Mysterious Benefactor [Harrison, Tristan]

[Anna Grace]

Anna stood on the stage of the lounge she worked at. She wasn't really bothering with a stage get-up yet. She still had like four hours before the cabaret would start and even then she wasnt' the first act up. So she stood at the stage in a purple tee shirt, ratty old jeans, and a pair of sneakers, adjusting the mic stand and checking the lights. Without her jacket her "Pinball Wizard" tattoo was visible on her arm. She debated leaving her Hand Author and rings behind for now, but she figured that she probably shouldn't.

There weren't that many people in the bar, but most people aren't in a bar at 3 PM anyway. Mostly the people in the bar were college students skipping school, vacationers, or vacationing college students skipping school. Anna could basically tell why each patron was in the bar by their clothes or how they walked. It came from working as a batender part time. However, she didn't expect this on.

"Ah how cute!"

Anna looked up expecting some mother who brought her kid or their pet into the bar. But she didn't expect a small black and silver PlaMonster bounding across the floor of the bar, dragging a pure white box behind it. The box was tied to its back with a thin piece of string. The box was clearly slowing the poor PlaMonster down so she crossed the bar. It was a good thing too, because the string broke.

Anna leaned down and picked up the little thing. It was little cat, with its feet having boot details on it. "I didn't know Puss In Boots counted" she set, petting the cat on the head. It made a mechanical meowing sound, curling up next to the box. The PlaMonster vanished, leaving behind its ring.

Anna picked up the ring and put it in her pocket before looking at the box. She picked it up and held it in her hands. She was about to open the latch on it, but then wondered if she should. For all she knew it could be rigged. She looked at the top and saw the Hex symbol on top. It was meant for her, whatever it was.

Anna set down the box on the bar standing next to it. She grabbed her phone from her pocket and wrote out a text message.

"Hey Harrison? I need some advice. Its a magic thing. I'll be at the lounge for a few hours, stop by when you get a chance."

[Harrison Kagami]

Harrison walked in, having nothing better to do at the moment. Geno walked next to him. The patrons of the bar were too drunk to either notice or care about the living puppet.
"You called?" Harrison asked. Geno looked at Anna, examining her with wooden eyes. "Anna, Geno. Geno, Anna."

[Tristan Gallant]

The snazziest man has entered the building, his pockets lined with his winnings for the evening. "Well, if isn't..." he stopped short at the sight of the puppet. "What?"

[Harrison Kagami]

"Oh, Tristan, this is Geno. He's a living puppet, and he knows a lot more about magic than I do, so I brought him along." Harrison said.
"'Ey." Geno said.

[Tristan Gallant]

"That's pretty cool." Tristan nodded.

[Harrison Kagami]

"It is. He's got guns too." Harrison said. Geno demonstrated by flipping open the finger guns on his right hand.

[Anna Grace]

"Thanks for the help Harrison" Anna said. She pulled out Puss's ring and summoned him back.

"Puss In Boots!" she said, making the little familiar appear. "This little guy showed up out of the blue," Anna continued, before holding up the box "carrying this." She placed it on the bar between the three of them. "Is there any way that this is a trap? Like if I open it I'll turn into a newt? Cause I don't recognise this PlaMonster."

[Harrison Kagami]

Harrison picked up the box and handed it to Geno, and he began examining it. "Nothin' out o' the ordinry, although this thing reeks o' magic. A neutral kind of magic, can't tell if it's good or bad." He handed it back to Harrison.
"Well, if you do turn into a newt, I'm sure we can call someone to change you back." Harrison said, smiling as he set the box back down on the counter, scratching the small cat PlaMonster on the head.

[Anna Grace]

Anna looked down at the small box. She unlatched the front and opened it, looking inside. She removed the contents and laid them out on the bar to get a better look at them. One of the objects inside was the hilt to a sword.

"Sword with no blade" she said to herself. "That's new." She noticed a slot for a ring on it. "Maybe I can use it as a wand or the blade grows out."

She then picked up one of the two rings on the table. This ring looked like one of her spell rings, but she couldn't figure out which ring it went to. Anna tried it with every single one of her animal rings, with no luck.

"Maybe its a dud" she said to herself. Her eyes moved over to Puss. "So far I'm not really impressed." The little black cat meowed in annoyance before kicking the other ring over to her. Anna picked this one up.

I don't have a picture whipped up for it yet, but imagine a purple version of this. ~Crimson

"It looks like my Rat ring... kind of" Anna said. "And yet... it feels strange to hold it." She was confused about what it was, but as she looked at it it felt like something was stirring inside of her, as if the ring was egging on the Hexhound somehow. "What about this?" Anna asked, holding up the ring for Harrison, then so that Tristan could see it. "Any ideas about what this does?"

[Tristan Gallant]

"New PlaMonster? How adorable." Tristan grinned at the PlaMonster.

"Looks like a shabadoobi ring." he said, comparing it with his own. "Why don't you try it out?"

[Anna Grace]

Anna looked down and shrugged. "Why not?"

Anna slipped on the ring, putting her Driver On ring back on. She placed it in front of her Hand Author, resummoning the Hex Driver and Hex Gauntlet. A small spark of magical energy was let off from the strange ring.

"It looks like a Dragon" she said. "Kinda... maybe its a new version of my Dragon ring?"

Anna cautiously put the ring over her Hand Author. She usually didn't have to bother but she didn't know the incantation.

"ERROR"

Anna felt her hand almost get forced away from the belt. Anna looked down and tried again. This time a small circle appeared but but felt like her arm was blasted behind her back. Both the belt and gauntlet instantly vanished, leaving Anna with her hand belt buckle.

"I can't be out of mana..." she said. The ring sparked and glowed on her finger, almost searing the skin underneath of it. Anna quickly yanked the ring off and pocketed it. Even without mana it still glowed through her jean pocket. "Okay, I'm not doing that again" she said, feeling the skin of her finger.

[Tristan Gallant]

"Could be a dud ring." Tristan suggested.

[Anna Grace]

"Maybe" Anna said. "Maybe I'm not strong enough, maybe its badly made, maybe its a trap." she mused. "All I know is it's meant for me..." Anna immediately remembered why the ring looked so familiar. "This was my fathers... I've seen him use it once."

[Tristan Gallant]

"What happened when he used it?"

[Harrison Kagami]

"Give it here." Geno said, snatching the ring away. He began to examine it. "This is incredibly powerful magic. It's resonating with your inner Phantom on an amazing level. Try using it in conjunction with the sword, or in great need. Bein' in great need usually does the trick."