[IC] - All the World's a Game

[Kristia]

Shinki´s palace

"I have heard stories through my quests of a magician from this world who had many specialities in quite a number of magics, some known magic and some of the dark arts, one of his biggest goals were to obtainn inmortality and resurrect the catholic demon from his slumber" Renamon said what she knew about the magician called Rasputin

Inside her mind Mara teased the blushing Nera ("I told you she still remembered you!") the ghost said as the jackal was smiling gladly ("She openly calls me her mate.. oh Arceus im so happy..")

[S121]

Shinki's Palace

John looked at the stones, then at Yumeko.

"Okay."

Right before John got to work, he turned and said one last thing.

"Oh yea, one more thing. I wanted to ask you about what Yuuka said to you that made you flustered. I've been trying to figure it out for a while now. If you don't want to say now, then maybe later?"

[wonderweiss]

Australian Bar, Snake

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"Listen up here. I've been stuck in that desert for three days with no memory or what happened or how I got here. How the hell am I supposed to know... ugh, sorry. The heats getting to me. So explain yourself. Who are the Neo-Yakuza?

[wonderweiss]

Shinki's Palace, Shiki

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We began walking around the palace to see if I could find Shinki. We kept on weaving our way around the palace. We found the cafeteria, and guess who I found...

"Yuuka... long time no see."

[WriggleRid3r]

Shinki's Palace

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"Well, Rasputin is a sort of mystic that has hailed in Russia about 140 years ago." Shinki explained. "he was a sort of religious monk who never affiliated himself with the religious church called the Orthodox Church, and wandered from village to village, preaching his words."
"Or so thinks many people. Rasputin, however, was also a visionary."
"He saw events in the future that no one else did. He saw grim future ahead, and he aimed to stop the future, so he wrote. Scriptures, bible verses, everything. Some of these scriptures have aged so long, they have become magic tomes, each with varying abilities. One of them, I heard, had the power to revive the dead."

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"Ufufu, hello Yama. Came to send me to the depths of Hell?" Yuuka sarcastically remarked, smiling as she ate a chocolate bar.
"Don't joke about things like that, Yuuka. What if something really happens to you?" Louise said, concerned about Yuuka's harsh manners.
"Oh please." Yuuka shrugged.

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"Don't talk to me about that!" Yumeko blushed, crossing her arms. "Hurry up and get to work!"

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Joe Greasy's Hoff bar, Abercrombie River National Park, Australia

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"Take a drink, if you feel hot." I said. The man looked troubled. "The name's Rengar, by the way."
"So you came from another world, just like us. There are groups of humans out for us. To make us their slaves. We are openly revolting against them, doing whatever it takes to hinder their plan, secretly and stealthily."

[Kristia]

Shinki´s palace

Shinki´s speech made Renamon think about the Rasputin monk "So I suppose these tomes are somewhere in Russia, am I right? the fox said taking another sip of tea.

"Even if that tome is possibly gone, I will search for any note related to it" the vixen took the digivice and looked at its screen ("I will save both of you Rena and Mara, just be patient.")

"Well then, Im ready to go, unless you got any suggestions" Renamon faced the goddess

[wonderweiss]

Shinki's Palace, Shiki

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"I'm surprised that your dress isn't stained in blood as it always is. I've been meaning to send you to hell, but you just won't die, and it would be unorderly to kill you myself."

[wonderweiss]

Australian Bar, Snake

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I took some more drinks. I have been trained to stay sober even after 10 bottles of vodka.

"Slaves, huh? Well I guess that's my mission. Where are you guys headed to, anyways?"

[WriggleRid3r]

Shinki's Palace

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"You know, you just had a big battle in Neo-Yakuza's third largest base. I think you need a well-deserved rest." Shinki smiled. "Go gather the rest of your team, and I'll tell you something nice."

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"My dress?" Yuuka asked, tugging on her white sleeveless. "It got all torn up after the battle, so I ditched it and got this on instead."
"The only person that had clothes matching your size was Orange." Louise sighed as the oven ding'd. "There you go, crown roast is ready."

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Joe Greasy's Hoff bar, Abercrombie River National Park, Australia

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"We don't plan on going anywhere." I said, and it was true. We were happy the way right now, just the three, living in a desolate place, protected by the government and the park rangers.

[S121]

Shinki's Palace

John could easily see that he was touching on a sensitive topic.

"Okay, I won't bring it up."

John began the task of carrying all the debris up to the top of the tower.

The stones ranged in weight, from 100 lbs to 2,000 lbs. Of course, that didn't hinder John in the slightest. He was capable of flipping tanks weighing in at 88 metric tons!
He grabbed each chunk of stone and quickly made his way up the tower, never stopping for a break. After a short amount of time, he retrieved all of the missing stones and placed them in their designated spots.

After that, he went to update Yumeko on the tower's status.

"I've finished up with the tower. Is there anything else that needs to be done?"

[Koishi]

Somewhere in Nevada

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"Okay, I might as well get you started." Deimos went to his computer, and pulled up a map of the world, Nevada being entirely red, while red dots speckled across the world.

"This is all the areas the AAHW controls. Recently, they've started spreading out from Nevada, creating bases in big cities, like New York, Moscow, Osaka, I could go on." Deimos explained.

[Kristia]

Shinki´s palace

Ok, I´ll take some rest today, thank you for your assistance Shinki" Renamon bowed at the goddess and went back to the infirmary room where she fell on the soft bed.

Sarting to fall on her sleep, the fox felt a paw on her waist, probably already dreaming she smiled falling onto the dreamworld

"Take some rest, brave fox.. just let it flow" the jackal´s voice was the last thing the vixend heard when she finally fell asleep

[wonderweiss]

Nevada, Otori

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"And we're going to raid them all, or are we doing a tactical sabotage... sorry. Still got my head on work. It's what we do."

I looked on at the many red dots, and I noticed a large blank spot in the middle of Rhode Island... I wonder why?

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Shinki's Palace, Shiki

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"Well, at least you're working with us in destroying the Neo-Yakuza, and not against us. If it came to that, I would have no choice but to beat you in battle."

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Australian Bar, Snake

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"I see." Good. They're not spies.

All of a sudden, a bunch of tanks and soldiers began surrounding the bar. "What?! You! You didn't plan this, did you? If you did, then you're the only one introuble. I've fought Met- I mean giant robots before. What makes you think I can't take out a few soldiers and tanks?!"

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Base 2, Volgin
"Sir! We've successfully surrounded the area where Snake is."

"Aha! Good job. I'll be waiting for Snake's capture and arrival. And keep him alive. If you don't bring him back or if I find out that you killed him, I'll have your head instead!"

"Yessir!"

[WriggleRid3r]

Joe Greasy's Hoff bar, Abercrombie River National Park, Australia

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"Hostiles around us, eh?" Sheva sarcastically smirked. "The team had these kind of encounters. We go on a heist, the Neos bring their troops over, we kick their sorry butt."
"Easy prey." I got into my stealth form: Thrill of the Hunt. I smlled them, their blood, their fear. "Let's see what they're made of."
"I'll be up on the rooftop giving support fire." I heard Sniper going up the stair to the rooftop. "Those wankers are just prancin' showponies."

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Pentagon, Washington DC

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After 2 hours of struggling and anesthesia, EVE managed to extract the energy out. The energy was so... vile, full of hatred and rage. You couldn't imagine someone having something like this inside and still being as cheerful as Nitori.
"Man, next time Nitori wakes up, I'm going to tie her into making you more advanced." EVE groaned at ABEL, who let off a mrchanical chuckle.
"You did good, EVE." ABEL complimented as he was detached from EVE. "I'll carry her back."

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Shinki's Palace

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"T... That'll be it..." Yumeko blushed. "I think... Mistress Shinki was calling for you..."

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"Ahaha, you should know that not even Yukari is crazy enough to fight you." Yuuka laughed, trying to reach for another candy bar, but was stoped by Louise.
"Stop spoiling your stomach before the feast!" Louise shouted as she pulled a giant, cooked cow from the oven. The bovine must've weighd at least 800 lbs, but Louise held the plate of cow with ease. "Coming through, excuse me."

[S121]

Shinki's Palace

Okay, thanks for the heads up."

John John reached for the door, then spoke once more.

"You know, you don't really need to be shy around me. If anything, I should be."

John left the room and went to talk to Shinki...


Shinki's Room

...John entered Shinki's room, curious on what she needed of him.

"I heard that you needed me?"