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Join Date: May 2010
Location: forge-world Moscow 1
Age: 37
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Originally Posted by Nanya01
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Shine Part 1
Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Shine 2:
Lina sneezed lightly and blinked, wondering what that was about.
"You okay, mom?" Nanoha looked at her in concern and Lina rolled her eyes and nodded. "But..."
"Trust me, Nanoha, I might be pregnant," she rubbed her belly, which was starting to swell slightly, "but I'm not made of glass."
"Oh..." Nanoha perked up. "Can I feel the baby?"
Lina rolled her eyes. "The baby hasn't fully developed yet, Nanoha, it won't start moving for a few more months."
"Awww...." Nanoha pouted and sighed.
Lina just shook her head and smiled as a customer walked into the bakery. Nanoha really was getting excited about being a big sister. Well, big sister to someone who wasn't her age, since Fate was, by their best estimates, at best three weeks younger than Nanoha. Oh well, it really didn't matter, Fate was happy, Nanoha was happy, and last she heard, Filia was adapting fairly well to this world. Cars still freaked her out at times, it was funny.
"Hey, mom, do you know when Val will be born?" Nanoha asked after she put some fresh rolls in the display case.
Lina shrugged at the question. "Never seen a Dragon get born myself, so I have no clue." She smiled as the door chime went off again. "Welcome to the Mid..GAH!" She felt like falling over as she saw the person who just walked through the door. "What are you doing here, Xellos!?"
The Mazoku Priest looked surprised as he tilted his head and looked at the two. "What? Can't I come in and say hello?"
"Not that..." Lina muttered as she looked at him. "What are you doing on this world? Shouldn't you be terrorizing some Dragons back home?"
"Oh!" Xellos smiled happily at that. "Well, you see... I'm on vacation."
"...Vacation?" Nanoha stared and Xellos nodded.
"Oh my, yes. Lord Beastmaster, now the strongest of our kind back home decided that..." He trailed off as he looked at the people, before walking close and whispering to the two of them. "It seems that Lord Beastmaster decided on a truce between the Mazoku and the rest of the world."
"A truce?" Lina hissed. "Seriously?"
"Yes... Seems that Lord Dolphin and Lord Dynast agree with her on this matter as well." Xellos nodded, before tilting his head at the confused looks on Nanoha and Lina's faces. "What?"
"I killed Dynast with the Ragna Blade, how is he..?"
"Oh!" Xellos slapped an open palm with his fist. "I guess you wouldn't know, would you? It seems that Sherra, the old Dynast's General, managed to gather enough power for herself that she became the new Dynast. Mazoku Lord Dynast Sherra. She decided that the name "Dynast" is now nothing more than a title." Of course, that was mostly because Sherra had absorbed almost all of Grausherra's power before he died, so the position was just shifted on over to her instead of becoming vacated.
"Oh... So, a truce? And you're on vacation?"
"Well..." Xellos chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Lord Beastmaster decided to announce to the various Dragons that the Mazoku were on a truce with them. It's a bit uneasy back home right now, tensions are running a little higher than normal, but no Priests or Generals are allowed to attack or slaughter Dragons or humans for no good reason." He shrugged at the looks of disbelief. "Well, far be it for me to go against my master's wishes. Anyway, yes, after the truce was announced, Lord Beastmaster and Lord Dolphin decided to go on vacation. Lord Dynast is collaborating with her forces still. Seems that some of the Mazoku under Grausherra won't listen to her as freely and she needs to hunt a few of them down."
Lina shook her head, a truce was weird enough, but something was bothering her. "So... Why come to this world?"
"Ah!" Xellos grinned at her. "You see, I didn't come alone... Lord Beastmaster... Well, she found this nice little city called... Um..." He started grabbing around in his pockets for something and frowned slightly. "Wow, I had it a moment ago..." Sighing, he hung his head. "I can't remember the city's name, honestly... This world is so loud, Miss Lina, how the heck can you put up with it?" Xellos grimaced as he heard several cars honking outside.
"You get used to it, and I think that paper you were looking for is on the floor there." Lina pointed at his feet, before smiling as a customer walked up and asked for some sticky buns.
"Yes, well..." Xellos muttered as he picked the paper up. "I do admit, when I saw you working here, I was surprised that you weren't eating everything."
"Couldn't make a living if I ate all the product, Xellos." Lina said as she took the customer's money and gave him change. "Have a nice day."
"Ah, here we go..." Xellos nodded. "Hong Kong... Weird name."
"You're in China?" Nanoha blinked at the Mazoku, who shrugged at her. "I heard that it's a really violent place."
"It is, actually." Xellos chuckled in amusement. "All that violence, passion, anger and other emotions? I've never seen such a buffet like that in my life. If it wasn't for the fact that everything was so loud, I could enjoy just spending time in the more populated areas. All that food just laying around... Well, in any case, I just stopped by to say hello."
"So, where are you going now?" Nanoha asked and the Mazoku Priest just shrugged as he walked to the door.
"That... Is a secret." Nanoha groaned as Xellos laughed and left the building.
"Great, a Mazoku Lord and her Priest are taking a vacation on this world..." Lina muttered softly. "Nanoha... When we're done here, we're going to tell Lindy to have the Bureau keep an eye on Hong Kong. Xellos isn't one to lie, but I'd prefer to know if Hong Kong gets wiped off the map before the rest of the world so I can prepare."
"Okay." Nanoha nodded and wondered when she accepted weirdness like this as normal.
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Outside, in the air, Xellos frowned as he looked at his map. "Huh, this world really is heavily populated, huh?" His eyes snapped open in shock as he saw the population count. "Six... BILLION?!" He scratched his head in confusion. "How can this planet support that many people?" Shrugging, he decided to go looking for answers. After all, if there was feast in one portion of the world, another portion of the world had to suffer from famine.
At least, that's what he thought.
Oh well, at least he could have some fun. If the noise didn't cause him to murder something first. Just how did Lina put up all this noise? Even Dragons when mating were quieter than this.
"Bah, maybe Beastmaster's right... I have gotten too used to the quiet." He muttered as he disappeared.
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Wow, Hong Kong, i suppose it`s almost prefect pasture for Mazokus. Well, Xellos ashemer, so it`s natural for him to not being used for noises of big city - it`s like being on battlefield and Xellos prefer to use a manipulations.
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