Silent Reunion [Parangelian Mass Awakening]

This whole event made her angry honestly, this took all of her time from running through the tower, and she mostly found herself holding a full conversation with Mimic. The bag liked talking when around her sister, mostly because it actually knew how to speak like her. Her sister was cheerful, watching the festivities with a smile on her face. 'Look at the pretty colors!' The voice as usual seemed to resemble that of her sisters, which caught her off guard sometimes. She'd take her fist and hit the bag harder, groaning a bit. "Will you shut up?" Max looked back quickly, before noticing that her sister was only talking to her handbag again. "Vivi Look! It's the Maiden!" Without hesitation, Vivian did look up to see the woman, trying to listen to everything she said. So they were coming up with a way for people to fight? That was handy, but Viv had been there for awhile and doing it by herself. Being probably one of the first experiments for the shadow separation process. Were they going to start doing that more now or were they coming up with other ways of doing this? "Vivi! Did you hear her? This means one day I might get to fight by your side!" She smiled a bit, but then had a slightly stern face. "Sorry sis, you're not allowed to enter that tower any time soon. You're better off at home where you're safe." Max let out a sad noise but then looked back towards where the Maiden was. And didn't she just have a conversation with someone about this a few days prior? Of course she was happy that they were doing something about this, but she still felt a bit off about it. "I just hope this ends soon so I can get out in the field." It could go bad but it could also be good, only one way to find out what would really happen.

Surprisingly, Seek was trying to hide the tinkle in his eye when it came to the performances. Even as a child this was something that Seek looked forward to. Another reason why he was so fond of this day of rest was because it was the only time that his parents didn't work, and they actually gathered as a family. He would see his father smile about something that wasn't work related, his mother would take the rest of the day off and make Seek a nice home cooked meal. The days of a child was all he could reminisce at this moment, trying to capture an essence that wasn't really there anymore he got older. " I come here every single time, and yet......"

Seek's train of thought was altered by the rupturing sound going through his ears, instantly upsetting him. It was the more the noise and less the person. "The maiden...." Seek would say to himself as he folded his arms and watched with a neutral expression. Seek's face became more morbrid as they continued to speak of the barrier soon lowering because of the magical tech advances of the science department. What did that really mean? If everyone can use magic, does it mean that it was fair game toward the specific individuals that can fight? Even putting children on the front line? Seek was all fore expanding and seeing beyond the walls of safety, but such a dramatic change wasn't fit for everyone. If this was to go through, did they have options?

The castle in the colony, it was such a beautiful sight, and in it, everybody had finally gathered for the birthday of the two maidens. The man, dressed casually in his sweatshirt, looked more like someone getting ready to run a few laps around the town than someone who came to an important event. The first thing the man noticed upon entering was the usual lack of enthusiasm. He never liked these people for being so unwilling to do anything but their work. A man needed a break now and then! He stopped for a moment at the entrance, looking left and right to maybe notice one or both of the boys he had met just yesterday. They seemed different from the others, and since he was already banned from selling hot dogs at the celebration, he really had nothing better to do. Besides, they were interesting. Maybe he could take them in as disciples, hmhmhm!

Anyhow, after a short while of searching without getting anywhere, he started walking around through the sea of people, eyeing each one with a raised brow as he observed their unwillingness to participate in the festivities, when the stage finally caught his attention, and captured it. Ah, the performing arts! While not as complex as culinary arts and certainly not as demanding as martial arts, they still held their charm. Especially if the play was good. An interesting move, odd almost, by the maiden. He had to applaud her for at least trying to make people do something other than looking over their papers for the 598th time. He also had to applaud the actors, and so he did, his clapping echoing through the hall (which wasn't really hard, as nobody was making any noise, except for him).

It wasn't long after that the maiden finally showed herself. Ironfist had by then already left the immediate area around the stage and went on to mingle with whoever was ready to chat for a while. Surprisingly, he found several people, and got to laugh a bit with them. Interesting, was it not? Back on track, he looked towards the stage as he heard the noise of the maiden approaching through the whispering atmosphere of the crowd. His smiled as he watched the woman climb on the pedestal. It was time for a birthday speech, was it not?

It began regularly, nothing strange about it, however, as the maiden moved on with the speech, it became apparent what this was all about. "Hmmm..." The speech wasn't what he expected, but it wasn't surprising either, now that it happened. The government was, of course, planning on taking the tower and breaking through the walls of the colonies. He, honestly, was against this kind of approach, and it showed on his face and the way he grunted as the speech ended. They should be spending their budgets on educating the young, rather than building tools of war for them to utilize! Alas, that was just how it was and was always going to be, the best example was the enthusiasm most of the people were showing over the idea.

The man still clapped the maiden away with the rest of the crowd, as the festivities were about to move on ~

Hmm?” Seek looked over and noticed the young man that was brushing upon him, unable to make out who this person was. It was a good chance that it was a patron of the event that was pretty riled up because of what the goddess just said. Seek wasn’t content with the fact of the matter at hand, but it was due to the fact that he lacked any more information than he was given. However, he did lend an ear to the young man that talked among himself. Seek instinctively answered, but he didn’t really know why. “They have a tough job, think they care about each and everyone’s feelings as an individual or as a whole. As long as the majority goes with what they desire, the majority is all that exists to them, not sam, not kate, not pally. I’ll never know how it feels to be in charge of so many people at once, who would want that? No one would be satisfied ”

Seek would say as he looked forward and then noticed the clouds. A sudden weather change, I didn’t read that in the forecast today? Is this scientists department testing their findings?” The itch to investigate was gnawing at Seek’s feet, but he forced himself to stay put for a little while longer.

Vivian kept her eyes on the sky, watching it intently as it changed. She'd take her eyes off of it for a second to see the Maiden pull out some device, and afterwards she didn't look so happy. What could she know? Viv could think of a few things that could happen, but nothing sounded good with her sister being there. "Hey sis? Can you go find your friend and hang with his family until this is over? And remember if-" Max spun around and cut her sister off, smiling a bit. "If I run into any trouble I need to run, I got it Vivi." She laughed a bit before moving through the crowd towards her friend that wasn't too far from where they were. Once her sister was in a secure spot, Vivian would start to move through the crowd, looking for any signs while trying to get to the front. She gripped her weapon slightly, hoping that it didn't mean she had to fight now of all times.

With nothing much to do and the crowd too busy cheering and mumbling, Ironfist opted to just stand around for a while. As he did so, his train of thought slowly but surely strayed from the topic of what the maiden had said and onto coming up with new ideas to get people to buy more hot dogs, and how it was a shame he couldn't sell them here, with the whole crowd that was bound to become hungry at some point. He still stayed as alert as always.

The looping mental discussion with himself over how to make use of the new kid he employed was, however, suddenly halted when an itch ran down the back of his head, and he knew something was happening. The itch surprised him, and when he scratched himself, he noticed that the sky had grown dark. "..." He looked up, hands still crossed. Was it going to rain? Something told him it wasn't going to be that simple, though.