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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 1:50:51 GMT -5
"Oh, I almost forgot." said Luke. He went back to the car, got Leo's necklace and returned it to him. Meanwhile, Raikov put his mask back on and after a brief pause the man came out. There was an ornate short-sword at his side on a belt. Unlike Raikov, Mew Snow, and Luke, the man was dressed in commoner's clothes. He had a laptop bag in his right hand. He walked over to and got into the passenger plane.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 1:55:00 GMT -5
Leo took his necklace back and placed it back around his neck and smiled. "Thanks for keeping it safe." He thanked as he watched the man walk by and enter the plane.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 1:59:16 GMT -5
The man set his laptop bag, then a few other bags after that one into the cargo hold of the plane. He pulled out a cell phone and dialed a 4 digit number.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 2:00:14 GMT -5
"So, what do we do now?" Leo asked Mew Snow as he seemed to have his smiled back again.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 2:03:38 GMT -5
"We wait until the pilot is ready. Oh, and call the pilot 'Jack', ok?" replied Mew Snow. "Jack" meanwhile said, "Yes." and hung up. He had a fair voice.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 2:12:33 GMT -5
"Okay I'll call him Jack." He said smiling as he waited for the pilot to finish he preparations.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 2:15:23 GMT -5
Jack waved at everyone else, indicating that he was ready to take off. Mew Snow, Luke and Raikov boarded. Jack meanwhile started to spin the propeller by hand to start up the engine.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 2:19:19 GMT -5
Leo just walked up to Jack and looked at the propeller. "You want some help with that?" He asked offering him help as he didn't mind helping him out a little bit.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 2:22:07 GMT -5
Jack shook his head. Two more cranks and the engine was up and running. He then climbed inside and sat down at the pilot's seat.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 2:26:40 GMT -5
Leo then just shrugged as he walked back over to where Luke and the others entered the plane.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 2:32:27 GMT -5
Jack shut the plane door as soon as Leo was inside. The interior of the plane was pretty rough, for the plane was somewhat old. There were 10 seats in two rows of five in the passenger's section. Everyone was quickly seated and the plane took off.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 2:34:57 GMT -5
Leo sat quietly as he waited for the plane to land. Even though Leo liked being high in the sky, when stuck inside a plane he felt like he was trapped in a bird cage.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 1, 2009 22:41:09 GMT -5
Seven and a half hours.......
Seven and a half hours passed until they made it to their destination. The time aboard the plane was spent in silence, in casual socializing, or in flat out agony from waiting to see land.
Nencu-ca, the very small island destination lies around 350 miles southeast of Minami Torishima (real island controlled by Japan) and 40 miles northwest of Wake Island (real island controlled by the U.S.). It was very cloudy there- almost stormy. Dark clouds seemed to almost swirl around a large, fortress/castle looking building built of stone. The wind blew hard in a northern direction. Something was awry...
The plane landed safely on a concrete runway. Jack parked the plane off to the side. Everyone got out.
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Post by Gray on Feb 1, 2009 22:46:26 GMT -5
Leo practically jumped out of the plane, happy to be able to move around again. "Yes, sweet freedom!" He yelled as he looked around to where they were.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 2, 2009 1:31:19 GMT -5
The wind continued to blow northward-and extremely hard. Had Mew Snow had her wings out, she probably would have been swept away. She directed everyone to follow her by swinging her arms in a somewhat awkward manner. She began treading a small stone path that lead to the huge fortress-looking building.
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Post by Gray on Feb 2, 2009 1:35:00 GMT -5
"Wow... so this is an academy huh. Glad I never went to your human school... looks more like a prison." He joked with Luke as he looked around, making sure he knew his surroundings.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 2, 2009 1:40:45 GMT -5
Luke could not hear Leo because the wind suddenly picked up speed. He, Raikov, and Jack followed Mew Snow.
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Post by Gray on Feb 2, 2009 1:43:40 GMT -5
Leo didn't know really what to do, his better judgment told him to not go in... but he followed anyway. Staying alert the entire time, just in case it was a trap.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 2, 2009 1:47:54 GMT -5
Everyone made it safely to the front door, a huge, castle-like wooden one. Mew Snow pounded heavily on the door. There was no answer. She found that the door was unlocked when it creeked open. Everyone entered and Mew Snow closed the door. It was very quiet, still- and almost pitch black inside the entry way.
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Post by Gray on Feb 2, 2009 1:50:42 GMT -5
Leo even though he couldn't see could hear everything around him. Everyone's footsteps were normal and without hearing anything suspicious yet he just continued to walk with the group and keep his guard up.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 2, 2009 1:58:02 GMT -5
The place reeked with some kind of stench. All of a sudden, Luke tripped on something. Raikov happened to have a flashlight with him and turned it on. It was the corpse of a human, with a huge hole in its chest as if he had been impaled by a giant log. The smell which was being smelled was rotting flesh and drying blood. Mew Snow gasped, almost screeched when she saw this. A tear ran down her face and she began to sob as Raikov revealed other corpses all around, all of which had been killed in a similar way. There was a giant hole in the wall and the grand chandelier had fallen from the ceiling.
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Post by Gray on Feb 2, 2009 2:02:29 GMT -5
Leo to smell around to see if he could find what did this, but the odor of blood was too strong for him to get anything and with everyone moving around that cut his hearing range. "Where is this master you were talking about, the one that runs this academy?" Leo asked Snow, as he went back to how he acted before. Serious, stern... unfeeling.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 2, 2009 2:05:06 GMT -5
"I was with him in Tokyo on a mission to destroy Ithatae when he fell to shadow and...flew...away...on dragon's wings." she said. Her eyes were full of terror and disbelief.
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Post by Gray on Feb 2, 2009 2:08:05 GMT -5
"Then who was in charge of this place last time you were here?" He asked, not caring about how scared she was about what had happened. "In any case, what's done has been done. There is no reviving the dead..." Leo said coldly as his eyes began to burn red again, glowing in the darkness.
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Post by The Wayfaring Stranger on Feb 2, 2009 2:12:41 GMT -5
"The last time I was here, my master Tiserias was in charge of the academy...then we went together to Tokyo to defeat Ithatae. He appointed the high ranked Iren to maintain the academy while we were gone." explained Mew Snow. At that moment, a faint explosion-like sound came from deeper into the academy.
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