LeeAnn went further to the rot iron gates that gave the look of an old-fashion victorian style to property it surrounded. The gate was locked shut. She tugged on the lock then growled a little in irritation. Without a doubt she would be slightly angry about this. They knew she was coming, why didn't they unlock the gates like she had asked. Lee used her fire slayer magic ot melt the lock as it dripped onto the ground in a liquid magma sorta way. The gate crept open signalling her to go forward. It was nightfall with the moon out giving enough light to see everything around them. There was a illumated tombstone. What made it stand out was the engraved words into the stone were glowing with a strange blue light. LeeAnn really squinted her eyes to focus as the slayer walked slowly towards it. However, it faded as she gotten closer. The closer she got, the dimer the light got.
She could sense a large source of magical energy surging from it. Ragtime would of stirred right about now, but it wasn't enough. LeeAnn gave a small sigh, wishing he would help out. The demi-human pressed forward to gain more of a understanding. If she read one of those book like she was suppose to, she would be able to help this out. Lector tugged on her sleeve. "Lee, look" he spoke. She saw another blue glow within the engravings, this time only select words.
"D...E..M...I. Demi..." she spoke.
"Half...half of what" asked Lector. She gave a shrug. "I don't know buddy. I don't know" she replied. She got up and marched forward to figure out the rest of the message. Engraved text glowed on another tombstone further out. They both ran and started to read the selected text. "H...U....M...A...N. Human. H..U...N...T...E...R...O...N...Y...O..U..R....L..E..F...T. Demi-Human hunter on your left? What?" The dead seemed to be warning her about something. Before she could realize what had happened, she sensed a dark spirit behind her. Ragtime was NOW active. He made himself known. Without a word, he warded it off with a small rune he painted on the ground below him. "What the hell were you two doing? Trying to get yourselves kill" he cried. Lector shook a little finally seeing Ragtime for the second time now. "Well, you were silent and not talking to me. So I took on this job again, glad of you to drop in" she spoke. Ragtime pinched the bridge of his nose and gave a long sigh. He wasn't his usual joyful, chaotic self, but more so a grumpy stressful butt. "Look...I have a lot on my mind. Let's get you two out of here before things get ten times worse. Before we know it, Caspien would feed off your negative energy like before" he retorted. The chaotic spirit stared to walk away, but LeeAnn didn't move. Ragtime turned around.
"Come on, do I have to tell you twice" he hissed. LeeAnn stood still with Lector confused, but not moving from Lee's side. Ragtime stomped the ground with his paw. "LeeAnn, come here" he cried. The kitsune took a step back away from Ragtime, pissing him off more. "No." One word. All it took was one word to disobey. She was wondering why he wasn't controlling her to do as he spoke. Ragtime became more arrigvated before taking a sigh. There was silence between the three of them before anyone spoke up. Finally, Ragtime gave his reasoning. "I...I'm sorry. I don't want to loose you. Not like when I almost did after the battle with Solomon. I cannot loose you now, not to him" he spoke. LeeAnn looked terribly confused.
"Loose to whom, Ragtime" she asked. He looked away. "It's nothing...lets just get to finding this Demi-human hunter before it gets too late" he spoke. He turned around and lead them to the area where the hunter was suppose to be. LeeAnn followed him. SHe thought back to Enternal Nightmare being a threat to the guild and how she glossed it over. Ragtime paused and stared at her. "Kid, don't beat yourself up. Yes, you made yourself look stupid, but at least your doing something about it now. I see you training, not kid with me. The hunter should be around here somewhere, I can sense him" spoke Ragtime.
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