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A deal’s a deal, and judging by how close those boots sound, you’ll take <span class="mu-i">any</span> distraction at this point! Clasping your hands around the bars of the cage, you grit your teeth as you feel your hands heat up with otherworldly energy!
“OoOooh….” Coos Zuzu as her eyes widen with excitement, “What <span class="mu-i">are</span> you…?”
Volka takes a few tentative steps towards the exit and waits by the door for any uninvited guests! “Don’t worry, Rook–I ain’t leavin’ without ya!”
Feeling the bars soften and hiss beneath your fingers, you shift your hands to another pair, but freeze up when you feel a pair of rough, scaly talon clasp around them! Sensing something amiss in your expression, Volka hastily drops the egg sack to the ground to assist you as you struggle to break free of the fish girl’s clutches!
Zuzu, however, is calm… serene, even! Glowing eyes focused on you like floodlights, she neither tugs on you or nibbles on your fingers as the demonic flames begin to sear through her flesh…
“Mmm….” She purrs as you feel scales pop and flesh bubble beneath your fingers, “That hurts <span class="mu-i">SOO</span> goood….”
Torn away from the cage by your bodyguard, you follow Volka towards the door as the Shyppa presses against the bars–the cage groaning in protest with each ‘test’!
“A deal’s a deal~” Zuzu chirps as she sends one last smile your way, “Seeya’ around, nice guy!”
Yea, <span class="mu-i">bye</span>. Taking the lead, you retrace your steps to where you left Tzah-Tzie as the cage slowly buckles behind you! Just as you enter the hallway, however, you and Volka freeze up at the sound of gruff voices just down the passage!
“Get Tikko upstairs–the rest of ya’s: spread out an’ box ‘em in. No one’s gettin’ out-”
Their orders are cut short by a final squeal of metal being torn asunder behind you! Whipping around in sheer panic, you remember to breathe when you hear something damp slither up the wall…
Time to scoot!
Tearing off down the hall like a pair of dogs let off their leashes, you and Volka waste no time in returning to the room you left TT and Salty Suutz in. While the former is still presumably stuffed in a crate and sleeping off your punch, the former notices you almost immediately and hops up and down like a jackrabbit on a sugar high!
“THIS WAY! C’MON, HURRY!”
Hopping onto your back like a baby opossum, TT yelps a bit as Volka reaches down and carries you like a football! Boots slapping against the wet tunnel floor, the Skog doesn’t dare turn back even as you hear the crack and zap of magic going off far behind you!
>CONTD.
