“Letter for the esteemed...”

She checks the scroll case.

As the spring came to its end, the next season made sure to make their presence known at the start of their day. Cries would be heard all around and more so at the forests as the cicadas went on and on as the sun’s rays atop the clear blue sky would shine down upon the land.

The humidity was far to much it was troublesome to be regardless if they were in or out of the house.

At a small stall that went along a road that lead to the forest of magic on one end and to the human village on the other, a hand would slam itself onto the board of the stand. And soon after the owner of the hand pull themselves up, their face completely covered in sweat.

@usagienforcer​ // A silly girl followed a demon into a magical land

It had been a few hours since their departure, since Fubuki had said her peace and had decided to follow Nobunaga. A small trip by foot before they’d be walking into a forest, and with a wave of her hand, a rip of something in front of them with Nobunaga walking through.

“Don’t take long now, It doesn’t stay open long, and there’s no second chance.” Nobu smiled, beckoning Fubuki to take her hand.

“Strange, isn’t it? Taking a step into a place of magic and monsters, when you’ve been trying to take steps into a human world for so long?” Once Fubuki took her hand, Nobu would bring her forward, side by side as they overlooked what felt like somewhat of a rural village. In the distance it seemed, old like the stuff Nobu and Fubuki were used to. It was a little more, modern in terms of what was used to build but it was still dated.

“Yeah,” Himari eventually said. “Yeah, it is a lot to take in. Both here and — well, once I realised I ain’t getting home by just retracing my steps, I—eep!” Her back went rigid as she felt somebody touching her tail. Fortunately, the sound of good-nature’s humming met her ears rather than something nefarious. She relaxed, but only slightly.

“Water–water would be great,” she said with a flustered voice, distracted by attempting to look back and see who was touching her tail, all while trying to keep her hand in Miko’s. Himari wasn’t having much success, only barely able to see somebody behind her. “I’m usually one for hot choco,” Himari continues regardless. “Maybe not right now for that–there’s someone back there.” In Himari’s surprised reaction to her tail being caressed, her newfound friend being called the crown prince had entirely slipped a mind going a mile a minute.

“Then.” Miko motioned to a passing male, beckoning them over as they lavished Miko with praise and good tidings. “Water please, our newest guest is a little dazed and needs something to refresh.” Talking kindly the male seemed, unsure about Himari at first, but soon rushed off.

“There’s no direct path to home, but if you can help me trace your steps. I’ll get you there. And Kokoro, play nice.” Miko added, looking to Himari’s side to see the pink haired girl circled around with tails all over her head.

@usagienforcer // Stardrifting time

A purplish blue, the color of the oceans that engulfed this entire planet. The Stargazer, its crew, the ship itself remained in orbit over this purple hewed planet. An ocean world, a rather large one at that as well, but one that didn’t show signs of previous massive life or ruins, no calamity or apocalypse.

Instead this planet was, very much untouched save for its odd purple hew and its raging high seas. Almost no land mass, ill suited for Tlan colonial survey, and hardly suited for any of the other 3 primitive planets that the Tlan had found since their foray into space.

But there was something to note, sticking from the oceans, a high tower of sorts. Hints at further ruins further below, yet the tower had no place to truly land a proper shuttle.

The stormy seas also a barrier, almost enough for the Stargazer and its crew to move along, leaving this planet to another more well specialized crew. At least, that would of been the case if not for an unusually out of season change, a large birth of clear skies and calm waters prompted a this meeting.

There was no room for a shuttle as mentioned, but a small group, a few pairs could be sent down to explore. There were three entrances to this tower, and each could be dropped off at separate ones, then picked up before the storm rolled in.

Two pairs were quick to be picked, the usual pairs sent on very dig, but still they needed a third. The usual third and back up picks had their hands full with a slime creature they found while surveying the last dig. Luckily, it never got anyone on the head, creepy little brain slugs. But they had their hands full, thus the captain was given the unfortunate task of having to not only seek a volunteer, but to voluntell someone, they were going in.

Walking through the group they had to weigh all sorts of risks, this was a dangerous job and everyone knew it, every researcher knew it. But not every one had had a chance to practice it first hand, the wonders and dangers of this job. That is why, the captain stopped in front of the blue haired Vella and placed a hand on her shoulder. 

“Vella my girl.” The older man spoke in a soft voice, not one to be too soft or too stern, never mean but never easy on the crew.

“I’ll be needing you to pack and be ready for this.”

It was the middle of the night and for once it seemed like the plan of the day was fulfilled. So Sealion let the rest of the weapons shop leave early while he did completed the inventory of what projects were still in the works, sadly that also meant the nuclear weapons storage now. Ever since the incident with the Antarctic Abyssal and the Earle they decided to throw all the workload onto Sealion and his division. 

Walking into the vault, he tried to turn on the light but it seemed the circuit breaker had tripped. “ Great, this’ll be terrific...” He snapped on a flashlight, not knowing that despite his best efforts he was not alone.