[b][center][h1][color=a0410d]Vesta Celestia[/color][/h1][/center][/b]
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Vesta certainly wasn't expecting this kind of response for her offer of help. She was expecting a 'thank you' or a 'yes please' or even a skeptical look and words. She wouldn't have even been insulted by him being skeptical, not many people round these parts would survive long if they weren't suspect of the people around them.
No instead the man was halfway through accepting her offer when he suddenly screamed to get down. Not one to question such things Vesta quickly dropped to the ground before feeling the heat of another explosion. Just what the hell was going on here?!
The man was talking again but all Vesta could hear was a ringing in her ears. Though she could probably easily guess what he was saying.
[color=a0410d]"I think so."[/color] Vesta said quite loudly as the ringing still hadn't subsided. However as she looked up all she saw was the flame of Hamaguichi's explosion about to wash over her.
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Vesta blinked a couple of times in disbelief. What the heck had just happened?
She was standing in front of the residence that she and Avery were staying at the last few days. Looking herself over she noticed the flour was gone, as was the blood. Looking up now she noticed that it was still dark. This was perculiar...last thing she remembered was man yelling and then a loud *boom*.
Oh so there were more explosions than. That would make sense. What made no sense was why she was back here again, completely clean almost as if she...hadn't...been...pranked...
Kyle now entered her thoughts quite abruptly. No it couldn't be...then again she had never died before, so she easily could. Maybe she had put up a barrier to protect herself and got blown away? No. That couldn't be it...that didn't explain why she was suddenly so clean.
A weakness now came over her as she staggered forwards slightly, the world going round and round in circles like a merry-go-round in her mind as nausea threatened to overcome her.
She wasn't sure what had happened...so she would have to go back to find out. She also had to go find Avery.

[b][center][h1][color=ed1c24]Avery Ackbar Celestia[/color][/h1][/center][/b]
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Avery looked up from his curled up, trying to stay hidden ball as he heard Daisuke say something. Oh right...he wouldn't know what divine protections are would he? Before Avery was given much of a chance to respond however he started [i]talking[/i] to the weirdo who was gathering all the attention of the bar on Avery's group. Not that he stuck round long thankfully, now running up the stairs and mentioning something which Avery didn't quite catch.
Oh well wouldn't be too...important. Oh no.
Dante would notice now that the crystal top of the staff he was holding for Avery now glowed softly with a red hue. This wasn't good; this wasn't good one bit!
[color=ed1c24]"M-Mr Dante! My staff! Quickly!"[/color] Avery stood up quite quickly and made his way over to Dante and spoke hastily. The crystal in his staff not only could hold and summon Shiro, but it also was enchanted to warn of danger. In short the staff was trying to warn him about something. Once Dante handed his staff back over, Avery quickly placed a hand on the crystal just as the glowing stopped.
[color=ed1c24]"....."[/color] Avery fell silent as he removed his hand from the crystal, looking anxiously in the direction of the stairs. While the staff could only give him a hunch, the sense of dread he could feel coming from up there through the staff was crazy high. Despawning the Emu now, Avery turned back to Dante.
[color=ed1c24]"False alarm Mr Dante~ You can have it back."[/color] Avery winked as he playfully tossed the staff back to the inumimi boy. However despite how unserious he looked, he knew he couldn't overlook this. Not as a member of the Celestial family, whether he be a blood member or not.
[color=ed1c24]"Though I..ah need to go to the bathroom to...powder...my...nose. Yes. That's it. You stay here, I'll be right on back~"[/color] Avery spoke quite slowly at first, trying desperately to think of an excuse before picking one which was the most cliche thing ever but it should serve Avery's purpose. He didn't want Dante to get hurt if something was wrong.
Not that Dante would probably fall for his quite obvious lie, but he didn't give him much of a chance to argue as he quickly took and seemed to fly up the stairs. He nearly collided headlong with the group of Ease, Kyojin and Daisuke actually but managed to come to a skidding stop just before he did.
What were they doing? Ease seemed kinda....well not at ease. Daisuke and Kyojin seemed to have also sensed something was off, but they seemed a lot less concerned than Ease.
[color=ed1c24]"Oh jeez~ I'll show you how to get this done. Celestia style~"[/color] As Ease knocked on the door, Avery simply pushed past and now kicked the slightly open door completely wide open. In fact, he kinda broke the hinges with how hard it slammed against the wall and now fell to the ground.
[color=ed1c24]"....I'll pay for that later."[/color]