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Aliyah didn't have time to even give out orders as the living lightning bolt that was Aquila sped toward the death knight. They were all shocked when the monster proved itself to be rather resilient and managed to land a counter-slash on Aquila, heavily damaging the lighting hawk.[break][break]

"Aquila!" the witch screamed out, uncaring of what heard at this point as she ran toward the hawk. King thankfully had maintained a level head and had lashed out with his slicing winds ability, striking the death knight and sending it flying down the street.[break][break]

Orion reached the hawk's side first with Aliyah and King joining him right after. Once she had drawn near, Aliyah could hear Aquila softly cursing the knight for all he was worth as he slowly rose back to his feet.[break][break]

"That fucking bastard, Pika. I'll fucking murder him, Pika. Take a shit in his skull." Aliyah winced at the bleeding cut on the bird's body but there wasn't anything that she could do without unsummoning him and that was dangerous at this time. "It has just enough to reach C defense. My attack would have barely scratched it but I managed to give us some breathing room."[break][break]

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"Yes. It's a fairly strong one, I'd estimate around C rank in strength." Aliyah stated, demonstrating by passing her hand through a nearby cubicle. She had spent some time testing herself against illusions since raising her willpower and felt that she could estimate their strength of them with confidence at this point.[break][break]

"It's possible. Or it could.." Aliyah started to say before stopping as she received a system alert. "Oh my god, my sub-class finally loaded!" The witch squealed and jumped up and down in excitement. She ended up buckling Orion off who let out a squawk in surprise but he alighted himself on a nearby crystal/chair.[break][break]

As Aliyah was reading over her sub-class, 5 Ratmen would slowly make their way toward the group; blending in with the rest of the office workers. Their eyes were blank as they moved with a single purpose to eliminate the intruders. Hana and Orion would eventually notice 5 rats moving about but wouldn't think much of it besides the fact that they had no shadow nor were there any other rats on this floor; they looked no different than the rest of the illusion workers.[break][break]

Finishing her reading, Aliyah activated her new passive ability as a glowing 1-inch kanji for illusion appeared on her right index finger. Looking up, she was about to explain what her new ability was when she noticed a giant rat taking aim with a crossbow, Hana in its sights. "Hana! Look out for that arrow to your left!"[break][break]


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"Thanks, Hana." Aliyah said, giving the other girl a smile. The bird user was learning very quickly that she would be telling little white lies to Hana regarding what she thought Orion was stating. Said bird was staring distrustfully at the musician, remembering how the last time they had met, Aliyah had almost gotten crushed under King's stunned body.[break][break]

On the second floor, Aliyah watched as the crystal around them began to glow more intently before furniture and office supplies came into focus. Aliyah was able to see the crystal underneath if she focused hard enough but a quick check with Orion revealed that he was unable to tell the difference. "An illusion..."[break][break]

Soon office workers began to come into focus before Aliyah called out to Hana to draw her attention to the going on. The office workers were all werecreatures, looking like a scene out of zootopia that immediately weirded Aliyah out as they ignored the trio, doing regular office work and having conversations. Farther off in different cubicles, 5 creatures began to stir, slowly making their way toward the pair, blending in with the workers.[break][break]

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"Eh. You're probably right." Aliyah said, thinking over Hana's words. With her having such a high will stat, she was better served in the role of a scout than on the front lines. Orion chose this moment to speak up, agreeing with Hana's assessment. "The terrible driver speaks the truth, quoth I. It is better that someone more expendable go forward." he said, making Aliyah glance disapprovingly at him.[break][break]

"They were all just open floors. It's as if whoever made this tower didn't think or care anything about the interior." Aliyah stated as the pair walked through the completely empty space, making their way toward the stairs. It was a bit unnerving how blank and empty it was. There were no decorations, merely the crystal giving a slighting opaque view of New York.[break][break]

Once the group was up the stairs, the doors to the outside world silently closed before disappearing from sight. As Hana strummed her guitar, the building would rumble a little, barely noticeable and somewhat reliable. Meanwhile, up in the observatory deck, a creature was beginning to be stirred from its slumber, being alerted to intruders within its home.[break][break]

Arriving on the second floor, Aliyah would be surprised to see that it was filled with rows upon rows of cubicles made of crystal, mimicking an office building. "This...wasn't at all here when I looked in on this floor." she said, sounding unsure.

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With the thickness of the mist, Aliyah found herself having to fly down on occasion to make sure that she was on the right track. Every so often, some of the undead would try to take a bite out of her but they were easily dealt with by the combined efforts of herself and Orion. It was more of a nuisance than anything.[break][break]

" So if that was is north then that means that east is that way." Aliyah could be heard muttering, glancing down at the map the scientist had given her. Now more than ever, she was regretting not having invested anything into her speed. If she had, she probably would have gotten to the research lab already. She was fixing the issues now, but she needed a bit more points in order to reach anything substantial speedwise so unfortunately, she'd have to suffer moving at basic bitch speed for a bit longer.[break][break]

Orion meanwhile was perched on her shoulder, head on a constant swivel as he remained vigilant. With them being in unsafe territory, he had to remain vigilant of his lady's safety.

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"Um. I only managed to capture one other bird so far." Aliyah said, sounding a bit embarrassed. She hadn't been taking the time to go out and search for other birds to add to her roost as she wasn't sure the type of criteria she was supposed to have for them. She hadn't been expecting Aquila during her tutorial, let alone for Orion to gain the ability to use ice.[break][break]

The attention soon shifted from her to Rory as he explained his class and the negative side effect that came with it. "Why the hell would you activate such a wishy-washy ability like that?!" The witch mentally screamed while her face merely showed a surprised look before Valentine explained his class.[break][break]

"Hmm. We seem to be lacking in offensive capabilities. Given that he can scout, it's a good thing that Orion came along. Hopefully, it ends up just staying as finding survivors and we don't end up getting in any fights." Aliyah thought before Valentine spoke up as if just to spite her, informing the group that there were some large wolves ahead.[break][break]

She was curious about how he was going to take the aggro if he was a scout and equipped her raven cloak before slowly rising in the air. "I'm going to follow after him. Once I see that it's clear, I'll give you two the signal to help out whoever those wolves were attacking." Aliyah said before taking off after Valentine.[break][break]

She arrived in time to see him take out 3 of the charging wolves with quick swings of his spear before he took off running, luring the pack behind him. Seeing the coast clear, she sent the signal back to the other two that it was safe to head over before she noticed that Valentine was headed toward a dead end!"[break][break]

"Orion, go help him out. I have to help the survivors." she urged, summoning her faithful raven before heading down to the car where Alana had just arrived. Inside the car, they could see the mother huddled in fear, her baby screaming loudly as she had her toddler stuck underneath her body, oblivious to the healer's calls for her to open the door.[break][break]

Meanwhile, Valentine would find his battle interrupted as a frost-coated wing smashed into the head of one of the wolves, killing it.[break][break]


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