The Dark farasi leader walked up and down the hallways of the Dark farasi HQ, searching for a certain member in his group. He had gotten back from the Rasoul Dimension after capturing the Rasoul Seeker, and he had an idea in his mind for what he could do with the Seeker, but first he wanted to find and talk to the smartest member in the Dark farasi group to see if he had any suggestions himself; Vice was looking for Azarika.
Upon getting back from the Rasoul Dimension, Vice had put the still knocked out Seeker in a very large cell, which was quite strong and would most likely hold the Seeker even if he used his most powerful moves to try to smash through the cell. Vice had also appointed Astra and Sniper to guard the cell, as he felt that they would be quite good guards. Since he entrusted the girls to watch over the Seeker, he himself had gone off in searching for Azarika. Like alisema before, he wanted to see if Azarika had any opinions au suggestions on what exactly the Seeker au the Seeker’s strong Rasoul energy could be used for. Upon a few dakika of searching, he was able to find Azarika sitting outside on a balcony in the HQ, simply sitting completely still with his eyes closed.
“Azarika, pitch some ideas to me, will you? I need your assistance in coming up with ideas au plans on what to do with the Rasoulin Seeker that I brought back from the Rasoul Dimension. I feel as though he could be very useful, but I don’t know the best plan to go about it,” Vice said, walking up behind the Dark farasi member. Azarika didn’t say anything au move, but he did release a sigh that sounded rather annoyed, indicating that he was annoyed to have his peaceful time interrupted.
“Yes, sir?” Azarika eventually spoke in a slightly flat tone, sitting completely still. He did, however, turn his head just slightly to look back at Vice. “You wish to speak with me on what to do?”
“Well, I was sure that wewe would be able to come up with some useful ideas on what we could do involving the Rasoulin Seeker. wewe do know that I brought back a Seeker from the Rasoul Dimension, correct?” Vice asked.
“Yes, I know that, plus wewe just told me that wewe did technically via what wewe just said,” Azarika pointed out to his boss. “On a different note, yes, I might be able to think of a few ideas, though I don’t know what exactly wewe could do at this current moment."
“You don’t have any suggestions for what I could do?” Vice asked, sounding quite surprised to what the fox, mbweha had just said. “I thought wewe were the smart one who came up with excellent plans in this group.”
“I am quite intelligent when it comes to plan making and strategies,” Azarika alisema with a nod. “I just simply can’t give wewe an idea au suggestion yet due to the fact that I do not know what skills au abilities that certain Rasoulin Seeker has. Were wewe able to see a sample of his au her abilities? …I believe wewe alisema the Rasoulin Seeker was a man, au a ‘he’ to be exact.”
“I was able to capture him fairly easily, but that was because I used up quite a bit of my own Rasoul to speed myself up and blast myself forwards to keep up with the Seeker. He’s quite fast on his feet, and he was able to hit me once with his Rasoul energy, and let me tell you, I haven’t been hit with a blast of that power in quite some time now,” Vice said. “…Well, I have been hit kwa power far from that in terms of how strong it was, but I haven’t seen a regular Nighless with that kind of power hit me in quite some time. So, if that tells wewe a bit, he has some extreme power in Rasoul, especially while we were fighting during the time that the moon was out.”
“Obviously the Rasoul was increased during the moonlight. Rasoulin Seeker Rasoul and abilities are enhanced kwa moonlight, after all,” Azarika said. “But, if wewe think that he has that much regular strength and power as well, I may have a few suggestions for you.”
“I’m waiting,” Vice simply said, stating that he was waiting to hear Azarika’s suggestions au plans.
“First of all, there are many different ways that wewe can go about it. wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker himself, wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker’s Rasoul, au wewe could simply attempt to blackmail him into perhaps working with us au working with your own plans,” Azarika began. “It would depend on what wewe had planned. I’m assuming wewe would want to do something zaidi along the lines of power au zaidi power, but then again, I can’t read your mind and know what you’re thinking au know what wewe want.”
“Either using the Seeker himself au using his Rasoul energy in some way seems like the most appealing idea to me,” Vice alisema after pausing for a moment to think over his response.
“I would suggest that perhaps wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker’s energy, as I have a few ideas on how wewe could do that, if wewe would like to hear them, that is,” Azarika said, finally turning his head and body around to face Vice as they spoke.
“Go ahead and say what they are, that’s why I came to speak to wewe in the first place. I was thinking that surely wewe would be able to give me some ideas au suggest some things for me to do,” Vice said. Azarika nodded his head before deciding to speak again.
“Perhaps wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker’s Rasoul to power a weapon of some sort, au perhaps maybe wewe would even want to use the Rasoul to power yourself up, au to channel zaidi power for a temporary moment. It could give wewe an edge against the ones wewe are fighting against if needed,” Azarika said.
“Do wewe think it would be possible to channel the energy for the purpose of making zaidi power? I think that could be quite useful,” Vice alisema as he began thinking over some ideas in his own head. “Don’t wewe think that could prove to be quite useful considering how strong Seeker Rasoul energy is?”
“Yes, Rasoulin Seeker Rasoul could be quite useful in certain situations depending on how it is used,” Azarika agreed with a small nod of his head. “Is that what wewe would like to do? If wewe would like to channel the energy to generate zaidi power, I can most likely come up with an idea au two for that.”
“Well, I certainly do think that could be useful. I’m all ears to what wewe have to suggest and say,” Vice said, looking at Azarika with expecting eyes, curious as to what he was going to say. The fox, mbweha looked as if he was about to speak, but then he suddenly tensed up and fell quiet, glancing to the left and right just slightly with a blank look on his face. “What just happened, Azarika? Did wewe hear something?” Vice asked in confusion, confused as to why the Dark farasi fox, mbweha had suddenly stopped and looked around.
Azarika continued looking around for a short moment before turning his head to look back at Vice. “…What… were we just talking about? I… feel like I just forgot au Lost my train of thought,” He said, his voice sounding quite confused as if he had honestly forgotten what they were just speaking about.
“You just forgot what we were speaking of?” Vice asked in slight disbelief, rather shocked that Azarika seemed to have actually forgotten what they had just been talking about moments before. “We were speaking of what we could do to channel the Rasoulin Seeker’s energy and increase power, do wewe remember that now?”
Azarika stayed quiet for a short few moments, as if thinking over what Vice had alisema with a slight look of confusion on his face, until his face suddenly shifted back to the black expression that it had before. “Yes, I remember now. I suppose I did just lose my train of thought for a few moments. My apologies, Vice.”
“I was just a bit confused and surprised to see that wewe had forgotten what we were speaking of that quickly,” Vice said. “Anyway, what do wewe have to suggest? I’m still asking for suggestions on what we can do with channeling that Seeker’s energy.”
“Yes, I understand that. Now, perhaps a machine au device of some kind could channel the Rasoulin Seeker’s Rasoul about and into wewe au someone else, which would probably be the quickest way, unless wewe can do something else on your own, au if wewe have your own ideas,” Azarika said. He honestly didn’t have any idea why he had Lost his train of thought like that, and it… bothered him just slightly, since he couldn’t think of explanation of why that happened.
“A machine, wewe say? Would that be the only way to channel the Seeker’s Rasoul energy around?” Vice asked before crossing his arms. He closed his eyes slightly, attempting to go off in thought on what else he might be able to do. He kept his eyes closed in thought for a short while, before tensing up just slightly like Azarika had done before. The Dark farasi leader blinked his eyes a few times, remaining completely quiet, until he also spoke with confusion like Azarika had alisema before. “We’re talking about Rasoul energy, right, Azarika?”
“Yes, that’s what we were talking about, sir,” Azarika said, noting Vice’s confusion and the fact that he tensed up; he decided not to say anything, however, as he figured that Vice had Lost his train of thought as well. As he thought about that, however, it put a bit of confusion in him, as he didn’t know why Vice would be hit kwa the confusion as well.
Vice remained quiet for a bit, before relaxing from his tense state while looking back at Azarika. “If I’m not mistaken, I feel like I just Lost my thoughts like wewe just did a few moments ago.”
“Yes, yes wewe did,” Azarika alisema before going back to waiting to see what Vice was going to suggest au say. “And, unless wewe have a different idea on what could be possible with the Rasoul energy, the machine idea is the quickest one I have come up with, but I have other ideas as well.”
“Hm… I might have an idea myself,” Vice said, turning his head to look at Azarika once more. “Yes, I might have an idea forming. Obviously I don’t know if it would work, and I don’t know what wewe think of it, but I do have maybe a small idea if wewe want to hear it.”
“What is it? I can most likely tell wewe if the idea would work au not,” Azarika alisema with a small nod of his head.
“Alright, well, it involved a bit of using my own powers. I’m sure you’ve seen me manipulate Rasoul energy that wasn’t my own before, correct?” Vice asked, to which Azarika slightly nodded his head to. “Alright then, well, do wewe think that attempting to use my own powers would channel the energy on their own?”
“Perhaps it could,” Azarika alisema with a slight nod of his head. “While I am not completely aware of what your own Rasoul powers and abilities are capable of due to the fact that I have not seen wewe in a lot of action like the other members here in the group have, I do know a small amount of what wewe can do, and perhaps it would work.”
“I have channeled Rasoul energy around many times before, even Rasoul that isn’t my own, like I just previously stated,” Vice said. “I just don’t know if I could power myself up with that Rasoul energy. I can songesha Rasoul around and even pact it tightly into spheres and other things to songesha about au carry around with me, but like I said, I don’t know if I can power myself…” The Dark farasi leader paused in his sentence, almost as if spacing out a bit. “…up. What was I just-“ Vice blinked his eyes a few times before shaking his head slightly. “Oh, right, the Rasoul thing.”
“Did wewe forget what we were speaking of yet again?” Azarika asked, noticing that Vice seemed to space out for a bit. “I noticed that wewe spaced out before now.”
“It’s not exactly my fault. I can’t really help the fact that I’m losing what I was thinking of au saying, au at least I feel like I can’t help it,” Vice said. “Sometimes I just forgot things. Anyway, yes, I can channel Rasoul energy about, and perhaps I may try that just to see what might happen. If I can’t power myself up with it, then I’ll go with any ideas au things that wewe have to suggest.”
“Do wewe honestly think that wewe will be able to channel the energy into yourself and power yourself?” Azarika questioned before standing up from where he was sitting. He turned his body to face Vice, looking at the Dark farasi leader with glowing white neon eyes.
“I can’t say for sure, but I can attempt,” Vice replied simply. “A lot of things wewe never know unless wewe try them first. Well, I suppose if wewe could predict the future wewe would know, but since neither one of us can, I’m left with giving it a try.” Vice thought over what he had just alisema before deciding to speak again. “You can’t see the future, can you?”
Azarika stayed silent with a look on his face; Vice couldn’t tell if this look was a blank one au one of annoyance as he had asked the fox, mbweha a very dumb question, au so he felt like he had just asked a dumb question. “No, I can’t. I can’t see the future, and I don’t have any type of psychic power, at least not that I’m aware of.”
“Yes, I understand that it was probably a rather dumb idea for me to ask such a question. I’m sure wewe would have showed me au told me before now if wewe had some kind of psychic power au something along those lines, au at least along the lines of seeing visions and telling the future, au seeing the past,” Vice said. “Now, before we go too far off on track, I would say that we need to get back on the subject of the Rasoul energy and the Seeker.”
“Did we not finish what we were saying? I simply thought that wewe alisema that wewe were going to give it a try, and that wewe were going to speak to me about what to do if it did not work,” Azarika said. “Is that not all that wewe needed to say? Did wewe have zaidi than wewe needed to…” He started talking, but then he found himself spacing out just a bit without realizing it at first. This time seemed a bit different than when he spaced out before, however, as he felt a… pressure almost on his head, almost like a headache, but feeling zaidi like something was pressing down on his head. He tensed up for a moment before twisting his face slightly into a look of pain.
Vice noticed Azarika’s expression had changed, and raised his eyebrow slightly in confusion at the Dark farasi fox’s face. “Is something the matter? The look on your face right now reminds me of one of pain. Is something hurting you?”
“Just a headache. Perhaps I haven’t eaten enough today,” Azarika said, rubbing the side of his head just slightly. “Not that it makes any difference to you, sir. wewe most likely wouldn’t be bothered kwa my own problems, so I’m just a bit confused as to why wewe asked.” His face twisted a bit zaidi as he felt the headache slowly beginning to hurt worse as the pressure felt like it was getting worse.
“Azarika, do wewe honestly think I’m that heartless?” Vice asked, tilting his head to the side just slightly as if confused. “I care for my team members here. As your boss, I feel responsible for you. Well, I mean, I’m not exactly your guardian au your dad, but I feel like I should at least ask if you’re alright au try to help wewe if you’re not feeling well au if you’re hurting. I do care for your wellbeing.”
“Well, if it really does matter to you, all I am feeling is a simple headache. Surely it’s not conversation worthy,” Azarika said, still feeling a tight pressure in his head. He started to speak to Vice again, but he found himself drifting off into space once more.
“Are wewe listening to me au are wewe drifting off again, Azarika?” Vice asked, noticing that Azarika seemed to be drifting off again. “Can wewe hear what I’m saying, au have wewe completely gone off in your own little world this time? I don’t mind having a conversation if wewe have something important to tell me, au if you’re feeling something other than a headache.”
Azarika turned his head towards Vice, still wearing a slightly spaced out look on his face. He could still feel a headache, and it was starting to bother him zaidi and more. “What? Did wewe say something, Vice?”
“Yes, I did. Are wewe listening to me now?” Vice asked, to which Azarika slowly nodded his head to. “Alright then. Do wewe feel like wewe need to speak with me about your headache? I’m willing to listen to wewe if wewe need to say something au if wewe want to tell me what you’re feeling.”
“I already told you, it’s just a headache,” Azarika said, coming back to his senses a bit more. He still continued feeling a pressure in his head, until he winced when he heard a loud POP sound in his ears. His first instinct was to throw his hands up to his ears when he heard the loud sound.
“What just happened?” Vice asked in confusion, watching Azarika suddenly wince and throw his hands up.
“I just… heard this really loud sound in my ears. Did wewe not hear it yourself?” Azarika asked as he continued holding his hands on his ears, afraid that he was going to hear the loud pop again.
“What did wewe hear?”
“It sounded like a pop. It sounded something similar to a large balloon popping right kwa your ears. Did wewe not hear that?” Azarika asked once more.
“No, I don’t suppose I did. I didn’t even hear the slightest popping noise,” Vice alisema as he shook his head. “Are wewe sure wewe actually heard that, Azarika?”
“Would I be covering my ears if I did not hear a loud noise?” Azarika asked, sounding slightly annoyed at Vice’s question. “I am not trying to sound angry, but honestly, there would not be a reason for me to cover my ears if I had not heard that sound.”
“Yeah, you’re right. My apologies,” Vice said. He started to speak to Azarika again, until he began to space out a bit himself. He looked off in a different direction, which Azarika noticed.
“Are wewe looking at something au did wewe space out yourself this time?” Azarika asked, waiting for a response. The Dark farasi fox, mbweha did get a response from his seemingly spaced out leader, but not right away.
“Yes, I believe I did. Do wewe find it strange that both of us keep having those moments? The moments where wewe and I keep drifting in and out? Don’t wewe find that strange?” Vice asked.
“Normally I would say no due to the fact that people space out often no matter what even, but I suppose I can honestly say that I do find it a bit strange that both of us are spacing out at almost the same time. It could be a bit strange in certain opinions,” Azarika said. “Also, I heard that pop, while wewe seem like wewe didn’t hear it yourself.”
“That’s correct, too,” Vice said. “Perhaps we should ask the others if they heard anything when we go to the Seeker to see what we can do with his energy? Just because they’re not in the same area as us doesn’t mean that they may not have heard the pop themselves.”
“I doubt that they would have heard the pop, but it would not hurt to ask,” Azarika alisema as he slowly began walking back to go inside the HQ building; he was tired of standing around outside, and he was honestly getting just a bit tired of the conversation, as he wanted a bit of peace and quiet.
“You sound like you’re getting a bit annoyed,” Vice noted as he followed Azarika back inside. “Let me guess, wewe just want your alone time, but here I am talking to you?” Azarika didn’t say anything au nod his head to what his boss had asked. “Well, I take the silence as a yes, au at least I’m going to assume that it’s a yes.”
“I will admit that while I would have enjoyed having time alone, I understand that I am a member in your group and that wewe wanted au needed to ask me what wewe should do with the Rasoulin Seeker that wewe brought back from the Rasoul Dimension,” Azarika said.
“Well, thank wewe for taking the time to listen to me, then,” Vice said, to which Azarika nodded his head to. “Anyway, now that everything seems to be back in order, are we heading off to the Seeker’s cell? Perhaps wewe can take a look at him with me if wewe feel like it. Perhaps we can see just what his Rasoul is capable of, au perhaps we can see what we can do with it.”
“If wewe want,” Azarika alisema through a quiet sigh, still wanting to have just his quiet alone time.
“Just give me a few zaidi dakika of your time,” Vice said, noticing the sigh in Azarika’s voice. “Then wewe can go do your own thing and relax for a while, au have your quiet time, au whatever wewe want.”
“Thank you,” Azarika alisema with another sigh in his voice. “Which cell were wewe keeping the Rasoulin Seeker?”
“One of the lower cells with a stronger outside to it so the Seeker can’t break out, au at least he can’t break out easily,” Vice replied. “Plus, I had Astra and Sniper watching the cell, and I trust them well enough to guard the cell. Willow might be there as well if she decided that she wanted to help, but I’m not exactly sure if she’s there au not.”
“So the fair women are watching over the Rasoulin Seeker,” Azarika said, acknowledging what Vice had said. “If we men are here, then where does that mean Devin is? Where might he be?”
“I’m not honestly exactly sure where Devin is,” Vice replied. “I’m not exactly sure if he’s even here at this current moment. He may have gone out for a while, but I’m not sure if he did that au not.”
“Would it be better to have him here? Surely it would be better for him to be here and help out with guarding the Rasoulin Seeker, correct? Did wewe give him permission to just do his own thing for the time being?” Azarika asked.
“Well, I gave him some restrictions, but not a lot. Basically what it comes down to is he’s either here au he’s perhaps out in town, au maybe he’s just outside enjoying the fresh air like how wewe were,” Vice said.
“I would say it would be better if he was here. wewe never know, something could go wrong when wewe attempt to approach the Rasoulin Seeker, which would mean that it would be much zaidi difficult to keep him under control if we are not all here to be guards and to help,” Azarika pointed out.
“So, wewe think it would be better to have all of us here at once before we try to do something with the Seeker? Hm, well, I suppose that would make for a less chance of the Seeker being able to escape,” Vice mumbled. “Alright then, that sounds like a good idea. I suppose I’ll wait until Devin comes back au until everyone can gather up around the cell.”
“Alright, I agree with your choice,” Azarika alisema with a nod of his head. He continued walking with Vice, until he began feeling himself starting to space out again. While Azarika wasn’t able to notice this inayofuata fact, Vice was spacing out at the same time as well.
“…What were we talking about again?” Vice suddenly asked, breaking the small silence that had come when both of them had started spacing out. “Was it something to do with a Rasoulin Seeker? au was it something that had to do with Devin?”
“I believe somewhere in that conversation both of those topics were spoken of,” Azarika said, also trying to recover from the space out. “Or so I believe. I believe I have forgotten what we were speaking of as well au at least it certainly seems like that is what has happened.”
“Yes, that seems like what has happened,” Vice agreed with a small sigh. “Well, I feel a bit ashamed of myself. I normally have a fairly good memory, but here I am, having all kinds of problems with remembering and keeping my focus on our conversation.”
“I normally have a sharp memory as well, and a very sharp one at that,” Azarika said. “It almost makes me wonder if something is wrong with both of us. I do not understand why we would both be having these problems if it something is not wrong au affecting us.”
“Well, I seriously doubt anything is wrong with us, but something could be affecting us since we keep having these drifting off moments,” Vice said. He stayed quiet for a moment as if thinking, and then his eyes lit up just slightly. “Wait, wait, I remember what we were doing now. We were speaking about what we could do with the Seeker’s energy, and we were talking about the fact that we would probably need everyone in the Dark farasi group to guard the cell while we attempted to do something with the Rasoul energy.”
Azarika stayed silent for a moment, as if thinking over what had Vice said. “Well, I still cannot personally remember, so I am just going to have to assume that what wewe are saying is correct. Do wewe believe that what wewe are saying is correct? Is that honestly what we were speaking about?”
“Well, that’s what I certainly believe we were speaking about. I can clearly remember it now, and it feels like it just happened a few moments ago, so yes, that’s what I believe we were speaking about. Which means that we need to gather everyone up au wait for everyone to gather up before we attempt to do anything with the Seeker’s energy,” Vice said.
Azarika stayed silent once again before deciding to speak once again. “Alright then, I suppose I’ll have to take your word on it and follow what wewe say, since wewe technically are my boss au my leader, whatever wewe want to call yourself.”
“Oh, wewe don’t have to call me that, Azarika. I may ask wewe to do some things for me like a boss, but I would call wewe a friend zaidi than I would call wewe a worker. At least at some points,” Vice said. Azarika just remained quiet, not really knowing how to react au what to say to what Vice had just said.
Both of the Dark farasi members continued walking until Azarika suddenly came to a stop, which caused Vice to also stop and turn around in confusion to look at the fox, who seemed to have spaced out again.
“You’re spacing out yet again, Azarika,” Vice said, attempting to wake the Dark farasi fox, mbweha up from his spaced out state. Azarika didn’t respond however, and he remained absolutely quiet without moving a muscle au even blinking his white neon eyes. “Azarika, listen to me.”
After a few moments went by, Azarika found himself coming back from his spaced out state, shaking his head as he came back to his senses. “Again. And I do not understand why, au know why.” He took a small breath before turning his head towards Vice. “I’m sorry, I’m coming,” He added, starting to walk over to Vice so they could continue to where they were walking. Before he was able to get completely over to Vice, however, that loud popping noise once again came back in his head, except this time it was followed kwa multiple pops and a strong headache once again. He quickly covered his ears again, feeling a worse headache than before from the loud, multiple pops.
“Azarika, are wewe alright?” Vice asked, noticing that Azarika had covered his ears once more. “Did wewe hear that popping noise again? The one that wewe told me about before?”
Azarika stayed quiet for a moment, still feeling a headache, though the popping noise was gone. His body relaxed slightly, and his eyes blinked a few times as he looked around a bit, almost as if confused. He continued looking around, but then he decided to speak to Vice. “I am… I am fine. Yes, I heard the pop once again, but multiple times this time.” He continued looking about, almost as if he was still confused. “…Vice, do wewe think it would be alright if we wait a short bit until we attempt to use the Rasoulin Seeker’s energy?” He asked, almost sounding just a bit calmer voiced than he did before now. He still had the same voice, but he did sound just a bit zaidi relaxed. He was still feeling a headache, but he was slowly beginning to feel just a bit better.
“Wait? Wait for what?” Vice asked, his voice sounding quite shocked at what Azarika had just asked. He failed to notice the slight change in Azarika’s voice and the confusion that Azarika seemed to have for a small moment; Azarika had seemed almost like he had felt Lost au didn’t know where he was.
“I… just need to do a little something first,” Azarika said, which confused Vice even zaidi than he already was due to the sudden question.
“Like what?” Vice asked, sounding zaidi confused than he was shocked at this point.
“It is just a small thing. I just simply need to do a small something. I can promise that I will be back to help wewe with the your plan and the Rasoulin Seeker as soon as I possibly can,” Azarika said, attempting to get Vice to agree to letting him go to do whatever that he wanted to do.
Vice stayed quiet for quite some time, thinking over what Azarika had just alisema to him. “Well, I still do need to find and round up Willow and Devin so they can help as well. …Which could take a while considering that I’m not exactly sure where Devin is. It could take a few dakika au even a little while if I have to spend quite a bit of time trying to find them and getting them to come help me with the Seeker.”
“Exactly, it could take some time,” Azarika said. “For that reason, that is why I was asking if I could go do this small something that I want to do. If it does take wewe a while to find the others au bring the others into a group, then in the meantime I thought I could be doing this small something that I want.”
“Well, what are wewe planning on doing?” Vice asked, attempting to press just a bit to know what Azarika was going to do. “Where are wewe planning on going to do whatever it is that wewe want to do?”
“I just… have something that I would like to think over,” Azarika said. “I thought about going to a quiet room au going to where I normally sleep here so I could have quiet while I thought over what I would like to think over.”
“…Well, can I honestly trust wewe to come to the cell and help out when I get everyone else together?” Vice asked. “When we get everyone gathered together, I’m going to be ready to do something with the Seeker unless something else comes up between now and then. If I come to get wewe au send someone after you, will wewe come to me and the others?”
“Yes, I will,” Azarika alisema with a nod of his head.
Vice thought over what to do for a short while, before releasing a sigh. “Fine, I suppose wewe can go do whatever wewe want to do. Like I said, I expect wewe to come meet with the others as soon as you’re done au as soon as I tell wewe that I need you,” He alisema before turning to walk away and continue to where he was going.
“Thank you,” Azarika called after the Dark farasi leader as he watched Vice turn and disappear around a corner. Once Vice was gone, Azarika released a sigh. “…Now if only I knew what to do… I have a chance now, but what to do…” He sighed through his teeth before turning and walking off in the opposite direction from where Vice had gone.
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Kyle sat in his room, sitting on his bed. He was off in thought, thinking over what had recently been going on in his life. He thought of school and his classes first of all, which was normal for a student who was in school. He also began thinking about his friends, which was fairly normal as well. He wondered what Kagen was up to, and he thought that maybe he could hang out with Kagen sometime soon. He continued thinking about his friends, until Mancer came up in his mind. Kyle narrowed his eyes slightly as he thought of the black and red Nighless; Kyle had learned quite a few new things about Mancer, such as learning that Mancer was a Nighless creature living in the Rasoul Dimension instead of just some kind of hybrid. Kyle's mind also wandered off to Mancer's brothers and what all he had learned so far in the Rasoul Dimension. He would admit that he was quite eager to go back to the Rasoul Dimension au at least to learn zaidi about the Rasoul Dimension. Kyle also looked mbele to when he would be able to train and work with Mancer's brothers as well.
The door knocked, and the kengele rang repeatedly.
Kyle's ears immediately stood on end at the sudden sounds as he was snapped away from his thoughts and back to reality. He quickly jumped up off of his kitanda and dashed out of his room, attempting to try to get to the door before whoever was at the door became to impatient au angry. "I'm coming!" He called towards the door, coming down the stairs quickly, but not quick enough to put himself in danger au falling down. He jogged over to the door quickly before opening it to see who was at the door.
Almost red with fury, with her arms crossed, and her foot tapping a mile a minute, was Casey.
Kyle just stared at the seemingly furious Casey for a few moments, rather shocked kwa her sudden appearance and the fact that she did seem so furious. "C-Casey... Is something wrong?"
“YA THINK!?” She walked past Kyle into the house then turned around quickly to face him, arms still crossed, “Y’know at first when I didn’t hear… ANYTHING from wewe for a couple days I thought wewe were just busy, then a week went kwa and I thought ‘Alright I’ll just wait for him to remember that he has a girlfriend’ but it’s been at least one zaidi of those and well, I’ve had it.” She uncrossed her arms, letting them jolt towards the ground with squeezed fists, “Do wewe know how worried I got!? And do wewe know how… upset it made me when I found out that there wasn’t anything wrong!? That wewe just… didn’t seem to care that wewe hadn’t seen me in a while? If wewe wanted space, not only is this too long , but wewe could have told me!!” She relaxed a bit, but only because she was getting light headed and out of breath. She sat on the kitanda dizzily.
Kyle closed the door slowly in shock, shaken kwa Casey's words. He slowly turned around to face her, wearing a look of absolute shock and surprise on his face. His ears drooped down completely against his head as he attempted to collect himself and figure out what to say. "...Casey... I-I... I've just been so busy... with school and with other things... I... I barely even had time to spend time with my Marafiki as well... I mean... I just.... I've just had so much going on... I haven't had time to spend with anyone lately..."
“I saw wewe make Marafiki with that bat dude.” She retorted, “And wewe have a phone don’t you? Two and a half weeks, Kyle! Not once did wewe think to at least tell me wewe were busy?”
"Well, that bat goes to my school," Kyle sighed through his teeth. "While I'm stuck in school, I have time to speak to him. So... That's my only answer there." He looked over at Casey, beginning to look quite sad in facial expression. "Yeah, I have a phone. Now, I'm sorry, okay? I forgot... I mean, I'm not a perfect person. I forget things, and then I feel like I'm too busy to do other things. I guess I thought I've been way to busy with what's going on in my life right now to be able to call you... I have no idea, all I know is that I'm not a perfect person..."
“What kept wewe so busy?”
"School and... some training with a new teacher of mine," Kyle replied, his ears drooping down once more.
“… That’s it?”
"...Well..." Kyle thought to the fact that things were going on with I2, Ruby, and Damien, and then he thought to the fact that he was going against the Dark farasi group. "...It's... It's... complicated. There's just... some things going on with... a few... family members/friends of mine, and... I've been... dealing with some other things which I don't want wewe to get dragged into."
“Then just TELL me these things.” Her voiced cracked slightly, tired out from talking, “The last time wewe left me out of something, some… MORPHING freak tried to steal you, then kill you, then she brainwashed Ruby and I2! Let me decide if I want to be a part of something au not.”
Kyle released a sigh, feeling just a bit defeated. "Fine, I2 is back, but she doesn't seem to have her normal personality au her memories, so Ruby and I have been trying to... well, we want I2 back to normal. And then I've been training with a new teacher of mine because there's this guy and his team that are... I think, after me. All I know is that they're up to something, and I'm trying my best to stop them. I've... been captured a few times kwa them, so that's another reason why I've technically been busy and not able to contact you."
“But wewe h-“ She stopped herself with a sigh looking down for a moment before getting up and looking back at Kyle, “From now on tell me about these things alright? If you’re busy I get it, but when you’re not, I’d like some time with wewe too.”
"And I'm trying, okay...?" Kyle said, releasing a sigh. "I feel like I'm trying the best that I can... I just feel like I have so many things going on at once, and I've just had my mind wrapped around other things that I need to learn, like my schoolwork and my teacher's... er, teachings. So... Like I already said, that's why I've been feeling like I don't have enough time."
She still seemed tense… then slowly softened, “Are wewe busy now?”
"Unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think I am."
“Then can we do something?”
"Well, what did wewe have in mind...?"
“I don’t know… a movie au something?”
"I suppose that would be fine."
“Great.” She smiled a bit, gave him a light hug then started out the door, “Anything in particular?”
"Not that I can really think of..." Kyle replied. "Wait a moment... Shouldn't I be telling my parents that I'm going somewhere? That would be the nice thing to do..."
“Okay; go ahead.”
"Alright then." Kyle ran off quickly to go ask his parents for permission before he left to go somewhere with Casey; he didn't want to just leave the house without his family knowing first.
Kyle had to tafuta around his house for a bit, as he wasn't entirely sure where both of his parents were, though he was trying to look for them as fast as he could so he wouldn't keep Casey waiting for too long. After a few dakika of searching, Kyle was able to find both of his parents in the lab beside the kitchen. Kyle made sure to knock on the door of the lab before just walking in on his parents. They called to him, telling him that it was fine for him to walk in.
Kyle opened the door to the lab before stepping inside, letting the door close behind him. He looked over towards his parents, who turned away from what they were working on to face their son with smiles on their faces. Kyle took a small breath before starting to speak to his parents. "Mom, Dad, I wanted to ask wewe something."
"What is it, Kyle? Do wewe need a little something?" Kushina asked, still wearing a soft motherly smile on her face. Jacob also still wore his fatherly smile on his face.
"Well, Casey actually came over, and... she wanted to go see a movie with me, but obviously before I left, I wanted to come as wewe if it was okay if I went somewhere," Kyle said. "Casey alisema that she wanted to do something with me au at least spend some time with me since I've been so busy."
Jacob and Kushina didn't seem upset kwa Kyle's question, but their expressions did fade a bit. They both stayed silent for a few moments, exchanging glances with each other, until Jacob decided to break the silence. "...Kyle, I understand that wewe haven't been able to see Casey and that wewe most likely do want to see her, but, son, we miss wewe as well. You've been gone so much lately, your mother and I want to spend time with wewe as well. I'm sure your brother and sister are missing wewe as well, and I would imagine Ruby and maybe I2 are missing wewe as well."
Kyle stayed quiet for a moment, his expression fading a bit as well. He had never really thought about it that way; he really was spending quite a bit of time away from his family as well. As much as he loved Casey, he knew that his own family was supposed to be closer to him that his girlfriend. "...So that means I can't go with Casey...?"
"We're sorry, Kyle..." Kushina said. "I hope you're not angry with us au upset with us, but we really want to see you... If Casey still wants to spend time with you, however, she's zaidi than welcome to stay for dinner, if that's alright with your father..." She added, looking over at Jacob, who nodded his head about Casey staying for dinner.
Kyle didn't want to argue with his parents au risk upsetting them, so he decided to just nod his head to what his parents had told him. "I'm not mad at you... wewe don't have to worry about that," He said, being honestly truthful when he alisema that. He honestly wasn't upset au angry at his parents; he understood completely what they were saying. "...I'll tell her what wewe told me. I'll tell her that wewe would rather me stay home, and I'll tell her that wewe alisema it was okay for her to stay for dinner."
"Thank wewe for understanding and not putting up a fight, Kyle. It'll be much easier on your mother and I if wewe honestly stay here and tell Casey what we told you," Jacob said. "Thank you, Kyle. You're a good boy, and wewe listening to us without a major fight au argument proves that you're willing to listen to us. Thank you." Kushina nodded her head and alisema thank wewe to her son as well, who nodded his head to both of his parents.
"Alright then. Well, I would hate to keep Casey waiting for too long," Kyle said, turning back towards the door of the lab. "I upendo both of you." Jacob and Kushina both smiled and told their son that they loved him as well before they turned back to their work. Kyle walked out of the lab then and closed the door, before quickly jogging back into the living room. He jogged over to the front door and turned to face Casey so he could talk to her. He took a deep breath, trying to figure out how he was going to talk to the girl without making her angry au upsetting her.
“Soooooooooooooo…?” She asked
"My... parents alisema that they would like for me to stay home," Kyle informed. "Since I have been gone so much, they want me to stay here and spend time with the family... which I alisema was okay because I would hate to upset them au make them angry... BUT, they alisema it was fine if wewe want to stay for dinner."
Casey sighed, looking back and forth downward. She sort of squinted, as she was thinking it over. She did answer finally “I was… kind of hoping it would just be the two of us.”
"Well, I'm sorry, Casey... My parents alisema they want me to stay home, so that's what I want to do..." Kyle said. "Dinner is the best thing I can do right now, since I'm going to stay home."
Casey’s expression did not get tense, but she did kuvuka, msalaba her arms again. She went back to pondering then replied “I’ll just come back later.”
"Are wewe sure...?" Kyle asked, his ears drooping down slightly as if he was disappointed. "You don't want to stay for dinner...?"
“I just don’t… want to-… I just wanted to have some kind of… ROMANTIC evening au something like that.”
"Couldn't we do that over dinner, though...?" Kyle asked, before quickly closing his mouth, figuring that was most likely not the best thing to say. "...I mean... I know that wewe want... time that's just us, but... that's all that I can do right now... I don't want to disrespect my parents and just leave."
“I’ll just come over… tomorrow au something.” She approached the door, “Think of it like a test… I guess.”
"A test of what...?" Kyle asked in confusion.
“I guess you’ll have to find out.” She opened the door, walked outside, and closed it softly. Her footsteps could be heard loudly, as she wore heels.
Kyle stood in confusion, honestly not having a clue as to what kind of test she meant.
Upon getting back from the Rasoul Dimension, Vice had put the still knocked out Seeker in a very large cell, which was quite strong and would most likely hold the Seeker even if he used his most powerful moves to try to smash through the cell. Vice had also appointed Astra and Sniper to guard the cell, as he felt that they would be quite good guards. Since he entrusted the girls to watch over the Seeker, he himself had gone off in searching for Azarika. Like alisema before, he wanted to see if Azarika had any opinions au suggestions on what exactly the Seeker au the Seeker’s strong Rasoul energy could be used for. Upon a few dakika of searching, he was able to find Azarika sitting outside on a balcony in the HQ, simply sitting completely still with his eyes closed.
“Azarika, pitch some ideas to me, will you? I need your assistance in coming up with ideas au plans on what to do with the Rasoulin Seeker that I brought back from the Rasoul Dimension. I feel as though he could be very useful, but I don’t know the best plan to go about it,” Vice said, walking up behind the Dark farasi member. Azarika didn’t say anything au move, but he did release a sigh that sounded rather annoyed, indicating that he was annoyed to have his peaceful time interrupted.
“Yes, sir?” Azarika eventually spoke in a slightly flat tone, sitting completely still. He did, however, turn his head just slightly to look back at Vice. “You wish to speak with me on what to do?”
“Well, I was sure that wewe would be able to come up with some useful ideas on what we could do involving the Rasoulin Seeker. wewe do know that I brought back a Seeker from the Rasoul Dimension, correct?” Vice asked.
“Yes, I know that, plus wewe just told me that wewe did technically via what wewe just said,” Azarika pointed out to his boss. “On a different note, yes, I might be able to think of a few ideas, though I don’t know what exactly wewe could do at this current moment."
“You don’t have any suggestions for what I could do?” Vice asked, sounding quite surprised to what the fox, mbweha had just said. “I thought wewe were the smart one who came up with excellent plans in this group.”
“I am quite intelligent when it comes to plan making and strategies,” Azarika alisema with a nod. “I just simply can’t give wewe an idea au suggestion yet due to the fact that I do not know what skills au abilities that certain Rasoulin Seeker has. Were wewe able to see a sample of his au her abilities? …I believe wewe alisema the Rasoulin Seeker was a man, au a ‘he’ to be exact.”
“I was able to capture him fairly easily, but that was because I used up quite a bit of my own Rasoul to speed myself up and blast myself forwards to keep up with the Seeker. He’s quite fast on his feet, and he was able to hit me once with his Rasoul energy, and let me tell you, I haven’t been hit with a blast of that power in quite some time now,” Vice said. “…Well, I have been hit kwa power far from that in terms of how strong it was, but I haven’t seen a regular Nighless with that kind of power hit me in quite some time. So, if that tells wewe a bit, he has some extreme power in Rasoul, especially while we were fighting during the time that the moon was out.”
“Obviously the Rasoul was increased during the moonlight. Rasoulin Seeker Rasoul and abilities are enhanced kwa moonlight, after all,” Azarika said. “But, if wewe think that he has that much regular strength and power as well, I may have a few suggestions for you.”
“I’m waiting,” Vice simply said, stating that he was waiting to hear Azarika’s suggestions au plans.
“First of all, there are many different ways that wewe can go about it. wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker himself, wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker’s Rasoul, au wewe could simply attempt to blackmail him into perhaps working with us au working with your own plans,” Azarika began. “It would depend on what wewe had planned. I’m assuming wewe would want to do something zaidi along the lines of power au zaidi power, but then again, I can’t read your mind and know what you’re thinking au know what wewe want.”
“Either using the Seeker himself au using his Rasoul energy in some way seems like the most appealing idea to me,” Vice alisema after pausing for a moment to think over his response.
“I would suggest that perhaps wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker’s energy, as I have a few ideas on how wewe could do that, if wewe would like to hear them, that is,” Azarika said, finally turning his head and body around to face Vice as they spoke.
“Go ahead and say what they are, that’s why I came to speak to wewe in the first place. I was thinking that surely wewe would be able to give me some ideas au suggest some things for me to do,” Vice said. Azarika nodded his head before deciding to speak again.
“Perhaps wewe could use the Rasoulin Seeker’s Rasoul to power a weapon of some sort, au perhaps maybe wewe would even want to use the Rasoul to power yourself up, au to channel zaidi power for a temporary moment. It could give wewe an edge against the ones wewe are fighting against if needed,” Azarika said.
“Do wewe think it would be possible to channel the energy for the purpose of making zaidi power? I think that could be quite useful,” Vice alisema as he began thinking over some ideas in his own head. “Don’t wewe think that could prove to be quite useful considering how strong Seeker Rasoul energy is?”
“Yes, Rasoulin Seeker Rasoul could be quite useful in certain situations depending on how it is used,” Azarika agreed with a small nod of his head. “Is that what wewe would like to do? If wewe would like to channel the energy to generate zaidi power, I can most likely come up with an idea au two for that.”
“Well, I certainly do think that could be useful. I’m all ears to what wewe have to suggest and say,” Vice said, looking at Azarika with expecting eyes, curious as to what he was going to say. The fox, mbweha looked as if he was about to speak, but then he suddenly tensed up and fell quiet, glancing to the left and right just slightly with a blank look on his face. “What just happened, Azarika? Did wewe hear something?” Vice asked in confusion, confused as to why the Dark farasi fox, mbweha had suddenly stopped and looked around.
Azarika continued looking around for a short moment before turning his head to look back at Vice. “…What… were we just talking about? I… feel like I just forgot au Lost my train of thought,” He said, his voice sounding quite confused as if he had honestly forgotten what they were just speaking about.
“You just forgot what we were speaking of?” Vice asked in slight disbelief, rather shocked that Azarika seemed to have actually forgotten what they had just been talking about moments before. “We were speaking of what we could do to channel the Rasoulin Seeker’s energy and increase power, do wewe remember that now?”
Azarika stayed quiet for a short few moments, as if thinking over what Vice had alisema with a slight look of confusion on his face, until his face suddenly shifted back to the black expression that it had before. “Yes, I remember now. I suppose I did just lose my train of thought for a few moments. My apologies, Vice.”
“I was just a bit confused and surprised to see that wewe had forgotten what we were speaking of that quickly,” Vice said. “Anyway, what do wewe have to suggest? I’m still asking for suggestions on what we can do with channeling that Seeker’s energy.”
“Yes, I understand that. Now, perhaps a machine au device of some kind could channel the Rasoulin Seeker’s Rasoul about and into wewe au someone else, which would probably be the quickest way, unless wewe can do something else on your own, au if wewe have your own ideas,” Azarika said. He honestly didn’t have any idea why he had Lost his train of thought like that, and it… bothered him just slightly, since he couldn’t think of explanation of why that happened.
“A machine, wewe say? Would that be the only way to channel the Seeker’s Rasoul energy around?” Vice asked before crossing his arms. He closed his eyes slightly, attempting to go off in thought on what else he might be able to do. He kept his eyes closed in thought for a short while, before tensing up just slightly like Azarika had done before. The Dark farasi leader blinked his eyes a few times, remaining completely quiet, until he also spoke with confusion like Azarika had alisema before. “We’re talking about Rasoul energy, right, Azarika?”
“Yes, that’s what we were talking about, sir,” Azarika said, noting Vice’s confusion and the fact that he tensed up; he decided not to say anything, however, as he figured that Vice had Lost his train of thought as well. As he thought about that, however, it put a bit of confusion in him, as he didn’t know why Vice would be hit kwa the confusion as well.
Vice remained quiet for a bit, before relaxing from his tense state while looking back at Azarika. “If I’m not mistaken, I feel like I just Lost my thoughts like wewe just did a few moments ago.”
“Yes, yes wewe did,” Azarika alisema before going back to waiting to see what Vice was going to suggest au say. “And, unless wewe have a different idea on what could be possible with the Rasoul energy, the machine idea is the quickest one I have come up with, but I have other ideas as well.”
“Hm… I might have an idea myself,” Vice said, turning his head to look at Azarika once more. “Yes, I might have an idea forming. Obviously I don’t know if it would work, and I don’t know what wewe think of it, but I do have maybe a small idea if wewe want to hear it.”
“What is it? I can most likely tell wewe if the idea would work au not,” Azarika alisema with a small nod of his head.
“Alright, well, it involved a bit of using my own powers. I’m sure you’ve seen me manipulate Rasoul energy that wasn’t my own before, correct?” Vice asked, to which Azarika slightly nodded his head to. “Alright then, well, do wewe think that attempting to use my own powers would channel the energy on their own?”
“Perhaps it could,” Azarika alisema with a slight nod of his head. “While I am not completely aware of what your own Rasoul powers and abilities are capable of due to the fact that I have not seen wewe in a lot of action like the other members here in the group have, I do know a small amount of what wewe can do, and perhaps it would work.”
“I have channeled Rasoul energy around many times before, even Rasoul that isn’t my own, like I just previously stated,” Vice said. “I just don’t know if I could power myself up with that Rasoul energy. I can songesha Rasoul around and even pact it tightly into spheres and other things to songesha about au carry around with me, but like I said, I don’t know if I can power myself…” The Dark farasi leader paused in his sentence, almost as if spacing out a bit. “…up. What was I just-“ Vice blinked his eyes a few times before shaking his head slightly. “Oh, right, the Rasoul thing.”
“Did wewe forget what we were speaking of yet again?” Azarika asked, noticing that Vice seemed to space out for a bit. “I noticed that wewe spaced out before now.”
“It’s not exactly my fault. I can’t really help the fact that I’m losing what I was thinking of au saying, au at least I feel like I can’t help it,” Vice said. “Sometimes I just forgot things. Anyway, yes, I can channel Rasoul energy about, and perhaps I may try that just to see what might happen. If I can’t power myself up with it, then I’ll go with any ideas au things that wewe have to suggest.”
“Do wewe honestly think that wewe will be able to channel the energy into yourself and power yourself?” Azarika questioned before standing up from where he was sitting. He turned his body to face Vice, looking at the Dark farasi leader with glowing white neon eyes.
“I can’t say for sure, but I can attempt,” Vice replied simply. “A lot of things wewe never know unless wewe try them first. Well, I suppose if wewe could predict the future wewe would know, but since neither one of us can, I’m left with giving it a try.” Vice thought over what he had just alisema before deciding to speak again. “You can’t see the future, can you?”
Azarika stayed silent with a look on his face; Vice couldn’t tell if this look was a blank one au one of annoyance as he had asked the fox, mbweha a very dumb question, au so he felt like he had just asked a dumb question. “No, I can’t. I can’t see the future, and I don’t have any type of psychic power, at least not that I’m aware of.”
“Yes, I understand that it was probably a rather dumb idea for me to ask such a question. I’m sure wewe would have showed me au told me before now if wewe had some kind of psychic power au something along those lines, au at least along the lines of seeing visions and telling the future, au seeing the past,” Vice said. “Now, before we go too far off on track, I would say that we need to get back on the subject of the Rasoul energy and the Seeker.”
“Did we not finish what we were saying? I simply thought that wewe alisema that wewe were going to give it a try, and that wewe were going to speak to me about what to do if it did not work,” Azarika said. “Is that not all that wewe needed to say? Did wewe have zaidi than wewe needed to…” He started talking, but then he found himself spacing out just a bit without realizing it at first. This time seemed a bit different than when he spaced out before, however, as he felt a… pressure almost on his head, almost like a headache, but feeling zaidi like something was pressing down on his head. He tensed up for a moment before twisting his face slightly into a look of pain.
Vice noticed Azarika’s expression had changed, and raised his eyebrow slightly in confusion at the Dark farasi fox’s face. “Is something the matter? The look on your face right now reminds me of one of pain. Is something hurting you?”
“Just a headache. Perhaps I haven’t eaten enough today,” Azarika said, rubbing the side of his head just slightly. “Not that it makes any difference to you, sir. wewe most likely wouldn’t be bothered kwa my own problems, so I’m just a bit confused as to why wewe asked.” His face twisted a bit zaidi as he felt the headache slowly beginning to hurt worse as the pressure felt like it was getting worse.
“Azarika, do wewe honestly think I’m that heartless?” Vice asked, tilting his head to the side just slightly as if confused. “I care for my team members here. As your boss, I feel responsible for you. Well, I mean, I’m not exactly your guardian au your dad, but I feel like I should at least ask if you’re alright au try to help wewe if you’re not feeling well au if you’re hurting. I do care for your wellbeing.”
“Well, if it really does matter to you, all I am feeling is a simple headache. Surely it’s not conversation worthy,” Azarika said, still feeling a tight pressure in his head. He started to speak to Vice again, but he found himself drifting off into space once more.
“Are wewe listening to me au are wewe drifting off again, Azarika?” Vice asked, noticing that Azarika seemed to be drifting off again. “Can wewe hear what I’m saying, au have wewe completely gone off in your own little world this time? I don’t mind having a conversation if wewe have something important to tell me, au if you’re feeling something other than a headache.”
Azarika turned his head towards Vice, still wearing a slightly spaced out look on his face. He could still feel a headache, and it was starting to bother him zaidi and more. “What? Did wewe say something, Vice?”
“Yes, I did. Are wewe listening to me now?” Vice asked, to which Azarika slowly nodded his head to. “Alright then. Do wewe feel like wewe need to speak with me about your headache? I’m willing to listen to wewe if wewe need to say something au if wewe want to tell me what you’re feeling.”
“I already told you, it’s just a headache,” Azarika said, coming back to his senses a bit more. He still continued feeling a pressure in his head, until he winced when he heard a loud POP sound in his ears. His first instinct was to throw his hands up to his ears when he heard the loud sound.
“What just happened?” Vice asked in confusion, watching Azarika suddenly wince and throw his hands up.
“I just… heard this really loud sound in my ears. Did wewe not hear it yourself?” Azarika asked as he continued holding his hands on his ears, afraid that he was going to hear the loud pop again.
“What did wewe hear?”
“It sounded like a pop. It sounded something similar to a large balloon popping right kwa your ears. Did wewe not hear that?” Azarika asked once more.
“No, I don’t suppose I did. I didn’t even hear the slightest popping noise,” Vice alisema as he shook his head. “Are wewe sure wewe actually heard that, Azarika?”
“Would I be covering my ears if I did not hear a loud noise?” Azarika asked, sounding slightly annoyed at Vice’s question. “I am not trying to sound angry, but honestly, there would not be a reason for me to cover my ears if I had not heard that sound.”
“Yeah, you’re right. My apologies,” Vice said. He started to speak to Azarika again, until he began to space out a bit himself. He looked off in a different direction, which Azarika noticed.
“Are wewe looking at something au did wewe space out yourself this time?” Azarika asked, waiting for a response. The Dark farasi fox, mbweha did get a response from his seemingly spaced out leader, but not right away.
“Yes, I believe I did. Do wewe find it strange that both of us keep having those moments? The moments where wewe and I keep drifting in and out? Don’t wewe find that strange?” Vice asked.
“Normally I would say no due to the fact that people space out often no matter what even, but I suppose I can honestly say that I do find it a bit strange that both of us are spacing out at almost the same time. It could be a bit strange in certain opinions,” Azarika said. “Also, I heard that pop, while wewe seem like wewe didn’t hear it yourself.”
“That’s correct, too,” Vice said. “Perhaps we should ask the others if they heard anything when we go to the Seeker to see what we can do with his energy? Just because they’re not in the same area as us doesn’t mean that they may not have heard the pop themselves.”
“I doubt that they would have heard the pop, but it would not hurt to ask,” Azarika alisema as he slowly began walking back to go inside the HQ building; he was tired of standing around outside, and he was honestly getting just a bit tired of the conversation, as he wanted a bit of peace and quiet.
“You sound like you’re getting a bit annoyed,” Vice noted as he followed Azarika back inside. “Let me guess, wewe just want your alone time, but here I am talking to you?” Azarika didn’t say anything au nod his head to what his boss had asked. “Well, I take the silence as a yes, au at least I’m going to assume that it’s a yes.”
“I will admit that while I would have enjoyed having time alone, I understand that I am a member in your group and that wewe wanted au needed to ask me what wewe should do with the Rasoulin Seeker that wewe brought back from the Rasoul Dimension,” Azarika said.
“Well, thank wewe for taking the time to listen to me, then,” Vice said, to which Azarika nodded his head to. “Anyway, now that everything seems to be back in order, are we heading off to the Seeker’s cell? Perhaps wewe can take a look at him with me if wewe feel like it. Perhaps we can see just what his Rasoul is capable of, au perhaps we can see what we can do with it.”
“If wewe want,” Azarika alisema through a quiet sigh, still wanting to have just his quiet alone time.
“Just give me a few zaidi dakika of your time,” Vice said, noticing the sigh in Azarika’s voice. “Then wewe can go do your own thing and relax for a while, au have your quiet time, au whatever wewe want.”
“Thank you,” Azarika alisema with another sigh in his voice. “Which cell were wewe keeping the Rasoulin Seeker?”
“One of the lower cells with a stronger outside to it so the Seeker can’t break out, au at least he can’t break out easily,” Vice replied. “Plus, I had Astra and Sniper watching the cell, and I trust them well enough to guard the cell. Willow might be there as well if she decided that she wanted to help, but I’m not exactly sure if she’s there au not.”
“So the fair women are watching over the Rasoulin Seeker,” Azarika said, acknowledging what Vice had said. “If we men are here, then where does that mean Devin is? Where might he be?”
“I’m not honestly exactly sure where Devin is,” Vice replied. “I’m not exactly sure if he’s even here at this current moment. He may have gone out for a while, but I’m not sure if he did that au not.”
“Would it be better to have him here? Surely it would be better for him to be here and help out with guarding the Rasoulin Seeker, correct? Did wewe give him permission to just do his own thing for the time being?” Azarika asked.
“Well, I gave him some restrictions, but not a lot. Basically what it comes down to is he’s either here au he’s perhaps out in town, au maybe he’s just outside enjoying the fresh air like how wewe were,” Vice said.
“I would say it would be better if he was here. wewe never know, something could go wrong when wewe attempt to approach the Rasoulin Seeker, which would mean that it would be much zaidi difficult to keep him under control if we are not all here to be guards and to help,” Azarika pointed out.
“So, wewe think it would be better to have all of us here at once before we try to do something with the Seeker? Hm, well, I suppose that would make for a less chance of the Seeker being able to escape,” Vice mumbled. “Alright then, that sounds like a good idea. I suppose I’ll wait until Devin comes back au until everyone can gather up around the cell.”
“Alright, I agree with your choice,” Azarika alisema with a nod of his head. He continued walking with Vice, until he began feeling himself starting to space out again. While Azarika wasn’t able to notice this inayofuata fact, Vice was spacing out at the same time as well.
“…What were we talking about again?” Vice suddenly asked, breaking the small silence that had come when both of them had started spacing out. “Was it something to do with a Rasoulin Seeker? au was it something that had to do with Devin?”
“I believe somewhere in that conversation both of those topics were spoken of,” Azarika said, also trying to recover from the space out. “Or so I believe. I believe I have forgotten what we were speaking of as well au at least it certainly seems like that is what has happened.”
“Yes, that seems like what has happened,” Vice agreed with a small sigh. “Well, I feel a bit ashamed of myself. I normally have a fairly good memory, but here I am, having all kinds of problems with remembering and keeping my focus on our conversation.”
“I normally have a sharp memory as well, and a very sharp one at that,” Azarika said. “It almost makes me wonder if something is wrong with both of us. I do not understand why we would both be having these problems if it something is not wrong au affecting us.”
“Well, I seriously doubt anything is wrong with us, but something could be affecting us since we keep having these drifting off moments,” Vice said. He stayed quiet for a moment as if thinking, and then his eyes lit up just slightly. “Wait, wait, I remember what we were doing now. We were speaking about what we could do with the Seeker’s energy, and we were talking about the fact that we would probably need everyone in the Dark farasi group to guard the cell while we attempted to do something with the Rasoul energy.”
Azarika stayed silent for a moment, as if thinking over what had Vice said. “Well, I still cannot personally remember, so I am just going to have to assume that what wewe are saying is correct. Do wewe believe that what wewe are saying is correct? Is that honestly what we were speaking about?”
“Well, that’s what I certainly believe we were speaking about. I can clearly remember it now, and it feels like it just happened a few moments ago, so yes, that’s what I believe we were speaking about. Which means that we need to gather everyone up au wait for everyone to gather up before we attempt to do anything with the Seeker’s energy,” Vice said.
Azarika stayed silent once again before deciding to speak once again. “Alright then, I suppose I’ll have to take your word on it and follow what wewe say, since wewe technically are my boss au my leader, whatever wewe want to call yourself.”
“Oh, wewe don’t have to call me that, Azarika. I may ask wewe to do some things for me like a boss, but I would call wewe a friend zaidi than I would call wewe a worker. At least at some points,” Vice said. Azarika just remained quiet, not really knowing how to react au what to say to what Vice had just said.
Both of the Dark farasi members continued walking until Azarika suddenly came to a stop, which caused Vice to also stop and turn around in confusion to look at the fox, who seemed to have spaced out again.
“You’re spacing out yet again, Azarika,” Vice said, attempting to wake the Dark farasi fox, mbweha up from his spaced out state. Azarika didn’t respond however, and he remained absolutely quiet without moving a muscle au even blinking his white neon eyes. “Azarika, listen to me.”
After a few moments went by, Azarika found himself coming back from his spaced out state, shaking his head as he came back to his senses. “Again. And I do not understand why, au know why.” He took a small breath before turning his head towards Vice. “I’m sorry, I’m coming,” He added, starting to walk over to Vice so they could continue to where they were walking. Before he was able to get completely over to Vice, however, that loud popping noise once again came back in his head, except this time it was followed kwa multiple pops and a strong headache once again. He quickly covered his ears again, feeling a worse headache than before from the loud, multiple pops.
“Azarika, are wewe alright?” Vice asked, noticing that Azarika had covered his ears once more. “Did wewe hear that popping noise again? The one that wewe told me about before?”
Azarika stayed quiet for a moment, still feeling a headache, though the popping noise was gone. His body relaxed slightly, and his eyes blinked a few times as he looked around a bit, almost as if confused. He continued looking around, but then he decided to speak to Vice. “I am… I am fine. Yes, I heard the pop once again, but multiple times this time.” He continued looking about, almost as if he was still confused. “…Vice, do wewe think it would be alright if we wait a short bit until we attempt to use the Rasoulin Seeker’s energy?” He asked, almost sounding just a bit calmer voiced than he did before now. He still had the same voice, but he did sound just a bit zaidi relaxed. He was still feeling a headache, but he was slowly beginning to feel just a bit better.
“Wait? Wait for what?” Vice asked, his voice sounding quite shocked at what Azarika had just asked. He failed to notice the slight change in Azarika’s voice and the confusion that Azarika seemed to have for a small moment; Azarika had seemed almost like he had felt Lost au didn’t know where he was.
“I… just need to do a little something first,” Azarika said, which confused Vice even zaidi than he already was due to the sudden question.
“Like what?” Vice asked, sounding zaidi confused than he was shocked at this point.
“It is just a small thing. I just simply need to do a small something. I can promise that I will be back to help wewe with the your plan and the Rasoulin Seeker as soon as I possibly can,” Azarika said, attempting to get Vice to agree to letting him go to do whatever that he wanted to do.
Vice stayed quiet for quite some time, thinking over what Azarika had just alisema to him. “Well, I still do need to find and round up Willow and Devin so they can help as well. …Which could take a while considering that I’m not exactly sure where Devin is. It could take a few dakika au even a little while if I have to spend quite a bit of time trying to find them and getting them to come help me with the Seeker.”
“Exactly, it could take some time,” Azarika said. “For that reason, that is why I was asking if I could go do this small something that I want to do. If it does take wewe a while to find the others au bring the others into a group, then in the meantime I thought I could be doing this small something that I want.”
“Well, what are wewe planning on doing?” Vice asked, attempting to press just a bit to know what Azarika was going to do. “Where are wewe planning on going to do whatever it is that wewe want to do?”
“I just… have something that I would like to think over,” Azarika said. “I thought about going to a quiet room au going to where I normally sleep here so I could have quiet while I thought over what I would like to think over.”
“…Well, can I honestly trust wewe to come to the cell and help out when I get everyone else together?” Vice asked. “When we get everyone gathered together, I’m going to be ready to do something with the Seeker unless something else comes up between now and then. If I come to get wewe au send someone after you, will wewe come to me and the others?”
“Yes, I will,” Azarika alisema with a nod of his head.
Vice thought over what to do for a short while, before releasing a sigh. “Fine, I suppose wewe can go do whatever wewe want to do. Like I said, I expect wewe to come meet with the others as soon as you’re done au as soon as I tell wewe that I need you,” He alisema before turning to walk away and continue to where he was going.
“Thank you,” Azarika called after the Dark farasi leader as he watched Vice turn and disappear around a corner. Once Vice was gone, Azarika released a sigh. “…Now if only I knew what to do… I have a chance now, but what to do…” He sighed through his teeth before turning and walking off in the opposite direction from where Vice had gone.
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Kyle sat in his room, sitting on his bed. He was off in thought, thinking over what had recently been going on in his life. He thought of school and his classes first of all, which was normal for a student who was in school. He also began thinking about his friends, which was fairly normal as well. He wondered what Kagen was up to, and he thought that maybe he could hang out with Kagen sometime soon. He continued thinking about his friends, until Mancer came up in his mind. Kyle narrowed his eyes slightly as he thought of the black and red Nighless; Kyle had learned quite a few new things about Mancer, such as learning that Mancer was a Nighless creature living in the Rasoul Dimension instead of just some kind of hybrid. Kyle's mind also wandered off to Mancer's brothers and what all he had learned so far in the Rasoul Dimension. He would admit that he was quite eager to go back to the Rasoul Dimension au at least to learn zaidi about the Rasoul Dimension. Kyle also looked mbele to when he would be able to train and work with Mancer's brothers as well.
The door knocked, and the kengele rang repeatedly.
Kyle's ears immediately stood on end at the sudden sounds as he was snapped away from his thoughts and back to reality. He quickly jumped up off of his kitanda and dashed out of his room, attempting to try to get to the door before whoever was at the door became to impatient au angry. "I'm coming!" He called towards the door, coming down the stairs quickly, but not quick enough to put himself in danger au falling down. He jogged over to the door quickly before opening it to see who was at the door.
Almost red with fury, with her arms crossed, and her foot tapping a mile a minute, was Casey.
Kyle just stared at the seemingly furious Casey for a few moments, rather shocked kwa her sudden appearance and the fact that she did seem so furious. "C-Casey... Is something wrong?"
“YA THINK!?” She walked past Kyle into the house then turned around quickly to face him, arms still crossed, “Y’know at first when I didn’t hear… ANYTHING from wewe for a couple days I thought wewe were just busy, then a week went kwa and I thought ‘Alright I’ll just wait for him to remember that he has a girlfriend’ but it’s been at least one zaidi of those and well, I’ve had it.” She uncrossed her arms, letting them jolt towards the ground with squeezed fists, “Do wewe know how worried I got!? And do wewe know how… upset it made me when I found out that there wasn’t anything wrong!? That wewe just… didn’t seem to care that wewe hadn’t seen me in a while? If wewe wanted space, not only is this too long , but wewe could have told me!!” She relaxed a bit, but only because she was getting light headed and out of breath. She sat on the kitanda dizzily.
Kyle closed the door slowly in shock, shaken kwa Casey's words. He slowly turned around to face her, wearing a look of absolute shock and surprise on his face. His ears drooped down completely against his head as he attempted to collect himself and figure out what to say. "...Casey... I-I... I've just been so busy... with school and with other things... I... I barely even had time to spend time with my Marafiki as well... I mean... I just.... I've just had so much going on... I haven't had time to spend with anyone lately..."
“I saw wewe make Marafiki with that bat dude.” She retorted, “And wewe have a phone don’t you? Two and a half weeks, Kyle! Not once did wewe think to at least tell me wewe were busy?”
"Well, that bat goes to my school," Kyle sighed through his teeth. "While I'm stuck in school, I have time to speak to him. So... That's my only answer there." He looked over at Casey, beginning to look quite sad in facial expression. "Yeah, I have a phone. Now, I'm sorry, okay? I forgot... I mean, I'm not a perfect person. I forget things, and then I feel like I'm too busy to do other things. I guess I thought I've been way to busy with what's going on in my life right now to be able to call you... I have no idea, all I know is that I'm not a perfect person..."
“What kept wewe so busy?”
"School and... some training with a new teacher of mine," Kyle replied, his ears drooping down once more.
“… That’s it?”
"...Well..." Kyle thought to the fact that things were going on with I2, Ruby, and Damien, and then he thought to the fact that he was going against the Dark farasi group. "...It's... It's... complicated. There's just... some things going on with... a few... family members/friends of mine, and... I've been... dealing with some other things which I don't want wewe to get dragged into."
“Then just TELL me these things.” Her voiced cracked slightly, tired out from talking, “The last time wewe left me out of something, some… MORPHING freak tried to steal you, then kill you, then she brainwashed Ruby and I2! Let me decide if I want to be a part of something au not.”
Kyle released a sigh, feeling just a bit defeated. "Fine, I2 is back, but she doesn't seem to have her normal personality au her memories, so Ruby and I have been trying to... well, we want I2 back to normal. And then I've been training with a new teacher of mine because there's this guy and his team that are... I think, after me. All I know is that they're up to something, and I'm trying my best to stop them. I've... been captured a few times kwa them, so that's another reason why I've technically been busy and not able to contact you."
“But wewe h-“ She stopped herself with a sigh looking down for a moment before getting up and looking back at Kyle, “From now on tell me about these things alright? If you’re busy I get it, but when you’re not, I’d like some time with wewe too.”
"And I'm trying, okay...?" Kyle said, releasing a sigh. "I feel like I'm trying the best that I can... I just feel like I have so many things going on at once, and I've just had my mind wrapped around other things that I need to learn, like my schoolwork and my teacher's... er, teachings. So... Like I already said, that's why I've been feeling like I don't have enough time."
She still seemed tense… then slowly softened, “Are wewe busy now?”
"Unless I'm forgetting something, I don't think I am."
“Then can we do something?”
"Well, what did wewe have in mind...?"
“I don’t know… a movie au something?”
"I suppose that would be fine."
“Great.” She smiled a bit, gave him a light hug then started out the door, “Anything in particular?”
"Not that I can really think of..." Kyle replied. "Wait a moment... Shouldn't I be telling my parents that I'm going somewhere? That would be the nice thing to do..."
“Okay; go ahead.”
"Alright then." Kyle ran off quickly to go ask his parents for permission before he left to go somewhere with Casey; he didn't want to just leave the house without his family knowing first.
Kyle had to tafuta around his house for a bit, as he wasn't entirely sure where both of his parents were, though he was trying to look for them as fast as he could so he wouldn't keep Casey waiting for too long. After a few dakika of searching, Kyle was able to find both of his parents in the lab beside the kitchen. Kyle made sure to knock on the door of the lab before just walking in on his parents. They called to him, telling him that it was fine for him to walk in.
Kyle opened the door to the lab before stepping inside, letting the door close behind him. He looked over towards his parents, who turned away from what they were working on to face their son with smiles on their faces. Kyle took a small breath before starting to speak to his parents. "Mom, Dad, I wanted to ask wewe something."
"What is it, Kyle? Do wewe need a little something?" Kushina asked, still wearing a soft motherly smile on her face. Jacob also still wore his fatherly smile on his face.
"Well, Casey actually came over, and... she wanted to go see a movie with me, but obviously before I left, I wanted to come as wewe if it was okay if I went somewhere," Kyle said. "Casey alisema that she wanted to do something with me au at least spend some time with me since I've been so busy."
Jacob and Kushina didn't seem upset kwa Kyle's question, but their expressions did fade a bit. They both stayed silent for a few moments, exchanging glances with each other, until Jacob decided to break the silence. "...Kyle, I understand that wewe haven't been able to see Casey and that wewe most likely do want to see her, but, son, we miss wewe as well. You've been gone so much lately, your mother and I want to spend time with wewe as well. I'm sure your brother and sister are missing wewe as well, and I would imagine Ruby and maybe I2 are missing wewe as well."
Kyle stayed quiet for a moment, his expression fading a bit as well. He had never really thought about it that way; he really was spending quite a bit of time away from his family as well. As much as he loved Casey, he knew that his own family was supposed to be closer to him that his girlfriend. "...So that means I can't go with Casey...?"
"We're sorry, Kyle..." Kushina said. "I hope you're not angry with us au upset with us, but we really want to see you... If Casey still wants to spend time with you, however, she's zaidi than welcome to stay for dinner, if that's alright with your father..." She added, looking over at Jacob, who nodded his head about Casey staying for dinner.
Kyle didn't want to argue with his parents au risk upsetting them, so he decided to just nod his head to what his parents had told him. "I'm not mad at you... wewe don't have to worry about that," He said, being honestly truthful when he alisema that. He honestly wasn't upset au angry at his parents; he understood completely what they were saying. "...I'll tell her what wewe told me. I'll tell her that wewe would rather me stay home, and I'll tell her that wewe alisema it was okay for her to stay for dinner."
"Thank wewe for understanding and not putting up a fight, Kyle. It'll be much easier on your mother and I if wewe honestly stay here and tell Casey what we told you," Jacob said. "Thank you, Kyle. You're a good boy, and wewe listening to us without a major fight au argument proves that you're willing to listen to us. Thank you." Kushina nodded her head and alisema thank wewe to her son as well, who nodded his head to both of his parents.
"Alright then. Well, I would hate to keep Casey waiting for too long," Kyle said, turning back towards the door of the lab. "I upendo both of you." Jacob and Kushina both smiled and told their son that they loved him as well before they turned back to their work. Kyle walked out of the lab then and closed the door, before quickly jogging back into the living room. He jogged over to the front door and turned to face Casey so he could talk to her. He took a deep breath, trying to figure out how he was going to talk to the girl without making her angry au upsetting her.
“Soooooooooooooo…?” She asked
"My... parents alisema that they would like for me to stay home," Kyle informed. "Since I have been gone so much, they want me to stay here and spend time with the family... which I alisema was okay because I would hate to upset them au make them angry... BUT, they alisema it was fine if wewe want to stay for dinner."
Casey sighed, looking back and forth downward. She sort of squinted, as she was thinking it over. She did answer finally “I was… kind of hoping it would just be the two of us.”
"Well, I'm sorry, Casey... My parents alisema they want me to stay home, so that's what I want to do..." Kyle said. "Dinner is the best thing I can do right now, since I'm going to stay home."
Casey’s expression did not get tense, but she did kuvuka, msalaba her arms again. She went back to pondering then replied “I’ll just come back later.”
"Are wewe sure...?" Kyle asked, his ears drooping down slightly as if he was disappointed. "You don't want to stay for dinner...?"
“I just don’t… want to-… I just wanted to have some kind of… ROMANTIC evening au something like that.”
"Couldn't we do that over dinner, though...?" Kyle asked, before quickly closing his mouth, figuring that was most likely not the best thing to say. "...I mean... I know that wewe want... time that's just us, but... that's all that I can do right now... I don't want to disrespect my parents and just leave."
“I’ll just come over… tomorrow au something.” She approached the door, “Think of it like a test… I guess.”
"A test of what...?" Kyle asked in confusion.
“I guess you’ll have to find out.” She opened the door, walked outside, and closed it softly. Her footsteps could be heard loudly, as she wore heels.
Kyle stood in confusion, honestly not having a clue as to what kind of test she meant.
