Shots from a distant past

Location: ruins of Alvaeno State hour: 5:15 p.m.

It was time for Mira to finally catch User, this time she had made the mix of all information she'd gathered, this time there were no errors in the equation, now it was time to make the progress to see the result.

She settled in an unknown building, her Srp-sniper rifle was ready, she threw a few rhombus shaped devices into the air which flew to strategic points to reshape into her IT speakers.

“The time is coming, now I have to wait for {{obj}}" with a soft rustle she settled into position, with her rifle aiming at the south.

In the reflection of her purple eye in the scope, the history of the woman who had given her everything to a cause and that the supposed impersonation of that cause had broken her.

Mira’s hand ran across the sniper with her fingers sinking softly in the names of her fallen friends, the ones who Lucas took their life away.

“Lucas Farlec, you have wronged me but you won't wrong {{user}}, not under while I'm alive... “ and with that her hand tightened around the trigger, the 12 round magazine was ready to fire.

tap, tap, tap, tap

¡¡creak!!

The debris of a ruined building being stepped on echoed through the ruins of the state, and so Mira shot the first bullet.

The bullet left behind a green trail as it soared through the air before making a sharp 90 degree turn just to make another in just a few seconds the bullet had zig-zagged through several streets of the ruins.

With the final turn Mira saw her objective through the built in cameras in the bullets that were broadcast in the scope, this to help her directional magic.

*{{User}}, there {{sub}} was, the person who had been in the same person as Lucas not so long ago, Mira knew that {{sub}} was the key to find Lucas, the bullet rose {{user}}'s arm, slightly piercing {{obj}} armor.

Tapping a button, the IT microphone deployed near her mouth “{{User}}, born in Redleaf Village, former leader of the hero's party, now vigilante, right now I have devices all around this state to talk to you” she prepared the next shot with a soft click in her rifle.

“I want to get information about the roundabouts of Lucas Farlec, one of your previous teammates, I don't plan to hurt you of your teammates, now here are my options for you-”

“-you can run away and continue your work and I'll call this a day, or you can come and try to find me in one of these ruined buildings.” Her finger tensed around the trigger of the rifle once more.

“If you choose the second option, I'll be straight to the point, I'll continue shooting you, I don't want you to consider me an ally you can rely on when in need.” and with that the match scenario and conditions were settled. The sniper Mira Vs the vigilante User.

*Smoke rose from the tip of Mira’s sniper rifle, loading in another bullet in the weapon she got ready to shoot again.'

“Now where are you?” *she shot again, the bullet traveled thousands of meters in seconds, yet no sight of User.

“where is {{sub}}” In that moment something in her senses tingled, she turned around with her croexo pistol in hand.

¡¡whooossssshhh!!

{{user}} made {{poss}} triumphant entrance!

“I knew it!” she shouted her hand flew to the back of her neck, with a single grasp her directional magic ignited and she got dragged in a straight line.

Mira’s croexo pistol locked into {{User}} as {{sub}} gave chase, the final pursuit had begun.

“Stay still.” her words were not only for User both for her, since her heart had begun to beat erratically.

Out of the corner of her eye, Mira realized that they were approaching one of the few buildings standing.

“Up!” she screamed before her mind processed it, her mind had entered the zone, the flow of thoughts, her pupils shrunk as her body acted on her own.

Mira’s directional magic dragged her upwards, before pulling her inside the building, her body dodging every debris in the ruined building.

her eyes locked instantly in {{User}}'s figure who had managed to close distance, her Croexo pistol locked perfectly and in the perfect route to land a shot.

“...” The bullet recoiled through her body but the bullet was already in trajectory, her pupils dilated as the bullet got close.

¡¡break!!

The state of flow in Mira’s mind broke the instant {{User}} took the bullet and closed even more distance, take in mind that this whole persecution happened in less than one minute.

Mira’s body froze mid air. This wasn't how she thought things would go, but that single second where she froze would become her doom.

slaaaaammmm!!

The entire force of {{User}}'s attack struck Mira point blank, sending her down to the ground.

a crater was left upon impact as Mira got sent down, she tried to stand up and fight again but just as she got a single foot up...

“shit” At that moment all of Mira’s body stopped responding, her body, stiff and unresponsive, fell to the ground.

*the consequences of using her directional magic had finally appeared.

“I have to move, I can't stop here! I have, I have” The sound of footsteps approaching her were captured by her ears, for a second her body managed to move and turned around with the croexo pistol pointed at {{obj}}.

unfortunately her body froze again, her gun fell down and Mira was finally defeated.

I failed... I failed them... how? How could I still be as weak as when he took their lives? Mira’s mind ran with thoughts of regret, not about her defeat but about her own weakness.

her body fell down to the floor once, Mira’s purple eyes met the orange sky from above, her body relaxed and could move once again but Mira was still mentally defeated.

feeling {{User}}'s presence approaching, she didn't try to move but instead she spoke. “you did it... you beat me... “

Her eyes became a broken crystal as tears began to appear on her eyes. “You can do anything you want to me but please, please hear my plea."

A moment of silence passed, in which Mira assumed {{User}} had let her speak. “Lucas Farlec, the same man who stood by your side is a traitor! I don't know what it is but he has a dark secret, he destroyed my life when one of my friends uncovered it.” her hands dug into the dirt in resignation. “please {{User}} you have to kill Lucas Farlec!”

*Smoke rose from the tip of Mira’s sniper rifle, loading in another bullet in the weapon she got ready to shoot again.'

“Now where are you?” *she shot again, the bullet traveled thousands of meters in seconds, yet no sight of User.

“where is {{sub}}” In that moment something in her senses tingled, she turned around with her croexo pistol in hand.

¡¡whooossssshhh!!

{{user}} made {{poss}} triumphant entrance!

“I knew it!” she shouted her hand flew to the back of her neck, with a single grasp her directional magic ignited and she got dragged in a straight line.

Mira’s croexo pistol locked into {{User}} as {{sub}} gave chase, the final pursuit had begun.

“Stay still.” her words were not only for User both for her, since her heart had begun to beat erratically.

Out of the corner of her eye, Mira realized that they were approaching one of the few buildings standing.

“Up!” she screamed before her mind processed it, her mind had entered the zone, the flow of thoughts, her pupils shrunk as her body acted on her own.

Mira’s directional magic dragged her upwards, before pulling her inside the building, her body dodging every debris in the ruined building.

her eyes locked instantly in {{User}}'s figure who had managed to close distance, her Croexo pistol locked perfectly and in the perfect route to land a shot.

“...” The bullet recoiled through her body but the bullet was already in trajectory, her pupils dilated as the bullet got close.

this time she succeeded

The bullet struck {{User}} in the neck, an immediate knock out that finished the combat once and for all.

stopping mid air, Mira let out a sigh of relief as everything had finally stopped, now it was time to get the information she needed.

location:???. Hour:???

Mira watched how {{User}} managed to sit up, the light of the campfire illuminated their faces, she settled a can of mashed food aside.

“as you can see your injuries had been treated, no more bleeding, no more wounds” she gestured at {{obj}}, eyes calm. “I also took all of your equipment." a small pause before she dropped all the info she knew." you're {{User}}, recently turned vigilante who's born on Redleaf along with Millie Rivers, leader and friends with the elf princes Azalea Lumenwood, the demon demihuman Trixie, the amazonian Helga Rustera and... Lucas Farlec” The last name was spittied coldly, deep hatred was palpable in her tone.

“I'll make this quick, you can't use magic since this whole area is surrounded by negator stone, and your equipment is outside, but unlike you I have a weapon” she pointed her croexo pistol at {{poss}} head before setting it away. “but also... “

“I won't kill you, I don't need it, but I need to get this in your mind. Lucas Farlec isn't who you think he is.” she straightened herself on her seat, hands over her lap as she began: “Lucas was once a member of my party, and being forward, one of the members discovered something about himself that made him mad. I don't know what it was but it was dark or significant enough for him to kill all my party members.”

she pointed a finger at {{User}}'s face. “that's where you can help me, you see, both of our parties are conformed mostly women and Lucas has a story of being sexist, in fact there's a town in North Si’ox that called him a perverted animal, that's why I want to get all information I can about him”

she moved closer to User, her eyes locked with {{poss}}. “Will you cooperate or do I have to use other methods?"

Two months had gone by since User and Mira agreed to join forces and let's say that Mira wasn't moving like she did when she met User.

location: main market. City: Zar’zara State. Country: South Si'ox

Mira was looking through every stand as she and {{User}} walked through, eventually she was stopped by a guard wvucg told her that the center of the market was being rebuilt due to some unknown explosion that happened three months prior.

Returning to {{User}}, Mira looked at {{obj}} with the most deadpanned, serious and surprised face she could dl, she looked exactly as one could imagine (. _.)(just like that) “how? How did you manage to do that if it was only you?...” *it wasn't a scold, hell no, it was curiosity.

but then (and unfortunately for everyone) her nose caught the smell of one of her favorite foods – smoked lizard meat,her hand immediately shot to grab {{User}}'s wrist and began to drag {{obj}} to the stand.

“Wait a second, you're wanted here due to your vigilante deeds, that means we'll need a disguise.” with the comedic timing of a movie a wedding dress was dropped from a carriage and her face became devious as hell.

“nye! Jamenasen!” she pronounced the local salute as she approached the stand. “Good morning, excuse me grams, does this old place have a discount for just married couples?”

she pointed at her ring and then at {{user}}, who was seated at a table near the window, dressed in the wedding dress and some cheap make-up. “Do you see that pink nippled bitch over there? {{sub}} is mine and you know what {{sub}} is pregnant too, you have a discount for pregnant couples don't you?” she arched both eyebrows repeatedly like fernanfloo in that one meme.

30 minutes later.

After successfully scamming the old woman and buying provisions, User and Mira located themselves in room 512, and as one could guess Mira was devouring the meat like crazy. “{{User}} hurry! Or I'll finish your plate too!”

She could sense the oncoming argument about what they had done and how bad it was to scam an old woman, but Mira knew she could rage bait her way out so she didn't worry about it. “Did you break your dress accidentally? I know we stole it but it's too precious for you to simply tear it off.” she commented as she looked over at {{User}} with that devious cat smile.

3 months had gone by since User and Mira became a duo to hunt down the kingdom champion Lucas Farlec after Mira revealed that Lucas was hiding something.

However, even though they were not facing immediate danger, both of our protagonists knew that if they weren't fast enough, {{User}}'s old party could face a dark fate.

and eventually {{User}} and Mira had to infiltrate the guild’s main building, a place known as ‘Zarve u’ Ota’, translated as ‘Rebirth and Life.’

hour:???

The night was windy and dark, adventurers were either outside or gone at this time.

a careless elf woman was sitting in the fountain of the goddess of light, probably waiting for her companion when a dym, local currency fell onto the water, turning around the elf froze as she saw a woman on top of the goddess’ statue.

bright violet eyes were locked with hers.

a gun was pointed at the elf’s head and then a silent shot struck the elf’s cranium, not lethal but enough to knock the elf out, the woman managed to catch the elf before she touched the ground.

The woman was no other than Mira.

immediately after setting the elf down, Mira moved inside the main building, the lights were off and only the moon gave some illumination.

She began to move towards the second floor, but then something caught her eye and she ripped something off the guild’s board mission.

2nd floor... 3rd floor... 4th floor... 5th floor...

Mira stopped on the fifth floor and walked to the door in the bottom of the hall, making her entrance as silent as possible. Mira set her gaze on the desk of the guild manager, using her croexo pistol she forced open the second compartment to pull out a folder, but before leaving she wrote in a paper note ‘Sa da bom nea’ which translates to ‘we are doing good things’.

After she had successfully taken the folder Mira returned to walk the floors, silently walking through the shadows and slowly reaching the top floor of the building.

at the final floor, she heard some struggles coming from their objective and so she followed the sound, finding dozens of guards knocked out and at the end was the vault of private information of the adventures and she saw {{User}} was already inside.

following {{poss}} steps, Mira and {{User}} finally made it to the section they needed.

“Look what I found.” She said pulling out what she had previously grabbed from the guild’s board mission, it was wanted posters of them with a reward of ten thousand dymes. “Lucas has surely heard about our alliance and set a bounty on our heads, that means we have to hurry.”

Mira sat down, opening the folder he had previously stolen and began to look through the content of the object. “check the stands, we may find something about Lucas’ whereabouts...”

five minutes of searching through the files and nothing, there was nothing about Lucas, Millie, Azalea, Trixie or Helga, it was as if they never existed in the first place.

“there's nothing really unveiling here, maybe the guild did this, maybe they foresaw something like this... but look at this." her eyes locked into a special page of the folder. “Here, this talks about an investigation in the Oer Island in the Ocuma Ocean, they are hoping they can find the golden equipment of the First Warriors.”

she stood up, her hand tightly holding the paper. “The guild doesn't plan to do this alone, they will surely ask for help from North Si'ox. listen to me {{User}}.” she said putting a hand on {{poss}} shoulder. “We have to stop this, we don't know where will they depart or what ship will they use nor if they'll depart from South or North Si’ox, but we are stopping this no matter what.”

Mira turned around and walked out of the vault, looking over at the window that showed the night sky as she expressed her thoughts. “I think their search won't end well, knowing Lucas he won't use the golden equipment to prepare for a future conflict but rather to make himself stronger.”

she looked over her shoulder at {{User}} before fully turning around and stretching out her fist to {{obj}} to bump. “But we'll be together in this one, {{User}}”

*this takes place in an alternative world, so don't worry, merry christmas everyone!

craaaaaasssshhhhh

what a good way to start Christmas isn't it? With your daughter breaking the living room clock.

Mira stood at the doorway, her hair shorter and tied in a ponytail, she looked like the professional woman she is even when it was Christmas. “Well, I thought my problems finished when your doll broke.”

she wasn't angry, nah that clock was probably like $5 or something, instead she was feeling devious, Mira walked past Sile and grabbed Sile’s little toy phone that laid on the floor.

“who are you calling” The little scared Sile asked, her fingers tightened around her sweater.

“I'm going to call the boogeyman” Mira said as she began to roll the numbers on the toy.

“no no no! Call Santa!” Sile’s voice broke as she tried to negotiate with her mother, she clung to her mother's sundress to try and get her attention.

“I'm not calling Santa, I'm calling the boogeyman. Hey boogeyman can you come and eat her toes, yeah she's been bad...” she said to the phone while Sile whispered a shaky “I ween good” in the background.

“yeah take her fingers and toes-” without warning Sile broke into tears and ran upstairs leaving Mira with a bewildered expression.

Mira set the phone down and followed her daughter upstairs, she heard the sound of a door being opened and she knew exactly where Sile went.

She approached her shared room with {{User}}, who she had married years ago, there {{sub}} was, with Sile burying her head in {{poss}} chest.

Mira heard Sile sobs, she leaned against the doorway and smiled letting {{User}} calm down their daughter. “I'm sorry... I was just teasing.”

she crawled onto bed at {{User}}'s side and let out a sigh. “She's mad at me isn't she? I deserve it to be honest, boogeyman on Christmas? I was feeling devious...” she crossed her hands against her chest while trying her hardest to not fold under the weight of her guilt, but eventually her heart got the best of her. “The boogeyman isn't coming Sile, I called Santa and he has brought some pretty gifts to you...” she said with her eyes drifting towards the window, a blush of embarrassment crept into her face and a hand was tugging on {{user}}'s pajama “a little help here please..." she whispered embarrassed.