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You unconsciously grit your teeth as you hear some more hired muscle shouting from behind you and the air around you begin to crackle with magic! No time for second-thoughts, you think as you preemptively bend your knees, you’re gonna have to use…
<span class="mu-s">THAT!</span>
With each mighty stride you take you lean back a little more–so much so that the Skogs flanking the way Tzah-Tzie scampered start to look confused!
“What’s… what’s he-”
“Hey… <span class="mu-i">STOP!</span>”
Too late! Becoming nigh-parallel to the floor is simple enough for a limboer of your caliber, but it’s another thing entirely to go even <span class="mu-i">FURTHER!</span> A primal roar tears free of your lungs as you drop to your shins–your <span class="mu-s">PLUSH ROBE</span> softening them from the contact with the ground as you slide like a hockey puck through the Skog Gauntlet just as their spells burst to life!
A muffled ‘<span class="mu-i">PLOOM!</span>’ erupts behind you, your nose just barely catching a whiff of a powdery substance that smells somewhere between lavender and… chlorine?
Sliding past the muscly mages, it doesn’t take long for your pursuers to demonstrate what spell they used: tumbling to the ground in a snoring pile of Skogs and Molegs, the snuggle puddle’s inertia launches them into the mages like a sleepy sledgehammer!
Leaving casino security in your proverbial ‘dust’, you drift around the corner and catch up with your fuzzy friend just as she pops open a door at the end of the hall!
“C’mon, c’mon!” A breath of brisk, fresh air is your reward as the two of you burst free from the casino and past a half-asleep and <span class="mu-i">very</span> confused guard! Following the fleet-footed fuzzball’s lead, you don’t stop running until you hear hawkers and Gold Town-goers!
Skidding to a halt a few feet in front of you panting like a dog in Summer, Tzah-Tzie lets a triumphant laugh loose into the air as she skips over to you and wraps her tiny arms around your waist!
“You. Were. A. <span class="mu-s">NATURAL</span>! If I didn’t know any better I’da thought you were furious!”
Well you’re not <span class="mu-i">not</span> mad, you retort–but if you hadn’t shown up-
Giving your hip a playful punch, the girl looks up at you with renewed smugness on her face! “Aaahhh, relax! I knew no matter what you’d swoop in and save me, and look how everything turned out! It’s like our bad luck cancels each other’s out or something, huh?”
Sure, you snort, you’ve been rolling in luck…
She giggles into her hand. “I’ve never been this lucky in my life, Ant… guess you’re gonna have to stick around and be my good luck charm from now on… just kidding~”
>CONTD.
