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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 18:38:54 GMT -5
"According to rumors on the Net, the Labyrinth is the source of many urban legends..."
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I sat on the ground in an alleyway, waiting for the glasses to complete analysis of the data they'd gathered while I paged through my research reports and the data I'd already gathered. There were a lot of traces of activity in this area, and I needed to know just what the signatures I was seeing actually were. I flipped through virtual pages in front of me, pages I was slowly beginning to realize that, despite all that should be possible, some of those without glasses similar to mine could actually see.
I made some notes before a panel opened up in front of me, blinking "100% COMPLETE". I touched it, opening a summary of the findings; it wasn't much. The energy matched other such signatures I'd seen around the city, but it wasn't able to match to any known contributor. I sighed, feeling no closer to Kanna's murderer than I'd been when I moved here a week ago. Still, I added the findings to my journal, then stood, ready to move on.
Just in case, I typed in several lines of code, feeding a pre-created program into the glasses before adding my own touches to it. A sword wrote itself into the air; quickly, I shoved it into the digital storage pocket that expressed itself as a pouch at my side. I didn't want people to see it and get the wrong impression...
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Post by Aqua on Dec 15, 2011 18:52:08 GMT -5
(Sini)
Sneaking back to the city was the easy part, now avoiding the abnormal is not. Before I could even think twice I saw a sword appear out of thin air and then get shoved into this pouch thingy. My mouth falls open and all I can do is say, "Whoa...!"
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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 19:00:22 GMT -5
I gulped, spinning toward the source of the noise. Someone had obviously seen my trick with the sword, once again proving that the things the glasses saw weren't just limited to them, anymore...
"Wh-who are you?" I asked bluntly, taking a step back as I took in the observer.
He was about my age, with bright blue hair - another odd hair color, this town seemed to be full of them - and eyes to match.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 15, 2011 19:11:13 GMT -5
I give my head a shake and smile hugely, "Names Sininen, most call me Sini... And you?" I cross my arms over my chest as I talk, looking the other up and down. Seems like normal guy to me.
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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 19:16:51 GMT -5
"H-Haraken."
When startled, surprised, or confronted with large numbers of people, I have the regrettable tendency to lose my ability to speak in more than one or two words. People say I was a lot more open with others, before Kanna died, but...
"I... I'm sorry."
I couldn't say anything more. I debated rnning for it, but that would just make things worse, so I stood there, silent and still, not meeting the other boy's eyes.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 15, 2011 19:22:05 GMT -5
"Haraken, huh?" I give a laugh a moment before realizing how silent he's being. I tilt my head before saying. "Hey... Are you alright?" Its always the first question mom asked me when I was so silent... Might as well start there.
"I know ya ain't mute."
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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 19:25:56 GMT -5
"Wh-what?" I asked, honestly startled. Truth be told, the other boy didn't seem to be too fazed by my sword tricks. "I'm... I'm fine. Aren't you worried about what you saw?"
If he had seen it. But what else was there to see?
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Post by Aqua on Dec 15, 2011 19:33:29 GMT -5
I just smile, "Naw... I can show you a trick just like that..." My eyes watch him though, trying to understand what he's getting at, where he's coming from. Human communications being one of my main hobbies after all~.
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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 19:36:38 GMT -5
I blinked.
"You can?" I asked. I'd seen strange things before, but... nothing like that. And this other boy... Sini... he didn't even seem to realize that the sword and pouch were virtual, and took up no physical space.
What did it mean?
"Would you show me?" I asked, my inner excitement, though not registering on my features, starting to open my up. "Do you mind if I record it?" I knew that he could see the things I created with them, so I asked his permission before entering the necessary commands to record and analyze what he would do.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 15, 2011 19:41:43 GMT -5
I just smile and hold out my hand and focus, ''C'mon..." My eyes slip closed. I take a deep breath and as I release it I can feel the cool metal of my sword appearing. I open my eyes and smile again. "Cool, huh?"
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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 19:44:43 GMT -5
I leaned in closer; I hadn't gotten my glasses to record in time, but it... it ws amazing.
Just to mke sure, I lifted them from my eyes - the sword was, sure enough, still there, which meant that that was no virtual trick; it was something he had done to an actual, physical object.
Kanna... is this what you would hide from me? I wondered, awed.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 15, 2011 19:54:40 GMT -5
I laugh before sighing, "I just haven't figured out how to send it back yet... So now my brother will think I'm in trouble again." I let my arm hang at my side and am silent a moment before smiling brightly. "You can hold it if you wanna~."
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Post by Haraken on Dec 15, 2011 22:01:44 GMT -5
"I can?" I reached out to take the blade from him and examine it.
It was strangely shaped; I turned it over in my hands, and it certainly felt real. The fact that I could see it without the glasses confirmed it - this was a real blade. And, because I hadn't seen it, even with my glasses, beforehand meant that the other boy had, indeed, summoned it out of nowhere.
"How?" I asked, completely dumbfounded. "How did you...?"
I pulled up a window and snapped a picture of the blade, allowing the glasses to analyze the object; sure enough, energy clung to it, but didn't inhabit it - this was a normal object, but pulled through space by some power from that... other place.
I looked at Sini. Really looked. But he didn't seem like one of those monsters...
Was this what Kanna had been?
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Post by Aqua on Dec 16, 2011 4:10:59 GMT -5
I shrug, "Runs in the family... Ma can do it too..." I didn't really know how it works, me, mom, and Midori don't question our power, just use it to protect... And show off a little. "... But all I can summon is that Dori got the really cool powers." Although I am glad he's talking again, I can't read people as well as anyone else in my family, but I can understand what they say. So I guess that'll have to do. Besides I'm no worry wart like those two.
"You havin' fun?"
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Post by N on Dec 16, 2011 8:23:58 GMT -5
"Kiara! Kiara!" I was yelling. I'd gotten lost in the city... I wish that shiny coin hadn't distracted me... Then I'd have never gotten lost. I sigh and just continue to walk, trying to find my way back to her. I begin to hear voices. They weren't animals, I could tell that much. But I needed to find my way back. I walk in that direction now.
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A few minutes later, I find the source. There were two people, but one in particular caught my interest. "You!" I yell to the boy. I run over to him. "You bought me those drinks earlier!" I smile at him. "Again, thank you very much!"
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