Moving on up part 10: wild night in Elvina part 2

Part 2

Yna
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My jaw still ached, but it didn't matter, I had finally managed to get a date with Evaline. I mean sure there was a third wheel in the form of a scarlet elf, but she was far more romance friendly than Salty, Flint, or Cami. I mean she was even paying for our meal. I giggled at Evaline's expression of embarrassment, which was honestly when she was her most adorable, seeing as it made her look like a scared little kitten.

"So, how do you and Evaline know eachother?" The elf asked with the same velvety voice as before.

"Oh I tried to eat her and her father" I said absentmindedly as I swallowed down another disappointing morsel, the lack of squirming kind of took all the enjoyment out of it. The elf smiled as she slowly drank a rather sugary concoction that was strangely void of any sort of live snack.

"Ah yes she told me about that" the elf said chuckling "My name is Alfhild, incase you were wondering what to call me".

"I wasn't" I replied "but I do wonder how exactly you know Evaline". Evaline put her head on the table and covered it with her arms. Alfhild closed her eyes and rubbed her chin with one hand while petting Evaline with the other, I bit my tongue and thought about other things to stop myself from yelling in anger, like the feeling of cold air on my bare skin or the rather unique flavor of small naga.

"Well, I found her standing outside of the riverside sweet shop" Alfhild said with a glint in her eye "The only thing covering her was a apron, which didn't do much to cover her when she began to imitate my dance". Evaline's ears jolted up right as she began to ever so slightly shake, almost like a leaf in the wind. I imagined Evaline in far too short apron, blushing as she danced in front of a crowd, Oh if I ever get my hands on whoever did this to Eva....Evaline would look cute in an apron, who ever did this is a saint, I wonder if I could convince him or her to give Evaline a spare one. I started to drool as I began to get lost in my own little fantasy of an apron wearing Evaline. I was torn from this paradise when Alfhild shook me. I glared at her, feeling anger course through my veins like a rapid river.

"Still with us?" She asked in a mocking tone "I really wouldn't want this happy day to be tarnished by an ill fairy".

"YES" I shouted as worry filled my heart "I was just thinking, about...uh, well I was thinking about...well you see I was".

"Thinking about Evaline in an apron?" Alfhild guessed as she licked her lips "It was quite a sight, I will admit, a breath taking sight indeed". Evaline whimpered as she scooted into the corner of the table's bench, before attempting to curl up into a ball.

"Yes, I imagine it was" I said, staring at Evaline, who's face was now redder than any rose "So where does she work again?"

"Oh the Riverside sweet shop" She said with a smile "Though they tend to close up shop around this hour".

"What a shame" I said as I popped a rather frantic treat into my mouth "Didn't you say something about drinks earlier?". Alfhild smiled wickedly as she sucked on the straw of her sugary confection.

"Yes I did suppose I said something about that didn't I, my little butterfly" She said standing up "Though I warn you, it is strong enough to cause an angel to fall, never seen anyone drink more than a few shots of it without completely loosing their morals until they sober up".  Excellent, just what I need, I thought as I stood up, a drunk Evaline, She would barely be able to walk, so I'd have to help her and...

Evaline
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"Does she always drool this much?" Alfhild asked me.

"No" I said as I silently cursed these two "just when she gets excited about.....things"

"Ahhh" Alfhild said grabbing the mumbling Yna and pulling her along as she did the same to me "Well I hope she'll snap out of it soon, she was a joy to talk to".

"Yeah" I said as my ears drooped as I looked at the ground, trying to ignore what Alfhild was staring at "A real joy". I remembered the words of my father, that the Seas usually went to the Sea while wetter than the Sea, and when they got back on land they got even drunker. I think he made the bit up about The Seas being drunkereds simply so he could say the word Sea as many times as he could in one breath. Well I was screwed in more than one way, seeing as I had never drank any form of alcohol and the fact I had to deal with not one, but two people who fancied me, which made me feel strange, before Yna no one ever looked at me like that, well besides Flint, but I think Flint would flirt with a rock if you carved a set of tits into it. I shook my head and sighed as I was dragged along the near empty street, before I smiled as a thought crossed my mind, well at least I get to see Yna drunk, that should brighten up my day up a bit. I began to walk faster, I mean I had never seen a drunk Fairy, and Yna seemed to be quite anxious to get to wherever Alfhild was leading us, most likley because she wanted to see me drunk. I giggled like a school girl as Yna blinked and and smiled a wide grin, no doubt having decided that seeing me getting hammered was the best way to spend her night. As we ran along the empty streets I wondered briefly if this was a bad idea, before I shook those thoughts from my head as Yna began to laugh as her wings fluttered slightly in anticipation. I looked to the sky, and grinned. It was nice to see Yna this happy, without falling into soul crushing depression moments later, real nice.

Salty Sea
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I Shouted to the crowd with my hands high in the air as I stood on the turnbuckle, my latest opponent getting dragged out of the ring, his goofy looking cape tattered and splattered in his blood. I beat my chest as I hooted and hollered like I used to during my days on the open sea. The entire place smelt of rotting fish and crisp sea air, it smelt like home. I could hear the crowd chant "SALTY SALTY SALTY" over and over as they stamped their feet and drank cheap booze. I leaped back into the ring, readjusting the tricorn hat the man with the monocle had given me along with a feather that looked liked they had plucked it from a human sized harpy. The ring was filled with sand and the area outside it was filled with water, which to get into the ring you had to wade or swim through it. I leaned back into my corner as I drank a bottle of my elixir, the salty taste bringing the fight back into my old bones as I lightly tossed it into the crowd, hopping I didn't knock some poor bastard onto his ass.  I slammed my fists together as my next opponent was announced, I was itching to beat that tar out of something. A guitar began to play slowly as someone began to whistle with an instrument as the guitar began to pick up pace. Drums began to be beat like so they'd resemble the sound of crashing waves. The whistling began to resemble the screaming of the winds as whoever was playing it went all out. the guitar split into two very different tunes. I could see Fink in the middle of the crowds of my fans as the screens a lit with a caricature of my face and that of another neko who's lower face was covered in a bandana with a crudely drawn mouth filled with pointed teeth. He was called the lone neko, and his hair was longer than Yna's. I blinked as I laughed at both his and my cartoon visages, He looked like a pansy and I looked like a godsdammed pirate. I stopped laughing as my ears began to beg for death. The room was filled with two very different kinds of music competing for supremacy as the crowd started to cheer even louder, to make themselves heard over this abomination of music that made me want to tear my ears off. The announcer weren't even talking comprehensibly anymore, they were just shouting and laughing like the rest of the crowd was. I licked my lips as the air in the room grew cold as a crash of thunder shook the building. I looked at the screen and nearly bit my tongue off. It read, Salty sea and The Lone Neko Vs The serpent, Final match of the night. There was a loud bang and the world went white, I blinked for a moment as I sat up, counting my teeth as a horrible blinding pain ran through my body.

Next to me was a neko around Flint's size, with luscious golden locks. He wore a form obscuring coat and what skin could be seen was covered in bandages, except for his upper face. He turned to me, his eyes a light brown and filled with the ember of war. He too looked like he just spent a night with a shock happy mage. We looked around for a moment, we were in a clearing surrounded by trees that looked like the kind you'd find near the shore, with drooping branches and leaves. The air smelt, wrong, both of us could feel it, like we were being watched by something.

"So you're Salty Sea eh" He asked as he stumbled towards me as he looked me up and down, his voice sounding like death "You're shorter than I expected".

"And you're the lone neko, right lad?" I asked as I Stood up and placed my hand on his shoulder "I didn't see you in the lockers". He brushed my hand off. He, like me was barefooted.

"This is my first fight" He gasped out "I only joined because that dammed fairy said he could introduce me to you, next thing I know I'm signing a contract saying the felaryian fighting federation isn't responsible for any limbs I get torn off of me". I nodded.

"So you're a fan eh, lad?" I asked as I looked around, I could feel something out in those trees, waiting, watching, hunting "Well it seems we're fighting together against, something". The lone neko groaned as he stamped his feet into the ground.

"Well we aren't in the ring" He said looking up into the sky, "I can't see no roof and there isn't any of that dammed music playing anymore, I mean honestly who thought it was a good idea to play two entrance songs at once".

"Probably those idiotic announcers" I said with a chuckle "Those two tried to get me to wear an anchor on my back you know?". The lone neko giggled, his bandana fluttering with his hair.

"Dave and Jim are like that" he said "I mean they made Sledgehammer dress up as a sledgehammer during last years grand slam at the suicide hotline". I laughed at the mental image of the drider dressed like his name sake.

"That would have been a sight to see" I said as I heard something crack "Now, GET DOWN". The lone neko looked confused as I grabbed his shoulders and forced him to the ground with me as a large shadow flew over us, followed shortly afterwords by a loud bang. I looked up to see a giant naga, unconscious and snoring loud enough to rouse the dead. She lay near the now bent trunk of one of the surrounding trees, a innocent smile upon her lips as her her colossal tail twitched. I removed my hand from the lone neko's head and approached the sleeping giant, Her slightly curled brown hair fluttering across her face due to a slight breeze. I heard the lone neko laughing nervously as I put a hand on the predators forehead. I chuckled as I remembered that day that felt like a lifetime ago, when I had to look down to talk to Evaline, then I began to laugh as I remembered that entire journey. Then I remembered she wasn't truly my daughter and my heart fell as the lone neko joined my side.

"You're either a very stupid or brave man" He said with that strange voice of his, his mane of golden hair blowing in the cold, salt flavored wind. I shrugged as I brushed a large lock of hair out of the serpent's eye. The lone neko turned to me, his eyes staring into my very soul.

"Well Jim, I didn't know what we were expecting" Dave said from the back of my head "I mean this was supposed to be the grand finale, but instead all we got was two nekos talking to each other and a naga knocking herself out".

"Talking about two nekos" Jim said from somewhere beyond "We'll retrieve you two in a few minutes, or hours, so please try not to die, we can't sell merchandise if you're dead". I sighed and slowly lowered myself down to the ground, wishing that I had brought a bottle of elixir with me. The lone neko continued to stare at me.

"What do you want?" I asked as I felt the warm breath of the naga on my back.

"Ok now you're just tempting fate" He said with that gravelly voice of his "She could wake up at any moment".

"Yes, she could, however this is of little concern to me" I said leaning back to the point of nearly touching her lips, before rocking back forward "and even if she did get the drop on me, it wouldn't be the first time I've climbed my way out of somethings stomach". The lone neko shook his head and continued to look into my eyes, though there was a fire behind them now. I licked my teeth as I tried to remember why that look in his eyes looked so godsdammed familiar.

"You must make your daughter sick with worry" He said crossing his arm as his stare turned to one of anger.

"It's the other way around" I said running a hand through my hair "Every time I turn my back she's either being smothered by the affections of that fairy or being dragged around by the spoiled brat". The younger neko squatted down, his coat fluttering behind him.

"She's not your daughter" He said "No use trying to use that trick of yours on me, it won't work". A chill ran down my spine as I forced myself to stand. I grabbed the younger neko by the coat.

"If you don't tell me exactly how you know this and who told you I'll" I growled as I lifted the lone neko into the air.

"You'll what?" He said laughing, his voice loosing it's rough edge and softening a great deal "Break my spine like a twig, we both know you won't". I gritted my teeth, he sounded too damn familiar, he sounded like someone who I watched get swallowed like a glorified fruit. I looked in his eyes and saw myself, I saw the anger the flowed through my blood, the stubbornness that held my old bones together, I became lost in the sea of blue that were his eyes for a moment, before I realized something, this lad's hips were far too large for a lad....oooooh. I looked over the younger neko again.Golden locks that made the sun's rays seem dull, a rebellious look in the eye, the fact she didn't piss her self from fear earlier. The lass stared at me with tears in her eyes as she saw the realization dawn on me. In my long life I knew only who had hair like she did, one was my late wife, the other was my youngest daughter Theresa, who I had also watched get devoured. I stared at the young neko as my brain worked to process this. My family were the only ones able to see through my lies, never really knew why. Hell, I even turned it into a game for my daughters, guess how much daddy can change in a single conversation, of course my dear wife always told me to stop as it was "teaching our kids that cheating and lying was in the right, and if I ever catch you doing this again I'm branding the words liar on your ass, Salty". An image flashed in my minds eye of the last time I saw them, being dragged away into the skies as I shouted a thousand curses onto every living thing in felarya until my voice grew rasp and ragged, they were eaten by the same harpy who swallowed me.

"Baby girl?" I asked hopefully with tears welling in my eyes.

"Hi dad" She said removing the bandana that had covered most of her face. My eyes widened as I felt a feeling similar to having electricity course through your veins. My grip on my daughter loosened as I fell to the ground with a thud. I began to laugh as tears flowed freely from my eyes for the first time in far to long. Theresa must have thought I was having a heart attack, Which made me laugh even harder. Which in turn woke the naga.

Flint
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I blinked, staring at the ceiling as I counted my teeth, I think I was in one of the bathrooms of Tony's casino. I sat up, one head on my throbbing forehead, the other on my chest. Oh right, Tony shot me. I lifted my shirt and clenched my teeth to to myself from screaming. Then I began to laugh, remembering all the times I taunted worshipers of Minalca about how I'd had more luck than all of them combine, while running off with a vast amount of the offerings left by said worshipers, good times. The pain in my gut stopped my reminiscence short, there was a piece of metal inside me and I need to get it out somehow, luckily watching a bunch of cheesy action movies in my youth had prepared my for this moment. I removed my coat and shirt, from which I  tore a now tattered and bloodstained sleeve from. I stared at my bare arm for a moment, not a single scratch on it, and let my sleeve had been dyed a deep scarlet with the life juice of...someone or something. A chill went down my spine, causing me to yelp as a bad thought entered my mind, but I quickly pushed it away, I wasn't a murderer, and even if I did kill someone it was there fault for attacking me while my thinkpan was fried. I rolled up the sleeve into a ball, and steeled myself as I jammed it into my mouth, filling it with a distinct metallic taste. I searched through my coat, gathering all I needed from it, alcohol, a needle and string i kept for coat repair, more alcohol and a bandage. I set up my tools on on of the sinks, catching a sight of some of the havoc I must've caused when I looked into the mirror, namely Weasel crying in the corner nursing the stump of his arm, judging from the bloodtrail, I had dragged him in here with me. However I never really cared much for weasel and there were more pressing matters, like me for example. I ignored his attempts to catch my attention as I summoned up all of my courage. Come on Flint, You've stared death in the face and laugh more times than you can count, You've seen people get torn in half and then cracked a joke about it, you can do this, you can ARRRRRRRRRGH SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY. I bit down on my sleeve as I dug into my flesh, tears welling  my eyes as I fell to my knees in an indescribable amount of pain. I grunted as I tossed the piece of metal into the sink, I grabbed the bottle of alcohol and AARRRAAHAHAHAHA, I spasmed the floor as a burning pain dominated my senses. In my colvulsion of pain I had smashed the bottle, somehow managing to not cut my hand into mince meat. I unsteadily stood up and stared at the needle and thread. I shook my head, I wasn't going to do that, it'd hurt to much. I grabbed the bandages and wrapped them around my waist. I picked my coat back up and put it on, my shirt was to far gone. I smiled as I looked into mirror as I placed my hat atop my head, were it belong.

"HELP ME YOU ASSHOLE" Weasel cried out. I shook my head, some people are just so selfish. I turned and strode over to him, his skin had a pallor similar to sunbleached bones.

"So what happened to you Weasel" I asked squatting in front of him "You get caught with your hand in the cookie jar?". He stared at me for a second, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"I don't know, me and the boys heard screaming" He said "We thought Tony was torturing you, but then we heard screaming about Greedy spiders eating someone's eyes, so Frankie and I opened the door, only for you to run out laughing like a looney, and the boss, well the boss...". Weasel held up his stump.

"Went completely bat shit insane?" I asked with chuckle "I always knew he was a light weight". Weasel stared at me with his mouth agape, before shaking his head.

"...well yes" He said "I just...what did you do to him".

"I did nothing" I said "but you interrupted our friendly discussion, so technically this is your own fault"

"Flint, don't bullshit me now, I am currently in a great deal of pain hiding from a man who just threatened to hang me with my own spleen" He said angrily "also why do you treat everything like a joke, this is serious, Tony is in a murderous rage, he's going to kill us all, we're going to die and you react by laughing, what in the nine hells is wrong with you".

"Because everything in life is a joke to somebody" I said standing up "I just happen to find most of them funny, now while it was enlightening to chat with you Weasel I have to run, and I'd give you a hand but I honestly don't care enough to do so". And with that I walked away, opened the door and walked out, all the while Weasel cursed at me in more ways than even Salty knew how. The place was a mess, Slot machines had their levers torn off, the roulette table had what I assumed used to be some poor sod on top of them, Maybe it was Frankie, I couldn't really tell, mainly because it was mostly just a pile of torn meat at this point. The walls were covered in such things as "The giants watch us" "We are nothing but lambs to the slaughter" "Why do the gods take pleasure in our deaths?""I SEE IT ALL CLEARLY, I'M IN HELL" "Nothing is real, I've seen the truth, what runs in my veins is not blood, IT'S INK!!!" "whywhwhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy" "KILL FLINT" All written in blood, well I'll give tony one thing, he works fast for someone who's completely lost his mind. It was then I noticed I wasn't alone in the room. Sitting in the middle of the room, was Tony with his head between his legs, he was slowly rocking back and forth, baaaaack and forth, Baaaack and forth, Baaaaaaaack and forth, Almost hypnotic really, Back and forth, Baaaaaaaaaack and forth. I think I must have stared at him for at least a couple of minutes. I slowly approached him and place and hand on his shoulder.

"Hey Tony" I said "How the hell did you manage to do more damage to your business in a couple of hours than I ever have for all the years I've known you?". He stared at me, his eyes empty voids that have seen things that shouldn't be. His mouth moved but no sound came out, it was like someone pressed his mute button. His mouth was covered in a familiar black gunk and so was everything around him.

"Ah, so it was my fault after all" I said to my catatonic former employer "Well if you ever bounce back from this, We'll continue our little quarrel then". I turned and started to leave, until a gunshot rang out. I turned to see Little lin, minus one eye.

"Flint you get back here right now" Lin screamed in rage as she covered her missing eye with a blood covered hand, she almost looked like some kind of horrifying doll you'd find in a haunted house or perhaps in a really cliche horror movie. "Do you have any idea what you've done?!"

"Yes, put Tony out of the game" I said slowly backing away, my hands held above my head "now weren't you his second in command, looks like you have a business  to revive, because it's more ruined than Salty's love life" she glared at me and cocked her gun, aiming right for my head. She fired, and I slipped on a bit of something I don't want to think about. The bullet hit a window and as she blindly fired her remaining shots in a rage, I jump out of the newly made exit, falling like a majestic stone before landing on a rather strange looking woman in a set of multicolored patchwork robes with horns sewn to the hood. She was a treat for the eyes.

"You know I'd ask if you were an angel from the heavens, but seeing as I just came from" I began to say before.

*Click*

"Hello there Katherine" I said as A man with a wolf mask stared into my eyes, and I stared back.

Katherine Chance
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You know I really should be angry about the fact Flint just tried to flirt with one of these nutcases, but I tend to have an eye for details, namely the fact he was covered in blood and some foul black liquid. Now he didn't look hurt, but he'd been missing for most of the day, and he had just jumped out of a building that the "Magical protectors of Elvina" had been arguing among themselves if they should inspect the "Great darkness of injustice within" it.

"So the fox has finally come looking for the rabbit" Wolfsy said touching Flint's face. Flint laughed.

"Hey there buddy" He said pushing the hand away "I don't swing that way, unless you happen to have a large amount of money and are a woman with a Veeeeeeeery disappointing chest.....I mean my heart is only for Katherine". He looked at me and smiled. I glared back at him.

"Ok fine, let me rephrase that" He said exasperatedly "A large portion of my heart belongs to Katherine, a quarter of it belongs to Salty due to a stupid bet I made with him when we first met, and the rest of it is up for rent, is that better". I walked up to him, and slapped him as hard as I could, all the while smiling.

"Oi" He said rubbing his cheek "What was that for?". I pointed down at the woman who called herself the horned goddess, and the fact that Flint's hands were on her....chest.

"Well what can I say" He said smiling "I'm a lucky son of a bitch to land on something with this much padding". I slapped him again, this time knocking him off the now rose faced woman.

"Ok I deserved that one" He said "now I would tell you of my great escape from my psychotic former lover and her demonic employer, but I am honestly wondering what you're doing with this group of nutters".

"Oi" Goat said grabbing Flint's head and violently shaking it "We aren't nutters"

"Yeah we're just ever so slightly under the influence" Wolfsy said helping the horned goddess up

"of the magic of Felarya and the great city of Elvina" She said posing.

"She means drugs, by the way" Sally said "Copious amounts of magic infused drugs".

"Sally, You're the only one who partakes in such things" C.C said, before shrugging "Well at least routinely".

"I mean sure they make us feel nice" Goat said petting A very confused and agitated Flint.

"But We need to be lucid if we are to protect Elvina" Wolfsy said making a smile on his mask with his index finger "FOR WE ARE"

"THE MAGICAL PROTECTORS OF ELVINA, name pending" They shouted in unison, posing once again. Flint stared at this sight, ignoring the strange man rubbing his hair. He opened his mouth to talk and burst out laughing.

"What's so funny" Sally asked, sounding hurt.

"Oh my fucking gods I thought they were joking about you guys" Flint said clapping with tears in his eyes "but you lot have to be the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life".
The magical protectors were silent for once, Goat stopped smiling and Wolfsy rubbed his mask in a way that mimed crying, Sally seemed on the verge of tears, C.C's eye seemed a bit dimmer, and The horn goddess just looked insulted. And then they all burst out laughing, slapping each other and Flint on the back.

"Why does everyone I meet have to be insane?" I asked to the sky.

"I know your pain, little morsel" A familiar voice said. I felt a chill go down my spine as I slowly turned to face the reason I was ever able to hire Flint and Salty in the first place.

"H..hey Cami" I said to the giantess standing above me, who as usual was quite nude. She hasn't tried to eat me yet, and she wasn't drooling while looking at me, which was odd. She had a determined look in her eye.

"Hello Katherine" She said sounding bored "Have you by chance seen Evaline anywhere, I wish to find her before I have to pay maternity leave". I could almost feel Flint's ears perk up at this.

"Wait" I said, trying to contain my shock "Yna let a man get near Evaline, I mean one who could actually....you know". Cami must have found my embarrassment at bringing this up amusing, and Flint certainly found it hilarious, if their laughter was any sign of things. Cami crouched down, and pushed me to the ground with her right index finger.

"Of course not, you dense little thing" She said "I doubt that fat cat even looks at men that way, I mean she lets that damned bu...fairy sleep next to her every night, and the fact they always blush when the catch the other looking, I mean it's cute and all, but I really don't want my servant to burst with cat eared fairy...things". I sat, mouth agape in shock. Several minutes may have passed as my brain tried to process what I just heard.

"You are aware both Yna and Evaline are WOMEN, correct?" I asked.

"Yes" She said.

"You are aware that two woman can't have a child without adopting, right?" I asked.

"Well I don't know how fairies work" Cami said pinning me under her finger for a few moments before standing once again "And I really don't want to take my chances with this". And with that, she walked away. I stared at her for awhile before Flint broke the very awkward silence.

"Ok, once you get to know her, Cami isn't that bad" he said with a chuckle "not much of a view, but still"

"She tried to eat you" I said slapping him on the back of his head.

"I have slept with things that tried alot more times than she has, dear" He said finally standing "The morning after was always very awkward, mainly because they always tried to eat me for breakfast". I glared at him for a few moments, as the magical protectors entertained a small child with harmless forms of magic.

"They were fairies if you were wondering" Flint said his face looking like Yna's usually did "Twins infact, only reason I got away each morning was because they always argued about who'd get to eat me".

"Do you want me to hit you again?" I asked him.

"Maybe" He said grabbing me and pulling himself close enough for our noses to touch "I might just bite back if you do".
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*Knock knock knock*
"Who's there" A man who's hair had long since turned white from the large amount of horrifying things he had seen in his travels, not age, no matter what anyone else tells you. He looked through the peephole in the door, and saw the young woman he had been waiting for, her face a deep shade of red. Her arms had rope around the wrists.

"Ooooh, it's just me" A mocking voice called from outside as the ropes on the woman's armed made her make funny motions "Katherince Chance, I thought it'd be a good idea to slap the great and handsome Flint again". The woman muttered something under her breath

"Please open the door" A familiar voice called "the fox won't release the rabbit until you open the door".

"Honestly I thought he was going to use the rope differently" another,far cruder but still as Familiar voice called out.

The weary man opened to door with a sigh, noticing a pair of legs handing from the top of his doorway.

"Come in" He said, ignoring the posing idiots outside. A man in a trench coat hopped down in front of him and released the ropes from his hands, pushed him inside, and sat on his very expensive couch, covering it in all kinds of foulness.

"So you wanted to see me" Katherine Chance asked him, he could feel his heart flutter from being so close to one of the last of the once great Chance family.

"Yes" he said stopping himself from fanboying like a fool, he was glad his colleagues were a asleep "please take a seat"

"So you're the guy who wants to publish my findings?" she asked.

"Well me and my colleagues do" He said "For you see we are the Scholarly and exploratory guild of Elvina". The man in the trench coat laughed.

"You know you just sounded a lot like those "Magical protectors" Right?" the man said. And with that revelation, the man who had seen many horrors, screamed in anguish.

Salty Sea
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I opened my eyes, I was back in the locker room, My daughter Theresa dabbed a wet towel on my head.

"What happened?" I asked her "Did we win".

"Well, we aren't in that naga's stomach now are we?" She said "And you broke one of her teeth, she forfeited soon afterwards". I chuckled.

"So why are we still here, oh let me guess, you were worried for my health" I said

"Yes" She said "I don't want to lose you again".

"Hey isn't that supposed to be my line?" I asked.

"I thought you were dead" she said rubbing a hand through her hair "Last time I saw you, you were surrounded by harpies".

"Last time I saw you, you were in a harpy's claws" I said sitting up "How did you get out?"

"I fell" She said "I'll tell you later, but there is a more pressing matter now".

"And what could possibly out weigh me finding out why one of my dear daughters is still alive?" I asked.

"Telling that neko she isn't your daughter" She said emotionlessly.

"Look Evaline is happier like this" I said "Besides I don't want to see what happens when someone like her suddenly realizes what she thought was her life is a lie made up by an old neko who created it while trying to save her skin from the fairy who now wants to get in her pants, which she really should start wearing".

"I don't care" She said "She isn't my sister"

"Give her a chance" I begged "She doesn't deserve the life fate dealt her".

"Her life as it is now wouldn't change if you told her the truth" My daughter said

"The truth would break her" I said grabbing Theressa's shoulders "Please, darling, don't make me do this to her, She's a sweet girl".

"Yeah, a sweet girl who EATS PEOPLE" My daughter shouted, slapping me.

"That's just the way of Felarya" I said "I can't change it, no one can".

"You will tell her eventually" My daughter said "Your guilt will make you tell her, now come on, we better find my "Sister"".

"So you'll pretend she's your older sister?" I asked

"For now" She said smiling "if only for you, dad".

Evaline Sea
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I sighed as I drained the last drop of wine from the bottle. I looked around the well furnished home, it was really cozy and had a lot of red in it. The couch I sat on was extremely soft and comfy and made me want to purr, and I would have, if it wasn't for the fact A very drunk Yna was clinging to my side, giggling softly.

"Lightweights" I muttered as I scratched the unconscious head of Alfhild, who was currently drooling on the table. They couldn't handle a glass of this stuff, while I drank nearly an entire bottle of this stuff and felt only slightly tipsy. Then again this wine was apparently enchanted by a rather perverted wizard some years ago, so I guess I was the odd one out of this three women drinking party.

"Evaaaaaline" Yna said as she crawled close to my face "I...looooooooove yoush".
I smiled and leaned closer to her.

"I know, Yna, I know" I said.

"No yoush don't understand, I reaaaaaaaaaally lovesh you" She said looking in my eyes. I smiled as I brushed a bit of hair from the drunk fairy's face. She hiccuped as I did so.I wondered if this is how Yna felt when around me, a pleasant fluttering feeling in your stomach. I mean just a few bit ago she had been crying and sobbing for me to forgive her when she revealed that she had got me a pair of clothes earlier today and had simply "forgot" to tell me about it. The only problem? She had apparently "Forgot" to tell the seamtress to include undergarments, and had "accidentally" made it so the clothing barely covered anything. And then Alfhild, who managed to wake from her drunken slumber, suggested that Yna dispose of the clothes she was wearing to make up for it. She listened to her. Of course none of this mattered as Yna could simply resize any pair of clothing with her fairy magic, but it did anger me slightly. But I could forgive her, Yna was a good friend, though she wanted to be more than that. Yna giggled and played with my ears as I thought about the fiasco that transpired after she and Alfhild got drunk. I mean I liked Yna, but I didn't...did I, I mean I wouldn't mind if we did do....that...but it made me feel funny just to think about it. I clutched my forehead, I mean I knew no one in Felarya cared who you slept with, it's just that I could barely breath when I remembered I was always being seen nude, so how would I...

Yna broke my train of thought with yawn as she finally passed out, thankfully without vomiting. I usually fell asleep before she did, so I never got to see her while she slept. She looked so, peaceful, besides the occasional twitch or furrowing of her brow. I felt that funny feeling in my stomach again as I looked at her. I wrapped my arms around and closed my eyes, tired  from the long day I had spent in this Crazy, crazy town. My head felt light as I watched the single candle lighting the room slowly flicker out. I had a very pleasant dream that night.

To be continued in part 11