
The cat looked at FF as if to say, 'shouldn't you know?'
Regardless, nothing blew up and the device stopped flashing. The cat then stalked down the hall a bit, wanting the group to follow it again.
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"Okay, I'm 'bouta teleport you all inside, so hold on to your asses," Musujime said, beginning to point her flashlight toward the team, and as she turned it on and pointed it toward you all, with a swift FWOOSH sound and the blink of an eye, you were no longer standing outside the tall building in a dark city. You were somewhere else entirely now.
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"..."
No, you were in a massive chamber of a room, filled to the brim with strange markings on the ground and walls, otherwise entirely empty excluding a massive cylinder in the center of the room, filled with a nondescript liquid and a person floating upside down within it, white hair and green garment fluttering slightly.
"Ah, is it that time already?" The figure spoke, staring with a non-changing expression on his delicate features. "I'd been waiting for you, passengers from the future. Though, admittedly, I expected a much smaller group," he went on.
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"Aleister Crowley..." Touma murmured, recognizing the figure from his own world. The Chairman of Academy City was mostly only known by reputation to those of Touma's world, but he wasn't like most other people after all. "Are you holding the Great Spirit here? For what purpose?" He braved to ask.
"There is no need for your undue apprehension, Touma Kamijou," the man identified as Crowley responded. "The Great Spirit Muzét is indeed here, but it isn't as though I kidnapped her. A better way to word it would be... she happened upon my city while traveling back to seek solace, and now here I am, holding her here for safekeeping. For your arrival," he explained calmly, not a single rise in his inflection. "I abhor all products of magic, and those born of magic, but even I am not oblivious to the stakes involved here."
"What...? But, how could you know?" Touma continued to question. "What are you, omniscient or something?"
"From your standards, perhaps. But not even I could have foreseen how crucial this moment in time is. It's amusing, even," Crowley said humorlessly.
"And so? Where's this Muzét anyway?"
"I'm right here."
"Guwaaagh?!" Touma reeled, startled from the sudden unfamiliar voice that just spoke behind him.
Indeed, floating just behind the group was an unfamiliar looking woman. She had a much more humanoid appearance than the other Great Spirits thus far, and yet, there was no mistaking it. Just from the power overflowing from her alone, it was easy to say, this was the Great Spirit Muzét.
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With a girlish giggle, close to unbefitting of her almost mature appearance, Muzét spoke again. "Oh, my. Did I startle you? Apologies," she said, her form floating in the air nonchalantly as she eyed up the team. "So many people on the lookout for little old me? Dear me, what's a girl to do?"
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The boy turned to Frank and looked at him defiantly for just a moment, but Wynne intervened. "Come on now, dear," she said, offering him a hand. "I'll take you to the infirmary." He seemed to hesitate again, but Piper knelt down next to him.
"Don't worry, buddy," she said with a smile. "We got this."
Mithos nodded after a moment. "Here," he said, offering Chise an amulet. He then let Wynne walk him away.
Kyosuke stood wordlessly, watching them go.
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The cat took a few careful steps toward the likely bomb and pawed lightly at the side of it. On the side were two wires, red and blue.
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The boy turned to Frank and looked at him defiantly for just a moment, but Wynne intervened. "Come on now, dear," she said, offering him a hand. "I'll take you to the infirmary." He seemed to hesitate again, but Piper knelt down next to him.
"Don't worry, buddy," she said with a smile. "We got this."
Mithos nodded after a moment. "Here," he said, offering Chise an amulet. He then let Wynne walk him away.
Kyosuke stood wordlessly, watching them go.
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The cat took a few careful steps toward the likely bomb and pawed lightly at the side of it. On the side were two wires, red and blue.
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"So, then. The other Great Spirits really have..." Muzét murmured wistfully to herself as the others spoke, her fears confirmed. She figured as much, considering the relentless assault of the Revanchist, but if some had already fallen, then even in the best case scenario, once this was all over, they'd have to...
Well, no need to worry the humans with that stuff right now.
Ignoring Little My completely, still unmoving within the tank in the center of the room, Crowley turned his gaze lazily toward Ben and Cagliostro. "It cannot be helped. Perhaps it is for the better that foreigners from another world does not peer too deeply into my secrets," he said to the alchemist. "And to answer your inquiry... To be exact, the Great Spirit has only been here for just one day. We have simply been awaiting your arrival this entire time."
"Seriously! It was so boring! He doesn't even respond to any of my funny jokes or anything! I can't even do a direct-tether with him either, so my mana's starting to run dry too! Oh, I wish Jude were here..." Muzét abruptly exclaimed.
"I don't like where this is goi--"
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"Any takers?" She cut in, her floating form practically swooping between Shigure and Ben to start with.
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"What is that supposed to mean?" Touma asked, knowing exactly what Severa meant. He wasn't going to admit Muzét was probably closer to his type than he would have liked, but considering her very existence seemed magical in nature, he wondered if his power might accidentally just disintegrate her or something. Probably not, all things considered, but still. Or...
"You know what, maybe I will take her up on that! I bet she'd take care of me much better than you!" He exclaimed while he was at it.
"No, I think I'll go with him," Muzét flatly said, gesturing toward Shigure. When he asked what exactly direct-tethering entailed, the Great Spirit blushed like a flustered schoolgirl, putting her hands to her cheeks.
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"O-Oh, my. Asking me like that...! Wanting to hear me say it in detail! You're not even the first human I've met to be really into that, but I guess humans really are all like that..." She giggled, trailing off in her words. It seemed that just the mere act of asking what she even meant was enough to fluster her further. "If only Milla were here to see this!"
...
"Actually, that reminds me! If you're with my sister, then that would mean..." The Great Spirit gasped, before suddenly leaning haltingly close to Shigure's ear, a shuddering breath escaping her before...
"MILLAAAAAA! CAN YOU HEAR MEEEEEE IN THEREEEEE?" Muzét yelled right into the group communicator in Shigure's ear.
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"What is that supposed to mean?" Touma asked, knowing exactly what Severa meant. He wasn't going to admit Muzét was probably closer to his type than he would have liked, but considering her very existence seemed magical in nature, he wondered if his power might accidentally just disintegrate her or something. Probably not, all things considered, but still. Or...
"You know what, maybe I will take her up on that! I bet she'd take care of me much better than you!" He exclaimed while he was at it.
"No, I think I'll go with him," Muzét flatly said, gesturing toward Shigure. When he asked what exactly direct-tethering entailed, the Great Spirit blushed like a flustered schoolgirl, putting her hands to her cheeks.
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"O-Oh, my. Asking me like that...! Wanting to hear me say it in detail! You're not even the first human I've met to be really into that, but I guess humans really are all like that..." She giggled, trailing off in her words. It seemed that just the mere act of asking what she even meant was enough to fluster her further. "If only Milla were here to see this!"
...
"Actually, that reminds me! If you're with my sister, then that would mean..." The Great Spirit gasped, before suddenly leaning haltingly close to Shigure's ear, a shuddering breath escaping her before...
"MILLAAAAAA! CAN YOU HEAR MEEEEEE IN THEREEEEE?" Muzét yelled right into the group communicator in Shigure's ear.
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"Darling if you're in need of a charge," Bayonetta winked and flashed Muzét a smile. "Why not settle for someone that will give you everything and more when it comes to magical energies? I've got plenty to spare after all."
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"What is that supposed to mean?" Touma asked, knowing exactly what Severa meant. He wasn't going to admit Muzét was probably closer to his type than he would have liked, but considering her very existence seemed magical in nature, he wondered if his power might accidentally just disintegrate her or something. Probably not, all things considered, but still. Or...
"You know what, maybe I will take her up on that! I bet she'd take care of me much better than you!" He exclaimed while he was at it.
"No, I think I'll go with him," Muzét flatly said, gesturing toward Shigure. When he asked what exactly direct-tethering entailed, the Great Spirit blushed like a flustered schoolgirl, putting her hands to her cheeks.
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"O-Oh, my. Asking me like that...! Wanting to hear me say it in detail! You're not even the first human I've met to be really into that, but I guess humans really are all like that..." She giggled, trailing off in her words. It seemed that just the mere act of asking what she even meant was enough to fluster her further. "If only Milla were here to see this!"
...
"Actually, that reminds me! If you're with my sister, then that would mean..." The Great Spirit gasped, before suddenly leaning haltingly close to Shigure's ear, a shuddering breath escaping her before...
"MILLAAAAAA! CAN YOU HEAR MEEEEEE IN THEREEEEE?" Muzét yelled right into the group communicator in Shigure's ear.
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