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Armand nodded to Demios with a smile before stepping out of the cave to scout the area. They had been in a cave. They weren’t in the Appalachians mountains themselves anymore, and the cave they had been in was a distance away. The Appalachia chain was a long range of mountains running from the southern sections of eastern Canada all the way down to southern United States to the state of Alabama. And that was why Armand didn’t know where exactly they were. He had only been concerned in getting out of the targeted area to safety and running into people on the way. They hadn’t run into any one from any of the teams.

The scientist travelled on, making note of where he was relative to the cave, so he could get back to Demios with supplies. He decided against improvising something with tree bark, grass, insects, and whatever animal he came across in favor or searching for some sign of civilization. After some time, the view cleared in front of him to a wide wooden fenced field. There were farms in the area, and Armand could see people dressed in older garb than he thought. He was pretty sure Demios and he hadn’t time travelled. The women were in bonnets, and the men had those flat black hats on, and many kept long beards. There were even horses and buggies in the area. Armand couldn’t even tell there was a war going on just by looking at the scene.

The explanation came to him when he happened across a sign that told him where he was. Amish Country. Pennsylvania Dutch area. Oh… The people were nice, though they were a little closed at first probably because they thought Armand was unorthodox, but Armand managed to convince them to part with some food to help a friend after he coincidentally happened to save one of the young adults from a falling beam, which Armand had no part in causing the accident.

The red head soon started the trip back to Demios with some food in hand. They included three pieces of whoopie pie, bread, corn, some water, and some pieces of chicken. The Amish had been quite generous, and while Armand was a man of science, he respected them on their living style. Different cultures had different values.

((He’ll reach in the next post, or if you want it earlier, Demios can just notice him coming back. Anyway, hope this post was alright.))

Neo was sitting outside the room lucien and others were in when he heard thomas tell the others to get out and neo to come in. sighing he handed his sword to Itachi to hang onto since he didnt want to carry it with him and walked inside with a passing glance at will wondering if it was his idea, or is this punishment thing thomas had mentioned was coming to pass. He shivered a bit thinking about it but shrugged it off as stupid to worry about and walked in sntading not too far from lucien. " so you called me?" asked neo as his eyes activated for a moment before returning to normal. In that moment he noticed the thing thomas was doing to lucien and wondered how that little ability worked.

Itachi had been following will in case he had something more to say and simple shook his head when neo handed him his sword. He held it losely in hand as he headed out again and decided to go for a walk around the area a bit but decided to stay not to far from anya and amaya just in case will started more trouble. After his own puke attack on the plane he didnt need anya poisoning will or anyone else here again and causing another.

Nova noded and followed benkei and kojiro. He held out both hands as he scaned the wound with magic seeing what he could do. " Well i'll be tired as f*** after but i should be able to heal him up. Had i healed him sooner it wouldnt have been too bad but his energy is drained too making the wound hav emore effect on him." explained nova as he put both hands on the wound. " I wont lie this WILL hurt ALLOT." said nova as a large magical symbol appeared above kojiro and inbetween novas hands and the wound. A great light shon so brightly it would temporaraly blind anyone looking at it as it worked its effect. When the light was gone the wound was healed up full yas if he had never been hit his entire body was healed up as well making him look like new as even his energy had been restored as nova sank back to his knees and laid down on a couch unable to move from exhaustion. that magic was his strongest healing magic but it was very costly taking all his energy to cast. It was basically a one time a day thing.

Roulin looked at Moli and returned his brother's smile with a grin. "You know Dante, that was precisely what I was coming too. I'm going to...well...separate from the team and form my own. It's going to be called The Five Suites. I know it's strange because a deck of cards has only four suits, but the times are changing. Wouldn't you agree?" It was paltry justification, but justification nonetheless. "I'm going to need Demios, Aimee, Khalifa and Moli---Roulin." Moli spoke out to his brother cutting his announcement short. "Roulin, I'm going to stay with Dante's team if that's alright with you. Heh, I can't look over you all the time."

"I understand. Well, I guess it'll be just us four then. The Four Suites. But, before we go on, I'm going to need some specialized training every now and then. And by that I mean I want to fight you Dante." Roulin's words weren't confident, but he meant his request. He needed to know where he stood in the world of the high-tier owls. It was imperative at this point because if he was going to lead a team, he'd have to know where he was.

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"Hello Neo." Thomas said as he continued to feast upon Lucien's pain. "I have a question for you. But I'm going to need you to sit down before I can ask it. Can you sit down for me Neo please?" Thomas's voice was far lighter than it had ever been. The business man side of him was now showing, but towards the large glass window that he faced, he was smiling sinisterly.

Thomas looked over his shoulder and Neo. His darkened face didn't give any luster in the bright morning sun. "As you well know, we're in England. Thanks to Amara, we've been placed where we need to go next. Bless her soul." Thomas removed his hat which soon returned to it's normal non-negation covered form. It was hat that attributed to southerners. It as black, but not as black as the slime covering Thomas's skin. "Trips around the world. Exotic cuisines. Fancy cars. Women. The people that work for the UNS get all of these things and seldom do they lose them. My question to you Neo is do you enjoy working here? And if you'd be so kindest, tell me how it was working with Che." The dark film covering Thomas's body began to dispell. His pale skin darkened only a bit in the sunlight. His slicked back hair was now visible. His dark grey overcoat was also able to be made out now. "It feels good to not have that stuff covering me right now. It's liberating somewhat."

When the teen's small frame was lifted from the ground almost effortlessly, he was terrified of the demon summoning man he'd worked for and studied under. Within seconds though, he began to smirk. That smirk then became a grin brimming with self-assurance. "I want to fight you Dante! I'm going to acheive what you and my father couldn't!" Roulin phased through his teacher's hold and landed on his feet after a foot long drop. "I'm going to change the world in ways that Che could've only dreamed. Before I do that though, I'm going to best you in a fight." He retained his grin now aware of the powers that he did know he had. All the absorbed abilities would be put to use against Dante and to beat him, he knew he had to utilize them well.

Moli watched the two watched exchange words. His brother had a quick change of heart. While he watched the two talk, he looked around for Noel. "I think I want to train this new power that I learned...yeah. I don't want to be left out here. What with Roulin starting his own team and gaining a weird new power."

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"Do you think you could make a better leader Neo? You know what you could do with your power? Do you know how many nations you could rule? How many people you could have bowing at your feet?" Thomas stood up from Lucien's side and looked at Neo. His face and body was clear. His long double breasted peacoat rested atop his upper body unbuttoned. It revealed a dark grey button up covered by a black scarf. His pants weren't of a different shade as they too were pitch black. "Would you help me? Your power is valuable. If you allow me to guide your power, then I promise you, you'll ascend higher than any official at the UNS." ~Gotcha. Don't be gone too long now.~

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"I want you to be one of the major Owls when this is all over with. I just want to stay a Herald." Timothy admitted to search partner. "I wish I did know everything. I'd know where this book was and I'd know the best way to get rid of it."

Moli tilted his head at Noel's statement. Immediately, he didn't know what she was referring to but it took him only seconds to realize that she was talking about Kira. His eyes wandered to the side before he sighed heavily. "I told her to get out of there while she still could. Well now." He closed his eyes and began to pray in his mind. Noel, being the God Owl, would feel his sentiments going out to her. "Fantastic. That's another person that's been killed by this war. Noel, I need to ask your help with something so I can prevent madness like this from occuring again."