Following my teammates through the woods I can't help but stare at Gui's in game self. "Wolf Dage, how is it Gui's character can look exactly the same as before the DOL was defeated? I thought no two characters could look the same." I ask him. I can't help but to feel a shred of hope. Can Prince come back?
Wolf smiles and his great furry head wobbles as he chuckles. "It would seem as though copies were made of the characters of everyone involved with defeating the Dictator were made just before ND could take total effect. So now if someone's character was destroyed they can log back on and continue playing."
"What?" I ask "Does that mean that Prince can return?" Wolf glances down at me with a large toothy smile, and I am struck again at how much like a fangirl I sound.
Lolidragon, who was no doubt listening to our conversation, turns around "Yes! However he refuses to log in and once he does he has to change one major thing about himself. The rule that two characters cannot look exactly alike still applies." She accuses me. Apparently I should actually check the messages left on my phone.
"I see." suddenly I can't wait to get home. I can get Prince back! I cheer for myself silently. What should I change?
"Wait, what did Gui change?" I ask. Maybe this will give me an idea of what to change too!
"Thais easy" Says Lolidragon. "He is now bald, and is wearing a wig." I don't want to believe her. It's probably a trap! I can't help it. My jaw drops "Nu-uh."
"Yup. if you don't believe me then go give it a tug. It'll pop right off." She says with a straight face. This could go either way... I decide that I need to see for myself and quietly sneak up behind Gui.
By now everyone has heard our conversation and Gui, who was leading us through the unfamiliar woods, has no idea what I have planned. Doll, Yu Lian, Wolf and Lolidragon all silently watch as I approach the unsuspecting Gui from behind, grab some of his long silky hair, and pull.
"Ouch!" He yells "Wha..?" He turns around and sees me with my hand still raised and I immediatley let it fall to my side and apologize.
"I am so sorry Professor! Lolidragon said that..." I trail off. I have never accidentally called Gui professor before. I grab both sides of his face and bring it closer to mine to try to find the source of my mistake. "Your eyes. You changed your eyes" No wonder I got confused!
"Yesh. I had to change one major thing about my character sho choshe the color of my eyesh. They now matsch my real color " He tries to explain to me with his face squished between my hands.
Behind me the rest of Odd Squad has broken out into laughter. "Uhm shtudent Feng Lan you are hurting my fache and are very closhe." He tells me.
"Sorry." I tell him dropping my hands. Lolidragon is now on the ground laughing. I scowl, and wish I could use my black dao.
"So why did you pull my hair exactly?" He asks rubbing his fingers over his abused scalp.
"Well Lolidragon was saying that if Pri... I mean a person wants to come back after using the ND program that they can as long as they change one thing about themself, so I asked what you had changed." I try to explain.
"And...?" He askes, waiting for the rest.
"Well she said you had chosen to be bald so I had to be sure and that's why I pulled your hair" I explain to him in a rush.
Gui opens his mouth to say something but is cut off when a mob of giant insects attack our still giggling teammates. I pull out the small knife that I'd been given in my beginners pouch and prepare to leap in and help, but Gui holds me back. "Wait, stay here. I'm going to need your help. Keep the Insects away from me so that I can provide support for my teammates." He orders.
"But what about the others?" I ask him worriedly. As they finally stand up to counter attack.
He smiles bittersweetly at me. "Just because the Blood Elf Prince is not with us it doesn't mean that we are completely helpless. We have trained so that we are able to stand beside and protect each other." Even as he's explaining this to me the team broke through the swarm and are successfully battling back.
Gui starts using several super sonic soul chasing arrows to take out the bugs that get too close to one of the others while Wolf restores any life that is lost. Meanwhile Lolidragon is using her burrowing technique to come up underneath the bugs and slash at their wings so that they can no longer fly. Doll had already summoned her flaming skulls, and in the name of love and justice they quickly turn the bugs that Lolidragon has grounded into ashes. While the others are fighting, Yu Lian is casting spells to take care of the bugs on the edge of the swarm so that they could not provide back up for the others.
Several insects break away from the rest of the swarm and come towards Gui and I. I watch him ,worried, and see that he can't shoot fast enough to stop all of them. I quickly step in front of him and use the knife to slit open their bellies. I feel my smile return at the familiar movements. It's good to be back.
Instead of money or weapons we got a kiwi fruit for destroying the swarm of insects. With the fruit comes a small note that says to only eat it when needed the most. After finding the mysterious fruit we decide to set up camp and discuss the fruit's possibilities.
"I think we should just throw it away" says Lolidragon " It could be poisoned."
Wolf shakes his furry head. "I don't think anyone is trying to kill all of us with one tiny fruit"
"We're here as bait for Prince" Points out Gui.
"It wold not make sense to kill your bait." Agrees Yu Lian "I wonder if I can sell it..." She says eyeing it.
"Doll wants to eat it." Says Doll cutely.
I had to agree with Doll. How long has it been from the last time I had eaten? What I wouldn't give for a steamy plate of warm meatbuns...
"Um guys? What happened to Meatbun?"I ask. Will I sound like a fangirl for the rest of my life? Prince is not just going to magically show up. Well, not the right one anyway."You know, after Prince disappeared?" I continue.
"He is back at Infinate caste with Nan Gong Zui who is his temporary pet owner." Explains Lolidragon. "As soon as Prince comes back pet ownership will immediately return to Prince."
"Okay, but why Zui?" I ask with extreme curiosity. Screw sounding like the wolves, er, fangirls! I need to know that Meatbun is alright!
"Because he was the funniest" giggles Doll.
"The funniest?" I ask hesitantly, half afraid of the answer.
I glare over at Lolidragon and switch to PM's
Xiao Lan-You better tell me that you did not have some sort of contest to give away my precious son.
Lolidragon-uhm...
Xiao Lan-Lolidragon!
Lolidragon-Relax flatso I did not have a contest to give away your Meatbun
Xiao Lan-Then... what DID you do? And I am not Flat! I yell, and cover my chest. It's not my fault I got Dad's breasts instead of Mom's.
"Well" says Lolidragon, no longer using PM's "We had to pick someone to take care of Meatbun temporarily untill Prince came back. I was bored. This led me to think of the person that would be the most entertaining to pair up with Meatbun. That's when the image of Nan Gong Zui poped into my head. I thought he would look funny as a big warrior with an adorable pet on his head so I found him, threw Meatbun to him and said 'enjoy'! The look on his face was priceless. After that Meatbun started to ride around on his head so that he could see if Prince came was very funny and entertaining to watch.
Soon after that Meatbun called him T-Mama which I assume stands for temporary Mama. When Meatbun called him this for the first time he nearly fell over and when he regained his balance he said he was too young to be a 'Mommy' so now Meatbun calls him ZuZu." The mental image of this causes everyone but me to burst out laughing but even I have to smile. I miss Meatbun!
Finally everyone calms down enough to come up with sleeping arrangements. Wolf and Yu Lian would share a tent because she was going to put up a barrier and he is going to wake up every few hours to restore her mana. Lolidragon would share a tent with Doll so if something did happen she could protect Doll untill she summoned her flaming skulls. This left Gui and I to pair up in a tent so Gui could use his arrows to protect us and keep the enemies at a distance.
Later in the night I wake up to the muffled sound of crying. I look over to see Gui, a single tear running down his face, though he still appears to be asleep. Not knowing what else to do I take ahold of his hand hoping that it is enough to comfort him in his dreams."I am so sorry Gui." I tell him. Then I slip into a deep and peaceful sleep.
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Updated 1/8/2014