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    Post by Lilac Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:14 am

    As Cassima drew closer to the figure with her dagger, the figure switched hands and reached for a switchblade in his pocket. His dagger would clash with Cassima's. He'd then pull back to strike again, but a shout from their side would show Theo charging in with Delilah's cutlass.

    The figure, who seemed to have fast reflexes, instantly caught onto this and blocked the strike. He'd try to push Cassima away with a shove in her abdomen using the flat of his feet while he tried to strike back at Theo.
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    Post by Sunnivale Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:39 am

    When Cassima grabbed her dagger she quickly clashed it with the figure. "Who are you!?" She proclaimed as she was soon kicked aside by the figure's foot before landing on the ground. She looked towards Theo, who was now fighting the figure with the help of his aunt's cutlass.

    "Theo be careful!" Cassima told Theo as she moved back towards the figure, ready to help Theo when the figure has left a spot open for Cassima to attack.
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    Post by Lilac Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:51 am

    The assailant would find that Theo was capable of putting up enough of a sword defense. As the dagger tried to strike at him, Theo would parry and try to attack back. The assailant dodged to the left before trying to strike again. Theo would hiss as a line of red marked his face. He flinched, but kept his ground and tried to push back.

    Cassima demanded to know who the person was, but the figure didn't reply. Instead, as both Theo and Cassima charged again, the two would suddenly feel their weight lighten. They'd hover slowly in midair for a moment, and Cassima would see odd symbols very vaguely in the air before she and Theo were pushed back hard onto the ground.

    "You shouldn't be here," the figure said in a low voice. "This place is sacred. Surrender yourselves, or perish."
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    Post by Sunnivale Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:08 am

    As Cassima prepared herself to help Theo by attacking the figure, she felt herself getting lighter and suddenly looked down to see that she was, floating and the symbols were floating around her nearby before she was thrown back onto the ground.

    "Argh!" She cried before turning towards the Figure, who said that the trio were not meant to be here.

    "Well we were about to leave before you attacked us, so the fault was your own." Cassima scolded the figure before looking at them suspiciously.

    "Who are you? And why are you even here, using anti-magic and telling people what they can't enter? Are you in some sort of cult?" Cassima began to question the figure, taking out her dagger in case the figure attacked again.
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    Post by Lilac Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:21 am

    The figure grimaced at Cassima's remarks, namely about anti-magic.

    "You have a loud mouth, don't you?" he said as he pointed his bow at Cassima. "You'll be the first I erase then."

    Instead of using his bow, he'd raise up his hand and raise it over Cassima. However, he'd be met with a flash of light as someone tackled him from the side.

    It was Delilah. Wielding a second cutlass, she slashed at the man, causing his cloak to tear. She had unfortunately missed his body, but they could now see a man with dark hair and blue eyes was lying underneath the fabric and now glaring angrily at Delilah.

    As she engaged in a battle with the man, sword vs. dagger, she'd glare at Theo and Cassima.

    "Both of you get out of here NOW!" she shouted.

    Cassima would feel Theo's hand wrap around her and he'd try to tug her.

    "Don't worry about her! Follow me!" he said as he tried to usher Cassima through the exit.
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    Post by Sunnivale Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:09 am

    "Is that a compliment?" Cassima asked the figure, however it seems as though it wasn't as he raised his hand up, causing Cassima to gulp. But fortunately Delilah stepped in before anything could happen to her, having saved her at the last minute.

    Now that she recovered, it seems as though Delilah was going to helm the battle while Cassima and Theo escaped. When Theo tugged at her, Cassima made it no problem to follow him.

    "I'm not worried." She reassured Theo as she tried to follow him out of the lower parts of the Archives.
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    Post by Lilac Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:58 am

    The two would try and reach the door as Delilah stalled. With another parry, she was able to slash at the assailant's armed hand and cause him to drop his knife. Almost instantly, Delilah took advantage, grabbing him by the wrist and twisting it around. She'd then pin him down.

    "You're coming with me and explaining EVERYTHING," Delilah said between her teeth, just enough for Cassima and Theo to hear.

    As Cassima and Theo reached the door, it would surprisingly open.

    What the two would see was none other than Librarian Yoshi and several other senior librarians along a stairwell. Theo's eyes widened.

    "Li-Librarian Yoshi?" Theo said in surprise.

    Yoshi stared at Theo and Cassima before she glowered. In the distance, she'd see Delilah pinning down the man and successfully tying him up with a makeshift rope.

    "...ah, hell on earth," Yoshi muttered to herself in disdain.

    ***

    What happened next had gone by in a flash. Yoshi had clapped her hand to call Delilah's attention. Delilah practically LOST it demanding to know what was going on. The other librarians dragged Cassima and Theo upstairs to a study room outside the library, and the three were forced to sit down and wait for Yoshi to appear and talk to them.

    Cassima would find this all a little TOO dejavu in nature. Perhaps libraries were just TABOO in Almerrow.

    Yoshi soon appeared, dressed in her blue robes, and sat across the three at her desk. Delilah was the first to speak.

    "Yoshi, you have a lot of nerve not explaining to me what's going on," she said in a harsh tone. "If my brother hears about this, you can truly expect this academy torn to the ground for every little secret you've been keeping and--"[/color]

    "Commander Veiller should not be concerned with what has happened today," Yoshi interrupted, her voice low an, honestly annoyed.

    "NOT concerned?" Delilah said.

    Yoshi ignored her. Her eyes fell on Theo and Cassima. The former flinched and tried to glance away. She focused on Cassima fully as a result.

    "Do you mind telling me what two assistant librarians--no, one assistant librarian and a NEW hire--were doing in the deeper areas of the library?" she asked Cassima.
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    Post by Sunnivale Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:17 pm

    Cassima smiled as her and Theo were almost at the door, which began to open by itself. "Do doors here do that?" Cassima asked Theo as Yoshi and a few other librarians began to appear, making Cassima realise that no, they don't. She gulped as she realised that her, Theo and Delilah were going to get into trouble, well she won't.

    Her and Theo were quickly dragged to a study room, where she, Theo and Delilah, who joined them soon after were forced to wait until Yoshi came back. While waiting Cassima began to twiddle her thumbs as she sighed.

    "This is the Sky Garden all over again." Cassima said as the trio were soon brought into Yoshi's office, where she asked Cassima what had happened. She smirked, realising that now was the time to get Theo into trouble.

    "Oh, I can happily tell you. For you see..." Cassima slowly looked at Theo, but not Delilah, seeing if he was going to have any reaction to what she was going to say next.

    "Uhh." She faltered a bit.
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    Post by Lilac Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:20 am

    "I already know Assistant Veiller violated the library rules," Yoshi stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "And that he led you into the deeper chambers."

    Theo scratched his head nervously and looked to the side.

    "Please don't blame any of this on Miss Addington," he said. "I was the one who did it. I thought it'd be fun to give her a bit of a scare before we did any of the serious work and--"

    "I know," Yoshi added, her eyes narrowing. "But the point us both of you as well as Officer Veiller saw things that the Prime Minister Crowe did not want anyone to see."

    "The Expiate will not approve of this," Delilah said. "Aside from whatever happened at the Sky Garden, this form of secrecy especially considering the relationship of our two nations will not make His Highness happy."

    Yoshi stared at Delilah, not at all fazed by her words.

    "The Prime Minister intended to discuss this with His Highness not too long from now," Yoshi said. "We were keeping it under wraps to prevent it from falling into the hands of the wrong people as well as to survey the real threats."

    "And then man we saw who tried to ATTACK the children?"

    "He was not ours,"Yoshi said. "We saw him before and were trying to apprehend him with our senior librarians, but failed to. It was also why we had barred assistants from the lower levels."

    Delilah's eyes only widened even more, not in the least able to believe at Yoshi's logic. Whatever the case, she withheld from bursting out. She exhaled.

    "Let the children leave," she demanded. "They do not need to hear this, and if anything, should not be within the library's reach if it's been this dangerous all along."

    Yoshi looked at Theo and Cassima.

    "Fine," she said. "You two are suspended from duties for the week. However, know that you are forbidden to discuss what was learned here today. To make sure of that, we'll be keeping an eye on you. Now go."

    ***

    Cassima and Theo would be led out the door, with not much to do. Theo's hands dug into his vest pockets.

    "Well, that was a thing," he said. "Though now I'm suspecting that this may have to do with what Madame Cinq was interested in. What's your take on all this?"
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    Post by Sunnivale Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:56 am

    "Oh." Cassima at least didn't have to cover for Theo... Not that he deserved it. She remained quiet throughout the rest of the meeting as she watched Delilah argue with Yoshi over what happened and how Yoshi handled the situation. For once Cassima had to agree with Theo's aunt, although she wasn't going to now least she'll get an aloof response from Yoshi that will rock her core.

    The meeting soon ended and Cassima and Theo were escorted out of a room with a suspension from work and a stern warning from Yoshi over telling anyone about what happened. "Not even Liseran?" She asked Yoshi as she was lead out of the door.

    It seems as though she wasn't going to get a response from Yoshi now, although she was grateful that she didn't have to do extra work for the rest of the week, and it was her first day too. The door soon closed and Theo asked Cassima about what had happened.

    "Oh, there is definitely a conspiracy going on at the bottom levels of the Archive's." Cassima is beginning to regret declining Mirai's offer to get a file from there now. It's probably too late to see her now.

    Oh well.

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