>>5552775Your emerald aura flares up. “Cheelai, Don, Bon, get moving. Now.”
They don’t need to be told twice, though they do look back at you for a moment, telling you, “Stay safe, boss.”
https://youtu.be/dHfjaer67ssYou give them a thumb’s up, then, with your crystal ready, you call out, “MAHOU KNIGHT!” and have your mech form around you. Landing solidly, you take a defensive stance. And you’re immediately swarmed by the multiple infected animals, each one trying to gnaw on the mech’s armor. There’s little physical damage, but you’re getting warning signs as the Aquma splashes over it. Okay, stopping this now! You fling them off and start to capture them all in barriers, then target Yamcha. You attempt to hold him in a barrier and get ready to force some Light Magic into him to get that gunk out! Should come up with a name for what you’re about to do… “Shimmer Pill?” Yeaaaah, cool.
Except you aren’t quite prepared for how quickly he’s able to react, nor how much the thing inside him has adapted to using his body. Instead of capturing Yamcha himself, your barrier ends up on an afterimage with a Spirit Ball inside it. Which catches you off-guard as it’s sent right back at you, detonating with enough force to knock your mech back, a barrage of beams at full power hitting right after, and you end up falling backward. Damn it!
“Izumi.” the thing speaks through Yamcha again, addressing you directly now. “Please take us with you.”
You get more warnings as the eyeball stew Aquma tries to cover more of your mech, attempting to get inside it. Desperately trying to get it off, you try to get your mech back on its feet. And… it keeps spreading. Damn it! Okay, this is starting to get kinda dire. And… there’s another thing that’s really getting to you. “Okay, HOLD IT! TIME OUT! You… can you… comprehend now?”
Yamcha’s head tilts with an unnatural jerk. “We do. We know… him…” The thing inside looks down at Yamcha’s hands. “We know… you…” His hand is held out. “Please, take us with you.”
“What ARE you? Take you WHERE?” There’s a bead of sweat that travels down your face. Damn it. Ozotto took over his mind yesterday, now you’ve pulled him into this mess. Might need to apologize to ‘em after this is over…
(cont.)
