I couldn't believe what had happened before my very eyes. Mino, someone who I had known for only a day, maybe more, dead before my very eyes. I didn't know her that well, why was I getting so worked up over this? As the pure shock of the situation faded, Sasha collapsed on the floor of the lab and burst into tears, and I could see Grace in the corner of my vision about to join her, her hands clasped over her face to hide whatever expression she didn't want to show.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdK9SB3szB
I didn't feel upset, or angered, I just felt numb.
I don't think I could even describe it as numbness, just a sheer lack of emotion. It was like I was a hollow shell of a being, with no feeling or even thought. I was merely there.
Grief is a very hard thing to explain, because it's different for every person . Some may feel sad or even depressed, or may feel nothing at all. Some people don't grieve in the first place, I wish I was one of those people, but instead I felt this numbness, or lack of emotion, as I've now put it.
"We should have never left her..." Sasha wept, burying her face in her hands to catch her tears. "We should have never let her do it in the first place...we made a mistake, Scarlet. A horrible mistake."
"Don't blame yourself for it, Sasha....It wasn't your fault..." Grace whispered, kneeling down to Sasha's side. "It was the figure's fault, not yours."
"Is it!? Is it Grace!? Do you think Mino would be alive had we not let her do this!? The answer is YES, Grace! She's gone! She's gone because I let her leave!" Sasha snapped , standing up before collapsing to the ground in tears once more. I wanted to reach out and comfort her, but I just felt like a spirit, watching the tearjerking events unfold with no chance to intervene.
"Hey is this the lab- oh my god what happened." A new voice begun to enter the room but was shortly silenced. I turned around, only to see another girl, her bright green eyes had dialated in either shock or surprise, I couldn't tell. Her mouth gaped open, though she could shout out "What in creation's name happened here!?"
"To much," Grace sighed, looking at the new face. "I know you have a tendency at being at the wrong place at the wrong time, May, but this...., is more than that."
"Oh shit...where's Mino?" the girl named May was also asking the wrong questions at the wrong time.
"We let her die...I can't believe..." Sasha wiped the final tears from her cheek, now her face was turning red with anger. "No! That's not it! It was that girl..! The doll master- Sarah! If it was the last thing I ever do, I will avenge Mino! I will!"
"Kinoko...!" May called down the hallway. "I don't know what's happening but Sasha is spewing revenge stuff I think we're minus one."
"Revenge stuff!?"
Now two new figures entered the lab, it was a tiny party now, celebrating absolutely nothing. One had brown hair and ice blue eyes, and apparently had a thing for butterflies, because she had a butterfly hair tie, a t-shirt with a butterfly on it , just, butterflies. Her hand had grabbed the wrist of the other girl, who's dark brown hair had caught a pencil in it.
"Who's dead!? Who are we killing!? WHO IS RECEIVING THE KINOKO BREW OF REVENGE!?" The Butterfly girl seemed all to giddy on the word of 'revenge' and that was slightly concerning.
"I'm gonna...let Kino here go on her tangent...I'm getting my Starbucks from the front counter it should be done..." The other girl seemed to be fumbling for an excuse to get out of the room, and once it was out, she grabbed the pencil out of her hair and ran down the hallway.
"Mino was just killed at the hands of what we think is a member of the Summoner's Circus." I stated, finally getting a chance to speak. It wasn't until after I had said it did it come to me that the new company might not know what the Summoner's Circus is.
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"Aitsu?" Grace said. "You mean Aitsu Komikaru, the S Class Representative of Asia?" She seemed rather surprised, as if a S-rank is assigning a mission to someone instead of the lower ranked summoner taking it out of free will, that mission is really important and something is really wrong. Well, according to Grace. Considering what has just happened, I can say the same.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQ9QJlGtWs
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"Yeah, Aitsu, who else? I am an A Rank, y'know, and Mia and Maggie are C and B ranks, respectively. We work as a unit." Kinoko explained. Just then, May spoke up again.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AI0AKFGhG
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"Yeah, we're the best IT summoners on the earth, y'know." May said, adding on to what Kinoko. "We travel the earth to go on the bigger missions, like the situation you have here. Aitsu told us we needed to help ya before shit got to crazy... guess we're a little late for that, hmmph"307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnTWZaybdj
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"You think?" I said, trying to hold back from sounding sarcastic. If they only had arrived sooner, maybe Mino would be here today. But I had to get that out of my head, there were more pressing matters.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUTaUeWdsj
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"Yeah, real sorry about that." Maggie said, walking back in with a cup of coffee. "On a lighter note, you're lucky to have a Starbucks in your base, with such a nice barista too. Only see these kinda places in bigger cities, like London. Can't remember the last time I've had my fix on a mission..."307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgafK1fJxc
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"That's nice Maggie." May said, closing her eyes and sighing. I could barely hear her whisper "Junkie" under her breath.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsUYhTfaaP
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"Coffee isn't important!" Kinoko exclaimed, slamming her fist into her palm. "What is important, however, is seeking revenge on the Circus Killers! You there!" The energetic summoner swiftly pointed her finger at me. "How far have you gotten in your training!?"307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtP4hPmopC
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"I j-just st-started!" I stuttered in a hurry, hoping I replied fast enough to keep up with Kinoko. "I know how to summon characters, direct them, and a little on syncing, but-"307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uAnjWRX7H
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"Have you learned your transformation yet?" Kinoko asked another question a split second after I answered the first.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSzrZIRiQR
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"Transformation..?" I muttered in confusion. I heard the term once from Axell, but I didn't know what it meant in the Summoning World. Kinoko looked at me like I had three heads, then screamed.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosU9SekpfS
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"What do you mean you don't know what a transformation is!? Child we're getting you to the Silver Arena RIGHT NOW because at this point you are a walking target! GO GO GO!" Kinoko grabbed my wrist and was ready to drag me out of the laboratory. Grace however, stopped her.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO2XFs58AW
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"For one, it's really late and we should all be going home, and two, the Silver Arena is closed for the night!" Grace said, holding Kinoko back.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjSNNy9klF
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"That's right, we should be heading home, it's late." Sasha said, sighing. "Good night, everyone." With that, Sasha left the laboratory.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgr9ntg8Bl
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"We should leave too..." Grace said, looking up at me. I just realized now how short she was in comparsion to me. I felt like a giant.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpdISYjuB8
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"Yeah, let's go." I said, walking out of the labratory as well.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8rMJRhU68
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As I walked down the now silent Richmond streets, between glances at my rather confusing map, I noticed that Grace was following me. "Do we...share a home route or something?"
"Maybe." Grace muttered, looking at an apartment building. "This is my stop, have a good night, Scarlet."307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtxHV0ISOO
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"Yeah, have a good night." I said in reply, and continued on my way. With myself alone in the quiet atmosphere (And a clear track of where I was going in my head) thoughts were tugging at me in the back of my brain. I tried to push them into the back of my brain, but all it got louder and louder.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPC8GVDt5s
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You let her die, Scarlet.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ozjiKfL8e
If you're letting this happen, how will you ever beat Meichi?307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4y3DFaQidq
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Good luck with that, dear.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG8a5BtQMh
Hopefully you'll die before you even get close.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S4YfuAqGl
