Naka first directed his attention toward the girl, Suzume, upon Sorcha's mention of what had happened, he remembered a similar experience at the cave with Alistair, and the Illithid mind blasts that rendered a similar but very watered down effect thanks to his Eternal Drive. If it was a mind blast that left only one who could possibly have done it. He knew it wasn't Miles because he had copied Mile's powers, he knew it wasn't Cyan because he would have had to have gotten that power from someone else given what they had just found out, it couldn't have been Tien because fairies weren't exactly reknown for their mind blasts, and he knew it wasn't Alistair because... wait Alistair?
He turned in the direction of his friend, awaiting the news of some new area where this object he searched for might be located. Still, despite taking the time to wave he, took the time required fro Alistair's approach to talk to Sorcha, Miles moved up to speak to him which would buy a little more time anyway.
"It wasn't Miles, i have his powers, and Cyan, Tien, and I don't have mind blasts. It would have to be that new girl which means something is wrong." He said. It also occurred to him that he could shapeshift like Miles had earlier but with Alistair approaching now was not the time.
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Tatsu regarded Cass's question with a measure of disdain, in part because he really didn't know the answer. He had never known anything else but he had never considered it either.
"I get paid with my life. Change is fine by the way, it really doesn't matter as long as it's something small and non-living." At this point it would be fruitless, whether he suspected anything or not, to hide anything about his powers or his purpose from her, at the very least though he could judge her for the time being, using reasoning. One of the backup agents he had called for had the ability to read subspacial distortions, a side effect of using powers was that one would create such distortions, and apparently the distortions could be read and manipulated. It really wasn't important how much she knew about him, but he kept the knowledge of the specializations of his backup a secret.
"how about you? What brings a lovely girl such as yourself to the forest?" He asked. If they were going to get to know each other he might as well have some fun, that being said, he might be able to lull her into a sense of security of he could manage to seduce her, in order to do that he would have to make her feel like she wasn't a prisoner anymore. Given that, he didn't bother trying to say anything too extravagant, simply a question idle conversation for their few remaining minutes in the forest. They would get to the school soon according to the time frame Cass had given him so his most recent little whimsical mental journey into someone's panties was alas but a dream.
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on the opposite side of the island, four people simply appeared from nowhere. Flash king, Speed demon, Reflector, and Wind god, the four agents requested by Tatsujin Shishigami, teleported in thanks to flash king's abilities. Now all to be done was to wait for the signal flare. Each of them had brought neural disruptors to protect from psychic attacks or mind reading attempts.
"The hell is this s***, The Black Reaper wants help on this piddly ass island?" VY341, Windgod said. Oh he was angry, in part because the rank 3 in his name was demeaning every time he had to work on a mission because it meant he wasn't in charge of anything, but his power level was closer to rank 9. Then again he had been warned power wasn't going to be everything.
"Watch your mouth, it's unprofessional and we have children present." NM567, Flash King replied, understanding Windgod's annoyance but still more collected.
"I'm not a kid, and besides, speed demon is only a year older than me! If reaper called it's because his cover was blown." RX922, Reflector answered, protesting the remark about his age.
"We wait for the signal flare and we approach as instructed. We can ask reasons when the mission is over. Just consider it an honor we were called on by the Black Reaper." TZ 936 ordered, though younger than half the group, he was in charge until they met up with their superior.
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Zetsu followed the prophesy he had been given, making his way into the forest. He would buy time for his son, slow down the invaders, and sacrifice himself, though he would surely try to avoid that. This was his day to die and he even knew the name of the one to kill him, but that didn't matter right now.
"I'll buy you as much time as i can Nakata." He thought to himself as he traveled into the forest, invisible among the shadows but not to certain empathic abilities.
