Starbits

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Jericho opens the door to Martinet Electronics, glancing around the store for Axle, he looks down at his hand where the star silhouette has all but faded.
"Something bad has happened, I just know it. My hand has been doing that weird tingling glowy thing for the last few days. It's even worse when I'm at home, near Dad's study. Now Sis and Snickers are missing, something is going on and I won't stand for it!" Just then, Jericho feels two soft arms wrap around his neck! He is pulled in for a big hug by none other than... "MALKA!?" Jericho Exclaims! "HHHHIIIAAAAA! Little darling!" Jericho gives a slightly frustrated grunt as he kindly pulls away. Malka has been Cinnamon's best friend since childhood, Jericho has known her his entire life and thinks of her as an extra sister. Though he doesn't like hugs, or physical contact of any kind really, he always pulls away gently so as not to hurt her feelings. "Hey Malka, What are you doing here?" Malka gives a happy expression. "Coming to walk with that big silly string bean, Axle, over to Snickers and Cinnamon's house! What about you?" Jericho weighs his options, he doesn't know if he is overreacting or if he should tell her that he thinks his sister might be in danger." Jericho, sweetheart, what's wrong? I can tell something is bothering you." Malka knows his body language well enough to know something is up, she is very bubbly and cheerful, but she is also extremely caring. "Well, I followed Cinn and Snickers to the Mage's chapel earlier, and they never left, but Hildi swears they are out on a mission." Jericho replied. Malka looks at him a bit more seriously. "And you think something is wrong?" Jericho sheepishly replies: "I don't know that, i just feel it in my gut."

"I wonder if it has anything to do with your glowy hand?" They hear as Axle walks up. "Wait! Axle, you know about my hand?" Axle gives a proud smile.
"Yup! Saw it the other day when you got frustrated by me beating you at Super Julio Cars." Malka looks confused. "Glowy hand? Let me see!" She pulls Jericho's hands out of his pocket to see his hand with a vague star silhouette. "Wow! So Cool!" She says. "Huh? It was a lot brighter the other day." Axle mentions. "I don't know why, but it always glows the brightest in my Dad's office, I don't know why but it does! This is going on, Mom and some of the guards are heading to the forbidden zone, and now I don't know where Cinn and Snickers are and no one will tell me!" Jericho rants.
Malka jumps up! Jericho steps back as She grabs His cheeks squishing his face. "Do you know what this means?" With his cheeks still mushed he mumbles: "That my sister and her boyfriend are missing?"
Malka replies: "Not just that, but this is our CALL TO ADVENTURE! It's a really important part of any hero's journey!" Axle chimes in with a "Righteous!"
Jericho again pulls himself away: "Okay... but we don't even know where to start looking?" Axle states: "we could start with your dad's office, maybe there is something magical or something in there that makes it glow stronger?"
Malka: "YES! C'mon everybody! To the castle!"
Jericho looked very hesitant: "Wait... guy I don't think...WHOA!!!."
Malka grabs one of Jaricho's hands as Axle grabs the other and they start running with him in the direction of BlueMoon Castle.

Meanwhile, at the Mage Chapel...

Hildi attempts to open a portal to Golden Growth Village, but the portal never quite opens. Sichuan wheels over to her. "Perhaps you didn't charge your orb up nearly enough. Your master would've had that portal opened in no time flat."
Hildi nervously replies: "The creature must be jamming the Astral Plane or something..." she tries to maintain a level of confidence in her voice, but she knows that the truth of the matter is that she doesn't know how to open portals, she doesn't know how to do a lot of things expected from the chief mage. But her master retired rather unexpectedly and disappeared, leaving it all on her. As she tries again, the book flies open, the pages turn rapidly and Cinnamon, Snickers, Glimmer, and Wysteria come flying out, landing in a pile.
Cinnamon sets Glimmer off of her. "Ouch... Ok, that's how that works..."
Sichuan and Hildi make their way over to them. "Niecey, thank the Stars! Good work Hildi, i knew you could do it!" Says Sichuan. Hildi gives an embarrassed look with an awkward "Ahuhuh! Yeah..." the group get to their feet. Sichuan gives Cinnamon a hug as she stands. "You're safe, what happened!? I need details!" Cinnamon fills him in on the events that have taken place from the evening before. "And this little truffle is Glimmer, and this is Wysteria, the Florasaur. They were a huge help in us defeating the exterminator and getting another starbit!" Hildi looks on amazed. "You got another piece!?"