Lishiqn fits in perfectly with his greentinted skin, nearly white hair and general idd facial features (hey, hes not exactly human-) while Hanako is too human if we're being honest.

Lishian opens the map up. "Its not too far thank Soleli. " he notes. "The question is if we can afford a room."

i glance at the map, spotting the island they're talking about. off the sout-west coast of the mainland is a group of islands colored black, with a small volcano drawn on them.

the map gets more and more green as it gets closer to the northern top of the map, until it's suddenly cut off by a line of black. the further south the island is, the more golden brown is. we are at the very edge of the southern coast, a small x with a note saying "you are here" marking our spot on the map.

"i don't have any more money other than devils currency, but i don't think they take that here" i say, frowning. "let's just focus on getting there" Eli decides, biting her lip."then we will focus on a place to stay"

"Savee it for the garenteed-to-be-here black market then." Lishian shrugs. He takes back the map and starts walking.

"Do you even know where you're going?" Hanako asks
"Probably. Worked for me the last time I turned up in a random city anyways."

"You mean you turned into half a zombie." Lishian ignored her, instead choosing to drag her along behind him. His eyes flashed around, scouting for any signs of what he was looking for- an inn (cheaper then a hotel) or a black market.

we follow the pair for awhile, unsure of where they're going. we walk for a good ten minutes before something catches my eye.

a man casually strolls up to the side of an abandoned building, glancing around a bit before knocking on the door three times. one of the bricks slides away from the inside, and two eyes appear in it's place. "genji sent me" the man on the outside whispers, looking nervous.

the brock slides back into place, and for a second nothing moves. then, a section of the wall opens like a door. i can't see inside the door from this angle, but i can see flashing lights of all colors spilling out of the doorway until it slides shut again.


"hey guys" i say, gestung for them to come to me "i think i found something"

Lishian glances back. "Huh." He squints. "Wait. Thats not a-" he made a strange growling-click noise ", did you guys see simething?"

Hanako groan3d. "Oh no its a black market isnt it"

"Lets go chekc it out!" Lishian grinend, walking forward. He shoved the map towards their companions. "Best take this, im known to eat anything of importance in high stress situations."

"it's worth a shot" Eli shrugs, approaching the wall. "so, uh, what do we do?" she asks. instead of answering, i step up to the door behind her, kocking on the door the same way the man did.

just as before, a sigle brick sledes back, revealing two golden eyes. "Genji sent us" i tell him. the man squints, before sliding the brick back in place. the door slides open, revealing the inside of the abadnoned building. the place is empty and dark, the sound of dripping water echoing in the space.

strobe lights shine from the stairway in front of us that descends into somewhere below, the faint sound of thrumming bass resonating from below.

"so i guess we're going down" Salem remarks, eying the stairwell from his place in the bag.

"Yep!" Lishian grins. "Man its been forever since i had any fun. Roughly whar, 50 years?"

Hanako chokes. "Excuse me?" Lishian ignores her and starts wlaking. "LishianAllen you canot just drop a bombshell like that, get back here!"

Lishian still ignores her, foxusing on the walls. Hes running his hand along them ****** hell find answers to secrets or something. Though that woudlnt be farfetched from the truth.

i follow behind lishian, putting him between me and whatever is down there. listen, i like lishien, but also if either of us is going to die i would prefer it to be him. besides, he's over fifty he's had plenty of time.

the stairwell descends for a long while into pitch darkenss, until it opens up into a large room. it's immediatly obvious this is some sort of club with all the dancing people in neon clothing, loud music and brightly colored drinks. every so often, the dj at the far end of the room will toss fistfulls of multi colored glwosticks into the crowd, eliciting cheers and happy screams from the people below.

"this place is loud" i grimace, having to shout to be heard over the noise "lets get in and out quick"

Hanako was vibing. "Ill go find out where the heck we are!" She grinend, darting off to the nearest bar.

Lishian grimaces. "Way too loud if you aak me, then again Altonauxia's center was not exactly party central....what do you guys think?" He glanced up at them. He might look 15 or 16 but he was still shorter then average with his lineage and all. "Alsp im surprised you havent freaked out hearing im legally senior citizrn."

"well, i'm used to hanging out with my friend who's a thirteen hundred year old vampire, so it's not really that surprising" i shrug, watching as eli cuatiously sips a neon blue drink that had been shoved into her hands by a happy looking server as she makes her way through the crowd with a tray of drinks.

"this is good!" she exclaims, offering me a sip. i take the glass, sipping from the drink. she's right, it's amazing! it tastes like if mountain dew was blue berrie flavored, and i can feel the energy rushing through me the second the drink hits my lips.