#divinesmasher

     It was bad enough that Ragna delayed this chase for so long... But now his copy had ended up running out of the city entirely in his panicked frenzy, down south to the place known as “Yesteryear.” The only info he had to by was what he could find on his phone; just general summaries and rumors of the old city. With limited information, time running out, and the knowledge that most-- if not all-- of his friends had their issues dealt with, the Grim Reaper made the long trek south for the abandoned city. The journey between cities was rather uneventful... until he arrived at the city border.

     Turns out that someone took notice of his leave from Spirale... and out of all the people who could have noticed, it was someone who gave enough of a damn to end up following him all the way to Yesteryear--- Naoto Kurogane. When the youth was eventually caught near the outskirts of the old city, the two played out their usual routine of bickering as expected--- there might have been a few punches thrown in for good measure. But the severity of the issue at hand allowed them to end their typical squabble early; now was the time to focus on finding the missing doppelgänger.

     The initial search was mostly spent in silence, the two mainly focused on the destroyed and abandoned landscape. There was a special sort of awe amid the destruction, time having spared no building or structure. It all reminded Ragna of old cities he and Jubei came across in their training, ones abandoned or destroyed during the course of the Dark War. But while many of those cities were clearly trampled over and demolished by the Black Beast, no such catastrophe was immediately obvious for the two.

     With no signs of the clone yet, Ragna finally decided to speak up as he glanced over to the youth, who was trying to wipe sweat from his eyes.

“Stop.”

The duo had just finished sparring for the day. Normally Pyrrha would critique Naoto on his mistakes at the end of each day, and tell him what he had done well, but today was awful. She wondered if maybe his heart just wasn’t into fighting today, or if he had something on his mind.

『 * vampires may be considered monsters, but there’s a way to survive without killing y’know. 』

               ❝   Naoto Kurogane...  ❞

       HIS  name sounds more like an admonishment, the tut-tut so clear in her voice that she might as well have actually uttered it.

               ❝   Once again, you’ve found yourself adrift --- dropped off precisely where you don’t belong.   ❞

[TO]: Naoto ???gane [FROM]: Kanji Tatsumi

That presence. There was no doubt, it was him, it was him! The Prime Field Device quickly started floating in mid air, looking for the Man of the Azure, she thought she was driven away from him but she was glad it was a rushed conclusion. “Hehehe...! Nu has been---- ah.” Joy quickly turns into rage, and rage quickly turns into killing intent. “YOU!”

                ❝   You know... It stands to reason that somewhere, somehow, they may actually receive those letters.   ❞

        SHE  recognizes him as having stood nearby with his own lantern, taking great care with whatever --- and whomever --- had been addressed in his note. It had been such a somber atmosphere, and she too had struggled to put her thoughts to paper... But to sit near the bay’s shoreline and gaze up at the stars seemed to offer many some much-needed emotional relief, herself included. 

                ❝   There’s plenty of people that have been brought here... Well, beyond their own deaths. If that’s possible, then...   ❞   Tsubaki leans back on her hands, allowing her sentence to trail off. Much like the stars in Spirale’s sky, the possibilities were endless... Right ?

[team whisky (wskk)-]

OH MY GOD?