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A Dark Fox's Trickery
It's still early in the morning, but even now, the stranger characters are out and about. Standing on top of a bench is a figure dressed in traditional Japanese clothes, along with a kitsune mask. Four glowing drums float beside them. They stare out at the little crowd, as if waiting for something.
A young girl wanders the crowd alone. She seems to be alone, at least for the moment, whether she’s been that way or simple lost her caretaker is uncertain. There seems to be a faint cloud over the girl’s solid blue eyes, but nevertheless she has little difficulty finding the masked figure. The girl taps her foot impatiently
Aren’t you supposed to be sitting down? It’s kinda rude to take so much space.
The masked person glances at the blonde-haired girl momentarily, then looks straight ahead without a word. Their gaze is now locked on a passing duo: a small brown-haired girl, and the black humanoid walking beside her. The fox-masked person hops off the bench and waits for them to inevitably notice them and approach. Some of the floating drums beat once on their own, producing a purple music note.
A teenager wearing a red jacket strolls over, though doesn't speak, listening to music on his headphones. His face is obscured under his hood.
"Hmmm..."
He puts his hand on his waist and stares at the masked person.
(edited by Eito)
One.
The masked person takes a step forward.
Two.
The drums are surrounded in purple flames.
Three.
A torrent of notes are beat out, covering the area in black and purple. It's almost impossible to see. Eito feels something bump into him as it runs: the fox-masked person, with a little girl in their arms.
A large man walks through the area with a simple bag of groceries in his left hand. He grins happily to himself as he pays the world little to no mind. That's what would've happened if he didn't hear soft drumming in the distance. Intrigued by the sound, he adjusts his glasses and makes his way towards the source.
"What the hell? What is this?"
Kalib finally stumbles upon the scene, or rather the lack thereof as the notes obscure whatever was going on. He grinds his teeth in frustration before calling out into the strange torrent.
"Hello! Is anyone in there? Are you okay?"
Eito turns to stare at the person and the girl once again, as if appraising them. His eyes are switching beteen multiple colors from red to green to yellow to more. It stops as he releases a breath he didn't think he was holding. The teenager takes off his headphones and his hood, revealing his pitch black hair.
"What's up with you?"
"And what the hell did you do?"
The fox-masked person glances at Eito for a moment, as if sizing him up. They flinch when the girl strikes their stomach.
"Hey, let me go!"
They take it as their cue to start running. They're now far enough away from the notes that Kalib can see them.
"Motherfucker..."
Eito steps back before dashing forward, sprinting with inhuman speed towards the fox masked person.
"Come back here!"
Walking through the crowd is Jiyu with his headphones on. He was minding his own business until the fox masked person runs past him.
"What th-"
He then sees Eito going in hot pursuit after the guy, getting surprised by his inhuman speed.
"Well if he's chasing him, then that guy must be trouble."
"H-Hey! There was someone in there!? Are you okay?"
Kalib quickly tries to make sense of the situation...
Strange looking person carrying a young child out of a strange place, with his apprentice hot on their trail.
All he wanted was to get home and make lunch. He shakes his head and sighs as a blue card appears before him.
"Well that'll do it. Roland! I need to get to them yesterday! We're going to have to trust an old move for this one..."
He reaches his right hand out and crushes the card. In a flash of blue, Roland the Paladin appears behind Kalib and grabs his summoner.
"Be gentle..."
With a quick start up, Roland spins like a top before tossing Kalib into the air in an arc. The bag of groceries flailing about as he begins his descent and attempts to land right before the figure.
*Maria stands by as Eito starts running after the fox masked person. Kyu turns it's head in confusion.*
They must be racing. Hee Hee. That looks fun. But we won't lose to them. C'mon Kyu. Let's beat them both.
*Maria and Kyu start running after Eito and the masked girl, trying to beat them in a race.*
The fox-masked person is so focused on running that they almost don't notice the big human falling towards them. With only a moment to react, they toss the girl off to the side before being pinned under Kalib's weight. The black humanoid from the crowd runs up to the girl to see if she's okay.
"I-I'm fine, Deemo... But why'd the masked guy do that? He's never done that before?"
"Deemo" pats the girl's head, then stares at the fox-masked person...
"Well if everyone's going after him, then I'd might as well join in."
A ghostly white horse charges through the crowd and towards Jiyu. Once it gets close enough, Jiyu hops on it and speeds towards the fox masked person.
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
Stopping to stare at the masked person be pinned under Kalib, Eito sighs and tilts his head to the side.
"What the fu-"
He's soon interrupted by his crimson personality taking over.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA, THAT WAS AMAZING! Sensei, you make for a great cannon ball, you kno-HAHAHA!"
Eito proceeds to fall to the ground in laughter.
(edited by Eito)
*Maria runs up to the group. She stops, looking sad.*
Ahh. We lost. But two of you were cheating. You can't ride a horse or fly in a foot race. Disqualified!
*Maria nods twice, affirming to herself that Jiyu and Kalib should be disqualified from the race she thinks just happened.*
Kalib leaps off the man in terrible pain from his collision.
The rise from Eito causing him to smile as the impact works its way out of each bone. A blue card appears again as he finally ignores the pain.
"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Kalib should be able to fly."
He crouches in front of the probably very stunned figure.
"The Kalib, however, flies anyway."
His eyes narrow as he waits for the masked figure to stir.
The blue card easily within reach of Kalib's left hand.
"But enough about me. Who are you and what were you doing with that girl? Oh! And don't think about running...I don't want to hurt you beyond this."
Jiyu and the horse stop charging upon seeing Kalib fall on the man.
"Whoa! Well that makes the job easier."
The masked person says nothing. They slowly and painfully sit up. They point at the girl, then at somewhere in the distance. Either they're mute, or don't want to say anything.
"You... were trying to take me somewhere?"
The girl speaks up, clinging to Deemo's arm. The masked person nods and makes a motion with his hand, as if signaling her to come quickly.
Kalib stands as the man sits up. Still cautious but terribly worried about the man's wellbeing, he opts to offer him some medicine he retrieved during his shopping trip.
"Here, take this if you want. It'll fix you up. Most bad guys would've done something by now, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt."
Kalib flashes an apologetic smile before turning to the girl and the man she was with.
"Excuse me lil' miss! Do you know this guy? I'd like some info if you'd be so kind."
*Maria and Kyu look at the group confused.*
Wait, what are you guys playing? I wanna play with you too if that's not too big of a problem.
The girl nods.
"Well... kind of. I've met him before, but he's always avoided me for some reason. The people in this magic tree called him a... Dark Kitsune?"
"Dark Kitsune" stands up and waves for them to follow, growing noticibly impatient.
"Alright, we're coming! Oh, by the way, I'm Alice, and this here is Deemo!"
She points at the black humanoid next to her, who waves.
After taking another moment to laugh and roll on the ground, Eito slaps himself and gets back up, sighing. He's back to normal.
"Oh god..."
Shaking his head, Eito sighs and then clears his throat.
"Now, back onto the matter at hand."
"Why did you grab the kid?"
Eito motions to the girl.
Jiyu looks over to Maria.
"This isn't a game you know."
He then looks over to "Dark Kitsune," staring him down.
"Pft. Looks like Kit over there puts the tsun in kutsune! Ehehe!"
Kalib shoots Alice a quick grin before addressing them properly.
"Pleased to meetcha, Alice and Deemo! I assume you're a guardian of sorts then Deemo? If you intend to go with this guy, I'm going to tag along."
His cheery demeanor still can't shake the uncertainty about Kit and his mysterious goal. But it's outside of his power at the moment, so the best he could do was be ready.
To answer Eito's question, the newly-nicknamed Kit points at Deemo, then heads onwards.
Deemo nods to Kalib, then he and Alice follow as well.
Their destination? A tree, still clinging to its brown, yellow, and red leaves even in the winter. A wooden door is built into the trunk. Kit opens it, revealing a much larger inside. It's a circular area, with a spiral staircase connecting each of the four floors. A window is built into the "ceiling," where two crows circle.
Following closely behind the others, Kalib steps into the tree. He lets his eyes wander around the "building", for lack of a better word, and his eyes take note of what seemed to be a skylight with a couple crows flying around.
"Not only an attempted kidnapping, but we're brought to a scene with a murder? Hehehe!"
Kalib laughs at his own silliness in an attempt to steady his nerves.
"So what's the deal, Kit? We're here, or rather Alice is here, so what's next?"
*Maria stares at Jiyu blankly.*
But you guys looked like you were having a fun race. Also, you're still disqualified.
*Although she has no clue what's going on, Maria still follows the group regardless, happy as can be. She looks around the tree in awe*
Woah! This place is super neat!
Eito looks up at the huge tree, whistling.
"Damn, this place is nice!"
Upon Kalib's joke, Eito turns to look at him, annoyance in his eyes.
"Sensei, you're a wonderful human being and I appreciate you."
"But don't make any more puns."
His eyes turn green.
"It's just for your own good, chap."
(edited by Eito)
Kit thinks for a moment, then points at Kalib. He then points at the ceiling-window and punches his palm with his fist.
The crows finally take notice of everyone, and begin circling lower.
"She's back!"
"The mistress!"
"She still forgets us, Hypnos?"
"I think so, Moros. But she's still afraid, so I think she kinda knows us!"
The crows let out a croaky laugh, and Alice hides behind Deemo.
"Make them go away..."
While following the group as well on his horse-persona, Jiyu looks back over to Maria.
"Now who would have a race in the middle of the sidewalk?"
Jiyu then jumps off of his horse just as it disappears and takes a look at the tree.
"Well this has got to be one of the most unique trees I've ever seen. Well, besides Quintus's persona..."
He then looks up at the crows.
"Hmm, talking crows..."
(edited by Jiyu-Hatanaka)
*Maria looks over to Jiyu*
I've done it before. Also, grown-ups do it all the time. I've seen it on TV. They call it a "Marry-thon", I think. It looks super fun.
Kalib can't help but grin at Eito's reaction to his puns.
"You'll learn to appreciate why I do what I do. But noted. Do keep your emotions in check though."
Kalib raises a brow in response to Kit's action. He moves closer to the man and whispers.
"Correct me if I'm wrong. You want me to punch the birds? Odd request, but give me a thumbs up if I'm on the right track."
Kalib then turns his attention to the pair of crows and addresses them.
"Hypnos and Moros, was it? Sorry about coming in unannounced. Wasn't my intention in the slightest!"
He glances over to see Alice hiding behind Deemo and the anxiety returns. Was she scared because they were talking birds or... it's no use. There are too many unknowns still.
Kit points up at the ceiling window again.
"Not at all! The mistress's counterpart may get mad, but we're just here to watch!"
"And get the mistress to finally remember us?"
"That too."
"She doesn't want to remember, though..."
"Stop it!"
The crows stop chattering when Alice shouts. Moros lands on Deemo's shoulder, who pats the bird on the head.
(edited by Duet)
Eito stares up at the birds, tilting his head to the side.
"Crows that speak...Interesting."
Eito raises his hand, as if to let one of the two land on it.
"Hey there, I suppose you know her?"
He nods towards Alice.
"If she doesn't want to remember..."
Kalib's voice sounds a touch more intimidating than his usually cheery voice. His hands hidden in his pockets to avoid them from balling into fists.
"...I will ask that you don't force her to do anything she doesn't want. That being said."
He turns his attention to Alice once more and gives he a reassuring smile.
"This mistress you speak of would be that girl, Alice, right? And her counterpart would be the man, Deemo, yes?"
He's struggling to find the answers on his own, but he feels like he might be close to getting answers.
Jiyu glances over to Maria once more.
"Well I'm pretty sure we were not doing a marathon."
Jiyu then stares at the crow on Deemo's shoulder.
*Maria shrugs at Jiyu before looking at Alice with a smile*
Don't worry about the birbs. They're harmless. Unless they are bigger birbs, then they are not as harmless and spit fire and poison and are just gross. But these birbs aren't bad, evil, big birbs, so they're cool. And they speak. Which is cool.
*Maria give Alice a thumbs up.*
"Close, big man, but not quite."
"Other mistress isn't here yet."
"We know her, but she doesn't wanna know us."
"But she'll have to remember eventually, or-"
Deemo gives Moros a look. There's an unspoken agreement between them, and the crow ruffles his feathers.
"Nevermind. But Foxy over there's looking antsy... eh, probably just me."
"Probably."
"Loose cannon though."
"Very unpredictable!"
Alice doesn't smile, but gives Maria a small nod.
"I know, but I don't like them..."