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Talion and Concord have been taking some much needed time to rest in an inn, set in the secluded town of Bighorn. Wounds have healed for the most part, but minds haven't. At least with the book we've gained, some of us have had the time to study it and work on new techniques.

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News travels fast. It seems most of Urania, or even the world has seen Zadkiel's affects on it. The sky is dark all the time. Strange, ghostlike animals lurk around every corner. Plagues of aether creatures terrorize cities. It all spread like wildfire. But what can a beaten down group of rebels do about it...? We barely have any way to transport ourselves, let alone fight armies.

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"Time... Give it time, and we'll figure it out... We always do..."

You hear JEHIEL say it a lot, but it's beginning to feel tired and empty.

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SIMA, KAMEN, and OLGA are hanging out in the inn's quiet old cafe, searching the buffet for muffins, or having coffee with some others lingering around. Whatever it may be they're doing, the owner of the inn approaches them shyly. She's an older lady that you've seen around. She's holding a map of the town with circles drawn in red marker on it.

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"Excuse me... Are you Talion...?" She asks.

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Well? Are you?

You've been stuck with one another for so long. Some of the group may exchange questioning glances. Some of us don't even like each other. But an answer needs to be given. Are we Concord? Are we Talion? Neither, or both? Are we separate, or the same?

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Do you merge or remain separate?

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The old lady's name is June. According to her, the town of Bighorn has been plagued by creatures taking over some of their buildings, her own house included. There are six places in total circled on the map. She asks for your help to clear them out... In exchange, you'd gain the town's loyalty. There's about a population of 300, each place cleared would gain 50. Maybe it's not much, but it's something. Most of them are elementals.

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She hands SIMA the map.

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As for The Absolute... It hasn't been that long, but everyone has had more than enough time to get better, feel better, settle in and become far more powerful than you ever could've imagined. And just to think, this is only a fraction of what you will be.

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It is time for your first real mission. Whether you accept or not is up to you. Zadkiel has left Sherry in charge of the mission while he's off saving more elementals.

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Urania. It's a country that's been putting elementals through hell for as long as you can remember. It's time to take something from it in exchange.

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Look at the map, choose a city, go there and destroy it in order to rebuild it as your own.

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Sounds easy enough, right? Maybe frightening. Maybe exciting. This is for real, and nobody can do anything to stop you... The world is your sandbox, just as promised.

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Sherry slaps the map down on the dining room table during lunch for you all to vote on a city to conquer.

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