Constellation Knights (7/12) (Open)

The tall old man nodded subtly. He was in a butler suit and acted like one as well.
“I was told to come and reclaim the sword Knight Dorado has left behind due to carelessness. If my speculations are correct, it should still be with you” the man claimed, both his hands behind his back in an eerie way.

Pasha's gaze drifted down to the sword in his hand and his eyes narrowed.
"If you don't mind, I would like to return it to him myself." I don't like the look of this man, something about him seems off.
He expected the old fellow to refuse his request, after all, there must have been a reason the knight hadn't come back for it himself. However, there was no trust between Pasha and the old butler. Since arriving at the palace, the only person Pasha felt like he could truly trust was Tucana, but he hadn't seen the being all day.
Perhaps I might actually get somewhere if I am able to return the sword of myself, at the moment I'm just a fish out of water…

The old man gave Pasha quite a gaze before he revealed his hands which were pitch black with smoky properties to it.
“In that case…” the black smoke formed a black dagger with three blades; the middle one longer than the other two which stood beside it to which the old figure used to try to stab Pasha with.
…
The blade in Pasha’s hand shook uncontrollably before the sound of metal clashing occurred.
“Sorry for confusing you and putting you in that position—“ the Swordfish Constellation Knight, Dorado fully in his armor appeared in front of Pasha “—but I needed to lure him out” the blade from Pasha was now in Dorado’s hand as he parried the dagger of the old figure, sending him across the hallway and ending up falling in front of Scorpio’s room.

Pasha backed away while the two men fought, once again feeling out of place.
"Nothing is ever simple around here is it?" He held back a heavy sigh, something like this was bound to happen.
He stared between the old fellow, who was now sprawled on the floor in the hallway, and Dorado. "What exactly was all that about?"

“A wanted target of the kingdom, he’s one of Indas’ Knights as well named Hanuman” Dorado explained. He raised his sword up, before swiping it down, sending a wave of blue energy towards the old man.
The figure Dorado had called Hanuman had no option but to jump out and escape.
Dorado cursed silently as his armor dispersed and reformed back into a badge.
“Damn it… don’t worry, I can go get him later… you can go to sleep—“ Dorado turned back to face Pasha directly “—unless it is me or Tucana, don’t open the door for anyone else, danger is everywhere in this kingdom, you never know who wants to kill you and when” he ended, rushing out the same way Hanuman did, presumably chasing him.

The door closed behind Dorado before Pasha could even respond to him. Once again, he was alone, without any knowledge of what he was supposed to do. Why did this happen to me? he thought as he sat on the edge of his bed. He took the Pisces badge into his hand, rubbing his thumb over the symbol on the front, releasing the sigh he had been holding back. "There must be a reason I was chosen, but what…?"

A figure stepped out of the shadows in Pasha’s room with a mask covering the bottom half of their face. One of the figure’s eyes was cruelly white while the other was a beautiful and hypnotizing blue, they had ghost white hair, a white t-shirt with a black jacket covering it, and leather boots and gloves.
They walked towards Pasha’s motionless body, slowly, making sure every step he made made a sound.

Pasha heard the noises but didn't look up from the badge in his hands.
"If this is another creature or something trying to catch me out again, find someone you'll actually get a fight from."
No, what are you doing? Fight! That's what you were brought here to do!
He wanted to fight, but if the figure approaching him had a weapon on hand then he would be defenseless. He sighed, slowly glancing up at the approaching figure, his face completely emotionless. You know you need to stand up for yourself and actually use your brain, take some initiative and you'll actually get somewhere. Pasha hated that his inner consciousness was right, but there wasn't a lot he could do. Or at least, there wasn't a lot he wanted to do.

The figure looked straight into Pasha’s eyes, filling his inner spirit with what could be considered fear and worry. He then reached into his jacket and got out an envelope with the receiver clearly written as Pasha. After the figure had handed the envelope to the Pisces, he disappeared without a trace; nothing was left behind… nothing but the envelope.

A moment of silence.
The envelope sat in Pasha's hand as he whispered. "I'm going to have to get used to people suddenly vanishing…"
He opened up the envelope, slowly pulling out the contents, his eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "What on earth…?"
After thoroughly reading the contents of the letter, he nodded firmly. Finally, he had something to do; a purpose for being there. Sure, it was a little suspicious, but there was no harm in venturing out. How do I get to the coastline?
He knew how to get there, but was it wise using his power?
Closing his eyes, Pasha expanded his sight as far as it would reach. The south coastline wasn't too far from where he was, but it would take him a good hour to walk there. Do I jump through.. Is it worth it? Keeping his eyes closed, he pinpointed the exact place he needed to go, and pushed his way through. Darkness surrounded him, tearing the air from his lungs as he finally appeared on the coastline. He fell to his knees, coughing, it had been a while since he had last used his power like that and had forgotten how draining it could be. But it had worked.

(The letter’s contents are in your PM :P)

(Okay hold up!)

(Okay, my last post is edited)

“Glad to see you, Pasha Runes” a figure’s voice originated near where Pasha ended up.
“Greetings, the name’s Vincent, a member of the Silverwings” he offered Pasha his hand to help him up with a smile.

Pasha took Vincent's hand gratefully, pulling himself up.
His balance was a little off, so ended up leaning on the man slightly.
"Pleasure to meet you, I don't think I want to know how you know my full name." he'd gotten used to basically everyone just somehow knowing what his name was.

“Technology’s faster than you might think” Vincent laughed a bit as he helped recenter Pasha’s balance.
“Alright, I don’t have much time before I need to go on my next mission so… what is it going to be? The hunter’s team? The research team? Or perhaps both like I’m doing right now?” He got straight to the point; no curves, no turns.

"I uhm…" Pasha hesitated for a moment before taking a deep breath. Deep inside he felt that there was only one right answer.
"Both." He would have a chance to regret his decision later, but in that moment he felt that 'both' was the right answer. He let go of Vincent, the air returning to his body as he stared out at the sea. He didn't have time to wonder whether this was all a mistake, but something did play in the back of his mind. Will I see Tucana again? I wonder, will our paths cross under unfortunate circumstances?
"So," he turned to Vincent with a firm expression. "Tell me what I need to do."

Vincent handed Pasha an earpiece.
“This will be essential, right now, you’re going to be big help” Vincent got out a small notebook he had on him and…
“The case we are trying to get off the list right now is the ‘Selas Spies’ case. Amongst the Knights, both Zodiac and not, there are two spies from what we heard; one who’s working with Indas, the betrayer of the kingdom directly, and the other who’s working with Qiryu in trying to destroy the kingdom from its insides. Our Selas members; Delphinus, Dorado, and Tucana are working on the case but have gathered not enough information so… this is where you will come in” Vincent paused to take a breath.
“Amongst the Knights who are uncorrupted by Indas, you are to find the two who are the spies by gathering clues and questioning some people you meet along the way. When new information is gathered, tell us via the earpiece and we will help you from where we are as most of us would have different missions most of the time. There will be two other figures you will meet, both are from Phastia; Azure and Nathan, they are professional hunters who will show up once you’ve gathered enough information to pinpoint the spies” Vincent paused to take a breather again.
“Any questions so far?”

Pasha fixed the earpiece onto him, trying to recall all the information he had just been told. "So my job is to question the people I meet and gather clues in order to pinpoint the two spies?" It seemed easy enough, and that was the problem. It was too simple. "I feel like there's a catch to all of this."
I should have known that Dorado and Tucana would be part of something like this. he shook his head slightly. At least now he was doing something productive with his time. Perhaps being the Pisces knight would prove helpful in his new tasks.

“Of course, as you are searching for those two, they’ll most likely be neglecting mostly everything so… it’s a little luck-based as well if I were to say so myself” Vincent stated.
“It’s gonna be hard but we’ll keep updating you with new information about the case if we find them… oh, also—“ Vincent reached into his jacket again, this time he pulled out a piece of paper “—this is the list of the Constellations in the kingdom; all eighty-eight of the normal ones, excluding the corrupted ones under Indas’ ruling” he mentioned, handing the note to Pasha.
The list was written in cursive, presumably by one of the agents.
“We’ve already crossed out Delphinus, Dorado, Tucana, and Pisces out for you, the rest might have to be your own opinion as to who may be the spies” Vincent handed the note to Pasha before he looked at his watch.
“Well, anyways, I might have to go now. Any further questions you can ask me via the earpiece just by saying ‘Speak to’ then my code which is ‘V’. Your code is ‘P’ by the way. So when you want to contact me, say ‘Speak to V’… Delphinus’ code is ‘D1’, Dorado’s is ‘D2’, and Tucana’s is ‘T’… alright, as for now, good luck on your first mission” Vincent ended before flicking his wrist, opening up the pair of silver wings that were behind his back all this time and flew south-east towards the kingdom of Craftsmen, Delrota.

The moon was will lit in the sky, it was the middle of the night so theoretically, most people would have gone to sleep by this time.

The person accepted Lata’s help and stood up straight.
“Sorry, I was a little bit too careless about where I’m going” the middle-aged man with the voice of a young teenager laughed when he finished the sentence.
“Well, I’d better be going, sorry and thank you” he waved at Lata before he continued to rush down the hall. Though along the way, he dropped an envelope, a sealed one as well with the symbol of Liestha, the Technology Kingdom, on it.

Lata quickly strided over towards the letter, stooping over to pick it up. Looking up, she called out to the man jogging away from her. "You dropped something!" she yelled.

As Pasha watched Vincent rise into the night sky, he griped the note tightly in his hand. 84 constellations to gather information about. This was going to take him weeks, maybe even months to do, no wonder they needed as many people as possible helping them.
"I could start by grouping them together into categories— water, land, air, other. That might make things easier." I doubt it. Pasha looked down at the note. "Now that I think about it, some of them are in the palace at this exact moment." He turned in the direction of where the palace stood, inwardly groaning. He wasn't inclined to jump through his mind again, so walking was his only option.
The city was a beautiful sight at night, with the moon glowing down over almost every pathway. Pasha hadn't had a chance to admire his new surroundings that morning, everything was all a bit of a blur when Tucana had dropped him off outside the palace doors. Tucana… The toucan constellation, why didn't I realise that before?
A slight movement from the shadows caused the knight to stop in his tracks. If someone was following him, he would need to deal with them sooner rather than later.

The man was already out of sight when Lata called out to him. It had been a funny thought, but perhaps the man dropped the letter by purpose.

[Choice for Lata (Will make a difference in the story)]
[Open and Read the Letter]
[Keep it as it is]

“Hmph… good instincts” indeed, a figure was following Pasha.
“Pisces right? I’m curious as to what the fish is up to…” the figure behind Pasha laughed a bit. More likely than not, this was another one of Indas’ Knights; the corrupted ones to be exact.
“Come on, I wanna see you dance along to the rhythm of death” a sound of something creeping behind Pasha followed the speech; vines.

The man was already out of sight when Lata called out to him. It had been a funny thought, but perhaps the man dropped the letter by purpose.

[Choice for Lata (Will make a difference in the story)]
[Open and Read the Letter]
[Keep it as it is]

[Open and Read the Letter]
Lata frowned, having no idea where the man was in such a hurry to. Common sense told her to hang onto it and return it at a later time. Perhaps let Syzen know. She could hear an old friend in the back of her mind saying not to do it. However, curiosity and temptation was a stronger force for the girl as she carefully pulled the envelope open. She didn't want to mess up the fancy looking seal that held the flap shut as the letter was likely very important.

(The letter’s contents are in your PM @Painted-Iris-has-so-much-homework , read it carefully)

(Gotcha)

Lata simply stared at the note, utterly confused. How did this man know her? She hardly knew anyone and almost prefered it that way. She would be required to acquaint herself with the other Zodiac knights, but that was about as much as she cared about. There was also Draco, but he seemed to just be her temporary guide to adjusting here. Folding up the crisp sheet of paper the way it was, she placed it back inside the envelope and walked towards where her room supposedly was. This offer seemed promising. A lot like what she had grown up with. The thought of her past made a small smile play at her lips. Gods, she missed her family. Her imperfect and misfit family…
The opportunity was likely one she'd never get again. All of these offers for a change in life was a bit crazy to her. From nothing, to a knight with new abilities, to… well, whatever this was. Now before her lay the large door, a Libra symbol etched on the surface. Lata hummed before entering the room. Perhaps she'd look into it. It would do the world some good, wouldn't it? The question was, how would this effect her new rank as a knight for the kingdom?

It took Pasha a hot second to decipher what the figure was saying, before something caught his attention from behind. Vines?
"Dryad…" the words were out of his mouth before he even realised he was speaking. Never mind that, he needed to find a way to stop the vines from getting close to him. But how? He didn't have any weapons on him, did he?

(Le bump?)

(Altrince is gone for the week. It's in the username.)

(Oh gods yeah I forgot)