[Directly inside, Rei sees the guard from before, sleeping on a cot made of mist. Or so it looks like. Next to the cot is a sign: "Go away. ^_^" * SpiritRei eyes the guard. O-kay. She looks for a way to open the gate! [The gate looks the same from this side as it did from the other.] * SpiritRei goes to check where Ensof left them real quick! And since she's in astral form, that's even faster. ( Hmmm ) ( You mean back to the other gate? ) (Yes.) [Rei floats back to the other gate. Nothing seems any different there. It is better guarded, however.] * SpiritRei eyes that gate, then zips back to wake up the guard. Mwehehehehe. (To the first gate!) [The guard is there, snoozing. The sign says "Go away. ^_^"] * SpiritRei taps the guard on the forehead. [She winces and rolls over.] * SpiritRei taps some more. ~'Scuse me.~ [She rolls over again.] * SpiritRei eyes the sign and tries to flip it over. [The signs now says: "^_^ .yawa oG" * SpiritRei nods, satisfied, and tries poking the guard in the side. ~Hey, wake up!~ [She giggles.] ~You're sleeping on the job, lady!~ [She still is, too, apparently.] * SpiritRei eyes the misty cot and tries to put her hand through it. Maybe she can pull it out from under her. [Rei shoves the cot out from underneath her. She hits the ground with a *whump* and instantly sits up. "Yaaah! Who goes there?! I'm not sleeping, honest!" The cot and sign disappear.] * SpiritRei crosses her legs under her. ~I do! Actually, you got some people on the other side of the gate that need to be let through.~ * Soldier grabs her weapon, looks around a bit, and calms down. Until Rei says that, when she stands up quickly. "Huhwha?" ~I said: You got some people on the other side of the gate that need to be let through. They went out on a mission for the Goddess of Light, and now they're back, so it'd be nice if you let them in. Then you can go back to napping.~ Huh? Oh. Them. They're not s'posed to come back. ~Oh, they're not?~ * Soldier resumes her post by the gate. But not even a minute passes before she yawns and leans against it. "Well, not for a while." ~Why not?~ Ah, someone sent them on a mission to seal the evil slime to get them out of the way. Stupid humans, y'know. ~Oh. But I think they're back already.~ Oh. Well, they're still not supposed to come back in. * Soldier says. * SpiritRei nods. ~Okay. That makes sense. You look tired.~ I don't really care, personally. As long as they're not as bitchy as my commander, hey, whatever. ~Eew, who's your commander so I can avoid her?~ Etal'daer. Just because I'm fresh from the academy, she has me guarding this gate. Like anything's going to come through here. [There's some pounding on the gate.] * SpiritRei giggles. ~Yeah, really.~ She looks over at the gate. ~Then again...~ * Soldier jumps and grabs her weapon. "What the hell?" ~I dunno!~ * SpiritRei zips over to the gate and sticks her head through it. * Soldier starts chanting something. * SpiritRei looks at the soldier. ~Hey!~ That should hold it for a bit. Now I gotta get the commander... * Soldier looks around. "What? Who are you, anyway?" * SpiritRei grins. ~Your guardian spirit. Better hurry up!~ * Soldier starts chanting another spell. "I'll sound the alarm." * SpiritRei brings a closed fist to her side and throws nothing at the soldier. (Mind Twister) * Soldier stops in mid chant and puts a hand to her forehead. "Woah... I don't feel so good." ~Maybe you should take a nap. I'll handle this!~ * Soldier shakes her head. "Can't. Someone called an alarm at the cathedral. Gotta..." She starts staggering that way, then collides with a wall. She shakes her head and looks back at the gate. "But what do I do with this...?" ~Alarm at the cathedral? What's happening? I'll help take you there, if you can direct me. And open it!~ * Soldier nods. "Come on, guardian spirit." She staggers off towards the giant cathedral in the center of town. * SpiritRei brings her hands to make a glowing ball and throws it to the gate with a ~Disco Nova!~ that the soldier can't hear. Then she zips after. [The gate is sturdy; the attack does little but put a small dent in it.] * SpiritRei catches up to the soldier and scoops her up. Literally. ~The big glowing cathedral, right?~ She flies! * Soldier nods. "The one on the left, I think." ~Sure. What's going on? Are they saying?~ Something called a Waddle Dee is attacking! Hehehe... So cute. ~Aww, I bet it is! Waddle Dees are adorable.~ * Soldier giggles. "You're the most handsomest guardian spirit I never saw." ~Thanks! Only I dunno how you can see me.~ I don't! ~That's cool! So you can see me without seeing me?~ I dunno. ~Neither do I.~ Good. [As Rei flies over head, she sees a lot of guards pouring towards the citadel/cathedral/thing. They're almost all female, but she does spot a male here or there; looks like males are allowed to be officers.] * SpiritRei glances around at all the people. ~Wow, looks like a citywide call to arms.~ It's cause something is attacking the cathedral, and that's vewy vewy baaaaaaad. ~Think it's still outside the cathedral? Maybe we can see it from here.~ * SpiritRei flies around, looking for whateveritis. [The guards seem to think so to; at least two divisions are going *up* the cathedral, not in it.] [And over at the gate, Rei sees it crumble, and the others rush inside.] [A bunch of the guards point at Rei and her companion.] ~Uh, this is bad. Definitely bad.~ * Soldier smiles and waves. "Hiiiiiiii!" * SpiritRei circles around the top. Can she see whatever's attacking? [Rei isn't sure where the top *is*[ * SpiritRei gives up and zips down to the gate. And in with the rush of soldiers. ~Hi 'scuse us coming through!~ [Rei rams the soldier into a few of them.] Ow! Hey! Be careful! ~Oh, sorry.~ * SpiritRei slows down. A little. ~What's your name, anyway? Guardian spirits gotta know their charge's names.~ Rau'Yei. I like it. It's not weird like Gu'Ei, or something. * Soldier is now known as Rau`Yei ~Rau'Yei. Hey, I like it! It's a nice name. One less thing to be resentful to parents for.~ * Rau`Yei looks down. "Well... They both died when I was young. They were exexexexe... made totally dead 'cause the preists found out my sister was a bronze-eye. ~... That's really not fair. I'm sorry.~ Yeah. It sucks like that banana over there. * Rau`Yei points. * SpiritRei nods. ~Yeah, those bananas can really suck sometimes.~ ~But having a child of the wrong eye color isn't something parents can really control, is it?~ * SpiritRei looks around, now that they're probably in the cathedral. It's 'cause they tootally totally had her unsanctimoniously and didn't tell anyone about it an' hid it until they got found out. ~Do you think killing them was the right thing?~ Well, yeah. I mean, they oughtta say-ed they had an unholy child or something. But it still sucks. [For the record, people are looking, but nobody's stopping you yet.] * SpiritRei keeps following the steady flow of soldiers. It's gotta lead somewhere! ~Maybe they're not *that* unholy. But if it's the way it's always been done, I guess nobody wants to wonder about that.~ ('Course not. It's a new spell! Flying while looking like you're being held, or something!) [In general, the soldiers are going "up"! Rei sees a handsome man in a cape yell something about the goddess, but she doesn't quite make it out.] * SpiritRei keeps zipping up! * Rau`Yei wags a finger at Rei's face. "Hey, don't you be questininin' the gods or they'll have your head, and use it to play Quaddatch." * SpiritRei grins. ~But I don't have a head! At least, you can't see it.~ Don't matter. They'll make you one, then rip it off. * SpiritRei pauses. ~Sounds painful.~ You better believe it, uh... What'd you say your name wuz? ~I didn't say, but it's Rei.~ Re'i? You're name is weird. ~A lot like the rest of me, but it's okay. I like me that way!~ ~Maaan, this attack is really far up.~ [It really does. Pity Rei can't take an elevator, but there's too many troops crowding them. * SpiritRei can go fast, though! 80kph, if she pushes it. Woooah... I'm gettin' a headache. ~Am I going too fast? Want me to slow down?~ Yeah. * SpiritRei does, a little. ~We just gotta get there fast. Sorry if I hurt your head or anything. Nothing broken, right?~ I dunno! ~Sure, that works!~ [Rei approaches the top floor!] * SpiritRei approaches and reaches it, hopefully! [Not yet!] * SpiritRei keeps going? * SpiritRei wonders if Mind Twister wore off. Should have... ~Is your headache better yet?~ No. I still feel sooooo... * Rau`Yei blinks. "Oh. Wait. Yeah, I'm better now." * SpiritRei giggles. ~Good. It'd kinda suck if you went into battle or something with an unclear head. Makes it harder for me to help you.~ I gotta fight? Oh yeah. Crap. ~... You can fight, right? You're a soldier and stuff! And you got a weapon.~ ( I'm a noob! ) (Yes, I see that. At least you're not wearing bronze underwear.) Well... I've been trained, yeah, but I've never actually done it before. ~Uh, that's not good.~ [Rei notices all the soldiers slow down. Then stop, they look confused, and a lot are asking questions, but they're not moving.] ~What's going on?~ * SpiritRei flies up, reaching the other soldiers and hovering there, the soldier she's holding in her arms. ~Hey, can you ask 'em what's going on? I don't wanna freak them out. They might stab you on accident or something.~ Weird. High command said those foreign people are going to... Oh crap! They're still outside! ~... Maybe they broke in by now? Hope they broke in by now.~ ~See, that's why you should listen to your guardian spirit and open the door! But I forgive you.~