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Kaori: Also Lemon.
Theo: Mine was chesnuts.
Andorina: Grapes.
Nanase: Blueberry.
Reeta: Mine was cherry-flavored. It was great!
Reeta: By the way, there won't be any forced cake-making as long as he's okay with it, you hear me Auror?
Rayla: I second that. I give you guts for declaring that right in front of us, but don't do it again even if you're joking.
Theo: Yikes.
Tiane: Ah! I just remembered...Rayla, what about that guy that wanted to meet Lucent after school?
Rayla: Oh right, now that he's recovering at the shrine, they won't be able to meet.
Theo: Huh? What are you two talking about?
Rayla: We didn't tell you guys this right? Well...
Rayla told everyone about Lucent's meeting with Azrel. Their reactions were pretty much of suspicion.
Unknown Location: Tele-Transport Room
Securing Spatial Location...
Space Secured...
Completing Transportation Sequence!
Music: Escape from Enemy Base
When Team B noticed, they were suddenly in a room they didn't reconize. They were standing over the platform of a huge teleportation machine. Some of the objects from the storage room were also with them.
Hinata: Ah! What?
Kenneth: Where are we?
Saika: This sensation...it's almost as if magic was involved in the teleportation.
Hinata: Excuse me...
Sudddenly, Saika summoned her katana.
Saika: Technically, it is possible to summon a human being with magic, but you need a huge amount of magic for that, because not only you have to consider it's mass, but the amount of power that person has. It's not really something practical to use unless you have a huge amount of magic, so we mostly stick with weapons and other smaller objects.
Hinata: I see...
Saika: (But wait, if the mysterious organization is using a device infused with magic...does this means they've found a way to conserve magic once it leaves the body of a mage? Doesn't that also means that an Ancestor Mage is helping them out? I've got to report this to Barry.) Now then...We're most likely at the enemy's base and they've probably noticed us already.
Kenneth: You're right...I can already hear their footsteps.
Hinata: I'll call for help. We have to get someone to locate the signal of our communicators.
Saika: Good Idea, now let's get going, Kenneth, you lead the way.
Kenneth: Understood.
They started navigating the base, relying on Kenneth's enhanced senses to avoid as many battles as possible. They've noticed that the corridors were rather spacious, as if knowing that if a fight broke out, they would have a big enough space to move. Meanwhile, Hinata was trying to contact someone from the Intelligence Office.
Summer Area - From Rooftop to Rooftop
A lone red-haired girl was jumping from building to building with ease. Her focus right now was to build speed to a bigger leap to a building across the street. Then, her communicator started ringing.
???: Hm? This frequency...
That brief moment made her lose focus, tripping on the edge of the building she was about to jump off.
???: Wah! Nonononononono!
She managed to grab on a window when she started falling, then, pulled herself back up to the top of it.
???: Whew...that was close...N-nobody saw that...right?
The girl once again checked the frequency. It was from someone she knew.
???: Hinata?
Almost immidietaly, she pressed the answer button.
???: Hello Hinata~! How's your day going?
Hinata: Hey Tatsuna, this is an emergency.
Tatsuna: Eh?
Hinata: See if you can track the signal of my communicator. I don't know where I am right now.
Tatsuna: What happened? Are you not at a school right now?
Hinata: No...We're at some sort of underground base. I'll explain the details later.
Tatsuna: Got it. I'll call the navigator and see if she can track your location. Then, I'll be heading there with reinforcements before you know it.
Hinata: Oh, and call Bariand and tell him that there's a teleporter device at the Storage Room in the Sports Building. Tell him that he shouldn't approach it until the spy is caught.
Tatsuna: Roger that! You can count on me.
Hinata: (As I can always do.) See you later.
Tatsuna: (Wasn't really expected to get involved into this...Not complaining though, I've prepared myself for this kind of day.)
Kanzakai School - Surveilance Room
Renath: Huh?
When he was double checking the camera feeds from the 3rd floor, he noticed one in particular that stood out. It was a girl who was aparently trying to keep a door to one of the empty classroom shut. Upon closer inspection, he could see the door shaking, as if someone was trying to open it from the inside.
Renath: Just what's going on over there?
Before he went for his cellphone to call Barry, he saw Zeelena on the camera feed and decided to observe a little more.
Kanzakai School - 3rd Year Classrooms Area: Corridors
Girl: Hey, you over there.
Zeelena: Hm? Me?
Girl: Yes...Go call someone...there's an assassin in this room.
Zeelena: Say what?
Girl: I've been trying to keep him inside until now...but I don't know for how long I'll...GYA!
Zeelena: Here, I'll hold the door for you.
Girl: Thanks...I'll go get the help then...Seems like the guy who has been watching the camera is slacking off.
Renath: (She doesn't know the cameras had been inactive before lunch.)
Zeelena: Really? That sucks. Anyway, you can count on me to keep this door closed.
Girl: Once again, thank you.
As the girl was out of sight, Zeelena decided to let person on the other side open the door.
Tsuya: Finally...Listen, you have to believe me when I said...
Zeelena: Hi Tsuya! Had a feeling it was you on the other side.
Tsuya: What? You're not the girl from before.
Zeelena: Nope! I'm Zeelena Dania! Nice to meet you.
Tsuya: Right...
Zeelena: This smell...
When she checked inside the room, she saw someone's bloodied corpse.
Zeelena: No way...I thought that girl was exagerating but...
Music: Towards Nothingness
She took a few steps back, trying to process what she was seeing. Feeling like she could scream at any moment. Tsuya tried his best to calm her down and to explain the situation, but Zeelena didn't utter another word out of shock. Moments later, Team A arrived at the classroom with the girl from before.
Andressa: Okay...okayokayokayokayokay...what am I seeing? That better be ketchup.
Kenzuki: Ketchup doesn't have that kind of smell...
Barry: He's dead.
Tsuya: ...
Kenzuki: Mr. Abata...you're coming with us to the Student Council Room.
Tsuya: Did you think...I did it?
Kenzuki: It's too early to take assumptions...It will all depend on what the investigation will uncover...And your cooperation as well.
Tsuya: ...Right.
Andressa: ...
Barry: First time seeing death Miss Kou?
Andressa: Of-damn-course...and this up close as well...Dammit, this is just Yusagi all over again.
Zeelena: Yusagi...
Andressa: Tsuya, it better been not you...because I'm not sure what I'll do if I find out the culprit!
Tsuya: ...
The school was alerted of the murder. While that did cause a bit of panic, the students were instructed to stay at their classrooms, as they already had a prime suspect in their custody. A while after, the investigation group found out about the dissapearence of most of Team B, with Barry receinving a call from Tatsuna about Hinata's message soon after.
Kaori: Also Lemon.
Theo: Mine was chesnuts.
Andorina: Grapes.
Nanase: Blueberry.
Reeta: Mine was cherry-flavored. It was great!
Reeta: By the way, there won't be any forced cake-making as long as he's okay with it, you hear me Auror?
Rayla: I second that. I give you guts for declaring that right in front of us, but don't do it again even if you're joking.
Theo: Yikes.
Tiane: Ah! I just remembered...Rayla, what about that guy that wanted to meet Lucent after school?
Rayla: Oh right, now that he's recovering at the shrine, they won't be able to meet.
Theo: Huh? What are you two talking about?
Rayla: We didn't tell you guys this right? Well...
Rayla told everyone about Lucent's meeting with Azrel. Their reactions were pretty much of suspicion.
Unknown Location: Tele-Transport Room
Securing Spatial Location...
Space Secured...
Completing Transportation Sequence!
Music: Escape from Enemy Base
When Team B noticed, they were suddenly in a room they didn't reconize. They were standing over the platform of a huge teleportation machine. Some of the objects from the storage room were also with them.
Hinata: Ah! What?
Kenneth: Where are we?
Saika: This sensation...it's almost as if magic was involved in the teleportation.
Hinata: Excuse me...
Sudddenly, Saika summoned her katana.
Saika: Technically, it is possible to summon a human being with magic, but you need a huge amount of magic for that, because not only you have to consider it's mass, but the amount of power that person has. It's not really something practical to use unless you have a huge amount of magic, so we mostly stick with weapons and other smaller objects.
Hinata: I see...
Saika: (But wait, if the mysterious organization is using a device infused with magic...does this means they've found a way to conserve magic once it leaves the body of a mage? Doesn't that also means that an Ancestor Mage is helping them out? I've got to report this to Barry.) Now then...We're most likely at the enemy's base and they've probably noticed us already.
Kenneth: You're right...I can already hear their footsteps.
Hinata: I'll call for help. We have to get someone to locate the signal of our communicators.
Saika: Good Idea, now let's get going, Kenneth, you lead the way.
Kenneth: Understood.
They started navigating the base, relying on Kenneth's enhanced senses to avoid as many battles as possible. They've noticed that the corridors were rather spacious, as if knowing that if a fight broke out, they would have a big enough space to move. Meanwhile, Hinata was trying to contact someone from the Intelligence Office.
Summer Area - From Rooftop to Rooftop
A lone red-haired girl was jumping from building to building with ease. Her focus right now was to build speed to a bigger leap to a building across the street. Then, her communicator started ringing.
???: Hm? This frequency...
That brief moment made her lose focus, tripping on the edge of the building she was about to jump off.
???: Wah! Nonononononono!
She managed to grab on a window when she started falling, then, pulled herself back up to the top of it.
???: Whew...that was close...N-nobody saw that...right?
The girl once again checked the frequency. It was from someone she knew.
???: Hinata?
Almost immidietaly, she pressed the answer button.
???: Hello Hinata~! How's your day going?
Hinata: Hey Tatsuna, this is an emergency.
Tatsuna: Eh?
Hinata: See if you can track the signal of my communicator. I don't know where I am right now.
Tatsuna: What happened? Are you not at a school right now?
Hinata: No...We're at some sort of underground base. I'll explain the details later.
Tatsuna: Got it. I'll call the navigator and see if she can track your location. Then, I'll be heading there with reinforcements before you know it.
Hinata: Oh, and call Bariand and tell him that there's a teleporter device at the Storage Room in the Sports Building. Tell him that he shouldn't approach it until the spy is caught.
Tatsuna: Roger that! You can count on me.
Hinata: (As I can always do.) See you later.
Tatsuna: (Wasn't really expected to get involved into this...Not complaining though, I've prepared myself for this kind of day.)
Kanzakai School - Surveilance Room
Renath: Huh?
When he was double checking the camera feeds from the 3rd floor, he noticed one in particular that stood out. It was a girl who was aparently trying to keep a door to one of the empty classroom shut. Upon closer inspection, he could see the door shaking, as if someone was trying to open it from the inside.
Renath: Just what's going on over there?
Before he went for his cellphone to call Barry, he saw Zeelena on the camera feed and decided to observe a little more.
Kanzakai School - 3rd Year Classrooms Area: Corridors
Girl: Hey, you over there.
Zeelena: Hm? Me?
Girl: Yes...Go call someone...there's an assassin in this room.
Zeelena: Say what?
Girl: I've been trying to keep him inside until now...but I don't know for how long I'll...GYA!
Zeelena: Here, I'll hold the door for you.
Girl: Thanks...I'll go get the help then...Seems like the guy who has been watching the camera is slacking off.
Renath: (She doesn't know the cameras had been inactive before lunch.)
Zeelena: Really? That sucks. Anyway, you can count on me to keep this door closed.
Girl: Once again, thank you.
As the girl was out of sight, Zeelena decided to let person on the other side open the door.
Tsuya: Finally...Listen, you have to believe me when I said...
Zeelena: Hi Tsuya! Had a feeling it was you on the other side.
Tsuya: What? You're not the girl from before.
Zeelena: Nope! I'm Zeelena Dania! Nice to meet you.
Tsuya: Right...
Zeelena: This smell...
When she checked inside the room, she saw someone's bloodied corpse.
Zeelena: No way...I thought that girl was exagerating but...
Music: Towards Nothingness
She took a few steps back, trying to process what she was seeing. Feeling like she could scream at any moment. Tsuya tried his best to calm her down and to explain the situation, but Zeelena didn't utter another word out of shock. Moments later, Team A arrived at the classroom with the girl from before.
Andressa: Okay...okayokayokayokayokay...what am I seeing? That better be ketchup.
Kenzuki: Ketchup doesn't have that kind of smell...
Barry: He's dead.
Tsuya: ...
Kenzuki: Mr. Abata...you're coming with us to the Student Council Room.
Tsuya: Did you think...I did it?
Kenzuki: It's too early to take assumptions...It will all depend on what the investigation will uncover...And your cooperation as well.
Tsuya: ...Right.
Andressa: ...
Barry: First time seeing death Miss Kou?
Andressa: Of-damn-course...and this up close as well...Dammit, this is just Yusagi all over again.
Zeelena: Yusagi...
Andressa: Tsuya, it better been not you...because I'm not sure what I'll do if I find out the culprit!
Tsuya: ...
The school was alerted of the murder. While that did cause a bit of panic, the students were instructed to stay at their classrooms, as they already had a prime suspect in their custody. A while after, the investigation group found out about the dissapearence of most of Team B, with Barry receinving a call from Tatsuna about Hinata's message soon after.