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The trip away from the Autoknights was relatively peaceful… for Pit’s standards. Over time, the rumbling of the Autoknight airships utterly disappeared. Yet, the Kingdom loomed over head. Yoko sighed in relief.

[color=fce420]”… So how is everyone feeling?”[/color] Yoko asked, [color=fce420]”Do we need time to rest before we can devise a plan?”[/color]

[color=DC143C]"I need a bit of time to recover from blood loss,"[/color] Saskia said, still looking pale. They didn't feel too bad but practicing the Death Crater a couple of times had taken it out of them… they'd need to rest a bit before doing anything. [color=DC143C]"But that's physical rest. We can devise a plan while doing it."[/color] 

[color=e77fbf]"I'm all good!"[/color] Ella said cheerfully.

Lisa gave Yoko the thumbs up, and the latter just nodded. 

[color=fce420]”So, um…”[/color] Yoko looked around, and as far as the eye could see were plans. There is zero cover whatsoever, and everything was painfully flat except for the mountains in the distance. [color=fce420]”I was hoping to find some cover, but I guess we’ll have to just deal with it.”[/color] She shrugged.

The spider stopped, and Lisa stretched out her body on its back. [color=764820]”... You suggested we get captured, right?”[/color]

[color=fce420]”Yes, but it has its risks and I’m not sure if you all would be comfortable with taking them,”[/color] Yoko replied.

[color=DC143C]"Take us through the risks, then,"[/color] Saskia intoned, watching Yoko carefully. They were almost unnervingly staring at them. [color=DC143C]"Aside from the obvious of ‘could be killed or never escape.’"[/color]

Yoko just shrugged.

[color=fce420]”The only thing that comes to mind is…”[/color] Yoko began. [color=fce420]”... We get tortured.”[/color]

[color=764820]”They are into that!”[/color]

[color=DC143C]"I am,"[/color] Saskia agreed, with a completely straight face. [color=DC143C]"The last people who kidnapped me didn't deliver when it came to torturing… it was disappointing. But I don't want anyone else to get tortured."[/color] 

[color=e77fbf]"I can handle it,"[/color] Ella declared. [color=e77fbf]"Is it worse than anything we've already been through? Like when I cast for ages without a Channeler, or we all got melted by Lisa's acid, or when we were so horrible drunk we were throwing up everywhere?"[/color]

Yoko stared at Ella, [color=fce420]”What in the world did you three get into before we met down here?”[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"Well we killed loads of evil creatures and we met this stripper Lupe who showed us how to drink!"[/color] Ella explained without really explaining.

[color=DC143C]"Between fighting the Society, experiencing adult activities we hadn’t before, and getting kidnapped by a shady group… a lot,"[/color] Saskia shrugged. [color=DC143C]"There was never a peaceful moment."[/color]

[color=fce420]”Sounds like you still have a lot more to experience!”[/color] Yoko said with a smile, before it went flat. She turned towards Ella, [color=fce420]”Disciple, I will teach you the Compact spell, then you will compact all of our channelers and stash them on our beings. Then we will be captured by the Autoknights, and break free. From there, we’ll try to find out where they have the Wayfinders… I know it’s loose, but I’m afraid we don’t have a lot of wiggle room there.”[/color] She shrugged.

Lisa raised her hand.

[color=764820]”... I have a question!”[/color] 

[color=fce420]”Yes?”[/color]

[color=764820]”Stash them [i]where?[/i]”[/color] Lisa asked.

[color=fce420]”On our beings,”[/color] Yoko facepalmed. [color=fce420]”Like I said.”[/color]

[color=764820]”But what if they strip search us?”[/color] Lisa asked.

[color=fce420]”Then I…”[/color]

[color=764820]”I have the perfect solution!”[/color] Lisa said. [color=764820]”We have two built-in [i]pockets,[/i] after all!”[/color]

[color=fce420]”... I knew you were going there, Turner,”[/color] Yoko facepalmed, before her hand moved from her face. [color=fce420]”You know what? I want to see you try that, Turner.”[/color]

[i]...?...?...?... Wait, Yoko-[/i]

[color=DC143C]"That could be fun, but it'll make it difficult to jump on the first Autoknight cock we see,"[/color] Saskia intoned, thinking about it. While it would be a way to get through a strip search… [color=DC143C]”I bet I could easily open up my flesh and hide them inside my skin."[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"Gross, no, let's just do what Yoko suggested!"[/color] Ella shouted.

[color=fce420]”Actually…”[/color] Yoko tilted her head as she looked at Saskia. [color=fce420]”... Otten might be onto something. As Wilson would say [i]‘Let her cook.’[/i]”[/color]

[color=764820]”I mean, what’s the difference between [i]that[/i] and using our bootyholes!?”[/color] Lisa shouted.

[color=fce420]”Because we would still have our [i]rectal virginity[/i]… and our dignity,”[/color] Yoko then shrugged. [color=fce420]”Most importantly our dignity - [i][sup]if we have any left.[/sup][/i]”[/color]

[color=DC143C]"It won’t be difficult, just need to force my skin to open and- wait."[/color] Saskia paused, staring at Yoko. [color=DC143C]"You lost your other virginity?"[/color]

[color=fce420]”No, Otten,”[/color] Yoko said with a sigh, [color=fce420]”I’m asexual. The only reason why I would ever have sex is to reproduce or to make my partner [i]happy[/i].”[/color]

[color=DC143C]"Ah,"[/color] Saskia said, before nodding. It was difficult to tell if they’d understood or not - they did. [color=DC143C]"Then we definitely need to do the flesh hiding. How small will the spell make our Channelers?"[/color]

Yoko stuck her hand out, then commanded, [color=fce420]”Give me your channelers.”[/color]

With a shrug, Lisa hooked her hand underneath the necklace band that acted as her channeler—then placed it into Yoko’s hand.

[color=DC143C]"I’ll need it back to do any flesh spells,"[/color] Saskia said, handing her channeler over. 

[color=e77fbf]"Be careful, you can’t get these anymore!"[/color] Ella practically shouted as she put hers in Yoko’s hand. Saskia rolled their eyes.

All three channelers shrunk—Lisa’s orb-shaped amber necklace lost its rope and shrunk to the size of a marble ball, Saskia’s Death Note Bracelet compacted until it was simply a metal tube, and Ella’s Sailor Moon wand became a simple pink-colored handle.

[color=fce420]”... This answer your question, Otten?”[/color] Yoko said, handing them back. Lisa quickly snatched her back. [color=fce420]”You should still be able to use them.”[/color]

Before Yoko turned towards Ella.

[color=fce420]”Also I’m sure they are plentiful in other dimensions, Disciple.”[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"But they wouldn’t be the same!"[/color] Ella said as she took hers back, holding it like it was the most precious treasure. 

[color=DC143C]"That’s… impressive,"[/color] Saskia intoned reluctantly, taking back their now tiny tube channeler. A bone spear shoved out of their arm to test it out. It really did work. [color=DC143C]"It’d be very easy to lose this."[/color]

As the bone spear pulled back in, they held out their arm. [color=DC143C]"If I put my channeler underneath my skin I’ll still be able to use it. Maybe I can try do it for everyone… I’ve never manipulated anyone else’s flesh. Lisa can probably do her own, Ella- no, you won’t be able to."[/color]

[color=764820]”I mean… I can just…”[/color] Lisa tried to say.

[color=fce420]”[i]Please no, Turner,[/i]”[/color] Yoko sighed, before turning to Saskia. [color=fce420]”We are short on time, so I place my faith - and [i]all[/i] my faith - in you and your work, Otten…”[/color] 

[color=DC143C]"Last time someone placed their faith in me I died,"[/color] Saskia joked - though it came off very flat, like all of their jokes. Then they nodded. It shouldn’t be too difficult. Not a spell they’d used, but it was just a variation of the way they opened up their flesh for the bone spears without the bone. 

Holding their channeler, the skin on their lower arm started to pull apart to reveal the muscle below. Saskia nonchalantly put her channeler into the gaping wound into her arm, before starting the reverse process. It was a bit more difficult- they weren’t used to pushing the skin back together. But after a couple of tries, it eventually closed back up with just a slight mark. Then they turned to Ella. [color=DC143C]"You’re first."[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"No thank you! I can just- [i]AH, NO![/i]"[/color] Ella screamed as Saskia grabbed her arm, even though nothing happened. Saskia narrowed their eyes at her.

[color=fce420]”Disciple!”[/color] Yoko shouted, [color=fce420]”Steel yourself! Are you trying to attract monsters?!”[/color]

[color=DC143C]"You need to consent. Emotionally. With your magic."[/color]

Ella frowned, looking at Yoko, then back at Saskia. Finally they nodded, and let Saskia ‘in.’ Saskia’s brow furrowed as they used their green lux to sense more than just their own body. But Ella’s wasn’t any different, and carefully opening a wound in her arm wasn’t much harder than in their own. It had to be bigger to fit the pink handle in it, but not so big that it was a problem. The whole process was done in about five minutes. Ella didn’t even cry, though she looked like she wanted to. 

[color=DC143C]"See, that wasn’t so hard. Who’s next?"[/color]

Yoko stepped up, [color=fce420]”… I should have been more clear when I implied I wanted to go first, Otten,”[/color] Yoko sighed.

[color=DC143C]"Ah. You should've said, explicitly,"[/color] Saskia intoned - they really hadn't gotten that from anything Yoko said. But it didn't matter now. 

Saskia took Yoko's arm, concentrating again. It was easiest if they saw the other body as an extension of their own… slowly, painfully, the flesh on Yoko's arm opened up with a large enough gap for their Channeler. [color=DC143C]"There."[/color]  

Yoko didn’t so much as [i]flinch[/i] when Saskia peeled her flesh back. She huffed out sharply, before she dug her free hand into her bra, and pulled out the antique comb. It shrunk, until it was a quarter of its size. She slid it in with a sickening squish. 

With a bit more effort, Saskia forced the flesh to push back together until it covered the comb completely and was practically as good as new. They were impressed by how well Yoko took it… perhaps a mark in her favour. [color=DC143C]"Done."[/color]  

Lisa then silently presented her arm.. Saskia took it, going through the same process they had with Ella and Yoko - tearing open the skin of Lisa's arm until there was a gap big enough for her Channeler. Unlike Yoko, Lisa squirmed and whined as Saskia tore her skin apart… once it was open, Lisa simply dropped the marble ball sized channeler into her flesh.

[color=764820]”… Plop.”[/color]

Saskia let out a quiet, snorting laugh before carefully stitching Lisa's skin back together. [color=DC143C]"Done."[/color]  

[color=e77fbf]"What do we do about artifacts?"[/color] Ella asked, holding up the Ice Scepter. She winced slightly as she moved the arm with her Channeler in it. [color=e77fbf]"Are we leaving them? Letting them take it?!"[/color]

Yoko facepalmed.

Lisa facepalmed.

[color=764820]”… Yes, Ella, we went through all the effort tothem in our arms so they can take them,”[/color] Lisa said.

[color=fce420]”We should have some dummy channelers,”[/color] Yoko suggested. [color=fce420]”… In the event that they are aware we are Adepts.”[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"I didn't mean the Channeler I meant our [I]other[/I] artifacts,"[/color] Ella said again, waving the Ice Scepter in Lisa and Yoko's face.

[color=764820]”Prison wallet!”[/color] Lisa shouted.

[color=e77fbf]"NO WAY!"[/color] Ella shouted back, throwing her hand up. [color=e77fbf]"Can't we shrink it too and… I'd rather have it… under my skin…"[/color]

[color=DC143C]"It's pretty big,"[/color] Saskia pointed out.

[color=fce420]”We [i]may[/i] have to part ways with it to be more convincing,”[/color] Yoko sighed.

[color=764820]”What if we put it in her buttcheek?”[/color] Lisa shrugged.

Saskia took a step back, looking down at Ella’s ass. There was a lot of space there… but… [color=DC143C]"No. I don’t think we’ll be able to take it if something goes wrong. I’ll lose the will to live."[/color]

[color=fce420]”You’re a Green-Lux user!”[/color] Yoko grabbed her head, [color=fce420]”You. Can [i]Just. [b]Fix it![/b][/i]”[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"If we let them take it then we might be able to get it back!"[/color] Ella said, clutching onto the scepter.

[color=fce420]”I wouldn’t count on us getting it back,”[/color] Yoko said with a shrug. [color=fce420]”Now, is there anything else we need to go over? Do we need to train some more? Any [i]other[/i] invasive questions on your collective minds?”[/color]

[color=e77fbf]"Aren’t you sad you might lose all your swords?"[/color] Ella asked.

Yoko stared at Ella, [color=fce420]”… Long as I get my brother back, any price is worth it.”[/color] Then Yoko shrugged. [color=fce420]”I can make another Yokai Killer, and I am certain my ancestors will forgive me if I lose the Dragon’s Wisdom.”[/color]

Ella looked at Yoko for a moment, before nodding. Then, suddenly, she jumped forward and grabbed Yoko in a bone crushing hug. [color=e77fbf]"You’ll get him back don’t worry!"[/color] 

[color=DC143C]"Not if you kill her first,"[/color] Saskia commented.

[color=fce420]”… My [i][b]SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE![/b][/i]”[/color] Yoko screamed as her fucking spine loudly broke.

[color=e77fbf]"Shit, sorry- Let me heal that!"[/color] Ella let go, Yoko hit the ground with each of her limbs pointing in a different direction, a beam of healing light shooting out of where her channeler was hiding to heal Yoko.

Saskia rolled their eyes. [color=DC143C]"Killing Yoko aside… I don’t think there’s anything else to go over. We might as well just get it over with."[/color]

[color=fce420]”Then…”[/color]

Yoko said, withdrawing the Yokai Killer and valiantly raising it into the air.

[color=fce420]”… To the Kingdom!”[/color]