Another part of town
...Oh. Oh no...
-Pane hurries over to Margaret, keeping their hands open in case she falls over or some such-
Are you okay!?
Yeah you'd think so! But nuh-uh, not a single sign since the airship dropped us off.
........
This isn't... this city... it's not like... that one shack in the woods, right?
Pizzeria
-Makana arrives at the Pizzeria after Kirby!-
...Huh?
-She's looking in through the window at Primero-
Edited by Rivux on Nov 26th 2018 at 12:57:21 PM
mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean....Nahhh, it can't be....There's gotta be SOMETHING here that has the town's name on it-....A map, or something.
....?..
-Kiryu looks in thru the window past Makana, eyeing a blue-haired runt-
...Is that one of your friends?
-don't look now pizza lovers but a very tall and scary Japanese man is glaring into the Pizzaria-
...
(man, she's had a lot of questions the past 168 hours, this one isn't gonna change much)
Right, uh... as soon as you feel the power enter you, channel it. Immediately. Otherwise... mrmm.
(and with that, Ake goes silent, performing... several grunts?)
(grunts which sorta sound like she's dancing... which she actually is, if Sayaka could see r/n)
(this little dance of hers is sending out more of those aura streams from her Z-Ring to Sayaka's Z-Crystal)
(and when it's done, Sayaka feels... well, not stronger, just that her being is filled to the brim with Peculiar Cosmic Power)
(also she's glowing r/n, she may or may not feel that)
Brother Deimos, Astartes of the Carcharodons Astra, was not trained to be kind. patience and hunger were his tried and true virtues. slogging through the mud in the deep forest was nothing. it would pass like so many other instances in his century-spanning career as both Astartes and Librarian. however, he found his mind drifting, occupying what extra brainpower was in reserve towards something he had seen in that doomed, damned place, now gone. he was not prone to sentimentality. such things were regulated to lesser men than he, truly, any Charcharodon. regardless, he found himself checking his shoulder, relieved that it was still in place. doubtlessly, his cousin would have called it a "purity seal", and Deimos frowned at the frivolity of it. Written in High Gothic, the blood-red wax seal, stamped with a heart against a checkered background, at odds with his deep grey plate, carried on it a profound sadness that Deimos could feel resting on his shoulders.
Deimos was not prone to sentimentality. But, he was a librarian. He would take his time to lament, and commit this vicarious sorrow to memory.
[forum cryptid: it/it's]Pizzeria (Primero)
-PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA-
-Makana, you can definitely see a small boy that is clearly one of Survivor's 'brothers'.-
-He's wearing a strange yellow and black suit, and is bouncing up and down like a kid extremely hyped up on sugar.-
-Although he gets confused when he hears 'pie'?-
"But I want a pizza, not a pie...!"
-...This boy doesn't really get it, does he...?-
-So wait, they're actually pizzas?-
"Why would they call a pizza a pie? I don't get it!"
-Well, at least he agrees with you, Xenos.-
-Primero then happens to look in the direction of the window, noticing Makana.-
-...Does she want pizza too?-
-He starts waving her in.-
-No, he hasn't met Makana. Doesn't matter to him though.-
-...Or at least he was waving until he noticed the SCARY GUY.-
-Upon seeing him, Primero hides behind Cori.-
-That's guy's REALLY scary!!!-
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Another part of town
Margaret starts on being addressed, clearly not having noticed him, and for a split second the air around Pane feels... wrong. It's like the atmosphere itself is trying to pull him limb from limb, except that the air is completely still. And just as quickly as the sensation occurs, a split second later it's gone, and Margaret is turning to face him.
"Y...yeah, I'm fine. Or I'll live, or something like that, it's not as bad as it looks, I think."
She looks seriously spooked, like she just saw a ghost or something.
V-ve can't go back... Zey vere attacking, ve had to leave...
...It's mein fault, h-he fell off... He was mein closescht confidant...
-Just when you thought she had no more tears left to cry, her eyes begin to get watery.-
... I-I knew it had to happen one day... Vy am I so careless? Vy couldn't I protect him? Vy?!
"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."(The idea...seems to be working, as Sayaka's tail starts glowing brightly again, outshining the rest of her. Through the apparent pain judging from her grimacing, Sayaka keeps the Z-Crystal close and eventually...)
Sayaka: ...I think I feel them again! (Indeed, the fading glow reveals the legs once more) It worked! Now let's get to the ho-whoa! (Fails in her first attempt to stand up, her legs wobbly still and moving gingerly like the pins and pricks of waking a sleeping leg)
The damned queen and the relentless knight.-sighs deeply, before noticing the yakuza man-
-and Cori & Primero's reactions to it- Don't worry Aichi-That-I've-Lost-Track-Of-If-I-Know-You, and Cori.
So long as you act cool, and collected. The big scary man won't hurt you. Not while I'm here at least.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postWhew...
(Ake is... kinda winded from that, but she's not gonna let Sayaka hear this)
(tiring day yesterday where she burned a lot more Z-Power... c'mon, gurl, this is cake in comparison)
...Nice. Now take my hand and— ah.
...
(without a word, she helps Sayaka up to her feet again, once again giving a shoulder to lean on)
...Let's... let's take it easy. It's not too long from here anyway...
Pizzeria
-Awkward wave back-
It uh... looks like one of his brothers? I've never met him, though... Oh! But maybe he knows where the one I'm talking about is!
-She casually begins leading the big scary man in towards everyone-
Another side of town
Whoa—
-Pane's balance shakes for that brief, strange second-
-They keep their hands out for Margaret just in case, though...-
No, it... definitely looks as bad as it looks. Do you want some help sitting down? Finding a hospital?
-Shakes his head-
Nup! Been around here a few days, barely seen a thing.
mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's meanPizzeria (Primero)
-Oh, so Primero just needs to act like Zwei then!-
-...Except when he's angry. Primero doesn't want to be like him when he's angry.-
"I'll be just like Zwei!"
-Xenos did meet Zwei. The one that apparently was intrigued with his powers.-
-The boy tries to do his best replication of Zwei's 'I don't care about anyone or anything' expression...-
-The replication absolutely sucks, and he ends up losing it as soon as he realizes that the scary guy is getting closer, and huddles behind Cori more.-
-You can hear a whimper.-
Nein... NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!
-Stomps on the ground angrily, tears streaming down her face.-
Y-you don't underschtand! I left him behind! Zere vas a battle! He can't look for me!
-Sob.-
H-he's... He's gone...
"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."

Sayaka: Alright. This might sting, but I'll do my best to make sure none of my Despair seeps into your crystal — who knows how bad that might go.
(Will Akebono ask for an explanation as Sayaka starts bringing the crystal close to...her navel?!)
The damned queen and the relentless knight.