Why are We Here

Zulae rolled her eyes as the Rakehnae re-equipped the arrow into the bow. While the poison probably wore off immediately after she shot it, it was still able to be used again. Sighing, she hollered, "It's alright. I suppose I can forgive you for something this.. er, minor..." rather reluctantly, as the creature heard a shriek from her initial 'target.' The Rakehnae female turned over in the shriek's direction, and noticed the figure dive for cover.

"I-I want peace! N-No fights, p-please!" Zulae had recalled from the figure. She rather gave a small grin, before it faded away. Slithering on to the figure, the Rakehnae surprisingly lowered her bow. Zulae noticed that it was an innocent woman, who remained hiding. The Rakehnae chuckled, as she extended her hand out, slowly.

If my tribe could see me, they'd probably think that I'd be making a foolish move. Oh well. At least I'll try to be friendly and merciful, for once after shooting the arrow.

"Heh.. I'm sorry about that," Zulae apologized, "I didn't purposely mean to startle you like that." It was probably sheepish when the words escaped from her mouth, but the Rakehnae female could try being nice to a potential 'enemy' as of right now.

If I can't trust anyone here, I might as well make them feel like they could trust me. God, now my thoughts and plans feel all jumbled up.

She sighed in relief after the apology and finally came out of hiding. "S-So....I presume you're also one of the people who g-got summoned here then?" She was shy and embarrassed to an extent. She dusted herself. A book was obviously latched onto her adventurous dress on her waist. It had a cover but with no drawing or writing of sorts. Just black

Zulae nodded, as she spoke once more. "I'm assuming you had been summoned here by this 'Creator' as well, seeing as though you are asking."

The Rakehnae female would then glance around the vicinity, as if she was on the lookout. Though, not seeing anything that could be a potential threat, Zulae decided to sling the bow back on her back for further usage. The arrow now rested in her hand, like a young warrior holding a small spear suited for them in battle. Her fingers caressed the tip of the arrow, which still was at a loss in the poison quality.

Zulae turned back over to the woman in slight curiosity. "Er, do you-by chance-have any materials to craft some poisons?" the Rakehnae female asked, as she lowered her hand from the arrow. "See, I need them to create the poisons we use for our arrows. It is.. sort of like a necessity for us archers, in my tribe. Sure, they can probably be used without the poisons, but it's more useful, and worthwhile for us when we are engaged in skirmishes."

As the jungle became less dense Nito started to see something change. The once dirt and plant covered ground became marked street roads and concrete sidewalks. “So I was in an over grown park?” He thought to himself as he looked up to see the tops of large building over the tops of the trees.

Once he was at the edge of the city he decided on testing on how fast the others would react. “City equals people, Shard.” He took out the staff causing it to snap into position then he aimed it towards the sky. “Let’s go with the harmless teacher role.” He fired a bolt of fire then waited.

"U-um...I'm sorry but I don't c-carry those kinds of things with me...I travel light in my adventurer since towns and cities in m-my world are close...so there was no reason to carry things with me..." she explained, "Perhaps we can look around...?"

Mami looked at the man in front of her, puzzled by the generosity that he had shown her. Was this what he meant by making new friends? "Yes, thank you, thank you so much!" She bowed again. "But please, I don't wish to be a hindrance, I will fight whenever I can. Please, I owe you that much."

Before Mami could continue the conversation she noticed a fireball fly above a skyscraper only a few blocks away, and pointed towards it. "What do you think that could mean? Could it be another person... Or even the Creator?"

"Ah, I see," Zulae murmured, with the tiniest twinge of disappointment in her tone. The Rakehnae heaved a sigh as the woman explained to her as to why she didn't carry any ingredients for poisons with her. Just about as Zulae was going to ask something, the woman had spoke again.

"Perhaps we can look around..?"

Zulae nodded politely, as she remained on maintaining a firm grip of the poison-less arrow. The Rakehnae's tail subconsciously slithered forward a small bit, as her eyes momentarily fell upon an ascending light flaring in the sky. The bright orange glow of this sizzling flame had managed to catch her attention, and now, her sight was completely on this soaring flame. Her thoughts swirled in the Rakehnae's head, as Zulae was then pondering about whether or not this flame was a good or bad sign.

At last, Zulae had drawn to a conclusion that she somewhat agreed with. To investigate this strange flame that erupted into the sky. The Rakehnae then turned back, and asked, "Should we investigate the flame? It could be a sign that will prove useful for us."

He had been leaning against a streetlamp nearby the snake lady and the little girl, absentmindedly bobbing his head to music that had been playing in his helm. Though he paused, catching a glimpse of something in the sky. He looked up at the flame soaring in the air.

Whoa, cool.

Vox waved the snake lady over. "Hey! Did you see that flying burning thing in the air, or am I going crazy?" He paused. "Actually, I'm leaning towards the latter!" He had said that in a sort of sing songy tone.

Just as Arisa calmed herself down she looked toward the sky of the fire bolt and went into deep thought. Perhaps...a good will signal?....Hm. She snapped out of her thoughts when Vox said something, "W-well...yes there was the fire bolt, y-you're not going crazy." "And...we should, if we want to stay alive together....unless they're ill-willed t-then it's a trap."

“All that’s left to do is wait and see, may as well rest. Don’t want to die tired, right Shard?” He could feel his partner’s annoyance at the fact that Nito was drawing attention towards himself. “I could try to summon someone from the zoo.” He walked over and sat under one of the trees before he spoke again. “I just don’t know if it will work. Also, I’m slowly starting to regret what type you are. Now go up into the tree and keep an eye out while I gather magic to pull someone from the zoo.” His satchel opened and a flash of light followed by a small gust of wind shot up the tree.

I shook my head. "You must conserve your magic. It's your lifeblood. Don't use it unless a dire situation arises." I said. I had fought many things many times before. "Trust me, you won't be a hindrance," I said with a smirk.

I had seen the fireball and heard her question. "It's another survivor more than likely." I pondered. "It could be a trap to lure in others to the kill, then again it could act as a rallying point to group everyone up so we can escape." I suggested. "Which course of action do you think we should take? Run from the bait or rally up?"

Mami nodded and decided to concede. "Okay, I'll only use it when absolutely necessary, but I will leave that to my discretion." She stopped and smiled at Matt, using all of her will to look reassuring, but it was a flimsy mask. "Well, if there are others willing to cooperate then we can't pass up this opportunity, even if it is a trap... I think we'll be fine. If they are wanting to kill us they most likely are alone, I'm sure we could beat someone two to one."

I smiled and nodded. I could see the unease.

"Let's get moving, the sooner we get there the better!" I said starting to walk toward the building.

Mami immediately followed Matt, she walked quietly, somberly thinking about her friends. They must be worried sick about her, knowing Madoka, she probably was out looking for her. Before long they made it to what looked like an overgrown park. "This is where that fireball came from, but I don't see anyone here. You think they might be in the forest?" She looked around warily, knowing that this might be a trap. That's when she noticed the soft pulse of her soul gem, she held it up to examine it. "But... He said there are no witches here..." The rate at which it was pulsing was slowly increasing.

I pondered for a second, where could it have been? Perhaps maybe it was a trap after all...

I knelt down and stared off into the dense vegetation. I could hardly see anything in there, not to mention the fact that the sun barely seemed to reach through. "Trail seems cold." I sighed. I had heard footsteps massive sounding ones. My eyes widened. "We need to go right now," I said. I looked back into the overgrown park. "We need to go in there." I pointed to it. "Something big is coming, and I don't think we'll be able to face it with just the two of us." I looked down at her gem. "We'll figure that out later."

I took her hand and started to pull her into the forest and dared not look back.

Shard picked up on the scent of blood and corpse in the air. Shard alerted Nito causing him to sigh in disappointment. "So, no gentle souls here I see." He got up and dusted himself off. "Shard, I'm heading back to the temple. Give them a warning and makes sure no one follows, I'll keep working on the spell." He turned back and made his way back to where he started.


Soon two thunderous roars could be heard from the edge of the jungle.

Mami almost jumped at the sudden turn of events and right before they entered the forest... She saw it. A huge red demon with dented brass armor, she had never seen anything like it, even in a witch's labyrinth. She looked to her newly found companion. "I'd think this counts as drastic measures..." Light engulfed the teenager as she transformed into a magical girl, and looked to Matt with a smile. "Trust me on this one, okay?"

I looked at her. "Uh, well..." I nodded. Sure. I suppose this was a serious enough event. I pulled out my sword and got ready to battle. I stretched my arms quickly and dashed off to the side, leading to the demon's flank and taking a swing. It had sent it back a step, but it quickly recovered.

I took a deep breath and swung again, this time at its leg. I had apparently struck something hard enough to where it bled. A blackish ooze came out. "Stand there any longer, and I'm going to kill it by myself!" I said jokingly.