Flopping back onto the couch, Juuchi ignored the look she got from Carnwennan. After several moments of staring at the ceiling, she sighed, "What are we doing here? What is our purpose?"
With a glance at her, the dagger turned back to the book he was reading, "Somehow, I do not think that you mean that philosophically."
Now blinking, Juuchi looked at him, "What?"
A smirk on his face, Carnwennan waved around them, "Oh, you know... What is our purpose for existing? What meaning is there to our lives? Why do we exist?"
Staring at him for a few moments, the other blade spirit frowned. Then she flopped back onto the couch, "I will leave those up to Chisuheri. That is what she is into for some odd reason."
In the kitchen, Kansha worked at making some meals as Sheff did much the same, the two sets of kitchen knives glancing at one another and nodding. There was no real competition or hot emotions between the two. Just two cooks respecting the other as they did their work. With a hum, Kansha glanced up at his sister, "So what are we doing exactly?"
Only giving a smile and a nod to Saki who passed him some fruit that she had used one of his blades to peel, and beginning to chop it up, Sheff hummed, "I am wondering much the same as well."
Frowning, Saki glanced at Juuchi before tilting her head, "I... think that Tsukiakari stated that we are here to meet some of the others?" At the look from Sheff, she blushed some, "Or that was what I was thinking."
Lips curling, the Sheffield knife set nodded, "I will admit, that does sound rather nice. Meeting some of the others, that is. Best to do it now rather than when it becomes really important, as this gives us the chance to get to know them all."
All Kansha did was shrug at that while grunting. For her part though, Juuchi grimaced some, "No, trust me, you are going to think otherwise soon enough. Especially once you meet Goldie."
Despite the questioning looks she got, Juuchi said no more on the matter. The two cooks merely glanced at one another and went back to cooking. Several minutes later though, there was a knock on the door and it opened to reveal Tsukiakari with a wooden box under one arm. Lightly flushed from the cold, she bowed some, "I am sorry about taking so long."
However, Juuchi just waved her off, "Don't worry about it, Tsukiakari. We got plenty of time." Under her breath, she continued, "And the more time you took, the less I would be spending with Goldie."
Chuckles made her give a look at Vala who walked in beside Tsukiakari with a box of her own. At the flush from Juuchi, she simply flashed her a smile, "Now then... it is time for all of us to be reunited."
Getting nods from the other two, though Juuchi's was stubborn, both Tsukiakari and Vala opened their boxes. One by one they brought out various weapons that they recognized as belonging to the Potter Armoury. Two stood out though, one of which was a Okinawan Tekko. The other though was an odd spear that made Kansha frown, "What sort of weapon is that?"
With a glance at him, Carnwennan chuckled, "That, my friend, is Dracul, and she's a Welsh Hook." Looking at the odd, two pronged spear, he shrugged, "Well, a very modified design of one, but still."
Sparkles floated upwards from said weapon until they became a cloud. Moments later, the cloud exploded outwards into motes of light revealing what looked like a red haired, fourteen year old girl in a black and white dress... with two massive horns coming from her head and a draconic tail behind her. Twirling, she went into a pose while twirling her true form like a baton, "Hello, everyone~ Greatest spear bard of them all, Dracul is here, so have no fear~"
An old handgun was on the table for one moment and in the next in a man who was dressed as a cowboy from the old Wild West, complete with the hat. Said man had a grizzled look, but an honest smile on his face as he looked at Tsukiakari with a nod. The whole time, the handgun in his hand was in motion before he holstered it at his side, "It is good to see you again, Tsukiakari."
Tsukiakari smiled back and bowed, "And it is good to see you as well, Bill." Upon hearing a groan from Juuchi, the Kyu Gunto giggled and turned to the woman now seated on a chair as if it was a throne, "Goldie."
One eyebrow raised, the sword spirit nodded, "It is good to see you again, young one! We were wondering what happened to you when Praetor took you from the Armoury, Umu!" Goldie appeared as a young, Italian looking woman just barely out of her teens if that, with blonde hair and leaf green eyes. Eyes that nonetheless hid a keen mind behind them, one that had been around for nearly two thousand years. Though most would go to the rest of her as she wore a Ancient Roman soldier's armour, a muscle cuirass made for a female and that didn't hide much of the figure beneath it. Across her shoulders was a royal purple cape, while her legs trailed out from beneath her pterges, leather straps that hung from her waist not unlike a skirt. Finishing it was roman sandals that covered her feet, while at her side her true form was sheathed. Upon seeing Carnwennan and Juuchi, she smiled, "Ah! It is good to see you as well, my friends! Umu! I could just sing!"
His tone dry, Carnwennan gave her a hooded look, "Please don't."
Waving her hand, Goldie shrugged, "It was just a thought, Umu! Now, I could do with some fine wine, Umu! To celebrate our reunion! Umu!"
On another chair, a young woman with dusky skin and dressed in Arabic clothing waved off Tsukiakari, "None for me, thank you."
Simply nodding, the Kyu Gunto only smiled, "Of course, Sabah. I know that you don't drink alcohol of any sort."
The Arabic sword, in the Potter possession since the Crusades, merely nodded with a smile even as the light glinted off her blade of Damascus steel. At Juuchi's look, she shook her head, "The others wished for me to be their representative as they do not feel that they would be needed at the moment."
With a chuckle, a Chinese looking woman dressed much as an ancient Chinese warrior smiled and waved Sabah off, "I do not think that we shall have much issue with that, my friend." Cupping her chin, she hummed as she shifted a bit, the Dao at her side moved, "Though I do wonder why we are here, do you not as well, brother? Though I, Xing, will always be at the service of the Potters."
Beside her, a young Chinese man, but with a Jian at his side only nodded, "Indeed."
Rolling her eyes, Juuchi shook his head, "You could be more expressive, Feng."
Not saying anything, the Feng shrugged some. One taller woman with a blunderbuss and dressed in the outfit of a Jager, laughed before nodding, "Ah! I think that we were wondering much the same, Tsu!" Turning, she regarded a rather short woman with a small cannon strapped to her back, "Isn't that right, Iron?"
Just blinking, the cannon woman nodded, "Right!" After a few moments, she frowned and turned, "Um, about what?"
All that Amalie did was facepalm at that while a young man dressed in a WWI uniform hummed as he gave the cannon a smile, "I think that it is because she is wondering why we are here."
One voice spoke up at that moment, and while her voice was soft, it carried steel with it and made people sit up and listen, "Yes, it is rather odd for all of us to be brought out at once. Hence why I am wondering myself." Everyone turned to a woman wearing the clothing of a French peasant from the Hundred Years War. Despite that though, she was still radiant with blonde hair and blue eyes, "But I think that, perhaps, there is a good reason for this."
The sound of a fist meeting a flesh made them turn to a young, brown haired woman in clothes not unlike that of Juuchi's own punching her palm, "Isn't obvious, Catherine? I suspect that the Potters are in trouble, and hence we're getting called out?"
Leaning forward, Juuchi spared a smile for her old friend from Okinawa, who had come with her to England so many years ago. But then her smile fell away and was replaced with a grimace, "Yes, there is a very good reason for calling you all forth, Tsuchi." Leaning forward, she frowned, "The Potter family is in danger."
Nearly at once, the whole atmosphere changed to a charged one, with all those there gaining serious expressions. Briefly, Catherine's clothes rippled, taking on the form of armour from the same period that her clothes were from before going back to normal, "Danger, you say?"
Slowly, Juuchi nodded, "Hai, in particular, danger of dying out..."
From there, the Muramasa explained what she knew, with Tsukiakari chiming in her own bits as she was around during the war with Voldemort. At the end of it, there was a suffocating silence over the room. Finally, Goldie growled before turning to the Kyu Gunto, "This... Peter? I wish for you to find me a lion, young one, Umu!"
Pinching her nose, Catherine let out a sigh, "Can you not go to that, Crocea? Must you bring out the lions?"
At the counter, Sheff cleared his throat, "Besides which, lions are rather hard to get."
Goldie just waved him off, "Bah! We have some stone lions in the warehouse that can be animated, Umu! They will do well enough, Umu!" Then she scowled, "If not, I shall have a colosseum built! Umu! And I shall show that gutless coward what happens when one threatens our Imperators! Umu!"
Bemused, everyone shook their heads, though they shivered a bit as they noticed the lone spear narrow her eyes and smile as she stroked her blade, "That is only if you get your hands on him first, Goldie... only if you get your hands on him first." Grinning, she showed large canines as she licked her lips slowly, "I will enjoy draining him of the blood that flows through his veins."
Clearing her throat though, Tsukiakari caught their attention, "Be that as it may though, that is not why I wished for all of you." When they turned to her, she took a deep breath, "Our first worry must be for our Master, first and foremost! Which is why I thought that we could guard him, or perhaps begin to prepare for what will come."
Suddenly, Sabah spoke up as she rubbed her thumb on her hilt. For all the softness of her voice, there was a dangerous undertone, "Very well. These... Death Eaters, you say that they are called?" When the Japanese sword nodded, she continued, "I need names and probable locations. I may not be on the Mountain, but I can still prepare for our Master."
Eyes closed, the Tekko frowned some, "Do you know where the Traitor may be, Tsukiakari-Chan?" Opening one eye, she fixed Tsukiakari with it, "So that we know where to look?"
Frowning, Tsukiakari walked over to a backpack and opened it before laying out the map. Each of those leaned forward and looked at it as she pointed, "These are hiding spots that Mistress Lily and Master James readied during the last war. For the most part, they were there for them to lay low for some time before leaving the country."
Thoughtful, Carnwennan shook his head, "If we leave out myself, Tsukiakari, and Juuchi due to guarding our Master or Natsumi, then we have enough to cover them if each one of us took one."
Drinking deeply from a goblet full of wine that she got from somewhere, the Roman blade nodded, "Very good, that will do well, Umu!" Eyes narrowing slightly, she shook her head, "But he may well attempt to hide elsewhere in the country."
However, Juuchi shook her head, "No, from what I have overheard they will be revealing what his form is and it's marks. He will find no succor from anyone here in Britain. The other Death Eaters likely would kill him for the part he played in Voldemort's downfall, so he could not hide with them. No... he is likely to try and make for somewhere else in a few months."
With a nod, Tsukiakari nodded, "That is how he would operate." Sighing, she ran a hand through her hair before frowning, "Afterwards... I have gotten my hands on an owl box and a small apartment in Yokosuka off base."
Blinking, both Juuchi and Carnwennan turned to her. But it was her Senpai who spoke, "How did you manage that now?"
Eyebrow raised, the Kyu Gunto shrugged, "Mistress Lily and Master James had quite a bit of money that they stashed all over the place. I just went and retrieved it. The apartment is paid off for about three years, and there is still plenty that is left over."
While both her Senpai and "Grandfather" stared at her, the other weapons merely nodded and went back to making plans. Though eventually they did break for dinner, which all of them enjoyed as they continued to make plans...