Viper ran through a...facility, somwhere in...well, somewhere. It was probably best if noone ever actually knew where this facility was. If she was lucky, she'd make it out alive before the bomb she had set up went off, and then no one would ever have to know about this place.
That was her mission. That's what it was to be a superspy. James Bond eat your heart out.
She saw the dead end. She knew there was no way out. She turned, knowing they were chasing her, knowing she was caught.
"Sorry, Jackie," she mumbled to herself, "guess I'm gonna miss our anniversarry." She walked slowly outward, expecting to be caught at any moment. At least she would go with dignity.
The guards ran around the corner...and ran right past her. They seemed very confused about the dead end. Viper didn't know what was going on, but decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth, and ran out of the building, escaping just as the bomb went off, destroying the place.
She reached for her bag...and couldn't see it. She realized she couldn't see herself...and then she could. Grabbing her phone, she glanced at her reflection...and saw what she should have thought was to not look a gift snake in the eye.
Her pupils were slitted.
"Woah," she said simply. "That's new."
Ratso came out of his room. "Hey, Fin! Chao! Check it out! I made Super Moose fly!"
"Du-du-du-DU-du-du! Antler...Action!" A Super Moose doll came flying out of Ratso's room.
Fin stared, absently scratching at the somewhat familiar orange mark on his shoulder. "Ratso...you have a tail," he pointed out to his friend.
Ratso looked at the rat tail poking out the back of his pants. "Woah. Cool."
Chao came staggering out of the bathroom. "I broke my glasses again," he mumbled.
"How'd you manage that?" Ratso asked.
"Heat beams came out of my eyes."
Fin continued to scratch at the mark on his shoulder as he idly floated into the air. "Dude...this is starting to sound like talisman power...but the talismans ae gone."
"Uhh...are they?" Ratso asked, staring at Fin. "You're floating."
Hak Fu was doing his normal training regimen, waiting for someone to hire him. Leaping into the air, he shouted his usual cry, "Angry Crow Takes Flight!"
There was a flash of light. A red crow landed on the ground, blinking, then spread its wings in flight. THose attuned to magic could ehar a voice say, "Confused crow seeks wize wizard."
Uncle looked at himself in the mirror. Something felt different. Tilting his head back, he tried to get a better look at himself. He felt...younger somehow today. More vital.
He noticed a yellow mark on the undeside of his chin. He traced it with a finger tip. "Aiyah..." he said quietly.
Upstaris, Tohru stared at the purple mark on his belly button, trying to make out its shape. I f he looked at it just right...it almost looked like a horse...
Jade walked into school, unaware of the mystical calamity that had suddenly focused around those closest to her.