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Post by nishthedish on May 23, 2010 21:31:13 GMT -7
Chapter 17
----Scarlet sat on the edge of her bed, listening to the gang's tales how everything started, each person chiming in as their introductions were told. Upon reaching the present time, everyone grew silent as the current situation finally sank in, and DEEP. The team was bruised up, the villains had been countless steps ahead of them since the beginning, their newest ally had almost died at Zhen's hands (device, whatever), and Zeta, who had turned out to be a tool of destruction created by Zhen who had just earlier stolen her back and escaped! Needless to say, over the whole time this narration has taken to finish, everyone has slowly gone from looks of confusion, to subtle panic... Crucible: *slowly becoming noticeably distraught* "Oh dear lord, if anyone in all of Trinaea hears about my blunder I'll be ruined! On top of that, your friend is in the clutches of evil!" Crystin: *placing a hand on his sister's shoulder* "Come on, sis, don't worry! 1. she's OUR friend too and 2. we just need a plan or soemthing and we can get going" Scarlet: "So...any ideas, everyone? I'll let you guys come up with this one, don't think I have the authority yet."
*10 minutes later* --everyone is still sitting around, visibly brainstorming
*30 minutes later* --Crucible is now hunched over in a chair looking rather tired while Jima is reading a book she found in the room and Caroline is cleaning her glasses...Susan is drooling in her sleep as she guards the door
*10 MORE minutes later* --Raz is juggling his head on his hammer while Spectre tests out a small lightning spell and Kagetomi does pull-ups on a light fixture above the bed. Eventually Raz sneezes loudly, startling Spectre whose spell shoots up onto the light...Scarlet notices all this and moves over on the bed before Kage comes crashing down Crucible: *finally composing herself* "Maybe some food and drinks will help us figure everything out."
----The gang quickly agreed, woke Susan up, and headed off to a nearby pub, where everyone refueled, re-hydrated, and finally devised SOME sort of plan to get back Zeta! Turns out Caroline had some extra tricks in her little automobile that could get them on their feet. Caroline: "I never had a need for this, but I had added a prototype aircraft form to the car! With the right drop off and speed, we can get the correct conditions to attain lift off and try chasing down my...friend." *she struggles with these last words* Jima: "Are you sure we're ready for this? I mean, maybe I'm just being too nervous, but..." Caroline: I'm positive...we're still here for a reason, Zhen isn't making any attempts to get rid of us for a reason and if I know my former partner well enough, I can assure you that forcing her hand will give us a chance to maybe figure her out...trust me on this, even if she's expecting this, we won't regret trying..." --With that, everyone went back to their food and drinks, cheering and having a good time, for they were all prepared to mount an assault on the good doctor's airship fairly soon.
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Post by nishthedish on Jul 9, 2010 23:12:38 GMT -7
Chapter 18
----As the gang toasted their final drinks, they had a chugging contest to see who gets to ride shotgun on this mission. Being the swarthy knight he is, Crystin won hands down and roared like a manly man as everyone laughed. Everyone was in high spirits and ready to fight. Once the bill was payed, Caroline led everyone out to where she parked the car and began a last minute check-up before they got underway. She joked about "how much it would suck if something went haywire and left us nosediving back to the earth below" and laughed like a crazy old nerd...Susan and Crystin chuckled, Jima and Crucible smiled nervously, and Kagetomi simply got a massive chill up her spine at the thought. With everything set, everyone piled in and Caroline revved the engine and turned around to face everyone as she explained take-off. Caroline: "Alright, I'm gonna need Crucible and Spectre for this one. I've got plenty of fuel here, but we need to be able to get off the ground AND stay airborne long enough for the flight mechanisms to take over. Once I say so, both of you work together to pull up the ground ahead of us like a ramp to launch off of. After that, I'll need some way of maintaining some sort of glide until I can take over...got it?"
----The 2 magic users nodded in unison and stood up a bit in their seats next to each other as Caroline got them into a nice clearing to build up speed. She hit the pedal like a crazy woman and the car was already at 88MPH by the time she gave the signal! The mages closed their eyes and reached down, as if picking up the earth themselves, their hands glowing green as they lifted a distant patch of ground up and stomped their feet to tilt it at a good angle. As the vehicle rocketed off the angled patch of dirt, Crucible muttered an incantation to conjure up large, feathery wings of light at the car's sides, followed up by Spectre calling for might gusts of wind to catch beneath the wings and create a smooth glide. Just like clockwork, Caroline called off the mages and let the car begin plummeting as she activated flight mode; the wheels turned into the bottom of the body, jets appeared from the rear and metal wings took the place of the light ones as the gang cheered and soared off into the clouds, making good time, their target: Zhen's fortified airship!
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Post by Raevis on Jul 9, 2010 23:50:37 GMT -7
Spectre = Elemental mage = Yaaaaaaaaaaay.
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Post by nishthedish on Jul 10, 2010 9:47:12 GMT -7
Yeah, basically Spectre is more of the elemental mage, but some elements he doesn't have much training in (not as much as others at least). Crucible gets the light magic and makes up for Spectre's rusty practice in some of the elements, she more uses them as ways to enhance her own abilities and get around, in some cases.
example: where Spectre would use a tornado spell or rend the earth to crash through foes, Crucible would more use shockwaves to disable and damage or maybe make her own air current under her parasol to cross large expanses of ground.
Spectre=dark, fire, earth, lightning, basic wind, basic ice Crucible=light, ice, wind, basic earth, all sorts of support magic
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Post by nishthedish on Jul 29, 2010 0:03:11 GMT -7
Chapter 19
----Soaring through the skies, a low roar could be heard growing louder and louder as time passed. The gang came to feel rather uneasy as the entire airship came into view...it may have been an intense moment of determination, but their friend's life was at stake, not only that, but she being held by someone who has been 5 steps ahead of everyone from square 1! Suddenly, Kagetomi's ears perked up and warned Caroline to dive to the side, swiftly dodging a couple missiles as a couple enemy fighters flew by. --Their guns flared up as they made U-turns and slowly flanked the scientist's craft, causing her to cut the engines and let them fly by, as she launched her own energy cannons, sending 2 crafts spiraling into each other and to the ground. As the other couple regrouped and started a new plan of attack, --Caroline's car dove and rose up along their left side, leaving the fighters to send missiles after her. With a nice boost in the engines from Spectre's fire magic, Caroline looped around to keep the missiles at bay and get the enemy gunning her, when Crucible was signalled to bring up a wind barrier to disorientate everyone. In one fell swoop, Caroline barrel rolled and created a vortex with the wind, slowing down the enemy aircrafts and pushing their own missiles into them!
----Everyone cheered and taunted the defeated pilots as they floated to the ground in their safety parachutes. Thanks to their swift moves, nobody would be prepared to send in another wave of fighters after them, making this the perfect time to fly in close and infiltrate the airship. They flew in close to the ship found a nice hatchway to sneak in...when it finally opened to send a new wave of fighters out to patrol he area, they quickly flew in and landed, leaping from their seats to KO everyone in the room and stay hidden. --The ship was quite a sight to behold...so many doors, monitors, and machines. To everyone except Caroline, this was a rather in-depth look at the labs and workshops that belong to Ms. Onyde. To Caroline, it was quite a nostalgia trip, bringing her back to the days when they became best friends and a regular "Batman & Robin" of science! After a good dungeon's worth of sneaking about and rooting threw open rooms and cabinets, the gang finally came to an elevator leading straight up to Zhen's "office".
----The elevator slowed to a halt as Zhen clapped slowly and eventually twirled her chair around, smiling brightly at everyone. Zhen: "Bravo, old friend! I had a hunch you'd navigate all these cumbersome doors and corridors rather quickly!" Caroline: "Hehehe, well I'd hope so after being with you for so long...I've always had a good eye for deciphering your style." *she sighs happily* "Now if only I could learn how to figure out what your next move is gonna be!" --Zhen laughed and grinned widely, looking over to everyone else...and noticing a certain ex-toadie with them and briefly staring with utter disbelief. Before anyone could notice she quickly regained her composure and brought back the grin. Crucible: "Ms. Onyde, I cannot simply accept what you have done, especially considering YOU MADE A COMPLETE FOOL OUT OF ME AND MY SUBJECTS!!!" Crystin: *holding back Crucible* "EASY there, sis...ma'am, I hope you can see how pissed we are...yeah, it takes a LOT to make my sister break her etiquette and lady, she's been holding this in since we set out on this chase!" --Raz brandished his hammer and held it in front of him like a pimp with his cane, demanding the whereabouts of their android companion.
----Upon hearing this, Zhen simply nodded and snapped her fingers. In no time, Alice and Cecil had entered the room, creating a lively drumroll on Zhen's desk as a few guards wheeled in a large containment chamber. Within it lay poor Zeta, groaning and whining miserably as her entire being was being forcibly tuned scanned; metal arms sparking electricity and fire on her arms as others yanked and removed wires to be replaced with new ones, her body being twisted about to test resistances...and many mysterious cords plugged into her head and body. Everyone's eyes went wide in shock at the torturous sight before them. Spectre cringed soemthing fierce, Raz and Jima were completely shocked, Kage and Susan were building up anger...Scarlet, Crucible, Crystin, and Caroline all made futile attempts to look away from what they helped bring about in some way or another.
Zhen: "Like what I've done with her? As you all probably have guessed by now, this is my newest and grandest project...my own highly capable war machine to be used as a rather forceful means to take over...well, just about everything." Susan: "But, what the HELL is the point of it all?! You're a genius, there must be SOME plan in that noggin!" Cecil: "Sometimes the best motivations are simple ones." Jima: "...You mean you're doing this just because you can...nobody knows you're doing this since they still believe this is all part of some way to defend the world from harm! You're abusing your knowledge and strength...I can't believe we took NOTES in your classes!" Cecil: "Well, we must eliminate all obstacles in our path, so I guess we may as well admit you have a point there...but look on the bright side,-" *he places his hands behind his back and twitches his antennae* "-I've finally met my second mother! Madam Caroline, I heard you lucked out at my creation, your eyesight is slowly mending itself, while I remain forever blind..." --All Caroline could do was greet her last project with Zhen with a nervous sigh. On an unrelated note, Alice finally noticed her old "toy" on the side of justice and eagerly yelled out at her. Alice: "Oh HO! Look at the little butt monkey now, all grown up and not useless! Shouldn't you be pushing up daisies right about now?" Scarlet: "Yeah yeah yeah, yuck it up princess, because I'm not afraid of you anymore! Well, I'm getting there, but you damn sure know what I mean!It's about time I payed you back for all the abuse while under that lunatic's command." Alice: "Ain't that a shame...you screamed so good when you thought you'd die. But, I guess the best rush comes when you really put your all into breaking your doll, right? You having a heartbeat right now kinda goes against all plans already, but I could always remedy that; just reach right in and give it a niiiice SQUEEZE!"
----As everyone began bickering and trading comments, Raz approached Zhen and gripped his hammer hard, ready to pummel her into the ground. All she could do was back away and chuckle as she pulled out some sort of schematic of Zeta's body and layed it out for him. Zhen: "You like it? It's my newest upgrade for the girl...back when she broke out of my lab, it was all thanks to a rather unstable system I was testing. A sort of mode to "override" her typical safety precautions in order to effectively enhance her abilities in short bursts. Of course, I've been perfecting it since re-obtaining her, so I know it's all set now...how about we test it?" --With that, a large surge of glowing cyan energy flooded the container that held Zeta and she let out a massive shriek. The energy spread over her body, leaving what looked like veins all over her as the locks holding her in place let her drop once the cords had reconfigured her mind a bit. She was still the old Zeta, but she was struggling to fight the new AI trying to take over as Zhen's weapon! Zeta's body was moving on its own towards our heroes as she took potshots at them while they retreated ad attempted snapping her out of it. Zeta: *panicing* N-NO, STOP! Everyone run, I can't control my body! --As she yelled out, Raz deflected a few of her energy blasts before getting blown back by some compact explosives just recently implemented into Zeta's frame. New weapon after new gadget appeared on her, from bombs, to sonic waves, to shields, to even energy blades in her arms! The poor android had tears in her eyes as she was helpless to stop herself from greatly injuring her friends as the scrambled to get the car going and out the hangar.
----As they lifted off, Zeta's chest opened up to reveal a laser cannon, charging up for one final test move. Unfortunately for Raz and the gang, that second wave of patrol fliers were still out there and quickly homed in on their position, getting in a good amount of hits before clearing out. As they did so, Zeta let out the loudest cry of resistance to warn her friends as the laser fired off and NAILED Caroline's craft! The force of the hit totaled half the plane and caused it to begin falling apart into the smoldering junk it was made of, leaving our heroes to spiral downward back below the clouds and out of view and hearing range. Zhen simply marveled at the successful hardware testing and Alice giggled devilishly at the "fireworks" display she just witnessed. All poor Zeta could do was drop to her knees and stare down at the clouds with tears in her eyes...did she really just enact such a grizzly demise unto her own friends? Zhen: *taking off her glasses and bowing* "Farewell Raz Raymond, you and your gang of do-gooders were truly worthy of arch-nemesis status...and rest in peace Caroline, my very best friend..."
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Post by Raevis on Jul 29, 2010 1:00:44 GMT -7
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Post by nishthedish on Sept 23, 2010 14:07:02 GMT -7
Chapter 20----*a loud vehicle of sorts can be seen falling from the sky in a nearby town, spiraling out of control as its passengers tumble and cling to whatever is nearby.* --All this next part is happening in a VERY short span of time, so read it all like a large cluster of thoughts and exclamations, how I pictured it.-- Caroline: "DAMN IT ALL! I don't think there is much I can do to keep us from eating it now! Somebody hurry up with those survival instinct special powers already!" Jima: "ABANDON SHIP!" *spoken as she clings to a piece of the ship that has already broken off of the main part.* --As everyone panics, they all group together and see a lake coming int view beneath them...how convenient! Kagetomi: "Great, at least we have a shot at living now!" Raz: "Now if only the wind weren't veering us toward the not liquid banks." Crystin: "I'm bad with heights so I closed my eyes early on, are we boned yet?" Crucible: "Now we are...any last words?" Jima: "... ABANDON SHIP!!!..." --Everyone looks over at Jima, completely appalled by her sudden cowardly outbursts, only to see that she apparently pushed off from her rubble in order to direct herself towards the center of the lake! Following immediately, everyone pulled themselves from whatever they were holding on to and pushed off toward Jima, hitting the water one by one as the car slammed into the bank not too far off.
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Post by nishthedish on Sept 27, 2010 23:01:18 GMT -7
Chapter 21
----Despite the terrible circumstances of the party's emergency landing, there was a decent travel route nearby. A nice group of wanderers picked them up after spotting them all passed out in the lake, taking them a long ways to the coastline. This was the location of a den of adventurers known as Aquinas Harbor. That whole area was connected to the gorgeous trader's town of Koralys. The fall was quite a nasty one, the team was out of commission for a whole 4 days, leaving our villains to do who KNOWS what! As the seagulls cried out in the ocean breeze, Scarlet stirred and eventually bolted upright, looking about the room and rubbing her aching side. As she looked about the room, she spied Kagetomi, Caroline, and Raz walking over, helping the poor magician up onto her feet. Caroline: "Gooood morning, sunshine~. Glad to see you up and intact after my little screw up!" Kagetomi: "Now we're finally all up...time to ask the folks who found us if exactly where we are." Raz: "Yeah, all we know is that we crashed HARD, and they found us in a lake a good ways up the road." --With a quick nod, Scarlet followed the trio downstairs and out of the inn, meeting up with the others and their group of saviors...who looked familiar.
----The group was made up of what looked to be 4 members of some sort of guild. The thing is, they all wore an emblem that looked identical to the one on Raz's shirt! One was a tall and slightly awkward young man with short, brown hair, carrying a book of spells and a sort of mystical pistol of sorts. He wore a simple striped shirt with kahki pants. Standing next to him was a shorter boy with glasses, a bowler hat, and what appeared to be mechanical/magic infused gloves that he made disappear on command so he could use his hands like normal. The other 2 were a medium length haired young man in a jacket who was playing w/ a rather formidable looking pack of explosives. The final was a plump girl who had black hair with orange highlights in a slightly similar yet shorter arrangement than Jima's (she was a good bit taller as well). She played with 2 yo-yos, wore a simple blouse, and laughed as she spotted the Asian girl. Raz: "Everyone, we know these folks! they're old friends of ours from all the way back in Dengaro! Spectre: "Yeah, they're part of our guild and happened to be conveniently on a mission in this area while travelling. How odd..." Raz: *Turning back towards the guild members, he floats a hand over each member of the team, introducing every one of his new buddies.* "You guys already know Spectre...and we have Kagetomi, Scarlet, Crucible, Crystin, Caroline, Jima, and Susan!" --The guild members slowly introduce themselves in order. The tall man is Joshua, the little boy is Roger, the one w/ the explosives was Tarrence, and the young woman was known as Leena. Roger: "Hey, what ever happened to that android we found way back before you guys left? Wasn't she with you, Raz?" --Raz simply stood there with the most depressed look on his face anyone has ever seen as the whole group remembered all that was probably being done to her at this moment. Leena: *noticing that a sore spot had been hit, she quickly looked over at Jima and flicked one of her yo-yos out, tapping the girl on the nose* "So, how's my baby sister been? Never thought you'd be off adventuring, haha!"
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Post by Raevis on Sept 29, 2010 22:27:38 GMT -7
DOUBLE ARM CRUSHER POWERS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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Post by Raevis on Sept 29, 2010 22:37:35 GMT -7
Ok, real response. XD Out of the group, I think I'm most interested in Roger. =P Magic gauntlets~
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Post by nishthedish on Jun 14, 2011 16:37:45 GMT -7
Chapter 22: A Game Plan The port town was rather peaceful, serving as a well-deserved palette cleanser after everything our heroes had been through. Unfortunately, their mental fatigue showed more than a bleach stain on a colorful shirt. This became most evident when Leena and her friends offered to buy the gang some lunch later that day. The diner they ate at was busy and merry, ringing with the chatter of travelers and locals alike. All were having a grand time, except for Leena’s table, where the good times seemed to become watered. As the young woman sipped her soda, her friends helped get the ball rolling. There was a visible tension that loomed over her younger sister and her friends. This stagnant air almost seemed to mock them as they acted as relaxed as can be. Eventually Leena caught on and stared at Jima. They both knew this elephant in the room had to be taken care of. Jima: So, uh…as you can tell we’re short one person, er, android. *she lightly chuckled to herself* Leena: Yeah, where could your metal friend have flown off to? Off to fight eight bigger robots or something? At that moment, all who felt guilty about what happened glanced at each other and took deep breathes. Crucible: We were deceived! Crystin: She was captured… Scarlet: …and we failed to get her back Caroline: *really fast in one breathe* Now she’s up in the skies with my former best friend who is a monster of a genius and created Zeta who is being augmented and turned into a weapon of mass destruction against her very will! *immediately slams her head on the table to hide her shamed face* Leena: Yikes, sorry I asked. No WONDER all of you are, quite frankly, rather lackluster when off your game this bad. At least we can be certain that your Zeta girl is alive and well, right? Kage: Well enough to beat us with our own limbs if Zhen so wishes Susan: Not to mention our ride is TOTALLED! ----Everyone involved with this little situation could tell that nobody was in any shape to even leave the area or make a game plan for getting around. The rest of the day went surprisingly well, put together with random patches of pep talking and sight seeing. After a couple days, everyone was back to their old selves, ready for action! During that time, Leena’s pals had been multi-tasking between trading stories with the gang and scouting the area for any clues. The harbor town itself proved rather helpful, in the end. --As a meeting place for all sorts of people, Raz and the more “social” members of the gang set out to converse with locals and ask around about various places; they nearly forgot that Caroline’s prized form of transportation was in shambles and that various materials would be needed to fix it. Lucky for Caroline, she was able to find most of the smaller parts needed at various shops and in a small neighboring town not worth mentioning (or describing). Caroline: With all these new parts, I think we can make my poor boy here bigger and better than ever before! I mean, he was originally made out of whatever I could salvage, clean, and revitalize. I’m honestly sadder about the crash than Zeta nearly destroying us. Scarlet: I hear ya- *she pushes her hat down with both hands and taps her star pendant to make it morph into her scythe* -it’s easy to get attached to a tool that always seems to pull through no matter what. Zhen, Zeta, AND your car; a triple loss. Caroline: Well, I was prepared for losing this guy; his engine was unstable and worn for a while now. Scarlet: Say what now? Caroline: If Zeta hadn’t gotten us, then the engine exploding and shrapnel everywhere would have. I gave this bad boy plenty of personal modifications to make it worthy of a nutty science-head like myself. Scarlet: It’s been walking the line between orgasmic road king and tactical nuke this whole time. Caroline: Tell no one, and I’ll let you ride shotgun whenever you want from now on. Scarlet: Such a foolish move for such a smart woman…I’d have settled for dominion over the radio.
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Post by nishthedish on Jun 14, 2011 16:43:08 GMT -7
Chapter 23: Split The day came and went slowly, leading into yet another filled with empty leads and disappointment. After a good couple days, Caroline had done all she could for their ride, but found herself lacking the right parts for their needs. The gang had a sort of informal meeting around the half-built vehicle. It looked more like a scale model than something that would eventually be driven, let alone FLOWN. As everyone settled in, the bespectacled “mechanic” daintily hopped up on the hood of her project, avoiding unwanted dents and whatnot. Caroline: Well, as you can see, I’m well on my way to fixing this thing. As expected, though, I’m missing some pieces; anybody learn much while out? ----Right on cue, everyone begins thinking and muttering small snippets of information at once like an unorganized class on a field trip. Their voices roared out like a chorus, all melding together at once into an utter heap of syllables; it was clear to Leena precisely how badly their team dynamic had been gutted thanks to recent events. Eventually everyone quieted down and composed their thoughts. Raz: I heard from some guys at the bar that the next city over has some good auto parts shops, some of which hold the kind of heavy duty stuff the car needs! Any idea what else it needs? Caroline: The very heart of my baby here; he needs a new engine. Spectre: …what happened to the old one we’ve been using this whole time? It was in better shape than anything else! Scarlet: “Don’t worry about it” is what happened. ----This new city was a place known as Forte, a place not unlike Jima and Susan’s native home of Vestrin. The big difference being that Vestrin is generally quieter and less prone to “altercations” between its inhabitants than the ever exciting Forte. In fact, the duo had met a few people from Forte during the previous school year; they were a bit of a rowdy bunch and one boy even got into a fight with Susan due to his friends picking on one of Susan and Jima’s. Susan: He had one hell of an arm, but unfortunately his head isn’t nearly as hard as mine, hehe. *she knocks on her forehead like it’s a door* clocked ‘im good! Jima: Then his girlfriend came in swinging, at the wrong person- *points to self* , but hard enough where a nice slice to the back of the head was the only warning she’d get. But, the city itself is rather nice, honestly. It has a rather old-timey feel to it. Crystin: Oh, I’ve been there once with my sister! A vintage town with *clears throat* colorful folks. Crucible: It was such a vintage place, but the people…I didn’t know whether to cry or crack up. The latter was more fun. Crystin quickly took hold of the conversation from there, explaining what he, Leena, and the girls discovered. Crystin: We bumped into some of Leena’s friends and they were going on about some sort of tournament being set up across the sea. It sounds like it’s gone on before, except this year has some rather interesting contestants this year. I think it had to do with everyone wanting to prove themselves against a team a few other fighters are part of. All I know is that they mentioned a mantis; if it’s who we think it is, this will be our chance to delve into our enemies’ minds. ----Considering the short time frame in which this idea could happen in, it was decided that the team should split up in order to cover all the ground lost via sulking and acquiring this information. One team would take the long road and do a bit of sightseeing in Forte, while the others sailed off across the sea to confront the biggest enigma on Zhen’s side…hopefully.
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