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Meeting the Menace
A The Chrysanthemum Chronicles Series Story
Elsewhere In The Stramesville Area
Stramesville, Muramiskayo, Ozotov IV
September 15, 986 - September 16, 986
Not long after dawn in the Stramesville local area, Yoshimo knocked on the door of the room in which his guests often spent a lot of time here. And Serenity soon met him outside it. He asked her if she and her companions might want to ride several of his horses for a while. She asked him, in response, "I think we'd love to, Prince Yoshimo. But how are we going to make it possible for my cats to do the same?"
"I suppose that they'll have to be in a cart pulled by other horses, Serenity. Unless, of course, they can keep up with us by going on foot. Or they can be put in sacks. Sacks that'd be attached to at least one of the saddles for the horses we'd be riding on, obviously enough."
"Hold on, and I'll see if anyone's interested in riding any of your horses for a while." Serenity woke up all her companions who weren't already up. Which included Serena, of course, for all the obvious reasons.
They all soon agreed to ride for a while on his horses, whenever possible. After that was settled well enough for all of them and Yoshimo, Serena picked up Luna. While Mina did the same for Artemis. Yoshimo soon led them all to a somewhat secret underground stable of his. But only after first lighting a few torches to allow all his guests to see well enough underground here. At least whenever they possibly could see well enough in each of their lives, anyway. Of course, Destiny wasn't in her Scout state. So she had to be led underground by Bethany, at least. If not by other companions of hers as well. At least for the time being, anyway.
Eventually Serenity and all her current companions were in that secret underground stable of his with him. Then he quite quickly prepared several of his horses for some serious riding time.
Serenity soon asked him, "Why are you going to let us ride several of your horses, Yoshimo?"
"Because I want you people to see some things on the river's other side, if possible. I have some things I think you might be interested in keeping for me and Murumu for a little while, at the very least. And I don't want our enemies to possibly find them before it's too late to help us all. It seems that at least one of the other nations on our landmass is considering an invasion of sorts into my nation. I've heard rumors that certain beings from this world and elsewhere in the Universe would likely love to get their rather dirty hands on the Crystals of Orisinia. Most especially other non-natives besides you. I can't really explain in great detail how I've heard these rumors. Other than to say that I've had some visions and/or dreams ever since you got here a few days ago. If not even before then. And that during my recent travels since then, here in this area, somewhere on Ozotov IV, I've overheard various strangers talking at some length about such crystals." Soon enough everyone, including him, of course, was heading toward a certain place. A place not yet specified directly enough by him, if he'd already specified it at least indirectly. Which wasn't likely, at least as of the current time, anyway.
"What's so important about these crystals you're now speaking of, Prince Yoshimo?" asked Raye, once they were all sufficiently on their way to the yet-undisclosed Muramiskayon location. "Why do you want to let us know of them?"
Yoshimo said, "Because I think that you should all know that if anyone gets them who shouldn't get them, then I and my brother could be in serious trouble. And so could anyone else who has associated with us on a regular enough basis for quite some time. Meaning at least since the two of us went into exile, so that our brother Tosunekaro can't hurt us at all, I think, if not longer than that. Of course, by logical extension, that'd naturally mean that you're all likely in danger too from our brother and the Muramiskayon military personnel who are currently loyal enough to him, Raye."
"I see. And what if we have them, or our allies have them, Prince Yoshimo?" said Raye, a few moments later.
"Then the rightful heir to the Muramiskayon throne might eventually get to become the true ruler of the Muramiskayon Kingdom. Or if he can't, I might be able to become it, instead. Depending on whether or not we can defeat our older brother in terms of the throne, of course. And depending on whether or not Prince Murumu lives long enough to become the Muramiskayon Kingdom's actual King. Our brother Tosunekaro has proclaimed our nation an Empire. But from what I've heard of late, at least since you all got here to Ozotov IV, we're still a Kingdom. And not an Empire. Contrary to what seems to be his opinion of the current situation here in Muramiskayo."
"How many of these Crystals of Orisinia are there, supposedly?" asked Serena.
"There are 32 of them, Moon Princess Serena. And whoever can control most of them, if not all of them, can often control much of this very landmass. There are 32 large enough cities, towns, villages, and other settlements on this landmass for them to be represented by crystals. Seven of them are representing my country. While three are representing Gulmarata. Ten are representing Pilomuwaka. Two are representing Toshopikawa. Four are representing Yonishiki. And six are representing Kuzaruno. All of them are currently in the possession of my nation, and in the location to which I'm taking you all now. According to what I've recently learned, certain nations are seeking to gain all the crystals they can from our nation. Kuzaruno's not among them. For they decided very shortly after they made peace with my nation quite some time ago to have our people protect them all to the best of our respective abilities to do so. Spies, though, from all four of the other nations on this landmass have sought to gain access to them. And do it for assorted reasons that might often be too numerous to currently mention all of them in sufficient enough detail. Let's just say that if they get them, both Muramiskayo and Kuzaruno would likely be under attack not long after that happened. And with things the way they currently are for them and us, we'd likely be in very serious, if not in very grave, danger in terms of our nations. In terms of both our nations possibly managing to somehow stay in existence here on our landmass of Marzotek, at least, anyway. And so might a lot of other worlds in the known Universe be as well."
"How serious, or how grave?"
"Let's just say that not just Muramiskayo and Kuzaruno would most likely be in such danger. And that your Moon Kingdom itself, at least, might also be in such danger. If not also any other known world in the known Universe, Serena."
"People from outside this Galaxy might try to use them for their evil purposes?"
"Perhaps, Serena. And if that's the case, then you and all your friends, whoever they might happen to be, might be in great, if not grave danger. Even Darien, and anyone else who might be with him at any time in his life. I have also seen him in my recent dreams and/or visions. And I fear that if your future enemies somehow manage to get control of enough, if not all, of those Crystals, then many societies in the known Universe might eventually be destroyed by them. Whoever those enemies of yours may actually be, of course. Including your very own Moon Kingdom, by the way."
"We can't let anything happen to Darien."
"Then you all must help me to the best of your respective abilities to do so. I'll do what I can, I promise. But I may not be able to keep them from getting control of at least one of them, whoever they may be. Whether they're from this very world or not. No matter how much I might actually prefer otherwise. Even with your help, though, I may not be able to do that."
All of his companions soon agreed to do whatever they could to help him, in order to hopefully see that those Crystals wouldn't fall into the wrong hands, if possible. Even the cats. Granted, the cats might not be able to do much to try to protect them from other beings who had no legitimate enough reason to have them. But they'd still try to protect any crystals that came into their possession or the possession of their friends and/or allies while they were all still on Ozotov IV, of course. The cats realized, though, that their human or humanoid companions would most likely be the ones who'd have to protect the necessary crystals. This didn't necessarily please them. But they still realized that was the way that things would most likely have to be for them both. And for any, and/or all, of their current companions who were now with them anywhere on Ozotov IV's landmass of Marzotek.
Eventually, they all arrived in the location that Yoshimo had wanted to bring them all to that very day. He soon led them to a quite secret part of it. Then he secured various large doors behind them, in all the necessary manners, after they were all there well enough on their respective horses. He had them all dismount from each of their horses. And then he had them all sit down on several stones in that location.
With that done, he went to a nearby nook in that location. And he soon returned to them as they sat on the stones. By the time that he returned to them all, he held two trays in his hands that held all the Crystals of Orisinia in them. Then he asked, "Serenity, can your Imperium Silver Crystal hold other crystals inside it?"
"Normally it can't, Yoshimo. But it has held other crystals in it at least once before since it was mined on my world many long years ago. It isn't currently holding any now, though."
"I see. How do you think you all can safeguard each and every one of these crystals, then, if I were to give them to you for at least the time being?"
"I have a mirror that can hold crystals. And I believe my daughters have mirrors that can also do that. At least at the current time, anyway."
"Mom, I think my Mirror of Light's back in our Crystal Palace," said Serena.
"No, I don't think so. For I'm sure I had it with my things when I was taken from the Moon City area shortly after I'd last met with Darien. I had a feeling that you might need it, if we somehow ever saw each other again. And I don't believe I lost it when I was taken from there at least a few days ago, Serena."
"Are you sure, Mom?"
"I believe so. But if it makes you feel any better, I'll have Raye and Amy look for it in my things right now."
So Serenity had Raye and Amy do that here. And they soon found Serena's Mirror of Light in her mother's things. Raye soon said, "Here's your Mirror, Serena," as she handed it gladly to her friend and fellow Princess of the Moon Kingdom. "Your mother was right, it seems."
"Thanks, Raye, Amy, and Mom, for making sure that we have it here with us," Serena soon said.
"No problem, Serena. I'm just glad that I was still able to retain possession of it somehow after you and I were both taken from Moon City some time before now," said Serenity.
"How many of these crystals do you think you could get in your mirror or mirrors at one time, then, Serenity?" asked Yoshimo. He asked this after Serenity then had Destiny and Bethany find their own Mirrors of Light, while she found her own, of course.
As Yoshimo held both trays in such a manner that she could look at all the crystals at the same time, Serenity studied all the crystals. Each crystal was normally, at most, about four to eight inches in average length or in average diameter. Depending, of course, on the respective shapes and contours of each crystal. Some were generally round, while others weren't. Those that weren't generally round were often at least four to eight inches long, if not longer than that, and they were often of somewhat irregular shape. But they were all still crystals. Even if their shapes weren't perfectly regular for any or all of them.
"I think we can put six to eight of these crystals in each of our Mirrors of Light, Yoshimo," Serenity finally said. But only after much examining of the Crystals of Orisinia, and much thought about her and her daughters' respective Mirrors of Light, by the way.
"I see. And what if your Mirrors of Light can't hold them all?"
"Then I guess that we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it, Yoshimo. Won't we?"
"I suppose so." He handed one of the trays to Lita for a moment. And then he asked Serenity, "Do you and your daughters have to power up in order for your Mirrors of Light to have any crystals put into them?"
"No, we can put crystals in them without transforming into our Scout states first. But it's often better if we transform into them before we put crystals in them, if I'm not mistaken. Have you ever seen any of us transform into or out of our respective Scout states?"
"I don't believe so, Queen Serenity. But I still do know that all of you, except for your cats, are Scouts. For several of my recent dreams and/or visions have just told me that. Supposing, of course, that you all haven't already told me that you're Scouts directly enough."
"How much do you know about us that we most likely didn't tell you already, Yoshimo?"
"Quite a bit, Queen Serenity." He told them all exactly what he currently knew about them that they'd likely not yet told him about themselves. Then Serena asked him at least a few questions.
Two of them were, "Prince Yoshimo, if we keep these crystals safe well enough, what are the likely chances of our returning home again? And of us being able to be with Darien and many other people again, somehow, for that matter?"
"I'd think that your odds of doing the things that you're asking me about would be somewhat improved, Serena. Maybe not even odds for either or both of those things. But maybe still at least a 10 chance of at least one of those things happening for you. If not both of them."
Serena asked him a few more questions, but he gave her somewhat ambiguous answers to them. For his recent enough visions and/or dreams hadn't given him clear enough answers to such questions of Serena's. Or at least they hadn't yet done so, if they'd ever do so at all, somehow. Of course, Serena wished that he could give her clear enough answers to all her questions. But she realized that he couldn't entirely predict the future with complete accuracy in his life. For he was just a mortal being, just like she was. And because of that fact, there were a whole lot of things that he'd never know well enough. Or at least not before such things ever happened to him and to anyone else he ever associated with in his life, anyway. Supposing, of course, that they ever did so, at all.
Then Yoshimo said, "If you're going to put them in your respective Mirrors, ladies, you'll need to do it before we leave this place. Because once we leave this place again, certain other people may be able to detect them well enough if you don't."
"Very well, Yoshimo," said Serenity, after a few more seconds of thought. She asked him if there was a place where she and all three of her daughters could transform into their respective Scout states. Most specifically quite near where she was with everyone now in the place where he'd brought them all.
"Yes, I do, as a matter of fact. You can use the nook of this place that I just came out of a while ago. And use it so that you four can all transform as needed or desired, Serenity. Go to the door that I came out of last, when I came back here to you all with the Crystals of Orisinia not long ago. Then you should say, "Sword beats fur.' That should hopefully make the door open enough to let all four of you into that nook. Bring yourself and your daughters into it. Then take up positions in a circle that's already marked out on the floor. This circle should be at least twenty or so feet in diameter, if not more. And in the middle of the circle, it'll have a square of sixteen stars, with four stars to each column or row of that same square. The stars are about two or three feet apart, at most. That's if I remember their placements in that square and in the circle around that square well enough. Then you can stand on those stars as you see fit, and transform as needed or desired for you all. After you do that, then you can all exit the nook as soon as you want to after doing that. When you exit the nook in question, then you should say the same exact thing that you said just before you entered it. That should then secure the nook in question at least until someone uses the proper code phrase to gain legitimate access to it later on, whenever they want to access it again later. Periodically, though, for all the obvious reasons, the code phrase changes, of course."
"Then what should we do?"
"Then you come back to where the rest of us are still in this place. And I'll let you put all the crystals in your mirrors that you can fit in them, of course."
So Serenity and her three daughters did as he suggested, and they went to the necessary nearby nook. They didn't spend too much time transforming into their respective Scout states, of course. When they came out, Serenity was only in her Royal Sailor Serenity state. For she wasn't feeling strong enough, at least not at the current time, to be in her Sentinel Serenity state, simply because she'd not had a lot of sleep the previous night. However, all three of her daughters were in their respective Junior Sailor Scout states, of course.
Then Corona said, "Prince Yoshimo, you look quite handsome, I think," once she'd seen him for the first time since their arrival at his place some time before.
Yoshimo was a middle-aged man about fifty or so Terran years old, in terms of the normal Ozotovian life expectancy for someone of his gender on Ozotov IV. That normal life expectancy for the average Ozotovian male was about 88 or so years of age, in Terran years, at the current time. Females on Ozotov IV normally lived a few years longer, on average, than did their male counterparts on Ozotov IV. But not more than about five or six years, most of the time, if not all of it. He currently had mostly black hair. But it was starting to gray quite a bit. About 4 of the hair currently on his head was either gray or white. While the rest of it was mainly either black or an increasingly lightening brown. And he had a slightly receding hairline starting to show up at the top of his forehead. He was about 6'2", and about 165 pounds. And even though he was about fifty or so Terran years old, at the current time in his own mortal life, he was still rather physically fit. He now had a slight belly developing just above his waist. But it still wasn't a very large one. He usually spent most of his time doing a lot of physical labor around the Stramesville area, whenever possible. But he also often wrote and traveled quite a bit in his life, whenever he wasn't doing anything else in it. He was somewhat well-known in the Stramesville area. And mainly for the stories that he'd often write or tell in it. He'd spent several years in the Muramiskayon armed forces. Both on the nearby seas on Ozotov IV, and on the Ozotovian landmass of Marzotek. Not to mention several years in the Muramiskayon Intelligence Agency, so that he could help his country try to protect itself against any attacks that other nations on Ozotov IV's Marzotekan landmass might conceivably try to make at any time. That was before he'd retired about a dozen or so years before from both the Muramiskayon armed forces and the Muramiskayon Intelligence Agency. That was so that he could hopefully live what was left of his life in relative peace with any other Ozotovian that he could possibly associate with in it. But his dreams of doing that for the rest of it were eventually shattered. Those dreams were shattered once he and his brother Murumu, and so many others like either of them, were eventually forced into unplanned exile of at least one sort by their brother Tosunekaro. That happened right after Tosunekaro had usurped the Muramiskayon throne some time before. When he and his brother, and so many others like them, made their escape from Tosunekaro, he somehow managed to take the Crystals of Orisinia with him from the Tumakusku local area. Though it wasn't very easy, for all the obvious reasons. And ever since, he'd had them all in his possession in the Mount Orisinia area of his country.
But he'd eventually thought that the usurper might send his forces against him and many others like him in the very near future. He'd thought this quite soon after Serenity's group had arrived at his house in the Stramesville area, in fact. So he'd just brought Queen Serenity and all of her current companions to the place where he was now with them all. That was because he really hoped that they'd actually be willing to do their best to protect them all for at least a while. Supposing that he gave the crystals to them for at least a while, quite naturally enough. He didn't know yet if they'd be able to protect them all well enough, of course. But he sure didn't want them to fall into enemy hands, if it could possibly be avoided. So he'd brought them all there, for the obvious reasons.
He talked briefly with each of them at least once more, and then handed the first crystal to Royal Sailor Serenity. Royal Sailor Serenity received eight crystals from him, until she said her Mirror of Light was too full to be able to hold another crystal. At least crystals of the sizes that were still yet to be stowed away in the necessary Mirrors of Light. With that done here, Yoshimo soon said, "Royal Sailor Serenity, you now have the crystals for Tumakusku, Mackeledo, Stramesville, Sosatoville, Mount Orisinia, Womeru, Vimuraki, and Wembuto. They each have certain powers that you might be able to use all by yourself. Or in tandem with at least one of your daughters, if not with all of them. If you're actually able to use any or all of them at all, the crystals will then provide you with the phrase or phrases that you'll need to say in order to use their respective powers, whenever necessary. These things will also be true for all the crystals that'll be in each of your three daughters' own Mirrors of Light, whichever crystals they may be, of course."
Royal Sailor Serenity told all three of her daughters how to make each of their respective Mirrors of Light able to hold any number of crystals. That was if she'd not already done so, or if she'd not already showed them how to do so, by the way. Moon, Corona, and Eclipse did exactly whatever she had them do, in order for their Mirrors of Light to be able to hold any number of those crystals, of course. Then Yoshimo began handing crystals to Moon, who began inserting them in her own Mirror, seconds later. In went the crystals for Mosukaka, Culomiron, Kuzaruno City, Noluskeru, Trobania, Murzanicu Bay, Amazuru, and Pilokai.
Then Corona soon received eight crystals from Yoshimo, of course. And they were the crystals for Gulmara City, Ebolutuku, Munasaku, Blyarno, Tipphilla, Ruzikuchu, Seligonia, and Crosaniku. She eventually put them all in her Mirror, in that order. And she was barely able to fit the crystal for Crosaniku into it, because of its somewhat irregular shape. But she somehow managed to get that crystal into her mirror, just the same.
Of course, that left eight crystals yet to be stowed in a Mirror of Light, if possible. And that was Eclipse's Mirror of Light. Eclipse double-checked the carrying capacity of her Mirror. And then she had Yoshimo start handing her crystals, which she'd then put in her Mirror to the best of her own ability to do so. The first one of those crystals to go into her Mirror was the crystal for Goreclino. Then she began putting the other crystals as quickly and as efficiently as she could into her Mirror. The second crystal was the one for Alikuzuru, which was a medium-sized city in eastern Pilomuwaka. After Alikuzuru's crystal, the remaining crystals were inserted into her Mirror as quickly and as efficiently as she could put them all in it. Starting with the one for Ezebaghdra. Which was soon followed by the ones for Poluzukru, Talteshuku, Musunuyashi, Panarozuko. And the last one, but not the least powerful one, was the one for Dabryfylu, in that exact order. All fit rather well in her Mirror, after she was done arranging them to the best of her ability to do just that.
That meant, of course, that all 32 of the necessary Crystals of Orisinia were in the Mirrors of Light that belonged to all four of the Scouts who were actually from the Moon. And only to those four Scouts instead of to the now-present ones from any of the Moon Kingdom's other worlds as well, for that matter. Then Yoshimo said, "Now that the four of you are in the possession of the Crystals of Orisinia, you four will most likely have to protect them with your very lives. I have certain other important things to do right now, in fact. So I'll have to leave you all again very soon. That's so that if my brother comes after me and/or others like me around here, you'll all hopefully be much safer from him and his people than you'd likely be if I were still near you all."
Then he spent about another hour more with them, before he said, "I've got to leave you now, everyone. I wish you all well, while I'm away from you all, but I have to go now. Wait here for at least one hour, if not longer, after I leave you here, everyone. After you do that well enough, then head back to my house in Stramesville as quickly as you all can do so, and stay in the area of it. At least until I return to you, or until the end of this month, whichever comes first. When your calendar month of October begins, then go to Sosatoville, and wait there for further instructions from me. If you receive no other instructions from me by the end of your October, I'm most likely going to be asleep, if you know what I mean. In which case, you're all going to have to try to get to Murzanicu Bay and get off this landmass as quickly as you can. There should be a passenger ship that's large enough for you all to travel on. And you'll then have to board a ship to another landmass here on Ozotov IV, so that our enemies won't be able to find any or all of you as easily as they might like to do. Look for the ship called the 'Kavorezu Osprey.' And when you all get within twenty or thirty yards of it, Royal Sailor Serenity, call out for Captain Brusuku, just in case he might be able to talk to you at all. If he's not available to talk to you, then ask for Commander Furusaku. At least one of those two should be available to talk to you, I think. If not both of them at the same time. Ask them then, if you and all of your current companions can travel on the 'Kavorezu Osprey.' And if they ask you why, say, 'Prince Yoshimo Toskukachi sent us here to meet with you.' If they ask how you can prove it, show them all the Crystals of Orisinia. They won't likely take them from you. But they'll want you to prove that you know me. They know that I've been safeguarding the Crystals of Orisinia from other people here on the Marzotekan landmass for at least a while. And if you show them the Crystals of Orisinia, then they should hopefully be able to take you to another port elsewhere on Ozotov IV. Probably Orrezi. But possibly Vezbla, instead of Orrezi. It'll most likely depend on the conditions between Murzanicu Bay and Orrezi. Mainly in the weather department, of course."
Royal Sailor Serenity soon asked, "Then what do we do, Yoshimo, once we get to that port?"
"When you get to either of those two ports, then you'll need to find the nearest available caravan station, and catch the first caravan that's heading to Almaka City from it. Take that same caravan all the way there, and go to the Crystal Palace there, as quickly as you can. When you get there, say to the palace guards there that you, at least, Royal Sailor Serenity, need to talk to King Aleric and Queen Terissa as quickly as possible. If not all your other companions as well, for that matter."
"Who are King Aleric and Queen Terissa?" asked Raye.
Yoshimo answered Raye, "They're now the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Almaka."
"Then what should happen, Yoshimo, if all goes sufficiently according to plan there?" asked Royal Sailor Serenity, at least a few seconds later.
"As before, your crystals should get you access to them. That's once you show them to the guards well enough. But you won't actually have to give the crystals to them, most likely. Especially if Olaris and his people are on guard when you get there to Almaka City. They'll ask you how you acquired them. And you'll need to tell them, as you show them the crystals. They know me from my time in the MIA. And so do King Aleric and Queen Terissa. Then, once you're all with King Aleric and Queen Terissa, Serenity, tell them your story. They should listen to you, and believe it, I think. For they've been quite interested in people from other places in the known Universe. Even though our world's people aren't generally space-capable, at least not right now, they'll likely believe you. That's when you'd tell them your story, as it relates to your coming here to Ozotov IV, by the way. And when they're done listening to you, they might be interested in trying to make it possible for you to get back to your Moon Kingdom, somehow. They know certain people in their Kingdom of Almaka who might be able to help you get back. But it may require at least the temporary use of the crystals for you to be able to go back there, for the obvious reasons. Or at least the temporary use of a few of them. The process that might make it possible for you to get back there will likely require the use of at least the crystals for Mackeledo, Sosatoville, Mount Orisinia, and Stramesville, if not other crystals as well. The process shouldn't destroy the crystals required to carry out the process in question. But it might make exact copies of all such crystals. All such crystals that are copied during that process could possibly unite with crystals that you had before you ever met me, or they may not. Only time will tell if that'll ever be the case, though."
"And we should all do as you say, to the best of our respective abilities, if you don't return to us or send us any other instructions before the end of October for us?" asked Royal Sailor Serenity.
"Yes. If you don't get to Murzanicu Bay before the end of your November, then you'll probably miss your window to get off the Marzotekan landmass before the weather turns too cold near enough to Murzanicu Bay. In which case, you may be stranded in Murzanicu Bay until at least late February, if not longer than that. For it's not usually safe enough to travel by sea from there between your November or December and your February, March, or April. Which, of course, might leave your Moon Kingdom quite prone to attack from other sentient beings elsewhere in the known Universe, for all the obvious reasons."
He soon left them, just as soon as he was as sure as he could possibly be that they'd be able to remember everything that they'd likely need to do if they didn't see him by the end of their October. Of course, they didn't want him to leave them. But they still realized that he had to do so. And he reminded them all that they'd likely be meeting up with Prince Darien and his fellow Terrans in the very near future. Supposing that his recent enough visions and/or dreams were accurate enough, by the way. He did say that they could have Darien and his current companions with them at any time, if and when they were able to meet up with them later on, while he was still away from them. But he also said, that if they didn't already know the people that they might meet during his absence, they'd probably have to consider them potential or definite enemies, at any time. That was if they weren't actually confirmed to be friends, allies, or relatives that had good enough relations with him and/or his brother Prince Murumu, of course. No matter who they might be, quite naturally.
Then he left them all behind in the place where he'd brought them all elsewhere in the Mount Orisinia area of Muramiskayo. As he'd directed, they spent at least another hour where he'd left them, before they all left that place as well, in the same manner as he'd left them not long before. As they left it, they secured it in all the necessary manners. They all soon hurried back to his house in Stramesville just as quickly as they could do that here. They actually were all there once again by midnight in the local area of Stramesville, and in their room in his house no more than an hour or two after local midnight there. Not too much later, then, they were all soon asleep again. Even Serenity, after she and her daughters had later transformed themselves all out of their respective Scout states. They'd all done this just before they all retired for the rest of the night, quite naturally enough, of course.
I suppose that I'd better stop here now. For this will be where the next part of the story will take up from, in fact, readers. I hope that you have so far enjoyed the story, if you've gotten this far, and that you'll continue to read it, once I put more of it up here on I don't know how long it will take me to get each story in this series up fully on But it might take a while for each story in this series, just the same, readers. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!