Genometrics Concert Hall ~Mrgrgr!!!~

Damn, here they come. They are coming down almost as fast as lightning. The physical barriers are holding, but they will only last a few minutes or so with the speed and strength that these things are hitting them. I wonder if they think that the ship is an actual living creature? I doubt they think that my body alone can feed their gigantic bodies. It might be a misunderstanding, but I have to take them down before they take me down. But man, these things are fast! I can't land a hit on them. The harpoon isn't fast enough and the barriers will fail any seco- and there they go... One is coming directly at me. I gotta jump out of the way.

I made it, but they destroyed the harpoon. I guess it's time to use my weapons now. The Solar Rifle can keep up a continuous stream of fire, much like a laser, as long as I keep holding the trigger. After quickly aiming at the closest one, I fire the gun. There is a slight recoil as the super concentrated beam shoots out. These birds might be fast, but nothing is faster than the speed of light.

I initially don't see how much damage I did, but I know I hit the bird. Then I see it. Its left wing has been cut off almost at the stump and the bird is falling to the earth making some horrible screeches while trying to stay in the air with it's remaining wing, to no avail. The other two birds stop trying to attack me and look at their fallen comrade. I prepare myself thinking that they are going to attack me again in revenge, but they surprise me by doing something completely unexpected: They both zoom down with amazing speed, catch up to their badly injured comrade...and start ripping it apart with their beaks and claws. They are devouring the beast as it falls. Cannibalism.

I don't know if they will still be hungry after eating their friend, but I'm not risking it. I quickly set a course to a randomly chosen location, Ostia, and use a spell "Acceleratio!" to get out of here as fast as I can.

I somehow winded up in the Hellas Empire...=~=

Music sharing eh~

「Organizing stuff sure made me lose track of time ~_~」
「A day has passed without me noticing.」
「Guess I'll head out today to seek information. Or should I just stay inside and do naught?」


「Hahahaha, Gil went through a teleporter hot spring X3」

Alone at night
I feel so strange
I need to find
All the answers to my dreams

When I sleep at night
I hear the cries
What does this mean?

I shut the door and traveled to another home
I met an older man, he seemed to be alone
I felt that I could trust him
He talked to me that night;

"Lad did you know a girl was murdered here?"
"This fatal tragedy was talked about for years"
Victoria's gone forever
Only memories remain
She passed away
She was so young

Without love
Without truth
There can be no turning back

Without faith
Without hope
There can be no peace of mind

As the night went on
I started to find my way
I learned about a tragedy
A mystery still today

I tried to get more answers
But he said, "You're on your own."
Then he turned away and left me
As I stand there all alone
He said, "You'll know the truth
As you future days unfold"

Without love
Without truth
There can be no turning back

Without faith
Without hope
There can be no peace of mind

「La la, la la la, la la la, la la la, la laaaaaa~」

「4-6 hours of bar chords kills your left hand.」


「Old stuff I forgot to post and should update lol」

I arrived in Ostia and I should go off and buy supplies, but first I have to put the ship in the repair shop...again. I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out when I was arriving here at Ostia, but the birds left large gashes in the bottom sides of the ship. They weren't threatening to she ship's systems so it didn't even tell me of the damage. Sigh, I guess there goes more of my Drachma. At least with a ship I don't have to worry about finding a place to sleep, but it's starting to cost more repairing this ship than spending a few months at an inn.

As I'm starting to think about other things while watching the guys work on my ship, one of them speaks up.
"Hey sir! I notice you don't have a name painted on your ship. Don't you know that a ship without a name is bad luck? Would you like us to paint a name on it since we're working on it already?"
Hmm...what should I name it? I hadn't though about it at all since I got it. I just referred to it as "the ship". Maybe I should give it a name. For luck's sake anyway. Hell this ship is so unlucky that that might as well be it's name. Oh, what the hell.

"Name it The Unlucky" I tell him.

"The Unlucky? Sure is one hell of a strange name if you are trying to ward off bad luck, but if you're sure that's what you want we'll do it for ya"

It look's like I still have some time before The Unlucky is fully fixed, so I'll just go into the city to buy some food and supplies.

「Muuusiiic time since it has been a while. Also, bored at school ~_~」

Left on my own don't know where
I should begin to look it's involuntary instinct
Controls my every footstep, westward through haze
The voice of shadows whispers in my ears
Alaskan forests to the sea

Keeping all faith alive I fall into the rain
Let me go, let me go
Oh my soul drenched in the rain - the rain

I light two candles in the window of my mind
The wind that threatens I've no words left to describe
Resisting the fates
When mercy comes to shelter me
Over and over I am witness to the signs
Evil's more focused as we near the end of times
Praying so hard that your shelter comes to cover me

What kind of world is this that
It should come down to this oh
Each day the pressure building
In Biblical proportion
I've seen extremes from love to war
They both are walking here
And echoing prophetic song

Plagues and famine and hate
All fall into the rain, let it go, let it go
The whole world floods in the rain - the rain

We lose horizons they just vanish as we run
Chess moves in silence glacial patience under gun
The marching of time
When mercy comes to shelter me
Fragments of truth are out there blowing in the wind
I cry for loved ones and removal of the sting
I just can't let go
Your shelter comes to cover me

In desperation we make moves and never know
Their antidote is poison and my blood runs cold
Stoking the flames
When mercy comes to shelter me
You want the truth but do you want insanity?
Peering 'round corners paranoid calamity
Hold on to what's real
Your shelter comes to cover me

Finally in death do you become as once in life
Evil for evil do you pay the highest price
Just let it burn
When mercy comes to shelter me
My flesh and blood it's all that's left my heritage
From life to death to dust so through the woods I search
Complete disconnect
Your shelter comes to cover me

「Nagisa ;~;」

Since I started going deeper into the city, I've been picking up a strange signal. Given that Technology is rare in this world, I wired my GPS to alert me any time it picks up any electronic signatures other than from my own things. At first I thought that it might be some kind of device, but now I'm not so sure. The signal seems larger than it would be for a normal device. It's larger, about the size of a person. Maybe it's a vehicle of some sort? It has to be...no device that big could more around like this thing does. It doesn't move very fast, about walking speed, but it does move. I doubt that there are any robots here, but I can't be to sure.

This thing is starting to bug me. I'm curious to know what it is, but if it keeps moving I don't think I'll find it. I might as well turn the GPS off for a while and give up on it. I got other things to do.

That's funny. I saw a little girl with green hair with some interesting head wear. People in these parts sure have odd tastes in head-gear. Must be because a lot of people have animal ears and such. I wonder what it would feel like to have some real ones actually growing from your head?

Hmm...it's starting to get late. The Unlucky should be fixed by now so I'll just go back and spend the night there. I'll figure out what to do in the morning.

「Yet another tiring day. Still haven't started gathering information on the tournament. Touring Ostia is really fun and I tend to get taken in with the flow of the city. Guess I'll just do some mercenary works to gain Drachma. But for now, time for a good rest. There was one thing that caught my attention though, that huge ship in repair... I wonder to who that belongs to.」

It's morning again. The rations of grounded coffee that I brought with me are starting to run out. I wonder if they have coffee in this world? Anyway, it's not a top priority so it doesn't matter. I'll just miss it when it's gone.

What does take priority is Drachma. Sigh, it doesn't matter where you go. Money always seems to have some importance. I've been hearing the people talk about tournaments here in the city and the prize money that comes with winning it. 1,000,000 Drachma. What could I do with a million Drachma? Hell, what couldn't I do? Still, I could never win it. Tournament battles last too long for my taste. I work better in fast, hit-and-run operations. Which is what makes me a great mercenary if you want something done quick. I guess that's what I should do to earn Drachma for now. I should go to a bar. Bars usually have a couple of people that want someone dead and are willing to pay to see it happen.

「I suddenly woke up, looks like I've slept for too long, it's already night time... Guess I'll hit the bar for some info on mercenary work. I quickly got out of bed and put on my robe and head out.」

「As I approached the bar, I couldn't help but realize how noisy it was. Has it always been this noisy? Or is there some sort of commotion going on? I entered and saw a bunch of people partying, swinging their glass of alcohol in the air, they must have accomplished something great to be in such a happy mood. I ignore them and just went for a seat at the counter. Wonder what should I order, I just woke up and I'm quite hungry... Guess I'll just take a glass of whatever alcohol they'll want to give me and a plate of steak would be fine, after all, I'm short on Drachma.」

So I already finished my summer class finals~

Answered all the questions in the answer sheet, it's a definite pass~

The real question is whether I'll get A, B or C in the final result lol~

To my surprise, they do have coffee in this world. I order a cut and after tasting it I decide to ask the barkeep where he go it from. Just as he is telling me a roar of cheers comes from the crowd behind me.
"What are they so happy about?" I ask
"Who knows. The guys around here always find some reason to drink and celebrate"
He finishes telling me about the coffee and then I tell him the real reason why I'm here.
"Hey barkeep, do you know anyone here that wants any special jobs done?"
'You mean someone to kill?"
"Putting it bluntly, yes. Well?"
"Hmm, I think I remember the guy sitting on the table over there babbling about wanting to kill someone. I'm not sure if he meant it or not, but you could try."
"Alright, thanks"

The guy he pointed at was some shady looking fellow playing cards with some friends. Why do they always look shady? For once I'd like to see a professional looking guy offering a job. If I'm looking for that I guess I'm in the wrong business, though.

I walk up to him and you can see him and his friends getting ready to fight if they have too.
"Whoa, guys, chill out. I'm here on business." They don't relax. Shady guys never do.
"Listen I'm just a guy in need of a job and I hear you guys might have something to offer me. Now, is there someone in this world that you want six feet under?"
They quietly start talking among themselves and occasionally looking over at me. After about a minute or so, the guy who looks like the boss looks back at me and speaks. Apparently he has an accent.
"There is someone we want dead. If we give you job, nobody finds out who sent you?"
"I've never disappointed my clients. I'm fast and I'm clean. I even get rid of the body for you"
He looks at me as if thinking if I'm trustworthy or not and finally says:
"Very well. You get job, but do not disappoint us. We have ways of finding out if job got done or not. If job not done, you get no Drachma."
I agree and he gives me a description of the one he wants dead and where to find this person. I hope he can't see it in my face, but I'm actually starting to think about rejecting his job offer.

Who in their right mind wants a little girl dead?

「Good luck HT!」

「As I was eating my steak, I overhear a guy asking the barkeep about a job, he looks interesting so I decided to keep my eye on him.」
"He looks really strong and nice, I wonder what kind of job the barkeep was talking about, an assassination?"

「I thought, the job intrigued me more than the guy who walked to the bandits' table. Since they're a bit far, I decided to order a glass of wine, a little excuse to get close to them. Once the barkeep gave me my glass, I slowly walked to a table near them.」

「Seems like they want to keep this job as secretive as possible, but too late, I'm already eavesdropping on them hehehe.」

「They started giving out a description of the person they want dead, but suddenly, a loud noise of breaking glass was heard near me, seems like the bunch of party maniacs dropped their glass. Damn them, I couldn't hear the key info at all. But... What's this about a small child? I don't know what will happen, I'll just sit here and see how it plays out. If that guy accepts the offer, I might be able to talk him out of it, hopefully. He does seem like a nice guy and judging from his expression, he looks like he's as disturbed as me.」

Lol, I said I already finished the test xD

「It's a good luck wish for the results.」

The job seems really outrageous. Do I really need the Drachma badly enough to do this? First of all, what is the reason. I risk it and ask.
"You know, killing children isn't a request that comes up very often. I hope you can understand that I can't do this without a proper reason. Why do you want to kill this child?"
He looks at me angrily. He obviously doesn't like for people to question his orders, but he complies and answers.
"She is child of a man who owes me much Drachma. It has been too long and he has not payed us. It is time for us to send him message. Unfortunately he is not in the city anymore so we cannot kill him. Instead we will kill his daughter and show him what happens to people who do not pay. We were going to do it ourselves, but now that you show up, you can do it for us. For proper amount of Drachma, of course"
"I see...so this is all in the name of business. I understand that. Unfortunately...that is not a good enough reason for me and I must reject this job."
Boy now they really look angry.
"I bid you guys a good day"
As I turn to leave I hear them stand up and I quickly turn around, ready to fight.
"You make grave mistake in rejecting. You know too much and we can not simply have you walk away. Comrades, dispose of of him"
Ah, crap. I quickly drop a Sun Marble that I keep in my hand at all times. The blinding flash engulfs the entire room. I try too flee, but one of the guy's goons, though blind, grabs my leg. I quickly grab my rifle and hit his face with its butt end. He yells in pain and lets go. I probably broke his nose, but I don't care. I run out of there before they can recover and make my way down the streets of Ostia.