September 4
The Province of Inaho
The International Server Portal Hall
The International Server Portals had been unused by anyone other than Taro of the Shade Guild, but now the portal door swung open and the A.I. guards rushed to check credentials as a group of travelers, dressed in red, walked through it calmly. The group of three men and two younger women looked extremely serious as they pulled up their player information and tapped on the translate icons.
Kei Yamato
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Race: Druid, Tracker, Navigator
Level: 98
Shiroe Guild
Japan Server, the City of Taiko
Tohma Shiro
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: Enchanter, Medicine
Level: 32
Shiroe Guild
Japan Server, the Province of Kyoutoma
Saki Kaito
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Race: Vampire
Level: 48
Shiroe Guild
Japan Server, the Province of Tora
Nanami Yamamoto
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Race: Assassin, Duel swords
Level: 96
Shiroe Guild
Japan Server, the City of Kirigaya
Ryuu Kagemune
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: Warrior, Tank
Level: 93
Shiroe Guild
Japan Server, the Town of Watanuki
When the guards' monotone request for a reason, the leader, the man with the name of Kei, stepped forward, eyes like steel. His voice was rough, and his English broken, but it was pretty clear what he was trying to say.
"We're here to request a place in the Shade Guild's Foreign Residential wings. We're here to see Taro Kagemune," said Kei. "We're here for her."
-..-..-
Taro layed sprawled across her bed in the old apartment she had lived in before her brother moved her in with Benji. It had already been a day since she had left and the messages from both Masa, Joey, Karla, and Benji were filling her inbox, but she didn't respond. She tapped away at her master console, tweaking the coding and checking the commands. She could hear Kotaro panting over in the corner, but used it simply as background, along with the game's soundtrack that played nonstop.
The video chat began to ring, and the icon sprang up in front of the console's holographic screen. She ignored it, seeing that Masa's name was beneath the icon. "I don't need to talk now! Why won't he just go away?" The call stopped before starting back up, this time with the word URGENT next to it. "Goddamnit, Masa! What is so urgent?"
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