[IC] Madou: Vivid World

[Hebigami Shiho]

Ellis Val Sonata

Ellis listened intently to the announcement being made. It sounded so common it would have upsetted her a little. If they wanted to see someone powerful, why not just look at her? Right, she didn't seem as powerful with her tiny frame. "Fine, I will allow this for the time being. Now, let's continue the Yang search." Ellis started walking, an ice cream in both hands, one of them was vanilla and the other one was chocolate. She switched between licking one and the other with every step she gave, her tail moving around with joy. She was still on the outlook, though, searching for her beloved one. The little girl walked a long way, before spotting Yang, talking with some guy. At the sight of him, Ellis started running at him, still licking both ice creams. When she was just about near enough, she jumped and landed on his shoulders. "Ei. Hello there, Yang. Good weather we are having, is it not?" Ellis said, unimpressed as ever. Her tail moved in front of Yang to tease him, tickling his nose. "I hope you are ready to feed me, Yang. I've used quite some energy and could use a recharge." Ellis said, though her talk seemed more like senseless rambling, she did take Yang's face focefully and made him turn towards her. "And that's an order."

Amamiya Kaito ~ 'Sonar' - C2 Building

Kaito

A man with white hair is impatiently waiting for someone, anyone to arrive. He is sitting on a couch, his feet on a table right in front of him. "For the love of science, won't someone just show up already!? It's already a pain in the ass having to be here, but having to actually wait for them to show up... Do they think I don't have anything better to do!?" He stands up, clearly irritated. This man, one of the so called 'human nukes', Amamiya Kaito, codename, Sonar. "I should have stayed in Japan..." After throwing his little tantrum, Kaito returns to his seat, taking a book in one of his hands with a title that reads 'Science for dummies'. "I'm seriously gonna kick that guy's ass for thinking that giving me this would be funny." Even if he said so, he still read it intently, not moving his eyes apart from it.

[Flamelord]

Annette Delauney Annette sighed as she took another sip from her drink, sunglasses covered haze roving the place as she looked for something, anything worthy of her attention.But there wasn't anything that she could see, rendering this whole thing an increasing waste of her time. Not that she was entirely surprised given her status and abilities, but one could hope. Sadly, it seemed that such hope would be dashed upon the rocks. Woe was her. Fortunately, she had a drink, and that would suffice. But at this point she was contemplating seeing how many rooms she could break into and rob in a row before someone caught on. Her head perked up with the announcement then, rolling her eyes at the directives she had no intention of following if she had a say in the matter and it ended up being an inconvenience for her. Inviting all the foreigners in the city to this one building seemed like a really stupid idea, bu she wasn't going to object to it, the split decision made to go there. She hummed as she finished her drink, leaving it in place for one of the workers to retrieve as she rose from her seat. She might as well, the opportunity to meet two other high powered ESPers was worth it, and given what kind of gathering it seemed to be, odds were high that she'd find someone there worth her interest. At a moderate walk, she left the building and headed outside, past well dressed men and women, until she stood at the edge of the street. A hand raised to wave down a taxi, and one soon responded to her hails, pulling to a stop in front of her. She got in the backseat and sat down comfortable as she spoke to the middle aged man driving. "C2 Building, if you would," she instructed. The man nodded and pulled away into traffic. Soon, she'd be able to see what all the fuss was about.

[Leos Klien]

Victor was just in the process of drying his hair with a towel when he heard the announcement by the ruler of china himself, quite interesting to be honest. It was in relation that all foreigners should go to this building named C2, and there, there would be 2 ESpers, this did pique his interest, back in Japan he knew of one although only in passing. Victor decided that he would go to this building and see what the fuss was about. He quickly dried himself off and shook his hair about a bit until it was in a position he liked, and he snapped open one of his suitcases, it contained some of his favouite wear, all of which is formal. He donned a a white, cotton buttoned shirt that was short sleeved, some straight black trousers, a gray waistcoat that had a black silk back, and Finally a dark navy blue mac, made from a very fine cotton. Victor looked at himself in a mirror and smiled slightly. I sure know how to dress well. Now, there was only a few things left, and one of them of great import. Victor pulled a very special belt from his suitcase, and wrapped it around his waist, but left it unbuckled for now, first he walked over to the the large metal container that was laid beside his King sized bed. This container in question is what caused a slight debacle down stairs in the lobby as it contained Victors Masamune Katana, he was unsure about the specific laws on swords in public, he doubted there would be much of an argument however, the firearm law stated that you were allowed to carry it so long as it was licensed to your name and that you didn't partake in beverages whilst having it on you. He assumed the same law counted for any other weapon on ones person; within reason. So, he put the code into the lock and then the key he always carried on him. And with a mechanical click the top opened up and inside there was a beautiful sight, an onyx black, lacquered wood Saya (Scabbard), the wood in question was a tarnished Ebony. The smell it gave was equally beautiful and alluring on the senses as the sight was. Taking the Katana out of its secure, temporary home he placed it where it belonged, clipped to the belt around his waist. One could see the insignia upon the hilt of the blade of the Masamune family, he doubted anyone would recognise it as one would have to be well taught in the art of Japanese blades and their history, as the blade in question was over 6 centuries old, and yet it was stronger and sharper than any blade that could be crafted with today's technology; this is why they cost so much. After putting his leather shoes on Victor straightened himself out and made sure he had everything he needed. Wallet, phone, some form of ID and more than enough money to see him to his destination and back. Victor began walking down stairs after leaving his room, deciding against the lift as he fancied the exercise. Chances are he'd not be doing a single session of Kendo for quite some time, so he'd get any excuse for some exercise where he could get it. A few minutes later and a discussion with the security as to why the scanner started beeping, he was on his way to the building that was named C2, the receptionist said that it was only a 20 minute walk away if you took the route she suggested. And so he did, the fresh air and walk would do him some good.

[Lyeonid]

Customs, it was always bloody customs that mucked up everything. Leon looked on in dissapointment as the rather unfriendly officer tossed his open package of Gauloises into the thrash. 'only closed packages allowed' The man had said in horribly broken English, sounding as bored as ever. The whole thing had just seemed amusing, what with his weapon not being any problem but his smokes discarded with extreme prejudice. Any attempts to reason had fallen on deaf ears, the worker drone having been here for so long he had lost any independant thought, especially for foreigners. "Ah, le pauvre salaud." Leon said with a smile, waving as he made his way out of the airport. It hardly mattered, he still had a sleeve of his brand in his lugagge, along with hs essentials. He stretched and breathed deeply as he stood on the sidewalk outside of the main building. Tian Jin, finally the flight had been murder on his spine and right now Leon absolutely craved some tea and a smoke, maybe squeeze in a small meal if he had the time. he still had some time before his meeting with the police chief of the city. Apparently Tian Jin had been used as distribution point for ampoules, the drug that had made it's way into most of europe and the world. If he could find out where they had been shipped from it might narrow down his search in Japan once its borders were open again. With a whistle he hailed one of the many cabs that circled around the airport, customers were easy pickings around here. "The Red Dragon Hotel, mon ami" Leon said as he tapped the driver on the shoulder, a couple of bills clutched between his fingers. The driver accepted his tip with a headnod and took off, leaving Leon to revel in the sights of the city in silence. It truly was a marvelous city, with towering buildings of shining glass piercing the clouds. Leon put on his headphones and brushed through the music on his cellphone, starting a beginner's course in practical Chinese, repeating the phrases in his head. While his English and Japanese were excellent, his Chinese left much to be desired and since he was stuck here for a couple of days... Leon felt bewildered as they stopped at a large, dull looking building, marked C2. Definitely not his hotel. "Why are we here, mon frére?" his driver shook his head, pointing at the radio. "City broadcast, foreigners must go to C2 building, meet Espers." he stated in no uncertain terms, followed by what Leon could only assume was Chinese cursing, probably because the stupid foreigner was to busy to listen to the radio announcement. . "C'est qoui cette connerie de merde?" Leon grumbled as he suddenly found himself standing in front of the building with his luggage swung over his shoulder. With a shrug he lit up a smoke and made his way to the entrance, he might as well see what the whole fuzz was about. Who knows? He might learn something.

[Grey]

The truck shuddered with every bump in the road and every little stop, shaking the Japanese stowaway from any attempt at getting a good rest. Hiding out in the back corner of some kind of shipping truck probably wasn't the best of ideas, but he'd done it on impulse, he didn't think the whole process through and now he was god-knows-where . Actually, now that Arata though about it, that described his whole adventure so far. A series of stupid decisions leading to lots of regret. Gah, he should've never left Japan in the first place. The truck stopped abruptly for the umpteenth time, as Arata heard words spoken in a language he couldn't much understand. It sounded Asian though, but that was probably to be expected when entering a Chinese shipping truck. The teen listened silently. Upon the sound of footsteps circling around the vehicle, Arata's eyes widened. 'W-Wait. Is-Is this it? What happens if they find me back here? No - gah - that's dumb, I'm a ESPer with a good power, I can deal with it, I can deal with it,' the teen ESPer thought, glancing around his immediate surroundings. Other than the shipments of what seemed to be food items, there wasn't much to work with. No openings to warp or anything. 'That's alright...that's alright,' he reassured himself glancing to the doors on the back, 'I just gotta be quick enough to designate, calc, and run, ne?' A moment after the first ray of light shone into the area, Arata was gone, sprawled on the pavement a several meters from the truck. "Gah..." he groaned, picking himself up off the ground as an announcement blared in the background. Something about foreigners, ESPers, and a C2 building. Unfortunately he didn't really catch it in between the whole 'temporarily shortening the fabric of space as casually as one would solve a simple maths equation' thing. Admittedly one of the more simple applications of his power - just a basic shortening and extension with no significant modification to the space - and very, very useful for quick movement. And if there was one thing he was good at, it was running from responsibilities, which made it useful twofold. Haha. A shame Arata was lost though, maybe then he could have put it to better use. At least he knew he was still in China, based on the surroundings. "Umm... He-Hello, sir?" Arata asked the nearest bystander, stopping from his assault on the laws of physics to inquire about what exactly he was to do, "What did that, uh, announcement say... exactly?" The man looked at the dirty, vagrant-like young man and sighed. "Curfew is in effect, and all foreigners go to the C2 building," he said in shoddy, but understandable Japanese before pointing at a building yonder, "It's that one. It is not far of a walk." He then proceeded to say something in what was probably Chinese. The tone wasn't very nice, so Arata just did his best to laugh it off and think on the positive side. "Thanks, mister," he said before heading to the C2 building. 'I should probably get a change of clothes and a shower when I can... I don't think anyone appreciates my disheveled appearance right now,' Arata thought, 'Hopefully I'll find something at this 'C2 building' place'

[Masaki Haruna]

Collab Post with Mira Akio and Haruna

"Yakuse-Lǎoshī! Hi!" She catches up with them, My names is Mei Fang Huang! It's always cool to catch up with my best friend and father figure teacher, Yakuse-san. I've known them ever since and they've always stood by me. More like yeah, literally. My Father is the Prime Minister of this country but still for a position like that he rarely have time for me so I stay with my best friend and his Uncle's house all sometimes, if not all the time. They need not worry because I am the one who cooks all the delicious food! More like I cook with my hearts content I glomp them both as always, my pleasure to greet the people who takes care of me. "Mei, stop you racketing. It's embarrassing. Besides aren't you going to visit the C2 Building? We can't just go inside, only rich people are allowed to go." He said with a dismayed and reluctant voice. I replied. "Stop complaining Min-Min! I got this covered. Sides, you guys always get the good stuff when I'm around. I'm sure Dad's men will let us pass by." That's right, Dad always lets us pass by. In our case anyway, most of the people here are free to go because they are financially stable enough to afford such thing, the way Dad rules the country is half assed and some people might not even enter the C2 Building because of valid IDs. Only the lucky ones get to the building. Ming Yu just sighed and let it go, "Fine, Uncle. Let's go, I couldn't give a single shit and I always wanted to meet Richard Queen in person. OHH!! LOOK WHO DECIDED TO SHOW UP." He smacks the brat looking girl right to her head. Ming Yu isn't cool with her antics of being late."Yeah! Yeah! Good weather, don't be stupid and believe the weather forecast, it's clearly cloudy. We're not in the opposite world, Ellis. Tch.. don't change the topic. Uncle! We need to go to the C2 Building. You promised that since last week right? With Mei we can get in there." Richard Queen is Ming Yu's inspiration. His grades in school aren't that bad but his Science and Math are the only thing that's good. Hehehe, I'm so trolling them right now."Bleeeh. Min-Min. Dad just said we can go to the building, it is free. He just announced it and I personally know Dr. Queen." I pat his head. Ming Yu replied furiously."IDIOT! WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS!" He breathes heavily like a dragon. I said."That's because you're not a good listener and even in school you have low grades. Anyway, Yakuse-sensei, let's go! We don't want to hear Min-Min whine all day, don't we? Hahaha!" Right, I twisted the situation again. Making him believe that what I said was true but it was a joke to make Ming Yu confused and puzzled. CONFUZZLED! To be honest with all my energy. I forgot to notice Ellis."Hi Ellis!" He replies to them. Grabbing the both of them with their hands."Uncle! Let's not waste time. Tch... talking about attention span, you're the one with short attention span." He said to them.

Dr.Richard Queen

Near C2 Building

This man is a descendant of Elias Queen the mother of magic and technology, he is the host for tonight's event. He is China's top 10 Scientist and one world's top ranking investor and the man who currently runs to Queen Labs Institute and funds Chengdu Moshu Yanju. Tonight will change everyone's mind about what he's going to show. He made a hologram contact with 3 of the existing H-W.M.D Espers. "People. Get ready, we're gonna make one hell of a presentation. Mr. Arata, Mr. Amamiya, Ms. Miller. Remind me to correct Prime Minister Huang about having only two Espers. I need you guys ASAP on C2 Quadrillion Stage where all events are held, we're going be facing hundreds and thousands out there."

[Madani]

Name: Masayume Yakuse "Like I said, call me Masayume in public" Warned him lightly. Even though they're pretty close having a student calling him with his given name is still pretty embarrassing. The residences of Masayume household are what you would call eccentric people. Yang Ming-Yu, a boy on his rebellion stage. Mei Fang Huang, the commuting wife (通い妻). And Ellis Val Sonata, the thorny petite girl. The three of them, excluding Ellis who will enroll shortly in the future, are Yakuse's student in Chengdu Moshu Yanjiu Academy. Just few years ago Yakuse was living a tranquil life, spending each day all alone. But once he taken Ming under his wing, things changes. Mei began to show up at their place from time to time and slowly become a daily routine. And by the time they know it she became part of the family. Same goes with Ellis. And then there's her... a little girl whom he taken in few weeks ago. "I guess that is everyone" He stated, and lead everyone to the C2 Building. C2 Building is what you would call a "Event Hall" in a MMO. It has size nearly twice of a baseball stadium and can hold most of the citizen of the city. From here there is a stair which lead you to the lower level emergency shelter in case of something to happen, ensuring your safety. The inside of the building itself is spacious as you would expect and is filled with glass panel to project images. These glasses are called "Photon Glass" A multipurpose glass that can be utilized into various interactive uses. It can display any images and also work as a touch panel. These photon glass are placed throughout the cities as replacement for TV screen, notice signs, banisters, vending machine display, table, counter, and so on. It's part of daily life in this floating City of Tian Jin. Yakuse sensed a bad feeling about this "event" the city is held. Furthermore...

[Hebigami Shiho]

Ellis Val Sonata

"Ouch. That hurt." Ellis caresses her head, after being hit by Ming. Her tail also dropped down, seemingly sadder. "You are a meanie, Yang. I heard that's how humans make conversation. How they 'break the ice'." Ellis said, puffing her cheeks, even though her poker face remained the same otherwise than that. Her tail moved around, seemingly pretty angry. She then turns to Mei. "Hi Fang. You seem to either have a slow reaction time or are rude enough to actually ignore my precense." Ellis said, her tail moving around with joy yet again. Still, the lack of emotion in her voice might confuse things. "That was a joke, by the way." After that, she saw Masayume, tilting her head. "Where are we going?" Of course, Ellis had no intention of climbing down from Yang's shoulders, putting his face between her thighs and squeezing it. "We are going to that 'C2' place? Is it tasty?" Even if she tried to feign ignorance, it would be impossible for her not to know what it was. It was the place where those strong guys would gather. "Ne, Yang, what's gonna happen? Someone's fighting or something?"

Amamiya Kaito ~ Sonar

"Finally! We getting some action! Not real action, but I can cope with this." Kaito said, standing up from his seat and moving his head around for a bit. "So, Arata and Miller, huh? No idea of who they are, but let's hope they are tolerable, not like that gal that dared call herself a teacher." Kaito put his hands in his pockets and walked away, to the quadrillion-whatever that guy had talked about. He still had to ask for some directions. "I wonder who's great idea it was to turn this into a labyrinth... Well, I should stumble upon it sooner or later." Kaito continued his aimless stroll, until finally reaching his destination. "Damn, I almost got lost there... Still the first one to arrive, huh? Well, no matter." He went to a nearby wall and leaned on it, before opening his eye and seeing the state of the room he was in. It was fairly messy, yes, it was the backstage of some grandiose place after all. "Goddammit, you guys. Clean this place a bit, won't ya?" Unable to control his urge, Kaito walked around the room, fixing it for it to look a bit better, worrying about little details that only someone with OCD would notice. It'd be a long time before he was finally satisfied.

[Flamelord]

Annette Delauney The cab ride was pleasant, at first, and rapidly descended into gridlock as a bunch of people made their way to the exact same spot that she was going, which was a bit much even for the road network of this place. Go figure. Annette sighed as she relaxed, looking out the window in dull monotony. The sense of urgency on the part of her driver was overwhelming, not. At last she got fed up, and tapped her driver on the shoulder. "Excuse me," she asked with a pleasant smile, lowering her sunglasses so she could look him in the eye. "Do you plan on having kids? Because if you do, I would suggest you take a more aggressive driving stance before I render you unable to do so, alright?" That earned a gulp and scared nod from the driver, and Annette smiled all the more as she sat back. The threat brought results as they began moving at a much more rapid pace through the cars and along city streets, until they were at the C2 Building, Fortunately they were early, and she was able to join the people arriving. "Thank you," she said to the driver, handing him some cash as she left the cab. "Keep the change." With that, she moved along and entered the building at a refined walk. It was a nice place, all things considered, but it could have been better. In her opinion. For the moment though, she went to mingle, and to potentially find something worth her time in all this mess and stupidity.

[chukklehed]

Julia Julia leaned against the outside wall of the C2 building, lazily puffing on a cigarette. She would have gone in already, but she had a feeling it was a non-smoking area, and she needed some time to herself. Since she was an ambassador, she rarely got the time to just sit back and enjoy herself, it was always paperwork or meetings or fancy events. "Well, I shouldn't complain," She said absently. "There are more than a few perks that come with the job." She finished her smoke and dropped the butt on the ground, stamping it out with her shoe. "Alright," She said, pushing open the door and walking in, "Let's see what this is all about."

[Lyeonid]

Leon Gainsbourg Leon drew a final relaxed breath from his cigarette before throwing the stub away in a convenient nearby ashtray. More and more people flooded into the building in a seeming endless stream. It seems this city has it's fair share of visitors, some he even recognised. There was of course the occasional politcal figurehead, ambassadors and the like, not to mention a veritable ludicrous amount of tourists. Dressed in ridiculous shirts and gawking at everything, he could swear he saw one take a picture of a thrashcan for pete's sake. this meeting had not even started and he felt bored already, strolling around to look at the various photon screens displaying colourful images, asking everyone to gather at the C2 building. It seemed a bit futile to him to ask people to gather at building while they were already there. Powerful ESP'ers his left foot, not much use in forensics if the killer just makes bullets with their mind, if you asked him they only made his job harder. Of course there were some working on their side but all in all, he felt that one couldn't beat old fashioned footwork. His train of thought was interupted as he noticed a familiar sight crossing his path, not someone he knew perosnally but who had, shall we say, garnered quite a reputation for herself. The lovely Miss Delauney, the master thief and general troublemaker in person. He had seen her file with her picture drifting around the DGSE several times, conecting her to several high profile cases. Her file had always been remarkably small though, mostly some footnotes, a description and a photo from her débutante days. The sign of a true professional. Now she would have no reason to know who Leon was, after all besides his rather formal clothing , he was still carrying around his luggage and looked the part of a tourist. So he would be free to follow her around and maybe learn some more about the whole situation, a thief like her didn't come to a city like this without a reason. Combined with the fact that his investigation prior had lead him to the same place, he sincerely doubted this was all a coincidence. he could spy on her to figure out how she was involved. But where would the fun in that be? he was still technically off duty as long as he hadn't had his briefing with the local police chief and information was always best gained straight from the horse's mouth. Besides, he couldn't really call himself a proper french gentleman if he didn't introduce himself to a fellow countryman. So with a carefree smile and relaxed stride he made his way over to her, nodding his head slightly in greeting. "Bonjour mademoiselle, quelle belle matinée, n'est-ce pas? " His demeanour remained relaxed through it all, smile unfading, but his eyes betrayed him. he was watching her closely for any false move. "Much to nice of a morning to be stuck in a place like this, wouldn't you agree, mademoiselle Delauney?" He brushed aside his coat to place his hand in his pocket, making sure his badge marking him as a DGSE agent was briefly visible. Not wanting the situation to dissolve in a fight with all these bystanders around, he tried to keep everything civil and clear. " Not to worry miss, I'm off duty, just enjoying the sights like all of us. But I can't help but wonder, what a world renowned thief such as yourself would do in a place such as this? " Leon suddenly straightened as if he just remembered something before spreading his hand on his chest in an apologetic manner. "Ah, mais comme je suis bête, how foolish of me, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Leon Gainsbourgh, but please, call me Leon. " He paused for just a moment to gauge her reaction before continueing. "I'm not here for you miss Delauney, I had just hoped that you with your connections and experiences in the more seedier parts of the world would be willing to help in a murder investigation. The killer seems to focus on beautiful young ladies such as yourself, a shame really. You wouldn't happened to have heard of anything like that, have you?"

[Teal]

The 'invitation' for the C2 building event happened just while Jason was drying out his hair, after taking a hot shower. He turned off the dryer and peeled his eyes at the 40 inch TV, which would probably cost a fortune. What captivated his attention during the broadcast was the fact that the announcer specified foreigners, hinting that tourists the likes of him were of some importance for whatever was happening in that building. "I should work on my timing", he exclaimed under his breath, rubbing his hair 'till they got very messy and then parting them slightly to the left, not bothering to use a comb. Wearing nothing but his boxers, he made his way to his luggage and unpacked some of his items, including his gun which he was planning to carry with him to the event in case he'd be assaulted by another toddler. After a brief fashion dilemma, characterized by Jason stroking his hairless chin, he finally went on with a pair of skin tight jeans, his favorite, a brown leather jacket and a white t-shirt with black stripes. Upon making his way out of the enormous hotel, he hailed a cab while in the sidewalk in front of the Red Dragon Resort. Tian Jin was a pretty dense place, so getting a cab wasn't much of a bother. The C2 Building wasn't far either, taking about 10 minutes for the cab to reach there. Tipping the cab driver and opening the door, he stood in front of the C2 Building entrance for a moment or so, observing all the tourists and the natives causing an uproar around the place, creating a very heavy atmosphere. "This better be good.", Jason muttered to himself yet again, taking his first steps inside the building.

[Leos Klien]

The walk had done some of its magic on Victor, the city was a stunning and breath taking sight, and another bonus was that the traffic was moving at a snails pace because a lot of people were heading in the same direction as he was, their intent, most likely the same. However, the time he had during the walk gave him some room for thought, it raised several questions about why this was happening. They were to meet 2 of Chinas most powerful ESpers, so, why was this? Maybe it was a play of power, showing all of the Gaijin that China was a very powerful nation, of course this seemed a little counter productive as the world already knew that China was a powerful nation, it has been since the dawn of civilsed humanity, upon which China was the recorded first. So, maybe it was a little more unsavoury than that. Whilst a dictatorship is, in Victors opinion, the best form of government there was always a chance... or rather almost a certainty the dictator was inept and a callous fool who was power hungry and had the ego to match, generally they had the ability to rule over a shrimp stall with their management skills, and even that was pushing it. Li Huang, however, seemed on the surface to be a sufficient ruler; China was benefiting greatly under his rule after all and their acceptance of outsiders had became a great deal more evident. Something that would warrant further thought later, Victor mused as he came up to the destination, a large building that reminded him of an Amphitheater, the purpose was likely of a similar kind. There were a great deal of people here, the hustle and bustle was immense, as was the sheer size of the building it could easily seat at the very least half of the city's population, but this amount of people made Victor all the more cautious, after all pick-pockets could be a serious problem here, so he made sure he had a firm grip on Mansumune, which only the very tip of the hilt and the very bottom of the lacquered saya was visible, unless you looked at a certain angle. The people themselves were of all colours and backgrounds, this was without a doubt. There was not a single consistent piece of clothing amongst any of them, however there were some who stood out from the crowd more so than others these people would no doubt be of some interest later on, but at the moment he would simply get a drink and wait for the announcement that the event was starting. After getting himself a cup of tea; which paled in comparison to the caliber he normally drank he simply watched the crowd, waiting for someone of note to catch his eye, maybe someone from Japan, or maybe an ESper, now that would be interesting Victor thought, a small smile made its way on his lips as he took a sip from his drink.

[Grey]

Arata was making his way down town, walking fast. Faces passed, but he wasn't homebound, unfortunately. Rather, he was heading to the C2 building like every other good, law-abiding foreigner. As he walked, he looked down to his phone every few seconds. It was an older model, but it was still made of Photon Glass and had compatibility with the same sorts of apps and software that the newer models had. Admittedly, Arata never got to make much use of all those functions. Mostly he just used it for the mobile games and to surf the Internet than any sort of actual 'phone stuff' like texting his (lack of) many friends or going on social media. Either way, he wasn't doing any of the aforementioned four. He was just adjusting his timezone, pulling up a translator just in case, maybe finding up a map or t- BZZZT! BZZZT! "FWAH!" Arata yelped, fumbling with his attempts at catching his phone. The sudden vibrations loosened his already lax grip on the device, causing it to tumble down and down. Just barely he'd managed to save the device from it's imminent doom. Dammit, he didn't have enough money left over to be careless about this kind of thing! Lying flat on the ground while holding his phone like a weirdo, Arata answered the spontaneous call to reveal the holographic image of Dr. Richard Queen. The esteemed doctor gave a succinct order to Arata and the two others in the call to make their way to the C2 building ASAP. "Uwah..." Arata groaned, not even having had the chance to get an explanation or anything. He picked himself up off the ground for the second time today, dusting off his dark hoodie and jeans. How did Dr. Queen figure he was in China anyway? Arata put his phone away when the answer struck him. Of course, the phone had location tracing. Another dumb mistake. He shouldn't have brought it along. The young man looked at the C2 building. Evidently the presence of the ninth was required for some kind of presentation in front of... thousands... of... people... ...Yeah. He really didn't want to go. Stage fright was a cruel mistress, wasn't she? Either way, the Doctor would probably find a way to get him there anyway, so there wasn't much use for fighting the inevitable. He gauged the distance from the ground to the top of the C2 building, and then the building from his current point. Arata curled his fingers into a fist, bracing himself. He took a deep breathe, and exhaled before taking a single step. Arata fell. His limbs flailed as he plummeted to the ground. He gritted his teeth, as he watched the ground below get ever closer and closer. His eyes watered as the air resistance buffeted his face. He cracked a little bit of a grin as his falling speed decreased severely. No, it wasn't that he was slowing his fall, more like he was falling up rather than down. Another instant later, Arata landed on the ground in a crouched position, one hand out in front to keep his balance and the other behind his back. He figured he looked kind of cool like that, maybe. A few people looked at the filthy-looking drifter crouched on the ground oddly as they entered the C2 building. Arata's faced reddened at this development, so he pulled up his hood and stood himself up before entering the building to go find this 'Quadrillion Stage'.

[Masaki Haruna]

Prelude to the storm

C2 BUILDING

As hundreds of thousands, numbers increasing. The man named Dr. Richard Queen entered the center stage, his device and invention the Madou Sphere Field is something he self proclaimed an accelerator that will surpass his predecessor's invention. The C2 Building, also known as ground zero building, the largest building to exist in Tian Jin city. In the area of range, the building is designed to withstand any form of heat, cold, and magnitude. It also absorbs pure energy as an arc reactor to keep the city prospering its energy to nigh limitless levels. It is not the main core of the city but the core is located at the orbiting satellites in the city. These satellites link to each daily devices which acts as service providers and service technicians/assistance for further advancement and fail safe control and hacking. The key cores are implanted into the hearts of the Board of Directors. The satellites can also be used as a weapon remotely which has Anti-Esper and magic ray field blasts. "A very good evening to you all. We don't look back to the past as I would say in my interviews, you all know me; Filthy rich Scientist who keeps making everything possible for this city and for the world but people, let me tell you. Tonight is the night that my love for this city will be reminded again and again. For the past century and during that point of time, we have struggled and moved on from the battles we fought and that is all thanks to my predecessor, Elias Queen. Tonight is the night that I present to you theDeluxe Madou Sphere Field. With a simple push of a button. Everything we know right now will flash forward and refine us to the future. This invention is a tribute to Elias Queen for a new era awaits us. This device will give us unlimited knowledge and the possibilities that seem impossible will become possible. This device is the equivalent of time and space as one that will make us updated to everything and anything. Imagine the constant updates of the D.M.S.F. With it, the world that was impossible before which became possible with Elias and what's impossible now will be forever be possible and the truth. I present you, the truth." D.M.S.F also known as Truth Weiss. The Vessel of Magic Knowledge/ Gifted doll that is a medium to the device a conduit to initiate launch. "This being is what you call a rare specimen. A doll of knowledge or the Vessel of Magic Knowledge that my predecessor created but as we all know. Science is the truth and Magic is just an advanced form of Science. Eureka everyone. Daddy's every little girl." He said. The vessel of magic knowledge is known as medium and is named Truth, she is implanted with the scientific device, D.M.S.F to accelerate the everything in process. Truth glows as white, and burning bright like the phoenix. Her eyes are Godly in everyone's presence. "Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Truth Weiss. I am happy to serve you." Her hands are radiant light and radiating a synthesis aurora of light in the sky, different rifts and colors we don't know of. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Truth Weiss is working!" Everyone applaud. [h3]Ming Yu[/b] "You see Uncle. This dude can make everything come true. We can all believe in truths if what his saying is truth. Maybe you'll stop being gloomy if reviving the dead is possible and Mei Fang emitting electricity out of her ass.". He asks Ellis to to sit on his lap.

[Flamelord]

Annette Delauney, C2 Building Well, this place was filling up fast, and it had to be a logistical nightmare for the government, with all these foreigners showing up. But that was the result of arbitrary decisions like that. You'd think that the government would know that. But apparently not. So she walked about, viewing the crowds, as she looked for her amusement. As it turned out though, amusement and activity would find her first as some brave soul came yup to her, speaking in French. She looked him over, getting the distinct impression that he was some sort of tourist, if the luggage was anything to go by. It was another sign of the incompetence here, that had been prompted by the abrupt call to gather here. And it wasn't surprising that there would be some other Frenchmen here as well. "Oui, il est, monsieur," she replied in turn, a slight grin turning the corners of her lips as she fixed her attention upon the man. There was some surprise at the fact that he apparently knew her name, but she quickly submerged that surprise as she looked down to see the badge. Well, that was interesting. "Indeed, but sadly I don't have much of a choice in the matter," she sighed. At the same time, she began planning out what to do, using the advantage given by her sunglasses to check behind him for other agents. If this was some sort of Interpol operation, then she'd have to be prepared to get out in a hurry, especially if they knew and were prepared for the full extent of her abilities. But she attempted to convey none of that as a hand rested on her hip, displaying all signs of ease. Fortunately, he seemed to realize that his presence could be taken the wrong way, though she wasn't entirely convinced of his professed innocence in presence. Call it a force of habit. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance Leon," she answered, drawing on her skills in social interactions to give him the due grace he deserved. "Just seeing the sights, looking for some excitement." It was the truth, but she'd leave it for Leon to choose whether he could believe her or not. An eyebrow rose at the mention of a murder investigation, her interest piqued. She was hardly concerned about getting attacked herself, given her skill and abilities, but it did promise something interesting. "Sadly, I haven't," she replied with a shake of her head. "Kidnapping is so...distasteful. I could look into it though, with the right...persuasion." The intent there was obvious. If Leon wanted her help, he was going to have to make it worth her while. At that point the presentation began, and Annette turned to watch, but she wasn't as impressed. She was no scientist, but what the good Doctor was talking about sounded crazy, and until she saw some proof that he was uniting space and time in a single form, or whatever, she wasn't going to believe him. Sure, there were the lights, but that was hardly proof of anything given technology that was present, and it was more than possible that that was a clever simulation, so she treated it with healthy skepticism. At the same time, she kept an ear open for Leon, and what he might try next.

[Madani]

Name: Masayume Yakuse Furthermore... that girl is waiting. Yakuse's hunch hit once more, not exactly a good thing if he were to say. The Vessel of Magic Knowledge or shortly known as the Gifted dolls. Yakuse had heard little about them during his previous time working for the government in Tokyo. Shortly after the Magical Calamity incident, a rumor start to spread. It's about the existence of transcendent beings or what is known as "Vessel of Magic Knowledge", an artificial human that possesses every magical knowledge in existence. It's said that those who obtain one shall obtain powers beyond what they could ever imagine. It seems the rumors were true after all, but it wasn't a surprise for him. Yakuse then realize there is more than one Gifted Doll here in Tian Jin. Sweats start dripping out of his forehead. If the government here is the one that chase after her then there is no way out of this city. But today should be okay, at least, considering the event going on. She should be still in the apartment calm and safe. In contrary to panicked Yakuse, the boy beside him, Ming Yu appears to be pretty excited. But as a normal teenager would do, he said things too much. The words "Reviving the dead" echo within his head. The figure of his dead wife float shortly after. It's something he don't want to recall. But clear enough, Ming Yu do not have any ill intention when saying that. It's something Yakuse have to deal by himself.

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Name: ??? The girl had lost her temper. The sunlight outside had disappeared, replaced by the light of the moon. "That's it, I'm done!" she yelled, the only sound in the room. She thought to mess everything in the living room but she knew that won't do her any good. It was then the sound from outside entered the room. A crowd cheering and lightning resembling a fireworks. Wanting to get better view, the girl heads to the veranda, luckily it wasn't locked she thought. This light... no, this presence... the girl quickly notice it. There is another one of her "kind" out there. The apartment room Masayume Yakuse rented is room 713 right on the seventh floor. So method of escaping through the window would normally be impossible, but Yakuse didn't count this girl's ability he is dealing with. This is easy the girl unhesitatingly jumped from this inhuman height. *THUD* the girl landed perfectly on the grass outside, however, despite her momentum she did not leave a mark on the ground at all. It was as if she as light as feather, she leaped to her destination.

[Masaki Haruna]

Principal Ling Fan

A woman in black joins the party with Yakuse and his students, she is none other than the Principal of Chengdu, Ling Fan. "Well, well. I didn't know you lovely family are into Dr. Elias's shtick; Yakuse, Ming, Mei.." She looks at Ming's little friend. "And I see. Yakuse, there's something your nephew's not telling you. I'll tell you someday but for now let's rejoice in the presence of the doll." She's clingy over Yakuse Masayume which makes it always appear to be scandalous among students in school and what not.

Dr. Queen

"Thank you people. My predecessor Elias Queen once said all and everything know is just a dot but there is more to that. With this vessel, she will unleash our brains to transcend to a higher form of plane. Creation and Destruction, before knowledge and mind kind was born, two entities have always been struggling for the fate of the world as so in the past Scientists would say, impossible. But I do say it is now a fact, proven by our Magus also known as modern scientific mage. Weiss will present you that she can---" Truth Weiss starts speaking in angelic language which can't be understand by many, it is a language that transcends the Esper's mind of calculations and up to now it is unknown, many translators that study angelic language or alien language have been assisting Weiss for the past decade. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Weiss said that, it is a pleasure to meet you guys and a preceding fortune telling is about to come true. It may sound vague and stupid but even with our translators, the translating process is not accurate giving enough sensible translations." Images pop out in Weiss's head.

Embedded Knowledge

- Photon Glass: A multipurpose glass that can be utilized into various interactive activities. It displays many image and works as a touch panel. These photon glass are placed throughout the cities as replacement for TV screen, notice signs, banisters, vending machine display, table, counter, and so on. Photon Glass for public uses often display commercial and advertisement when not used. - Licht Straße (Licht Starse): Invented in German, also known as "Light Road." Nearly all main roads in this world are replaced by hexagon shaped plate that absorb [Pure Energy] in the air and sunlight as its power source. Controlled by both cable and wireless connection, it can display images on the road to repurpose into something else. Example: Lines for basket field and be changed into lines for parking lot or other sports field like volleyball or soccer. - Pocket Terminal: Pocket Terminal often used as replacement for ID, cellphone, credit cards, and such by connecting to its main server and pull personal data from it. One of novel uses of Pocket Terminal is "Virtual Vision", by using its techno unit, Pocket Terminal would stimulate the brainwave and display a realistic interactive non-real images and sounds. The user would able to interact with that image and do various activity like surfing the net, writing/sending/reading mails, watching videos, playing games, and much more. - Magical Beings/Beasts: Shrouded in mystery but there are various theories about them. The most famous theory is that these creatures came from the same world but also different from ours. They're the physical form of mythology and folklore as we know it. It's said that Magical Calamity incident caused a "rip" on the dimension which allows or maybe teleport these creature into ours. Their existence might actually be the reason why we have stories about them in form of told legends. Till then they remain as myths or hoaxes. Many years had passed since the peak of its rampage and human had manage to win the war. Many traces of the battle remained throughout the world. This war is what leads scientist to develop Madou into a weapon, giving birth to what known as "Mage".

-------- All this knowledge being encrypted into everyone's heads which by the way is already common knowledge in this world. "Eureka people. Eureka. Weiss is communicating telepathically with you and showing you not just this knowledge but a refined version of your perspectives in life." It's nothing special but what Weiss is about to say is something different. She speaks in the angelic language once more. [b]"She said that red lightning, smoke and lightning, man be this destructive? Rift. Run---." All of a sudden the vessel starts malfunctioning and giving off a sound of devilish and hellish dialect in everyone's ears and minds. Weiss starts emitting radiation of unknown anomalies and entities, creating a rift. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Vessel of Magic Knowledge accumulating irregularity territory; Evacuate all people to safety from this place immediately. This is a Level 5 emergency. "Guys! Don't run, I believe this is just a mista----" The building starts trembling and the ground starts shaking, a normal phenomena like the typhoons/storms won't be able to dent Tian Jin but such power emitted by Weiss did so, the force that created a rift summons a red lightning of smoke. It was hovering fast in the sky in a shape that of a human. It starts killing whoever it come across and especially it comes close right in front of Annette, Arata, Victor, and certain people like Yakuse. There are countless red smoked beings that of a lightning bolt. "Uncle. We have to get out of here, now! MEI!!! MEI!!! What are you looking at!! We have to get out of here!" The young girl, Mei Fang stares at the mysterious red reminiscing something until Mingyu grabbed her hand. Weiss spawns multiple humanoid creatures out of the dirt and they all resemble fiends ready to devour anyone in the way. Next- Pandemonium!

[Raijinslayer]

Jackson was currently walking towards the building all the foreign vistors were supposed to meet at. Which was stupid as hell considering he'd broken into the city and would be thrown out, or worse, returned to the country that had held him for all most of his life. The reason he was taking this risk was equally idiotic, he wanted to see the powerful Espers that had bern said to be there. 'I wonder if it's some sort of mock battle, or something of that nature. It sounds interesting and I've got nothing better to do.' 'Yes you do.' Kuro said, playing the devil on Jackson's shoulder, [i]'You can let me take control and-'[/i[ 'Get arrested because you got caught trying to peep at women changing, that's not happening and-- HOLY SHIT!!' Jackson finished the disscussion there, not because it was over, but because he'd just walked into the building the moment it all went to shit. Years of combat training took over as he quickly moved into the fray, forming in his mind's eye a barrage of telekinetic blades to blast at the creatures coming from the ground, the blades being invisible to the naked eye, except for small distortions in the air. He then sent out a powerful telekinetic burst at the freaky smoke monster, intending to hurl back into the hell hole it had emerged from.

[chukklehed]

Julia "Of all the things it could be, it had to be smoke monsters. Oh good, there's some solid ones." Julia bantered to nobody in particular as she entered the main room, drawing the twin pistols strapped under the waist of her dress. "Honestly, I just got this drycleaned. I hope on of you boys is willing to front the bill." She wasted no more time, switching directly into combat mode. She let loose several shots into the first dirt demon she saw, aiming unerringly for the head. Over a decade of training took over as she grabbed a knife from a nearby buffet table and threw it, lodging it directly in the neck of one of the smoke monsters, and watched it pass straight through. "Dammit," She muttered, still firing on the demons, "That's a hassle, these things don't seem to have vital points."