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Before we do that, you begin, wasting no time in reclaiming your decision-owning privileges, we’re all in agreement that we might be tangling with a Keekee…
<span class="mu-i">Keeaku…</span>
… Shapechanger, right?
Your question earns a round of murmurs of assent and a click. Groovy. So, you add, why not think up some countermeasures? They may try their tricks again!
“Ooh! L-like a <span class="mu-s">BUDDY SYSTEM!?</span>” Squeals your favorite Skog, the floor creaking beneath her as she jumps up and down with excitement gushing out of her expression! “How many people can we have on our team!? Three? Six!?”
Errr, sorta, you shrug! You definitely don’t want anyone going it alone, but you were also thinking of a keyword everyone could slip into their conversation… y’know, just to make it clear you’re the real McCoy!
Oti’s eyes dim. “... Who is this McCoy you speak of?”
“The real one?” Toppel adds with a quizzical expression! “Does this McCoy also live in fear of the Keekulaaley?”
“I am no ‘<span class="mu-i">Mee’khoy….</span>” Rezzie snarls with a defiant flap of her wings! “I… am <span class="mu-r">REZALITH! FUTURE QUEEN OF THE INFINITE PLANES! OWNER OF FRIENDS!</span>”
Morook sends a sidelong glance over to the Satanthing. “... <span class="mu-i">Owner?</span>”
The fiend’s eyes go half-lidded as she winks at the Ranger. “Indeed, large-eyes. Care to swear fealty? You’re nowhere near as squeamish around slaughter as An<span class="mu-i">TARD</span> here is… I <span class="mu-i">like</span> that!”
“H-hey now…” Stammers Volka as her half-brother visibly sweats, “H-he’s-”
You meant so that everyone can be certain you’re on the team, you pointedly interject! Something the enemy wouldn’t know!
“O-OH!” Exclaims Volka, the girl clearly eager to move on, “Like a keyword, right? Sneaky-sneaky!”
“Intriguing.” Remarks Oti as color seeps back into his eyes, “I propose <span class="mu-r">‘KRIITAMILLAMIGUS’</span>, then. A rare, cave-dwelling species tha-”
That miiight be a bit too conspicuous, you reply with an apologetic tilt to your tone! Why not, like, ‘<span class="mu-b">BLUE</span>’? How often does that come up in conversation?
“True…” The mage replies with a surprising lack of ire in his response, “The discussion of colors is somewhat limited in this plane for obvious reasons… but not unheard of to those who recall the days before the darkness, be they via personal experience or written record.” He nods. “It will do.”
Super… and your next idea has to do with just that: personal experience!
“Oh, I know this one.” Remarks Morook, eyes flickering with enthusiasm that contrasts with his almost bored-sounding voice! “We think of something only we’d be able to do, right? It’s not that impressive, I know, but I’d be more than happy to share my knowledge of the diverse fungi species that grow around Crossroads-”
>CONTD.
