...Another begins.

[sexygodofscienceandwar]

[Mail time! And Roads has a very special letter-from Ruri Hadou herself! And when the Hadous send you a letter, not opening it tends to end with your kidneys in an ice chest somewhere, so Roads is gonna tear it up right away, the beautifully embossed envelope ravaged quite throughly.]

Hm, so let's see...'Mr. Blackwell, amongst my grandfather's estate, this item was found, along with specific instructions to deliver it to you upon this date, and the following message...'

[Roads holds up the item in question, an ornate golden key, while he reads the note aloud.]

'I hope you enjoyed your vacation, but now the tutorial level's over.'

[His eyes fall on the book that Kouzou left him.]

...That...wait...

[Eyes narrow.]

Son of a...

2. [Later, and places totally not related to tag #1, a weird girl can be found wandering the ship. Anachronistic clothes, a collar with a heavy padlock-If this sort of thing didn't happen all the time over here she'd deserve some serious scrutiny.]



...What a boring building.

[Tag 1 is mostly talking about the key, but the second is for meeting Eibon.]

Comments

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[saikyocivrobo]

[A voice from offscreen!]

Boring? Sometimes, I wish it was boring here, as opposed to what happens all the time.

Re: 2

[gift_of_magus]

...I meant the decor, but go on.

[saikyocivrobo]

I know. But hey, it's a ship filled with wandering vagrants. Not exactly Hotel Luxor material.

Aliens, monsters and megalomaniac leaders are constantly attacking, and guess who fights them when that happens? We're making the world a better place, but I wouldn't mind a bit of peace and quiet sometimes.

[gift_of_magus]

So then this is a ship of warriors...

...What flag does it serve? Or are you privateers?

[saikyocivrobo]

Oh, you make it sound like we're pirates. All the ones that were here left already.

Consider it a group of wandering vagabonds with no common affiliation, who butt into not their own business in the name of justice and do good. You know, heroes.

[gift_of_magus]

Or marauders.

[saikyocivrobo]

Marauders who saved the world roughly a dozen times already.

Who are you, anyway? I'm pretty certain I haven't seen you before, and with this outfit you're kinda hard to miss.

Now you've gone and given her a chance to brag.

[gift_of_magus]

...Well, the Fourth Crusade certainly couldn't claim to that.

I am the original Book of Eibon, the masterwork of Hyperborea's greatest sorcerer. I am the oldest and most voluminous human grimoire, and my masters and I have protected mankind from evil gods and their dark servants since before the icy wastes claimed my homeland.

[saikyocivrobo]

...Oh boy. Don't tell me Al wasn't enough for Kurou.

[gift_of_magus]

Ah, so you've met my little sister already.

[saikyocivrobo]

I didn't know books have families.

[gift_of_magus]

We share a number of passages...though we have different authors. I suppose that makes her more like a niece, then.

I am far more ancient than her, though.

[saikyocivrobo]

How ancient are we talking about?