"Really!?" Shera asks. "Yep. A Slave Caravan has just arrived and they might have the info you need to dispel the slave collars you got. If not then its still at least worth checking out." Celestina says.
She turns to Rem. "Unfortunately I don't think they can handle your unique slave cuffs though." She says. Clearly ashamed that this happened. "No its okay. I had come to terms when the creator of these thing told I'll be stuck with them for a Long time. As long as it doesn't really interfere with my life then I'm fine." Rem says. Clearly Having come to terms with her situation.
"I see. Oh, What about Ethan and Ruby? How are they doing. " Ethan went out to find some sound dampeners as his ears have been getting really sensitive as of late." Rem mentions.
Speaking of Which Ethan Ran in smashing his head into a Wall. Clearly going delirious. "AGH! FUCK! I CAN STILL HEAR IT! MAKE IT STOP!" He yells as he slams his face into the wall.
"Ethan! What the Hell!" Rem yells. "DEAFEN!" Celestine casts. Ethan stops as everything goes quiet. He looks around finally calm. "Oh thank god. I thought that insufferable Fluting would never end." He comments.
"Fluting?" Shera asks. Ruby catches up and Puts the Specialized Earplugs into His Top ears. The spell wears off and Ethan could hear again. Normally too. "Thanks Ruby. Sorry about the mess." Ethan says. "Its alright. You clearly went crazy." Ruby says.
"What happened back there?" Shera asks. "Some Prick has been playing this insufferable magic flute in the trails. Its been getting closer too. And apparently I am going crazy with the Way my ears have been picking up the magic signals each note played." Ethan complains. He sat down to rub his temples.
"At this point I'm ready to shove the business end of a Shotgun up that douchebag's ass and pull the trigger." Ethan comments. Diablo and Ruby blanch at the imagery.
"I take it this has been bothering you all day?" Celestine asks. "Yeah. These plugs should help deafen it to manageable levels but I have my doubts." Ethan answers. "I see." Celestine comments.
"Anyways I'm gonna go to bed now. Let my head rest." He says. "Rest well." Shera says. "Yeah yeah I will."
(Later)
Ethan somehow slept for five hours straight. it was another hour left till they come back so he decided to Check his Ammo box Amp. he Opened the Hinged door on the back and Looked at the wiring.
He tinkered a Bit and then remembered. He opened his Computer and Sent a Request form for a Few electronics. a Portal dropped a Box into the Bed and he took them out to work on them. One such thing was a DVD Player.
He disassembled it and Used his semblance to dock it into his Amp. He moved the speaker to the side, Which while small is quite powerful, and hooked up the cables and Such. He then added a Radio set up in it with the Needed dials and such.
He also added a Synced pair of Earpieces that act as personal Ear buds. He also added a Charging station and rewired a few more things.
He then tore his Pillow and Used his semblance to condense the wool and Lay it over the speaker. He shut the Hinged back and it changed back to being a Solid wall. He Opened the Top and Saw that the Electronics were in place now.
He Grabbed his Case of Music discs. He pressed the Dial on the front and a Screen above showed the name of the World he was in. Faltra. He twisted it before it clicked and it reset to show the location changed to Remnant: (Data Gathering has Paused till Subject returns). He Twists again to see it change to Earth.
He open the case to see a Constantly moving rack of DVDs with various tracks and albums on each disc. Ethan chuckled remembering what Madko told about this.
(Flashback)
Madko was handing Ethan a Small Handbag to put in his Backpack. "What is this?" Ethan asks. "Its A Musical Collection Data Bank. Or the M.C.D.B. It passively collects pieces of music and organizes them into The infinite amount of blank discs stored inside. The Music is also sent here to my Databank and will be shared with other Multiverse Documenters to share with each other. A Hive mind of Sorts." Marko explains.
"It will also give you a Hint on what the universe started out as before becoming a Legit universe. For Instance. If it was a Game before the Phrase you should look out for is G-OST. Anime meanwhile is labeled A-OST. If its a TV show before then look for TV-OST. I'll add more labels as you travel along but its to help you document more data really. Along with that you can make copies of Music pieces and give them to others. So you're free to take a Disc out after searching for what you want. Other than that it's not much." Madko adds.
(End flashback)
He Opened the M.C.D.B. fully and a Holographic keyboard and search bar Popped into view in front of him. He typed in his search topic and the spinning rack of Music discs stopped for one in the middle to raise up.
Ethan took that disc and set it in the Stereo Guitar Amp Radio.
(Play OST: Burn it to the Ground - Nickelback.)
Ethan pulled up a Drawing program on his Cybernetic Home Computer or C.H.C. and Began sketching out the visuals to various Magic spells he has seen.
"Hmm. Well first there is the Darkness Magic series. It consisted of condensed balls in my opinion. its just the way it moves that interests me. If I can condense the Darkness into new shapes then Maybe I can add more to the branch. And that is not mentioning what happens when I combine the magic with my Blue Light Constructs. (B.L.C.) Or other magics in general." Ethan mumbles as he sketches out the various attacks he used being used by a Blank Mannequin.
First up was a Dark blue Wall being sprung up and pushed away. Ethan crossed his arms in thought and sketched out possible offshoots to it. He then looked to the sketch of the mannequin firing a big bright blue laser from its hand. He did a Few sketches of his own hand doing hand Signs. Open palm. Scissors, The Rock out Sign, The hand puppet, the two finger gun hand, the one finger gun hand, clawing motion, and the bird.
He sketched out dark B.L.C's of what may be possible with each hand sign. he made a B.L.C of a Pistol over his Finger and Modified it to resemble something that you slip on with ease. He focused his Laser energy and it fired a Weak bright Blue laser into the wall. barely singing the wall. He went for two fingers and it was wider and dented the wall. burning it a Bit as well.
He went back to one finger and focused. It constantly fired the laser now with a consistent weak power level. It doesn't burn at all. But he can feel a bit of force in it.
He stopped to write down more notes on a Notebook program and sketch out more ideas. He closed the computer and Shut off the Music Ammo Box Radio Player. Just in time for Diablo and Shera to Arrive. Ruby, Rem, and Alicia not far behind having came back from their own business.
"Hey guys. Any luck with the collars?" Ethan asks. "No. But I did get the ability to sense magic so at least the trip wasn't not worth it." Diablo says.
"The magic itself was like many strings flowing to a Central ball of yarn. Hard to make sense of the entire thing and completely tangled. Along with that I have to hold my breath and focus only on the string I want to entangle. So it takes a lot of effort to do so." Diablo says. "I see." Ethan comments.
"Say Alicia. Where will you be sleeping anyways?" Ruby asks. Still trying to get used to the new gloves she has on with Metal Knuckles and fingers.
"I rented a Room for the night so I'll be fine. But your room Diablo got destroyed from flooding so you'll have to stay here. Mia told me to tell you that." Alicia says.
"That's Fin- AGH SON OF A TIT!" Ethan cries out. He clutches his Ears and Everyone else meanwhile hears a Flute being played. Shera Gasps.
"I- I know that flute." She says. Ethan fought through the pain to see the door open and Shera's Brother enter the doorway. Playing his Flute.
"That's an Elf." Rem states.
"But how? How did you find me here? Brother?" Shera whimpers. Everyone gasps and tensed ready to fight.
"Pleasure to meet you. As she said I am her elder brother. The First prince of Greenwood. I am Keera L Greenwood." Keera bows with grace.
"I've finally found you Shera. Are you ready to come home now?" Keera asks. Shera whimpers and Diablo and Ethan steps to face him.
"So you're the Idiot Prince that put that Foolish bounty on Shera?" He says. "You got a lot of nerve coming here you Keebler Elf reject." Ethan says. Popping his Knuckles.
"Uh guys?" Shera gasps.
"I was pleased to hear that those ruffians were-" "Cut the shit Keebler." Ethan says. Before Keera could react Ethan uppercutted Keera in the lower jaw and grabbed him by the throat with his other arm. Taking away the flute and breaking it in two.
"I had to deal with this annoying magic flute for the whole day because of you. so listen and Listen good. Shera is not going back with you, you're gonna take that bounty off of Shera, you are not gonna wage war on Faltra, Or so help me I will make sure you regret this for your very. short. Lives." Ethan states. Emphasizing each word. He then Stabbed his Finger into Keera's arm. Straight into the bone. "And just to make sure you listen..."
Keera gasps in pain as his blood turns black and his sclera darkens to a gray. "That is Black blood. You will be forced to comply or the blood will kill you from the inside out. Now. Go grovel to your creepy shrine of Shera and choke on it!" He yells the last three words as he threw Keera Over his Shoulders and out the window.
Keera Fell down bruised and cut but regardless is fine. He growls. "YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THI- AAAAGH!" He yells in pain as His blood crystalized and cut into his arms and Legs. "You better hurry up and comply or I'll force the blood to attack the family jewels next." Ethan shouts from the window.
Keera whimpers and runs off. completely ignoring the fact Ethan stole his Summoning crystal's they Cracked and Suddenly Repaired in his hands before merging into his hands. Black blood cutting his skin to make them enter his arms. It closes up and he took a Deep breath as the power wells up in his body.
The crystals shatter into tiny shards that penetrate his regenerating muscles and embedded into his bones.
"Now. I'm gonna go ahead and pass out. I'm tired. And we'll talk about this in the morning." Ethan says. Before suddenly collapsing. Utterly passed out now.
The rest of the gang sweatdrop at this.
Shera stood by the open window contemplating on the events that transpired.
"Can't sleep either?" Ruby asks. She was in her Pajama's as is Rem who was also awake.
"Yeah. I'm just nervous is all." She says. "Wanna hang out and talk a Bit?" Rem offers. "Yeah." Shera says.
"So you're just feeling homesick?" Rem asks. "Yeah. Guess so. But after today I am glad that Ethan and Diablo Defended me. It was really nice of them to do that." Shera says.
"Yeah it was. And I'll admit when Ethan Beat up that bully picking on Velvet it was nice in his own way I guess.' Ruby comments.
"Really?" Shera asks a bit too loudly. Rem shushes her. "Quiet down. You're gonna wake up the boys." Ruby frets. "Oh sorry." Shera Apologizes.
Meanwhile Ethan and Diablo open their eyes thinking, 'Too late. I awaken.' Ethan looked to Diablo. Mouthing his words. "You can't sleep?" Diablo shakes his head.
"And I will admit. I'm starting to feel something for him again. But he'll just push me away. He's so used to people hating him for the color of his Blood that he never really could understand people praising him. I worry for him honestly." Ruby mentions. "And I'll admit I feel something for Ethan as well. I remember we went to go shopping. When I accidentally stumbled and Fell he helped me up and Cleaned my scraped knee. He was like a doting father." Rem says.
At this Ethan Blushes brightly. Diablo smirks as he did and Ethan simply flips him the bird.
He Turned to the other side and was about to attempt to sleep again when Shera Pushes Rem and Ruby to the bed. Seemingly forgetting about Diablo and Ethan.
They grunt but are ignored when Shera Touches their stomachs. "This is what Diablo did when He pumped his magic into me." Shera says. Ruby and Rem suddenly moan without meaning to and Shera Giggles. "That's what happened to me for my first time too." Shera giggles.
Ethan and Diablo sigh in frustration. 'HOW AM I GONNA SLEEP NOW?' They thought.
And Scene.