Private One Way Out

[Crimson Ruby]

When the group was found, Ruby's ears perked up, wary and attentive of the dire situation. Her gaze shifted to Medusa's face, which indicated that this group was most likely the one she had been abandoned... However, Ruby knew better than simply making a complete assumption, with her eyes focusing on the newbie that seemed to suffer the consequences. Her breath was held, she glanced at Medusa, waited for her to act first, and then she went in at full speed-

Ruby thundered across the room like a blur, using her magic to concentrate the shockwave and the sound disruption caused by the sonic boom on the Gremlings that were now chasing the chamaleon girl, trying to hinder them as to buy her a bit more time.

Soon, she slapped her tails against the ground before kicking a wall to quickly redirect her run, rushing toward the group of adventurers, swaying and swirling in a beautiful flow before landing in an elegant and enthralling sway and curtsy, with her gaze lingering on the group for a moment, while a gentle vibration seemed to brush against their wounds, shivering their skins and closing them.

❰ Vita Saltatio - Soothing Flow ❱

"And you-" She took the hand of the newbie, that despite the heal, still seemed wounded. "- You will dance with me~" Without giving much time for the newbie to think, she tugged the player against her chest and wrapped an arm around their body to secure them before quickly scooting away and carrying them along with her, far from danger.

"Medusa, they are covered. Bring them closer so we can end this!" Ruby roared, drawing her blade and keeping it protectively to deflect any incoming attack to the newbie.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa did not exactly enjoy the idea of helping the party outside the newbie. Part of her was more hopeful Crimson just got the newbie away from them so she could send the gremlin back at the more experienced players as payback. Clearly though Crimson was more neutral and it made sense. Adjusting her stance some as she would wave a few signs to appear back at the scroll she had tossed at the start. Hand raising to lips as she whistled to get the Gremlin's focus again.

"What has big ears, smells worse then a gym locker, and really should not chase a ninja so carelessly?~"

_____Medusa would point at the gremlins with finger guns and started to run back towards the others. All her mind could think of was trying not to run at top speed, force the other star called to deal with the mess they made and not leave it to Crimson, but she did not want to make the girl who saved her life once already mad and chose to push them along to clear the area thinking Crimson had a plan that was more then just making Medusa use her only remain paper bombs.

"Don't think this is what I want to do you back stabbing, newbie abusing, self centered, loot driven, bunch of fucking basement dwelling assholes! Be lucky I got a thing for the cat who is saving you!..."

_____Medusa just as quickly as she caught on what had been said would cover her mouth and turn invisible again. Why did she have to be such a dummy for saying the first things that come to her mind?! She wanted to just toss herself among the gremlins to least die once and maybe never get to speak again or something, she did not know how the DAs worked. Slinking to the side of everything though as Medusa just hoped and prayed Crimson did not hear a word she said at the end.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

Medusa's work on keeping the Gremlins away was enough for Ruby to feel a bit more relieved regarding the situation they were in.

Her ears, however, soon caught the sounds of thunderous steps, coming from most likely more gremlins, and one heavier one, being highlighted by a soft tremor that only increased its intensity as every step passed. Shifting her gaze to the group, Ruby could only listen to the insults and the small confession from the chamaleon, that only confirmed that this was indeed the group that had left her new friend to die.

A squint crossed her eyes, and while they were about to recover, still not fully recovered from her healing attempt...

There was a couple things she could do, however, as soon as Medusa and the gremlins went for her direction, she tossed the newbie over her back, securing him there before charging toward the chamaleon, just in time for her to snatch her on her arms and bridal carry her out of the Gremlins way, causing them to stumble due to the sudden change of direction of their target.

Moments later, an even bigger horde invaded the room, only making it be even more surrounded, and soon getting the experienced travelers to be curled against a corner, trying to defend themselves as they could... But it was only a matter of time for them to be severely out numbered.

An adventurer screamed, but her voice was soon snuffed by the dire paws of the creature, while one of her allies tried to pull the beast away, but soon he was trampled from behind... the rest of the group was also immobilized, leaving them nothing but little to no chances to struggle on the grasp of the creatures while their doom slowly approached.

Meanwhile, Ruby rushed ahead, trying to slip from the grasp of the incoming gremlins, that soon were overtaking the room and nearly blocking the passage.

"W-Woah... Wait! We can't just leave them!" The newbie didn't try to squirm out of Ruby's back, but he did jerk his head back, trying to see his 'comradres'.

"There is no need to wait, boy. These guys are trying to leave you to die--" Ruby gritted her teeth, with her gaze falling on the chamaleon on her arms, pursing her lips before she slipped a request for confirmation- "Right..?" She muttered, not looking back, and only darting away at an explosive speeed, just as screams of fear and plea for help echoed through the tunnels, until they managed to gain distance to another empty room.

Braking, Ruby nearly stumbled as she neared a wall and rested her side on it, with her arms faltering, but carefully trying to let Medusa go of it, and slowly dragging herself down against the wall, letting the newbie limp out of her back and 'fall' on his butt, while she pressed her back against the wall, with her chest heaving at every heavy breath.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa could not manage even a single solid word no matter what word it was. being alone with Crimson was one thing but carried was a whole different ballpark of nervous. She had hyper senses, and it was in times like this she wished otherwise. She could feel Crimon's heartbeat, could feel her touch while getting carried like a princess and even though she was spoken to she could not say a word until she was let go and very quickly moved away to hide her face again.

"I hate to be the snap back to reality Ziggy, but it's true. They 'said' to go ahead and they would help me out but all they did was trigger the trap and leave me on the other side with that creature... no doubt they would have taken the first chance to leave you there if Crimson did not focus on getting you out first... Though I could have ran just fine myself..."

_____Medusa would not look away from the wall, most her body was slammed into it like she was trying to fuse into it to hide her face and self until she could calm down enough to go 'invisible' to deal with everything that was going in. Adjusting her gloves before she would turn to face the two of them, there was no point trying to get any less red as at this point Medusa was just going to have to try and hope her heart was not shattered again.

"Anyways... As bad as it might be to have done that to them, Karma comes back around and there was also little to no chance we could have helped a larger group. Even if I tried using all my tools AND THAT 'FORM' we would likely been left behind moment the other people saw a chance to get free or make one for themselves."

_____Medusa spoke with a serious tone for once, but it was short lived as the girl would slap either side of her face to snap out of it and rushed over to Crimson trying to grab hold of her hand to hold it for a moment. She did not have support magic to help ease her breathing, did not know exactly what to say in the moment but would simply chose to lean in and make a dirty joke to get a little revenge maybe.

"Oh, if that is all it takes to get you winded I wonder how long it would take to tire you out and get to have some fun without resistance?~"

_____Medusa took a moment before taking a bolder step, it was not fast but she would try to have her tongue lick one of Crimson's ears before moving back to show she was bright red. It was NOT her best joke, nor did it seem like one in her hindsight but at this point she wanted to see if maybe, just maybe there was a connection to be had, even if only friends Medusa wanted to test those waters again and hoped it was not another shark in the water.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

The crimson cat remained against the wall, trying to recover as she peered over @Medusa, that explained the boy of the true intention of those experienced adventurers.

"What?! No way, and they said they were sad you fell for your death. So they were lying at my face?" He crossed his arms.

Ruby glanced at the boy, offering a tired smile to him. "Ziggy, right? Well, unfortunately it seems to be the truth. They tried to leave my chamaleon over there to die by herself. They were just tricking you." She explained, gesturing to the girl that was nearly becoming one with the wall.

"Shit... Then thanks for helping me out, " He crossed his arms. "I should be warier of who I am getting together to, then, but I think I can trust you guys. You saved me!" The boy beamed.

A small giggle escaped from the cat's lips, but soon her gaze shifted to the chamaleon, that took a step closer and licked her ear, which was enough to make her twitch them and sigh in a hint of pleasure, before opening her eyes and letting out a mild giggle escape. "Yeah... I got a bit winded..." Ruby looked at Medusa, raising her hand and opening it, revealing a tiny eerie flame. "But not only because of all this running... My energy got too low because I was maintaining a soul bound between us." She admitted, with her ears lowering as she rested the back of her head against the wall, keeping a gaze on Medusa, smiling a bit wider.

"Sorry for not telling you. But I did it when I've hugged you... You didn't seem like you trusted me enough, but I wanted to have a reassurance I could find you if we lost sight of each other."

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa did not much understand the whole 'soul bound' thing or much care to try and pick apart what it could refer to as her mind was more hung up on the fact Crimson called her 'my Chameleon' and not by name. She could only puff her cheeks a bit at that before blobbing down to sit beside Crimson and pulled out a paper from her UI revealing a very poorly drawn map that she would start to fill in with things she recalled from the last time she took it out.

"I don't recall you owning me Kitten.~ But if you really want to deal with me THAT much I won't say no.~ I don't much mind if you tracked where I was, not much different from friends having app on phone to track them.~"

_____Medusa chirped the words as her tail waved slowly, it took a lot of work for her to move it anything other then curling it so that was the most she could show she was enjoying herself as she worked to keep filling the map and it dawned on her Crimson had used the nickname she gave the kid because the Chameleon did not bother to listen to any introductions and just gave them a nickname based on how they acted. 'Ziggie' because he darted back and forth in the group trying to give the vet. players support buffs.

_____Moving a smidge back to overlook her map as she would stash it away and spin to face Crimson humming and mouthing 'cute little kitten' a few times as she admired the girl before snapping back to a flustered mess and got back up to check the room for any dangerous before anyone got TOO comfortable. They needed to find a way out, and while Medusa's map COULD help it was not her plan to trust her own memory of the place.

"So, we got a burnt out kitten, a trouble causing Chameleon, and a support Ziggie. This sounds like the start of a bad joke when I say it... We COULD try and trust my memory to go back and get out, but the grem a dems are that way and who knows if all I did to big and spokey took em down."

_____Medusa used her illusion magic to make a pair of glasses show on her face and a white board with the 'plan' on it drawn in rainbow mix of colors. She doubted anyone would laugh at her making light of the dire situation but that was the only way the player could mentally handle the fact no matter how they looked at the situation currently they would be as good as dead if they went with her plan.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

Ruby twitched her ears as Medusa approached, showing her doodled map that nearly made Ruby burst out laughing, especially considering she was an explorer, and knew that maps certainly didn't look like that. "What's this? Oh my gosh." Her tails slapped the ground a few times, letting out a sigh and squinting at Medusa.

"I will never trust on you to lead us again." She said with a playful scolding expression, before using her pointy nails to poke Medusa's sides, then leaning away for a moment as she pondered. "If you aren't my chamaleon, then how should I call you..? Medusa? Medulla? It is a mouthful... Musah?" Ruby frowned, then perked up her ears. "Muse! You are going to be my Muse." She declared.

"Actually, Medusa, if you remember well, there was that girl in our group that was marking our path with a chalk on the right walls. So we just need to follow the marks, but with them being on the left side of our point of view, and we will be able to go back to the exit with ease." The Ziggy pointed out.

Ruby blinked, looking at the boy. "Someone has been doing their homework." She said, impressed.

"But we still need to be careful of traps, so Muse, can you lead the way to these chalk marks?" Ruby asked.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa could only puff her cheeks as she was blushing. Yes she was bad at drawing, it was a curse she had to live with but she was good at other arts and crafts things. Mumbling a bit to herself about how they did not have to be that mean about her drawing that was mostly for her own tracking not for everyone else as the Illusion would vanish and the Chameleon hopped back to her feet.

"Well fine then, I did not wanna use my map anyways. I also don't feel to keen on running into Big and spokey again but here to hoping he ain't still around to get payback for all the bombs I had to use on him."

_____Medusa would start to march forward, taking the extra effort to kick one foot as high as she could before stepping forward once back they way they had come thus far following the chalk. She wanted to just relax a bit more but she would have plenty of time to do that when they got out of the danger zone. Wincing every sixth step but keeping her over dramatic march going and highlighting any traps she noticed with Illusion magic sign of 'subtle trap warning' in neon green or yellow to stand out as much as possible.

"So what all is the plan for the Grem a lems? I only got a few more explosive papers, and I'd prefer not to go and use my trump card with others around as I can't exactly control it or what it does once active..."

_____Medusa would hold her side as she stopped her over march noticing the blood started flowing again. Hopping to keep the others from seeing the wound and hiding the hand behind her back as she started to walk backwards using her tail like a mine sweeper to keep them safe. She could use the form if they really needed the extra damage but Medusa was not sure she could keep the red out her eyes in that form once everything was handled. Slowing down as they neared the last known spot of the Gremlin monsters.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

A small smirk crossed the cat's lips.

Ruby reached for Medusa's hand, giving it a soft and reassuring squeeze, smiling to her and swaying her tails. "We could just run past them... Or, we can fight them off. But seeing their numbers doesn't make me that confident... But I have some high ranks, I can try to fend at least most of them." Her free hand pressed against the pommel of her sword, and her gaze trailed to Ziggy.

"What do you think?"

"Well! Fighting isn't my strength, but I can heal. So whatever you do, you do." The Ziggy shrugged. "As long as we don't die. Really, dying probably hurts in this game." He frowned a bit.

"It does a little more than just hurting." Ruby corrected, not too stern, but making sure her tone had a hint of serenity to it, so she wouldn't be taken as a joke.

"Whichever is the fastest then. I'd rather find a place to rest as soon as possible." She said, leaning a bit close to Medusa's ears. "And I want to see what kind of things you want to do if I'm 'too winded up' to give any resistance, like you told before, right Muse?" Leaning away, she winked, letting go of the chamaleon's hand and skipping forward-

"Okay Ziggy, prepare your buffs and heals... Preferably haste spells too, we are going to need it!"

"I gotcha!" He said rather firmly, pulling a tome out of his inventory and tucking it under his arm, brushing a hand over it as he hurried along.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Crimson was a bigger tease then she looked, and the Chameleon could only stay red the more she was around the girl but at the same time want to get her own payback. Clicking her tongue as she would shake her head no about outrunning them, she did not have that much mobility and her fastest movement was tossing a scroll to jump to but that would leave Ziggy behind. So they would be fighting and she would need to get herself ready for it.

"You are going to regret that choice Kitten.~ But for now... can you tease me a bit less so I din't go adding to many injuries to my body?"

_____Medusa winked back as she pulled out all of her tools including a pure black scroll with no words or seals. She did not want to use it but would keep it on her belt incase it was needed. Scanning the room as most the Gremlins had vanished back into the other rooms and she tried to get a lock on the path they would need at the intersection before them to know if they had to go all the way across or sneaking past was possible.

_____Eyes locking onto the path not far off, they did not need to take all the Gremlins down to get there but sneaking past would be harder for those who could not hide in plain sight so it was time for a distraction. Handing another of the hop to scrolls to Ruby and pointing where they needed to go before she would point to the scroll some of the Gremlin's had been messing with that was left behind the last time. Medusa wanted to use it the next time she came here to go treasure hunting but such was life as the Chameleon began to disappear from view and a cloud of smoke would form from the scroll.

"Hello again Grem a Lems, Could ya follow me for a moment. I got this amazing deal on cosmetic cream that is said to takes years off your skin.~"

_____Medusa jumped backwards by instinct, even if they could not see her she did not want to stay nearby when the exploding paper was scatted among the group of Gremlins. Watching the weak bombs pull the focus in her direction as she would appear for a second to get them to start rushing towards her. Doing everything to upkeep her invisibility so the others only worried about getting across the area. Dodging came second as every so often a cut or smack could be heard hinting she was only going to hold out so long. Medusa would rather be the decoy then want others hurt afterall, much more so the cute kitten or the more new to the game Ziggy.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

"Make me regret then." Ruby's eyes narrowed, with her tails swaying and brushing on the chamaleon's legs before returning to their usual position, while her gaze lingered on Medusa for a moment. "Alright, my Muse, I won't tease you any further." She joked a bit, though having her own cheeks flushing a bit. It was hard for Ruby to be that open to someone right off the bat, but honestly her timidness only showed in larger groups. Just having Medusa and Ziggy here felt cozy enough, and safe as well.

Remaining attentive to the path, Ruby only halted herself when Medusa seemed to prepare the scrolls. Ruby's ears flattened against her head, muffling the sudden bursts that started echoing in the room, while Ziggy seemed to take initiative-

"ᛗᛟᛏᚺᛖᚱ ᛟᚠ ᛖᚨᚱᛏᚺ, ᛈᚱᛟᛏᛖᚲᛏ ᚢᛊ!" Taking his tome, Ziggy opened it with the pages glowing as they flapped, eventually halting in a specific page and beaming with a pulsing power, enveloping Medusa and Ruby with a warm layer of protection.

"We should be ready now." Ziggy thumbed up, watching the chamaleon follow up trying to taunt the Gremlins.

"Perfect, Ziggy. Let's do it-" Ruby said, taking the boy's hand and tugging him to hurry him up, casting a firm gaze at the approaching Gremlings, eventually letting go of Ziggy's hand and blasting off at full speed, throwing her elbow against one of their necks, following up with a slice that slashed through other two of the Gremlings, that were too busy trying to chase the tenacious chamaleon.

"Come on, come on!" She chanted, with a holy beam erupting from Ziggy's tome from behind, scorching another couple of Gremlings, that weren't killed outright.

As chaos continued, however, a larger Gremling, probably the chief of all of them, marched from one of the room's many entrances, coming along with several other Gremlings. Some of them carried dead bodies of the previous adventurers they had left behind, with the exception of one that was still with a hint of consciousness. Her hopeless gaze eventually fell on the escaping chamaleon.

"Pl... Please... Don't..." It was hard to listen to her weak voice, especially in a rush, but it wasn't tough to read her lips. "... Don't leave me alone..." She asked, with her chest heaving in exasperated breaths, that were soon snuffed by a crushing grip on her, making the adventurer cough blood and nearly faint once again.

There wasn't much room for salvation, however, unless the chamaleon truly wanted to risk herself and hurry up to take them.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa was pissed off, teeth gritting as she tightly held the pure black scroll in her hand. One one hand she wanted to just leave the woman to die, but on the other the girl knew that if they had been on any other deaths the bodies would have vanished but theirs had not and if this was the last life of them it was no different then watching someone murder another person and do nothing about it. Cursing under her breath as Medusa pulled the scroll open and black smoke covered her.

"You are SOOOO fucking lucky I was raised to be a decent human fucking being you annoying Πουτάνα!"

_____Medusa would at the very least sensor her last word using Greek dialect. Though it was clearly a curse word like many others as the shadow consumed Chameleon fell into the ground and appeared behind the larger gremling. form molding between the gaps in the fingers before it would become tangible pulling them apart to free the girl. Shifting to take a blow to the face for her trouble as the rookie could not quickly switch back to liquid form.

"One of these days, I need to take time to iron this morph out... Big old pain in my nose in this case!"

_____Medusa grumbled as one hand held her nose before falling and coating the woman in her shadow form to drag her down into them and away from the area. It was the first time she had taken a person with her and it was likely going to be the last as they both got shot out of the ground near Crimson and Ziggy and Medusa was sent further slamming her back into the wall as the form forcefully dropped. leaving the Chameleon out cold from the force of the impact and strait the action prior had taken.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

"MUSE!"​

The fearing voice of the crimson cat yelled, being the last thing Medusa heard before everything went dead silent and dark.

There was no dream. There was no feelings. Just an empty void, sealing all her senses from everything.




















But eventually, warmth bathed the chamaleon's skin.

A prickle of pain coming momentarily, yet, it felt somewhat numb.

And a comforting caress on her scalp, with slightly sharp nails scratching it softly, while the fingers brushed her hair back and forth.

A gentle humming called her, with a song that vibrated across her body and flesh, sealing the wounds she had on her.
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"Mmmhm... Mmm~♪"

The flames of the campfire, with Ziggy taking care of the wounds of other three adventurers was the first thing Medusa could see.

The second, was the face of the crimson cat, that was the source of the humming and the caress, with her face wrapped by the warm illumination of the fire, that outlined her features neatly.

Above her head, a starry sky, framed by a treeline that made a clearing, revealed that they were no longer inside of that dungeon.

"Good morning, sunshine." Ruby smiled, looking at Medusa's eyes.

Her lips showed joy, but her eyes sparkled, clearly teary, even if mildly- Probably out of relief, while her nose wrinkled in concern. "How are you feeling?"

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa was glad she did not get forced into their nightmares in the game, considering the idea maybe of just logging in at times they planned to sleep to avoid them. head stinging as Medusa's mind began to wonder, did she really need to be asleep right now? Holding her head as she fought to open her eyes as the past few hours all caught up making the Chameleon almost bolt upright had she not seen stars above setting her into a slightly confused set of blinks.

"Ummm... Unless the afterlife is super realistic and the same as the game... Whe..."

_____Medusa was cut off as Crimson's face entered her line of view. Her mind getting a bit more confused how the girl could be so close to her before she turned pure red again as her mind put two and two together. Quickly trying to move away and sit up strait looking away from the former spot she had been laying to avoid recalling anything about it as she tried to get her mind out of the gutter and instead focused on the injured group of adventurers and Ziggy tending to them.

"I... I'm fine... th...Thanks for the ...co..concern Kitty... Ar... Are they also... O...Ok or...?"

_____Medusa could barely speak up enough to be heard over the campfire as the Chameleon seemed more like a turtle as she kept balling up more and more to try and hide just how flustered she was. Her mind trying to figure out just how long she was out cold, how long she had been so close to someone else and NOT be in harm's way for it. Slowly scooching away from Crimson as 'subtly' as she could as her focus was kept on the others.

"Whi...While I'm glad to be out of... G...Grem a lem den... S... Someone mind filling me in... on what happen after I opened the black scroll? I... I did not do any...Anything weird right?"

_____Medusa could only nervously look around the group as she spoke, not even keeping her focus on Crimson for more then a brief second or two before she would get flushed red again and have to break focus. Even in her flustered and chopped words it was clear Medusa had zero memory of anything after the scroll was opened, the curse of metamorph was the fact she had no control over her own 'self' when it was triggered and she could only pray she did not do something weird to anyone during that time.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

"Ah! You are finally awake, Medusa!" Ziggy perked up, and his healing magic sparkled, flickering and stinging the man he was trying to heal.

The adventurer yelped, slipping a curse as he felt the pain coming back in double.

"W-wowoah, sorry!" Ziggy immediately returned to his work.

A couple others looked at Medusa, mostly in shame, and keeping their words to themselves for now, unsure of how to approach the girl.

Meanwhile, Ruby looked at Medusa's abrupt reaction, mustering a small smile to the chamaleon. "Well, you saved them. They are as good as they could ever be." She gestured with her head to the adventurers. "Using a black scroll, and turning into... A shadow figure." Ruby explained, lowering her ears for a moment. "You've got really hurt though, but Ziggy found a way, and... I was treating you until now. Hoping you would... Actually wake up." The last few words came bittersweetly.

The chamaleon was so out cold that it almost looked liked she was a goner.

Yet, she was already a bit far, being so eager to stay away, and Ruby averted her face, rubbing her arm a bit sheepish. "It is done now though." Her tails swayed, and she didn't dare to approach any longer. "You must be tired, right? Hungry too? Ziggy made some stew." Ruby looked at the pot above the campfire.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____A sigh of relief escaped Medusa's lips as it seemed her shadow form had behaved for once. Moving to focus on Crimson as she got over the racing thoughts and gave her a 'sorry' expression as she tapped her head to try and hint she was thinking to much over the situation and was the reason she had moved away before trying to return to the fellow beastfolk's side resting her head on Crimson's shoulder if she was allowed with a light blush.

"Well it was the first time I got to sleep without my mind going to a rather dark place so sorry if I enjoyed it to much to seem alive... Though I don't think lap pillow was part of any medical help guide Kitten, was that maybe your own choice?~"

_____Medusa playfully stuck her tongue out as she finished asking her question before looking to the soup. While her stomach did growl she tried to hide it as the fact still haunted her that most foods she ended up throwing up in game. Adjusting to lean a bit more on Crimson to try and make up for making the girl worry so much and to show she did not dislike the previous spot but preferred a more neutral one as Medusa was unsure where exactly they fell in terms.

"Not to be rude, I am hungry, but my stomach can not handle most foods in the game... Seems picking Chameleon has come with the downside I have a mostly bug and insect based diet..."

_____Admitting her fault as medusa would lean off Crimson if the girl seemed against it, looking at the other adventures with a more serious expression before returning her focus to Ziggy and Crimson.

"Sorry for making you two worry so much... As much as would have LOVED to enact 'eye for and eye' with the group, we all are still human so I'd be having a far rougher time sleeping at night if I just left you all to die. I do hope this experience teaches you lot to be more concerned with other's lives?"

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

Ruby's ears perked up when Medusa approached again, with a small smile forming on her lips as she saw the girl resting on her shoulder. The crimson cat wrapped her tails around the chamaleon's waist, along with a comforting arm that squeezed them together. "Yes, it was my choice. I need to take good care of this troublesome chameleon I've met." She chuckled.

At the mention of the diet, Ruby tilted her head. "So you can only eat bugs? We should've caught some to you then." Ruby said, pondering for a moment.

"But how do you prefer yours insects? Raw? Roasted?" Ruby wondered, unsure of how it worked. There was a mild inclination on her to eat fish and meat rather than vegetables, but it has never been a hard set rule for her.

Perhaps it changed depending on the animal?

Ruby tapped her tail a couple times on the ground, peeking at Medusa after she struck some moral lessons on the other adventurers, that could only avert their eyes in shame.

"I can catch some for you, if that's fine." Ruby said.

@Medusa

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa would shake her head to try and make it clear she did not want people hunting bugs just for her. She had vowed not to go eating bugs around people to prevent them from getting grossed out. Just them judging her for having to eat them was bad enough. Adjusting herself to lean more against Crimson as she wanted this feeling to last forever but knew damn well it was going to end soon if the game followed real time.

"I can eat when I log out, I don't want to go and gross you all out with eating them. It is also not that I can only eat insects, but my stomach struggles to deal with anything heavier like meats or things..."

_____Medusa would watch as her UI would show up briefly to let her know the first alarm was going off. Just like she feared she had slept to long and now only had a bit more time left before they would be getting dragged back to the reality they had been living. Looking at the campfire before Medusa would giggle and look at Ziggy and Crimson with a slightly pained smile before speaking up again.

"So how about we tell some stories before I either have to log out or get forcefully logged out by THEM? Anyone know some good horror stories?~"

_____Medusa tried to have her tail do the same for Crimson, though her tail was less agreeable so she just left it stretched out. She had a few 'ghost stories' but more real life tales of their own suffering. Adjusting to sit up just slightly as she would wrap an arm around Crimson and jokingly purred as she enjoyed the moment. Free hand and arm fishing around her UI to try and send a friend request to both Ziggy and Crimson as she would be getting off soon.

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@Crimson Ruby
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[Crimson Ruby]

"You also need to feed your in game body, or else, you will get sick." Ruby said, shaking her head in disappointment, soon fidgeting her fingers on her own UI, eventually making a small box of worms being summoned next to her, pushing it closer to Medusa. "Here. It is fish bait, but it probably works for some chamaleon too."

Ruby then smirked a bit. "If I knew it was like that for you, I would've used it to catch you at first." She joked, coiling Medusa a bit around her tails.

As soon as the friend requests appeared, Ruby accepted it almost immediately, with Ziggy following up with an acceptance right away.

"Horror stories? Let's do it! Tell us some, Medusa!" Ziggy perked up.

The other adventurers didn't seem as excited about it, but one or another mustered a smile.

"Yes, Medusa, tell us a story." She smiled faintly, still guilty that the girl she had left to die turned out to be her savior, but above guilt, there was genuine gratefulness in her eyes.

@Medusa (We can close the thread on your post, or we can continue if you actually want to tell the story!)

 

[Medusa]

Somewhere in Falderen

_____Medusa was about to start the story when her UI flashed with several warnings. Cussing under her breath as she set it to be a delayed log out so she could at the very least say her goodbyes before dealing with things. Giving Crimson a gentle hug before reaching a hand for a handshake to the others as her expression switched to slightly pained.

"Guess I'll have to tell you all the story another time... real life ..."

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_____Medusa was not even given the chance to finish what she was saying before the game forcefully shut down throwing Menelaos back into his own body. Growling lightly as he shifted to pull the headset off and was greeted with a punch to his gut and getting tossed off the mat he had been laying on. Singular eye adjusting to the sharp light in his face as he rose to his feet.

"Last I checked I still had more free time, no reason to risk damging my entire body ya jackasses."

"Boss said to cut it short on account of you making a mess the last time you stepped on stage. So get into that outfit and get going!"

"Right because telling the cops the truth is bad for your business I keep forgetting that. Silly me... Oh wait maybe it was because I broke a glass bottle on a 'regular's head for trying to touch someone that did not want it? OH maybe it was ..."

_____Menelaos grit his teeth as the fist slammed the back of his skull before the 'enforcers' left. Gaze looking out the barred window, just have to put on a smile for them and maybe they could go back... Sighing as he went to get ready like every time before.

~Thread departure~​

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@Crimson Ruby
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