[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5r7OTIh.png[/img] [b][color=Aquamarine]wordcount:[/color][/b] 1,438 (+3) [b][color=Aquamarine]Midna: level 8[/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aquamarine]//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](84/80) [b][color=Aquamarine]Location:[/color][/b] Twilight Town [color=Aquamarine]Warp Charges:[/color] 0 [hider=warp locations] Virgin Victory teleport room Top of the Split mountain Outside the Convent of Our Lady of the Charred Visage Tostarena Town [/hider] [/center] The rest of the trip had been blissfully uneventful. No more close run-ins with the cat police, no more UFOs attacks. Just riding a train with the lads and then arriving at their destination: a town bathed in twilight. The sight was a nostalgic one to Midna, this land blanketed in an eternal sunset orange, and it also made her frightfully home sick, because this wasn't home. She’d had to take a few moments away from the others to compose herself, despite having known in her gut that it wasn't going to be where her people were. Then she was back to her usual self, and set about finding where the bulk of the team had ended up. It wasn’t hard, all she had to do was ask a few passers by if they had seen any of the motley and distinctive crew that made up the seekers passing by and they pointed her gang right to them. Where she found them was at some kind of stable for more self driving machines, ones a bit like some of the ones that had raced past them at the start of their climb up the split mountain. How long ago that felt now Her first stop, after just a quick general catch up with Tora and the rest of the main group who were just hanging around, was with Sectonia, and not for a social call. No she was getting her loot from the convent converted using the mimic hat. Specifically crushing all three of the sisters she’d nabbed before they had made a run for it. [hider=items get] [b][url=https://i.imgur.com/r2L0E4Y.png]Piece of a Golden Mask[/url][/b] Piece of embossed gold, part of a mask broken years ago. The nuns of the Convent of the Charred Visage swear never to let the world see their burned faces, and the conviction of its old wearer has permeated the metal. A rosary bead that grants 25% protection against flames [b][url=https://i.imgur.com/qG4xBro.png]Sharpnened Volcano Fragment[/url][/b] Deals less damage than your average axe on hit, but will light the target on fire, causing the target to take damage over time until the flames are quenched or 7.5 seconds pass [b][url=https://i.imgur.com/ywIKrnz.png]Sun on a Stick[/url][/b] Deals less damage than your average bat on his, but will deal a critical hit to a burning target without putting the target out. Also grants 25% protection against flames while in hand [/hider] She kept the disciple for now. He was strong, and she wanted to fuse with him for that strength, but also he was unstable and so she decided to wait till peach arrived to have a way of undoing the damage if it managed to be too great for her sanity to handle. As for the items, well, the Piece of a Golden Mask she decided to frame as a trophy rather than a symbol of any kind of shared faith, and it went on the rosary string next to her other reminder of that awful part of the mountain (after a brief argument with Sectonia about her claiming it as tribute in-order to mitigate rid of her fire weakness. A fire weakness she was going to get rid of anyway, as Midna pointed out, this having come up in their conversation before she got to crushing) The other two weapons were an interesting addition to her arsenal that was for sure, and if Sectonia’s appraisal was anything to rely on, they looked to be quite the little combo machine, if she could pull off switching the fire starter for the fire lover in time. After those were stashed away, she had an actual look into what this place was that they had decided to wait for the blue team’s arrival. Turned out that yes, the machines were being used for much the same thing as the ones that had blazed past them on the mountain trail: racing. Not that that was all they could be used for, as she found out. Indeed mainly they were meant for transport, which sounded useful, or even warfare, which sounded even more useful. Partly out of curiosity, partially out of an interest in learning a new useful skill, and partially out of the lingering frustration of not being able to operate the train, Minda then inquired if there was somewhere she could learn how to use one of these machines. That was how she ended up standing outside of a little shack with a sign saying ‘U-Drive-U’ and talking to [url=https://furrycdn.org/img/view/2022/2/1/141455.png]a moose lady[/url] wearing a police uniform (not that she knew what either of those where) “You wanna learn how to drive huh? It's harder than you think it is.” the moose, who had introduced herself as Instructor Mooselini, told her with a stern voice. [color=Aquamarine]”Well I can ride animals already, so what can be so different about riding a mechanical machine, right?”[/color] Midna said, entirely proving the instructors statement true “Uh huh?” she replied, looking very skeptical, before pointing a challenging finger at the princess and saying “If you think you can handle it, try this rap!” [color=Aquamarine]”rap?”[/color] the princess replied, and thus, after the pair of them had pile into a ‘refurbished’ [url=https://i.imgur.com/5OT1kbm.png]Mucle[/url] began her dual introduction to both rap and driving. [center][url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/parappatherapper/images/c/ce/PTR_17_-_Instructor_Mooselini%27s_Rap.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20160726233814]Mooselini's Rap[/url][/center] “Alright, we're here, just sittin' in the car. I want you to show me if you can get far.” the instructor said before she began to instructed her instructee “Step on the gas!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the gas?”[/color] “Step on the brakes!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the brakes?”[/color] “Step on the gas!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the gas?”[/color] the princess replied hesitantly each time, heavily mismanaging the pedals that her short form had a fair bit of difficulty reaching “When I say boom boom boom, you say bam bam bam! No pause in between, come on, let's jam!” she was instructed more forcefully, and this time with some (literal) pointers “Step on the gas!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the gas!”[/color] “Step on the brakes!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the brakes!”[/color] “Step on the brakes!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the brakes!”[/color] “Step on the gas!” [color=Aquamarine]”Step on the gas!”[/color] she echoed, getting a basic bit of control right before they raced out into the open street without Midna really having intended that “I'm glad you know which way to go, but it ain't gonna stop me, here we go.” the moose said, not realizing Midna’s mistake, and then gave her a crash course on how to navigate a town behind the wheel “Check and turn the signals to the right!” [color=Aquamarine]”Check and turn the signals to the right?”[/color] “Now turn to the right!” [color=Aquamarine]”Now turn to the right!!!!!!!”[/color] Minda basically screamed in response as they swerved around a corner with next to no control “Check and turn the signals to the left!” [color=Aquamarine]”Check and turn the signals to the left!”[/color] “Now turn to the left!” [color=Aquamarine]”Now turn to the left!”[/color] “Woh ho ho ho! Stop the car! We got an emergency, can't you see?” the instructor suddenly commanded, much to Midna’s relief and also a bit of concern. Had she failed? She was sure she did better on the second turn “Do you know why we stopped the car?” [color=Aquamarine]“Do I know why we stopped the car?”[/color] “Guess…” [color=Aquamarine]“Guess?”[/color] “What…” [color=Aquamarine]“What?”[/color] “Do you know why we stopped the car?” [color=Aquamarine]“Do I know why we stopped the car?”[/color] “I forgot to close the door.” [color=Aquamarine]“You forgot to close the door?”[/color] Midna echoed slowly, before thinking for a moment and then pointing out angrily [color=Aquamarine]“There is no door!”[/color] “…” “right” “Now just don't forget This ain't kung fu, come on again!” the instructor commanded, getting them to set off again “Check and turn the signals to the right!” [color=Aquamarine]“Check and turn the signals to the right!”[/color] “Step on the gas now turn to the right!” [color=Aquamarine]“Step on the gas now turn to the right!”[/color] “Check and turn the signals to the left!” [color=Aquamarine]“Check and turn the signals to the left!”[/color] “Step on the gas now turn to the left!” she commanded as they served through town [color=Aquamarine]“Step on the gas now turn to the left!”[/color] Midna replied in turn, actually feeling likes he was getting the hang of both the driving and this whole rap thing, right in time for Mooselini to commanded: “Step on the brakes!” [color=Aquamarine]“Step on the brakes!”[/color] Midna echoed as they slowed “Do you know why we stopped the car again?” she asked [color=Aquamarine]“Do I know why we stopped the car again?”[/color] Midna asked once they had parked by the side of the road again “That's because you just got your license!“ the moose informed her, throwing up her arms in celebration. [color=Aquamarine]“What, already? I mean Woo hooo!! Yes!!”[/color] Midna cheered, amazed at how lax this vetting process was. Then only a few minutes later, after getting her photo taken and inserted into her new license, Midna was joining in the race, roaring around the track in a borrowed [url=https://i.imgur.com/MVEiBrA.jpg]technical[/url].