Alright, done! Subpar, I'm sure, but I seem to have straight up lost my imagination for a little bit back there.
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Man, I remember those last few statuses sounding funnier when I was writing them... Is this what aging does to people?
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I eat negativity and shit out hopes and dreams. Like a tree, but for pessimism.
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Good news, I'm not failing out of my cooking course tomorrow! Bad news, it's only because I nearly sliced a chunk off my finger practicing for it and needed stitches.
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Desu before dishonour.
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It's days like today that I truly believe this ADHD is both a blessing AND a curse.
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Sage looked at the two with growing frustration. The woman with the staff was lying, no doubt about it, and the armoured woman was eating it up like it was nothing! He had no idea why the mage would lie about her familiar either. A familiar was a partner you could depend on, it was something any self-respecting magic user would be proud to have! This was even more so for a creature as fine as the one she seemed to be bonded with.
Whatever the reason, they had succeeded in irritating him just as he had them, and that meant they were going to see the personality he usually wore.
"Perhaps you have forgotten that it was the spirits themselves who told me the creature was down there, and I can assure you they are quite friendly towards me." He said to Tirnea, a small, close-eyed smile he'd learnt people tended to find infuriatingly polite growing across his face. "If what you say is true, and you have a bond with the spirits as well, then that only confirms my belief that you are just the kind of mage I am looking for. However, first I will take care of the creature."
He then looked to Veronica, still wearing the smile.
"I'm afraid that won't be necessary." He said. "While the order may be practised in the art of hunting magical beasts, it is my job as a Sage to take care of these types of situations when I come across them, and it would be safer to take care of the creature before it can emerge, when it might cause trouble for the townspeople. Now please stand back, I am about to start casting."
And then he closed his eyes, moving his own staff around and occasionally tapping it rhythmically against the ground, before beginning to sing.
"Kuwata tsunowo vralai, tsuriji pfurala lekai..."
As he sang, the earth began to tremor ever so slightly. If one were not looking for it, they wouldn't even notice. Any who could sense what was happening underground, however, would feel the roots of various plants growing exponentially, all snaking their way towards Sierpe. They continued to circle around the creature, circling it like sharks around a sinking ship, until Sage reached the chorus.
And then they attacked.
"Otrejain aforeje kurasolda, towari hatasei, mic'hatasei, tsufrallai, ilja, Ulilya koji jichatjukajai, niame fretsumekri, fretsumekri, linganmai…"
The roots shot towards Sierpe, doing their best to follow Sages instructions and wrap around the creature, trapping and constricting it. All the while, Sage continued to sing, an ancient magic sung in an ancient language.
The magic of the Sages.
Sage looked at the two with growing frustration. The woman with the staff was lying, no doubt about it, and the armoured woman was eating it up like it was nothing! He had no idea why the mage would lie about her familiar either. A familiar was a partner you could depend on, it was something any self-respecting magic user would be proud to have! This was even more so for a creature as fine as the one she seemed to be bonded with.
Whatever the reason, they had succeeded in irritating him just as he had them, and that meant they were going to see the personality he usually wore.
"Perhaps you have forgotten that it was the spirits themselves who told me the creature was down there, and I can assure you they are quite friendly towards me." He said to Tirnea, a small, close-eyed smile he'd learnt people tended to find infuriatingly polite growing across his face. "If what you say is true, and you have a bond with the spirits as well, then that only confirms my belief that you are just the kind of mage I am looking for. However, first I will take care of the creature."
He then looked to Veronica, still wearing the smile.
"I'm afraid that won't be necessary." He said. "While the order may be practised in the art of hunting magical beasts, it is my job as a Sage to take care of these types of situations when I come across them, and it would be safer to take care of the creature before it can emerge, when it might cause trouble for the townspeople. Now please stand back, I am about to start casting."
And then he closed his eyes, moving his own staff around and occasionally tapping it rhythmically against the ground, before beginning to sing.
"Kuwata tsunowo vralai, tsuriji pfurala lekai..."
As he sang, the earth began to tremor ever so slightly. If one were not looking for it, they wouldn't even notice. Any who could sense what was happening underground, however, would feel the roots of various plants growing exponentially, all snaking their way towards Sierpe. They continued to circle around the creature, circling it like sharks around a sinking ship, until Sage reached the chorus.
And then they attacked.
"Otrejain aforeje kurasolda, towari hatasei, mic'hatasei, tsufrallai, ilja, Ulilya koji jichatjukajai, niame fretsumekri, fretsumekri, linganmai…"
The roots shot towards Sierpe, doing their best to follow Sages instructions and wrap around the creature, trapping and constricting it. All the while, Sage continued to sing, an ancient magic sung in an ancient language.
The magic of the Sages.
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Think Iight finally be able to get that post out tonight.
Well, my plan to get a post out today failed miserably. Hopefully tomorrow will bring more luck.
Kaito's face fell slightly when he saw the torii Izuna was pointing at. However, he immediately kicked himself mentally for feeling that way. Still being in Japan was far more preferable than being in some random fantasy world! Who knew what kin of danger they might have found themselves in had that been the case!
Still, he couldn't quite prevent the disappointment from making itself known, sighing.
"Ah man, we're still in Japan..." He said. "I mean, I know it's dumb, but I kinda hoped this was some crazy fantasy world, and we'd all accidentally gotten pulled across like in all the anime..."
He looked to the others.
"Not that this is a bad thing though, this is definitely the better situation! Although some weird spatial stuff is still definitely going on. People don't just blink into a new place out of nowhere like that..."
And then he grinned, picking up all his stuff.
"Still though, this might be fun! I've never really been on a trip with friends before, so I'm gonna make the most of this."
And then he ran ahead a little. Not far enough for the others to lose sight of him, but definitely in a way that would easily convey his excitement at the idea of a hike with other people.
However, almost immediately after he started running, he noticed the two statues and stopped to take a look. He frowned briefly at the odd writing, before jumping back in shock as he suddenly understood it.
"Hey, can you guys also understand this, or is it just me? Because I'm pretty sure I shouldn't."
Honestly, at this point he was getting a little nervous, especially considering what the writing actually said. Mulling over that particular fact a little longer, he realised something else.
"Uh, but maybe let's not read it aloud if you do. For all we know, it might end up being some weird curse thing, and I dot want to be worrying about that as we walk into the forest at night."
After the statues, Kaito decided not to run quite so far ahead as they walked, instead walking relatively close to the others. He still wandered ahead a bit, looking around curiously, but he was clearly kind of nervous. He jumped again when the boom rang out, but after a few moments of mild panic, he seemed to calm down again. However, he decided that maybe it would be best to not walk ahead, instead staying within a couple of meters of who he thought looked the most composed, Hiroko.
Eventually, he found himself helping to clear the path ahead, when he caught sight of an old, decrepit looking building. On second inspection, it looked kind of like a shrine, but while he had originally been relieved for some actual shelter, that realisation made him hesitate. He was already nervous, and he wasn't sure he wanted to risk pissing off any spirits after the weird stuff from before.
Of course, a few seconds later he realised that it was either take shelter here or keep walking through the forest in the dark, so he decided to speak up.
"Hey guys, think we should just take shelter here for the night?" He asked, not quite able to keep the nervousness out of his voice. "It might be dangerous to keep walking once it gets dark, so I reckon we should just cut our losses for the day and get going again in the morning."
As he spoke, he took of his bag and rummaged through it, before grinning and pulling out a decent sized wooden container.
"Also, I know it's not much, but I do have a bento we could probably share, so we should be good for food, at least for tonight."
Still, he couldn't quite prevent the disappointment from making itself known, sighing.
"Ah man, we're still in Japan..." He said. "I mean, I know it's dumb, but I kinda hoped this was some crazy fantasy world, and we'd all accidentally gotten pulled across like in all the anime..."
He looked to the others.
"Not that this is a bad thing though, this is definitely the better situation! Although some weird spatial stuff is still definitely going on. People don't just blink into a new place out of nowhere like that..."
And then he grinned, picking up all his stuff.
"Still though, this might be fun! I've never really been on a trip with friends before, so I'm gonna make the most of this."
And then he ran ahead a little. Not far enough for the others to lose sight of him, but definitely in a way that would easily convey his excitement at the idea of a hike with other people.
However, almost immediately after he started running, he noticed the two statues and stopped to take a look. He frowned briefly at the odd writing, before jumping back in shock as he suddenly understood it.
"Hey, can you guys also understand this, or is it just me? Because I'm pretty sure I shouldn't."
Honestly, at this point he was getting a little nervous, especially considering what the writing actually said. Mulling over that particular fact a little longer, he realised something else.
"Uh, but maybe let's not read it aloud if you do. For all we know, it might end up being some weird curse thing, and I dot want to be worrying about that as we walk into the forest at night."
After the statues, Kaito decided not to run quite so far ahead as they walked, instead walking relatively close to the others. He still wandered ahead a bit, looking around curiously, but he was clearly kind of nervous. He jumped again when the boom rang out, but after a few moments of mild panic, he seemed to calm down again. However, he decided that maybe it would be best to not walk ahead, instead staying within a couple of meters of who he thought looked the most composed, Hiroko.
Eventually, he found himself helping to clear the path ahead, when he caught sight of an old, decrepit looking building. On second inspection, it looked kind of like a shrine, but while he had originally been relieved for some actual shelter, that realisation made him hesitate. He was already nervous, and he wasn't sure he wanted to risk pissing off any spirits after the weird stuff from before.
Of course, a few seconds later he realised that it was either take shelter here or keep walking through the forest in the dark, so he decided to speak up.
"Hey guys, think we should just take shelter here for the night?" He asked, not quite able to keep the nervousness out of his voice. "It might be dangerous to keep walking once it gets dark, so I reckon we should just cut our losses for the day and get going again in the morning."
As he spoke, he took of his bag and rummaged through it, before grinning and pulling out a decent sized wooden container.
"Also, I know it's not much, but I do have a bento we could probably share, so we should be good for food, at least for tonight."
Pretty busy today, so probably won't have time to post. I'll get one out tomorrow though.
Wow, I mean I went into it with the intention of making Alex a bit of an asshole, but I think I went a little beyond the call of duty there... Nice job, me.
"Well hey there, gang!" Alex said, sliding into a seat which he decided was the closest to the middle of all of them. He'd jut been brought in from his own procedure, which mostly consisted of him trying to bully the doctors while to stop himself from going insane as they injected him with some kind of excessively painful shit.
He was pretty sure he hadn't broken any of them yet, probably because they were able to get him writhing in pain as he spoke, but hey, that just meant it was mutually beneficial! Codependency! Sometimes it works!
"Now, I'm a little tired thanks to the procedure, so my insults probably won't be quite as top quality as usual. Thankfully though, you're all top quality targets, so you make them better just by being the subject! And the first victim for today is you!"
And at this, he pointed straight at Sage, an amused expression on his face.
"What's with the cocky expression kiddo? You're probably the only person in this goddamned facility I can take in a fight without getting my nose broken, but your strutting around like you own the place! It's not your highschool bud, you can't sneak your dads gun in to punish all the kids who bullied you!"
Wow, he was feeling better already! And he never felt good, so this was nice, all in all.
"Now on to you, Vic, and yes I actually remember your name. Sure, it was only because I called you Vicky once and you said something along the lines of "I will be the one to end you. You may run, but you will never escape that destiny.", but hey, it was pretty memorable. Now if only there weren't a bunch of useless government drones hanging around us at every given moment, maybe your threats wouldn't be as empty as the husk I call a soul, and I would be somewhat intimidated."
However, when he opened his mouth to continue, he quickly snapped it shut again, shaking his head as if in pain.
"Ah, ah shit..." He said slowly, blinking as he looked back to the others. "Sorry guys, ignore me. Usually I'd wait until someone says something retarded before I go off at them, but I think whatever they injected me with is fucking with my brain. I mean, I'm already pretty fuckin brain dead, but still... I'm just glad I didn't waste anymore of my material on the other two of you, especially with that edgetardy delivery... Gotta save that for a rainy day."
As he spoke, he looked down to the food he'd gotten, almost as if he was seeing it for the first time.
"Is this literal shit? Because this looks like actual, human faeces."
And then he lookeds slightly upwards, staring off into space.
"Actually, that reminds me of a story..."
Like, one and a half, maybe two years ago? I don't fuckin remember.
"It all started when I was out the front of gramps' flower shop, where I was working at the time. I was making all the display flowers look nice, when some absolute cuntstick walked past with his dog. Now normally, this would all be fine, I love dogs, but this was one of those unique failures of genetic engineering. This assnugget, with his topknot and lensless glasses, was walking past me, and his dog decides it needs to shit. Again, normally fine, accept the dumbass stops, looks at the shit, and then keeps going.
Now let me tell you, I was pissed. So I call out to the guy, and I say "Hey guy, what the fuck? Why wouldn't you pick up your dogs shit?" And then he walks up to me, pokes me in the center of my chest like he's a highschool jock instead of a skinny, intellectually defective hipster shit, and says "What are you complaining about, it's free manure!" So, I did what I think any of us would've done in that situation, and used my powers to make him trip and fall in the shit when he tried to walk away. Two hours later, I was lying in the ground with a tranq dart in my ass, a hipster douchebag gloating about how he was the one to turn me on to his stupid hipster friends, and a burning rage in my heart. And so, assuming someone with taste in clothes hasn't lynched him in a back alley already, I'm gonna find that microcephalic tweed-tosser and making him fall in shit again. Because I guess at the end of the day, I'm kind of a petty asshole."
"And that's my sad backstory..." Alex said, staring wistfully into the distance. "Tragic, isn't it? But despite all the tears that you're no doubt struggling to contain, it needed to be said, if for no other reason than to distract me enough to eat this shit."
And then he pushed the empty tray away, surprised that it didn't actually taste all that bad.
He was pretty sure he hadn't broken any of them yet, probably because they were able to get him writhing in pain as he spoke, but hey, that just meant it was mutually beneficial! Codependency! Sometimes it works!
"Now, I'm a little tired thanks to the procedure, so my insults probably won't be quite as top quality as usual. Thankfully though, you're all top quality targets, so you make them better just by being the subject! And the first victim for today is you!"
And at this, he pointed straight at Sage, an amused expression on his face.
"What's with the cocky expression kiddo? You're probably the only person in this goddamned facility I can take in a fight without getting my nose broken, but your strutting around like you own the place! It's not your highschool bud, you can't sneak your dads gun in to punish all the kids who bullied you!"
Wow, he was feeling better already! And he never felt good, so this was nice, all in all.
"Now on to you, Vic, and yes I actually remember your name. Sure, it was only because I called you Vicky once and you said something along the lines of "I will be the one to end you. You may run, but you will never escape that destiny.", but hey, it was pretty memorable. Now if only there weren't a bunch of useless government drones hanging around us at every given moment, maybe your threats wouldn't be as empty as the husk I call a soul, and I would be somewhat intimidated."
However, when he opened his mouth to continue, he quickly snapped it shut again, shaking his head as if in pain.
"Ah, ah shit..." He said slowly, blinking as he looked back to the others. "Sorry guys, ignore me. Usually I'd wait until someone says something retarded before I go off at them, but I think whatever they injected me with is fucking with my brain. I mean, I'm already pretty fuckin brain dead, but still... I'm just glad I didn't waste anymore of my material on the other two of you, especially with that edgetardy delivery... Gotta save that for a rainy day."
As he spoke, he looked down to the food he'd gotten, almost as if he was seeing it for the first time.
"Is this literal shit? Because this looks like actual, human faeces."
And then he lookeds slightly upwards, staring off into space.
"Actually, that reminds me of a story..."
Like, one and a half, maybe two years ago? I don't fuckin remember.
"It all started when I was out the front of gramps' flower shop, where I was working at the time. I was making all the display flowers look nice, when some absolute cuntstick walked past with his dog. Now normally, this would all be fine, I love dogs, but this was one of those unique failures of genetic engineering. This assnugget, with his topknot and lensless glasses, was walking past me, and his dog decides it needs to shit. Again, normally fine, accept the dumbass stops, looks at the shit, and then keeps going.
Now let me tell you, I was pissed. So I call out to the guy, and I say "Hey guy, what the fuck? Why wouldn't you pick up your dogs shit?" And then he walks up to me, pokes me in the center of my chest like he's a highschool jock instead of a skinny, intellectually defective hipster shit, and says "What are you complaining about, it's free manure!" So, I did what I think any of us would've done in that situation, and used my powers to make him trip and fall in the shit when he tried to walk away. Two hours later, I was lying in the ground with a tranq dart in my ass, a hipster douchebag gloating about how he was the one to turn me on to his stupid hipster friends, and a burning rage in my heart. And so, assuming someone with taste in clothes hasn't lynched him in a back alley already, I'm gonna find that microcephalic tweed-tosser and making him fall in shit again. Because I guess at the end of the day, I'm kind of a petty asshole."
"And that's my sad backstory..." Alex said, staring wistfully into the distance. "Tragic, isn't it? But despite all the tears that you're no doubt struggling to contain, it needed to be said, if for no other reason than to distract me enough to eat this shit."
And then he pushed the empty tray away, surprised that it didn't actually taste all that bad.
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Ah, ok. I'll make him a little disappointed that his theory is wrong when he sees the torii then.
Ah, ok. I'll make him a little disappointed that his theory is wrong when he sees the torii then.
"Nishikawa Kaito, but you guys can just call me Kai!" Kaito said, looking between the first girl and the other two who had appeared. "And yeah, nah, I'm not sure where we are either."
He looked to the girl who'd asked if anyone knew how to get back to where they were, and he shook his head nervously.
"Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you literally appeared out of thin air just then, so the odds of an easy way home aren't looking great..."
Of course, his thoughts on the situation weren't completely negative. After all, he was a proud otaku, and if his theory was correct, he might be able to put that knowledge to use! Plus, if they found a river or stream, he might be able to fish.
"Well, I don't know if any of us are particularly good cooks, but if we can't make it back to Japan soon, we could always always look for a river or something, and I can try to catch a fish or two! I mean, we might be stuck here for a while, so maybe we should try and prepare with that in mind."
He looked to the girl who'd asked if anyone knew how to get back to where they were, and he shook his head nervously.
"Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you literally appeared out of thin air just then, so the odds of an easy way home aren't looking great..."
Of course, his thoughts on the situation weren't completely negative. After all, he was a proud otaku, and if his theory was correct, he might be able to put that knowledge to use! Plus, if they found a river or stream, he might be able to fish.
"Well, I don't know if any of us are particularly good cooks, but if we can't make it back to Japan soon, we could always always look for a river or something, and I can try to catch a fish or two! I mean, we might be stuck here for a while, so maybe we should try and prepare with that in mind."
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