(Definitely not wrong… definitely XD)
(Oh yeah, about Matthew being a Dimensional Zookeeper, that’ll be explained in further detail soon)
Matthew turned around to be met with Kagami. The creature in front of him made an unpleasant cracking sound as it cracked its several necks.
”Oh, Ka-chan! That means…” he stopped to think before he caught the scent of his secretaries. Matthew was clearly used to the abomination’s presence as he still had his hand on its main head, patting it like an actual pet.
Kagami tilted her head a bit at the sound when the creature cracked its necks but was still smiling sweetly. Hinata walked up, still at a leisurely pace.
"Hey," Hinata said, smiling a little. "Long time no see."
Matthew took his hand off the creature’s head and literally ran towards Hinata.
”Well—“ with his height difference to Hinata, he picked her up and within a second or two, put her down ”—long time no see indeed Hinata, how have you been?!” he was quite excited. He also took the opportunity to pat Kagami’s head.
The two foxes came around the corner and jumped up on Matt’s shoulders as his cat jumped from him to Hinata’s head.
Hinata let out a little laugh when Matthew picked her up- she obviously felt relatively safe around him if she was willing to do that.
"I've been doing pretty good! overworked, as usual, but I did finally decide to take a vacation." She grinned at him, one hand going up to pat the cat's head.
"How have you been doing?" Kagami smiled at the head pat, happy to just be able to socialize.
”Similar to Hinata, a bit overworked but I’m doing great nonetheless… oh, and I managed to finish the containment breach for those guys with Serena’s help” Matthew stated when he jerked a thumb at the creature in the hallway.
”Also, she’s Ada, a nice girl I met just earlier” the Knight said, gesturing his hand towards the girl behind him with a soft smile.
Within the hall which was colored to a golden state, there were four doors; one which had a large Ruby implanted in it and had humanly groaning sounds coming from what was behind it, one had a Topaz implanted in it and had sounds of heavy and eerie breathing coming from it, another had an Emerald implanted in it which had the sounds of metals scrapping, and the last had a Sapphire implanted in it accompanied by… silence… complete silence.
(Where to go?)
(Ruby Door)
(Topaz Door)
(Emerald Door)
(Sapphire Door)
(Leave)
Kye wandered the hall, looking at the different doors coming to a stop by the one that was silent. He also heard voices coming this way and didn't feel like meeting whoever it was. So before they could reach him, he slipped into the room with the Sapphire door.
As Jade stepped through the portal that closed soon after, she would see herself in an ice rink, one that looked as if it was made for skating. It was quite cold in the rink, possibly close to the negatives, and it was quiet… as silent as a pin drop the place was.
Jade looked around the room in amazement as she gained her balance on the ice but the cold finally hit her so she materialized a coat with magic
Adara smiled slightly, although she was wincing inside about the strange creature. It wasn't the most gruesome she had ever seen, but definitely the first one she'd seen in a while.
"Hey," she muttered, waving, tensing again. What was it with all the new people. "Who's this?" She asked Matthew.
Inside the silent Sapphire room, there was a wooden table with a small chest on it. Beside it was a key and on the chest a name was engraved on it; Cassius.
(Open the Chest?)
(Leave it as it is?)
On the side of the rink, there were doors which seems to lead to outside… however, it looked like the doors were frozen cold. With that, the temperature dropped again, this time hitting way below the negative line to a temperature that would start harming internal organs. The door seemed like the only way out as well. Time was the only obstacle now.
Matthew smiled at Ada as he waved his hand to the group.
”This here is Hinata, she’s my friend who I haven’t met in decades—“ he introduced the female just beside him before his hand gestured down to the smaller female figurine ”—and this is Kagami, one of her Soul Companions” he laughed a bit, patting Kagami’s head again before moving on to the animals on his shoulders.
”This is Kasai—“ he pointed to the fox coated in red fur ”—this is Kori—“ he moved on to the fox coated in arctic fur ”—and this is Kohaku, they’re my ‘secretaries’ per say” he ended on the cat which was on Hinata’s head.
The fire fox sniffed something in the air and jumped from Matthew’s shoulder to Adara’s, giving her a small nudge and a soft purr. His fur was soft and his tail was quite fluffy.
Hinata looked at Adara, still smiling to be with Matthew again.
"Hello. It's nice to meet you." Kagami waved, grinning like crazy. Hinata turned back to Matthew.
"Well, I'm glad to hear that!"
"What's a Soul-" she was startled from her sentence by the fox jumping on her shoulder and nudging her. She blinked, but then grinned, stroking its soft fur. "Well hello," she said. She waved slightly at the other two, whose names she had already forgotten, and raised an eyebrow at Matthew. "…Tour?"
(Well, I guess it’s the perfect time to introduce some tension into the story)
Matthew gave Adara a small smile and a thumbs up.
”Ah, right, well shall we—“ his sentence was cut short when an explosion occurred somewhere in the hospital. It sounded critical as well.
The creature in the hallway was taken aback by the sound and rushed away as fast as it could. Matthew had instinctively shielded Hinata and Adara behind him from where he heard the explosion come from.
Turning the corner carefully, his eyes widened at the scene.
”Quiet…” he whispered, his arm guarding them from turning the corner like he did.
(For both Adara and Hinata)
(Look at what Matthew was seeing?)
(Stay quiet?)
(Follow the Composed creature?)
Kagami was completely shocked by what had just happened, but Hinata quickly pulled her close and covered her mouth with one hand. Making a split-second decision, Hinata's other hand went to Kagami's arm; in a moment, Hinata went from holding a young lady to herself to holding a katana. She held the sword close, edging out to see what Matthew was looking at.
When Hinata eyed the corner, she would spot a coated humanoid whose one gloved hand held what appears to be a small curved dagger, while his other hand did not hold a thing but was not gloved neither.
His face was covered with a hazmat mask with eye sockets glowing a neon greenish color.
”Doc…tor…… doc…tor…” the figure said softly with heavy breathing.
”Where…are…you…doctor…?” the figure held up the knife in their hand as they looked around, eventually turning towards the corner where the group was and tilting their head.
”D-Doctor……?”
Hinata's eyes narrowed, and she pursed her lips. She fell back into a defensive position, never taking her eyes off of the figure. This did not look like it would end well. Kagami, even in sword form, was freaking out. She didn't really actually fight that often- Hinata usually relied on Tatsuo and Katsuo to actually fight with, and Kagami would act as a spotter, keeping an eye on Hinata's blindspots and tell her if anyone was coming at her from there. Actually fighting, though… Kagami wasn't handling this well at all.
”Stay here…” Matthew stated as he stepped out from the corner, making clear sounds of footsteps to distract the figure.
When the figure looked up and saw Matthew, his ungloved hand lit up with sparks.
”Where…” the figure started pacing towards Matthew at a slow pace which quickly turned to a rush ”… where… is… DOCTOR?!” the figure screamed out the last word.
Matthew stood there completely still until the figure was about a meter or two away from him.
”If you’ll allow me…” a green and golden lance appeared from the ground and stopped the figure by piercing his neck ”…I’ll be your doctor as for now” as Matthew said that, a green and golden armor started forming on him, starting from his palm up.
Hinata would normally say something about how she would have done that anyway, but at the moment she was too busy trying to calm Kagami down. She watched the situation unfold, and quickly sheathed her sword- she quickly disappeared, and Hinata put her hand at her hip, where Tatsuo appeared. She kept her hand on his hilt but didn't draw yet. She watched as the armor started forming around Matthew, quirking an eyebrow up.
On the side of the rink, there were doors which seems to lead to outside… however, it looked like the doors were frozen cold. With that, the temperature dropped again, this time hitting way below the negative line to a temperature that would start harming internal organs. The door seemed like the only way out as well. Time was the only obstacle now.
Jade slipped and slided to the doors but in the process she had fallen a few times her breath turning into a cloud as she used fire to unfreeze the door
When Matthew pulled the lance out, the masked and coated figure did not look too physically satisfied with what he just did and so the attacked jumped above Matthew’s lance and attempted to touch him with their ungloved hand.
Matthew managed to dodge to the side and stab the figure’s chest.
”Kori!” the Knight yelled out as the icy fox jumped up and turned back into his human form, freezing the figure on the lance’s tip. However, the figure’s ungloved hand was activated and created an explosion which broke the ice created by the fox.
Not letting a chance go to waste, the attacker escaped by jumping from wall to floor to ceiling and so on, moving at incredible speeds down the hall.
(Suggest Matthew to follow the figure?)
(Let the figure go… for now)
Inside the silent Sapphire room, there was a wooden table with a small chest on it. Beside it was a key and on the chest a name was engraved on it; Cassius.
(Open the Chest?)
(Leave it as it is?)
Kye looked at the box, but didn't touch it. He was to busy looking around the room he was in. He'd heard the explosion, but from where he was it didn't bother him. He didn't think that it was something of importance. To him, an explosion was an explosion. He knew how they worked. Mostly. He decided that there wasn't anything important in this room, so he was going to try and find where the explosion came from.
Should we be letting the person get away? Tatsuo asked, cold and analytical.
For now. Hinata watched the figure dash away.
This will probably lead to complications later on, Tatsuo pointed out.
Oh, without a doubt. Hinata let out a little sigh, turning to look at Matthew.
"What the hell is happening?" Adara asked, through the noise. Her eyes tracked the figure as it ran. She did want a fight. She darted toward Matthew, feeling the familiar surge of fire going through her. "Let me help!"
Jade flung the door open and ran out of it into what looked like a maze or labyrinth "H-huh?"
Kye followed what he knew. Sounds of people yelling. He was pretty sure he could hear fire. And he definitely felt people running around. From what he could feel through the ground, there were four or five people near the explosion sight. He slipped into the shadows creeping along. Where? On the walls, near the ceilings. Behind things. He was a tricky person to track and follow. His footsteps were muffled half by his light steps and half by the soft leather that he wore. And he didn't follow a step pattern when he went places. Most of the time he looked like he was wandering aimlessly, while he actually always had somewhere he was going.
