[Meanwhile on present...] The trio on 'shmuck place', followed by the kitten as the crumb observed others, looked at Savii 2.0 with disbelief. The personal assistant had too much forced smile on her face that, for now, they dint asked any questions. But they remembered a certain scene when Newdori yelled as angry parent 'Get out of it, right now!' on Fizzi who acted as spoiled child who refused get out from a big military battle tank.
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[As the video continued...] The look on Fox faces make it clear that she is restless, as if something doesn't feel right. As if the evidence and intel's she got, was nothing more than a diversion to lead her astray from the correct lead. "There is something that doesn't fit into it at all, which make it even weirder. Her group, on some point… they just completely abandoned they goals of changing they character stats, and went with a new goal. Like they received some oracle or realization that make them go with new plan unconditionally. They dint take anything from the vault and abandoned the 'Alternator'. Especially when it was in half way of the process of doing some changes. It was nearly like they managed to archive theirs goals just by understand that 'Is it possible!'. Or they just realize that what they are looking for, is not there. But what's more annoying, the third party was for some reason, more than determinate to capture the entire 'anymatrons team'. They throw enormous amount of effort, resources, and reinforcement into it. It looked nearly like they wanted something that was in Savii group possession, as if they unintentionally carried something. Like when those white dog daemons nobles practiced to hide a 'tears pearl' artifact into theirs children's eyes. Normally I will though that there was someone else who pulled the string of theirs actions. But everything is in so mess, that is easy to thing, that some misunderstanding affected everyone and they just go with it."
Then another messenger hastily showed up, forcing note to her hands.
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Then she read this 'urgently handled' message. From second to second she got angrier and angrier to the point, as she start visible shaking from her wrath. "They do what?!!" As her eye brow twitched furiously, she 'crushed' that paper page in her hand. And her voice vent cold down. "Don't care who or how, but… I want that damned mechanics dolls right here, right now!" As she was ready to stand up and start to barking, spread commands like an army commander; she received another plot twist. Or we shall say that coincidence, or just a chance of events, made her freshly crafted war plans to become instantly obsolete by ratification of peace treaty. No, it was more like she unintended saw something from what she take a quite mental damage. So, losing her steam, she loses her words and sinking into her chair, she stubbornly folded her arms under her chest.
It was because the main objective of her orders, the maid Savii, was approached the table pushing a trolley/ pushcart, bringing to Fizzi and Kurama they morning breakfast as she was indeed a Fizzi's personal maid and assistant. Those two for this moment dint's grab any food from the food corner, so it was expected to summarize, that they just waiting to be served. And there is no suitable one who shall do it that someone maid.
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The entire table stared at her as she was (lively?) as a (human?) handled her masters and customer's with (maid love?).
As she was putting food for everyone on table, circling around as some professional, her white haired master stated a question. He looked as the words of the question was forced into his mount by his wife who intense stared at him with pulled up check in 'angy mod' [angry in cute way, like when pet rabbit stamping his foots in protest] because she was a stubborn one at this moment. "He~ey Savi~i. We have a funny conversation here. We talked about crazy or interested stories that happened during last night. And who experience which one? So~o, I want to ask you,-- how was yours night?"
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She shocked all the adults, when she gives him a (too warm?) smile. But second shock arrived when she speak at them, not as printer/ or 'Pc speaker module' with limited emotions, but as Vocaloid singer with nearly melodic voice full of emotions. "Oh, thank you for asking, master. It was indeed a truly eventful day and night. So much happen, so much new experiences. Those memories will stay with me forever." She giggles as for little moment she daydreaming about it, blushing, until she reestablish her maid posture. "But… If you really want my entry in yours conversation, then I shall say a word about the night events that was prepared for those who were not sleeping."
The quartet of customers emitted nearly physical 'Oh shit' aura when they realize, that the way the entire party went, there was definitely nothing prepared forehand. And thus there must be some trick behind it. Someone even swallowed dry as he got into realization how easy is to trick her.
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But after she filled the table with plates and glasses for everyone, using a simple body gesture she prompted them for eat as she will entertain them whit her story. "First of all, the absence of head maid or another supervisor witch will lead the servants, caused unorganized solution making. For that some task had been a quite a challenge to solve. But after we put most of those who have enough of fun into rooms, I and few other of my companions joined a somehow difficult role-play event. It start as a scavenger hunt in exploration of the abandoned underground dungeon slash-tag [#] dumpster for scraps. That heavy door whit runes and other expired writing must be very old. On next part we fistfight in wild western movie theme and for that we got another team to joining us as opponents."
As the maid was stating every step of her joy-full night adventure, the fox lady was more and more unsettled.
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"And on the battlefield race part, we have so many new participants, that it was really hard to keep it up with the rolle-play. But that one was must be shortened due approached morning."
Kurama on this statement mentioned that the intruders were not insane enough to take a risk, to meet the lord of the arena, and known when to pull out.
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But Savii continued on next part. "Then we had a ninja test of skills of stealth, when we used a key from that dungeon on portal in wardrobe to enter a sleepy mountain. The goal was to stealthy entering the Japanese citadel while not waking up anyone sleeping on estate as it will means a disqualification. Interesting part is that our team was the only one who participates in this part of event."
Group moved they gaze from Neko-maid to fox-lady as Kurama's eye pupils got tinny as peas when she commented that the 'Alternator' was not altering someone inside the vault, but something outside that had a gateway properties. Like unlocking the lock.
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"From treasury at the castle we obtained a key to 'Jade palace'."
The face of the fox was not friendly at all and someone may hear her growling in anger. "You stole my key to Jade palace?"
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As expected the maid dint get that message and only give a short 'I don't get it.' look, before she continues in her story. "After we use another gate, we arrived at the base of a mysterious mountain with has his top piercing the clouds. Climbing the staircase of 'thousands of steps' on top of that mountain was something. We nearly lost a member in that mist of clouds. But when we pass that blanked, I must admit that the scenery looked nice, when sun rising from too-far horizon bath the entire area with his first warm beams. Above the clouds were a campus and the moment we enter the perimeter, the master of martial arts has personally welcomed us, praising us for arriving at morning breeze. We were excited that we arrived at time, and when we stated for what we are there, he lets us to enter the palace. The master was truly very friendly, tolerant and always looked like he know more that he showing, with his pleased mood. He even offered to skip his 'usual kick-ass trial' for us, so we can return to the stadium on time. He even allowed us to have short stop at the gallery of artifacts. And finally at 'pond of wisdom', under the legendary 'dragon scroll', we traded that second key for our prize of 'personality upgrade', and I love it." With a smile and giggle, she swung on her feet, make this 360 degree spin, letting her skirt flew as she made a full circle.
In the contradictory to happy maid, the fox foamed saliva around her mouth as she was roughly played with cutlery in her hand.
As the remaining trio was sweating, and the duo of kitten already finished them meals, Newdori break the silence from their team. "Savii, in this morning you looking really great, but I want you to think about something. Doesn't it sound a little suspicious that you, from all people around had this certain quest? Where you even get it? Who gives it to you? How do you know how to get on those places, and what to use? The way you described it, it sounds to me like a pretty legendary adventure."
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She put her index finger on her chin."Oh, from the beginning, we had this mysterious shady guidance, completely covered in shadows coat. He said that it was something like a reward for our hard work during the party and race. As far as I remember, the guide was really nervous during every part of the event, as if it was its first task on this business from a while. The idling newbie behavior of our guide became even weirder when at moment of leaving the jade palace; we asked if there is something we need to do something in return for that upgrade. But the martial art master had laughed it out, that we don't need to do anything. He even comments that they already manage to collect/ retrieve all necessary 'quest items' that our party managed to pick up or knocked up on way there. What was quite weird, because as we back checked, we don't picked up anything extra. But he pointed on the bag that arrived from nowhere and seemed too walked on its own, so we let it be. Or guide was this huge pulled up eyes on that phenomenon. As we prepared to leave, the master saw how uneasy the coated person was. So he friendly put his arm around our guide shoulder, calming him down that every is okay. That as our guide, he acted quite well. And like that they walk toward the entrance gate."
The cutlery in Kurama's hands was transformed into fine art stature, by combination of pure strength and wrath.
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"At the end of this event a withe mist surrounded us and after it disperses our group ended at the stadium (helipad?). It was already time for a breakfast and due to understaffed personal i went to help directly to the kitchen. But before I entered the building, the masked guide asked me for the first key. It became very upset when I told that I already handle it to the adequate person at the 'Jade Palace'. Then he leaved saying that there is other quest that must be take care of it. Now, when I think about the guide, for the entire time it seemed that he was looking for something, but was unable to find it."
The golden fox had at that moment to obviously forced smile on her face. "Savii, can you tell me where this first key is? Or who was this 'adequate person'?"
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"Oh, that's quite interesting. On the jade palace artifact gallery, there was this mirror with ghost mist. Looking into it, I saw there Vronica on her quick quest. And after short discussion between us, I hand over to her the key through the mirror. Now, when I thinking about it, it was quite unnatural feeling, when I force my hand through that mirror like surface."
Everyone looked at Roxxan.
She panicked and starts gesticulate in denial. "Wait! I don't know anything about any key to jade palace!" As she was glancing from side to side for safe string, her eyes glance on some shiny surface of glass or bottle on which she see a mirror image of (herself?). That was Vronica, trying to send her something like a message or hint. Roxxan freezes for a second. "Wait! What?" In surprised facial expression she looked on her clothes. There was this small pocket, so she reaches into it. This pocket was so small that only part of her hand, maybe only fingers can fit into it. But her hand continued in and continued further, until her hand to elbow literally disappeared into it. As she searched in mystically deep pocket, her eyes wide up as indicator that she was founded something. Then, as she was withdrawing her hand from that tiny pocket, soon she pulled out a mysterious item shaped as wine bottle, that had still some (vine?) liquid left into his glass parts.
Newdori next to her observed the item while she placed it on the table for the fox to take it. "Yea, high quality adult drink in bottle that is partially altar and a ceremonial item to honor a deity. This is definitely a good start that can open a door to someone ass."
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As Fizzi palled on his friend missing pronounce filter in this critical moment when there was an ignited bomb at the table, it was Savii who speak up in restriction manner. "Newdori dono [honorable addressing of someone in position], I must speak up that you shall watch what words connections you teaching to our youngsters, regardless the context. Not to mentioning that we have lady here. Which remind me that the martial art master from 'Jade Palace' have message for you lady Kurama. He said that he will expect yours arrival for a tea party. When I ask for a details he simply said to not worry about it, because it is a yearly guild thing."
At that moment the fox have a facial expression of thug from dark alley who just received a pick up line for a street brawl. "Oh, I can see right from here that by 'pure coincidence', 'everyone' will be present on that tea party. How wonderful promise to lose some steam at after party master level skirmish battle." And she grinned dangerously at the maid. "Is there something more you want to reveal to us? Something like how that guide manages to convince you to go on that quest?"
This scene was still recorded by the camera Loli, but when the Loli saw that smile on the mother face, she began slowly backstopping to safe distance. As the recording area widened it was revealed that this group catches a large audience. Many just stranded around, not doing anything or drink something.
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The maid was happily oblivious to the raising hunting instinct on mistress. "Oh that's silly; because the borrowed upgrade from mistress generosity, we put pursuing all kinds of upgrades at our agenda. When the guide heard this, it promotes this event and we got promise of even higher stage of upgrade that we can only dream up."
Kurama keeps her dangerous smile/ grin, but as she stands up from her place, her eye was twitching by overdose of stress. "Oh, don't say. So, it was again, 'me', who neglect something. I have a clear image of what I shall to do next, even if it is a little bit unorthodox approach. And it seems that I will be pretty busy for a while. Don't get me wrong, even if it wasn't my sort of fun, I truly enjoyed those few days. But for now I must go and I just cannot afford to keeps you all around. So I will disband this team competition right now, declaring the event as done. First I shall make cleaning on my property and clean this mess. So Savii, I shall relieve yours maids group from the duty and collect my gifts, that for now, you had them only borrowed." As she looks around and asking everyone for theirs attention, her fluffy tails awake as some octopus monster. One gently grabbed the two kittens from table, places them into hug of nearly staying Lollies. Then this tail hurried this quartet to enter the sanctuary in middle of the bush of tailed fluffiness. Others tail reach for the ('Animatrons?') standing around, equipped with her upgrades. It looks like the tails recollect something from them that locked like small on blue shining cube made of unknown material, which they get place onto her palm. Other use of those fluffy tentacles was to grab her kids spread around the cafeteria and showed/ tossed them into the Sanctuary as if they were stuffed animals thrown into the box. Some of those Lollies approached theirs mom on they own and some of them was grabbed hallway and tossed in anyway. It was nearly perfect sweep up, that the audience of 'visitor team' got captivated by it waiting about what will come next.
The movie director prodigy was still backing toward safety, but it was eventually stopped by someone.
A special service agent Loli in black suit, black tie and pitch black eyeglasses, approached her from side and force on the camera girl the same black eyeglasses that she was wearing. Then this agent went towards his mother, skillfully evading the furry tail tentacles who seek for a prey. When she arrived next to the golden fox, she stand up in a professional posture of the service agent and the little one notices the mistress, that the pickup cleaning was already at his end.
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So the golden tails stop searching the area. Instead the Kurama stretch her arm toward the agent. She grabbed the free pitch black eyeglasses that this Loli was handing over to her and let this agent to sit/ grab one of her tails. Then she stands up on her chair, to get higher, to get a better look around on the 'Visitor team' as she makes her speech at the end of the event. "I not going to lie to tell you all that it not agitate me that we lost. To be straight, it still agitate me. Before I put this team competition to its end I must thank you all for you warm participating. I suppose that everyone here had his own dose of Adrenalin, fun, joy and whatever. It's questionable if or when we meet again. But if it will be on track, then be sure, that it will not go the same way that it went last time. So before we all go our ways, please cooperate with me on this test." And as he pulled those eyeglasses on her eyes, she pulled up the special service agent siting on her tail, above her head so everyone can see this girl. "Please look at the light."
This Loli had in her hands some high tech magic wand with hint of extraterrestrial origin and some questionable controls on it. She raised it and pressed execute button.
But before that Newdori only managed to yell question if that is that stick from 'Men in Black' to erase memories on witnesses.
Roxxan instantly turned his head toward him and bark at him, whit clear insanity in her eyes. 'What??!!'
Savii looked away from that stick toward the camera girl.
And Fizzi only managed releasing some 'What' noise and grimace.
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Then the entire cafeteria was flashed out with bright light.
And as was the mechanic sound of this technique fading out, the scene dint reappear but instead the flash light move, turned this video record to its end with withe screen and with simple message:
[Love stories of certain fox: Fizzi's Arc. The End]
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[Notes, theories, and misleading explanations.]
-Jade Palace - Due to the mineral used on construction, this place get its green color, and is used to hold relic, knowledge, and history. Often are guarded by uniquely skillful warriors in many arts. And for so it the place become known for its training grounds, when many prominent or talented character trained in surrounded camp theirs mostly martial arts.
-The pond of wisdom - legends says that those ponds have ability to unlock someone spiritual potential through awakening, meditation and self-realization. They are located in places with strong spirituals powers, like points where ley-lanes [planet life force vein] are crossing, and thus in hardly accessible locations. The ponds are one of the bases for feng-shui and jing-jang teachings.
-Mirror to mist - there is many stories that included mirror which connected to place far beyond physical realm, but mostly used only for observation due carefully placed protection spell. Because without it, we will be talking about gate to this realm, and there was too much effort for it to stay only as observation orb.
Tea party or Debauchery Tea Party (Tea Party of Libertine) was a non-guild group of 27 players in Elder Tale. [Log Horizon] It was present for two years before they disbanded, but it remains notorious among experienced players even after everyone went they own way. Some disappeared into shadow from which they come and some become leading persons of their own groups and gilds. During their active period, they were known for always charging ahead of others. The group became immensely successful in their endeavors, and make a name by finishing dungeons raids with nearly legendary records that even big and powerful gilds was struggling to finish for a long time. Everyone from this group have peerless personality.