The Mystic MCs

⭐Prologue⭐

⭐Prologue⭐

Starting a new game file...

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Ten minutes.

Nine. Eight. Mi-na checked her watch and let out a sigh. Still no sign of her friends.

She took another sip of her coffee.

"Maybe they can't come..."

As she thought those words, a dark-skinned college student walked through the doors of the cafe and started to make her way towards Mi-na. Mi-na didn't give the newcomer time to reach her table before she ran up to the brunette, engulfing her in a big hug.

"Kazumi! You're here! I thought that no one would ever arrive!" Mi-na exclaimed as she hugged her tightly.

"Relax, it's not even noon yet. Plus," Kazumi motioned to the other people in the cafe, "everyone is staring at us."

Indeed they were. Mi-na's elated exclamations had shattered the peaceful air of the place, drawing the attention the the people there. Kazumi couldn't care less about what others thought of her, but she knew her long-haired friend would feel uncomfortable under the attention.

Mi-na whispered a quiet oops, hid her eyes beneath her bangs, and led Kazumi back to the table she was sitting at. Moving her computer and coffee aside so that Kazumi could sit down, Mi-na asked her about her flight from Japan.

"Not bad. I'm glad I'm not coming from somewhere as far as Scotland or Italy, like Liana and Yuni. My sleep schedule is already bad enough, even without jet lag." Kazumi yawned, hand coming up to cover her mouth as if to emphasize her point.

Just then, as if Kazumi had summoned them by uttering their names, a red haired woman and a pink-haired woman walked into the cafe and made their way towards the table. The pink-haired one let out a small yelp, and ran forward to collide with Mi-na, who was already standing up to greet them.

"MIIIIIIII-NAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I FINALLY GET TO SEE YOU IN PERSON!!!!!" The woman was hugging her so tightly that Mi-na could barely breathe. But neither of them cared one bit.

"Yuni! I'm glad you got here safely! Was the flight super long?" Mi-na asked as they sat down. "And nice to meet you both in person!" Each one in their group of friends except for Kazumi and Mi-na had only talked to each other online before, so they were seeing each other in person for the first time.

"Nice to meet you Juliana." Kazumi nodded at the red-head. Juliana nodded back, then turned to Yuni.

"Moira, you shouldn't yell so loudly," Juliana chided. "Everyone probably thinks you have no manners!"

"Well I don't care!" Moira glared at Juliana with a pout on her lips. "And why don't you call me Yuni?"

"I refuse to call you anything near your username, Yunikorn. Your given name is suitable enough for me." Moira deepened her frown and was about to reply when a blonde young woman burst through the door in a hurry.

"Mi-na! Yuni! Liana! Kazi! Sorry I'm late!" As her voice echoed off of the walls she ran up to the table that hosted the four women.

"SYDNEE!!! YOU'RE HERE! NOW WE ARE ALL HERE!!!" Moira yelled, making everyone in the cafe wince. She was just about to crush Sydnee in a hug when the cafe owner tapped her on the shoulder.

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you all to leave."

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"I can't believe that we got kicked out of a cafe the first time we all meet in one place." Sydnee chuckled and sat down next to Moira at the next cafe they went to. "You yelled loud enough to make half of the cafe deaf," she teased, poking Moira's arm.