Nocturne Arcana, 1

He landed, rather gracelessly at that, on top of what looked like a large stuffed animal. Picking himself up, he looked around in confusion at the odd world he found himself in. Composed of large collections of telephone poles, steel girders, and rusty pipes, everything seemed to be covered in a thick fog.

He strolled casually off into the fog, feeling the flows of energy moving through this place. It mostly swirled aimlessly, but in some places it seemed to funnel into specific points. Having nothing better to do, he decided to make for one of the energy points, seemingly centered behind a ruined husk of a department store.

Finding that the funnel of energy was a TV of all things was a little weird, even for his book. He placed a hand on the screen and felt a resistance. Pushing harder, he broke through a barrier of energy and emerged in what looked like a TV delivery truck. The door was still open so he stepped down.

The truck was in an alleyway so he just walked out onto a main street. It wasn't Tokyo or one of the districts, but he could already feel the presence of strange energies in this town. There was fun to be had, since he recognized at least one of the energies as that of a god.

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Teddy was confused, more so than usual. He had felt something land on him, but by the time he managed to get back up, the thing was gone. If it was a shadow it would have attacked him, but it felt really weird. It didn't feel like his world, and that made him bear-y scared.

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A gas station attendant, taking a quick break for lunch, jerked his head up as he felt something appear in town. His current form was limited in some ways but this presence shined like a beacon to his other, inhuman senses. Something had come to Inaba, something he had not foreseen and could not identify. It almost felt like one of them, but they were forbidden from coming here until the Conception.

The attendant was not omniscient but had seen no signs of that particular event approaching, and the signs were obvious to those who could recognize them. Even that long-nosed troll wouldn't mess with those forces, at least, not this early in the game.

Sighing softly, the attendant turned his attention back to his lunch. He had already set his plan in motion. This little bump in the road would hopefully resolve itself in time. If not, he would have to take direct action himself, and that would alert others to his schemes.

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Yu Narukami, recent transfer from Tokyo, felt a shiver go down his spine. He looked around but saw nothing more than his normal classroom. The bell rang and he stood up to head back to his uncle's house, but the short-haired girl with the green jacket stopped him.

'Nah, probably nothing...'

Later on, while he was on the verge of falling asleep, Yu heard a voice whispering to him. The voice was unfamiliar, sounding like a teenage boy, but with a rough edge, almost like the voice's owner was growling as he spoke, but the words were crystal clear:

'Death's vastness holds no peace.

I come at the end of the long road.

Neither human nor demon...all bend to my will.'

And as he closed his eyes and fell asleep, Yu Narukami knew those words were important in some way. They were not just the idle thoughts of a sleep-addled mind. Something was coming and he had no idea what it could be or who that voice belonged to.

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In the boundary between worlds, a limousine rolled along. Inside this limousine, a beautiful woman and a rather odd-looking older man sat in silence. Suddenly, the troll-like man's bloodshot eyes opened wide.

"It seems there has been an uninvited guest to our little adventure. I wonder what that one is doing here?"

The woman shuddered as she realized just what had found its way to Inaba. "Why is Lucifer's Wolf here, my master? This is not his time."

The man chuckled, unflappable as ever. "It will be interesting to see what he does, although we should speak with him soon, before he breaks the rules of this little game of ours."

The woman nodded, then gathered up a large book. "I will deliver an invitation to him, then. By your leave." The man just closed his eyes in unspoken approval.