Taboo | How To slay A Kishin IC (PROLOG MODE)

[Tewi_Inaba]

Balefire Academy | Forest

Amelia's words finally caused Yuru to lose her smile. She wasn't upset, rather she seemed to have a more curious look on her face now as she looked over at th wolf girl. "Oh?.." she asked "If you believe that then how come you haven't tamed your partner there? Or at the very least get him neutered. While you're at it, maybe train a bee to slay it's queen. Or train a single cell in the human body to attack it's host. Well... I guess those thing wouldn't' really be impossible now would they? but what would be the point? If the cell kills it's host then it's only a matter of time until the cell dies with him, and a hive without it's queen will soon parish as well. The kishin are no different. When Taboo dies so to will they." Yuru spoke in a suprisingly eerie and patronizing tone for someone who had the appearance of an 11 year old girl.

Haven | Midgar International Airport

Lucy turned her head to look at the woman that was approaching, she didn't quite remember where she had seen her at first, but before she could figure it out, her thoughts were intorupted by the loud sound of a massive air ship coming in for a landing "ATTENTION ALL BALEFIRE STUDENTS. YOUR FLIGHT HAS JUST ARRIVED AT GATE E10 AND WILL BE DEPARTING THIRTY MINUTES. AGAIN, THE SHIP TO BALEFIRE HAS ARRIVED AND WILL BE LEAVING IN THIRTY MINUTES. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MIDGAR INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES" a voice announced over the intercom The ship was massive, almost a 5th the size of the airport. It actually had a little difficulty landing with so little room to spare, but it made it in alright.

[Zekai]

Haven - Midgar International Airport

As Yuuki was about to say something, the announcement that the plane is here stopped her. "Looks like it's here." She says as she gets up. "Good luck on the test." She said as she waves to them as she walks to the gate entrance.

[Lunasa Prismriver]

Haven | Midgar International Airport

After waving to Yuuki, Miu then turned to Azur.

"We wish you the same." Miu bowed before turning toward the gate and fading into the flow of other students boarding.

[Amaterasu no Akane]

Haven ~ Midgar International Airport

Azur waved the both of them goodbye, as he went towards the gate. For one, the airship was massive, it was larger than anything Azur has every seen. Then again, there are about forty thousand applicants, so they had to transport them one way or another.

The crowd was a mess. There were students crowding over, one over the other; there were very few people Azur recognized. None of them were from Sentrios, however. Damn, why is everyone talking about that entrance test? Azur thought, Is it some kind of sit down test? Because those are honestly underwhelming and pretty damn easy. If it were something else... Hehe, I like where that would go.

Among the crowd, Azur managed to keep his distance, although it wasn't really as crowded as a New Gaian night train, it was crowded enough where one could accidentally touch another, albeit occasionally. Keeping his calm, Azur hoped that the trip to Balefire itself wouldn't be as bad as he thinks it would be.

[Kristia]

Balefire Academy | Forest


Seeing the actual curiousness in the feren huntress, Amelia responded with a calm tone "When you face the world, you need to prepare for every scenario, take us humanoids for example, we have had wars against each other thanks to those single digit counted persons who disagreed with each other for stupid things like a piece of land or a culture difference" she spoke while unsheathing her blade to gaze at the crimson colored metal, the blade had scratches on its surface and the feeling of Death was like a faint pulse coming from the steel. "But there are others who know they are at disadvantage, yet they plant the seed of hope. A mortal can be killed, but an idea won´t, that is why I know the kishin will also have their opportunity to do something different against their creator"

Haven - Midgar International Airport


Making sure she got into her place, the Bishop student was ready to leave to the next part of her journey as a huntress.

[S121]

Haven | Midgar International Airport

Aeron cringed hard at how Lucy suddenly yelled out loud and looked to her with a rather restrained look of annoyance. It was clear that he was not too happy about her revealing their position, but that he would forgive her.

"Ehhh, try not to yell out loud next time. We don't want to seem like we're actually following someone because that normally seems creepy.", Aeron patiently explained to Lucy.

Aeron did not notice Cecilia walking up to him until she was about fifteen feet away, but when she got within range, Aeron snapped his attention from Lucy and turned to see the familiar face. Aeron let out a faint sigh as he listened to Cecilia's question and gave his answer.

"Well I was told to give this a shot, and seeing how much it meant to my dad and what I could learn here, I obliged.", Aeron said with a light shrug as the announcement echoed throughout the airport.





Balefire Academy | Staff Lounge

Hartman's words brought a rather warm and amused smile to Saki's face as she let a small laugh escape her lips.

"Of course you're not going down without a fight, you've got this world's best and brightest, and two one-of-a-kind allies on your side that will provide you all the means to survive.", Saki said to the Headmaster with a tilt of her head.

[WriggleRid3r]

Midgar International Airport | Haven

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Mirai has been meditating on the bench, shielding herself from all the loud excitement in the airport. While bustling noises and murmurs of the crowd was not uncommon in the city of Inja, it was never this... rowdy. People from all over the world seems to have gathered here, and all for the same reason as Mirai's: to take the plane to the Balefire Academy. Her composure was perfect; even her surrounding seemingly turned noticeably calmer as she-

-heard the announcement.

Groaning, Mirai opened her beautiful turquoise eyes. While the announcement was rather helpful in timing when to board the plane, her meditation being interrupted by the airport's blaring speakers was... annoying... to say the least. Perhaps it would be safe for Mirai to begin boarding the plane, lest she misses it. She uneasily fondled the tassel at the end of her sword hilt as she stood up from the bench and began walking to the terminal.

Mirai was a splendid figure, gorgeous and elegant. Her walking stance was upright and without fault as she strutted proudly to the terminal. She kept one hand on the sword handle at all possible times, constantly on guard. Her beautiful turquoise eyes scanned her surroundings constantly as if she was going to be ambushed at any moment. However there were no uneasiness in her unapproachable aura: she was merely ready for anything. However she would definitely not be ready for a certain surprise...

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"Oh come on... can't you sell it for a little cheaper than that?" Setsuna asked the sales representative of Orange Inc. store inside the airport. There were all kinds of slick electronics sold in there, and Setsuna was hoping to get herself a laptop just like her older twin sister... however, the prices of the electronics were rather high. Setsuna did make some pretty penny selling drugs in the black market, but a bargain is still a bargain.

"Sorry, ma'am, but this is the lowest we could offer you." The sales rep shook his head lightly in defiance. He has already knocked the price of the brand new Orange Inc. MECtop down by 15%, and company policy won't let him knock it down any further. "What you're asking is quite ridiculous. There are company protocols that we must regulate."

"Hmm... that's too bad..." Setsuna chuckled as she slipped a sphagetti strap of her crop top off her shoulder. "It's getting a little hot here... you should turn on your air conditioning..."

"Wha- what are you getting at?" The sales rep fidgeted and spoke out, but Setsuna's top already came off. "S- security! Get this perverted woman out of here!"

The airport security guards in the area tried to approach Setsuna, but they were flinched back when Setsuna drew her sword. It gleamed in ominous purple sheen, intimidating the guards to stay a good distance away from her. They stood right near the entrance, while the onlookers peeked from behind the guards.

"Now then, since the rowdy guests are at bay..." Setsuna turned back to the sales rep and winked seductively. "How about you bring the price down another 20%?"

"Y- you can't be serious!" The sales rep shook his head and covered his eyes with his hands, although he left small gaps between the fingers for him to peek at. He was probably hoping that Setsuna wouldn't notice... she did.

"I see... you show no sign of cooperation..." Setsuna sighed, grabbed her mini skirt, and started pulling it down. However, before she could fully strip in front of everyone in public, the sales representative agent yielded.

"OKAY! OKAY! I'll pay for any differences from my own paycheck, just STOP STRIPPING PLEASE!" The sales rep shouted, almost at the verge of tears. Setsuna was victorious once again. She smirked triumphantly as she stopped pulling the mini skirt and put her top back on, which barely rested below her breast line. "W... what color... what color do you want your MECtop... to be?"

"Red. And black." Setsuna casually responded as if nothing happened at all.

[Amaterasu no Akane]

Haven ~ Midgar International Airport

During that day, Azur was quite dumbfounded by all of the new students coming to Balefire. First, there was some girl who had a rose speak for her. Second, there was this girl... that was quite normal, actually. As if, this day couldn't get any stranger... Azur jokingly pondered, Seriously, I would throw five dollars on the ground if some stripper showed up. Not actually expecting an exhibitionist to show up, he saw some commotion at a tech store on his way to the gate. Turns out a stripper did show up. Dammit! Azur thought, as he took away five bucks from his wallet and threw it on the ground. Have to abide by my word... he begrudgingly thought.

After brandishing a blade, the exhibitionist made some security guards back off. Unlike the others, Azur has already seen his fair share of oddities in that day, making him oblivious to the purple sheen of the blade. Attempting to infer what exactly is going on, Azur thinks, Alright, flustered sales rep, check, stripper with a sword, check, security guards, also check... Screw this, time to intervene. Azur pushed his way through the crowd, into the epicenter of the conflict. "HOLD UP!" Azur shouted, pointing to the exhibitionist, "You! What exactly is going on here?"

[Tewi_Inaba]

Balefire Academy | Staff Lounge

Hartman had to returned the girl's smile. After all she wasn't wrong about what she was saying. "Well with all of that going for me. I can't afford to think negitively. After all people are strongest when they are filled with hope." He got up from his chair and pulled his glasses out of his shirt pocket. He pulled them out and pushed them onto his face as he walked over to the blond woman. "Miss Saki, may I escort you to the forest?" he asked, trying to be polite.

Balefire Academy | Forest

The cat girl just shrugged her shoulders and tilted her head in response. "Well ok if that's how you want to spend your time I won't stop you. But don't expect me to show the rotten bastards any mercy." A moment or two later, Oobleck appeared on the seen again. He appeared to be rapidly constructing a small stage along with a table for the three judges to sit at while they observed the exam. He was moving at a very high speed while doing so, to the point he would have been a blur to a normal human's eye.

Haven | Midgar International Airport

By this point Lucy was pouting, almost looking as though she could cry, but Aeron would know better. "I did it again, I'm sorry I'm a terible little sister." She quietly sulked for a while, while her brother was talking to the girl he had built weapons for. She wondered if maybe she should just keep her mouth shut and not say anything for the rest of the trip. Maybe that way she wouldn't embarrass anyone.

[WriggleRid3r]

Midgar International Airport | Haven

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"Eh? Who are you?" Setsuna casually greeted Azur with a wave and an alluring smile as she sheathed her sword. "Ah, no matter. I was just haggling with a lovely gentleman here about the price of their laptop!"

"It wasn't a haggle, it was a freaking shakedown!" The poor sales rep retorted, blushing and trying to avoid looking at Setsuna. However, anyone who can take a glance at the man's crotch can tell that whatever Setsuna did was effective to say the least.

"Same thing." Setsuna giggled. "So, 120000 credits in total, yeah?"

[Amaterasu no Akane]

Haven ~ Midgar International Airport

Surprised at her "bargaining" skills, Azur was kind of... impressed. Damn, Azur thought, She's [trying to be] a vixen... A bad one, to be frank. After she sheathed her purple sword, it was clear to Azur that she didn't want to fight, thus making Azur move his hand away from his bag. Looking at the sales rep, Azur noticed that he was extremely flustered, even more so than Azur when he is at the verge of tears. He also had an unsettling situation with his crouch. Poor dude. Hm, he wasn't threatened with a weapon... Azur thought, Fine, extra brownie points for that.

"Good job," Azur said to the sales rep, with a chuckle, "This proves that you're going to be a loyal boyfriend but a pretty crappy sales rep, I'll give you that." Turning to the girl, Azur stated, "As for you... You didn't really threaten this guy with a weapon, so I'll lay off fighting you for now. By the way, my name's Azur. You are...?" Unbeknownst to Azur and the girl, the security guards were inching a bit closer towards the both of them.

"I think this kid's an ally to that exhibitionist," a security guard whispered to his walkie-talkie, "Over."

[Katrix]

Haven | Midgar International Airport

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It seemed like Aeron was in a situation very much similar to the one Cecilia was in. "Sounds a bit like what happened to me. Dad somehow found out, told my mom, and they wouldn't let me out of the house. After some time they agreed to let me out if I went here and proved that I actually know what I was doing. I mean I KNOW what I'm doing, how wouldn't I." she said. Cecilia had originally intended to say more, but was instead distracted by a large crowd gathering a bit further from here. Upon further inspection it seemed like there was some lunatic with a sword trying to rob a salesmen or something. "Really, at a place like THIS. What happened to trying to NOT gain attention when robbing people? Common let's go, it doesn't seem like security is going to do much" Cecilia said as she placed down the large case she was carrying with her. She then got her rapier, and a simple pistol from one of the smaller compartments. After then she began walking towards the big crowd.

[WriggleRid3r]

Midgar International Airport | Haven

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"Name's Setsuna. Nice to meet you, Azur." Setsuna smiled while handing the sales rep her black and purple credit card. "Nah, I won't threaten anyone... unless they did something really bad, like hurting my friends. Then they're screwed."

While the two remained oblivious to the security guards slowly inching towards the two, the sales rep brought out a box with the promotional photography of Orange Inc's new MECtop in crimson red and black color. "Here you go, ma'am... The charger for the laptop and a complementary wireless mouse is also inside, as well as our warranty and an owner's manual."

"Thank you so much!" Setsuna cheerfully thanked the sales rep, poking his cheek playfully. "And... sorry... about the whole stripping thing. I'm not right in my head... hehe..."

'At least you know...' The sales rep thought, but said nothing as he processed the laptop box so it can be furnished and ready for Setsuna.

[Amaterasu no Akane]

Haven ~ Midgar International Airport

"Setsuna, huh. Nice name," Azur replied, "Well, nice to meet ya, Setsuna." Slightly confused at the origin of Setsuna's name, he inferred that she is--probably--from New Gaia. On the meantime, Azur checked the time, seeing if he had to run to the gate E10. Seems like he had 20 more minutes. Looking back, Azur saw a huge crowd surrounding the electronics store, presumably because of Setsuna stripping. Some perverts are in the crowd, I bet, Azur pondered, And some hunters... Hopefully we can slip out before this gets... insane. Aware that a security guard is within close proximity, Azur--pretended--to be oblivious, knowing that his Aura managed to activate at this correct time.

Attempting to get handcuffs on Azur, the security guard was having an awful time, due to being unable to even touch Azur.

"Dammit, why can't I touch him!?" the security guard silently stated.

"Uh, try a taser," another security guard suggested.

Pointing a taser right at Azur, the security guard was armed and ready to fire.

[Zekai]

Haven - Midgar International Airport

Yuuki was silently watching what was going on and unwraps her gun and points at the guard. "I wouldnt do that sir. We do have a plane to catch." She said with a smile and quickly used her eyes to signal Azur and Setsuna to run.