127 The Introductions

\"Okay, my turn. I am Spark. I used to be Alina Beau and was 19 years old. I am Romanian obviously. Both of my parents are college professors and that's about it. As for Jaime, she is just an orphan detective. Her family died in an accident leaving her a sword. So nothing special about me\" compared to others' Jaime's introduction was really plain. Actually, now that he thought about it most of the stuff related to her was plain. Huh, interesting. She also liked vanilla over other flavours didn't she? Maybe being plain was her thing.

\"Hello, I am Zena. My name was Blake Hamilton. A college student with football scholarship, meaning I was an American. My character is Forneus Grim or Fosse for short. He was from an island surrounded by vampires. Basically, everyone living there was livestock. One day the vampires chose his mother and Fosse couldn't back down and attacked them. As you might have guessed it didn't work and they beat him till he was half-dead. Afterwards, they proceeded to eat his mother in front of his eyes. That event broke him and for some unknown reason, they kept him as a pet. Afterwards, vampire hunters invaded the island killed the vampires but by then Fosse was already on his of becoming a vampire. However, his future master Brigitte De Clare took pity on her and sealed his vampiric blood. The condition was if Fosse became a vampire she would kill him. Though as a result Fosse lost his sight and gained the [Sound Wave] ability and he has deep hatred for their kin.\" Zena's explanation was more detailed than the others' which picked Linri's interest. He probably had an ulterior motive by telling them this much and Linri could kind of guess what if was. You see, in the club, Fosse had actually released his seal and became a full-on vampire. Maybe Zena wanted to go the same route and wanted allies for when his master finally comes to hunt him down. Then again that was an accident so he might be over thinking it.

\"My turn. So I am Gendor. My name is Kris Kuzenov, a Russian. I was 27 years old and I made my living by selling booze. I had inherited the family liquor store. However, thanks to certain someone my backstory in this world changed. My name is now Kris McKinnon. Sarah McKinnon the scientist who created this body made a deal with Linri and they broke me out of the secret research facility so I am basically a fugitive now. You guys already know my ability [AT-Field]. That's about everything\" Kris did not forget to mention his name. Still, why did Linri feel like he had a grudge against him? It was probably his imagination and had nothing to do with the fact that he threatened the kill him. Yep, it definitely had nothing to do with it.

It was finally Kou's turn. He seemed hesitant to talk though. Finally, after taking a deep breath he opened his mouth.

\"Hello, I am Kou. I was Katherine Taylor. I'm 21 years old-\"

\"Wait? Katherine? What kind of a naming sense did your parents have? Who would name their son Katherine? And I thought Ai was a bad name\" TBB chimed in.

\"We-well. I was, I mean I am a girl\"

\"WHAT!?\" TBB exclaimed.

\"Yes, well I created a male character in the club so-\"

\"Wait, wait, wait. Wasn't that bastard Canaas your twin brother? How the hell didn't he mention this before?\" Linri could not help but ask. Canaas was one of the admins so Linri really had a bone to pick with him.

\"Actually, Canaas is my twin but not my brother\"

\"So you are telling me, that bastard is actually a bitch?\" Linri wanted to wrap his head around the situation.

\"Can you stop bad-mouthing her?\" Kou asked angrily.

\"Can she stop being a bitch?\"

\"She is not that bad!\"

\"Really?\" Linri put emphasis on his question.

\"Yeah, well, she is still my sister!\" Kou started fidgeting. Seems like even he or rather she couldn't find any good words to say about her. However, that didn't mean that she was going to let others talk bad about her sister.

\"Fine... By the way, what pronoun do we use for you? He or she?\" He asked as he didn't want to accidentally offend him or her.

\"She. I still like boys\" Kou said with a blush on her face and taking a peek at Linri. Okay, so she was included in the list of people he had to stay away from. Don't get him wrong Kou was actually one of the people he liked in the club but his charm was too strong. So he did not want to accidentally make her fall in love with him that's why he had to stay far away from her. Did that sound convincing enough? Yep, it totally did. He definitely was not afraid of something poking him from behind.

\"Anyway, my name is Kou Kazehaya. A member of the Kazehaya clan. They are a family of wind mages and there is nothing special about me. I am not the heir of the clan nor do I have any bad relations with them\" With Kou everyone had finally finished their introductions.

\"Okay, now with the introductions out of the way let's talk about the real important stuff. First of all, I want to ask who amongst you want to return back to our own world? Please raise your hands?\" said Linri while raising his own hand.

Including Linri, four people raised their hands. The ones who didn't were Kris and TBB. He wasn't sure about TBB's reason but he was definitely surprised by Kris. He had thought he would definitely want to return.

\"Okay? Well, that's lower than expected. Anyway if we really want to return home we need to set some ground rules. If you have any suggestions you can say it but for now, I want to emphasize two points. First of all, we need to get stronger. I don't know how but our characters became strong enough to make a ritual to steal our bodies, meaning we should be able to do the same. Secondly, we need to follow the timeline of the events from the club. If we do, we should come across the same opportunities our characters did and survive at the same time. After all, we already know what our characters went through so if we follow their steps our lives should be guaranteed\"

\"Isn't that hypocritical?\" Linri frowned. The one who said those words was someone he did not expect. It was Jaime.

\"Why?\" Jaime donned a haughty expression.

\"Didn't you already change the timeline? First by saving Kris and secondly you pulled that stunt in the opening ceremony. So why should we try to do everything our characters did? I mean you aren't so if you asked us to wouldn't that be hypocritical?\" The others did not about what happened at the opening ceremony so they had question marks on their faces.

\"I guess it is. If you really think that way you don't have to take heed to what I just said. Anyway, I am done you guys should decide what you want to do now\" said Linri as he got up to leave the room.

\"Hey, I am not done speaking with you!\" shouted Jaime. Linri did not turn back and instead flipped her the bird. Honestly, he knew that he was in the wrong this time. What he asked of them was really hypocritical. He was also wrong in the fact that he didn't tell Jaime about what he was planning to do. Still, he was too prideful to say sorry. He was a jerk or rather a human scum. He knew that so he didn't need any reminders.

\"Hey!\" Jaime furiously got up and followed him outside. Linri did not even turn back to talk to her. She caught up to him in the hallway and slammed him to the wall. Her arm was in his throat. She wanted to kill him right this second. Still, she was surprised by Linri's expression too. He also looked at her the same way. As if he also wanted to kill her.

\"Why?\" Jaime asked. Her voice was shaking.

\"Just because\" He dodged her question unwilling to answer. He knew that if he did their relationship might become irrepairable. He was angry with her, sure. But that didn't mean he wanted to burn the bridges just yet.

\"You always do this! You always throw me in the background and go off to do things alone! Is it really so hard to trust me!\" She was letting out all the frustration she felt in recent days.

\"Yes. Yes, it is! Don't you get it? I have already trusted you but what did you do? You used me! You are doing the same again!\" He finally couldn't hold back his words and he regretted it the moment he said them.

\"Just because of one mistake! Haven't I already said I was sorry? Didn't I try to make it up to you so why do you keep treating me this way?\"

\"When? When did you try to make it up to me? Even just know, you tried to undermine me among the others. Why? Just because I didn't include you in a plan that was so dangerous I almost died?\"

\"One? You always pull that stunt the moment I take my eyes off you. Who knows when I will find you dead outside my door? You know what! I am done! I am done getting angry at you and I am done asking for forgiveness\" Jaime let go of him and walked away. She really was done with him.