B. Tyo tries to convince Ninja to stay
Please stay, Ninja, Tyo pleads. I dont want to do this alone.
Why? Ninja furrows her eyebrow. That cat has done nothing but lie to us and hide things from us.
Fine! the cat yelps. Ill tell you everything, if you step back on this train. At least wait until we get to the Louvre. If you want to leave then, fine, I wont try to stop you.
Do it, Ninja, Tyo says. At the very least, well know part of whats happening.
Her eyes dancing back and forth between the train cars interior and the outside, Ninja slowly takes a hesitant step back toward her companion and the cat, gripping one of the metal poles for support as she eyes the cat down, her laser stare closing down upon its fur like a flurry of approaching swords.
Now, do it, Ninja hisses to the harsh musical backdrop of closing doors. This is your last chance, cat!
Now, where to begin? the cat asks rhetorically, the train pulling out of the station onto the elevated steel-clad rails shunting off to the Seine, Gare dAusterlitzs ornate Beaux-Arts edifice angling into visibility out the far window.
Certainly, your name would be a good place to start, says Tyo, leaning back against one of the other poles for support, letting her scythe fall lazily by her side and then fade out of existence.
The cat bows its head. My name is Kaiser, it replies. I created you, as I said, to stop Bair.
And how did you do that? Ninja asks, her voice spiced with incredulity as the train curves over onto a viaduct across the Seine, the bulbous stark white modernist pier of Pont Charles de Gaulle lining the azure afternoon Francillien backdrop.
I cannot explain properly without years of magical training on your part.
Well then, Ninja sighs, throwing her hands up. There you go again.
Kaisers eyes widen. No, no! Okay, Ill try to explain. I cast a spell that would find the most magically inclined girls in the world, bestow them with powers, and bring them here, to Paris. Like I said, its the one place where we can protect ourselves from Bair the best. Unfortunately, Tyo, it seems that in your case, one of Bairs minions found out, and interfered with the process.
Red, Tyo says, clenching her fist, seeing the picture of that red-dressed girl flash into her pressing memory. She can feel the faintest acceleration in her pulse, the faintest trace of an involuntary smirk, the faintest droplet of rue in her stomach - and for none of these does she truly know why.
I dont know how, the cat continues as the train delves underground and into Quai de la Rapée, but she tried to stop you. It is truly lucky we found you at Corvisart, then.
I...er, I see, Tyo says, noting Ninjas odd glance in her direction.
See, Kaiser says, gasping for air. Bair was holding me captive in her lair for years, and I assure you, she will not stop until all the world is under her grasp. We must stop her! The things I saw...the snakes
so many snakes... it petered off, unable to think.
The train pulls into another station as Ninja and Tyo look at each other, blank expressions in both their eyes.
Bastille, Kaiser says, perking up, seemingly pleased for the distraction. This is our stop. To get to the Louvre, weve got to take Line 1 out in the direction of La Défense.
But no sooner do the doors open does Tyo find herself staring dead into the eyes of a very familiar red-dressed girl, another cat - a feline who could have been Kaisers twin - resting on her shoulder.
Found you, Tyo, she hears.
Red.
Ah, Red says, hardly bearing even the slightest trace of annoyance over her all-breaking smirk. Now that didnt take very long now, did it?
Tyo has no time to react, for Kaiser is next to hiss.
Seon.
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Does Tyo
A. Try to fight her way through
B. Give in and join Red and Seon
C. Try to convince Red and Seon to join them
D. Stay on the train and try to hold Red and Seon off