Crawkid

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Chi becomes quiet and pensive, looking between them both, then up at the ceiling, "she does have her plans..." he nods softly.

Astra just smiles slightly, "Oh sweety...you're so close to creating artificial souls...and you don't understand the ripples that makes. But do you really want to know? It'd quite the rabbit hole....a deep, dark, extensive rabbit hole. It'll turn you upside down, alice"

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i apologize, been distracted with stuff in RL

Behind The Light - crawkid/megara

The small humanoid shifter spread out over aura's lap to enjoy head pats, and recharge his mana "Meow~"

But the Dante appears, giving Chi pause to frown and thik about it, rolling the mana stone betwee his hands "...That is up to her. Her don't forcably recruit...so right ow she's just a nice girl that I saved....but she saved me so, we're kind of even."

He plays with the mana stone a bit more, still thinking "...but I wonder how much Astra will end up telling her..."

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"Your bots are important" she nods slowly, "perhaps you don't understand now, but I can tell you your cores are...precious. ANd unfortunately, a bit of a lynchpin right now"

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Chi wrinkles his nose at the talk of fate, but reaches towards the mana stone to try to syphon some of the energy into himself. "I'll take it into consideration" he says, a faint smile as he attempts to tease a bit, even though he is tired and worn out from the last few days.

"Well, for the first question. We came here, because we don't really want to be found by most folks. And a normal building is just too easy to raid. Oh, dont worry. We're not the bad guys, but people might think we are. And as for the second question....well, he is very observant. But beyond that, you're a notable figure in the city." a pause, "...did you not know that?"

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Chi expands slightly, and then slightly jiggles. A content sighs as the left over particulates are expunged. Finally, he begins to shift again, but its still a slow sift. Not wanting to expend too much of himself, he shifts to a small kid. Not overly big, not overly complicated. Infact he only gave himself a white sack for clothes, and didnt bother with hair. "...That girl from the shop that can make lifelike robots. I messed up a contract, and ended up in her shop....then those black robots came by. Apparently to take her cores. One saw me and took aim and she jumped in the way....things just kind of kept going after that. I don't think either of us are in good shape, but I made it home"

Asta chuckles, and takes a seat. "....Well he is old enough, and roams around as he pleases. But even strays need a safe place to rest. ANd if youre kind enough, they might choose you as their place. As it so happens, there was a time that stray decided that the scrapyard was going to be his hoe. We happen to agree on that. Eventually, he noticed us and started asking questions. And we fed him and gave him a place to sleep, when he asked for it."

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Some shadowy contracted familiars would drag the other three down to the labyrinth with them, the boss lady speaks up as the duststorm grows wilder behind them, covering their tracks.

"I will handle introductions, Dante. You get a mana stone for this poor girl.

Everyone of them, even the ones that need to be interrogated, should be brought to a room with a cot, a chair, a small table, a glass, and a pitcher of water. Once the elf is alone with Ash, she smiles gently, "So...you are Chi's guest. Welcome. I'm his boss, Astra"

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Meanwhile, chi is floppy and goopy in someone's arms.

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can i ask you to put up some sheets for me to see as the player f the boss lady?

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Chi grunts softly, but seems to relax as he hears the familiar voices. His strange hybrid form begins to melt away faster, returning him to a blobular form, though looser and less dewdrop shaped than before. A bullet slides easily out of his mass onto the ground. But liquid shifters are a hardy bunch, hard to keep down. Only really harmed when in a fleshy state, and able to heal faster in their liquid state - with sufficient calories and nutrients.

"Oh poor boy...he was forced to be serious? What a surprise~" an elf clad in red and black leather walks out into the clearing, "Bring them back to the base, in seperate rooms. We'll get the full story in time."

The base wasnt far, just near the back of the scrapyard, in an underground labyrinth beneath an old bus.

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Seeing they were under attack again, he rushed forward and grabbed her around the waist, practically throwing her through the portal with him as it snaps shut behind them.

Suddenly, it's quiet. The sounds of the city are just a faint buzz within the scrapyard. Not only do most people not go there, besides the workers, but there also seemed to be a noise dampener spell through out the area. Not extremely powerful, just enough to dampen the sounds of the louder crashes and banging going on, while allowing for normal conversational volumes.

Beside her were the threee stooges, still unconcious. And one armored tiger centaur, laying on his side and panting. His mana is weak, spent, and his skin is slowly turning more silver as he lays there.

around them, if she notices, are faint precenses. A mixture of shadow and mana, with signatures of contracted familiars.

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uh...permission to grab and move?