Destiny Roleplay ( Open and Accepting! )

[Hex_Keeper]

I laughed as she wiggled her fingers
"Yeah i have some ideas im sure i could work out for your arm. Also if you find anything interesting ill pay you for it. I got a good amount of glimmer comming in with working with Holiday and Banchee." This would be a win win situation. I could work on my projects and training with out having to go out to the field and wast tim out there. On top of that Akari would bring business

[A.Kira-]

"In return I'll train you in anything I have to offer. Sniping, kinfe work, strategizing," she shrugged. "You're my guy now." Her ghost appeared next to her, blatantly interrupted the situation.
"The requested items have been purchased and transmatted to the guest bedroom." He reported. Akari bopped his optic with a smile. "Glad to see some things never change." Ghost chirpped.
"If you need me I'll be here, or you can contact my ghost," she set a piece of paper on tbe counter with Roman's address neatly scribbled across it. After a moment she walked out of Data's, uh, office? Room? Home? Work station? Whatever it was. It didn't take her long to board a civilian ship and head to the last city, and even less time to get to Roman's. The groceries she sent her ghost to get were sitting on the table. Time to make Roman those eggs she had promised him.

[~SongOfFlames~]

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Nadia walked over to the counter alongside Feron when the clerk offered to check-them out. She set the book down onto the countertop to let the clerk ring it up, and she had taken the book back once it was placed in a small bag and was handed to her. With her free hand, she held the bag containing the book, and she briefly looked up at Feron right as he handed over a card that was to be used for a method of payment. She glanced back over to the clerk when she thanked them for the business and hoped to see them again."We sure will." Nadia responded with a small smile forming. Now that she knew more about the Last City and all these awesome places you could visit, she was going to make some more frequent trips around these parts. Especially to this cute little bookstore that Feron had shown her. It would be a while, since the book that he got for her was almost around the three hundred page mark. She didn't have a lot of time to read, but when she found the spare time between missions and she didn't have anything else to do, that was when she nestled in a corner of the Tower and flipped open a book. When they neared the exit, she let go of his arm when he felt his arm brush against hers. She headed outside, and when the door shut behind them, she turned to look over at him with a slightly larger smile. Her lips parted like if she was going to say something, but he beat her to it. So, she let him speak first.

A laugh escaped from her, hearing the first comment that he had said about to never look uninterested in a book store ever again."Thank you for enduring the torture for my sake. I can't wait to read the book that you got for me." she started to say with sincerity in her words with a subtle tilt of her head to the side."...also, I would like to thank you for showing me around the place. It is truly remarkable. I should have came here sooner." she added with her eyes briefly sweeping over the place. It just didn't get old with her. The different sights, smells, and sounds. It felt like she was in her own little wonderland.Her gaze traveled back to him when he had thanked her for getting him from out of that situation with the clerk."No problem at all! After all, someone's gotta save your a- uh, gluteus maximus."she was beginning to say, but her Ghost cut her off right at that second."Nadia!" Plato said with an absolute serious tone."Eh? What? I didn't say it!" Nadia said, as she turned to look over at her Ghost. "No, that's not what I'm talking about. I've heard worse things from you anyways." Plato responded with a small intensity of light glowing from off the Ghost."...A message from the Vanguards..." That right there captured her attention. What was it? A follow-up report with the mission about the Shield Brothers? No...that couldn't be it. That wouldn't explain the urgency of it."Assassination...you are on the list for the assassination of the Taken King. Oryx. Five others as well." Plato said with a bare whisper. She widened her eyes a little with shock reflecting in them."Five...others? Who else?" she asked, trying not to panic about the part that she was one of the few souls that would be pit against a Hive God. She took a few steps towards her Ghost with her helmet forming over her head so that she could review the list that her Ghost had been reading off of. She had to go get some ammo cartridges then


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It was a day solely invested in doing the basics such as cleaning up the house and completing a few chores. He did have that light nap that lasted for a few hours, before he got straight to the housework. There had been the soft sound of music playing throughout the apartment while he was cleaning the rooms one by one. Halfway through the cleaning, his Ghost paused the music that played throughout the house. It caused for him to stand up to his full height and switch the vacuum to the off position. He blinked his eyes a few times from out of confusion to why the music stopped playing all of a sudden. He removed and rolled up the cord of the vacuum cleaner so that it wouldn't be a tangled mess, before he walked over to the intercom system that allowed for the music to be played throughout each room in his apartment."Did the wires short out or something?" Roman was beginning to say with his Ghost floating into the room. "Ah no. That's not the problem at hand." Athena responded while she looked over to him with a tinge of concern for him. He didn't like the sound of it. "What is it?" he asked his Ghost as he turned to face her. "Are you looking for some revenge against the Hive? Because the Vanguards just put you in a fireteam of six to hunt down the Taken King. Seize this throne of his. Put a stop to him before it is too late." Athena explained to him with a holographic display of the roster.


Roman stared at the list for a few seconds to read the names that were above and below his name. Some he was able to recognize, but there were some that he did not. He only read four out of six when his Ghost removed the projection. He probably smelled like bleach after leaving the bathroom absolutely spotless. He didn't have to worry about that too much, because soon, he would smell like the Hive. His civilian clothing was replaced with his armor set as he traveled down the staircase with his Ghost trailing after him."I have to go speak to our lovely friend next doors. Let him know that I will be gone for some time. Just to keep an eye out on the house." he started to say, but slowed to a stop when he saw something on the counter. There were a few bags of groceries that were on the countertop. Ones that he didn't recall being there the last time he was down here. He walked over to the counter and peeked inside one of the bags. One of the bags contained a carton of eggs. "...Akari..." he said softly with a small smile just at the thought of her. That's right. She wanted to make him breakfast. An omelet or something like that."Hey, Athena. Can you get me something?" he asked with his gaze drifting over to the clock mounted on the wall."Fresh cut roses...from the marketplace." he requested.


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Rourke had tilted his head down to look down at Aurora when she was just a few feet away from him. For a second or two, he slightly turned his head to look over to the ramp that lowered down before he looked back to the Warlock."Good morning." he responded when he heard the fretting coming from the Warlock."I do apologize for the rude awakening. It wasn't my decision to be..." he was starting to say with this uneasiness in his voice. He didn't do much to hide the irritability  that he had for the other passenger aka April that was currently onboard the ship. "...I sometimes question the sources from the individual that assigned this last-minute assignment." he continued with his throat clearing up a little."While they are hardly wrong when it comes to the facts brought to the table, it is their motive that makes me question some things." he added, not wanting to go over the complicating details."The lady probably explained it. We are going to the Last City to confirm something. That is all." he said with a huff of air departing him. "You've probably heard of the stories at least once. With the Warlock by the name of Osiris investing some time to study the technology of the Vex." he was starting to say, while he made a gesture for her to come aboard the ship."There was also that strange person...the Exo Stranger? The one that aided a few Guardians." he said, while he walked to the front of the ship and sat down in the pilot's seat. Standing somewhat close to the seat was April as she briefly looked over to Rourke and then to Aurora."Do you believe that there is a possibility that there could be time travelers amongst our midst? Much like the Exo Stranger?" April said, getting straight to the point. Enough with the small talk. She wanted to see if she could even trust this girl with the possible information that they had.

[Saberius Prime]

(Just wanted to post the announcement for the five month time skip will start tomorrow morning with my post sometime after 8 AM Central time. Please finish up with your character before then, but I will allow for late posting if you miss the noted time. That is all. I'm going to bed. Night.)

[A.Kira-]

((Last post for Akari pre-skip. It isn't neccessary to have a response or anything. I just felt like posting. Mostly to establish a couple things about Akari before the time skip.))

She walked into the apartment, smiling at Roman. He smelled like bleach? Perhaps he'd been cleaning. "Sorry I was out, I had to do a few things." She tugged at her sleeve, making sure that it was covering the mechanical parts of her arm. She would keep the exo arm hidden from him as long as possible. If he found out about her arm he may push for facts on what happened. And if he found out what happened he'd kill Ileana. And he may be exiled from the Last City. His track record was already amuck. Letting him blemish it anymore, no matter what for, was not part of her agenda. "Smells like you've been a cleaning. Something on your mind or do you just clean when things need cleaning?" She picked up the eggs and wandered to the kitchen, prepping omelettes. She also had bread for toast and some fake bacon type food. It looked like bacon. It sort of smelled like nothing. Weird. She threw it on a pan and started baking it anyway, trying to move her arm as naturally as possible. "I hope you don't have to run off too fast, this should be done soon. Then, you can run off and save the world or whatever you had planned for the day."

[Saberius Prime]

(Alright the time skip has begun. We are five months after Sable, and Roman's name were cleared.)
It had been five months since the final battle with Sable, and the man she fought. Shadow meanwhile had recovered, and Kat was now off-duty because of her pregnancy. Elsa meanwhile had trained Anna to use her light in the best ways possible, and the two we're a powerhouse when they worked together. Shadow meanwhile was putting a fireteam together to take down Oryx. He escaped into the ascendant realm, and was still working to create the Taken.

Shadow was at the gunsmith purchasing ammo and weapon parts to upgrade his hand cannon.

[~SongOfFlames~]

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It was the calm that wallowed just before the storm rolled in. There was a band of Guardians that would enter the howling dark with no guarantee that they would ever see the surface again. To see their home that was the Tower and the Last City of Earth. It was unsettling to think of, but it was the truth of the situation. Some believed that the Guardians were invincible. That with the possession of the Light, that they would not fall in battle. It wasn't necessarily true. Many have fallen for the sake that future generations would be safe.And now, there was a team that was constructed to face the darkness that has threatened their existence once again. At this hour of the morning, there were only a few Guardians that lingered in this social space. Usually they were the Guardians that were either returning from their missions, or they were getting ready to depart for a strike mission or a patrol mission to eliminate the Taken forces that plagued several planets. The small and dainty Hunter was sitting down on one of the rooftops of a compact building that a vendor would usually occupy.Her legs were criss-crossed with her revolver settled beside her. She was sharpening a knife with a fine-grained stone used to sharpen tools such as these. She lifted the knife with the blade catching the morning light of the sun slowly rising up from the horizon. She lowered the knife after the short examination, and slid it back into its sheath. She tossed the small stone in the air with these flickers of light dancing around it, before it vanished completely from out of sight.

Her Ghost would keep it in storage if she would ever need it again. Based on where they were going, she was definitely going to need it. There was no telling what they would face in this ascendant realm. She assumed Hive. Lots of Hive along with this Taken army. A shaky breath escaped from her with her hand brushing through a section of her honey colored hair.She would not lie. This was definitely going to be difficult. They would be facing a Hive God. An angry one. The Taken King that held an impressive amount of power in the clutches of his hand. He has killed dozens of Guardians. There was no telling how this mission will go. It would be a defining moment to see how well they were able to handle this pressure , and to use the experience and their skills that they have gained to its optimum. No doubt, they would be a part of history. Their names would be written in the pages of books, and their story would be spoken for time to come. Nadia glanced over to her right to where her pocket watch was clipped to the side of her belt. With a simple movement, she unhooked it from her belt and squeezed the sides of the pocket watch for the lid to pop open.The lid released to reveal the small crack embedded in the glass of the time piece, and a few of its gears in view.When she moved the pocket watch slightly to tilt it towards her, a few of the gears moved before grinding to a halt. She frowned a little at the sight with her eyes analyzing the gears of the watch.To think that such a little thing would be so troublesome to her. The only link to the past of whom she might have been in the past was a piece that predated the Golden Age. A huff of air left her with her gaze settling on the tiny opalescent orb the size of a pearl that was at the center of these gears. She lifted her gaze from the pocket watch,and clicked it shut to look back out to the horizon.She hated to have such a pessimistic outlook of this, but it may be the last time that she ever saw the sun rise up.



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((I know it was a five month skippy do, but I couldn't pass this up.xD))


There was a small smile that formed on his lips when he saw her. He shrugged his shoulders when she explained that she had a couple of things on her 'To-do' list that needed to be tackled. He understood. Matter of fact. he had done the same. After the light nap that he had taken to restore some of his strength, he went to one of the local shops that was opened all night and in the early morning to get some cleaning supplies.He was about halfway with the cleaning until his Ghost brought him the news of the call to action. The dryer could be heard in the background whirring with the sheets and whatever else that needed to be tossed in there.He walked over to the kitchen with curiosity to what she was making.He spotted some of the eggs that he saw a bit earlier along with the other breakfast essentials such as the bacon and the pieces of toast. Roman leaned his hip against the kitchen counter, just as he heard her ask about the sprucing up that he did with the apartment."I should have got the lavender-scented bleach instead,right?" he said as he glanced over his shoulder to the washer and dryer unit in the little room just around the corner."It will air out.I propped a few of the windows to get rid of the god awful bleach smell." he also mentioned with his gaze settling back onto her."I usually clean the place up whenever I get the chance.I have a dust allergy so....yeah." he added right as she slid a tray of bacon into the oven."I have some time to spare.I have to try this omelette that you have talking about for so long." he told her, but the smile slowly faded away with a thought that crossed his mind.Has she seen the roster of the raid team that the Vanguards constructed to assassinate the Taken King? Or, not yet? He made the assumption that she didn't considering that she had been doing the same thing as him.He just got the message from the Vanguards. Apparently, he had been a last minute addition to the team or something like that."About that..."he said softly as he moved his gaze from off of her. Oh, how was he going to explain this to her? She was going to freak out, wasn't she? "Can you take care of the apartment for me please? I'm going to be gone for a while." he asked her as he looked over to her."...I was one of the assigned Guardians. First group to go after the King." he added in a much lower tone.He took a few steps from off the side so that he would no longer be leaning against the counter."I have no idea how long I will be gone.That is if..." he started to say with the smallest sliver of a nervous edge in his voice. Because let's be honest, at this point, a Guardian had every right to be nervous. They were facing this behemoth of a God that was solely responsible for the deaths of many. And the ones that usually were the first to go on these raids? Well based on the raid on the Vault of Glass and the end of Crota, the first to go on these raids only had a few survivors. They were going in blind with no information to what they would face out there.



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It had been months in the wintry lands of the lands long forgotten.While this place may have been forgotten and maybe even herself, she did not forget those that have saved her from a fate that she thought was sealed in stone. It took her some time to arrive to the limits of the Last City of Earth and to the Tower that she once called her home away from home. It was the place that held many close and cherished memories to her own heart. How could she forget the day that she stumbled across the group in the Tower? Jahoan, Shadow, and Kat that were receiving a briefing in the Hall of the Vanguards about a mission to create a transmat zone onto the Dreadnaught. Hmph. To think that was the biggest priority back then. Words traveled long and far. She has heard of the mission that a select few and prospective Guardians would be participating in. They were to slay a Hive God, and his loyal court that stood in their way. It was brave of them to do. She knew that before they have set out, she would have to pay a visit to the one that was the lead of the team.Shadow. The Awoken Warlock walked through a section of the plaza with her silver eyes sweeping over the vicinity. There were only a few people around at this time.Good for her, considering that she didn't want to bump into anyone that she might have known. It has been months since she ever stepped in the Tower. She had this rugged appearance from the days that she had spent out there in the untamed wilderness. Surprisingly, she was well kept with little dirt or snow smudged onto her armor. There were resources out there that she utilized with the bunker being one of those places that she would come across.Her hands were held behind her back with her gaze settling onto a familiar face amongst the crowd.There was the slightest hint of a smile seeing the Exo Hunter (Shadow). She cleared her throat a little, before she had spoken."May I have a word with you, sir?" she asked him."That is, if you are not too busy with constructing this team of yours on this endeavor?" she added while straightening her posture."Only a few minutes of your time is needed. You of all people should know that I am one of few words." she concluded with her gaze flicking over to the side with slight curiosity to those that were at the Tower at this time.

[Cᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴇʀ Sʜᴇᴘᴀʀᴅ]

Feron | Human Male | Nightstalker Hunter | Tagged: Raid Team/Any | Location: Earth -> The Tower

Five months. They had been given only five months to prepare for the assassination of the Taken King, and the time seemed to pass all too quickly for the Hunter. Time and time again he tried to hide his worries in numerous amounts of bounties, and missions, but at the end of the day, the daunting truth that he was heading into the unknown haunted him like a vengeful ghost. He'd never fully mention it aloud, but he was frightened. Ever since Pax had slipped him the list of who was to be present. To make things slightly more interesting, he knew several that were going along, though only one of which he was on more then neutral grounds with.

A sigh would escape his lips as he trailed away from the tall standing banks of the tower. Having pulled out a few special pieces of gear for the occasion, anything to give him the advantage over death. His hand slowly clipped his pistol to his side as he wandered to the cold white railing of the Tower, his forearms leaning to its surface while he shifted his gaze around the city. This could be the day that he was felled again by the enemies of the light, but he'd be damn sure to take as many with him as he could. His lips pressed flat as his gaze shifted from the city, to the Traveler.

"May your light guide us through the dark, and to victory." He would murmur, lifting one hand to run his gloved fingers through his hair, a sign of nervousness. Just what was he getting himself into? His head would shake, no, this had to be done. Oryx had to go, so that they could continue to live in what little peace they had left. On this day, Oryx would fall.

[A.Kira-]

Akari~ Pre-skip
She smirked. the omlette she'd been talking about? Ha! She had never cooked before! Just as she thought that the eggs caught on fire. She casually lifted a cup of water and poured it into the pan, pretending it didn't happen. "No promises it'll be edible." She gave him a sharp look when he said 'about that'. In the past five years those words had led to very bad situations. Who was she going to have to kill? She, surprisingly, relaxed a bit as he explained the situation. Did she like it? No, not one bit. Why did he assume he wasn't coming back? She fell into a bex gate for 5 years and came back in one piece-... That was a lie. She came back without her left arm. The idea of him stepping into the dreadnaught and never walking back iut was unsettling. "I'll take care of your apartment until you get back. You'll be fine. After all, you still have to paint my ship, right? I won't let you do that until you come back. Then, we can take some kind of vacation or something. Our lives have been chaos lately, or at least if memory serves they have. Now, stop worrying, eat your breakfast." She tossed the food onto a plate, picking out as much of the butned parts as she could before handing it to him. Realistically, there was no way to get all the burnt food out. It was all pretty burned.

Akari~ Post-Skip
Blood ran down the drain as she scrubbed her hand furiously. That had gone poorly. Messy. Sloppy. She had nearly been caught. "Late night?" Ghost bobbled into the kitchen. He paused when he saw the remnants of another ghost on the floor next to the sink. "Oh, I see."
"Same old, same old," Akari sighed, shutting off the sink. She glanced in the mirror. Dark circles hung under her eyes. They'd been getting worse over time, but she attributed it to lack of sleep when questioned. Which was not entirely a lie. She was still staying at Roman's place in his guest bedroom. She had found ways to hide everything that she was from him. The mechanical arm, the late night killings... He was the only person she was close to. The only person that tethered her to this particular point in time. If she told him who she had become he'd turn tail and run, or at least kick her out. She couldn't watch him walk away. She loved him.
Akari butned away the temnants of the dead ghost with solar fire, as well as any other evidence of what she'd done, before heading out to the guest bedroom to put on her armor. She'd grown more accustomed to the knucklehead radar over time and it was the only piece of armor she retained over the months. The rest had been damaged on typical guardian activities.

Ileana~
She landed her ship, no longer sputtering, in the hangar before heading off to the plaza to exchange some items for glimmer at the cryptarch. She had moved back into her ship, but stayed in touch with Carmela. She had grown... Fond of the Titan. Too fond. Her ghost frequently teased her for having a crush on the Titan. Ileana wouldn't speak a word of it. Over the past 5 months she'd been very preoccupied with rebuilding the remnants of Complectus Censura after the damage Akari and Hyde had done to it when they escaped it.

[~SongOfFlames~]

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Nadia clipped the closed pocket watch back onto the side of the belt, and ensured that it was secured and would not detach. She slowly got up to stand, and when she did, she saw a figure standing near the railing. Recognition flickered in her eyes from first glance of whom this mystery man was. Oh, there was no doubt. That had to be him. He was tall for a Hunter, and he had this beautiful cloak that he always wore. Unlike her cloak which she had to cut short because it suffered some damage and was now frayed near the edges from all of those times she ventured out into Old Russia. She dropped down from where she had been sitting, and landed with the grace that her class was known to have. They were the most agile from the trio. The way that his arms rested against the crisp white railing with his gaze settled on the Traveler and the Last City off at the distance reminded her of the day when they first met. Except, she had been the one that was looking out at the distance with thoughts unraveling of what was to come. She started to walk over to where he had been standing, and purposely made a soft scuffing sound with her boot once, just so that she wouldn't end up spooking him if she was to suddenly show up beside him. She slowed to a halt beside him with her hands raising up so that they would plant onto the railing. It was cool to the touch with a few droplets of morning dew still present.  She heard what he said while she was approaching him. Something about the light guiding them through the dark. 


Nadia looked over to him for a moment, before she had followed his gaze to the Traveler that hovered over the Last City. She took a step to the side, and bumped into him with a weak smile forming on her lips. She then stepped back to where she had been originally prior to bumping into him."Well, I guess this is the day that we have been training for." she started to say with a small tilt of her head. Quite honestly, she didn't think she would be selected to partake in an event that would be a moment that would change the woven tapestry of fate. She believed that there were far better candidates than herself. She wondered what the Vanguard had saw in her that she didn't see herself.Their success...or failure...whichever it be. It would change everything about their fight with the darkness with a ripple effect like when a pebble was skipped across the still surface of a lake. There was a lot of weight being heaved onto their shoulders. If the Vanguards didn't believe that they were capable, they wouldn't have sent them to face Oryx right?  She was happy and upset about the layout of the team. They all seems like they would balance each other out. You got the brawn, the smarts, and the swift on the team. Yet, there was something that made her feel a little gloomy to her and it had to deal with the person that was standing beside her.She was glad that there was another familiar face. Someone that knew her fairly well, and she enjoyed being with him. Thing was, it would absolutely crush her if something was to happen to him. It was one of the few things that she feared. She tried not to even think about it, and shoved those troublesome thoughts off to the side."You know, I wouldn't mind going out for a couple drinks after we dethrone this jerk." she said while she straightened her posture."First round will be on me, of course." she added.



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With the few soft rays of light that streaked through the curtains of the window, the Titan got up and began to prepare for what was to come. Roman jumped into the shower for about ten minutes, before he left the bathroom with the full-suit of armor. He pulled the helmet over his head, and it made a faint clicking sound to confirm that it did connect with the rest of the armor. It was essential, considering that he needed the readings throughout the entire system of his armor such as the shielding. He rolled his shoulders to get a feel of the armor. Over the five months that he spent to train and hone in on his skills and perfect his strengths, he also managed to grab ahold of better gear and weaponry that even the Vanguard could not offer. He looked over his room briefly with the blankets of the bed drawn up and the pillows propped up nearly. He was about to turn and head out of his room, but he had found himself looking out the window. A soft sigh escaped from him, before he crossed the room to close the curtains so that the room would be engulfed in complete darkness. There was this faint trace of light that shimmered off his armor, and the hammer that was clipped to the side of his mark glowing ever so softly. His hands still held a portion of the curtains with his thoughts occupying his mind for a few seconds, before he shook his head, and dropped his hand to the side.

He headed from out of his room, and as he did, he closed the bedroom door from behind himself. He lifted his gaze to look across the hallway to where the guest bedroom was located. As he approached the stairwell that would lead to the lower level, he was debating whether or not he should check up on Akari. Just to see her one more time before he would have to depart. She held a special place in his heart. There were times in which he didn't understand how such a beautiful, strong, and independent woman ended up with him and stayed with him throughout this time.He had been bold to kiss her back on Venus. It was totally worth the 50/50 risk that she'd either be totally fine with it or she'd stick that knife of hers right between the eyes. He fell in love with her, and he still loved her to this day. It was why he felt so torn. He hated to leave her behind to a mission that there was no guarantee that he would ever return. He knew that he had to proceed. To hurry along to the Tower where the rest of the team awaits. It was a battle to take out this Taken King that threatened their existence and the future generations. He couldn't let that happen. To fail this mission was something he couldn't afford. He didn't want to lose Akari if the darkness was to travel close to the Last City all because he wasn't able to complete this mission. He moved away from the stairwell to head over to Akari's room. He lifted his hand to brush the handle of the door, but he had paused for a moment of time. He didn't want to wake her up if she was sleeping, which she probably was at this time.