"Cipher...Troy's friend" Yami lowers her guard
"So you know Troy, that's great, so you guys are good then" Cipher nods
"Good?" Kyron asks
"Yeah, like I don't have to kill you, you guys wanna get somewhere more comfortable? Sand can't be that cozy, can it?" Cipher laughs, starting to walk away
"How do we know we can trust you?" Jason asks, guns aimed steadily at Cipher
"You don't have to, just trying to be nice" Cipher playfully rolls his eyes
"I trust him" Yami shrugs
"Are we just completely skipping over the fact that he came here to kill us if we weren't friends with Troy?" Clara asks
"Yeah" Putty follows Cipher
"We're still breathing, aren't we?" Carry asks
"You coming, or what?" Cipher asks
"Yeah, yeah, c'mon girl" Yami pats Fifteen on the head
XV pants
"I don't trust him at all" Mar shakes his head
"Me neither, just...he's off" Jason stares, holding on to his guns
"Jeez, you guys are slowwwww" Cipher groans
"We're coming, we're coming" Yami follows him, XV not too far behind her
Fifteen or XV?...Think I like fifteen a little better, honestly
"If you trust him, I guess he's alright" Flake follows Yami
"We're really going with him, aren't we?" Metal asks
"Shouldn't we wait for them to catch up with us?" Flake asks
"They can follow our footprints, it's fine" Cipher shrugs
"You're in a rush" Yami points out
"I mean, we can sit down, have a chat, maybe a picnic, after that we can play in the water, oh- we can build sandcastles too, yeah, let's do that instead" Cipher turns around
"F*ck, I'm coming" Jason sighs, going with him
"Me too" Metal catches up to Flake
"Fine" Mar sighs, walking with them
"I'll die out here alone if I don't go with them" Kyron goes along with them
"Great, majority rules, I was kinda looking forward to that sandcastle idea, honestly, maybe I'll make one later" Cipher turns back around and continues trailing on
"So how do you know Troy?" Yami asks
"Wait, he's not dead?" Cipher asks
"Why would he be dead...?" Flake asks
"I just thought he was dead at this point, at least retired" Cipher laughs
"Troy? You know he won't stop doing what he wants to do" Yami shakes her head
"You've got that right" Cipher nods
"Anyway, are you gonna answer the question?" Flake asks
"Alright, alright, me and him go way back, I remember getting a contract for his head and when I tried to slice his neck off, he almost sliced mine off" Cipher chuckles
"You tried to kill him?" Clara asks
"Yeah, it's a specialty for me, back there I was invisible, an ability to my arsenal of contract killing" Cipher explains
"So what happened after that?" Metal asks
"I've got your interest do I? Well, after that, I knew I had to meet the guy, so I caught him alone and showed myself, no tricks, no tactics, nothing, the guy almost killed me for showing up, seemed like a red glint in his eyes for a second" Cipher reflects back
"That doesn't really sound like him" Yami shakes her head
"I think I'd remember three knives flying past my head then a chair hitting me in the chest, pinning me to the wall" Cipher nods
"That really doesn't sound like him" Yami stares
"I don't know what to tell you" Cipher shrugs
"So what happened after that?" Mar asks
"We started talking and all that and got to know each other better" Cipher answers
"...Alright" Jason slowly nods
"We're here, now if people seem a little bit on edge, don't blame them if they've got a stick up their butts, we've got people on our doorstep trying to take over our home, so welcome to the great town of...-drum roll please...BARGAIN" Cipher puts his hands up, spinning around
"Cipher, what'd we tell you about bringing people in? Just like we told everyone, we can't accept anyone, we're already short on supplies" A man suited in armor walks up to Cipher
"They're good people" Cipher puts his arm around the guard
"We still can't accept them" The guard shakes his head
"Hey, you guys realize that those balls in the trees have food in them right?" Kyron points back to the beach
"...Huh?" The guard stares at him
"Yeah" Cipher nods
"...We'll send a survey team out to try some then, thank you, but you still can't stay here" The guard explains
"Okay, call it a prolonged visit, then" Cipher improvises
"So you guys need help to get some invaders away from here?" Yami asks
"Yeah, they took over our strongest way of defense, Base Goliath, and then they started taking over the roads, and then soon enough, we were one of the last surviving places around, but there's a group of people that've been helping us out, I forgot exactly what they called themselves though" The guard rants on
"I don't, they're named 'Destiny's end'" Cipher does jazz hands
"Destiny's end...hm" Clara writes something down
"And we definitely can't feed that thing if the roads are blocked off" The guard points at Fifteen
Fifteen grumbles
"It's okay buddy, he didn't mean it like that" Flake pats Fifteen
Fifteen puffs out some smoke
"I've got an idea, what if we get back that base, and you let us stay here for a bit?" Yami bargains at Bargain
"I admire your enthusiasm, but that's a death wish, and above my jurisdiction" The guard sighs
"Let's ask the main boss then" Yami nods
"Yeah, let me take you to him" Cipher starts walking
"Wait-that sly motherf#cker, I'm so getting fired" The guard groans
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Chaos In a Nutshell: Fresh-ish Start
FanficWe've got new people, new crap, new everything, almost everything. If you're new to this series, this is a good book to start on...even if it is 100 chapters long. Still, Yami comes back on a main search and rescue of her friend, Troy. Flake and her...
