An Anonymous First Meet

"It's good to finally meet you..."

**An Anonymous First Meet** is a 4-star card from the *Along the Deep Blue Horizon's Crest* event. It is centered around Kazumi Kwon from fourth-generation group Viltarin.

The card art features Asmodeus Aledaria (CherryCrush).

The card story features Asmodeus Aledaria (CherryCrush).

## Card Story

It was late afternoon as the sun sit on the edge of the water as Kazumi walked along the halls of the cruise. Kazumi was a tad lost as he tried to find the lounge.

He thought about his rough day of trying to meet up with his penpal Asmo. Getting lost at every turn thinking how foolish it was for the two to never discuss where to meet. Kazumi had given up ended up tired and tried to enjoy the cruise to its fullest. Kazumi decided after the restless searching to go to the pool though it felt odd being alone on a cruise a place supposably full of fun. During this he so happened to run into Aubrey someone from his study group. Kazumi awkwardly panicked but the two ended up talking for a while slowly break the communication barrier little by little since the two were used to talking about school to each other only. Before the two carried on with their day Aubrey invited Kazumi to hang out with her and her friend at the lounge later that day. Kazumi was then thrilled and accepted the invite! Being able to spend time with a friend and being invited to do something with them got him feeling so excited as he looked forward to this as he prepared to go after parting with Aubrey.

Finally at the entrance of the lounge he stepped in as music blasted and lights moved through out the dark room. There was a huge dance floor in the middle taking up most of the space. It was extremely crowded and he dreaded the idea of stepping in there and getting squished. Those were his only thoughts in that moment before remembering to look for Aubrey. Looking all over once around the room then again until he’d given in. Aubrey had left or maybe she couldn’t make it anymore or…. No he thought don’t tell me she’s on the dance floor. Dread suddenly took over Kazumi’s body as his legs started to shake at the thought of approaching the dance floor.

[2:10 PM]

This was the only way though to find her though so he slowly made his way through and as soon as he took a breather Kazumi had gotten shoved into the middle of the dance floor with no Aubrey in sight. Trying to leave he got pushed once more and hit the back of a kid younger then him with brown hair and pink highlights. Kazumi immediately looked at the persons eyes and apologized. This person didn’t mind though and worried if Kazumi was okay due to him appearing very sad and lost. Kazumi explains how his day had been a mess and hadn’t gone to plan along with not being able to meet up with a friend of his that he swears is on this cruise. The person laughs and claims he can keep Kazumi company for a while. Kazumi smiles as the two go on to hangout for a while with Kazumi enjoying being on the dance floor for a bit. Even if he still hated it he endured it to be able to hangout with this guy willing to keep a stranger like him company. The two get off the dance floor eventually going on to drink some punch and chat for a while longer. This was the most fun Kazumi had in a while all they could think about was how maybe this cruise was worth it.

The night approached rapidly after all this fun. The boy excused himself claiming he had to meet up with their companions. As they ran off to their friends Kazumi couldn’t believe he’d made a new friend. A friend that he didn’t even know the name of! Like a dumb fool he’d forgotten to ask the guys name. Kazumi was truly a man of no luck today. He exited the lounge in the end looking up at the night sky. A sky that anyone could see knowing his friend Asmo would probably be looking at the same amazing view somewhere on this cruise. Maybe one day he’d be able to meet his penpal or not.

[Kazumi Card Story - An Anonymous First Meet: END]