Chapter 36 - Vivi and Lee

“It was eleven years ago...”

THUD

CLINK

“Wuh...guhhh…” A pair of blue eyes slowly opened. The owner of them, a girl with shoulder-length red hair, picked her head up off the cold steel flooring below her. Her head swayed back and forth, her eyes staring sightlessly into the relative darkness around her. She felt sick, her nose stung with every breath, and processing thoughts was near impossible as she struggled to even maintain consciousness.

She dropped her head against the ground once more with a thud, returning to the darkness from whence she came.

“Hey… hey… wake up.”

Once again, heavy lids raised as the light returned to the world of the redhead. “Can you hear me?” a voice asked.

“…nnuh…” a dry heave escaped her lips as she struggled to address the voice. Pushing herself up was a monumental task, but after some effort, she managed to get herself up. Though, she was still woozy and ended up resting on the wall behind her, discovering they were bars rather than a flat solid surface. The bars made up all four walls around her, she was in a cage. She could take solace that she wasn’t alone – there was another occupant. He was a pale boy, around her age, his hair lilac in color. His brows were turned up with concern as he watched the girl struggle to process what was going on.

“Where am I?” the girl questioned. Her strength was returning to her, at least enough for her to have a coherent conversation with her cage mate.
“Dunno,” the boy replied, he too looked around their shared cage, noting a lack of distinguishable landmarks.

It was some kind of empty warehouse. The only windows existed well outside of their reach near the ceiling (not that either child could hope to escape their current confinement.) The thin metal walls had holes and were plagued by patches of rust. The floor was graced with small cracks and divots as well as sporting stains from mystery liquids the children couldn’t hope to identify.

“What happened to me?” She held her head with a hand as she attempted to shake off her grogginess – it was all hazy to her.

The boy frowned. “Well, if they caught you like they did me, then drugs were probably involved.”
“Drugs?” she asked.
“Yeah, bad things like poisons and stuff. You can use them like medicine to feel better, but the right stuff can make you feel bad,” he explained.
“Oh…” The girl hung her head. This was frightening, but as usual for her, she buried her fear with righteous indignation.

“My name is Lee. What’s your name?” the boy suddenly asked.
“Vivi,” the girl replied.
“You’re a linsang, right?”

Vivi stared at him, eyes wide. If she wasn’t awake before, she was now. “Y-yeah… how did you know?” she asked, mouth agape.

Lee tilted his head. “Isn’t it obvious?” He pointed to the ears on her head. “Your ears for one are smaller than felines or canines and have a distinct shape. Also, your tail rings kind of give it away too,” he noted.

There were some complicated emotions in the young girl’s heart at that moment. “Nobody ever gets that right,” she mumbled in disbelief.

“Hm?” Lee tilted his head, not hearing what she had said.
“N-nothing!” She looked him over. Lee had some weird feathery protrusions from the side of his head, and a thick but smooth tail that ended in a thin flat segment.

“What are you supposed to be?” Vivi questioned.
“Ah, I’m an axolotl.” He smiled. “We’re from the Torravio area in southern Lybertera.”

“Axolotl?” She raised a brow.
“We’re healers,” he added, hoping that would aid her understanding.

“Ah.” She nodded as if she understood. Lee knew she had no idea what he was and decided to spare her feelings.

“What can you remember?” Lee inquired of his linsang cage mate.
Furrowing her brow, she folded her arms across her chest. “Uhhh…” Thinking back, there wasn’t anything there. It was too hazy to remember concrete details. “There was a cloth over my mouth.” It began to come back. “It smelled kinda sweet,” Vivi recounted.

The two remained quiet for a moment. “It all went black,” she whispered, shuddering slightly as she held herself.

Silence once again.

Lee crawled over to the bars; he took one in his hands. “Weird…” he whispered.

“What’s that?” Vivi asked crawling up next to him.
“These bars aren’t made of Vatonium,” he noted, running his hands up the length of the bar, before placing his palms on the iron ceiling above them.
“What the heck is Vatonium?” Vivi raised a brow.
“It’s a type of metal that absorbs rhythm,” he told her. “It’s weird they’re not using it.”
“How can you tell?” Vivi questioned.

“Well. If it was Vatonium, just touching it like this would start pulling rhythm out of me,” he told her. “But I don’t feel a thing.”

“Oh.” Vivi stared at the boy. “How do you know so much?” she asked after a moment of contemplation.

“Lots of reading.” The boy smiled, though it faded quickly. “And a bit of practical experience,” he spoke in a more hushed tone.

Before either of them could dwell further on that comment, Vivi’s ears twitched suddenly. “Someone’s coming!” She looked at Lee.
“Quick! Pretend to be asleep!” he hissed.

After the large metal doors rolled up to the ceiling, they heard the sounds of squeaky wheels which signaled the beginning of the next twenty minutes of chaos. Metal scraping against metal and finally a thunderous thud. This repeated several more times. More and more loud thuds all around them as it seemed like the world was coming apart at the seams. The linsang and axolotl remained quiet, unmoving, resisting the urges to flinch with every monstrous slamming of heavy metal against cold stone.

Finally, the chaos ceased. The large metal door rolled back to the ground and slammed shut with one final crash against the solid ground.

“What’s…”
“… going on?”

The two children looked around in shock – there were dozens of small cages housing a variety of children like them. They were the only two conscious among the captives. Vivi balled up her fists, eyes wide. She didn’t want to be scared, but seeing all this was too much.

Lee placed a hand on her shoulder. “It’s okay Vivi, we have to stay calm.”

“Stay calm?!” she hissed. “How can you stay calm-” She turned to the boy, her tone beginning to lighten as she met eyes with him. “-seeing all this…” Her expression softened. He looked as horrified as she did. They were just a couple of seven-year-olds, these people that kidnapped them… they were professionals. There’s no way they could stand up to adults like that.

“This sucks,” Vivi grumbled. “I… never even got a Maestro.” She hugged herself. It was obvious she was holding back how she felt, and how she wanted to express herself. Lee lowered his head, the entire emotional weight of his fellow cage mate washing over him.

Even being so young, they both recognized the seriousness of the situation they were in.

Hours passed in silence.

Slowly the other captives began to awaken as their doses of whatever sleeping drug that put them under had worn off. Vivi and Lee just listened as the various other kids started to piece together their situation.

“What do you think’s gonna happen to us Lee?” Vivi whispered.
“Based on what I can see… we’re all pretty rare,” Lee noted. “We’re probably going to be sold off to various collectors.”

The sounds of crying and shouting coated that statement with a certain weight that was hard to ignore. “How do you even know that?” Vivi questioned.

Lee looked to the linsang. “I’ve watched it happen before. Simple.” He gave a rather bitter smile.
Vivi gulped. “D-don’t smile like that. It’s creepy.”
“It takes a certain eye to recognize what you are, so I would think that there are not many people who could appreciate your rarity,” Lee added.

Vivi didn’t understand what Lee was saying, but it made her blush a bit. “S-stop that,” she grumbled.

The room went silent as the large door was thrown open. It was daytime based on the light that shone in from the open door. “We got all kinds here. Freshly caught,” a gruff male voice said.

“I see. My master has a very particular taste,” another male voice spoke, though, unlike the gruff voice from prior, this second voice carried a distinct elegance that was hard to ignore.

“Well, we got some rare ones here. No point snatching up the cats and dogs, eh?” The kids all listened to the sounds of a few sets of footsteps as the captors led this prospective buyer around. Lee and Vivi listened intently as the sellers tried to peddle their wares to this client. Lee stroked his chin in thought as he heard some of the species' names. As he had suspected from his initial observation, there were some highly prized Resonators amongst the captives here.

Soon it was Lee and Vivi’s turn.

“In dis one we got an axolotl and a linsang.”

The man bent down and looked over the two children through thick glasses. The axolotl studied the man intently. He was dressed nicely, wearing a suit. He was older, hair greying naturally. A complete contrast to the rough-looking poachers who were holding them captive. The linsang however glared, baring her fangs at the man, avoiding saying anything as Lee grabbed her hand and squeezed it tightly – a gesture that spoke volumes to her for some reason.

The well-dressed man smirked, almost as if to suppress a chuckle. “Quite,” he spoke simply, standing back up straight. They moved on.

“Tch…” Vivi gritted her teeth. Being looked at like a product was demeaning. It sucked, in her own words.

It wasn’t too much longer before the tour came to an end.

“Thank you gentlemen for your time,” the elder man spoke upon the tour’s conclusion. “I will speak with my master and come to a decision within the day. It is my hope that nothing changes in our agreement overnight.”

Lee perked up at the last word spoken. The elder man had put such emotional weight behind “overnight”. Why was that?

“Good doing business with you.”

SLAM

With that, the captives were plunged into darkness. However, when this happened, it was apparent that something was different from before.

There was a glow, that was to say, there were many small points of light all over the warehouse floor. Red, blue, and yellow.

In front of every cage was a small crystal, left just within the reach of each cage’s inhabitants. Eagerly all of the crystals were snatched up. Vivi had grabbed the crystal in front of their cage.

“What is it? It’s so pretty,” Vivi asked, looking over the glowing blue gemstone.
“That’s a rubato crystal. We can cast a spell using that!” Lee said, his voice shaking from excitement.

The rest of the captives were similarly excited at the prospect of being able to use their spells with the crystals that had been left for them and chatter began amongst the kidnapped. In that moment of chaos though, Lee heard the word “night” ring in his head.

“Wait! Everyone!” Lee shouted amongst the cacophony of voices. “We need to wait until night!” he yelled. There was immediate dissent amongst the various captives. Lee shirked back as they began to yell back at him.

“Shaddap!” Vivi barked. “Ya’ll want them to come back!? Listen to Lee!” she continued to shout. The room fell to silence. Lee just stared at the girl. “You do got a plan, right?” she asked.

Lee nodded, offering Vivi a grateful smile. “So here’s what we do.”

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Keeping a bunch of panicking kids calm was difficult, especially when you were a kid yourself. Yet somehow, some way, Lee and Vivi did it and the promised time soon arrived.

Vivi found herself impressed by the sheer volume of knowledge Lee possessed. They were the same age, but he felt so much more worldly than her. He knew of spells in every element, he knew of things like how metal worked, and he knew how to make a plan.

He was a smart cookie, that was for sure.

With the veil of night soon falling upon the dilapidated warehouse it was time to spring the plan. Lee wasn’t sure what the old man was going to do (if anything) but he did want them to use these crystals during the night, so that’s what they were going to do.

“Ready? Three, two, one, go!”

Lee’s call created chaos. Spells of all manner of different elements flew from the cages. A bunch of bored kids had plenty of time to plan their great escape, so care was taken in how their spells were aimed. Soon all of them were free, with several spells left.

“The cameras!” came Lee’s next call.

Several of the lightning elements took the stage and fried the electrical equipment hastily installed in the corners.

Their kidnappers would know something was up soon.

The final part of the plan was the least thought out, but not for a lack of trying. None of them knew where they had been taken. They all arrived unconscious. So the plan was there was no plan. The doors were thrown open and kids ran wild in every direction.

Lee and Vivi made sure everyone else got out of the warehouse before they themselves moved to escape. However, there came a complication.

“There’s two of them!” one of the poachers shouted.

Lee gritted his teeth. “Vivi, ru-” Before he could finish his thought, the linsang had grabbed his hand and pulled him away. “Get away without me damn it! I’ll just slow you down!” Lee shouted, barely able to keep up with the fire Resonator’s speed.

“No way!!” Vivi barked back. “I’m not leaving you!” she cried out.

“L'onda di Tempesta, Rallentando!”

Underneath the two escapees, a river of water formed. “Ack!” Vivi cried out, her feet instantly getting stuck. She fell over in the water, causing Lee to trip, land on, and wind her in the process.

The river began to flow, pulling the fallen pair towards the boss of the poachers and his Resonator: a large water-element wolf man.

“I’m stuck, Lee!” Vivi yelped. Lee, being a water element himself, wrapped his arms around his water-weak counterpart and rolled out of the stream.

“Manga de Agua, Fortissimo!”

A tornado of water swirled up from below the two, sucking them into the vortex. Lee held onto Vivi as they rotated around the water spout.

A wicked smirk rose on the head poacher’s lips. “Ghiacciolo, Piano Staccato.”

Unfortunately for Vivi and Lee, his Resonator knew what his Maestro was commanding by giving him access to that spell. The wolf-man began throwing volley after volley of ice needles into the raging torrent of water, which pierced and stung the helpless Resonators inside.

Finally, the spell reached its end, throwing the barely conscious Lee and Vivi to the ground with a splat. Both of them were bleeding heavily, clothes torn to shreds, and totally soaked from the combination of spells used on them.

The boss chuckled. “Still breathing after all that? Yeah, you’d fetch a nice price, too bad.” He looked around.

“But I think I’ll have much more fun making you suffer.”

Lee gulped hard. They were gonna die here. “L-lee…” Vivi choked out. “Run…” she wheezed. It was hard to see since she was soaked, but there was a considerable amount of tears streaming down her blood-soaked face.

“You think I can move after all that?” Lee laughed back hollowly.
“D-damn it…” Vivi cursed. “I… was hoping to save you.” She took in a sharp breath, it hurt a lot but she had to get her thoughts out while she was still able. “You’re so cool, Lee… I wanted you to get out…” She coughed hard after this, trembling.

Lee smiled weakly. It was hard to maintain his consciousness, but he had to. Maybe there was a way to get out of this? No, that man was intent on killing them right here. The axolotl could feel the bloodlust.

“Prigione di ghiaccio, Fortissimo!” Ice began to lick the floor, rushing to encase the pair in a tomb of winter. Lee held Vivi tightly as their demise rushed towards them.

However, instead of chilling winter overtaking them, the creeping ice was diverted by a bubble of iron fragments.

And then out of nowhere, the ice melted away as if it was never there. Along with it the bubble of iron fillings faded away.

“What the FUCK?!” the poacher shouted as his Resonator’s spell was blocked and fizzled seemingly out of nowhere.

Stepping into their view was someone wearing yellow and white shoes. “Pickin’ on a couple of kids?” the owner of the shoes in question spoke. Lee and Vivi both looked up at the boy standing in front of them. Clad in orange and white, with messy yellow hair, a long thin tail swished slowly behind him. Atop the newcomer’s head were two large circular ears. His hands were in his pockets, his breathing calm, relaxed even, despite the two significantly larger men in front of him.

“Who the fuck are you?! Did you do that?!” the poacher shouted.

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” chuckled the boy.

Who was this boy? Why did he show no fear of them? He looked as young as them, maybe ten or so? That didn’t feel right, he acted much older, he spoke much older. Wonder swirled in both Lee and Vivi’s heads as the poacher grew more and more furious the longer this interloper stood before them.

“Manga de Agua, Fortissimo!” the poacher angrily demanded.

“Oh, that’s a shame,” the boy tittered. With a snap of a finger a huge bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking the wolf-man dead on. Instantly the large water Resonator went from preparing a spell to lying on the ground, smoldering from the intense electrical attack.

“H-how?!” the poacher gasped out in shock at the sudden bolt with no spell called.

“Mice have a fun ability,” a new voice spoke up. It was a girl’s voice. Walking up next to the yellow-haired Resonator was a teen girl. Her long ginger hair tied up in a ponytail, clipped to the side of her black pants was a yellow device with three grey buttons and a red one. “They can channel spells into little mice-shaped balls of rhythm for later use,” she explained.

“It’s pretty useful for catching stupid morons off guard,” the mouse Resonator in question grinned toothily.

“Lana, take care of them. I’ll deal with tubby here,” he told his Maestro.
“You got it, B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔. Give ‘em hell!” the Maestro smirked back.

Both Lee and Vivi were perplexed as they watched these two teens exchange a quick hi-five and go their separate ways, the Maestro girl stepping over to and kneeling next to them, while the Resonator boy approached the poachers alone.

The two younger Resonators' eyes were locked on him even as the friendly Maestro began to look over their wounds.

“So, you wanna turn yourself in now?” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ asked.
“You fucking little shit!” The poacher tried to throw a haymaker at the smaller male. B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ easily sidestepped, never removing his hands from his pockets. “Hold still!” Once again, another wild haymaker. The little boy was just faster and nimbler than the musclebound adult.

“Having a good time porky?” the mouse boy tittered.

Click!

Lee and Vivi both gasped as the man drove a knife straight into B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔. “Hey, dumbshit,” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ chuckled, raising his head to show his toothy grin. The man looked surprised. “Didn’t yer mom tell ya not to stick metal into an electrical socket?” Instead of B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ himself, the knife was stuck into his front vest pocket, specifically a ball of electricity with a tail on the end.

Not a second later the poacher was lit up like a light bulb before being ejected from B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔’s personal bubble. Like his Resonator before him, the formerly proud poacher lay on the ground, smoldering from the intense electro-shock therapy that had just been administered.

With a sharp exhale, the mouse looked over his handy work with an ounce of pride. “B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔, can you come help me with them please?” his Maestro called for him.

“Coming Lana!”

For Vivi, who had been through so much already, staying conscious was becoming a monumental task. Her vision swam as it started to become hazy and cold. Just when she thought it was going to be the end, she heard those words:

“Rianima il Bullone, Lento Tutti.”

Her body started to tingle, but it wasn’t a bad tingle, it felt soothing. Her body began to warm, and not a few moments later, she was well enough to move properly again.

“I-I’m okay?” Vivi asked, sitting up.
“Yeah…” The Maestro smiled bittersweetly.
“Lee?!” Vivi looked over, however the axolotl boy wasn’t moving. “W-wait. Why didn’t you heal him?” she questioned. “Heal him!” she quickly demanded.

“He’s water, girlie.” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ shrugged.
“So?!” Vivi barked.
“I mean if you insist, but it’ll kill him faster.”
The linsang paled. “What? Why?”

“Water is weak to lightning. Any lightning support spell has the opposite effect,” the Maestro explained.

Vivi began to panic. “No… wait... That can’t be right. Not now…” The small girl trembled, trying to hold back her tears. “There has to be something you can do! You’re so strong! You beat those grown-ups!” she begged.

B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ frowned. He glanced over at the shallowly breathing axolotl. “Hey Lana, we just got an Ossia that could probably do the trick,” the lightning Resonator spoke as he looked up to the sky.

The Maestro frowned, she pulled the yellow tuner off her waist and looked at her spell list. “You’ll have to make sure we don’t get struck by the side effects,” Lana warned.

“Me being a lightning rod? You’re a real slave driver ya know that?”
“Oh please.” She chuckled. “You’ll want to get under cover for this,” the Maestro advised the linsang.

Who shook her head. “Uh-uh. I’m staying right here until he’s better,” Vivi spoke adamantly.

“Just do it, we’re losing time,” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ urged.

“Fine fine,” the Maestro relented. “Forti Temporali, Legato!”

Vivi looked to the lightning element who formed a little mouse ball in his hand before lightly tossing it skyward. Thick, dark clouds rapidly gathered. The sky began to rumble, and finally rain. A torrent of rain poured from the heavens.

For the fire element Vivi, this was like torture. Cold water assaulting her body was unbearable to her. “Wh-why rain?!” Vivi shouted over the downpour.

“Water elements recover health and rhythm from sources of water, and axolotls heal even faster than other species of Resonators!” Lana shouted back.

CRACK BOOM!

Lightning had struck nearby, however, B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ had intercepted it simply by holding up his hand. Once more Vivi found herself entranced by these people. They were so strong. How could she get strong like them? “How’s he lookin’ boss?!” the mouse yelled over the rain as sparks arced down his body.

“Better! Should be a touch bit longer!”

Another bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, which was easily caught by B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔. “Good!” he shouted back.

Vivi sat there in shock, part from the rain battering her fiery form, and part from just the sheer audacity of these people. They were so young, yet they were so powerful – it was practically unfair. Next thing Vivi knew there was a coat over her head. “I’m sure the rain is bugging you; this should keep some of it off.” The Maestro smiled – it was her coat that she had draped over the fire Resonator. Lowering her head, Vivi stared at Lee, he was starting to look better though.

The fire Resonator pulled the coat tighter over herself. Rain continued to beat down as Vivi kept her gaze locked on the unmoving water element. “Please be okay…” she whimpered quietly.

That small prayer was answered by the stirring of the axolotl. “Rain?” Lee questioned the strange weather.

“LEE!”

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It was all wrapped up so nicely. Naturally, the combination of a sudden fire followed by a rainstorm attracted the attention of the authorities. The poachers were quickly rounded up and the scattered Resonators were returned to their Maestros or families.

That is except…

“What a night,” Lana sighed, still drying off from the torrential downpour.
“We knew this was gonna happen, Lana, you had Reed scope the place before we came,” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ commented.
“Yeah yeah, I’m glad we spotted the poachers earlier.” The Maestro rolled her eyes. She smiled. “I’m glad everything turned out alright.”
“Well, there’s still one thing left.” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔’s eyes moved to the side, which his Maestro caught. “Really?” she questioned. He simply smirked and chuckled. “Fine fine.”

With her hand dropping to her waist, she laid it on the yellow device at her hip. “Corrente Elettrica, Pianissimo.”

Blair threw his hand in the air, and with a snap of his finger-

“EIYAAAH!” A pair of Resonators fell out from the alleyway they were hiding in.

“Following us huh?” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ questioned the two younger Resonators. It was the fire and water elements they had rescued earlier in the night.

“I thought you two went home,” Lana said, offering a hand to them. Helping both of them to their feet, the two kids stood there awkwardly, unsure of what to say. Finally, Lee spoke:

“We’re both orphans. We don’t have anywhere to go,” he revealed.
“I thought maybe Lee had a Maestro already 'cause he was so smart but… he’s just like me,” Vivi piped up, following along with her fellow Resonator.

Lana looked them over. A cat and an axolotl. “Ah, she’s a linsang,” Lee seemed to pick up on what the Maestro was thinking and corrected her before she even spoke.

This earned a smile from the older girl. “I see.”

“Oh damn it, Lana. I know that look.” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ narrowed his eyes, folding his arms across his chest.
“What!?” Lana looked almost offended. “We have our ultimate already! I think I can handle two more!” the Maestro protested.

It seemed she had taken the bait as B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔’s lips slowly rose to a smirk.

“Can you? Can you really?”
“YES!”
“You sure?”
“Absolutely!”
“Pops is gonna flip shit when he finds out you now have three of us.”
“He can fuckin’ deal!”

“What’s going on?” Vivi tilted her head confused about the odd exchange.
Lana spun to face the two orphaned Resonators. “You two wanna come home with us?” the Maestro offered.

“Us?” Lee and Vivi each pointed to themselves.

“I gotta warn you, she’s a real slave driver. She might make you eat yer veggies and do yer homework,” B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ teased, again chuckling.

“B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ stop being a brat!” Lana shook her Resonator.

Vivi looked over to Lee who seemed to be giving it serious thought. It was kind of what he was intending to accomplish by approaching their saviors, but he didn’t think it’d actually work. “S-sure,” Lee decided.
“Me too!” Vivi hastily spoke up.

“Then it’s settled. Welcome to the family!” Lana smiled brightly as she tossed the shaken (not stirred) B̴͚̓l̵̚ͅả̷̜i̵̗̇r̵͖̔ away.

“Allow me to introduce myself properly.” Lana breathed in deeply before exhaling. “My name is Solana Leduc, I’ll be your Maestro starting today.”