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Sure. And don't worry, he's safe. Athena was more interested in what was going on with the Minister and whoever his friend was.

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Julius half-jumped backwards. "I'm with her! Bro, why does everyone wanna kill me?" He looked back at the prime minister and slapped his hand over his mouth. In a whisper, Julius said, "Now look what you've done." He shook his head.

Nagasaki

Nagasaki sighed. "Whoever you are, you clearly haven't been in New York before. Here at Flatiron Building, nobody can hear us from inside, if we are on the roof. Besides, the Prime Minister is inside, and he can't hear us. But if you make sudden movements, he might catch you." he said, lowering the gun. He put the gun back in his pocket, and talked in his walkie-talkie. "No, the Prime Minister asked for pink suits. Not black." he said, clearly showing some aggravation. "What do you mean 'there's no pink suits?!' We bought 50 of them yesterday?!"

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The Minister hurried inside. "Reina." He hissed, "Not now." As she hurried away, he picked up his own walkie talkie and spoke into the speaker. "I'm sorry, but I'd prefer grey suits now that I've thought of it. Make sure there are fresh roses at the ceremony." He hurried off deep into the building and picked up a hunting rifle. Its bullets were soaked in toxins, they would be useful.
"Nagasaki, report to floor 13, I have a package for you." His voice was laced with cold and malice.

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Nagasaki

Nagasaki replied into the walkie-talkie. "Yes sir, I'm on my way." he said. He then waved goodbye at Athena and Julius, and went down the elevator to Floor 13, where he bowed deeply to the Prime Minister. "I am here, all mighty sir. What do you need of me?" he said, head almost touching his knees.

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"Stand up." The Minister tossed the rifle at his feet. "Pufferfish toxins. Twenty times worse. If you accidentally shoot yourself, I have the antidote." He looked around and lowered his voice to a whisper.
"Nagasaki. Be careful, one wrong move, I will k!ll you."
He straightened his cuffs and smiled a thin smile.
"Now, off you go. You're... friends are waiting."
He gestured out of the window towards Athena.

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Friends are waiting. The words echoed inside his head. Julius ducked a little further down, pushing his entire body flat. Hoping Athena was listening to his mind, he thought outloud. Did he spot me? Or you? Both? Should we get out of here? Help meeeeeee.

Uh yeah, we better get out of here. Unless you're good at dodging bullets, but I suppose that wouldn't matter much anyways.

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I'm not very good at dodging things that are faster than twice the speed of sound. Julius jumped off the building and ran back to the hotel, sneaking back through reception and finding the girls. "Hi. We're back."

Nagasaki

Nagasaki stood up straight, staring at the rifle. "If you don't mind, sir," he said. "What is this for?" He held the rifle in his hands, startled that he was handed such a weapon, and poisoned weapon too.

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The Minister chuckled. "Defense. After the coronation, you're fighting assessment will come up. There might be fatalities and such, but I believe you will do perfectly fine. And, you could always use a weapon like that. The promotion you've been eyeing has positions with more advanced weapons." He stopped smiling. "And, intruders must be killed on the spot."

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Athena took a running leap and flew in back through the window. "But not for long."

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Nagasaki

Nagasaki blanched, his face white. Surely he doesn't know about Athena and Julius, does he? He bowed again to the Prime Minister before turning around to leave.

Taro

Taro turned towards Athena and Julius, face solemn. Athena and Julius had been gone for about an hour, and Kaori was still sedated. Running over to Athena, he jumped on her lap and purred in Purrean, "How long is the sedative supposed to last?".

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Julius furrowed his eyebrows. "What do you mean not for long? Where are you going now?" Julius sat down on the bed and pulled out some pretzels. "And if your wondering, this helps soak up the alcohol. I don't randomly keep them in my pockets like you keep silverware in yours."

Timeskip to Coronation

Atticus Redding. Soon to be recoronated. The crown glistened on his head as he swore into the office. He had gotten a white suit with a red cape flowing behind him. Showy, but necessary. He could hear the cheers around him as he finished. The bible whisked away as he opened his eyes and watched the crowd. The artillery of weapons hidden in his outfit weighed him down.

Dagger?
Check.
Gun?
Check.
Safe Sedative?
Check.
Lethal Sedative?
Check.

He glanced around the crowd, searching...
He found Kaori, Athena, and Nagasaki, he couldn't see the others. He fixed them with a hard stare and sent through his mind.
You have ten minutes to hide.

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Ace founds a weird gun which he try shoots and opens a weird ring.Which he enters and saw other peoples.He was confused how did he ended up being here "where am I?"

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Julius stared worryingly. "That's what you meant by not for long. Why is he getting crowned again?" Julius bit into a pretzel and stared at the smug looking prime minister.

I guess Kaori woke up!

Kaori could feel the Prime Minister staring at them. She had a cloak wrapped around her, hiding her wounds. It was quite a pain leaving the hotel, and she had tripped/fallen/etc around 3 million times. And she was still nauseous from getting up so soon after being stabbed. She was mostly hiding behind Athena, where she was still visible, but she didn't have to stand. It was quite hard for her to be standing after a seizure attack, being drugged, and stabbed, so she would be sitting.

She looked over and saw the Prime Minister glaring at them. She quickly looked away, and held Taro tightly in her arms. "Taro, the Prime Minister is staring at us." she whispered to Taro, and held him even tighter.

Nagasaki

Nagasaki was next to Kaori, keeping a close eye on the Prime Minister. He had found out about Kaori's 'incident', and had a major freak-out until Kaori reassured him that she was totally fine. As if. He saw how she was sitting, instead of standing, keeping Taro close, which was what she did when she was anxious. He also saw her pale face, drawn with worry, and her minor injuries from her falls. He saw her skinny frame, from the time when she was dead. Her once smiling face, now clouded with sorrow and worry. She changed so much in the few months she was dead... he thought as he brushed her hair gently, which was a little tangled from her falls. Speaking of falls, she had so many that he had carried her to the coronation. Clearly, Kaori wasn't doing so well, probably wasn't feeling good, and didn't feel like telling them. "Kaori?" he whispered to her, lowering his voice so that Athena wouldn't hear. "Yeah?" Kaori whispered back, looking up at him. "Promise you'll tell me if anything, and by anything, I mean anything if something wrong is going on, if you aren't doing well, and/or if you know something important. I don't want to risk losing you again." Nagasaki said as he crouched down to her level. "I promise." Kaori whispered back as she held Taro.

When he stood back up and focused his attention back to the Prime Minister, he received the message. Instantly bending down to Kaori, he whispered to her, "We're being watched. Go hide. Tell the others!" before facing the Prime Minister boldly. He quietly picked her up, tapped Athena on the shoulder, told Athena what was happening, and rushed the others outside. "Stay hidden," he said before running back inside to the coronation, where he acted like nothing had happened. But he kept the rifle close, hidden inside his vest.

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The Minister smiled and pressed a button. Instantly, the rifle in Nagasaki's vest started automatically firing. Multiple people fell quickly. An alarm blared. Perfect. The minister took careful aim and fired a small dart gun. It embedded itself in Nagasaki's arm and threw him to the ground. A wound for the traitor. He gracefully stepped from the podium and walked over to one of his agents. The agent nodded and leapt into the crowd. It had been seven minutes. Three more and then he would start searching.

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Nah Kaori is a limp body being carried by someone

Julius watched as the guy that tried to shoot him hurried away. He shrugged and threw a mirage around them, making it so they were invisible to the people outside his barrier. "Want a pretzel?" He looked at everyone and held a little pack of pretzels towards them. "They're pretty tasty."