Going In Almost Completely Blind

Date: September 20, 2009

Okay, so segueing off of the last chapter.

"Hey viewers, Bluebell here again. So, first I need to do a little bit of a...*ahem*...explanation of sorts, before we proceed on with the chapter...*Angel Bluebell now proceeds to blush quite visibly*...Don't worry viewers, as it has nothing to do with any fourth wall break explanations...at least not right now anyway...*Angel Bluebell says this with a sheepish sort of grin, and her free right hand behind her head, and with the same blush still very much visible on her face*...Anyway, you might have noticed, the...*ahem*...word that was in the very first sentence of this chapter...right?...Well, you might all be wondering, why it isn't spelled as 'Segway,' correct?...Well, some of you might be wondering about that...So, with that in mind, allow me to give a short explanation...'Segway,' is a type of electrical transport...While 'segue,' as mentioned at great length, by Colin Mochrie, and Ryan Stiles, during one of their Greatest Hits sketches...You know, the 'songs of horror,' sketch?...Or horroar, as Colin Mochrie had jokingly said it as...is to make a smooth, and completely clean transition, from one thing, to another...Well, some of you might not have been wondering about that...but thing with that is viewers, that unlike Keiko, I do not have a Telepath Esper ability...Yes, you read that part right viewers...Keiko Misaka, or in this case, the Esper version of myself, has more to her, then just being an Electromaster, with an Esper ability of the same name, like Mikoto...For you see viewers..."

"Really Bluebell?!...Can you just get on with it?!...Or need I remind you how this went on in the last chapter?!...*I say this with a pretty less then pleased expression on my face, to pretty much let her know flat out, that she really should learn, to keep her fourth wall breaks to being just a little bit shorter*"

"Look Zachary...are you, or are you not the one, who is doing a fourth wall break at this very moment?!...And furthermore, who was the one, who had started this fourth wall break to begin with?!...Because the last time that I checked Zachary, was that not you, who chose to intrude, into 'my' fourth wall break, hmm?!...*Angel Bluebell says this to me, while giving a pretty displeased looking expression, as well as a very visible tickmark, also being present, on one side of her face, to pretty much let me know, that I was actually the one, who was in the wrong here*"

"Well?....*I say this with an expression, which pretty much all but confirms, that I was in fact, out of line with my statement, which was then followed by me then letting out, a deep and defeated sounding sigh*...Fine Bluebell, I see your point..."

"I figured you would Zachary...*Angel Bluebell now proceeds to say this with a closed eyes smile*...Now viewers, what do you say, that we get back to the story now, hmm?"

Anyway, yet another fourth wall break moment with Angel Bluebell aside, at least for the moment. And getting back to the current situation from the last chapter. Angel Bluebell was currently, still trying to get Li, to hand her his Lasin Board for a moment.

And, given the current weary looking expression on Li's face, I could pretty much tell from that, that he wasn't exactly willing, to acquiesce Angel Bluebells request.

However, it was then, that, for reasons that I couldn't even explain, even if I wanted to. I felt as though, I should speak up, in an effort, to try and give Angel Bluebell some help. And so, with that in mind, I then decided to speak up. "Li, would you just humor her for a second?...I mean after all, do you happen to have any better ideas?...*I wound up saying this, while giving a sort of very telling small side-eyed glance to Li, along with a sort of small sheepish smile, as if to pretty much humorously suggest, that it was more then likely, that Li himself, didn't have a better idea then Angel Bluebells at the moment*"

However, as Angel Bluebell took in the current situation, which included her current facial expression, I then took immediate notice, of her then turning her attention, and eyesight, to the left of her again, to once again address the viewers.

But anyway, after I had asked Li to, 'humor Angel Bluebell,' so to speak. This was then followed, by Li then letting out a defeated sigh. Which was then followed, by him handing out his Lasin Board to Angel Bluebell. And as she took it from him, and placed it in front of her, while holding a hand on the outer most edges of the outer most corners, on each side. She then, closed her eyes.

And yet, as I looked on, at a now concentrating Angel Bluebell. I then had an all too familiar feeling, then wash over. As if it was almost as if, that I somehow knew, that not only, would Angel Bluebells idea work. But also, it would in fact, wind up getting all of us, out of this current mess of a situation. 

And yet, even though, I wouldn't truly understand, what was truly going through Angel Bluebells mind, at this very moment. I somehow knew, that it somehow, had something to do, with a certain Pirates Of The Caribbean character, and his all too important compass. Which, for those who weren't aware of its uses. One of them, just so happened, to have the ability, to always point, to the very thing, that they want the most. 

And, as if on queue, the Lasin Board in Angel Bluebells hands, lit up with an all too familiar flash of white colored light. And, even though Angel Bluebell wasn't able to see, with her eyes being currently closed, that the bright white stream of light, as it neared the end of the alley, that we were all in, it then, wound up making, a sharp right angled turn.

And it was then that I realized, that we now had the very thing, that would help us find Keiko and Misaka, and more importantly, save Shokuhou, from her perilous situation, with Gensei Kihara. I only hoped, that we weren't all, already too late.

And yet, I wouldn't know, until a bit later on. That the real reason, as to why the Lasin Board had worked for Angel Bluebell, in the way that it did. Was actually, having to do, with the guided assistance, of a certain Esper, with the epithet, of 'Lucky Strike.'