BP: This story is called The Lost Files: Eleven's Legacy. This story is Quarantine-centric, and Noel tells her story as to her life before she was found by the other Garde.
It's rewritten since I rewrote Noel's backstory. While the other Garde are "special" among the company they have, Noel is "normal" among the company she has. Hence, her experiences differ from other Garde.
Yesterday, my original Cêpan Kelly abandoned me. Or maybe that was today, I'm not honestly sure. Such is the fuzzy memory of what happened after I landed on Earth with her. I only know that she left me to fend for myself shortly after landing on Earth, in the spiritual world. I don't have a way to contact her. Anyway, the passage of time shatters those precious memories so much I cannot even remember her face.
Should I have tried harder to find her? Is there a Legacy to travel through worlds? Well, I am not sure, but I know she is already dead. I can open my Chest shortly after landing on Earth. I remember that when a Cêpan dies, the Garde can open their own Chest. I do know she wasn't the most stable of people. I have to comfort her of the loss we all felt during the first few days. Perhaps she killed herself. Maybe I thought she'd at least live for me, her charge.
How wrong was I. Maybe she has always been like this from the start. After all, people don't change. Fate isn't something grand like providence. It just represents the ever-unchanging self. The ones who'll make the worst decisions are always decided from the start. If they haven't, then time is simply having mercy on them. Like a salmon returning to its birthplace…everything is on a destined path. That is what I keep telling myself. That I am simply stuck with someone who would make the worst decision.
That is how I found the will to keep going on. Luck must be smiling on me, for I found Shiki instead. Ever since, I have been here and while living with Quarantine is no picnic, it is at least safe and comfortable.
I am just grateful for a place to stay. Nothing else really matters to me. I don't like to keep running when troubles comes, I rather be able to fight back. No way am I giving up this home without a fight.
But what can the ten of us do against a whole planet of Mogs anyway? I mean, Mogadore is twice the size of Lorien. After the invasion, there is only ten Garde left, the ones capable of defending the planet. We are horribly outnumbered.
I don't really care about the war now, honestly. It's a joke, waiting for us to grow up and try to fight back. We are basically child soldiers chosen to fight to avenge Lorien.
They should have sent adult Garde too, or only adult Garde. Stuff everyone in the spaceship and throw us to Earth. Not stay and fight what seems to be a losing battle. At least leave some instructions, darn it! I always wonder if I should even try finding the others. But what if they treat me like how the others did back home?
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am the last in line for the Loridas Charm, Noel Amadera. Or Noel Kurobane, if I am to follow my guardian's surname.
Compared to the other kid Amelia Guth, or Amy as she likes to be called, I seem like an ordinary, run-of-the-mill girl, who simply have different tastes from other girls.
I mean, I know other girls like American Girl store and drink tea and they like things like fingernail polish, videogames involving helping puppies find homes and reality stars pick out what to wear and some boy bands. I prefer magic tricks, and trying to perform them, which is why my room is magician-themed, full of tricks to experiment with. While I do make good grades, it only because I study.
I'm not particularly talented or anything, musically or otherwise. The only non-average thing about me is that I am Loric.
Obviously, I do what I can with what God or the entity of Lorien gives me, but I won't be landing the top spot of my school, or get any scholarships of any kind (sports, arts, academics) anytime soon.
Speaking of which, I really should be training when Shiki is out. No, really. But instead, I am watching television. It is not just any show, it is a show…on another one of Amy's court session. She is being defended by Shiki, my pseudo-Cêpan.
What is she accused of? Amy is accused of mauling (read almost killing) five teenage boys with a saucer that she uses to slide down hills. As a result, those five boys are currently in critical condition in the hospital. Well, I am not surprised. Amy has the tendency to "bash them until they do not move" mentality.
Anna Guth, the Lieutenant of Quarantine and her mother, doesn't think that she did anything wrong, of course. Prior to that court session, Amy has told us her side of the story. Let me tell you what it is: "Well, I was minding my own business, mummy, when those boys pelted me with snowballs and made me fall off. They were laughing, mummy, so I decided to show them it was not a funny matter. So I jumped them. What else was I supposed to do?"
The thing is, everyone in Quarantine knows that Amy did do it. But it is a foregone conclusion that Amy will not be found guilty, just like any other crimes she commits. After all, the boys in question are twice as big as her and twice her age. No one is going to believe that a little nine-year-old girl can deal so much damage.
It doesn't help that animals love her, and they give her the image of an innocent little girl that likes to tend to animals. In fact, Shiki says that when he first found her abandoned in a cardboard box, she was surrounded by stray dogs and cats, who followed him home when he took the box to feed and clean her up, preparing her to be Anna's birthday present.
Whatever. She can do what she wants. What I do know is that I do not want to be on the receiving end of Amy's wrath or her mother's, so I try to hold my tongue and turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could read my thoughts. Do my work quietly in school. Make only polite small talk with classmates. Practice a little more than magic tricks, which is the one talent I like to develop.
"No really, she even cussed at my boys!" The mother of one of the boys says in the television.
"What did she say then?" The judge asks, out of obligation rather than curiosity. It is clear he is on Amy's side. In fact, the Amy in the television is even eating burgers and fries, courtesy of the bailiff under the orders of the judge.
She says a multitude of cuss words that is beeped out due to viewer discretion.
"I am sure she doesn't even know the meaning of half of those. Case dismissed." The judge says in the television. I sigh inwardly. What the judge doesn't know is that Amy probably does, considering the members of Quarantine always cuss when she was a baby and when she was four, she already repeats them, much to Shiki's chagrin. But Anna sees nothing wrong, obviously, so Shiki cannot do anything much.
Anna may look like the strict Lieutenant to everyone else, but she can be over the top when it comes to Amy. Let me tell you one example.
Anna actually hired a professional photographer for Amy's beauty-pageant portfolio, much to Shiki's ire, because, "She isn't even a year old!". I wasn't born yet, of course, but this was what I heard from the others. Yes, you read that right. Anna entered Amy to a baby beauty pageant, and claimed it was to show poise and confidence.
"What poise and confidence? She can't even talk!" Shiki had yelled at that time.
"Oh hush." Anna had replied. "It helps to build character and self-worth."
Well, Amy is a kid with extremely cute looks, an innocent smile, and a brilliant talker. With Lily's sense of fashion, her musical and athletic talents and gymnastics, she is crowned "Little Miss America" five times consecutively. So while I won't blame Anna for this, doing it as a baby is overkill.
Just as I think this, the door opens, and Shiki, my pseudo-Cêpan storms in, no doubt looking for Anna.
"ANNA!" He shouts, not noticing me. Anna comes out, looking innocent.
"Yes?" Anna blinks innocently at Shiki, which he does not buy.
"Care to explain this?" Shiki waves a letter to Anna that was addressed to their mailbox. Anna takes the letter and reads it.
"Oh well." Anna shrugs, crumpling the letter and throwing it aside. I use telekinesis to take it in secret, and unfolded the letter. It was a warning letter about Amy beating up her peers for trying to take her lunch…using a knife as a weapon. It is addressed a few days ago, but not surprising. After all, they only check the public mailbox once a week.
"The school's practically frightened of her!" Shiki protests. "Aren't you going to do something about it?" Not that they can do anything now, since Amy is on a field trip with her classmates at Long Island. Something about scuba diving.
I think that scuba diving is too dangerous an activity for a ten-year-old like her, but it is to cater to her classmates, who are all five years older than her. Yeah, you heard that right. She skipped five grades.
Don't ask me how or why, because even I don't know. All I know is that when Amy enrolled into elementary school for her first day of school, she miraculously got into sixth grade. Whether she is a genius behind all that spoiled sweet image is ambiguous.
"Well, there is nothing wrong with self-defense." Anna replies. "They deserve it."
"Deserve it?" Shiki is incensed. "They are just kids!"
"They are older than her. They know better." Anna shoots back.
"Why can't she be a good girl like Noel?" Shiki drags me to his side, petting my head.
"Where's the fun in that?" Anna grins, and Shiki groans.
See? It's things like this that makes me glad all I do is go to school, made friends, trained intensely with my current Cêpan, and occasionally participate in National Competitions. Pretty normal, compared to what Amy does, considering how insane Anna's parenting skills is.
I don't go to the same school as Amy mainly because Shiki doesn't want me to be associated with her. He is afraid that they will hurt me by proxy. Although I can probably defend myself, Shiki says that it's not good to get too much of the attention, especially by the Mogs. I mean, being ordinary means that I won't get much attention from the Mogs anyway.
I am not saying disaster don't befall me, but it's not as often as it happens to Amy or it's only because Amy was nearby.
Like when Amy and I were on the way home from school (we met up at a café to get to Anna's car together. Anna won't let Amy go home alone), when someone grabbed her from behind and started to drag her away, a knife at her throat. I turned to see who it was, and it was a man about his late forties. He said something about liking his new toys young, and looked at Amy with something in his eyes. Whatever it was, I do not want to know.
That's when I discovered how to use my Aura to fire Energy Bolts. I aimed the bolt at his head, and he let her go in his haste to dodge. Amy took this chance to judo throw him to the floor. As he fell, she grabbed the knife he had with him and stabbed him multiple times with him screaming, until she was sure he is dead. Something was wrong, however. She was bloodier than I thought she would be simply stabbing him.
We then continue on to Anna's car, miraculously not seen by anyone.
Anna took one look at the blood on her clothes and the knife she was carrying, and asked Amy if she enjoyed herself. Amy had an innocent smile, and nodded.
"Glad you had fun." Anna smiles.
I facepalmed at this.
Later I found out in the news that she actually castrated him.
And she was only eight at that time.
Sorry if I ramble too much about Amy.
I mean, Amy is always the talk of the country, unlike me. I am not surprised since Amy is so much more interesting than I will ever be. True, I live in Quarantine's HQ like Amy, but unlike Amy, I am not born into it. She is definitely everyone's favourite, although Shiki tries to make it fair for us.
Since we technically grew up together, you can call her my childhood friend, I guess. While I do love her as a sister and all, sometimes I get afraid of her.
Anyway, after Anna asked where's the fun in that, he decides not to say anything and drags me to training in the training room.
He throws yet another barrage of knives at me, and I am forced to block it with my Aura, which I have formed in the form of a force field. I have been practicing, but no one really defends against Shiki's attacks very well. Especially since he is in a mood, considering the previous "argument" with Anna.
Rumours has it that Anna has a really huge crush on Shiki and Shiki actually loves her despite the argument they have over Amy's upbringing.
Anyway, he manages to break through the force field after he threw seven knives. The rest of them hit the wall behind me, and some managed to cut my cheek. I wince, as I place my hand on my bleeding cheek.
"Concentrate, Noel! You got distracted again!" Shiki shouts at me. "We'll try this again!"
I groan, as I decide to heal the cut, but Shiki stops me. "Heal it without touching your cheek. If you use your hand, you're one hand short from fighting. Remember that."
I close my eyes, and let the icy feeling flow though my body, and focuses on the cut on my cheek. It slowly starts to heal, and a minute later I am as good as new…minus my stamina drain.
"At least you have been practising." Shiki compliments me. "We'll try your force field again!"
Shiki begins attacking from all directions, so I have to try and make a circular dome force field, or quickly keep eradicating shields, or get hit by the knives. Boy, do they hurt. Then again, I suppose if Shiki can use cards to cut through wood, he can make those knives hurt like hell. Oh no, what am I thinking? Don't blame me. Unfortunately, the adults in the organization didn't let up on their cursing even when I am around.
If I were to say that word, I think Shiki will be washing my mouth out with soap.
I sigh, before eradicating my shield yet again, bracing myself for his projectiles. A knife come whizzing by, and I block it. I sense yet another knife coming from behind, and try to deflect it. Shiki must be teleporting the knives. This is not good, as I shoulder roll to avoid the next one. Wait, is that an explosive arrow? I jump back, right into the path of another knife, and I block, but it is embedded in my hand.
Well, if Shiki is breaking the rules, then so will I. I keep the knife that hit me, and use it to deflect the other knives.
Four hours later, I was finally able to shield myself from all the knives (and other projectiles, the bullets hurt!) Shiki throws at me.
My training isn't over, though. I still need to take a jog around New York City, the city where I live. I change into my T-shirt and sports skirt, and made sure my iMog is with me.
The iMog is an electrical device, and it uses the essence of a Mogadorian like their death ash to detect when Mogadorians are nearby. However, it is prone to interference as Mogadorian genetic material has a habit of rapidly decaying. This is why they burst into ash when killed. But Phillip has figured out a way to preserve the ash, so I am safe on the front.
The iMog screen has a white dot in the center, representing the user and when Mogadorians are nearby they are represented by red dots.
This device is made because I had sensed an evil aura while out shopping with Shiki when I was six, and sure enough, we found them. The Mogadorians.
As I jog around the city, I think back to my first Aura ability, which marked the start of intense training. So far, my new Cêpan has taught me how to control my unknown aura abilities, but that is light training, he said. He doesn't really want to put me through the same thing Amy had with Anna, and Amy was just human, unlike me.
I am glad, because between you and me, I heard Anna made Amy do rock-climbing as an infant. Apparently, she can do it because Amy treated the rock-climbing like crawling since she cannot comprehend height and depth yet. How this works, don't ask me. How someone who doesn't even have the physical Enhancements of a Garde can do it is beyond me.
My first Aura ability is flight, and I discovered it shortly after being found by Shiki. I had climbed the tree because my hat was blown away by the wind, and it got stuck to a tree. I accidentally slipped on a branch and fell. I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact, but it never came.
Instead, I slowed, and then I stopped, and then I rose in height again. I opened my eyes, and I realized I was flying. Luckily, I was within Quarantine compounds, so I wasn't seen. Shiki taught me to focus Aura on many parts of the body to enhance attacks and shield body from damage, and I find that when I focus Aura on my eyes, I see things.
When I first came to Quarantine when I was five, strange things happen. Like my magic props going missing. Later I find that it has been used on Aaron, another member of Quarantine. No one knows who had used it on him, and cameras show nothing, other than the props floating out of my room. I had to rub my eyes to make sure I am not seeing things.
I also catch Amy talking to thin air multiple times, and offering treats to thin air. She claims that she can see them ever since she was six. If it wasn't for the fact that the treats disappeared like magic, I would have dismissed it as her playing imaginary. Or maybe it was just those magic tricks I like to perform.
When I focus my Aura to my eyes, I see ghost animals eating those treats. I even see ghost fish swimming in the air. I had to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn't just hallucinating again and that they were still there, hanging around Amy like it was normal. Almost like they were invisible pets.
The animals even felt like fur/feathers when I try to touch them, but like jelly when I go through them.
That was when I think Amy is probably even weirder than any other Garde I may meet in the future. I do know of the living animals that follow her, and how zoos and aquariums are empty thanks to her sheer charm, but how did she even attract those spirits? Oh wait, they are animals.
But how were they able to eat and drink? Shiki played along with her and actually feeds them food, which they consume. Unlike normal animals, they have unlimited diet so even ghost dogs can eat chocolates, which was normally poison to them. Well, technically they are already dead, so…
Here I thought I was supposed to be the abnormal one, being not human.
My second ability, Healing, appeared a year later. Amy was injured during training because I punched her a little too hard with my fist coated in Aura and I was trying to stop the bleeding with my hands.
That was when an icy feeling spread through my body and through my hands and my very fingertips, and her wound stopped flowing blood, and started to close. But that was also when Amy unlocked her Aura, because I used Aura on her when I hit her earlier.
Anna was delighted to hear her daughter has Aura Manipulation now, but Shiki was not happy. After all, Amy was yet given another weapon against those who seek to attack her. As if she wasn't already extraordinary in her own right.
I am also punished by the lieutenant for hurting her in the first place. I had to be Amy's servant for a month and I wasn't allowed to practice my magic tricks. Shiki tried to protest, but Anna was firm, since Amy was hurt after all.
I am not training to take back Lorien, to be honest. I am just doing it for Quarantine. I mean, I'm the last in line for the Loridas Charm, so it shouldn't be a problem. Even if they do try to kill me, it'll just reflect back to them. Unless the other Gardes have met, but I highly doubt it. We are only kids, after all. Not ready for whatever is coming for us yet. All we can do is run and hide.
How pathetic, us being reduced to refugees hiding from our hunters.
Also, I like Earth, and the people are nicer than those in Lorien anyway, so I'm not going to help take back Lorien, no matter what they say.
Still, I've learned a lot of things during my training. I've learned how to handle all sorts of weapons and how to use them in short range and long range, recognize different edible plant types in case I need to escape to a forest; I've even learned survival skills from Shiki. I also improved my stamina immensely thanks to him, and I excel in hand-to-hand combat. All this is necessary for a member of Quarantine. I really cannot wait to take on missions for them. I hear that they pay quite well.
Just then, there is a beep from my iMog. I look, and there is a group of Mogs nearby. They must have been disguised as human well enough if no one is alerted of it. I wonder if I should kill them? No, I probably shouldn't. If I kill them, the others may be alerted at the location where the Mog went missing. After all, I hear that Mogadorian Scouts exist.
I wonder if they attack children. Actually, they probably do, so I decide to run back to HQ. They do not suspect anything because I look like a jogger. I decide to cut my jog short, and run to HQ.
"I'm home, Shiki." I announce, once I get to the workshop, where he is building some sort of dollhouse model. I say it's a hobby of sorts, but somehow his creations always disappear. Later I will find it in one of the female members' room.
Shiki looks up. "You're back early." He frowns.
"A group of Mogs was nearby. I don't want to engage them." I mumble.
To my surprise, Shiki smirks. "So they are here, huh? Hand over the iMog." I do, and Shiki says, "I am going to go out and see where they are. They won't notice a thing." With that, he leaves me in the lab.
As soon as he leaves, a beautiful blonde woman with brown eyes sneaks into the lab, and I watch as she takes the dollhouse model Shiki has finished.
"You know he will be angry when he finds it missing, right, Ilia?" I say.
"Loosen up." Ilia smiles at me. "He won't dare do anything. I'm a princess."
Unfortunately, Ilia is part of the British royal family. She came to America for her studies, and decided to join Quarantine to do something meaningful, and add to the influence that Quarantine has. She is usually the chef for Quarantine, cooking our meals. Although sometimes Shiki does the cooking. But right now, I don't see any of the refined elegance a princess is supposed to have at this moment.
"I'll make it up to him with a meal, it'll be fine." Ilia goes on.
"Can he even be won over with food?" I tilt my head, as Ilia ruffles my hair. Cooking skills wise, Shiki is the better chef after all. It apparently comes from years of taking care of others.
"He'll forgive me. I can make his favourite food." Ilia chimes happily, running away with the model.
'Maybe I should just do my homework.' I think. 'Before Amy comes back.' I shudder since Amy always wants to play once she gets home. I always accept when she asks me, since I learnt the hard way that I wouldn't want to get on her bad side, as mentioned earlier.
Who knew a little girl like Amy has the strength to break a Garde's arm anyway? I wince at the thought of Amy breaking my arm during training that one time I pissed her off by accidentally breaking her doll.
I was lucky that that was all I got, to be frank. The worst part is that I still have to train despite my broken arm. "Your other arm is fine, so quit complaining and train!" Was what Shiki said. He made it a lesson as to how to fight when one limb is disabled…with Amy as the training partner. I can see that Anna's training given to Amy paid off, as unconventional or ridiculous it seemed.
I make my way to my room. During the journey, I feel something furry brush against me and shudder; it must be one of those ghost animals that is flocking around Amy. They are plodding through the HQ like they live there. Hah, live. They're already dead. Yet they are still here.
I reach my room, open my books, and start to do my homework. As I write my essay on the different types of animals, I wonder if I will ever meet extinct animals like the Dodo birds or even dinosaurs. Maybe they can help me with this essay. As I think this, my pen floated, and started to write the last paragraph for me.
"Thanks, you didn't have to." I say to thin air. The pen bobs, as if to say "You're welcome."
I hear my door opening. I turn just in time to notice a box of my colourful smoke dye bombs floating up, and out the room. I sigh, knowing that this is the reward for being helped with the homework.
"I wonder what they need this for?" I say to nobody in particular. The box floated faster, as if it wants to hurry and pull of their prank. I run after the box, but I tripped over something furry. I catch myself just in time, and cartwheel to standing position. I continue running after the box, but whoever is carrying the box seems to be faster. I focus my Aura, and groan when I see a ghost cheetah having the box on its back.
A flock of ghost doves carry the box when they reach to directly above a man with black curly hair and hazel eyes mopping the floor one floor below. I recognize Aaron, and grimace. He must have somehow offended the ghost animals again, probably by saying ghosts don't exist or something. They upturn the box, sending the bombs raining down on Aaron.
A colourful smoke cloud appears, and Aaron emerges with his hair green, skin orange, shirt pink, pants white and clown make-up. He looks like a walking rainbow, if rainbows were ever in human form and are ugly. I gulp, as I know if I am seen, he will blame me.
I hear Aaron storming towards the stairs and I quickly duck and crawl to a nearby empty vase.
I dive in and conjure up a bunch of roses, pushing them out to make it look like the vase is sued to store flowers.
I conceal my Aura just as he barrels onto the next floor, looking for the troublemaker. I cover my mouth to conceal a whimper as Aaron was screaming, "Who did that?" and is combing the corridor to look for the culprit. I risk it and peek out a little.
His rage is so extreme it might be comical — so people really do tear out their hair in anger — if I didn't know that was aimed at me, and what "I" have done. I duck my head back in as he turns towards the vase.
"What are you doing, Aaron?" An exasperated voice asks. Shiki! So he is back.
"Somebody pelted me with those rainbow dye bombs!" Aaron yells.
"I see no difference." Shiki replies indifferently. "I mean you are a clown anyway, so why not look the part?"
"Why, you—!" Aaron starts, but Shiki cuts him off.
"Hurry up and clean the floors. It's your turn, is it not?" Shiki orders.
"Do I look like I can clean with me looking like this?" Aaron protests.
"I say you look loads better. Now, shoo!" I hear Shiki shove Aaron towards the stairs, and footsteps going downstairs, muttering curses all the way.
I feel a hand grab me by the collar, and pull me out. Shiki looks at me disapprovingly.
"No, I swear it's the ghosts that did it." I say, scrambling for a plausible explanation, to no avail.
"Yeah, I believe you." Shiki nods. "Anyway, the Mogs won't be hunting us any time soon."
"You mean it?" I ask. "Won't killing them alert the others?"
"I simply teleported them somewhere." Shiki say, rubbing his head.
"To where?" I question.
"To Sakurajima volcano in Japan." He grins, as he massages his temples. "They didn't die immediately, so once they are killed by the lava, they will be alerted to go to Japan."
'Well, they would never expect a human to be able to outwit them.' I think.
I know the Mogadorians' goals are to just hunt down Garde and kill. Perhaps follow some leader's orders. Nothing else matters to them. They don't care whose blood they have to spill to get to us. Well…in order, anyway. Apparently, we can only be killed in order.
I almost feel pity for whoever was Number One. I think Number One is older than all of us, if I remember correctly. An older girl, probably a teen by now. I can be wrong though, since memories from young can be hazy. Shiki says that teenage girls tend to be more rebellious once they reach the adolescent age. He calls it a phase, or where they make "young and stupid" decisions.
Considering the large number of news on teenagers doing something what they deem to be cool but is actually criminal, I can see what he means. Hopefully Number One will keep her head together and not let this phase alert the Mogs.
After all, we have already seen signs that the Mogadorians have followed us here. I don't really care much about the inevitable war between Loric and Mogadorian, I do care about my own safety.
I know it's probably pessimistic for me to think this, but no miracle is going to help us win the war, especially if there is only ten of us with the special powers. I am not counting Quarantine that have members that are hit by the single Legacy I have before, of course. You can count our organization as a sanctuary for that.
I could suggest that we track down all the Garde and bring them here, but well…I care about my happiness. I have been treated differently back in that planet before the invasion because of my status as a result of his experiments. I don't want to become miserable in what I now call home. I even have a family, a best friend who is like a sister. With pets!
Just as I think this, a woman with platinum blonde hair and scarlet eyes run up to us. That is Lily Makoto, an extremely famous fashion model that has been featured in every single magazine at least once. She looks frantic and in tears as she runs up to us.
"What?" Shiki turns to her, exasperated. He softens up when he sees her expression, however.
"Anna needs us in the television room." Lily chokes out.
"Why? What happened?" Shiki asks.
The next words Lily says has make my blood freeze.
"Amy's entire class disappeared after an impromptu scuba diving activity. Including Amy."
BP: Hmm, this may be bad, since I started from when Noel was around eight, when they have not acquired any scar yet. One died when John was around nine.
If I were to gauge Noel's age, I'd put her between Marina and Stanley (Number Nine) in terms of age. So she is slightly older than John Smith, the protagonist of the main series.
Unlike the rest of the Garde, she doesn't pretend to be normal, since each member of Quarantine is already talented in their own ways, even without the special Legacy that can be spread among humans (without the Loric entity giving them the status of Human-Garde).
In fact, she is simply normal compared to the wackier members like Anna and Amy. This makes it easier for her to blend in and not get any attention. The reason why she is not afraid of being exposed will be elaborated in the enxt chapter.
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