[IC] Welcome Back to the Guild

[booksmusicanime]

Books kept her head peaking around Rae. When the three women appeared she shrunk back behind Rae just a little bit. Her blue eyes where filled with fear. She was so scared that she couldn't speak. There goes all the years of projecting my voice. She thought her hands shaking like leaves and her ratty blonde hair fell slightly over her shoulder. Her mouth hung slightly open but she couldn't speak

[Animelover_princess]

Rae wasn't sure how to react to the women. She was happy Muse seemed mostly ok, though high as a kite being flown by boeing 747.
When the woman asked her what Muse was, Rae wasn't sure how to answer "he's... our guide" she finally said, and moved on to the second question, she was afraid to make up a tribe but she was also afraid of how they might react if she said they didn't have one.
Why was she doing all the talking anyway? She thought angrily, oh right our 'guide' is high as heck and i'm the oldest. She groaned in her mind and said "we don't have a tribe, we were just seeking shelter from the desert and this looked like the safest place" after looking them over again she added "if we're trespassing we can leave"
Please tell me they let us leave, she cried in her mind, though she doubted they would.

[Arty Fox]

The internal string of swear words in Kole’s mind suddenly became very much louder. Letting his mind save away the conversation for later analysis Kole continued with the very important act of panicking.

“Maybe.” Kole whimpered in reply.

Eyes wide and chin being pinched painfully Kole was trapped. The situation had rapidly spiralled into the whirlpool he had been struggling to keep it out of and right now he was probably going to die! Knees knocked together and teeth struggled to clatter away under the GM malicious growl, there was no denying that hungry gleam in his eyes now and Kole knew he was the prey in this scenario.

With a surprised yelp Kole watched the wolves dash off, only to be stopped by the sudden appearance of bricks, and his chin was finally released from the horrifying clutches of evil. At this point Kole could’ve decided to try and figure out a few things and analyse the little bits of information he had managed to scrounge from the GM, no matter how small those bits were, but decided to listen the ever useful fight or flight reflex. Think Later, run now.

“Thank you.” Kole chimed as he nabbed his phone back from GM’s grasp. Then he sprinted towards Callum, taking advantage of the bricks preoccupying the wolves and slip past them. “Run!” Kole shouted as he sped past with his legs pumping manically in his desperate escape.

[Kaga]

Despite already running from the wolves, MK Ultra jumped at the sound of a huge mound of bricks suddenly slamming onto the floor. Fur thoroughly puffed, MK flinched and turned suddenly at the sight of them. The wolves, too, stopped suddenly as the mound of bricks fell, harshly breaking on the floor — though in their case, it was moreso because they didn’t want to be crushed. Even after they’d managed to preserve their own lives, the wolves hesitated to continue forward, still fearing the bricks.

And, before they could resume their attack, GM’s voice spoke up to stop them. “Oh no you don’t.” he scolded sternly, making a rigid grabbing motion with his outstretched hand as the pair of canines threw their heads to the ground in pain, and the two were dragged back to their master’s side by some invisible force, as if he were physically dragging them with some unseen extension of his arm. Having preserved his pets, they then vanished as he relaxed his hand. And, not even worried about Kole anymore, his glaring eyes landed on Callum. “What are you doing with that cat?” he seethed. “Did he teach you this?” he pressed on angrily, pointing to the brick pile as MK cautiously peered out from behind the pile.

——

For a while the leader of the three women narrowed her eyes skeptically as she listened to Rae’s explanation, until, as she finished, her eyes then widened as the pieces came together in her head. “Are you three spirits?” she asked, the other two huntresses stepping back warily. Not exactly hostile, nor afraid, only wary — preparing for whatever could come of the situation. The assumption that the three were “spirits” made sense from there perspective, at least — not belonging to any sort of tribe and referring to Muse as some sort of mysterious “guide”. Not to mention their outlandish appearances… The leader huntress remained calm as she continued. “What are your intentions?”

“Well…” Muse mumbled, having given up trying to lift his head, now just thumping his tail lazily on the ground as he spoke. “Ya see, there was this bird, and this bus, and this ungrateful asshole…”

[Rithas]

Callum looked at GM with a bit of surprise for a moment, until suddenly being snapped out of it when Gm question him. "Oh...No, what? No I didn't learn anything from him...I did it myself-" Callum paused as Kole ran past him, his eyes wandered around before he quickly followed suit. Callum quickly caught up with him, while also giving a look To Mk_Ultra as if to ask if he was coming. "This is probably useless, since he could probably teleport or send his wolves and eat us...But I guess it's worth trying if your doing it" Callum said to Kole as they ran. "But LET'S RUN ANYWAY" Callum looked back to see If MK-Ultra was following them. He hoped so.

He also hoped The GM wouldn't appear in front of him and Big Bang attack him in the face

[booksmusicanime]

"We're just trying to find shelter." Books said from behind Rae. She had looked out from behind Rae again. "We're lost and tired. We got into a battle a bit ago and we're just looking for somewhere to spend the night and to regain our energy." She said her blue eyes staring at the leader. "Maybe we should introduce ourselves to release the tension between us?" She asked nervously as she focused on the ground below her.

[Animelover_princess]

Rae shook her head "hush Muse"
Rae nodded at Books explanation "we mean you know harm, we just need shelter"
She smiled at books "I believe introductions would be the best current course of action" all this talking was wearing her out, social interaction wasn't an average thing for her, this was even more hostile the normal. She resisted the urge to rub at her eyes in exhaustion and said "my name is Rae, our Guide's name is Muse" she turned slightly to allow Books to introduce herself.

[Arty Fox]

“Shut up.” Kole shouted back at Callum for his stupidly logically correct statement about how useless it is them running away from a god like being. “Wait hold on.” An idea popped into Koles head.

Still running frantically Koles thumb once again danced over the screen, touching a random picture the little screen pulled up and a few feet ahead of them down the old crumbling road a car spontaneously appeared in the air before it remembered gravity. The car was a simple grey colour and looked very much like one of those super cars Ferrari often made for the very few who could afford it. A mad sort of grin spread across Kole’s face as although he wasn’t a car enthusiast he did share that dream that everyone has to drive a very fast and expensive car, despite not having a licence or any idea of how to drive one aside from the fact that his parents drove cars.

With the rising sense of glee (“We might actually survive!”) Kole put on another spurt of speed to the cars right hand door and pulled the handle. There was a dull thud and the door remained closed. Koles smile twitched slightly and he tugged on the handle again with the same lack of success.

Kole said a very rude word, it began with the letter F, still with that strained manic smile of his.

[Kaga]

MK Ultra hurried after the two roleplayers, staying at their side as they all scurried over to the nice-looking car. MK watched for a few seconds as Kole desperately tried to open the car door, before stretching his little cat body and reaching for the handle himself, mewing softly as he pawed at the side of the door. After a bit of pawing, a soft click! could be heard as the door unlocked itself.

“Oh, so you like dropping oversized Hot Wheels out of the sky, do ya-” GM took a step towards them, but stopped as MK stepped aggressively back in the Godmodder’s direction, ears pinned back and fur still puffed. He nearly flinched as the cat hissed at him.

[Kaga]

The three huntresses listened intently to what the girls had to say, though their faces seemed to grow slightly confused and unsure as they spoke. Since the girls did not argue against the accusation, the tribal women ran with the assumption that the trio were in fact spirits of some sort. They did not understand what sort of “battle” they could’ve been in or why they would need to seek shelter among the tribe, but, hesitantly, they seemed to be willing to allow the girls in. “If it is shelter you seek, we may be able to provide…” the leader replied, her eyes slowly drifting towards Muse. “Does your… guide, need to be carried…?”

[booksmusicanime]

"He should be fine. Well at least I hope. Oh I'm Books." Books said her words rushing together. Get yourself together Books! Stop being a baka and get your head out of the clouds. She thought to herself as she smiled slightly.

[Animelover_princess]

Rae let out a mental breath, she looked over to Muse, then back to the huntresses "we thank you kindly, it'll only be for the night, just long enough to get our wits about us and figure out what were going to do" she looked at Books, and carefully put a hand back towards her, the girl could take it or not, she simply held it there as she tried to think about their situation and figure out if this was a good thing. she looked at Muse again "Hey! Muse? can you walk? you're too heavy for us to carry"

[Rithas]

Callum paused for a second as he watched the car come from the sky and land onto the ground. Though he did chuckle for a small bit as Kole struggled to open the car. Although nervously, since GM couldn't be exactly far behind. "Well Done this is a really good job" He flickered a smirk as he started to run again. Deciding to go instead of waiting for Kole's car opening skills to kick in. But he did turn in time to notice MK-Ultra unlocked the car Door. "Huh...." Was the only thing he muttered out, he kept running of course. He didn't think Kole knew how to drive. Since he couldn't make a car that wasn't locked.

He flinched as The GM started to walk towards them, but then he noticed he stopped. Because of MK-Ultra it seemed. "Huh...interesting" He glanced between the two. He was definitely missing something big. "Right......." Callum stood there for a second before once again. Booking it down the road.

[Arty Fox]

Kole dared not to ask how a cat opened a locked car door, this was a terrible habit he was starting, and simply leapt into the black leather interior of the car. It was only after a quick scramble into the seat did Kole realise he didn’t have key for the car. Heck he didn’t even know if the car had any fuel in it! With a glance back out of the cars open door to GM striding with a goading remark Kole decided he’d better high tail it out of there too.

Another mad scramble and the other door swung open spilling Kole onto the rough broken road in a panicked state. With a quick twist he was back up on his feet, palms sore from hitting the ground so hard, and stared with apprehension over the low sitting car to see the cat confronting GM with apparently some success.

Kole was actually rather stupefied by the situation. A possibly all powerful being scared by a cat!? It didn’t make sense, but then again it didn’t have to if he could take advantage of it. A moment later numerous putrid smelling blobs of semi-transparent green slime surrounded GM, filled with bones, organs, and patches of fur the blobs were most certainly not the cats in the picture Kole had tapped.

With a face of utter revulsion from the smell Kole decided not to try and bring living things into being.

[Kaga]

“Yeah man…” Muse spoke up from his position on the ground. “I think this stuff’s starting to wear off…” he told them, though the tone of his voice clearly indicated that he was still far from sober as he still carried that dazed, stoner-like disposition. Regardless, he slowly stumbled to his feet, miraculously managing to actually hold himself aloft, though things became a bit more complicated when he tried to move, as he stumbled across the undergrowth like a drunken sleepwalker. “How do I even walk with all these legs…” he asked himself as his large body swerved back and forth a few times, struggling to remain balanced.

The huntresses nodded slowly at Rae’s request, all three of them struggling to focus on the girls as it was hard for them to keep their eyes from drifting towards Muse, for multiple reasons. Eventually, the leader spoke up. “Follow us.” she told the girls, while glancing at the others from her tribe to communicate that they stay towards the back of the group, keeping an eye on the giant lizard.

They then led the girls through the jungle. The tangled weeds and undergrowth were so thick, that if the roleplayers didn’t follow in the leader’s footsteps almost exactly, there was a good chance the girls would find themselves tripping over vines or walking into stray tree branches. Muse only seemed to be able to follow along by virtue of just how massive his body was, brushing aside everything in his way. As the huntresses walked, though, they seemed to be very mindful of disturbing the forest as little as possible, moving plant life out of their way gently, and watching their step for the tiny frogs and lizards that scurried beneath their feet. The two tribal women in back actually seemed quite annoyed at Muse’s comparatively abrasive trek through the forest, though they remained silent.

After a while, the leader spoke up. “What sort of creature is your guide?” she asked. “He resembles not the beasts that inhabit these jungles.”

——

GM hardly seemed at all focused on the two roleplayers anymore. His sharp, almost vengeful-looking eyes glared intensely at MK as MK stared back at him, the cat’s claws visibly protruding from his soft paws and scraping the ground beneath them as his puffed-up body stood bravely against the Godmodder, his tail flicking behind him eagerly. For at least two full seconds, their eyes remained locked, each seemingly trying to intimidate the other as they waited to see who would make the first move… Until several blobs of terribad suddenly rained from the sky, their combined size, weight, and unexpectedness enough to knock the scrawny GM off his feet as he toppled underneath the horrid mixture, his body covered all at once in an awful slurry of assorted feline guts. And like that one strange housecat you have at home who bursts out of the room at the speed of light when you turn a lamp on, MK Ultra made a hasty dash towards the roleplayers as the concoction came splattering down.

Having been extinguished for only a mere second, GM’s flaming eye-aura burst back to life as he opened his one eye, singeing a good portion of the green goop off of the side of his face. He could be heard spitting, hacking and gagging as he pulled himself to his feet, struggling to remove any last trace of the awful failure of homemade cream-of-kitten soup from his mouth. He brought a hand up to his face to wipe some of the slop off of his right eye, which then opened to match the other one as the visible portions of his face remained covered in seething anger. “Oh that fucking does it…” he growled, before furiously chasing after the group at superhuman speed.

[Rithas]

Callum was too busy booking it down the street to notice what was going on behind him, but as he paused and looked around to see what the hell the two were doing. But when he turned around he saw some horrifying soup of...slime and, well Callum didn't even know. He did know that Kole did it, and he probably failed at making something....living? If he was sure at what he was looking at. Callum very slowly clapped, "Well done kole...weeeelll done, This totally helps" He said to Kole in a rather dead-pan tone. MK-Ultra did happen to start running away. And since GM looked furious (Probably because he was covered in whatever the hell the slime was) Callum decided to continue running.

But, as he looked back. The GM was running at a unfathomable speed, Callum decided that Him and Kole would have to stall. "Dude! He'll catch up with us, we need to block him...or something. What stops someone with near god powers?" He asked Kole as he kept running.

Okay, think...You don't have much time. He'll probably kill you if he touches you. He'll probably destroy anything you point in a way. So...We'll need an distraction maybe? but what would cause a distrac-

Callum looked around, they were surrounded by tall buildings who weren't fall from collapsing....Would that work? And how would he even cause that? His mind was in panic and he couldn't think straight. He didn't know of anything that would cause that. So he did the only thing he knew how...He made it up.

"KOLE DUCK!" Was the only thing he said as he stopped. "Hey GM, I would think of a really cool thing to say but sadly...I'm...uhh, Shit...Freezed?" Callum shrugged as a sudden wave of solid ice was sent in a circle. Suddenly flying out and cutting a good metre sized hole in every single building in the whole city

For some reason, The block of ice that was sent in Gm's direction delayed itself from flying. Until Gravity remembered the buildings had no support anymore, And all started to fall in numerous directions. Then the Ice was sent in Gm's direction.

You know, Now that I think about it...This is probably a bad Idea

"KOLE, LET'S GO...OR...NOT DIE I DUNNO BUT RUN SOMEWHERE!" Callum shouted as the buildings started to fall. Shadows falling onto of the group.and everywhere else to be fair.

[booksmusicanime]

Books grabbed Rae's hand and walked as fast as she dared through the forest. Her feet constantly were catching on roots hidden beneath her feet. She was careful not to touch anything. She didn't know what things where here and she didn't want to get sick from anything. Her eyes darted from her feet, to Rae, and then to the three women. Her ratty tennis shoes became tangled with twigs and dirt clumps as she walked.

[Animelover_princess]

Rae was slightly confused when books took her hand but she smiled all the same. She was definitely a city girl so walking through he forest was hell, but at least she wasn't causing as much trouble as Muse was, of course she wasn't going to say that.
then the leading woman spoke, asking what Muse was. Rae had to seriously consider that, she looked at him multiple times before she said "i'm not entirely sure, he doesn't always look like this, he became it out of convenience, it's not quite as convenient anymore but if he tried to change he'd probably end up being a friggin dragon or something, so it could be worse" she looked forward at the woman, they were so calm and collected, this was their home. she wasn't entirely comfortable with this but she didn't really have a choice, she gave Books hand a squeeze and flashed (what she hoped was) a reassuring smile at the girl. she returned her attention to her feet as she nearly tripped again "how far is your village?" she asked, glancing around, the foliage looked practically the same as before, at least Muse made it so she was sure the women weren't leading them in circles, as he left a clear path behind them.

[Kaga]

GM chased after the two roleplayers, his sights particularly set on Kole as the one roleplayer started to lag behind, though he stopped momentarily as Callum (and the cat at his ankles, too) turned around to face him. He stood there for only a moment, anger still burning in his eyes as he waited to hear what Callum would say. He flinched only slightly when the ice came, drawing his arm in front of his face to block the projectile, then shoving it aside as he was only pushed back a few inches, and suffered seemingly no damage. When his face became visible again, his glaring eyes locked onto the fearful roleplayers almost immediately, as he almost seemed to snarl angrily in their direction.

The chase resumed, this time with large, crumbling buildings toppling down on them all. GM, however, seemed to pay no mind. Still infuriated, still covered in slime, the entity remained focused only on those he was hunting. And as the falling buildings slowed his pursuit, his rage transformed him on the spot — as his humanoid body was instantly replaced by that of a massive black wolf, large enough to climb over the huge piles of debris as if they were fallen tree trunks in a forest, as the only features the creature seemed to have in common with its previous form were its burning violet eyes. Now hunting the trio as if they were mere mice, GM hurried over the fallen buildings and, with one swift motion of his paw, brought Kole to a halt as the monster’s claws pinned the boy to the ground. He lowered his snout, growling lowly as he brought his eyes closer to Kole’s head. Just a few minutes ago, he would’ve had all kinds of fun with that head, gleefully making the tiniest adjustments so as to induce insanity, but GM’s temper had pushed him far beyond his normal bounds of playful terrorization. He wasn’t just summoning beasts anymore — he had become the beast. In an instant, his powerful jaws locked onto Kole and tore the body in half. After spitting out the chunk of flesh onto the ground distastefully, GM’s eyes scanned the area for Callum.

---

“Our village is right here.” the leader of the huntresses answered as they all stopped walking, though evidently there was still nothing but jungle surrounding them in all directions — no sign of civilization in sight.

“Sick village.” Muse spoke up, his head slowly nodding in approval. “Love the minimalism.” he added honestly, not the slightest hint of sarcasm in his voice as it was clear his thinking was still rather clouded.

“Not on the surface.” the leader clarified. “Below.” she told them, before approaching a clump of branches and vines on the ground that, upon closer inspection, didn’t look like they’d grown there naturally. Moving the foliage aside revealed a hidden tunnel with icy blue lights visible further in. However, the entrance wasn’t very wide. The woman turned towards the two girls. “Your guide, Muse. You said he could change form.” she spoke to clarify. “I think he will need to become smaller.” she told them, eyes drifting in his direction.

“Mmmmmmmkaykay~” Muse hummed, seemingly having no objections to the idea as he inched a bit closer to the girls. He started to transform, though the process wasn’t quite as instantaneous as it normally was. While everything normally happened in the blink of an eye, this change came slower, as all the onlookers could see quite a few more details than normal as they watched him shrink down and saw most of his limbs recede into his body. His usual clothing materialized around him as his body took on more of a humanoid shape, and at about that same moment, some sort of switch seemed to go off in Muse’s head, as he fainted mid-transformation and collapsed onto Rae, all while his body remained covered in scaly skin and a thick lizard tail hung behind him. After all, he was only able to fend off the poison so well in the first place because of his size… Shrinking down made the effect significantly stronger, leaving him completely unconscious.

---

While all this was happening, a small jungle creature appeared around the bend of a tree branch, watching the group from a short distance away. A peculiar form, the tiny creature seemed to resemble a mouse, though it was an even smaller size than one would expect from such a rodent. And on its back, a pair of blue, butterfly-like wings lay spread out. Watching the events unfold, the creature’s eyes soon locked onto Books. Leaping from the tree branch where it rested previously, the creature took to the skies as it fluttered towards them, seemingly making a conscious effort to stay out of people’s view as it silently landed on Books’ back, its tiny claws hooking into the fabric so gently that they wouldn’t even touch the girl’s skin — its body so light that hardly any weight at all could be perceived.

[Animelover_princess]

Rae looked at the tunnel with bemusement, this place wasn't as lowtech as she thought it was. he didn't like small places but she wasn't claustrophobic so as long as that tunnel wasn't ridiculously long and annoying. she nodded in agreement when the leader said Muse needed to be smaller, there was no way he would be able to fit through that hole. she watched as Muse started to transform, whatever they hit him with must be having a greater effect then they had thought, he normally changed really fast. then he fell on her and knocked her off her feet. it knocked the wind out of her but she managed to sit up and look him over, "Muse?" she shook him "Muse?" she looked back at books, then back at Muse. she sighed and looked up at the hunters "i'm too small to carry him myself, can you help me?" she shifted, holding his head in the crook of her arm "we can't leave him out here"