Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

Xlentia can see an anchor holding the ship mostly in place on the ocean floor, though other than that, there's nothing out of the ordinary.

"Xlentia, I'm going to check inside the ship!" Katie shouts to Xlentia.

 

Xlentia surfaces.
"Alright. Yell my name if the boat needs annihilating!" She says back.

 

"Will d-" As soon as Katie opens the door to the ship, someone grabs her and pulls her inside, slamming the door shut again.

 

Xlentia peers down at the door, then gives up on trying to sneak a peak.
"Katie? Hon, you okay?"

 

There's no response, though whispering can be heard from within the ship.

 

Xlentia focuses on listening in.

 

"She looks like the captain's daughter she does! Take that damn gun outta her mouth!" A voice says.

"No bloody way. She's probably some kind of shape shifter who's controlling that massive dragon!" Another voice says, "We can show her to the captain once that damn dragon leaves us alone. No way am I going out there when that thing can kill me!"

 

"Release her right now or I will kill you. Gaia wouldn't like it, but that's no way to treat your captain's daughter!"

 

"Shit! She knows we're here!" The voice says.

"Uh, wait wait wait, hold on. I've got this." The other voice says.

There's the sound of a gunshot, and something heavy hitting the floor.

"She's dead! Go away!" The voice shouts through the door.

 

Resting, and watching Xelentia and Katie leave, Crystal just lays down for a bit, before getting up and walking towards the archives.

Coincidentally (and yes, coincidentally), having spent long enough in the training area, I start heading to the archives.

 

Xlentia's claw starts pushing down on the ship.
"I can see through the damn walls, idiot. I'm a fucking goddess." Xlentia groans, checking for Katie's life signature.

Emerald seems to be preoccupied.
"Hello you... soon to be two." She tells Crystal.

 

Katie's life signature seems perfectly fine.

"How many fingers am I holding up then?" The other voice asks.

 

Xlentia focuses on the other voice, looking at their hands.

 

"What?"
"Hey, Crystal."
He turns to me.
"Oh, hi!"
He turns back to Emerald.
"Do you have any books on the word 'bastard'?"
Crystal asks first.

 

Emerald snorts.
"It means an illegitimate child. No book needed, except a dictionRy."

 

They seem to change between holding up three fingers, then one, then four.

 

"Oh, yeah, true! Those are still books though, right?"

 

"Three, then one, then four. Cycle repeats." Xlentia says, lifting her claw from the deck.

"Yes, but they're not dedicated to only one word."

 

"Shit, what do we do?" The voice asks.

"Uh, I'll send her out as bait, but keep the gun on her." The voice says, before opening the door and pushing Katie out. A gun can be seen aimed at Katie's head from the door.

"What do you want!?" The voice shouts.

 

"I want you to put the gun down and let Katie see her parents! Why do you have to make me trying to do something nice into something stressful? All I do is erase dimensions, wipe memories, destroy, and stuff... let me do something nice for someone, damnit!" She says, frustrated.