Rest is good for the blood!

“urrgh!” groans Himari running open her tired eyes

A ray of sunlight burst through her window,

This a rare sight for her,

(Have I actually overslept?) she thinks

Its only after seven in the morning but to Himari it is the equivalent of waking up at twelve noon,

Percentage of us tow the line♪

Her head hurts dreadfully and her memories of the night before a blurry mess,

Still, she must stick to her daily routine

Himari crawls out of her bed,

Is this even her bead?

She can’t even tell, her vison still a bit hazy, she stumbles of the unfamiliar room,

Bum-bum—bum, bum-bum bum♪

As Himari navigates her way to the shower, the woman notices a soothing beat that wafts throughout the house, Soft reggae bas guitar strums, accompanied by a smooth section of saxophones, and occasional vocals that reverb in and out, giving it a somewhat gothic vibe….

The rest of us is out of reach♪

Foregoing her initial task, she follows the sound…

Bum-bum—bum, bum-bum bum♪

Himari nears the door in which the beat escapes from…...

…….

Everybody, party time♪

“Who?—” Himari starts, but as her vison become clearer she starts to realize this isn’t her apartment,

The woman stares directly at, Kage, his silver curs tied back as he sits with a sleek guitar in hand,

Not playing the sound himself, but listening intently to beat, perhaps planning to imitate the sound…..

“Ms. Nara?” Kage looks up, giving Himari his default blank gaze

“Is there something I can help you with?”

Some of us, will never sleep again♪

“How did I get here?”

“You came in last night from the party remember?”

“Um, yes, the... party”

(“This is so unprofessional!”) thinks Himari embarrassedly

“How are you up already pirate?

You were there last night as well” Himari asks, still upset with herself for waking up ‘this late’

“I never slept; I don’t sleep anymore.”

Dracula♪

Dracula, Dracula♪

Dracula, Dracula♪

“……. I think I’ve wasted enough time here already” the young woman replies awkwardly trying to think of a way to dignifiedly leave

Bum-bum—bum, bum-bum bum♪

…..

“Ms. Nara, one thing before, you leave” Kage calls to the woman whose back is already turned to exit

“You might want to put some clothes on first,”

“Ok, thank you for reminding me” She monotones outwardly but is immensely upset internally…

……….

****

whush

The morning wind blows across Himari Nara’s face as she speeds though the plastic-tielium streets on the plastic beach,

Normally Himari would give her hair a few brushes every morning before styling it in her

usual bun, she thinks it is tedious and inefficient to spend hours on your hair, this morning however, her straight brunette strands are wild and unkempt…

“Daniel, are you at work?”—Himari speaking over the phone

{“Nooo~”} MF’s voice groans from the other line

“Good so I’m not the only person late,”

{“It’s eight in the morning Himari, what do you mean late?”}

“I am never socializing ever again.”

{“That was fun, last night,”}

“Do you remember what happened?”

{“Not really,”}

“Then how was it fun?”

{“Because I got to spend time with drunk and hot girls,”}

“I will hang up on you right now Daniel,”

{“Come on, even that person Kage from the first ring was enjoying himself or herself?

I don’t know anymore”}

“Why are you bringing up a pirate in our conversation?” Hiamri still flustered by the previous happenings of the morning

{“Kage is a pirate?”}

“Do you even read anybody’s file before becoming acquainted with them?”

{“I don’t think anyone does that Himari, plus Kage has connections to the chairman,

Maybe it was a misunderstanding,”}

“I’m done talking about this,” sighs Himari, starting to get fed up of people defending someone who blatantly came from another ring and took the lives of people from hers… (“Even he woke up before me, I am so disappointed in myself right now…..”)

…….

****

Bam-bang-bam!

“It is one in the afternoon Apollo,

Get your ass up!”

“Uhhh!

What are you my mother now Kage?”

“Your were getting a many of missed calls, are you not supposed to be at work?” I press

“I barely even know how to use the thing, I’m sure the higher ups will understand,” Apollo groans and tries to roll back into his sheets, but I pull them off,

“Come on Kage!

Since when do you care about me working?”

“I don’t, but I need you to steal—obtain some files for me”

“Why?

There are things not available on the internet, that I heard is still archived on the governments database,”

“I hardly understood any of that.” Apollo yawns

“Just get your ass up Apollo.”

“Is Lyra here?” he asks

“I didn’t see her leave, so I don’t know,” I shrug

“She’s gone then,”

(I know Lyra is searching for her brother who is on this ring now,

But some how I feel like there is more to the story,)

“Where does Lyra go anyways?” I pry

“It is not my business to say Kage,”

“Ok, then I’ll switch my question,

Why do you go parading about as a so-called messiah every night?”

“Who told—” Apollo starts

“Lyra!”

“Lyra.”

We both say simultaneously,

“She told me the other night” I say gloatingly in an attempt to get Apollo to spill the information on Lyra

“Ok, well

Lyra’s goes to Caribbean,

I think that may be where her brother stays

But that’s all your getting from me Kage, happy?”

“Not really, do you know if she met him yet?”

“No, I try not to talk about depressing things when I’m with her, maybe you should acquire this trait as well Kage,” Apollo retorts somewhat smugly

“Strange a magic user like her brother has stayed quiet, especially being on a ring where no one has the kind of power he does,” I murmur ignoring his last remark

“Yeahhhh~ no,

You know what I’m going to get my supervisor ‘s laptop for you, so you can read all the ‘files’ you want Kage,

There is a lot you don’t yet,”

“Like?” I press on getting interested,

“Have ever heard of a crime-boss who goes by the name of Satan?”