>>6278323“So it’s settled, then!” She declares, crossing her arms with a confident nod! “Anyone who dares reveal the other’s secret shall have <span class="mu-i">THEIR</span> secret revealed! One sword keeps another in its sheathe, as they say!”
You… don’t know if they say that… not in <span class="mu-i">this</span> day and age, anyways… A-anywho, you sigh, sorry for the interruption, but now you know what to look out for when you hit the beach with Rezalith!
“And I won’t be gifting you any algae bath treatments!” Sighs TT as she sinks into her chair! “What a drag… who am I gonna go with now…”
“OOH! OOH! PICK ME!” Chirps Volka as she nearly jumps out of her seat in excitement! “I LOVE baths! That was the best time I’ve had in ages! Hey, y’think they have ‘em in Umberal!?”
“Natural Hot Springs, yep,” Answers the artiste. “Never went, though… we had an underground aqueduct that diverted some hot spring water to our house.”
Wait, <span class="mu-i">WHAT?!</span> Seeing the shock in your eyes, TT sends a frantic glance over to Rezzie!
“C-continue your story, already!” Sputters the Spinner! “So you took a swim! Then what!?”
“Well,” Rezzie sighs, <span class="mu-r">Refreshed and awake from that little incident in the pond, you decide to continue the hunt. Finding another demon is no hard feat for another demon–even miles apart you can still pick up a faint titter of hellish energy. Not sure why, but them’s the breaks!
Taking to the sky, you do a few lazy loops before you reach your desired altitude: nice and high to avoid any trees or hills, but not too high to not pick up chatter down below. Critters fill the crisp mountain air with a chorus of trills and whistles, their only accompaniment a steady wind billowing across the clear skies! To your mixed pleasure, you don’t hear much during your flight–wherever that Cult Lair was, it wasn’t close to any settlements… you’re still out in the boonies!
Some day you’ll have to turn all of this into a big monument to yourself, or something. Maybe a big blood fountain?
All of this blood talk coupled with your hasty morning soon takes its toll on your stomach–it’s a blessing and a curse, this HELLISH metabolism of yours! Your <span class="mu-i">immaculate</span> figure remains the same even after the biggest feast, but you find yourself getting hungry ALL. THE. TIME! What’s a girl to do?
Slowing to a lazy hover, you harness the power of your SUPERIOR BRAIN and weigh your options: you might have a bead on where the GREATER DEMON went, sure, but they can cover ground much quicker than you can even when they’re flying! Not to mention they got a bit of a head start on you.
In short, you don’t have time to cook… you’ll have to find food NOW! The question is… where will you get it? Stupid Anton, taking all the trail rations… he could certainly use one or ten, though, that skinny FREAK!
Hope he chokes on 'em.
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>CONTD. 