers, but on last mission all 52 of them have been thrown out as weapons."
"Ahhhh, stop here. I'll go check with Lily and Meiling for the breakfast."
"Hauu~ Even you don't want to listen to my story?" Jason sighed and follows her closely.
Nemo★Ma:
Outskirts of town, about 06300AM, Amber Vivian and Elite Police Crew.
If there are somebody living very close of town, he or she will have to be wake up by this loud noise, generated by car engine's roar, and another 12 engines that's after that car.
Well, not a pleasant style eh? At least that's better than the drivers and other three people in the car, maybe.
"I wonder how they managed to keep up with us." Hank, while keeping the steering wheel still with his both hands, looked at a small panel in front of him, "Amber, I may want your permission to use the weapons on the car."
"No, even though we are polices, it's not wise to always resort to weapon." Amber, sitting in the back of the car, looking through the front mirror and counted the number of black motorcycles closely follows them. "12 motorcycles, with 2 men each on."
"There is no chance that we may outrun them." said Maso, "Even though you managed to get away, they can always get us from the other side."
"Yeah, and that's what I'm afraid of." Amber cleared her throat, "However..."
"However what? Please decide soon, chief." Hank pressed his foot down hard again. "If this thing is still rushing at this pace... I'm not sure-"
"I know, I know. We are risky enough, so why not play it the more "Risky Way"?" Amber leaned backwards. "Now, my final command-"
"Oh not again--" Beil sighed "This is her 42nd final command, better record that clearly." she opened her laptop.
"Hank, after I move, please find yourself a best "Id" in town, may that be wandering tourist or others- I don't care, but get rid of that car. Beil, looking for a place that can be provided with the best chance of being "overlooked", and Maso, on the lookout of any unfriendly "friends". And as of Amber- " she flipped opened the car door.
"Amber Vivian, now on the move." She jumped out of the car, and perfectly land on the ground on her feet.
"Hah, It's our crazy young loli chief as usual," Hank gives out a grin, " and Beil, if you please, may you restore the car into its "original status"? -thanks."
Amber, on the other hand, slowly rise her hand into a fancy pose.
"Guys, may I teach you this lesson-"
She pushed her hand forward "-that messing around, with a telekinesis master-"
BOOM.
"- Is dangerous?"
"Now, go find a repair shop." With those words, she left the scene without even looking back.
A moment later, Saniwa Shrine
"Tarots? What are these?" Asked Lily White.
"Well, that's what you will need when you want to read the future." Replied Jason, "I don't believe in any of these."
"Hmm, The Devil is the "Betrayer" of FARGO, interesting." Amarillo looks at the card in her hands. "Well, never mind, where is Meiling anyways?" She looked up.
[You can get the entire set of tarots from HERE]
"She is in the courtyard. said she wants to check around the shrine. Wondering what is she checking, heh." Jason took out his dices. "I heard she was a gate-keeper?"
"You sure read your book well, though that she is not that serious on her gatekeeping." Amarillo paused and thinks for a while, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw her sleeping on duty twice in my two visits there."
Jason looks stunned, "Oh, is that the case? Then I'll go... well, you know, check her up." he picked up his sword and ran away.
"So with these you can read the future now?"
"Eh?" Amarillo turned around and saw Lily looking at the cards.
"I can't get it that some cards with a number and title can reveal the future to us."
"Well, I can't get it too. I don't believe in fortune-telling, you see. " Amarillo answered.
"Oh."
"Hm? Something on your mind? You looks quiet today."
"Eh? Nothing." Lily quickly replied with a grin "Absolutely nothing."
"Hmm, maybe I'm thinking too much." Amarillo is about to stand up when she heard her phone rang.
"That Rinnosuke, never keeps me off the line, falls in love with me or something?" Amarillo picked up the phone.
"Hah, that's lame joke even for me." Lily laughed when she heard the last part.
However....
"What? Is that true?" Amarillo shouted.
"Yeah, some girl, seems taller than you, but looks the same to you, just get into the shop, she have three other people following her as well, they seems to be friends or something." Rinnosuke's voice came through the line.
"Hmm, that's sure not right."Amarillo paused "I'll be there soon, yeah, I know, but I have to check her out. Well, see you later."
She hanged up the phone.
"Lily, we go get Jason and Meiling, things are becoming.... Strange. Well, you can't predict the future, however you can experience it." She put the Tarot card back to the case and quickly started to run....
and fall over.
"Gah, forget the wounds. Whatever, I'm fine."