Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"Yeah, sure, you lead the way."

@Nepeta Leijon
"I'll see ya around."
Crystal whispers happily.

 

Shadow Stephanie thinks for a bit.

"Aj, eat a ton of sugar." Shadow Stephanie says, walking back over to me.

"What? Why?" I ask.

"So I can try and figure out what's wrong with Xlentia." Shadow Stephanie says.

"Wait, nonono. You do not have permission to explore the inside of my body. My body is a temple and it does not accept visitors." I say, kind of freaked out.

"Eat a ton of sugar, Aj." Shadow Stephanie repeats, smiling evilly.

"Stephanie...you're being reaaaallly weird right now." I say, taking a few steps away from Stephanie.

"Sugar, Aj." Shadow Stephanie says, summoning a much smaller bag of sugar, only the size of her hand as she advances.

"No...I don't want to." I say, freaked out.

Shadow Stephanie advances as I back away, eventually chasing me as I break out into a run.

"You're most definitely the weird one now!" I say, scared.

Abigail waves, smiling to mask her disappointment to see you go.

@Exvhius

Abigail decides to leave the training room, looking around the halls for anywhere else to go.

 

"Why the hell are you two running in circles in my mouth? Stop shoving sugar down your throats and put that energy into getting me out of the courtyard which is most definitely going to need more landscaping by the time you finish at this rate." She grumbles telepathically.


There doesn't seem to be too much else, hold a room whose door feels very cold.

 

"Very well." I say, teleporting to Mera's home.

 

She bumps into you, you having teleported in front of her.
"G-grh... You again? I thought I declined your offer!" She says, frustrated. "This is not your domain, and I'm tiring of your interruptions. This is the busiest time of the year!"

 

"I'm working on that." Shadow Stephanie says, diving for me and grabbing my legs, causing me to fall.

"Open wide." Shadow Stephanie says as she pins me down and tries to feed me sugar as I fight back, most of the sugar falling onto Xlentia's tongue.

"Let me goaghmbl!" I try to say as Shadow Stephanie pours sugar into my mouth, an evil grin on her face.


Abigail decides to leave the cold room alone, going for a walk and exploring the other parts of the Voud Palace, looking for anywhere eyecatching or interesting.

 

@Exvhius

 

"Well, I just wished to ask you if you know who mangled the corpse of the King of the ruins."

 

"Oh come on..." Xlentia sighs.


The statues that line the hallways seem to be it. However, she notices a draconian sneak out of a hidden passage, and they miss seeing Abigail as they glance around.

"I have no idea. Now, please, if you must pester me, do it next month!"

Linoa and Rineth step into the closest arena, Muffy sitting just outside the ring.
"Ready?"

 

"Wait wait wait!" I say, grabbing Shadow Stephanie's hand, "What if we were to like, cover ourselves in sugar!"

"What?" Shadow Stephanie asks, confused.

"Like, clearly Xlentia's swallowed something that's paralysed her, so we need to get her moving again, right?" I ask.

"What does this have to do with covering ourselves in sugar?" Shadow Stephanie asks, curious.

"We cover ourselves in sugar, trick Xlentia's mind into swallowing us, enter Xlentia's body, figure out what's paralysing Xlentia, fix it and then Xlentia can move again!" I explain hastily.

"You know, that's just so crazy it might actually work..." Shadow Stephanie says, thinking.


Abigail sneaks over to them.

"What are you doing?" Abigail asks with an accusatory tone.

 

"Only one problem; I didn't swallow it. I let it melt in my mouth, then let the liquid trickle down my throat."


They pull out a dagger and hold it to Abigail's neck.
"Miss, you need to have your memory wiped after seeing that." They say, serious. "Only Voidwalkers get to know what's down there, or even the way down there. Go to Xlentia's chambers."

 

"We could always just like, lose our physical presence and 'trickle down Xlentia's throat'" I suggest.

"I guess that could work. I'm assuming it's a sort of gag reflex or something that makes Xlentia puke." Shadow Stephanie says.

"Don't physically touch the throat, no puking." I say.

"Alright. I guess we could give it a shot. That's probably the sanest thought you've had so far." Shadow Stephanie says, shrugging.


Abigail quickly grabs the draconian by the wrist, wrenching the dagger away from her throat and trying to disarm them.

 

Crystal joins them in the ring.
"Let's do this!"

 

"Before you do that, could you get the freaks outside to stop poking me where there isn't armor?"


She throws the dagger to the ground, but the draconian vaults back and charges an aquos arrow pointed straight at her.
"Miss, I'm just following protocol. You can go on your own, or you can make this hard on all of us and piss Xlentia off. Your call." They say, clearly hesitant to fire.

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The dome goes up, and Rineth draws his lance.
"Okay, so the first thing you need to work on is being able to keep track of both of us at once."

 

"Oh, yeah, sure thing." I say, flying out of Xlentia's mouth and looking for anyone poking her.


"Who the hell are you!?" Abigail asks, dragging the dagger over to her with her foot before quickly picking it up and holding it ready.

 

"Alright."
Crystal says, nodding.

 

The guards seem to be prodding her to get up.


The dagger Abigail holds seems to dematerialize, as does the draconian's hostility.
"That's... a good question. Just, please... go to Xlentia's chambers. I don't want to get fired on my first day on the job..."

The couple starts moving in different directions, sometimes one in front of Crystal and one behind.
"The first thing you should study is our movement patterns. They will change, but a duo always follows a coherent pattern for a brief amount of time. Use it to predict where the foe you cannot see will move." Rineth explains.

 

"Hey! Stop prodding Xlentia! We're going to fix this!" I shout to the guards, "If I find any of you prodding Xlentia after this, you'll have to speak to me about it!"

I fly back to Shadow Stephanie in Xlentia's mouth.

"Ready to do this?" I ask.

"Ready." Shadow Stephanie says, nodding.


"You won't be. I know Xlentia, I helped free her from the Hive Master's control. Who are you and what are you doing sneaking around here?" Abigail asks.

 

They freeze, salute, then return to their posts.
"Thanks for that, by the way. It was annoying."


"Um... can you promise not to tell anyone?" They ask nervously.

 

"Very well." I say, teleporting back to Allen.
"She said she doesn't know."