>>5357102“AKU?!” they both shout in surprise, and after a moment Aku begins rising up and out of the underground once more. But this time he's far more cautious, slowly rising up out to eye level, looking over you all.
“You could have given me a warning, at least.” Aku says, mildly annoyed at having taken their attacks. And seeing that the two women aren't going to just attack him again, he keeps rising back up and out of the hole. “A rude way to greet your guest, Karn.”
“I just wanted to make sure they were ready for a fight, should something <span class="mu-i">else</span> crawl up and out of there.” you say, offering Aku your hand. He rises fully up and out of the pit, landing beside you and shifting down into a humanoid form roughly fifteen feet tall and grasping your hand in his own. “How would you rate them?”
“Hrmmm. For speedy response, I'll give you ladies a nine.” he says after shaking your hand, letting you go and turning to face them. “Minus points for the self-named attack, however. Narcissism isn't something to brag about, especially if your attack is just a generic beam.”
“Well fuck you too.” she responds, crossing her arms grumpily. You can tell she's annoyed with both of you, but clearly is keeping her mouth shut about her annoyance. However, Cassa isn't as self-controlled.
“What the hell Karn? Would a heads up be too much to ask for?” she says angrily. “We're not suppposed to attack allies, we could get in a shitload of trouble for this!”
“If there's any repercussions from this, send them directly to me.” you reply casually. “I'll take full responsibility.”
Neither woman has anything to say to that, you turning your attention back to the self-proclaimed Master of Masters.
“So, General Karn, where are we headed?” Aku asks you.
Well?
>Get his opinion on Chaya's condition first, perhaps the magical being will have some insights before you take him down to retrieve the sword>Take Aku directly down into the sea towards the trench. Once you're close he'll no doubt be able to find that dragon's corpse>Telepathically reach out to the Rak'kari champion, and find out if they've done anything with the corpse of the dragon yet before you both head down>Other(write in) 