Reborn Online

Falling Sand

Seth wasn't in the best mood imaginable, why? Well. She just wasted two hours on trying to get her boss and friend to ask their crush out without avail and while it was awarding to see the man squirm in embarrassment. It was quite adorable if you asked from her, it was a pity that Naoki was most often in middle of solving other people's problems and couldn't kick back to relax. He was often exhausted, stressed, compressed into the work state which he showed to most.

There was a theory to which the man often referenced to, something about each person having three faces, one for the world, one for closest people and one for self. It was an odd thing to talk about, but it explained a lot about the man and how he'd grown up.

Seth sighed again, brushing few strands of stray hair behind her ear, it was all just so complicated and annoying. But the complications never came from the situation, but the people within it. She'd tried to coax them to confess to another. But none of the five couples would do this, none of them had taken a step forward, stubbornly hiding behind blushing cheeks and averted eyes. The ladies blushing and hiding, dreamily sighing, the men looking into the other direction, too caught up in being embarrassed over having feelings. It was such a stupid thing.

It was a good thing that she wasn't anything like that. Oh no, she was rational gremlin. No man nor woman could ever-

Seth felt one of those impulses again, she wasn't what they meant, but it couldn't be good. Most of them had thought that the error had been already taken care of, but Seth knew better, she had an inside man in the game company. And that inside man had told her that nothing could be done to the glitch, it was as if it was alive.

The mist bit her lower lip out of nervous habit, she didn't know what to do. Could she actually do anything.

As the woman walked forward, only accompanied by the long shadows of decaying dreams a single figure of pure white joined her. They didn't need to acknowledge one another, they knew each other all too well. They had no time to waste, they were on a mission. And so the harbinger of chaos and the shield of people moved out, their silent footsteps louder than any sound.

While his half Mist and her partner in crime left the grounds of Paravento, exiting through the Winter Palace, the Don himself was having a delightful morning out. He was having his usual coffee with Valentino, the two of them talking and laughing. Every now and then they'd comment on the proposal of the God Father himself. But as of this moment they were more interested in the fact that Valentino had finally completed his own set.

"It was insane Nao! I didn't expect it at all!" Naoki hummed his answer as he sipped his cioccolato cappuccino. He'd soon enough learnt to follow the day routine of the Italians as they were very strict about when certain coffee could be consumed. Cappuccinos and al latte were morning drinks, espresso the after morning. "Matteo, Kyoya, Kujaku and I were in a pinch, surrounded by these goons, when BAM! a guy wearing a cape dropped on them with two others and took care of them" the young Primo was extatic about the fact as he'd spent a long while trying to find his missing set. "The rain is a bubbly one, her name is Sam, the storm is bit insecure and goes by the name Amato and then there's the mist, the only player of that group his name is Daniel", the blonde said before taking a long sip from his own latte. The waitress in duty laid down their orders and smiled at Naoki before she left to do her duties. Valentino gave a pointed look at her direction.

"She left a phone number, Nao", he said as he pulled out the tiny slip of paper from its place next to Naoki's plate. Naoki eyed it with disinterest. "She's not my type, too much flirt and too little wit", he eventually said causing his friend to nearly drown on his drink. For a tiny moment the two engaged into a talk about their ideal partners.

Seth looked around in the dark room, her senses screaming her to run as fast as she could, but she ignored it in favour of examining the piece of equipment in front of her. Why it was there and what it did, she didn't know. But it couldn't be good.