Unexpected encounters.
- Location
- Chile
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] "Just a helpful passerby. Can you tell me about the other girl and the monster?"
[X] Carry her.
"Sorry, but I don't think I'm anyone's guardian angel." You smile kindly to the girl. "I'm just someone that was around that wants to help."
"But... you said you were an angel... and you said you'll help me so... that must mean you're my guardian angel right?" She is looking up at you with wide hopeful eyes.
"Well... while I get you out of here I'll be your guardian angel then okay?" She seems to think for a bit before nodding with a tiny smile. "Okay then, let's see if we find a way out, come on, I'll carry you" You crouch down and give your back to her, which she climbs a bit too eagerly.
"By the by... you said there was another girl right?"
"Mhmm." She nods. "I couldn't see her well... she was kind of red..." Kind of red? Probably clothing then. Should stand out with how the whole place seems black and, yellow and blue if that's the case... wait, did Mapple wear red clothing today? Darn you can't remember... no matter, you'll look for this girl. It's your best lead.
"Do you know which way she went? She may need help too."
"..." She stays silent. Could be that she's scared. Maybe trying asking something else...
"Hey... how did you end up here?"
"I don't know... I was playing with some friends and then everything became dark, and the sky turned weird..." So she has no idea uh, not that you expected her to. You have no idea how you ended up in here either. Lupin said that it just... happened... somehow.
...
And that Mapple bolted out of the place in a hurry. This is just a guess but, if you find her you'll probably find your answers as to what is going on. It's only a guess thogh, and one made just by that little piece of info you got from Lupin, but still, it is your best shot at finding out what is going on and getting out of here, whatever here is anyways.
Now, how to find Mappe...
You spend a while walking around while carrying the little girl. You decided to go to a bit of an open area a few blocks north of your shop. Then maybe you'll try to find some shop with more than one floor that are accesible to try and see from high ground. The girl has been silent so far, but she seems to have relaxed even so slightly.
You reach the open area, a food court, and... nothing. Empty, as expected. You sigh and prepare to continue when you feel something familiar. The same thing you felt when Fenrir had you on her claws.
There's something dangerous there.
The girl looks curiously at your face from your shoulders as you look around in slight panic. Where, where is the feeling coming from? Better get out, first come the girls's safety.
"Alright, guess we-" [!!!] You react inmediately by jumping to the side.
"AHHH!"
Lack of experience and carrying someone though means that you mess up in a way, this being the girl's grip loosening because of your sudden movement and almost falling over when you let your arms go to assume a sort of defense position by instinct.
Before you can ask Lupin what made them react that way you feel pain. Lots, lots of pain on your left leg.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!!" The girl cries louder than before, snapping you ouf of your funk and letting you grab her better. It hurts, a lot, you cry of the pain, but you've alreay been in similar pain before, so if anything you can at least do something instead of being frozen in place screaming.
Looking at your leg it seems as if a claw is keeping a hold of it, squeezing.
[!!!]
Your shadows move to cover your leg, somehow making the apparent claw loose it's grip on your leg. It then slides over the floor, as if being a part of it, and retreats, mixing with... the shadows...
[!!!] 'Yeah I realized!'
Ignoring the pain as much as you can you slowly walk towards the centre of the food court. It's the area with least things on it and with less shadows on it. If your theory is correct then you should be more safe here than near tables, chairs, walls, anything that cast a shadow that isn't yours.
The girl is burying her face on your back, scared and shaking. "It's okay... I'll protect you... I won't let it get near you..." As long as your arms resist you should be able to keep a hold of the girl while you think of something. How to get out of here now!? You're pretty much trapped, even more than before. There's no clear way without that much shadows to go through and your leg still hurts enough that you can only walk slowly. Think, think, what will-
!??
At the corner of your vision you see something strange. Something that shouldn't be. A table is flying in the air towards you as if on its own. Casting a shadow like a pillar. It's there, somehow it's moving that table!! You gotta run, but you can't run in your current conditions. You move regardless. As fast as you can with each step sending jolts of pain up your leg. Just have to get away, it's moving slow.
Maybe if you tell the girl to run on her own? No, that's not an option. Too dangerous. Who's to say that it won't chase after her, and you carried her because she was obiviously not well enough to walk. Having probably experienced a tiny bit of the pain she went through you can imagine it. She won't be able to move at all. What can you do, what can you do!!?
"-Haa!"
You turn around as you hear a young voice to see a figure in red cleave right through the thing with a deep red axe. Said figure just cut through the table to the floor, literally slicing the impossible pillar of shadow in half. You can barely hear what seems to be a screech of sorts, almost inaudible, as the shadows become smoke and the table pieces fall to the floor and break.
The figure raises its head from the floor.
"..."
"... Mapple...? What?" Indeed, it is Mapple. You recognize her face and eyes, which look troubled. She's dressed in a red loose hood, slghtly frilly red dress and white long sleeved shirt. In her hands, covered with leather gauntlets, is the axe you saw. Deep red with light brown handle and, now that you look at it, the way she's gripping it is weird, kind of like-
"Awww man, and I went through the trouble of setting this all up for some random to snatch up my prey..."
!!!
"Now I gotta search up another barrier and find another one of these things to kill. Thanks for the kill steal. Not."
The voice seems to be coming from the other side of the food court. There, standing, is yet another girl, with what seems to be a really convoluted costume. You can't make the details this far back aside from the dark colors, which don't help since they seem to blend with the rest of things.
"So you're the one that made that table levitate? Have you any idea how dangerous that was!!!?"
"Hey, it's not like they ere in real danger. This is a test after all, everything is controlled ain't it? Are you new? Maybe you missed the group explanation..."
"Test? What are you talking about!? And who the heck are you anyways?"
"Hey, don't get so angry. Geez what's up with you? Anyways I should introducec myself right? I'm Magical Girl Shadow Weaver!! Name pending change!!"
At that the girl makes a weird pose and winks. There's utter silence for a few seconds after that.
"What's up with me? What's up with you!? Again do you have any idea how dangerous, irresponsible, and downright stupid what you did was!?"
You have no idea what is going on anymore. Also it seems that, without realizing it, you have falling over your butt. The girl tahnkfully is okay, she's still with her arms around you. Seems like she fainted or fell asleep at some point, with the ligh breaths coming out of her mouth.
Gently placing her on the ground and keeping her in a seated position with your arm, you return to look at one of the weirdest things you've seen in your life. Mapple sees to be screaming at the self-proclaimed magical girl who, judging from expression, is both confused and annoyed. They seem to be having an argument now.
Just what is going on here?
[] Interrupt their discussion.
[] Stay out of their discussion.
I know I said it was gonna come earlier, but stuff took my time, mostly distractions, but here's the chapter. MG will start making more appearances from now.
Also Happy New Year everyone! Happy 2019!! (Though it is still 2018 as of the moment I posted this here.)
[X] Carry her.
"Sorry, but I don't think I'm anyone's guardian angel." You smile kindly to the girl. "I'm just someone that was around that wants to help."
"But... you said you were an angel... and you said you'll help me so... that must mean you're my guardian angel right?" She is looking up at you with wide hopeful eyes.
"Well... while I get you out of here I'll be your guardian angel then okay?" She seems to think for a bit before nodding with a tiny smile. "Okay then, let's see if we find a way out, come on, I'll carry you" You crouch down and give your back to her, which she climbs a bit too eagerly.
"By the by... you said there was another girl right?"
"Mhmm." She nods. "I couldn't see her well... she was kind of red..." Kind of red? Probably clothing then. Should stand out with how the whole place seems black and, yellow and blue if that's the case... wait, did Mapple wear red clothing today? Darn you can't remember... no matter, you'll look for this girl. It's your best lead.
"Do you know which way she went? She may need help too."
"..." She stays silent. Could be that she's scared. Maybe trying asking something else...
"Hey... how did you end up here?"
"I don't know... I was playing with some friends and then everything became dark, and the sky turned weird..." So she has no idea uh, not that you expected her to. You have no idea how you ended up in here either. Lupin said that it just... happened... somehow.
...
And that Mapple bolted out of the place in a hurry. This is just a guess but, if you find her you'll probably find your answers as to what is going on. It's only a guess thogh, and one made just by that little piece of info you got from Lupin, but still, it is your best shot at finding out what is going on and getting out of here, whatever here is anyways.
Now, how to find Mappe...
You spend a while walking around while carrying the little girl. You decided to go to a bit of an open area a few blocks north of your shop. Then maybe you'll try to find some shop with more than one floor that are accesible to try and see from high ground. The girl has been silent so far, but she seems to have relaxed even so slightly.
You reach the open area, a food court, and... nothing. Empty, as expected. You sigh and prepare to continue when you feel something familiar. The same thing you felt when Fenrir had you on her claws.
There's something dangerous there.
The girl looks curiously at your face from your shoulders as you look around in slight panic. Where, where is the feeling coming from? Better get out, first come the girls's safety.
"Alright, guess we-" [!!!] You react inmediately by jumping to the side.
"AHHH!"
Lack of experience and carrying someone though means that you mess up in a way, this being the girl's grip loosening because of your sudden movement and almost falling over when you let your arms go to assume a sort of defense position by instinct.
Before you can ask Lupin what made them react that way you feel pain. Lots, lots of pain on your left leg.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!!" The girl cries louder than before, snapping you ouf of your funk and letting you grab her better. It hurts, a lot, you cry of the pain, but you've alreay been in similar pain before, so if anything you can at least do something instead of being frozen in place screaming.
Looking at your leg it seems as if a claw is keeping a hold of it, squeezing.
[!!!]
Your shadows move to cover your leg, somehow making the apparent claw loose it's grip on your leg. It then slides over the floor, as if being a part of it, and retreats, mixing with... the shadows...
[!!!] 'Yeah I realized!'
Ignoring the pain as much as you can you slowly walk towards the centre of the food court. It's the area with least things on it and with less shadows on it. If your theory is correct then you should be more safe here than near tables, chairs, walls, anything that cast a shadow that isn't yours.
The girl is burying her face on your back, scared and shaking. "It's okay... I'll protect you... I won't let it get near you..." As long as your arms resist you should be able to keep a hold of the girl while you think of something. How to get out of here now!? You're pretty much trapped, even more than before. There's no clear way without that much shadows to go through and your leg still hurts enough that you can only walk slowly. Think, think, what will-
!??
At the corner of your vision you see something strange. Something that shouldn't be. A table is flying in the air towards you as if on its own. Casting a shadow like a pillar. It's there, somehow it's moving that table!! You gotta run, but you can't run in your current conditions. You move regardless. As fast as you can with each step sending jolts of pain up your leg. Just have to get away, it's moving slow.
Maybe if you tell the girl to run on her own? No, that's not an option. Too dangerous. Who's to say that it won't chase after her, and you carried her because she was obiviously not well enough to walk. Having probably experienced a tiny bit of the pain she went through you can imagine it. She won't be able to move at all. What can you do, what can you do!!?
"-Haa!"
You turn around as you hear a young voice to see a figure in red cleave right through the thing with a deep red axe. Said figure just cut through the table to the floor, literally slicing the impossible pillar of shadow in half. You can barely hear what seems to be a screech of sorts, almost inaudible, as the shadows become smoke and the table pieces fall to the floor and break.
The figure raises its head from the floor.
"..."
"... Mapple...? What?" Indeed, it is Mapple. You recognize her face and eyes, which look troubled. She's dressed in a red loose hood, slghtly frilly red dress and white long sleeved shirt. In her hands, covered with leather gauntlets, is the axe you saw. Deep red with light brown handle and, now that you look at it, the way she's gripping it is weird, kind of like-
"Awww man, and I went through the trouble of setting this all up for some random to snatch up my prey..."
!!!
"Now I gotta search up another barrier and find another one of these things to kill. Thanks for the kill steal. Not."
The voice seems to be coming from the other side of the food court. There, standing, is yet another girl, with what seems to be a really convoluted costume. You can't make the details this far back aside from the dark colors, which don't help since they seem to blend with the rest of things.
"So you're the one that made that table levitate? Have you any idea how dangerous that was!!!?"
"Hey, it's not like they ere in real danger. This is a test after all, everything is controlled ain't it? Are you new? Maybe you missed the group explanation..."
"Test? What are you talking about!? And who the heck are you anyways?"
"Hey, don't get so angry. Geez what's up with you? Anyways I should introducec myself right? I'm Magical Girl Shadow Weaver!! Name pending change!!"
At that the girl makes a weird pose and winks. There's utter silence for a few seconds after that.
"What's up with me? What's up with you!? Again do you have any idea how dangerous, irresponsible, and downright stupid what you did was!?"
You have no idea what is going on anymore. Also it seems that, without realizing it, you have falling over your butt. The girl tahnkfully is okay, she's still with her arms around you. Seems like she fainted or fell asleep at some point, with the ligh breaths coming out of her mouth.
Gently placing her on the ground and keeping her in a seated position with your arm, you return to look at one of the weirdest things you've seen in your life. Mapple sees to be screaming at the self-proclaimed magical girl who, judging from expression, is both confused and annoyed. They seem to be having an argument now.
Just what is going on here?
[] Interrupt their discussion.
[] Stay out of their discussion.
I know I said it was gonna come earlier, but stuff took my time, mostly distractions, but here's the chapter. MG will start making more appearances from now.
Also Happy New Year everyone! Happy 2019!! (Though it is still 2018 as of the moment I posted this here.)
