nagpurpolice Chapter 1703 Splitting the Party Again
Chapter 1703 Splitting the Party Again
--- Kat --- (Following on from Kat’s perspective in 1701)
While Kat and Lily continued to debate what to tell Kamiko, the demon in question had made her way down to the ground. She’d just jumped off and Lily had needed to remove a bunch of the shadows she’d connected to Kamiko to ensure that things didn’t end poorly. Once on the ground, Kamiko took the chance to look over the Trvises screaming "I’LL GET YOU" with a frown on her face.
"Is there anything we can do for them?" asked Kamiko.
"Nope," stated Meg.
"Really... I mean... I feel like this is rather painful for them," worried Kamiko.
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"Hahaahaha," Meg burst into laughter. "Kamiko, killing them repeatedly is not causing them any additional pain because they’re already in constant agony,"
Kat cut in, "Wait you didn’t mention that before!"
"It’s really not relevant. Did you already forget the ’dumber the a slime or rock’ comment I made earlier? Sure they’re in pain but there’s no higher thought in those heads. They can’t get depressed, or sad. They’re just in pain. It’s their ’natural’ state of being. I mean... did you think having a crystal shard stabbed into your body was GOOD for them?" explained Meg.
Kat glanced at Kamiko as they both winced. "I... well I guess I just assumed that once it had merged with the crystal that the pain would go away?" offered Kat has her interpretation of things.
"I... um... well I guess I was thinking that must hurt as well... but when they burst into mist and reform I was imagining that to be super painful," said Kamiko.
"Oh that part barely hurts at all. Their bodies just sort of ’give up’ and then reform afterwards because of the time energy in the crystal... or maybe the demonic energy? Honestly it’s not my area of study and this is REALLY strange of an effect. Hmmm... I wonder if these things even have souls?" wondered Meg.
"Why would or wouldn’t they?" asked Lily as she hopped down off the roof. No longer feeling the need to stay away from the ’combat area’ with things as calm as they currently were. "It’s not really something Kat and I had covered growing up."
*Yeah. Now I’ve ’said’ it myself I think I’ll volunteer to stay. I don’t love the thought of leaving you with Meg but I’m assuming Pebbles will go and between you both it should be... fine enough.*
[Ah... yeah not loving the thought of it but... I guess that’s how it has to be?]
*I think so. It... doesn’t feel great leaving you to go alone into the dangers but I don’t see much of a way around it here. Kamiko is strong but not THAT strong and if you need to go... I think I need to stay. Just in case. I trust Hunter to keep you safe. Hopefully you can find her before Meg or Trvis cause real issues.*
[Thanks for trusting me with that much Kat. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice to have you along but I do think having someone stay with Kamiko is a good idea. We can still chat mentally and I promise to call for you if something serious is happening.]
*Alright then.* "I’ll stay here with Kamiko," announced Kat. Meg nodded along, having expected this but Kamiko seemed genuinely surprised.
"And I guess I’ll be going with you Meg, knowing that you need me," said Lily.
"Need is perhaps a strong word..." Meg carefully offered but Lily just grinned back in response.
"I’d like to come as well," stated Pebbles in a firm tone. "I have some worries about Ronldo’s safety... and his decisions making process. Plus I know the area quite well,"
"Hmm... don’t count on that knowledge being overly useful but sure, happy to have you along," said Meg with a smile. As she said this Kat stepped up to be in position for the Trvis attack and once he reconstituted Kat was ready to throw them together. "Alright then let’s get going!"
Kat and Lily shared a glance before leaning together for a quick kiss. Lily transformed not long after and hopped up on Meg’s shoulder. "Oh, ho, getting awfully close. I’m surprised you’d risk it," Lily wrote ’I’m probably too slow’ in the air with her shadow causing Meg to nod in understanding.
Pebbles glanced at the writing then at everyone else and started to cast a spell. It was a complex thing with a number of sigils all crammed into it. "If speed is an issue... this is something I’ve been working on. It’s not quite teleportation and I can’t cast it on anyone else... but it’ll get me to the manor in a few seconds once I complete the spell. I’ll meet you both there,"
Meg’s eyes went wide as she quickly turned and sprinted away. Not even bothering to complain when Lily dug her claws into Meg’s shoulder to ensure that she stayed on. Of course... the fact Meg sprinted directly towards the manor and right through one building already caused Pebbles to frown but he didn’t stop the spell. He turned towards Kat and Kamiko, giving them one last nod before vanishing into the ground.
Kat sighed as she threw another set of Trvis together. "Welp... now that they’re of dealing with that... I guess I should tell you about something you might not want to hear. Or no... Lily do you want to hear about something mildly upsetting that you should probably learn?"
"Um... sure if you think I should? I trust you on this one Kat," answered Kamiko with a smile. Kat tried to return it, but her own smile simply came out brittle. "Right... well... this is what happened after you passed out..."