Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

"If I borrowed your brain, I'd probably fall to the ground and die.
...That wasn't an insult."

 

"And why would that be?" I think.


A short while later, the group exits the cubicles; which split apart and sink back into the ground.

Stephanie has her hood covering her face again, and I have my hood loosely over my head; quite the opposite of Stephanie's.

"Come, Artemis. You have a lot of training ahead of you." Myria says.

Artemis walks over to her mother, taking her hand. A flower encloses around the pair, dragging them underground.

"Let's go see if Ihra's been murdered then." Abigail says, heading back over the hill. The rest of us follow.

 

Ruby reluctantly lowers herself closer to the ground.
"This is why." She says aloud.

She touches a claw to the ground, and it melts. She cringes as most of it drips off, leaving a mangled sore.

She wastes no further time levitating higher above the ground.

...

Upon arriving, it seems Ihra's sleeping under Sgavrinn who is unaware that she's under him.

 

"Wow. That really sucks." I say, shocked.


"'Sup Sgavrinn, are you protecting Ihra?" I ask.

Katie looks around for Ragnyon, and Abigail walks over and pets Sgavrinn.

 

Ragnyon's still on Sgavrinn.
He hums when pet.

He looks at you confused, shaking his head no.

"You guys look refreshed! Was it nice?"

 

"Why are you standing over her, then, Sgavrinn?" I ask.

"It was amazing, plus, when Artemis gets back from her training, we're going to make a hot spring!" Katie says happily.

"We decided to stop hogging all the benefits of our powers and host a large hot spring party. You're invited, by the way." Abigail says.

 

He looks under himself, then has a startled jolt. He carefully steps around her, looking sheepish.

"That sounds like a nice change of pace from... well... killing and dying."

 

"Sometimes you just have to have parties and relax." I say.

"Aj, that's literally what you do all the time on earth. I've met you so many times whilst playing video games." Abigail says.

"Yeah, but...that means you play them too!" I respond.

"Not as much as you do." Abigail says.

"Well, Ragnyon, Ihra, Ruby and Virei'tus haven't been able to experience the joy of parties and relaxing, because they've been busy trying not to die; so they can appreciate it." I say, crossing my arms.

"Where did Virei'tus go, anyway?" Stephanie asks, raising her voice slightly so it's less than quiet.

 

"He went to go find a home for those two that were on Thirteen's blade."

Ihra stretches and yawns.
"Morning already?" She mutters.

 

"That's awfully kind of him..." Stephanie says, trailing off.

"He gets a V.I.P. pass to the hot spring party; which does nothing, but makes you feel special." I say.

"Welcome back to the world of the awake, sleeping beauty." Abigail says.

I glare at Abigail, and she grins back.

 

Ragnyon laughs a bit.
"I think we'll want to take baths first. Right, Ihra?"

"Huh?"

"Hehee... They invited you to a party."
"Oh?"

 

"We're going to have a hot spring party! It's gonna be super fun but also relaxing at the same time!" Katie says excitedly, "But...we need to wait for Artemis to get back from her training."

"Speaking of which, if the point is to relax after hard work, what's the point of it if we're not going to be tired out?" I ask.

"So...what? You want us to do push-ups or running or something?" Abigail asks.

"Well, Artemis gets to do training, why can't we?" I say, "I think it could be fun. I could possess a blank and test your reactions and fighting."

A blank appears next to Stephanie, "Why not?" She says, smiling lightly.

 

"Are you suggesting a show of power?" Ruby asks, confused.

"But I just woke up!" Ihra mutters.

 

Hythania says, "I'm not sure. While it didn't harm anyone in the magical aura form, it did briefly get to know to everyone here except for Virei'tus, Ihra and a few others. Also, that form may not have been able to harm anyone."

Eras says, "I may have an idea of what she is. And a few other things which are going on."

"What is she then?"

"I'm going to wait until she wakes up. It seems she had so little energy when she went into that form that she's overslept Ihra... almost twice."

 

"I'm suggesting reflex and combat training." I say, possessing the blank and summoning a stick in my hand.

"Wait...are we starting now?" Abigail asks, extending her claws.

"We'll start at random." I say grinning.

"What are the rules?" Katie asks.

"If I hit you, you're out. If you hit me, you're safe. If everyone is out, you lose. If everyone manages to hit me, you win." I say.

"This'll be fun." Stephanie says.

 

"Well, hopefully it wasn't... using her... energy...

...was it?"

"Can I sit out?" Ragnyon looks concerned.

"Does all of us include me?" Ruby asks.

 

"Ihra's? No, it only used its own energy."

 

"Maybe you can, maybe you can't." I say, before suddenly disappearing.

I dart around everyone incredibly quickly, tapping them with the stick, saying "You're out." as I do so.

"How the hell are we supposed to react to that!?" Abigail exclaims.

"You'll get better in time." I say, repeating the process with the same result.

 

The only person you fail to hit is Ruby, who throws you to the ground each time.

Ihra's too tired to react, instead just groaning.

"No, the girl's. It looked like it was using Idala's energy."

 

"Was it Idala?"
"No. It actually felt quite weak itself when it went round to examining me."
"It was certainly a powerful presence when it examined me. It must have used up all its energy in trying to examine us. But that leaves a question: if it loses energy in this form, why was it in this form in the first place?"
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[In the Void]

"I'm guessing they've gone now?"