In the middle of a desert road likes an open back truck full of stuff, with Noland in the driver's seat and Azel in the passenger's seat, shrinking from the scolding he got from Noland
"You tried to use 4 sentient memories at once on the apartment's power grid when it barely handled one, What did you think was going to happen?" Noland questioned
"It didn't show much trouble when I tried summoning Mia again and again... then again I think I heard that reactor or whatever make a few noises when I did all of Prizmmy at once"
"And you didn't think that was cause for concern?"
"Well...," Azel froze, trying to rationalize why he did that, "Mia's enthusiasm was infectious, okay?"
Noland only responds with a sigh and the shaking of his head before contuing, "Well, if the city government manages to figure out that you did it, I'm pretty sure you're as good as gone."
"Don't remind me, That's why we're moving to... where are we going again?"
"Liam's old house, It's in Meganto. It's where I found the generator"
"Oh right... there." Azel answers before falling slient, thinking about waht to say next. "What's the house like?"
"Two floors, living room, a kitchen, a bed, a spare room and a basement door I couldn't open"
"Okay..."
And those were the last words for the next hour of the road trip.
A couple hours of absentmindedly listening to Noland's radio saturated with the Top 50 pop songs in the country went by, with Azel only responding with "It's fine" when Noland tried to ask him questions about it to fill the air with something other than overplayed music. In the distance was a sign
WELCOME TO MEGANTO!
"Heads up, we're in the city" Noland says to break the silence
The city itself seems very subdued, small buildings with the very occasional skyscraper. Local shops and restaraunts. The duo passed by the park as Azel looked on, wondering if it's far enough to warrant a weekly walk.
"So, How's the city?" Noland asks
"It's... I don't really go out all that often so I don't have much of an idea of what Jorgenshy looks like beyond the park, apartment and maybe the grocery store. At the very least it's a nice change of scenery"
"It's very calm, I've actually done a couple of shows here and the people are amazing. They actually offered a condo for me to stay in after I did one of my shows in the city park. I refused since I didn't want to move yet, but at least I have the option"
"Yeah"
A couple minutes of driving later, they arrived at a house on a street, it looked more like a gray brick with a couple of windows, an overgrown lawn with some furniture taken out, giving the vibe of a haunted house being cleared out.
"We're here, Liam's house" Noland says as he parked right outside of the house, preparing to help Azel get his stuff in.
"It's... uhh... seen better days."
"Well it was years since anyone's gone in. I think someone actually said that the house was haunted. It was a load of bologna," Noland replied before getting out of the truck and pointing to the stuff out back. "Would you like to do some ghost busting?"
"Okay," Azel answered before getting out himself, the first thing he did was head to the back to find something. When Noland noticed that he was grabbing a disc-like object with a glass dome at the top, he immediately went and tried to stop him
"Woah, Woah, Woah! What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm just getting the Axyolosis ready so I can get Prizmmy to help, What's wrong with that?"
"I mean, It's nice that you're using it that way, but here?" Noland then brings Azel closer to him, lowering his voice to a whisper, "I don't think It's really a good idea to use that out in public, both because it reveals my secrets, and because it might freak people out that you're summoning people from thin air"
A moment of thinking later, Azel replies, "So... what do I do then? Do it inside?"
Azel is surprisingly adamant to use the Memories for how timid he usually is, and it doesn't surprise Noland that Azel was able to think of it that quickly, "Let's clean up some of what's inside before you do that," Noland suggests before he lets go of him and goes inside to start making space, Azel soon following