Fortuna Verto

23-Overwhelming Advantage

Axln and Lyun found themselves comfortably in the archives once again, the book they recovered finally delivered to Jhez. Even the power armor they had brought back was getting quite the intensive investigation, leaving the girls feeling like they had achieved quite the considerable success.

Soon after though, Lyun found she had missed more than several calls on her cell, all from the same person. Reading some of the messages that had come with it, she had discovered that Yhzia's sister had actually been trying to contact Yhzia for a while now.. and had never been a recipient to any replies. She had even gotten ahold of Ezhyrae and found herself without any straight answers. Ezhyrae had instead simply told her to call Lyun if she really wanted answers, and had shared the relevant number. Of course, in all of the commotion, she had forgotten about that little scene at the start. She had happened to have left Yhzia's cell at her sister's house the entire time, and not once ever took responsibility for letting important parties know what had even happened. She might have thought to claim that it wasn't as if she knew Yhzia's sister very well, she really didn't know the woman much at all beyond the pet incident that had kept her away from actually making friends with the woman in the time since. Of course though, the girl would worry about her sister.. and Lyun was the only one who could really explain what had happened that day.

"Hello?" "Oh! Is this.. uh.. Lyun? Sorry, I forgot your name there for an instant. Listen, I'm getting really worried, Yhzia has gone silent for a while now, I'm worried something might have happened. Ezhyrae seems to think you could help me figure stuff out." "Oh, uh, yeah. That's.. really quite the story, you won't even believe a fragment of it." "Why does it sound like you're at the food market? Yeah, didn't that girl just talk about a class report. Are you at the academy?" "I.. uh.. might be." "Oh, perfect! Can you meet me there?" "This really isn't a place to talk. Here, can you meet us at the archives? I'll send the exact room by message, along with some handy tips for directions so you don't get lost too. I'm going to head back there and I'll meet you there, okay?" "Oh, yeah, sure, archives, got it. Not a problem at all." Lyun ended the call Yhzia's sister had begun in that instant again, almost regretting accepting it. She had just been finishing having a quick snack, this was going to complicate everything. She made sure to provide the promised directions at least, the room specifically being to where Axln was doing some studies. It was probably the best place for them to deal with this mess, and Axln would really have to be a part of this stuff. The girl might be Yhzia's sister, but technically that also made her Axln's sister.. in about the same way as how Lyun had an unexpected sister on the other side, too. That reminded her that she really might want to touch base with such a sister too, hopefully before Lyun's own sister figure started worrying about her too. She quickly made her way to the designated location, discovering a woman standing just outside, having visibly been locked out.

"Lyun, right? Hey-hey! I.. I came as fast as I could, which I guess.. was faster than you. It.. it seems you weren't inside yet. They kicked me out pretty quick." "She's still finishing her exercises, but should be nearly done at this point. I'll go inside and make sure things are fine for us to talk soon." "Oh.. oh, yeah. S-sure." The girl was absolutely vibrating, she had so much energy it was leaving Lyun's head spinning. The girl was even honestly talking at an energetic speed, having her stutter more than once as she tripped over her own tongue. Lyun slipped inside to find Axln wrapping stuff up. Axln could obviously tell something was up, her quizzical look getting an apologetic one in response. Once the ersatz in attendance was also gone, and everything was organized for a discussion, Lyun let the girl in. She sat there listening to the full tale, depression visibly sitting in on everything else the girl might have had going on, the energy of the room lost. She too confirmed the incredible tale of her new sister, which didn't end up very hard. With a lot to think about because of such, the girl eventually simply left to collect her own thoughts her own way.