Age 1991
Sera marched forward as Ren followed after her. "This place is filthy! I shouldn't have been the one to come here..." The Noble girl complained.
The two Squad Seven Enforcers were currently in the bad part of the city. Of course in the city of Chrysanthemum, every part of the city could be called the bad part of the city... So this part was more like the shitty part of the city.
Sera let out another sigh as she glanced back and forth staring at all the various people who stared at her. She really stood out in her fancy Noble clothing.
Ren shot the people a look making them back down, and not even bothering to attempt anything.
"That power of yours is useful," Sera stated calmly. "Being able to make people feel joy. It must be a nice power..."
Ren let out a simple hum. "I believe this is the place." She said slowly as they stopped in front of an old stone house. "We should progress slowly and not ask any hasty questions..."
"I am a Noble! They will be honored to spill their secrets to me!" Sera announced.
"I believe that you really do not seem to get how this world works..."
The two girls slowly walked towards the door as Sera reached out knocking on the metallic door. There was a moment of silence as the two waited.
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"Maybe knock again?"
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"Hello!" Sera asked knocking even louder pounding her hand on the door.
"I believe in a situation like this we should leave and come back later," Ren said calmly.
"But Hero, and Ken are counting on us talking to these people!" Sera said slowly.
"I thought you wanted to leave?"
"And I thought you weren't listening to me ramble!"
"I wasn't it..."
The two Enforcers let out a sigh as they turned away from the metallic door as they began to walk off. "I guess we'll just have to come back... Hopefully Ken, or Hero could come here without me. This place is so filthy!"
Ren let out a sigh. "How did I get stuck with the Noble..." She muttered out.
"What's that supposed to mean-"
'Screech!'
The two Enforcers stopped as they stared at the metal door which slowly swung open. Both stared into the darkness of the building with wide eyes. A moment of silence passed over the two young girls as they waited quietly.
"I believe we are supposed to go in-"
"Nope!" Sera said shaking her head.
"But-"
"That thing just opened on its own! It looks dark and scary! This place sucks! And I don't wanna go in! I've only seen a handful of horror movies, but in every one of them when the person enters the dark creepy house, they die!" The Noble girl stated as she stepped back.
"Lady Azure... We're Enforcers... You shouldn't be afraid."
"Okay well you go in then."
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"That's what I thought..."
Ren let out a sigh as she folded her arms up. She gave a small eye twitch. "Okay well, we have to go in." She reached out grabbing Sera by the shoulder. A light blue aura covered her body as a wave of joy-filled Sera. "I can't use my Attribute on myself but I can at least lower some of your fear." She asked forward dragging the girl with her. The two reached the opening of the door and stopped.
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"Well, I'm sure Ms. Ken and Mr. Otoko would understand if we-" Ren began but was interrupted by a loud yell.
"Hurry up and get in here! All the hot hair is getting out!" A booming cry, screamed from inside the building. "I don't have all day! Now get in!"
Ren's eyes widened slightly but she obeyed walking into the room as she dragged Sera along with her.
"Wait we're actually going in! That voice sounded hostile-"
Ren ignored the young Noble as she finally stepped past the door dragging the girl with her. The two stepped inside of the room slowly as a nervous feeling washed over the both of them. They were both hit by a wave of cold air as they took in the darkness inside of the room. It was just like any house... Well, any house from the bad part of town. But still. It was surprisingly normal all things considered. Even if it was a little dark...
"Close the door!" A voice barked.
Ren reached out pushing on the metallic door. It didn't budge.
"No... It's an automatic door... Hit the switch..."
"Oh..." Sera said with realization. "So that's how it opened on its own! That makes way more sense."
The two Enforcers heard footsteps as a figure approached them. Finally, the person who had been speaking cane into view. An older woman. In her late sixties or seventies. She had what was probably once dark brown hair, but now her hair was much lighter, and filled with specks of grey in it. Her eyes were a dark brown, and looked extremely annoyed. She wore a simple outfit, but held a cigarette and her left hand and a very, very, very large bottle of alcohol in her right hand. Her face looked like someone who would wear a frown often.
"Alright." The woman said with an annoyed and heavy sigh. "What do you want..."
"How do you know we want something?" Sera asked.
The woman looked at the Noble as if she was an idiot. "You were outside banging on the door for nearly an hour screaming and hollering." The older woman pointed out. "I don't have all day so hurry up and spit it out."
Rem gave a small nod. "We're here on official business. We wanted to talk to you about a man you may know-"
"I already told you cops. I won't talk to any of you about Tobias."
"We aren't cops." Rem said pulling out a golden badge. "My name is Rem Seity. I'm an Enforcer on Squad Seven."
The woman was quiet as she stared at the golden badge with mild annoyance. "So... They finally sent one of you... Let me guess. You weren't sent for the murders."
"...We weren't. But we're here now-"
"Typical." The woman said letting out a small laugh. "I don't know why I'm surprised. Of course, you guys wouldn't have cared enough. So tell me. You're actually here for some other big threat. It's a Bestia Macht, right? Or maybe it is another problem."
"We can't talk about that."
"Oh."
Rem cleared her throat for a small second. "You're family name. It is Cluster correct."
"Yes yes. Tobias Cluster is my son." The woman said rolling her eyes. "Hurry up with these silly questions that you have about them."
"Well, I wouldn't say they were silly..."
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"Yeah okay. I'll let Rem do the talking..." Sera said slightly embarrassed as she took a few steps back.
Rem cleared her throat once more steering the conversation onto other matters. "Well then... Let's start with the basics." Rem stated slowly. "Tell me about Tobias Cluster."
Ms. Cluster took a deep sigh as she put out her cigarette, and placed the bottle of alcohol down on the table. She closed her eyes as if she was collecting herself. There was a large moment of silence that passed over the three of them.
"Ms. Cluster?"
"I'm fine!" The old woman hissed out. She took a deep intake of breath. "Where to began. The story of Tobias Cluster..."