...It's really not that big of a deal, especially for this place. I mean, it could always be worse.

A Rain Guardian, huh?

That was about the most easily obtained and unexpected promotion ever.

[Nevermind the icon, the tech genius actually has a suit and headset on.]

--into three separate directions.

[Having the console you were working on suddenly disappear and ending up sitting on the edge of a fountain in mid-sentence was more than a little unsettling. It was the timing, though, that made him sigh in frustration. Time back there supposedly stopped, but still. A battle this important...] ...Not this again. It really wouldn't surprise me if Byakuran was somehow in league with Thalassa.

This place sure got busy all of a sudden, didn't it? That many people in such a short amount of time has got to be some kind of record. Seems like things are going to be a lot more chaotic now, too, what with the inevitable explosions and all.

[Suddenly walking out of the bookshop focused intently on some kind of report in his hand, there's a blond with a lollipop in his mouth.]

Why's it so humid in he-- [A glance up goes to show this isn't anywhere near where he was or where he's supposed to be.]

.....

I'm pretty sure I was still in Japan a minute ago. Maybe I finally crashed after all those all-nighters.