Chapter 1 Act 4: The Past With Lingering Echoes

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Upon returning back to Jinzhou, Archni and Yangyang met up with Chixia. As she awaits them and asked when they arrived. "How did it go? Anyone hurt? Lemme check on you!" Chixia check on Archni for any injuries as she didn't look at his mechanical arm and forgets about it until she had finished.

Chixia: Phew! You're still in one piece.

Archni: Course I am. You're overreacting.

"Okay okay. Anything new about the tokens?" Chixia asks as Archni told her of their findings in the Desorock Highlands and Qichi Village. Which she then says upon hearing what she heard.

Chixia: So those Fractsidus goons are here in Jinzhou now. Things are more serious than I thought.

Archni: I wonder what they are up to now?

Chixia: Beats me. I've only ran into some bozos before. Those wackos are hellbent on making their own Resonators. Said there's no right or wrong when it comes to Resonance powers and everyone should have the right to them.

Yangyang: They use mechanical manipulation to integrate parts of Tacet Discords into human bodies. Seeking power with such gruesome acts... I cannot bring myself to understand them.

Chixia: That Scar guy you mentioned sounds like a whole other level. How did the fight go?

Yangyang: He.. It seems he didn't intend to kill us. I would say he was even pulling his punches.

Archni: But I did kicked his ass in his own domain, when he trapped me inside there.

Yangyang: I don't know what he wants from us. But Madam Magistrate may have intended to hint something by letting us run into him.

Chixia: I still can't wrap my head around what happened in that village... I went over the files. That case is ancient. It was dealt with and archived way before our current Magistrate took office.

Yangyang: What happened to the village in the end?

Chixia: Don't worry, the ones responsible were brought to justice, and most of the villagers were relocated to new settlements. But I didn't find anything in the files about that little girl you mentioned.

Yangyang: So Scar really took her away.

Archni: It seems he did not hurt her. Or maybe the Fractsidus had plans to use her for something.

Yangyang: I agree. If only we could capture him...

Archni was silent when Yangyang said last, think of those words. Until Chixia spoke getting his attention focused on her. "Ugh... I'm so lost. Why did Madam Magistrate point you to Qichi Village anyway? What did she want to tell you with that?"

Yangyang: And then Scar went there to tamper with the site and mislead you with fake clues...

Archni: Or maybe it's the other way around.

Yangyang: You mean..? The Fractsidus was planning to tell you something through what had happened in that village. Then our Magistrate intercepted by leading you there before they could?

Archni: Scar wanted to preach his ideas to me. And, she knew what was going to happen.

Yangyang think of the matter of what was planned on that timed event to transpire. "Madam Magistrate knew they were going to lure you to the village.
And she knew they weren't planning to kill you."

Yangyang: Her token was a warning that the Fractsidus had their eyes on you.

Archni: Plus, even if Scar really tried to kill us... We wouldn't be in real danger.

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