[c][INTRODUCTION][/c]



a letter pinned on the manager's door,

"My hopes of reinventing this business have once again diminished. Frankly I have no idea how to continue forward in these darker times. No one comes around these parts anymore, could it be my fault? I can only feel that I have been abandoned by those whom I used to call friends. The adventures, the strange worlds, the interesting people I have met; where they had seemed so important to me, through their eyes they seem like nothing. Maybe it is, and maybe I need to follow in their footsteps. I guess I found some sort of solace coming back to my roots.

and of this rift; it's only a memory of my failures. The "Golden Rift"? It sounds just like another pointless quest. More over, it's going to attract that very attention to these ruins. I won't let them desolate these grounds any further. I'll lock up my office; it'll be hidden away from the public eye, as will this needless 'treasure'. Hopefully I can finally move on after this... maybe then I can find my true calling,

- owner of the Hotel

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[ChainChomp | Rundown Hotel F1 | Outdoor Pool]

Lying in the drained pool sat a small suited figure. He had arrived before the rest of his team, and by that account the Charmers were the first ones there. However he spent this chance to get ahead by simply lazing around. He didn't want his team to miss out on anything. "We need potato salad," Chomp said in a monotone, digitized voice as he tapped his foot up in the air.

(Just start it out with everyone getting to the hotel; I suggest that people wait for their Captains to get there first, but you can do whatevah. Sorry for the wait. >.>)

Yukio and Rin were outside of a side entrance to the 1st floor, "what are we waiting for Yukio?" Rin was starting to get impatient and bored. "Our whole team isn't here," Yukio explained to his brother, "we don't want them to miss anything. Besides it's a good opportunity to think. We can think about a good strategy to search this place, or..." Yukio was talking until Rin interrupted him, "I'd rather sit here silently than listen to you ramble."

Garry continued to walk along the road to the Abandoned Hotel. "Once everyone meets up at the Hotel we can start searching the place. Hopefully we will be able to find a lead." Garry looks upwards towards the sky and utters a something to himself. "I promise I'll find you."

Lil' Ronnie shambles into the pool area with Lancer dematerialized following behind her. "i CoUlD mAkE sOmE, bUt I dOnT tHiNk ThErE aRe AnY pOtAtOs HeRe. iM sO hUnGrY tOo..." Lil' Ronnie plops down near the edge of the pool holding her stomach while Lancer materializes next to her and stands while saying. "Oh woe, for you to suffer with out eating what you love. Ooohhh the sorrow, oohh once you find something you love my dear wife I shall pluck it with my lance so that you may have a delicious feast worthy of you!" Lancer materializes his lance and thrusts it towards the sky as if to emphasize his words.

[Mephilia Divinae and Seraph Brunestud | Golden Heart | Rundown Hotel Entrance]

Seraph saw Garry and then continued to walk. The crest on his hand seemed to pulse more and more as he got near the hotel. Sometimes, it was slightly hurting. When he got there, he saw the ruins that the hotel was. "I guess that this is our starting point...? In any case, I will be the most helpful as I can, Cpt. Garry.", he said, treating him like a superior. Even if that wasn't necessary, he would do it so. It was his code of manners, that was strange, yet useful.

Suddenly, a sword fell from the sky and stabbed the ground near both. After that, a pillar of light erupted as the immense power could be felt by a distance. After some while, the light faded as a beautiful woman appeared standing on the top of the sword. She backflipped and then removed her sword from the ground. Her shield materialized, showing a person feared into the Universes. "M-Mephilia, the False Shadow Inquisitor...! Is she with us?", Seraph asked. No one had the words of her arrival, nor that she was after the Golden Dimension as well. "Answering your question... yes, I am here to aid both, Seraph. In the worst of cases, the other teams are already formed and en route to it. Is it everyone here?", Mephilia said. "No, not quite. Some of our allies are not here yet.", he said.
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[Yumemi Okazaki | Razón | Rundown Hotel: 1st Floor Side Entrance]

A Strawberry Cross materialized behind them and revealed Yumemi when it faded. She was holding a book, one that she wrote, called The Theory of Magic Existence. "It's sad that I won't be able to prove the existence of magic with the Golden Dimension. Oh well, for the very least, I will enjoy its end.", she muttered to herself. She closed her book and looked at both Rin and Yukio. Before she could greet, she felt a power recognizable to her. "I guess that even the False Shadow Inquisitor is interested into the Golden Dimension. For what reason, I don't know. Well, shall we move on?", she asked.

There was a low rumble, a small earthquake right behind Chomp, and the greeting voice proved who it was, along with the catchphrase. "I am Groot." ("We have arrived.") Groot looked up at Rocket, who was still in their little ship up above. "I'm going to go find a place to park this thing. Don't let him do anything stupid." Rocket greeted before flying off, zooming around for a few minutes, before landing in a clear space by a tree, a bit of a ways away. Groot stood there, and huffed a huff that only those who were used to his speech would even notice. "I am Groot." ("I'm not some kind of oaf, Rocket.") He muttered. Rocket jumped out of the ship and scurried over on all fours, moving quickly.

"Ah, so we do have company," Yukio sighed, "I knew we wouldn't be the only ones here. We should go ahead and start looking." Rin smiled as he went over and kicked in the door to the hotel, "lets get a move on," Rin was more than happy to get to work after having to listen to his brother drone on for hours. "What am I going to do with you," Yukio sighed as he reluctantly followed his brother and said to himself, "at least the spy we sent in is doing his job, hopefully."

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Jackie Estacado was wandering through the halls of the first floor of the hotel, he didn't have his guns out but he did have the Darkness out. He was ready to hide that whenever he thought it necessary. He wasn't actually searching for the golden rift, he was looking for orher clans. Hoping he could fit in with them, he was ready to send any info he gathered to Yukio with the phone he had in hos pocket.

Garry turned to face Seraph as he arrived. "Yes, is where the trail starts. And you dot have to be so formal with me." Garry replied while giving a small laugh. When the sword fell into the ground Garry was taken by surprise and fell back with a yell. "What!?!" After seeing that it was Mephilla he calmed down and stood back up. ,"Yes, we are still waiting on two members. Ah here's one of them now." Garry said as he saw Blake approach. "Hello Blake, you're not late." Garry quickly looked over his team. "Almost everyone is here. So, should we start searching the hotel or should we wait for them?"

Lil' Ronnie drops down into the pool and walks over to Chain Chomp. "LoOkS lIkE AlL tHe PeOpLe GoT hErE. wHaTsHoUlD wE dO nOw?" Lil' Ronnie says while walking over to Chain Chomp with Lancer following behind. "Yes what shall we do oh Leader?" Lancer says following up Lil' Ronnie's question.

[ChainChomp | Rundown Hotel F1 | Outdoor Pool]

Chain Chomp calmly sat up, did a cute little stretch, and looked to the direction of his comrades.

"You shall," pause as he raises a hand to his beard-jaw. "Find the rift inside... for me, as well as find me... a potato so I may make..." The mii looked out at nothing as he pondered. "...salad..."

Truly the commands of a leader.

Rocket could not help the sigh escaping from his lips, at the GRAND commands from his AMAZING leader.

"Me and Groot will take point... I'll be able to smell or hear anything before it gets too close, in case one of the other groups... or something else in this place... might be lurking around to catch us by surprise." He said. He hobbled into the building, muttering, followed by Groot.

"I am Groot." ("Understood sir. We will find the rift, and if we can, procure a potato for you.") Groot turned and moved to catch up to Rocket, which was only do-able because the raccoon was walking so slow.

[Mephilia Divinae and Seraph Brunestud | Golden Heart | Rundown Hotel Entrance]

"OK, I suppose all of us are here. Then, let us move.", Mephilia said. "W-Wait! I don't think that all of us are here!", Seraph said. However, Mephilia simply looked back and moved forward.
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[Yumemi Okazaki | Razón | Rundown Hotel: 1st Floor Side Entrance]

"We can't waste time. Let's go.", Yumemi said, going to the door.