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Spoiler: Tome

The tiki cracked its bones into place and placed its finger on its chin. "Hmm . . . Interesting questions." Its neck snapped and its head fell off to his shoulders. "I'll answer the mushroom first. . . There's a few ways to kill them, one is just to find their main core, And grab it, and destroy it. But that requires a lot of force. But looking at your arms, you seem to lack the force to do that." The tiki snickered. "You can also just go the basic way of using a type advantage against them to break them, this only works on corrupted Pokémon, it does not work on the wanderers . But just remember, their types change once corrupted, a grass type can become a fire type, but all of them become dark and ghost types. They do not hold by the same rules as us normal. They also get as many attacks as they please. But the final way, this one cannot kill, only temporarily stun. And that is the tomes, like I. Once you befriend one, we shall grant you a relic, and you can cast us to stun enemies, damage them, or make them fear you. But I do not trust you so far, so I shall keep my relic to myself. "

"And now for the . . . tree? These wanderers and corrupted were made by a very dangerous foe, whos goal is to kill as many as they can, so they do not lose their strength. As they kill, the wanderers are made . They're made with gems that were broken, that forge together to make beasts . Some group together a bit . . . too well. And for as why they're going after you. That is a question you'll have to ask yourself. Anywho, tata!~" The tiki rose its arms to the air , letting out a devilish scream that echoed around the halls and vanished back into the bull. The leaves in the room dance around, and the iced roof cracks and drops a large chunk of ice next to Maokaw. "Well , since we already had a rude wake up call. we should get goin." Maokaw calls and starts to walk forward.

 

Spoiler: Maokaw

"We don't have time to question the abnormal anymore, right now we have one direction." His voice was cold and dead. He hears the sound of metal creaking and turns to see the bull standing. "Say bull, why are you here, Shouldn't you be in the forest?" The bulls blows smoke out of its nose. "The forest didn't need me, and I sensed something else in this area. Something. . . Oozing." The bull scrapped its horns on the floor as it walked forward to where it smashed through the ice. "There's a force here that I need to deal with, and you have something driving you here. I'll walk with you until we get there, but just know I have taken care of a good amount of the foes already."

"Uhm, what are we to expect?" Asked Loki. "Long halls, doors that lead nowhere, and traps, lots and lots of traps." As the group walked through the walls cracked and worn of age, branches poking out , dimly lit by small jars filled with fireflies. Turning a corner, a large wooden tree sat, lit ablaze in its eye "A treevent." Maokaw muttered. He readied a pole , but to his surprise the bull placed its horn in his way. "Save your energy."

The bull strikes the wooden floor with its hooves and charged at the treevent, as the treevent turned it was met by a large metal horn pierced through its eye. A blood curdling scream echos around the halls, followed by a large gust of wind. "Treevents always have the same weakness, break their eye. And they're dead."

 

Spoiler: Maokaw

Halting in his step as the Mushroom calls out. "Oi Bull, are you able to pass?" Maokaw asked. THe bull stared at the thin wire and steps over and turns back. "No, i'm horribly and graphicly stuck . . . yes I can pass, it's the easiest trick in the book." Maokaw sighed and hops over, followed by Loki. As they walked in silence Loki broke the silence. "So, what're we gonna want to expect?" The bull walked in silence before coming to thought. "Hell. These creatures are much stronger then their normal varients, most swap typing meaning you're gonna have a harder time against them. Unlike before, you'll deal less damage, as most grass lit ablaze, and now are fire types. They also get more moves then us. Much trickier to fight. But each have weaknesses, just takes time to learn them ."

Maokaw breaks the bulls speech, "Have you seen this creature that we need to fight?" He twirls a pole in his hand . "I didn't get to see it's species. . . But i've seen it's overcasting shadow, it's large, broad, wide, and has a stick hanging out its mouth. " Maokaw stared ahead as he walked, stepping over potential traps. Eventually the group walks into a large room, the ceiling almost touched the sky. Inside, draconic runes were scattered across the room, and a large image of a dragon.

Maokaw and Loki walk forward looking at the runes, some were struck apart and splintered. Some were just of Pokémon, while others were of unfamiliar objects, one being a knife curving onto its own hilt. "These are . .. Strange." Loki mutters. Maokaw walks towards the dragon and looks at the symbols, none of them made sense.

 

Spoiler: µúßí©

Spoiler: Group

¨Not a damned clue." The bull spoke ¨All I know, is weŕe in the grand tree, where angels go to die." The Bull was calmed but a slight rasp was in his voice. As the group looked at the foreign images, Maokaw took the first initiative, as moved his hand forward. Loki batted an eye to him and the Bull backs off. Maokaw touched the wood, and jolted back with a slight sizzle tone from his mouth "It's . . .Hot." He mutters. "Hot? But how, we're underground, and it looks more dead than dabbing!" Loki questioned.
It wasn't long before the entire runes broke ablaze and shot flames across the ceiling. The flare made a devilish face before breaking apart leaving a giant hole in the wall, Maokaw stared forward from which the wall had just been. "Tch, and this is where our paths end . . ." The bull mutters. "I have my own task, you have yours. Don't strive off the lighted path. . And i'll see you at the gates of heaven, once this fight is over." The bull walks forward through the hole, a black ooze engulfs him. "Tch" Maokaw spat at the ground and started to follow "Wait!" Loki calls out. Grabbing a rock off the ground, and throwing it in the ooze. "Ow!" The bulls voice called out. "That was rude!"

Maokaw snickered as Loki frantically tried to apologize. He walked forward and stuck his hand in, a warm but empty feeling met him and he walked forward entering the ooze completely. It felt as if he was drifting through space, but the feeling didn't last long as he walked into a new terrain. Upon emerging from Satan's piss, the black ooze turns to dust right off of him , as if it couldn't stay in this realm for long.

Maokaw glanced around as Loki entered the area , A polished stone room with the marks from before battered around on the seam of the room, a flight of stairs on his left that seemed to curve endlessly. He started his venture down the stairs, looking over the Banister , A large room smoothed out in a large cylinder, another large cylinder in the middle, only lit up by long tiki torches burning blue. He admired the beauty of the room, until he saw it. . .

A large amalgamation of purple veins, exposed long teeth, black blood, and torn rotten flesh, wrapped in a bubbling bundle of agony. Loki followed Maokaws eyes and nearly threw up. "What in gods hellish world is that . .?" Maokaw muttered. As he stared his peripherals caught something. He watched as the bull jump off the circular ledge , "Good luck!" The bulls voice trailed off.

Spoiler: á fú©œíñg þ®ávíßþü

The bull lands on its feet and walks forward, a red ooze dripped off the walls of the halls the bull walked. All he heard were the echoes of his hooves striking the ground. Standing afoot a door, the bull starred up."Pásßwó®ð?" The door called out. "Fuck off." The bull called. Its horns grew big and red and flame erupted from its hooves as it smashes right through the door sending blisters flying like daggers to anything it the room.

"Well, Well, Well, Well, Well, WELLWELLWELL! What a grand entrance I must say~" A voice called out. "I'm not here to talk demon." The bull stared at the room, barely lit by his flames. "Awww that's so saaadd." A clacking sound is heard as a black humanoid figure appears, its face drooped and jagged, long claws for hands and feet that seemed to have no fine point. A large black wing on its right shoulder. The being walked forward and stood in the middle of the room placing one hand on its chest on one on its back. "Greetings lord Bull." The figure bowed. "I am Inara Malum, some call me a Devil, some call me the being. But . . I call myself a Saint." The Figure raised from its bow. "I am the being of god and death, only here to add balance to this cursed world." Inara twirled its claws around and a large purple scyte formed in their hands that arched over their head. "Well if you don't wish to talk . . .Guess i'll have to rip you LIMB FROM LIMB, AND ORGAN TO ORGAN!" Inara crackled and screamed in joy as it grabbed its face clawing at its own eyes, black blood drops to the ground and Inara bites off one of its own fingers. Standing on the toes of its feet it arches forward, before standing straight, licking its lips and looking the bull in the face. "come."

 

Spoiler: Group

"Look, I know there's been a lot of fights recently. And hopefully, we get some time off. But if we want to at least sleep tonight, we have to slaughter this thing, or more of those wolves come out. Maokaw grabbed a poll and looked down the long staircase, as he was looking, a skeleton caught his eye. He walked over and checked for anything of value, after a small search he bends down and grabs a medium sized leather bag. He opens it and the contents inside surprised him

Medium sized spheres with black wicks with splashes of blood on each ball . He moved close and smelt it. A sudden stench caught his nose and he backs off. "Stink bombs . .." He muttered. "Oi Grenfell." Maokaw tied the bag shut. "Don't fuck around with these, they're stink bombs. I figured since you're the trickster of this group, you'd be best suited with these."

 

Spoiler: Pokémon

"Are you two serious?? We could've done a big attack while it was completely asleep!" Maokaw calls out, as he runs down the stairs. "I mean. looks asleep to me." Loki calls out and shrugs. "Yeah , have someone cut at your arms and tell me if you're sleeping." Maokaw snaps back. Maokaw readies his scythe and readies it. "I can really see that you're both a snake in appearance, but also in tongue. . ." Loki mutters . Maokaw sighs and looks back at the leaky egg sack

"We only have so long till it erupts. let's make the most of it." Maokaw enters a stance and starts making lots of scythes crawl around his pole, The pole started to weigh more and slump onto the ground. It grew brighter and brighter , but heavier and heavier, much like a broadsword. "Bring it." He raises it over his head, and the weight of the blade pulls him forward and with a small twirl . . . He gets pushed out of the way by an unexpected force, and tips onto his side the blade slicing the side of the creature and mere inches away from the party.

The pole rattles and the energy breaks , Maokaw looks up in a dazed anger behind him, to see Loki standing in his place. "What in gods red earth do you think you're doing?!" Maokaw yells , his voice echoes around the chamber. Seconds pass as Loki stands there in a daze, his hands still out stretched. Maokaw kicks him in the shin and Loki shakes his head "whaziupda" Loki mutters. "Don't act like you don't know, you just cost us a big strike."

Maokaw looks back at the egg sack and sees it starting to move. He picks up his pole and activates its scythe . The egg sack twitches and bulges , folding in on itself as if eating away what's hidden underneath. Maokaw felt a sudden weight on his chest, as the creature emerged. A . .. .




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Spoiler: Music

Shiftry stands in the middle, motionless in a broken sit like a doll rested against the wall, hollowed eyes, its hair a wooden texture with cracks in it, their leaves withered and decayed, and their body a crimson filled with holes. Maokaw was about to swing when something caught his attention, while the body didn't move , it's mouth did, it was mouthing something. It wasn't long till it was given a voice.

A cold, dried out voice, filled the room , Like a person's last dying breaths it spoke.

"Hribughhhhhh, Maaaáááókáw, Lø©két RÉmɵbé® méÉéééÉ" The Shiftry cracks its neck making sudden and stiff movements

Maokaw felt a sharp pain in his chest and felt his own air leave his body faster then it enters, he started to breath hard almost gasping for it. Tears start roaring down Maokaws face, Loki looks at Maokaw in shock "Wow, this is the first time i've ever seen him show emotion" Loki looks back at the Shiftry and notices the ooze was growing back. Loki starts to shoot ice but is shortly interupted

"lØœØkÍííÍÍ, Høw ©óúlð yóú hávé bét®áyéð uß?" The shiftry continues to crack and shift, like a puppet being controlled by its strings.

"ÁláÑúß, stáü hé®é , áñð ðóñ;t léávé thé hóúßé tíll í ©ómé bá©kkk"

" G®éééñfll , t®áitó® , , t®áitó® T®ÁÍTO®. "

Loki grabs his head and scratches at his head as Maokaw punches the ground. "Hes. . .. using. . . our. . . .fears. .. against us." His tears splashed his fist as he looks at the beast, their ooze grows more and more.

(edit: swapped song)