Eric departs alone as he is plotting his next move to take the power of The Scorpio. Meanwhile the trio are discussing about what possibilities can be happening.
Bolt- With that being said, if we split up that reduced our chance of survival by 50%.
AAA- There is still so much to uncover, like how a person is able to 'steal' the power of the Consorts.
Bolt- You think we should follow him?
Lyria- Not at all. Following him will mean we really have to aid him in battle and we don't want that. There is a high chance he could just ditch us you know.
Bolt- Back in the lobby, I heard a lot about the guests coming here. It seems like this Eric guy is really a bigshot here.
AAA- He acts like one, that's for sure.
Lyria- Hmm... We are kinda getting nowhere from here. Just wasting time isn't going to help us get close to Antharas.
Bolt- So let's starts by this, where is the overseer located at?
AAA- Hmm....
That would probably be the clue to the little puzzle in this brochure.
Lyria- Brochure? A brochure has hints as to where the overseer is?
AAA- The Overseer of Echelon isn't a sadist, like the Vanguard. So if we need to have an audience with her, she will grant it but there will definitely be some requirements here and there.
Lyria- I agree, but I haven't really gotten the time to read the brochure especially when he was around. So I don't know if we have enough time for all that.
Bolt- How much more time before Antharas leaves Echelon.
AAA- He is said to be here for 1 week, if he is the special guest they're mentioning here.
So are you ready for the hints, we can possibly uncover?
Lyria- Well then, go ahead.
AAA - The first hint is, "On the floor of Aura, lies beneath the elevation to the moeity of the buttons". Wonder what that means, but I think I have a hint.
Lyria- We're both ears.
AAA- On the floor of Aura, isn't that just the Casino floor below this one? If I go by my logic that's where a lot of Aura is present with so many rich and esteemed guests, no?
Lyria- Well what about the second line?
AAA- They use the word 'moeity' but isn't that supposed to mean the half of an original value? And what's with the buttons? Is that something got to do with the elevator?
Lyria-*huffs* Now you're just asking the questiok rather than solving the hint. In all honesty this puzzle doesn't seem so hard but my mind is just very cautious about people around us so I can't really think much.
AAA- Then we'll be damned clueless if we don't find the hint now.
Bolt- Wait I think you found it AAA.
AAA- Oh? Keep cooking please...
Bolt - So they say on the 'floor of Aura', well then that is this floor which is made up of Gold completely. And Aura is just a plural for its Latin name, so this is the floor of Aura. And secondly it also mentioned about a 'moeity' and some buttons.
Think about it, if it means half, then it must be referring to half of a 1900, the floor we are currently on. And about the buttons, if we take the elevator and go to the floor 950, then we might have our answers.
AAA- I think you cracked the hint! But it is still the first hint of potentially finding the Overseer.
Lyria- Considering the situation, I wouldn't be surprised if the overseer is dead.
Bolt- Woah! Why so negative?
AAA- Yea they can't have gone that far...
Lyria- I mean just think about it. What will happen if he extracts the power of Scorpio from her. What would even be left inside her?
Bolt- Uhh, I mean her body could still remain intact and she could've just lost her prowess.
Lyria- Nope, I don't think so, I mean with every price comes with a cost, there must be a greater price to pay if you end up losing these powers.
Bolt- And who is this 'they' you speak of, AAA?
AAA- Y'know that CEO, Antharas and the obvious one, Crestfallen.
Bolt- Let's just go to the 950th floor, shall we, and then AAA tell us the second hint. Let me guess, there are three?
AAA- Yup, there are three.
Lyria and Bolt-*makes a disappointed face* How very cliché....
As the three head towards the elevator, Bolt clicks the button of the 950th floor as they go down slowly.
Bolt- Any of you have some nausea?
Lyria and AAA- NO.
After going down few floors, Bolt starts to vomit, pathetically since, during his age, there weren't even floors past the 500 floor mark.
Lyria- There's no need to even be suspicious of someone as obvious as you, who is not from our era.
AAA- Hmf, yea right Lyria.
Bolt- *voice cracks* Screw...you two!
Finally they reach the 950th floor as both of them lift up Bolt with their hands as they both don't seem to care much and have confidence that he will be okay.
AAA - Oh yea I got this Promethazine, so take this and you'll be fine.
Bolt takes the tablet and within some time becomes much better.
Lyria- Ah, you'll get used to it Bolt.
Bolt- Ahem,*clears throat* what's the second hint, AAA?
AAA- Take the Excerpt that leads to the stature of the mighty Scorpio.
Bolt- Well that seems a lot easier than the previous one.
Lyria- Then, I guess this driver of ours can find out the way for us~?
AAA- ....okay quit that, and yeah this is pretty straightforward, but the passage seems like a very long way.
Bolt- Hey that must mean, we have still some more to talk, I have quite a few questions to ask about Crestfallen.
Lyria- Maybe I've learned a lot from him during that little time we had, I can answer your questions probably then.
Bolt- So, the way he just ressurected after death, that wasn't just a hologram projections work was it?
Lyria- Definitely not, I couldn't even sense his presence for a moment there.
Bolt- So he just gained some kind of second life? Or perhaps, he needed this chance so he could prove loyalty towards the Overseer?
Lyria- Makes more sense when you talk about loyalty. I mean to him, sacrificing a life which he had to get closer to the power he desires is already a great feat of bravery. But I think it goes deeper than that.
Bolt- By it goes deeper than that, you mean his power right?
Lyria- Duh, I mean, there also could be the possibility where has multiple lives but that's not the case with everyone who claims to be a Consort of this universe.
Bolt, do you even know what 'Consort' means?
AAA- I mean, I have imagined the power of the Consort in my own way, but I think it'd something of a power that comes directly from the stars themselves.
Lyria- Well, Bolt if you're not an Atheist and believe in the stars, you would believe what I say about them.
Bolt- I mean I do believe, but receiving power directly from the stars is possible now? It was just used for trying to foreshadow people's futures---
Lyria- It is far more superior than you think.
The power of the 'Gods' created stars which, well within this combined universes state, grants power directly to certain people alone.
Currently there are 6 Consorts in Echelon. And within those 6, we have already met three of them.
TO BE CONTINUED