AD7 stared at the empty lot in disbelief.\u00a0 She walked slightly inside the lot and then to the right.\u00a0 Turning around she looked to the left.\u00a0 Besides the large\u00a0restaurant, the sky line was unmistakable.\u00a0 The buildings were worn and the sidewalk was missing but this was the place.\u00a0 This is where her seat would have been.\u00a0 This is where she was when it happened all those years ago.<\/p>\n
With all the changes to the city, AD7 couldn’t expect the shop to go unscathed by time.\u00a0 Even so, there should at least be a shop here, a boarded up building, something<\/em>.<\/p>\n Oyintsa turned away from the bounty posting.\u00a0 Seeing AD7 he saw the disappointment in her eyes.\u00a0 “It was here then,” he asked.<\/p>\n AD7 said nothing but nodded a positive response.\u00a0 She was still unsure what type of business was here.\u00a0 But it had to be incredibly important and convenient for her to remember the way even with her fragmented memory.<\/p>\n “It’s been a really long time,” Royal said still looking at the restaurant.\u00a0 She was getting really hungry, “Your place could have gone out of business.”<\/p>\n “Of all places, I only came here,” AD7 spoke almost to herself.<\/p>\n “Bosstown is pretty ragged these days,” Oyintsa commented, “They could have moved out.”<\/p>\n The scent of the spiced meat was really getting to Royal.\u00a0 AD7’s struggles were real and if anyone could relate to her problems it was Royal.\u00a0 Of all the members of GarDNAnge1, Royal was the most familiar with the side effects of rejuvenation.\u00a0 Things change suddenly.\u00a0 Life skips over an unknown period of time. \u00a0Important matters occur that everyone else knows but spend little time talking about.<\/p>\n She felt AD7’s pain.\u00a0 Right now though, Royal was hungry.\u00a0 “The best way to sort out any problem is over a good meal,” she said still staring at the large restaurant\u00a0in front of her.\u00a0 The hint was obvious enough for both AD7 and Oyintsa.\u00a0 Wasting no more time, they went into the noodle shop.<\/p>\n Opening the door, they were all shocked and impressed.\u00a0 All signs of despair disappeared at the door.\u00a0 Inside the door was luxury: polished stone entranceway, thick hardwood floors, generous lighting, and live music.\u00a0 This had to be one of the remaining tourist attractions in the city.\u00a0 Either that or it was easy to keep clean.<\/p>\n Inside the door was another bulletin board with even more bounties.\u00a0 The server showed them directly to their seats, stealing Oyintsa’s chance to read them all.<\/p>\n The place was fairly busy.\u00a0 It had the greatest concentration of people that the three had seen in Bosstown.\u00a0 Within minutes they had ordered and sat waiting for their food.\u00a0 Their seats were on the second level of the restaurant with full view of the street and the vacant lot.<\/p>\n Oyintsa saw AD7 sit in quiet contemplation, staring sadly at the lot.\u00a0 She was the one they had come for, the only one that could help them with the trails.\u00a0 If she was going to help them, she would need a clear head.\u00a0 Oyintsa decided that even if the news was bad, AD7 should get the whole story about her missing shop as soon as possible.<\/p>\n Seeing the waiter again, he asks what happened to the vacant lot across the street.<\/p>\n “Oh the old lot,” the waiter replied with pleasant shock, “you know a lot about our cities history.\u00a0 That is where this store used to be.”\u00a0 AD7 took a sigh of relief when she heard that.\u00a0 She turned to the waiter giving him her full attention as he continued, “It blew up and burned down about fifty years ago.”<\/p>\n #1<\/a> \u2013 Awakening #17<\/a>\u00a0– Awakening #19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AD7 stared at the empty lot in disbelief.\u00a0 She walked slightly inside the lot and then to the right.\u00a0 Turning around she looked to the left.\u00a0 Besides the large\u00a0restaurant, the sky line was unmistakable.\u00a0 The buildings were worn and the sidewalk was missing but this was the place.\u00a0 This is where her seat would have 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