[X] "Yeah, he does that."
"Stephen is a..." You click your tongue, trying to find the right words, "... Mysterious benefactor. At least, that's the best explanation that I can think up."
"So, you don't know anything else about him besides his name?" Shoji asks, looking down the alleyway for Stephen.
"All I know for absolute certain is that he supplied my Gauntlet, travels dimensions, and is helping to mitigate some of the danger I've been finding." You admit, "By that, I mean he's got someone just outside of our reality keeping the nastiest stuff out."
"We aren't even seeing the worst of it?" Kohaku asks.
"Unfortunately, no." You shake your head, "But at least we can deal with the stuff that gets in."
With a sigh, Shoji adds, "Of course. Yumi, how do we fight these things?"
"I'd suppose we need our own demons," Kohaku answers for you, "With all of the responsibility that entails."
"Okay. What's the first step?"
"Talk to them!" You smile, "They're conversationalists when they aren't in a fight!"
"What?" Confusion floods Shoji's face as he looks at you, "Like, really?"
You nod, drumming your fingers on your arm.
Shoji looks to Kohaku, who shrugs in return.
"Today just keeps getting fucking weirder." He groans.
You take a moment in the lapse of conversation to check your Gauntlet. After all, every time you've seen Stephen, he's given you an update to it. Maybe he just didn't draw attention to it...?
[[NEW FUNCTION AVAILABLE: BARRIER LOCATOR.]]
[[ARCANE IDENTIFIER UPDATED: AUTOMATIC SCANS CAN BE ENABLED.]]
[[NEW FUNCTION AVAILABLE: GRIEF RECYCLER (BETA).]]
[[MAGIC APTITUDES INCREASED BY TWO.]]
[[BE ADVISED: ABNORMALITY DETECTED.]]
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"...Damn, he's been busy." You mutter, reading the screen. "Oh, we're almost to the school, guys!" You look up, watching for Yuma.
As sure as the sun shines, you see her exit the building and run towards you, a big smile on her face.
As she gets closer, you notice something... Different about her. For starters, there are dark feathers sticking out randomly from her hair, along with a black scarf.
"Big Sis Yumi!!" She greets, hugging your legs, "Yuma had a good day!"
Shoji taps you on the shoulder, looking down at Yuma. The confusion from before returns in full force.
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