Since it was more like an island than a mechanical contraption, it was more like going outside. My hands are in the pockets of my lab coat as I make my way towards the warp portal. I wanted to head to Belcia to pick up some things for the night and possibly say hello to Katsumi, though it was getting late. Reaching the warp portal, I address the warp mage working it and a portal is prepared; with that, I step through the liquid oval mirror and find myself stepping out within the bounds of Belcia. I come off of the platform and begin to make my way over towards my house. It was a bit later in Belcia than it was on the Leviathan, but with the rotation of Globis such a thing would make sense. I begin to make my way through the city in the dim glow of the evening moon approaching. Casually as I walk past an alley way, out of no where, the back of my shirt is pulled and I am pulled into the alley. My rump lands on the ground and my hands move back as my face winces and I look down and complain, “itai!…” Looking up, my eyes open and I see two larger men standing over me, both with broken board planks in their hand like a club or bludgeoning tool, as they look down and are straight to the point. “The money, come off of it.” From my inverse prone position, I scoot back a bit and admit, “I don’t have any money…” There is a “tsk” as one of the guys seem annoyed and he frowns, “useless” as he raises his arm up, preparing to strike it down. “Crap!” I say as I lean back and raise my hand defensively as a reflex. There is a sound of an impact and a soft grunt while I brace myself to get hit. After nothing happens for a moment, I look up gingerly to notice one of the guys looking behind him and the one who was attacking had been knocked back somehow.
Learned: Soul Ball (C)