Private AWOL Nation: Prelude

[Shingetsu Sora]

Tucked away in one of the lower floors as he was, Sora was busy writing up a series of orders for his newly formed Order. Ink freshly applied to paper, he first smelled the hint of smoke before watching his dried parchment began to slowly but surly curl up at its edges. Cocking his head to the side, he mouthed a word of confusion but he didn't have long to wonder about what was going on when his headset erupted into a bone chilling alarm. “Code Black: The Kazekage has been captured, the kidnapper is still in the Tower.” The words echoed over Sora's headset with the sort of cry of alarm that immediately warranted his attention. A Code Black was by definition, one of, if not the most serious sort of alert. In fact, it was so clearly important that Sora often wondered why it wasn't more carefully coded to prevent outside forces from possibly purposefully causing panic and alarm. Jumping to his feet, he started to head for the door and reached the door handle only to find that it was scolding hot, almost as if it had been sitting in the direct sun. "Ouch!" Jerking his hand back in even more confusion, he heard the first buckling of the Kazekage Tower before he recognized what it was that he was hearing. "Oh no!" Chiming in in his head, Suigetsu's alarm further caught the young man by surprise but the Ancient didn't let his younger half think anymore, because before Sora had a chance to think too slowly, Suigetsu took over and whisked them away.

OOC: Events transpiring during the initial part of this topic

 

[Shingetsu Sora]

There was a bright light and then there was darkness, followed by the feeling of being sucked into a vortex and then a thud. Landing hard on the cold stone floor, Sora was momentarily disoriented as he pushed himself up to his feet. An eerily cosmic like dust swirled around him, momentarily obscuring his vision. Coughing, he cleared his lungs and took in his surroundings. The air hung heavy with a strange sense of familiarity, the flickering torches lining the hallway cast long, dancing shadows that seemed to wink with a life of their own. The worn stone walls were adorned with faded tapestries depicting scenes of past battles and forgotten scenes of long ago. Something pricked at the back at his neck, a sense of longing that he desperately tried to grab at. A shiver danced down his spine, a prickling unease settling in his gut. This wasn't the first time he'd been here, of that he was certain. Yet, the memories themselves remained frustratingly out of reach, shrouded in a veil of mist. That was when he noticed the oddly reoccurring color blue. Blue tapestries, blue candle flames, blue liners and blue table adornments. The Blue House, or should he say, Castle Blue, Suigetsu's personal domain. Being a place that Suigetsu rarely allowed Sora to join him at, if the Ancient had whisked them away to here, then that could only mean that things were pretty dire. "I had to get us out of there before we were consumed by the flame." "What was it?" "A Flame Court Ancients attack if ever I saw one." "But why would they attack the Kazekage Tower? That's gotta be the dumbest way to start a war." "My thoughts exactly but if they were that brazen, we can't stay here for long. We need to find the Kazekage!"