"la la la la. I'm singing a song. la la la la. That was the song." Cassie was skipping down the streets singing this over and over again. "This place is soooooooooooo pretty." Then she stopped. "Where is everyone. I haven't seen blood other than my own in soooooooo long." She then screams out as loud as she can, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. WHERE ARE YOU NUT SACKS AT! I WANT TO PLAY THIS 'GAME'. COME TO MEEEEEEEEE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Then the phone in her knapsack buzzed, "Ohhh?"

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WARNING! Enemy Program Detected.
Strife Perimeter Program Engaged.
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New Mission Received!

Defeat the Enemy Program (THUG)

Success: Your Continued Survival
Failure: Deletion
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"Hehehe. Come out come out wherever you are. I wanna play with you." Another maniacal laugh comes but not from her. She jerks her head in the direction to see a thug walking towards her. "Hey there big guy. You wanna play with a sweet an innocent girl like me. It'll be fun." The thug just grunted as a response and ran at Cassie lifting his metal pipe above himself. Before he could bring it down Cassie launched herself to the side of the thug and injected her bright blue Piercers into the side of the thug hitting as many vital locations as possible and severely stunning the Thug. Cassie jumped back as the Thug tried to smack her away. "Awww. You don't like my style of acupuncture. You're not as much fun as I thought you'd be." The Thug just angrily grunted at Cassie and started running at her again, "YOU BORE ME!" Using her speed she darted to the Thug and swung herself around and up him to end up on his head where she proceeded to repeatedly stab the thug right in the head until he fell over and disappeared under her. "WHAT! NO BLOOD! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

She looked down and didn't even realize that using her ability the way she had caused her to be severely light headed. "I don't feel so good." Was the last thing she said before passing out.

Shiro sighed, now she was outright ignoring him. Not cool. He looked at his phone again. Wasn't he supposed to get a reward for pact creation? Whatever. He grabbed the small bag he'd came in with and his walking pole and looked around. Well he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do now but anything had to be better than sitting around doing nothing. "Well I don't have another quest yet, but nothing good will happen if we just wait around so I'm going on a walk." He said calmly as he took another look around. "Alright swordgu- I mean Magus. We're a team now so I guess we should stick together." Shiro waited to make sure Magus was following him, then began walking forward. Given that he was uninterrupted he would probably encounter the unconscious Cassie laying on the floor. Which would naturally result in Shiro worriedly rushing to her side and attempting to wake her up and make sure she was okay.

Now he was kinda doubting this pact. If this guy keeps checking on every unconscious girl here, we aren't going to get anywhere. "Why don't you just pick her up, then we'll, I dunno, go to some hotel or something?"
He rolls his eyes and rests his sword against his leg. The lack of a new mission bothered him slightly, as well as the lack of a reward. However it really can't be helped if the tower is faulty.

He pops open his phone and checks on it, the time maybe was around afternoon? It seems to have been that time for awhile, or these clocks are bogus. Anyways that doesn't matter at all. What matters is getting out of this dang tower

Aren found himself immediately disliking this woman, but, like she had said, it didn't seem like there was anyone else.

"You keep getting more annoying by the second." He stated as his focus drifted to the phone, which he was pulling back out without bothering to let go of the dagger in his hand. He flipped the device open, and stared at the screen for a few seconds, weighing his options. Risk going alone, or get stuck with this bitch. The boy took his previous battle into account, deciding that it was ultimately beneficial to have someone fighting with him, even if they were the embodiment of unlikable. "Alright, fine."

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Pact Request from player ID: A-003
Do you accept? Y/N
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Aren reluctantly accepted.

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Pact request accepted.
Initiating bonding procedure.
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@Hael Ignis

Mira, huh? Aya instinctively stroked the pinkette's long hair, becoming somewhat used to the action from repeated instances in a single day. The little girl seemed so shy, even more than the teen, herself. Aya mentally swore to try, will, become strong in order to protect the child. It was a daunting task to be sure, but the teen had no idea how long it would take to get through the whole tower. She didn't want Mira to lose hope, to give up and let herself lay down and die. Aya knew that somehow, somewhere, this little girl's family was waiting for her. All the teen needed to do is to keep the girl alive long enough to see them again.

Aya noticed the original pair of teens start to leave the area, headed in a seemingly random direction. She wanted to thank them for their help, believing that she and Mira would have died if not for them. The brunette took her partner by the hand, and headed for the two before they could leave. "U-umm..," Aya tried to catch the duo's attention, her voice soft even within the open plaza. "T-thank you two... F-for rescuing u-us..." The teen curtsied towards the two, the ends of her sundress within her hands. Her head was bowed downwards, wide-rimmed hat covering her embarrassed face.

@Arckedflight029@Eklispe@RiverMaiden

Shiro paused and turned at the soft voice calling out to him. Upon hearing Aya he shrugged off the praise as nonchantly as he could. "Really it was no trouble at all." Despite the fact that there was a rather large bloody gash on his leg, luckily on the leg away from the two girls so they couldn't see it. Dang did it sting though, he probably needed to rip something up and bind it. He was hoping that reward sack or whatever would have some first aid in it but that seemed unlikely at this point. "Maybe you should come with us though, it'll be easier and safer to explore with more of us." He waited patiently for the girl's response. To be honest he would've felt bad about leaving her and the smaller girl all alone and would feel much better about the whole thing if they came with him.

Instead of immediately answering the teen, to which she would have replied 'yes, please', Aya turned to her young charge. The pinkette had her own opinions, and the teen wanted to hear them. They were partners in this effort, and she knew that Mira might have a different idea of going about the situation. Yes, the girl is at a very, very young age, but she still has a voice, and sometimes children can come up with the most amazing things. "W-well... Wh-what do you think w-we should do, Mira?" Aya asked the younger girl, keeping any hint of a patronizing tone out of her voice. Speaking of their partnership, the hat wearer remembered a reference to some sort of reward for creating a Pact with another person. The teen brushed the thought from her mind, however, believing that she must have just been seeing things.

@RiverMaiden

'I suppose he's right..' Magnus thinks to himself as he stops. He turns his body to face the soft voice, help could be useful for all of them. "Might as well tag along" he adds to his partners suggestion.

He was starting to feel that shiro was more the in charge type. Which works for him because he honestly was not feeling up to leading anything. Of course it's only a duo, so you don't really have a leader. Still there's always the one who is meow in charge.

@VarionusNW @ianzerep @Eklispe @Arckedflight029 @Rivermaiden
Shion looks at her phone and smiles. She starts jumping around and cheering.
"You have no idea how..." Shion speaks cheerfully but then slowly quiets down.

"Hm... well i guess thats enough of thats happy go lucky." Shion says as she puts her hands in her pockets, she giggles slightly and grins.
"I do hope we can do our best." She continues with a almost mocking tone.

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A small box is dropped down infront of several different people, containing mostly relief goods and ammo for those who have ammunition based weapons.

@ianzerep
The violet-eyed girl loved the contact. It made her feel safe, warm, like she was back in her home again. Aya wasn't only the angel that brought her back to life, but also the anchor that kept her within it. Should the brunette ever fall from grace, Mira would jump right after her in a heartbeat. Later, when her heavenly guardian levied for her opinion, the young girl was shocked by the honor. She looked over the two men, noting their weapons, which weren't as amazing as her angel's. Mira gave her partner a short nod of approval, eyes calculating the usefulness of their new companions. If nothing else, they would be good cannon fodder like those weak units in the video games she used to play.

Shiro took a step back in surprise at the sudden box dropping in front of him. "Sweet, I was wondering when this would show up." He said excitedly and took of the lid, as he'd expected, first aid supplies along with a few snacks and other tidbits. Shiro took a seat and quickly cleaned the gash on his leg and bandaged it as best he could relatively quickly. After that he would put the rest of what he got into his bag and get back up again. The two newer people were still totally ignoring everybody else, which Shiro was mostly fine with, they didn't seem very... Stable. "Anything else before we get moving?" He asked. Clearly he didn't like staying in one place for very long and was eager to find out how to get out of here.

Magnus blinks with surprise as the box falls in front of him. What in the world was in there? He only could find out one way. He kneels Down and opens it, finding simple snacks and other bits and bobs.

"Well...isn't this nice" he packs the boxes content
Into his bag and zips it up "shiro, let's move." He to was anxious to get moving. An enemy was sure to attack soon. For some reason he felt confident this peace wouldn't last very long.