Ansa took the Familiars and brought them over to a large, furnace-looking object. Inserting the weapons into the main grated slot, she turned up several knobs and the machine began to emit wheezy puffs of purple smoke.
"At the very least, I need to rest a little while."
Ansa sat down on one of...
"Nice to meet you, Karigen."
Ansa extended a hand to shake, but noticed Karigen looked rather nervous.
"You don't have to worry. I've met some good Kapshen before, and you helped fight and protect civilians."
Ansa twirled Zeal around and rested it gently on her shoulder.
"I have to recharge...
"We wait. The Masked Knight said he'd meet us back here. Then I'll go looking for Kai, and do some investigating. There's way more to this than meets the eye, I'm sure of it."
Ansa unsheathed Zeal and Apathy and noticed that Karien was holding Zayn's lance.
"You took her lance? Not bad, kid...
Ansa shrugged.
"Good question. I honestly don't know anything about these 'unrisen' people that were said to have made the mask, although I think my father did. But clearly it's a powerful enough weapon that it's made the Kingdom Guard amass like this."
They had reached the large metallic...
"Good question."
Ansa's breath came in deep gasps as she continued to move at high speed down the empty streets.
"The Masked Knight is a vigilante operating independently of both the Kingdom Guard and the APF, and he's been enormously successful, both at helping out the people of Lower Avalon...