"I never said the cops would come here I said I would take you... oh nevermind." He watched the boy leave. He remembered seeing that boy at Nil's Kendo Club. He wondered if the boy was stalking Nil or Sora. He shrugged, he would need to tell them to watch their backs more from now on. He clicked the "down" button and eaoted for it to take him to the computer room again.

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Sora had been calmly meditating amidst the peace and quiet of the deserted clearing he had taken somewhat of a fancy to visiting. That is, he was meditating calmly... up until the point where the ground began to shake slightly.

Immediately jumping up and landing with his feet planted evenly on the ground, Sora grabbed his staff currently lying against one of the nearby trees. Power walking over to the rest of his gear, he flung the duffle bag to hand from his opposite shoulder as he made a short jump to get on the skateboard. After that, all it took was a light push and he was off, making his way back to the school in order to figure out what was going on.

Thinking to himself as he sped through the park grounds, Sora counted some quick numbers in his head as he maneuvered between the web of trees, still not quite on the path.

Light tremors... more than 2 pulses... doesn't seem like a normal burst to me...

Sora's thought process was suddenly interrupted with the path coming into view. Expression and thoughts still almost perfectly emotionless, as no one was around to judge him, he casually made his way towards the path's opening. Just 30ft from breaking out of the treeline, he suddenly noticed a kid moving along the trail... alone. Sora didn't feel particularly bothered by this, even preparing to turn his skateboard slightly to meet up with the individual and maybe figure out what was going on, when he suddenly got a good view of the guy's face. Immediately remembering the "stranger" to be the queer, overly curious student he had seen before at Kendo club, Sora squinted slightly as he double checked the student's face in mild disbelief.

Silently hopping off his skateboard before he could go into the guy's vision, Sora turned to hide behind a tree until he passed. While normally he would have no problem talking to the individual, even with his somewhat disturbing first impressions, the direction he was going from was particularly concerning. The only real place to go along the trail he was on was to the factory... and a random student like him would certainly not have business there... but "Robert" was no random student. The guy had unknowingly revealed he was connected to the whole virtual world dilemma at Kendo club, something Sora simply couldn't ignore.

Tossing around the idea of confronting the guy in his mind before he passed, Sora's overly trusting side eventually took over. Robert had to know what was going on... especially due to the fact that he had almost certainly just visited the factory somehow, which removed the chance of reliably speaking to him later about the issue.

Skateboarding between the mass of trees a ways off from the trail until he was in front of Robert, Sora suddenly slid out from the side of the trail, stopping in the middle of the path about 40ft ahead of the guy. Getting off his skateboard, Sora swiftly kicked it up with his right foot, easily catching it with his left hand. Tucking the wheeled board under one arm, he turned to face Robert walking towards his position.

Waving at Robert with a welcoming smile on his face, Sora quickly called out in loud but somewhat cheerful voice, "Hey, mind if I talk to ya for a sec? I can't seem to figure out what's going on!"

Sora put his hands in his pockets, skateboard still under one arm, looking up at the sky with a wistful look plastered on his face as Robert passed by him. The smile from before was gone.

"Help people in a repeated day over and over?" Sora knew getting right to the point would likely be the only way to implant the idea in the guy's mind if he still decided leave. Speaking through indirect hints seemed the most appropriate way to go about the start of the process anyway.

Without turning, Sora leaned his head to the side slightly, glancing out of the corner of his eye towards Robert so he could watch his reaction closely. In all honestly he didn't expect the guy to really see into what he was implying, but any result would still be satisfactory for what he had in mind.

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"Help people in a repeated day over and over?" As Robert heard those words, he immediately stopped in his tracks, knowing what he the guy mean't. Robert didn't turn around, instead he said, "You too huh? I should have known, well good luck with whatever guys are about to do."

Robert then walked to the academy, seeing if he could help. Though Robert thought that the day would just repeat again if whatever those guys were doing worked, but he still could not bare seeing fatally wounded students, needing aid. So when he got to the academy he hastily tried to help tend the wounded.

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#Plot progression has been modified, please be advised. Robert has not entered the factory yet. Posts #806 - #811 did not happen.

Attempting to follow Chi and Nathan, Robert lost track of them in the park but soon happened upon the bridge. Sora, skateboarding from behind the trees, confronts him for being suspicious.

"Virtualizing Chi, Virtualizing Chubs, Virtualizing Nil, and Virtualizing Nathan."

A familiar verdant forest of trees once again welcome Chi as the group materialized among them. This was the Forest Sector. In the distance, a tower glowing red could partially be seen obscured by trees.
Chi feels a growing resolution within her
[Chi hp: 177 L: 3 sts: Boosted]
[Chubs hp: 218 L: 2 sts: fine]
[Nathan hp: 168 L: 2 sts: fine]
[Nil hp: 168 L: 2 sts: fine]

"Another new place. Wonder how many more there are." Nathaniel rested his umbrella on his shoulder. "So Nil how do you reverse time exactly?"

Chub summoned a card in the place he was standing, before pointing at Chi.
A card symbol appeared over the head of Chi, slowly rotating.
[Chubs uses Decoy on Chi, cooldown 5 posts]

[The mission has been updated]
Before Robert could walk away towards the Academy, the bridge him and Sora were nearby detonated completely blowing up into pieces and falling into the deep river below where they where carried away by the current.

It was now impossible to reach the factory.

Back in the dormitories, Lyora with a rag covering her mouth, finally burst into the room that was covered in smoke. To her horror, the remnants of the room where on fire, and the blazing inferno, suddenly resurged at the influx of new fresh air. Instinctively ducking, powerful flames rushed out above her into the hallway. Outside the Dorm building lit up in a firestorm.

"Hey! I know that place! I've been here once, when I... got lost... when you guys were fighting the fire lady..." Although Chi started her sentence with an overly passionate voice, she quickly calmed down. " Anyway, I like that one the most so far, it's so...refreshing." She looked around at her companions, and slightly frowned. "Sorry...got carried away..."

Extending her arms in front of herself as usual, her blades spawned. She immediately strapped them to her back, and pointed at the thing above her head. "Um...What's that...?"

Chubs, his face expressionless, waved his hand, as if to say, "Don't worry about it."
He turned around and pointed at the tower, gesturing for the others to back him up.

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Nil stretches, feeling the familiar power from being virtual course through him. "To answer, Nathaniel, I hit a big button that asked if I wanted to rewind time. Anyways, that tower is glowing red, meaning that those explosions really were Xana. You guys ready? If we meet any of those weird guys again, we should avoid conflict."

A large boom rocked the factory. Pascale panicked slightly but kept her worry from the team.
"Waaah...uh...Sorry Nil, their monsters surrounding the tower."
Pascale clicked the icons surrounding the tower but was only greeted by static.
"I can't really tell what the are from here, but I'd be careful.

A straight path lined with trees led to the clearing with the glowing red tower in the center. Surrounding it were four metal orbs.

Nil holds his weapons steady before him. "Nathaniel, get up here with me on defense. Chi, Chubs, hang back for a bit. Lets see what these guys do before we engage them. We don't need to get caught in a trap like last time."

#At the movies, so I'll log out for now.

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Nathaniel nodded and grimaced, remembering what happened to him last time they fought the strange being. "That motion is seconded. Well then let's see what we're going against." He walked with the group and as they entered the clearing he looked at the strange orbs that seemed to be protecting the tower. He took his umbrella off his shoulder and rested the tip on the floor. His finger hovered over the unhinge button. "Do you think we can wake just one up?"