You like dragons?

"Of course, of course! I love playing!" Oh how exciting it was to find someone who was just as energetic as she was. It was refreshing to ther manakete as more often than not would people turn her offers to play. Yet here this one was just so hyped up!

     ”E-eh!? Who’s there!?” Sonico squeaked, her legs bending in at the knees, shaking, hands clasped in front of her (ample) chest. Leviathan, stared blankly at the other pair of players, looking from her sister, to the other master, to her own master.

     ”…master does have a very ample frame.”

     ”Eeeeeeeh!?” Sonico head ping-ponged back and forth between the three people in front of her.

[Sis! Sis! Hi, it's been a while~! How have you been? Is this your master? Whoa! It's like you and your master are the opposite of me and my master!] It was a bit obvious as to what she was talking about but whether Nowi noticed or cared about it was unknown as she took to addressing Sonico instead.

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     ”Master, please stop crying…”

     ”B-but…!” Sonico hiccuped wipinh her tearing eyes. “Y-you said I have to kill people? Or be killed? But why!?”

     Leviathan sighed at her master, patting the pink haired girl on her head. Even though Leviathan was small, she was floating above where Sonico was kneeled on the ground sniffling.

     ”I told you I would protect you master You are in no danger while I am around.”

     Sonico sniffled but nodded at the tiny floating girl rubbed her head. She wished she had her guitar. Or one of her cats. Anything so she wouldn’t be alone here. Sonico pushed herself up on shaky legs, wiping her eyes before nodding to Leviathan, chewing on her lower lip.

     ”O-okay. You said there are others here, right? We should go look for them…!”

     Leviathan stayed quiet, not wanting to remind Sonico that those people might try and harm her. Instead, she nodded, confident that she could at least protect her master.

     ”I’m glad I have one friend. Thank you for being with me, Levia-chan.”

     ”Levia-chan? You sure are interesting master.”

[Whoawhoawhoa!!!] The stake seemed to be really surprised and it was probably obvious as to why. Seeing as how Nowi joined in.

"Oh wow! I think she has even bigger boingy bits than Tharja does!" And that was saying something.

"I do not live here." The answer simple and tampered with a softer, welcoming tone; he pocketed his hands into his coat. "To be honest, I was trying to find someone who did, though from what you say you don’t seem to live here either. It’s strange, really. I figured there would be some natives, but alas- there fail to be any, aha!" His gaze turned itself to the other’s stake; his own growing closer to him with each passing second. Strange. She seemed to know more than the other girl did. Perhaps she’d been here longer? Or maybe she too was a demon? 

While agnostic to the idea of spirits, souls, Gods and angels; the thought of evil creatures that rose from the underground had always been a silly one to him. Sure, if one were to believe in good, they always had to believe in bad- but  to him? Those who held onto the sword of purity weren’t all that innocent as they might seem. To the hopeful eye, yes, a savior of glory and perhaps even feathered wings of security or parenting nature might be something a person finds to be fair, but there was more to it. While a human could be saved by an angel and a spirit of bliss, perhaps they shouldn’t have been taken into the hands of forgiveness and placed upon the earth once more. Perhaps they were malevolent, deviant and why they were put in a bad situation was because they’d done something tragic to another. It would be an evil deed to restore them when another might be fearful or living in misery because of their actions, no?

Regardless of what he prior thought or didn’t think, he was here now- trudging across the island’s surface and listening to a needless babble continuing on and on. While it might seem strange to him that there was a smaller man appearing to be almost a striking version of himself, yet dabbled and laced with softer features; he decided not to question it for now. Maybe there was a reason that he’d been assigned a person who resembled him, a possibility of a more structured answer. He’d just have to let time and destiny come together.

“How long are we going to walk, my feet are tired!!" The squeak of a complaint behind him caused a head turn, and he smiled; features shining as if the sun had just taken it’s rise.

"Oh? I thought you were floating, not walking. It’s sort of sad, really. As a demon of wrath and Satan himself, I would have thought you’d have more power to you, no? Perhaps you’re not all that fearsome or intimidating as one might think, then? The stories of your kind have been lying to the children of churches and giving them a dose of fear for no reason! How cruel!!"

His response, hardly failing to strike a nerve, was greeted with a brim of rounding pink hues and a high pitch of annoyance.

“You haven’t seen what I can do yet, idiot! Don’t judge me so fast!! I’ll show you what to fear and to question! Get a move on and hurry up and find whatever you’re looking for before I get bored and throw your head off your body and show you what wrath really is!!”

"Right, right. I trust you! I’ll keep going and you’ll keep following. Fair enough." As he spoke, he turned his head forward again, only to come face to face with an unsuspecting person. Humorous, really. Who knew he’d run into someone so quickly and without knowing?

"Oh, hello, hello! Is Nowi a visitor? Do you live here? But I thought we were all new to this place, isn't that what you said, Neaki?"⚘She turned to look at her new floating friend. Oh how Nowi wished she could float too, but flying was better anyway.⚘

Welcome to Rokkenjima, Nowi the Manakete!

You’ll be given the Stake of Belphegor, Sloth.You’ll be housed in Valefar.

Observing the girl’s clear excitement at her “cool name” forced her to chuckle. 

"I guess it’s kind of cool."

There was something familiar about the child’s cheery disposition. Lightning bit down on her tongue, frowning slightly at the memory’s attempt to resurface.

"It's super cool! I mean a lot of people are scared of lightning but I think it's really pretty! You're pretty too now that I think about it!"

Nowi smiled as her words were genuine.

And then a small pout as she listened to the younger woman's words. Why did everyone think that she didn't know what she was doing? Of course she did! Well, at least for most things...but that's not the point here!

It felt a little odd to be part of a group that had membership by choice. She’d never had a say in anything back at the labs, and even joining with Mitsuru and Aigis seemed like a foregone conclusion once they offered. She could’ve refused, but would she have been able to afford it?

Well, it didn’t matter now. Labrys was free to do as she pleased and this time, she chose to join the Mekakushi Dan entirely of her own free will. Maybe Nowi had a little more influence than the girl would admit, but what did it matter? Labrys was happy to spend time with friends, and the Dan seemed like a nice bunch of people. So long as she didn’t see any shady activities from them, there was no reason for Labrys to be worried.

At the moment, the robot girl was hovering around the entrance to District Beta, waiting for her companion. One of the jobs of the Dan was exploration, an lucky for Labrys, both her and Nowi held that position. And with the rumors of riches hidden within the Nuclear Tunnels…

Thankfully, Nowi was pretty easy to spot, and Labrys soon spotted her friend emerging from the crowds, eliciting more than a few glances from passersby. But that was probably normal for the girl.

Although things were a little strange between Nowi and some of the members of the Mekakushi Dan, that didn't mean she still couldn't have fun with the group! After all, even in the army there weren't really many playmates for her to have anyway. But this world was different, lots of people wanted to be her friend and play with her, for example....Labrys!

“Oi, course I am. As if I’d turn away an opportunity like this!" Perhaps a little too excitingly. The one-eyed dragon approached her, hand reaching out to touch the skin that was her wing. It was thick, and the scales that etched the back seemed to halter together in a strong structure. His hand continued to glaze over her wings, then her body. Standing beside her with much awe in his nonchalant look had been a mix of the life time for him. Masamune held tightly to her. Mounting her much like a horse, but as he placed his hiney upon her, he noted that the scales were rough and made it uncomfortable to sit on. 

"Great! I'd be disappointed if you didn't take this chance!" She smiled at him, but if you looked at her closely...like really, really closely...you's see the slightest twitch as he touched her. See, it had only been maybe a week or so since the incident with Mitsunari. Honestly, she had been wounded pretty badly from him but with Spada never being home and her actually making herself rest, she took the time to recuperate. But being Nowi, she couldn't bare to spend the entire time inside so even though she wasn't fully recovered, she went out and about. Sometimes it hurt to flap her wings or run around, but she could handle it. Nowi was a big girl.