CHAPTER 2
Collecting the Pieces.
Setting the_Stage for a Decisive Battle.
Academy City, 11:13 AM
A white bird soared through the scenic blue sky before gliding into a narrow alley way. Abicus reverted into his human form and walked onto the sidewalk, taping his each shoulder with his wand. Every grain of dust on his shoulders floated off and fell on the ground.
He looked around and made note of the particularly clean and brimming environment he catapulted himself into. The particular neighborhood he arrived was is surrounded by several large buildings that appear to be dormitories.
(This must be some sort of college campus. Looks pretty nice from the outside. Regardless, I can't afford to make another dimensional leap or else I'll risk absolutely destroying this one and my point of origin. And we wouldn't want that. Regardless…)
Abicus hopped onto a yellow cylindrical garbage bin that appeared to be a robot out of a sci-fi movie. He extended his arms outward.
"Ladies and gentle germs! Step right up, step right up! Watch and be dazzled by the talents of man of fables. Who can turn fantasy into reality. Who can bend the forces and laws of the physical world to his him! The one, the only… the legendary Abicus the Magnificent! People far and wide, young and old have lined up to bear witness to my amazing feats firsthand! But take heed! These are no simple parlor tricks! Nay...I come bearing the fruit of real, live magic!"
A few middle school students looked at Abicus but none stopped to observe him. A couple of girls giggled as they walk past him. They were wearing school uniforms with sleeve beige sweater vests over short sleeved dress shirts. A red, shield shaped emblem with a "T" in a fancy font placed inside of what appeared to be a gold four leaf clover was on the left chest of the uniform. Additionally, they had on short gray skirts and brown dress shoes. One of them had long blonde hair while the other had short, red hair.
"What a dork," The Redhead said. "'Real live magic?'"
"I know right?" The Blonde One agreed. "And look at his outfit. Sooooo last millennium."
"Maybe he's a time traveler?"
The two girls continued to giggle much to Abicus' disdain. He scowled at them.
A certain little brown haired girl dropped a white ice cream cone on the orange tiled ground. Suddenly, the trash can Abicus was standing on drove toward the cone.
Abicus floated in place with an irritated look. He shifted his focus toward the girls previously laughing at him who stared at him with mild curiosity. He smirked and floated over in front of them.
Abicus levitated in place in front in front of the stunned girls to convey how spectacular he was. He projected blinding rays of confidence.
"Impressed?" he ventured with his arms folded.
"Eh," The Blonde One said. "Not really."
"Yeah," The Redhead agreed. "There's a bunch of espers who can levitate. S'nothin' new."
Abicus frowned.
"Esper, magician, call it what you please. But as I've said before…"
Abicus reached behind The Redhead's left ear. She jumped out in surprise. Abicus revealed a silver coin between his thumb and index finger. He balled his fist and then exposing his palm, revealed three coins between the gaps of his fingers. He then brought his hand down quickly and caught the perfectly stacked coins on top of his burrowed thumb. He flicked the coins into the air and then caught them, revealing a single coin between his thumb and index finger.
"...these are no mere tricks young ladies."