Second Story Bookstore

((Sorry im late))

Kotaro stffened as he was spotted. He llooked up and saw Zergio. “Just the man i wanted to see.”

[Kotaro, Dwyrin, Will XD;]

She watched Toshii leave, feeling confused by their brief meeting, as usual.

Her thoughts were still a bit of a jumble as she walked, and before she knew it, she rounded the corner and almost collided with the two people in the store.

Will looked at Kotaro funny.

"What do you mean, just the man I wanted to see? What do you ne-"

Will was cut off when Dwyrin walked right between them. Made Will laugh.

Kotaro ignored as a lady passed by them. “I heard you escaped from Drachma sky prison. Well, I need to get in.”

Dwyrin had just passed them when she heard the stranger mention the sky prison. She halted in her tracks and turned to stare, not even bothering to try to hide.

Will looked away.

"I was captured and taken there, and then Tosh flew me out. I don't know how to get in. We were lucky to get out of there without being shot out of the air"

“I just need its location.” Kotaro put a hand in his pocket.

Her eyes narrowed in suspicion. She hoped this wasn't what she thought it was. The time to make that descision was hopefully far off.

"Drachma" Will said, emotionless.

Kotaro nodded and removed his hand from his pocket “Do you know anyone who wont mind helping me break in?”

From behind the man she called out, "That depends!" She covered the distance between them in a few strides and slid smoothly into the conversation as if she had been in on it the whole time.

Will nodded and took his leave.

"I know of no such person." He said before leaving.

"Will out"

Kotaro turned ro the newcomer. “Depends on what?”

"It depends on what you are going there for, of course."

It's not that she was prying for information...ok, maybe she was, but not mostly. She intended to go either way and just needed to know that she wasn't going to be at odds with this peron.

“2 reasons. 1, I have a friend i need to break out. 2, There is a certain lieutenant....” Kotaro's eyes darkened. “I need to visit.”

Now, this sounds like my kind of fun!

She smirked. "Military personnel to visit, and friends to break out. Well, you're in luck. Breaking out of things is one of my specialties." She held her hand out to him, "I'm Dwyrin."

"People are plotting things in my store again," Rei thought in annoyance as she watched the goings on from between some of the shelves. She shook her head, continuing to watch in silence. "This things these kids get themselves into."

The man had blatantly refused her handshake and disappeared without a word. So she walked around the bookshelf to leave, and spotted Rei trying to peer in between the books.

Rei saw movement out of the corner of her eye. "There's a spider living in a hole right here," she said quickly, backing away from the shelf, though she knew Dwyrin would hardly believe such a blatant excuse. She cleared her throat. "So."

-_-

"So," she repeated. "Do you have any idea what he was talking about?? The Sky Prison in Drachma??"

Rei shook her head and frowned. "He vanished without a word to me and then showed up today with that book. I haven't a clue what's going on."

"That's a shame. Perhaps he'll be back sometime." Dwyrin walked to a nearby window and peered at the fading sunlight. "Maybe I shouldn't wait for him," she mumbled.

She looked at Rei over her shoulder. "You've seemed to collect some odd ones here, you know??"

"Believe me, I know," Rei laughed, walking over to the chairs and collecting some of the books by them. "I went for months without a single oddity and then out of nowhere" - she laughed again - "A man shoots a hole in my wall and the crazies start coming out of the woodwork." She paused, looking at the book in her hand. "But it's been somewhat fun sometimes."

"Well that's what matters, right??" she said fondly.
For some reason her brain had seemed to skip over an important part of what Rei had said.

"Wait. Someone blew a hole in your wall?!"