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The Art of Magic The start of something new.
Once they were all outside they noticed that the entire area was deviod of anyone. Not a soul in sight could be seen. No corspes, no debris, no panic. It was as if nothing bad happened at all except for the deceased. Crowley closed his eyes and clutched his head, "This is going to be a long fucking weekend. I can tell by that much." He looked towards Nick, "Find out what you can. If your little friend there has the right hunch. We're gonna git Proxima-9, and I promise you we will hit it hard." Nick nodded, "Miss Alessandra has more information on whatever Magitech has been cooking up. Although a little unaware on what's what." Crowley nodded his head and turned to Lucian. "Apologies my boy, your evaluation although impressive will be put on hold due to pressing matters." Lucian nodded his head, "It's alright Father. If you don't mind I'd like to roam around the planet for a while. Do a little recon." He said while smiling wryly. Crowley scoffed, "Yeah, sure... Recon." Lucian turned
The Art of Magic The Night Before the Dawn
Wolf and his crew we're walking in a dark and narrow alley towards the safehouse Mica has prepared for them. But before they could even get far a Bulky man, far too muscular to be mistaken as a normal civilian. He was wearing a rhino mask while both his hands were both lodged inside his black jacket."Been quite a while, Wolf. you look smaller." He said with a snarky grin. He took off his mask and started smoking. Wolf's eyes narrowed as he stared at Desmond. "Still the presumptuous ass I see." He started stretching as he walked straight and stood in front Desmond. "How do you want to do this Baldr?" He chuckled towards Wolf's words as he raised both his hands."I'm not here for a fight. I just want to catch up with you. I missed being part of the family." He said with a mocking smile. "It's got a nostalgic ring to it don't you think? Ragnarok. The Greatest Mercenary Group in the Galaxy. A 97% completion rate. Top of the line elite soldiers that could take whatever you need. Isn't tha
The Art of Magic The Morning After
>It was 9 in the morning as the radio was swithced on. Subtle sizzle of fried eggs echoed across the room. The fresh smell of toasted bread and slices of bacon wafted through the air. Blair flipped the eggs in the air as she silently listened to the radio. Nova on the other hand was perched on the balcony as he licked his paws instinctively. He was staring at the bustling town, seemingly uncaring towards the happenings at night. Another day another missing celebrity. Not even a wide scale of missing people could halt Paradise City in its tracks. Not a day goes by where Paradise City even sleeps. >Blair stared at the person sitting down on the table, "How did the media suppress this? Wasn't the event last night livestreamed? Sh
The Art of Magic What are we some kind of Suicide Squad? (I)
"Do you think we're late?"Nex asked her companion who is equally frantic while checking the time. "What time did you say the meeting would start?" Setsuna asked her. Hwoever Nex just shrugged her shoulders while giving an embarrassed smile, "Uh...Ten-ish?" Setsuna laughed, "Well its half past 11. So, you're technically fired."Nex widened her eyes, "Shit! I actually didn't sign a contract. So there's an off chance that I'm already crossed out." She joked as they leisurely walked inside Alessandra's Grand Villa. They were greeted with two androids waiting at the gate staring at the tow blankly. "Good Morning Miss Nex, and Her companion who isn't in the U.C.P. records." The android said as she welcomed the two of them.They we're guided across the villa towards the inner lounge where the fire place is at. They were greeted by a couple of familiar faces. She raised her eyebrows as she stared at her current employer, "Hopefully I'm not late?" She asked. Alessandra smirked and crossed her
The Art of Magic What are we some kind of Suicide Squad (II)
After a period of silence Alessandra moved towards the screen's console and tapped a few buttons and previewed an image of the outer atmosphere of Proxima-9. It was littered with heavily armed warships and orbital laser satellites, primed and ready for war. Alessandra then zoomed in towards one of the warships."As you all could see this is the Typhon-class destroyer capable of performing a range of deterrence, power projection, space control, and command and control missions while allowing the Scythe to evolve with new systems and missions. It does all of this while maintaining its stealth - making this visually imposing ship difficult to find. The cutting-edge technologies of the Typhon-class destroyer create versatility and allow for sustained operations in the littorals, air and land attack, as well as support special operations forces, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces. Its multi-mission design and universal capabilities make it a deployab
The Art of Magic The War Table
Alessandra jovially clapped her hands as she sweetly smiled at Nex's answer, "100 points to Miss Nex! I'm glad you went with my expectations. As for the lot of you feel free to go with Miss Ne- -" Nex interrupted her with a cough, "Sorry but this one's a solo mission." Setsuna raised her eyebrows towards her, "Are you crazy? Thats suicidal. That place may look safe but it's crawling with Magitech grunts."Nex stared at the worried Setsuna and smiled gently. She approached her and took her hands softly. She leaned in close and whispered in her ears, "Oh my dear friend Setsuna, Of course it's infested by bugs! Why do you think I want to go there in the first place?" She said as her gentle expression warped into a madness filled smile. Solemne silently stared at Nex who could barely contain her excitement and put her palms in her cheeks and crossed her legs, looking bored as she waited for her orders.Alessandra scratched her chin, "I was planning on it to be a joint operation. Although
The Art of Magic Two sides of the same mask.
Nex stared at Setsuna, "They made cool exits one by one. Who the fuck do you think was watching?" She grumbled making Setsuna giggle. "So what now Captain?" She asked as she leaned her back towards the railing to face Nex. She shrugged, "We are absolutely free at the moment. So I don't know that depends." Setsuna, "Do you have any suggestions to any fun places?" Nex stared at her and raised her eyebrows, "What happened to the Ragnarok thing?" She asked making Setsuna flinch a little bit. "I've put my business with them into a pause for a little bit." She said as she stared at the rain filled clouds about to fall any moment. "I've realized I'm not that strong to face the wolf yet." Nex then tapped her on the shoulders, "Come on lets walk home."Setsuna nodded her head, "So I've been meaning to ask. Do you personally know him? Kazama Haruki, I mean?" She asked a little carefully. Nex nodded her head without intending to hide their connection. "I do. I was at the point in my life where n
The Art of Magic Fate of The Stars (I)
It was a lake of blood. She was all alone as she stood withing the murky blackness. The only guiding light she had was of the ethereal flames that stretch towards the endless horizon. Screams of both terror and hatred echoed across the black skies. Ruin and Decay surrounded her as she looked around. From beyond, slightly illuminated by the fire, a series of structures obscured by a thin film of shadow, revealed it's visage. She forced her way to trudge the lake of blood, waist high. With every step she could feel rough hands grab at her ankles pulling her beneath the blood lake. The closer she got towards the structures the harder the pull. Soon enough, bloodied corpses rose from it grabbing her hands to prevent her from getting closer. The woman glued her palms together then she was instantly covered in bright stellarite armor that covered her except for her head. Her long black ponytail that seemingly extend tll her waist. > The woman shouted as the dark skies sp
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The Tour (I)
The trio circled back towards the entrance while celeste blabbered on about the buildings architecture and defenses. "Since you are guests of Sir Nicholas, I bet you already know that msot of the artifacts here are the real deal relics from the age of gods, the age of magic and so on and so forth."She said not notocing the glint on Nex's eyes. "Most of these artifacts are have actually been used to fend off the invaders during the war. Some were even personally used by the twelve." She said as she pointed towards a large golden shield and a golden spear with its tip burning with blue flames.
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The Great Library (IV)
Celeste carefully trotted along as she approached both Nex and Setsuna. The slowly hid behind the bookshelves as she peeked through the books.While doing so she listened in their conversation. Nex picked up books on whatever the hell caught her interest. However her eyes never stayed on one book for too long. She sighed as she closed another dusty tome. "If Nova was here I'd already fed him everything in this library." She said shocking Setsuna. "Feed him? Feed him how? like a fish?"Nex scratched her cheeks but before she could answer she spotted a fresh pair of eyes staring straight at them with unconcealed interest. Her eyes gleaming in curiousity as she leaned in the shelves much closer forgetting that she was concealing herself."Well... for starters nova eats for some reason like the rest of us who needs energy to survive. I remember him telling me he's converting the innate mana residing on things to fuel his energy reserves or something. I don't know. I'm not too sure on how
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The Great Library (III)
Nex peered over the gilded gates widely open as they could be. She scratched her chin as she looked around only to see gigantic shelves that towered over her containing various amounts of books. Rows of them that seemingly span towards infinity warding of any sane person who would wander the halls of vast knowledge.Ranging from dusty tomes to the more wierd and eccentric stuff like a crystal ball that could help them see the original owners memory. All of it were guarded by armed guards patrolling and keeping an ever watchul eye filled with vigilance.She turned around and saw various items incased in glass, while also engraved in glowing red magic circles. Setsuna stared at Nick once more and tilted her head as she eyed all the thing all around them. "This place is a library right?"Nex on the other hand approached the desk as her eyes darted all over the place seemingly impatient to just out right steal the things that caught her eye. Nick sensed this as the facepalmed and stared a
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The Great Library (II)
Once the golden Barrier disappeared the entirety of the Hidden Grand Library of Alexandria was unveiled to them. Golden sparks of light scattered across the air creating a majestic sight to behold. A huge Fortress lay before them gilded in all its glory. Unblemished, Untainted, and Unseen by the unworthy. A towering drawbridge slowly lowered in front of them.What awaited inside was a large plethora of knowledge awaiting to be seen by curious eyes. NEx coudn't help but whistle in surprise, "You mages really know how to go all out." Nick coudn't help but scratch his nose in embarassment from her words. "Well, Faust can be a little eccentric but that man knows how to make things a little more grand than what they should appear." He said as he led the two inside the castle in the middle.Setsuna looked around and saw huge watch towers and wyverns chained beneath them. Gigantic ballistas that watch over the cosmic skies, ever watchful of potential intruders. On the pathways were infantrym
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The Great Library (I)
"One of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. Created by the nine goddesses of arts themselves. Regarded as the capitol of knowledge and learning. The central gathering of all the most rare and mysterious books in the world. Not only that everything in that place is disaster proof, especially fire!" Nick said as he stared the the two slacked jawed women. "I welcome you two to the Great Library of Alexandria!" He said as he spread his arms wide. He then slowly panned towards Nobody who was nodding along at the grandeur. "Can we find records of you in there?" Nick asked as he crossed his arms scrutinizing every movement of Nobody. However he just shrugged, "You'd be extremely lucky to find it when it's buried in all these books. However I'm fairly sure you've read most of the library's contents don't you Nick?" Nobody said as he tried to step inside however a huge golden barrier suddenly appeared out of nowhere barring his entry towards the library. Nobody fr
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The Wiccan Bazaar (IV)
The two finished touring around the Bazaar. They found Nick waiting for them at a bench with his arms folded in annoyance. The moment he saw them he raised his eyebrows, "So Did you enjoy the 'Bazaar that looks like the Golden Heart?'" He said as he scoffed. Nex scratched her cheeks, "Well, although it looks familiar. It's different enough to warrant exploring. Thankfully the roads are familiar to not get lost..." She said as her voice slowly shrank. "That's the point! Familiar enough not to get lost. But different enough to merit exploration!" Nick shouted at them. Setsuna crossed her arms and chimed in, "I still think it's a little lazy." Nick shrugged his shoulders, "Hey! if we could save money by just doing a simple palette swap and a small and minor adjustments then more power to it." He said as he snapped his fingers and showed Nex al the ingredients have been bought. "So should we summon it now?" Nick looked at Nex. However before she could answer, Nobody popped out of the sha
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The Wiccan Bazaar (III)
"It seems that only you are capable of summoning whatever this thing is. Hopefully not something truly bad. Who gave you this anyway?" Nex Shrugged her shoulers. "Where's Nova when you need him. His name is Nobody, and as far as I'm concerned... He's the one who has helped me the most in this long and arduous journey. He gave me those pages." Nick scratched his chin, "Not exactly a helpful pseudonymn." Nex shrugged her shoulders, "I feel like he's sort of sealed at the moment. There's like a time limit he could manifest himself. He is a tall man in a black suit, his face covered by the shadows, has glaring and ominous yellow eyes? This is his symbol." She said as she snapped her fingers and recreated Nobody's symbol.A Glowing Red Circle filled with undecipherable inscriptions that wriggle as if it's alive. In the middle of it all was an Inverted Ankh Painted with blood.Nick shook his head, "It's definitely not an egyptian god nor a mage of the same discipline. No one would dare use
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The Wiccan Bazaar (II)
"Well you're in luck kiddo. All the shit listed here is available in The Wiccan Bazaar! I just hope that this thing doesn't eat your face, Setsuna's, or mine!" Nex shrugged her shoulders, clearly not giving any fucks. Setsuna on the other hand took the page from Nick's hand. Then immediately passed it back to Nex, "Yeah... Have no idea what the fuck any of these mean." She said as she leisurely sipped her coffee.Blair handed them their breakfast as she prepared Nex's and Setsuna's clothes. "Eat up! It's gonna be a long day." He said as he and the gang chowed down on Blair's amazing breakfast. After a few minuites of lazing about Nick finally stood up and drew a magic circle on the ground. "This portal is technically encrypted and it changes on a weekly basis." He said as he snapped his fingers and a portal appeared beside the magical circle. Blair put her hands on her hips as she stared at Nick, "You do know, I have to clean your messes right?" Nick scratched his cheeks, "Uhh, everyt
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The Wiccan Bazaar (I)
Nex woke up feeling refreshed more than usual. She stretched her body and did some light exercise. She was no longer plagued by jolting pain everytime she woke up. She sucked in a batch of fresh air as she excitedly exited her room and almost bumped into blair on her way out.Blair's eyes were wide open as she stared at Nex awake and about. "Oh my, It seems you woke up on your own today Nex." She said as she put her hands on her hips. Setsuna came out of her door a little groggy, but awake nontheless. The moment she looked to her left and saw Nex energetically standing in front of her door all lucid, her jaws dropped. She tried pinching her cheeks only to wince from the pain. "What the hell? Am I in some kind of mirror dimension?" Nex chuckled, "Hey! no matter how thick my face is, I could still get hurt y'know?" Setsuna shrugged her shoulders, "Can you blame me? It's like a rebranding. It's almost freaky." She said as she moved towards the cupboards and start to brew herself some co
