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"Both! But let's start with the business first. We'd like to challenge Baba's fighters, please!" You ultimately decide. This choice shocks several of the people lined up behind you, but the pink floating blob-creature seems completely unsurprised by the decision.
"Alright! Please follow me!" The usher says, turning around and floating towards the central building. You do as instructed, of course, and enter the same building to find that it's actually quite dark and only lit by what little sunlight comes through and sparse candles here and there. Skeletons wielding barbed tridents stand at every entrance, perfectly still such that you're unsure if there's merely decoration or some kind of reanimated servant, and various witchly instruments are scattered around the building such as bookshelves with ancient tomes and a cauldron bubbling with an unknown but sweet-smelling substance.
In the center of the room, floating upon a crystal orb of remarkable size and clarity, you spot what must be the mysterious Fortuneteller Baba herself. Just as Korin claimed, she truly does fit the image of an old hag, with her wrinkly and droopy face coupled with black robes and the trademark witch's hat that no witch would ever be caught dead without. Yang is nowhere to be seen at the moment unfortunately, but it's reasonable to assume she might just be on a different floor or tasked with something elsewhere for now. Regardless, out of your usual urge to be polite, you bow your upper body slightly in greeting.
"Spare me the introductions, Wyald Honta. I already knew that you'd come here today and challenge my fighters, even though you came for a completely different reason. You're an easy one to sidetrack, aren't you?" She says, completely pre-empting the hello you were going to give. It takes you a little aback, but you're quick to adapt to things that take you off guard these days.
"Yeah, I can be!" You admit, nodding. "But I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. I take it that you're Fortuneteller Baba?" You ask, tilting your head slightly.
"Indeed I am. And yes, as you suspected I did in fact take that girl on as my apprentice for now. I have her tending to the forests outside with some alchemical fertilizer, in case you were wondering." Baba reveals, before grinning and rubbing her hands together. "Just when I thought it was too much work just for increasing the property value around here, I got a willing lackey to take care of it for me. I'll miss her when she completes her studies in a few decades." She admits under her breath, showing you that her motivation for taking on a student is clearly more than altruistic.
"I see, I see. Then we'll have plenty of time for the fights, then! How does this work, are there any rules? How many people am I fighting? Do I know any of them?" You question rapidfire, excited.
