Ariaretta

Crazeh's Search for Fantasy Writers

*play with your tail*

Crazeh's Search for Fantasy Writers

meoooow... 'w')

*creeped out from a dark corner*

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The shower of cats kept on pouring for a full three minutes before the magic circle closed up. As a result, the ground around the four was littered with little furries. Perhaps thinking that Nekoboro was their leader, many had climbed atop Gog's bulky body and snuggled with the talking cat.

"They are real Gog, but not too real. I don't know, maybe they're not real. Watch, meow," Nekoboro pulled out his sardine and smacked the closest cat around him. It let out a cute screech and disappeared with a poof. The others didn't seem to mind it so much. "No bigger stuff, Lia. Cats are cats after all, meow."

"Sorry...I don't think I can hold on much longer..."

The moment Kyouka uttered those words, all of the cats disappeared. Poof, meow, poof, meow, poof, meow...the only cat left was Nekoboro.

"You okay, Kyouka? You still have some magic left, meow?"

"Ah, I'm good," she replied.

"Okay then, you need to rest though," Nekoboro tapped Gog's head, "how much further until the forest, meow?"

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Welcome back 'w')/

I missed you meow TwT)

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"B...bitey...?" Kyouka cringed when she heard Gog's description. She had never seen or heard about a zombie before, but she can imagine what it looks like now. Not a pretty sight. "Is...it really necessary to pass that place? Why not find safer route..."

"Adventurers don't nitpick, Kyouka," the cat said scoldingly. Well easy to say when he was perched up there safely atop Gog's head...

Upon the mention of fighting, Nekoboro turned his eyes to Lia, glimmering with excitement.

"Kyouka is a magician, meow. I am teaching her cat magic," the cat pointed at Kyouka with his paws. "Those zom-zoms or whatever is no match for cat magic, meow! Why don't you show them, Kyouka?"

"Eeeeh? Now? Oh, fine..."

Urged by the cat's stare, Kyouka reshaped her mana flow. From the world to herself, and from herself to the world. Once aligned, a magic pentagram appeared and widened out with her at the center. On the circle were runes of ancient languages, only understood by magicians of time long past. Another pentagram appeared in the sky, yet glowed downward.

The runes on both circles glowed when the mana flow was ready. And then the magic took shape in this physical world. Resulting in...

Cats. Raining down from the circle in the sky.

Meow-meow-meow-meow- the cats made noises as they plunged down from the sky, running around randomly when they reached the ground.

"Muhahahaha! Nicely done, Kyouka! Meow~" Nekoboro made a thumbs up with his paw.

"Thank you...ahahaha..." Kyouka answered dejectedly. These kind of magic was the only thing that he had ever taught...how would this be useful in combat?!?

"So that is that, Lia. What you think?" Nekoboro asked. A few cats were already grooming around Lia, cuddling to her.

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I can imagine that. That's the worst combination ever '-')

Okay maybe not ever but you get the point, meow 'w')

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that's the worst thing I've heard today. The earache i mean. Get well soon, meow 'w')/

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Yes, that's right 'w')/

What's the plan next then?

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"Hmmhm..." Lia was nice. Nekoboro and Gog were nice, too, but Lia felt different. Kyouka didn't know a proper word to express it. Perhaps it was...motherly. Was that the proper word? "Let's be friend, miss Lia. Also, mister Gog."

Nekoboro jumped from Lia's shoulder to the top of Gog's head. Being so light, the troll most likely wouldn't even notice him there except for the dangling tail swinging around the neck. "Meow likes babies. Cat babies are so fluffy and plushy and squishy. Human babies too. I want to hug babies, meow~"

Instead the cat was hugging Gog's head...Kyouka hoped that the troll didn't mind.

"So it's settled then, we're traveling together? We were going to search a village around here initially, but maybe it's better to just head toward mister Gog's tribesland."

Kyouka pulled down her hood, now fully revealing the cat ears twitching atop her head. A long, furred tail jutted out from her robe. "I suppose I can let you see these things. It caught people's attention so much so I don't want to show it usually."

Not that it would take more attention that a troll and a talking, bipedal cat anyway.

"We're in an adventure! I'm excited, meow~" Nekoboro chimed, which made Kyouka smiled. Adventure...the two had had a lot. Having two others with them would be more fun.

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Is Nekoboro a little dragon then, meow? 'w')

Can you pronounce his name though? XD