The Garden of Amaharah!
Act I
Chapter Three
《Font Meanings》
Thoughts/Inner Quips/Sarcasm
"Japanese"
"English"
05:24 A.M
"I wasn't expecting you until Seven this morning," asked a very guarded and bespectacled Okumura. His outfit was a little less than formal. He was still in his sleepwear and had no objection in pointing a glock in my face.
Looks like our new landlord is packing heat.
So much for trusting the Chairman Phaust with giving Okumura with the update. "It seems you didn't receive the memo." I answered in choppy Japanese. In reality I feel my answer may have been akin to "You didn't hear?"
He cocked the gun, in silent demand as he stood in the doorway to the room Andre had assigned me. "I'll make it easier for you, yes?"
Please do. "…"
"Mind telling me why you're here so early?" He asked unwavering, his English was very clean and grammatically accurate than my botched Japanese. May the culture forgive me for not grasping it yet.
"Chairman Phaust asked us to deploy around midnight, we did as we were told. Our time zones are quite a ways apart. Even so, we need these early hours to monitor and reinforce any existing seals within the perimeter."
"I see," He lowered his arm and adjusted his glasses out of habit. "With your team here I might be able to feel more at ease about My brother's safety." He gave a tired smile and ran pale fingers through his hair.
"We will see to it that Rin Okumura's true identity is kept secret. Andre will be able to fill you in on the details in the morning after we finish preparations for our stay. Thank you for your cooperation Yukio Okumura. You may rest at ease and leave the rest to us."
"Thank you a-…"
"Christelle Vallero"
"Ah, Yes. Thank you Miss Vallero."
It hadn't taken more than an hour until we picked up on a small entity luring in the dorms. Andre hadn't been at all concerned, but still had Dante and I investigate anyway.
We couldn't afford to let our guard down-stove spirit or not it could be a spy sent from the underworld for all we knew. Dante and I maneuvered through the maze of dinning tables and inched closer to the kitchen bar. Their was an opening large enough to see into the kitchen but we knew better than to depend on it. It was too early to rely on the sunlight and we didn't want to spook it away either.
I would have to make it a habit to check up on Rin Okumura from now on. I wouldn't be too eager to feel his demonic aura anytime soon.
My skin vibrated as I attempted to check up on Rin Okumura's presence upstairs; like a looming mist I let my aura bleed through the ceiling and travel upstairs through corridor and into his room. The wisps of his aura alone were distinguishable. The way it circulated was odd, but that was probably due to his demon heritage. It rose and slowly shrank peacefully.
He hadn't even registered we were here yet.
He reminded me of Andre...an Enigma.
Judging from the records we recieved Rin Okumura was aggressive when provoked and often brash in nature. Despite this, he still held very common teenage traits like being unkempt or even lax when he was comfortable. Despite his lineage he was irritatingly...average and unimpressive at fist glance. His school permanent record was unsatisfactory and was riddled with delinquency and failing scores yet his Home ED skills were above average...
"His aura isn't even reacting. Let him rejoice the fact that we are here to keep his cover from blowing," Dante teased dodging a fryingpan coming his way.
"Since you've upset the stove-spirit, I'll give you space to settle this on your own. He seems harmless enough."
"I'm positive this might be something else the Chairman neglected to inform us..." A few pieces of silverwear whizzed past his chesnut colored hair before he began cooing. "C'mon big guy, easy. I just want to talk..."
I left Dante to his own devices and made a walktrough of the dorm. Andre had aleft me in charge of scouting for blind spots in the infrastucture to prevent anyone from getting a glimpse inside. There was nothing more we could do about the building itself, but the incantacion protecting the building would have to be made in a set of layers.
Delilah had taken an interest in incantation and creating an assortment of talisman. She was more than capable of reinforcing the power of the existing barrier.
I wouldn't be surprised if she was working on that already.
The trek was unnerving, but uneventful. I simply added notes to the floor plan Andre lent me and when I felt satisfied enough I regrouped with the gang in the mess hall. We all sat down for breakfast an exchanged notes. Silently discussing our next move.
Well, tried to anyway.
"..the little guy made us breakfast too. I think i managed to make up with him," Dante added before swallowing a steaming fork of omelet. "I'ts a good thing we brought some groceries. We'd be eating scraps right now."
"Now Dante, you of all people should realize their circumstances. Behave." Delilah scolded gracefully. Dante had responded with childish pout before he calmly eyed the had felt his stir previously and had opted to wait for him patiently.
A grim reminder of my earlier meeting with Yukio Okumura popped into my head. Or perhaps it was something worth mentioning before he showed his face screaming in foreign. "Del, have you have the talisman ready?"
Andre added another sugar cube to his tea while skimming trough a manilla folder regarding the case." Delilah and I discussed earlier that we would only use talisman when we leave base. She Already infused an incantacion to dispell the language barrier here. The scale is a bit grand, but I'm sure Delilah is more than capable of maintaining it.
Delilah silently beamed at the compliment. "I hadn't tried it on an area as large as this before, the most immediate change will speach. Within a day or so, all literature within the vacinity will be ligible."
"All the more reason to be careful. We wouldn't want wandering eyes on sensitive infromation." Closing the folder with finesse he calmly took a sip from his steaming cup.
"Yukio! Get back here you Mole faced bastard! I'm not finished with you! Yukio!" Yukio made his way into the mess hall before he had stopped bluntly and shifted his eyes at our table. He didn't have to wait long before someone else barelled through.
Certain traits made more of an impact on me than others. The guy was disheveled and had a bed head. I had expected his hair tone to be more prominent. The profile had said he had raven colored hair, yet it was far more noir than anything else. The tint in his iris was more of a royal blue in comparison to Andre's powder blue. I hadn't even focused on his face much from that.
The disaproving look was shared on all of our faces. His tail was tense and free all the same.
"Who the hell are they? What else are you hiding from me!?" Rin Okumura had let a feral his exit his thoat and jabbed a pale finger at his sibling. Yukio remained passive at his coments and cleared his throat. "These are the Royal Gaurd Members asaigned to you. They're here to ensure your identity isn't revealed. If word got out about your relation to Gahenna you would be hunted by the Vatican Church. They would eliminate you without hesitation."
Rin was at a loss for words and slowly faced us. We didmt hesitate and with charm we each rose from our chairs and gave a modest bow.
"Pleasure to meet you, Rin Okumura."
Dear Reader,
I'm sorry if there ever is a time where I'm not being clear enough. Please do point out any inconsistancies in my story if you find them. I would fix those immediately! It might wound my ego a bit, but I'll take it! Things might be a little slow-paced, but as soon as the Cannon story aligns it should take off. I just want to get all the technical information out of the way first before any relationship building is in place.
As for why this chapter is titled after the episode, I will name them through story Arc's. With the likelyhood of Rin being under house arest during their stay, he's likely to resort to petty behaviour and whinning.
I'm sure even they know Rin will need some sunlight.
Fun fact: Christelle is French for "Christina" which means: "Follower of Christ"
See you all in Act II!
