[b][i]GM Post[/i][/b]

Leslie paced back and forth, before saying to Ibrahim:

"I don't know what to do; should I remind Ascot that the Yakuza facility is shipping young girls off to prostitution, causing him to go on an offensive, or should I obey the [i]original[/i], technically pacifistic laws of the MPC? On second thought; I should just alert the Police in Manila - I'm sure the guys there must have rebuilt the force by now; after all, that international aid wasn't for nothing." 

"Already did," spoke Ibrahim, "The police are sending a skiff in a day or so. The Yakuza, as well as the Mafia, [i]try[/i] to vanish as quickly as possible, but the more entrenched the base is, and the more sophisticated Magitech they have, well, let's just say that it'll take a while for them to pack up." He then smiled brightly. "So, as you can see, there is no dilemma."

Ascot, meanwhile, messaged Jonathan telepathically, saying:

[i]What did you find?[/i]

[b][i]Flashback[/i][/b]

Myriad and the others had been walking through the forest, investigating a strange noise. The three were good 'fighters', Myriad had his own Fate Magic and his 'secret ability', and they were not going so far from the camp, meaning that they thought they were safe. Then, the group were jumped by several camoflague-clad troops, all of who seemed to come out of nowhere, using flash grenades, followed by dart guns. Myriad lasted the longest thanks to his 'intangibility'...before one of the troops addressed him:

"Well, kid, seems you got the hang of using that ability of yours. Too bad you're not the only one who's intangible." Myriad knew that voice; it was one of the Special Forces who trained him! Major Perry Goldsmith of the NSA, his name was, and to find him among the terrorists who were attacking the group - for Myriad was speculating that the attackers were terrorists, it was a betrayal.

But, what did he mean when -

"Li, do it now!" shouted Perry as one of his companions stopped shooting and instead, summoned a Ghost, a Ghost that Myriad didn't know, but felt familiar to him...perhaps due to his facial similarities to the ghost.

"I [i]died[/i] because of you!" Myriad's father - not that Myriad knew who he was - said, his ghostly hands being able to touch the young man's intagible form. "I died because you were a disappointment! And now your mother rots in prison, all because you were born the wrong way!"

"Stop...stop..." spoke Myriad as he fell unconcious, losing his intangibility as he did so...

[b][i]Unknown Compound, Present[/i][/b]

Myriad, Nao, and Alexandria woke up, the first person in new clothes; had someone changed them when he was asleep? If so, that was a violation of his privacy, same for the Supression Cuffs that bound their wrists, Supression Cuffs made up of all Nine Schools of Magic. The three had been sleeping on the floor, inside a cold, but relatively dry room that seemed to be used for storage, and before them was a blast door that was made of heavy steel. It seemed that they had been captured.

"Myriad..." spoke Nao, "where are we?" The young man, as well as his female companion, seemed to look upon him for leadership as they usually did. As for said female companion, she voiced:

"Seems like a secret storage room; used for hiding trafficked persons - Augh! Are we going to be...trafficked?!" Alexandria was beside herself with fear. Myriad, meanwhile, looked at his new clothes, and spoke:

"I don't think that's their purpose for us; if that's the case, then they would not have given me new clothes once they took my old ones away - and yes, they did take my old ones away." Alexandria blushed at the thought of Myriad in his undies, which caused Nao to raise his eyebrow in slight jealousy, before remembering the group's real priorities - getting out of here.

"Anyway, My," Nao broke in, "I saw it; I saw your Phantom act just before I fell unconcious. Care to explain?"

Myriad's eyes bulged. He had been told to kill anyone who found out about his secret, by Major Perry himself - and he held no loyalty to Major Perry anymore once the man had revealed his betrayal; it was safe to tell Nao and Alexandria.

"Well," he spoke, "it's a long story..."