Ryuzen Tenrai

>March 17, 2058

Loud noises, sirens and confusions everywhere…..

Ryuzen: (wakes up reluctantly) The hell is with all the fuss (looking outside the window), why is there so much fog…...

ARIA[Ryuzen's AI]: Good morning sir.

Ryuzen: (sigh!)whatever....my sleep is ruined. What's happening out there?

ARIA: All my instruments are malfunctioning but the news warns of an earthquake.

Ryuzen: What! an earthquake alert, that too here! what's the magnitude?

ARIA: An estimated 9+.

Ryuzen: No tectonic activity in this region should cause a magnitude 9 earthquake. (focus intensifies) I guess there is no other choice then.

*Oh this is starting to get interesting

Ryuzen: ARIA take me down to the Bunker and while I'm inside keep conducting diagnostical analysis with all instruments even if they are malfunctioning.

Suddenly the ground beneath his feet starts to descend until we are presented with a hidden laboratory.

After about 30 minutes the noises settle

Ryuzen: (Walks outside his compound)What the hell! this is no earthquake. ^ Am I still in the nightmare? ^

ARIA: By the looks of it, no sir. There is no recorded damage in the entire city but the entire city's layout has been heavily altered with new terrain and structures.

Ryuzen: What about satellite data?

ARIA: I am unable to contact any of your satellites sir, I even tried your moon base and other outer space stations but all came out as unresponsive.

Ryuzen: (slowly pulling back his hair) That's hundreds of billions in losses already.

Receives a call….

Ryuzen: So what exactly is happening...Renji?

Renji: ^ how did he know it was me ^ I see you haven't changed Ryu, thought the retirement would make you dull.

Ryuzen: I am still me just in retirement….enough of the chit-chat (tone intensifies) how long since you predicted this?

Renji: Not long and we didn't "predict" anything the instruments were malfunctioning so we took precautionary measures and I was told to call you after everything settles.

Ryuzen: Does Kaito know?

Renji: Not yet.

Ryuzen: So there is a problem with the comms, explains you calling me through VL.

Renji: Well Kaito is on his way here and you have been ordered to be here by tomorrow dawn.

Ryuzen: Tomorrow dawn!, either something is interfering with air travel or did the entire world structure change?

Renji: A bit of both I will explain once we meet….Also you will be using a Teleporter.

Ryuzen: A teleporter!?

Renji: More precisely you will be teleporting via magic.

Ryuzen: And how do I do this "magic"?

Renji: Oh aren't you excited.

Ryuzen: Yeah nothing like betting my molecular integrity on "magic".

Renji: Good, then you will love this...… a 2 meter wide magic circle and a 54 page long incantation also with no interruptions, the detailed instructions will be with ARIA.

Ryuzen: (dead inside) You're joking right?

Renji: See you tomorrow.(ends call)

Ryuzen: ARIA collect any and all data you can while simultaneously preparing for a complete transfer through VOIDLINK.

ARIA: Aye aye captain!

*Ok that, that was not interesting in the slightest, it took him 2 hours to make the circle and almost 12 hours for him perfectly get the incantation and here I thought he was a genius scientist.

Kaito: You are finally here…..Ryuzen Tenrai!

Ryuzen: (exhausted) You owe me more than just a coffee.