Be Maka's server player.
It's hard being someone who doesn't even have a name yet! Are you sure?
Yes dammit.
Language!
What the f
ERROR insufficiently childfriendly.
You are now MAKA, engaging in some GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE instead.
That was close.
Had the basilisk's teeth closed a few inches lower, they would have sunk into the soft scales of her underjaw. Instead they scraped over the thicker armor of her cheek harmlessly. Maka squealed, bubbles filling the shallows, and twisted to try to shake it off against the rocks. She thrashed her tail, shooting into the depths, and felt its claws slide off her.
She expected it to start swimming, or to start thrashing like the black alien earlier, but when she turned she saw it just sank to the bottom and started walking around like it had on land. She waited uncomfortably to see if it would suffocate. It just kept pacing. So if they were fine in the water, why did they avoid it? It seemed to notice her, but instead of swimming or climbing the walls it jumped, then sank back down and tried again once it touched the ground.
Weird. Maybe it was a programming error or something. Maka decided to just leave it there. It didn't seem like it was doing any harm, and she had things to do. There was supposed to be a temple around here somewhere...
Something colorful moved along the rocks further on. She hadn't seen anything like that since arriving. She swam over. It looked like Jack, but different colored and bigger.
She popped out of the water and clambered onto the rocks. "Hi! Are you albino?"
It took a step back. Maka stood up quickly, putting her hands on her mouth. "I'm sorry I startled you." They probably had gators here. Stupid, stupid...
"I'm Prospitian," it said after a moment.
"I don't know what that is," Maka said, then paused. She felt like she'd heard it before, actually. But...
"I'm from the kingdom of Prospit."
"Is that like Derse?"
"No!"
Maka flinched. She was doing a terrible job. Why couldn't Mom be here, she'd know what to say. "But you look like somebody from Derse."
"We aren't anything alike," said what looked exactly like a taller, white-shelled Jack. Maybe all the aliens really were liars.
"Um...my home. Do you know what's happened to my home? The planet?"
"It's destroyed by the Reckoning."
"Oh." Maka couldn't help but sound disappointed. A race of aliens and they were liars about everything.
"But when you save Skaia, you'll be rewarded," the white thing said perkily, like it was trying to cheer her up.
"With my planet getting unblownup?"
"Well...no. Not that."
"But that's what I'd want."
"You'll get something better," it promised.
Maka stared at it. "There's nothing better than not killing everyone."
"Your planet was always doomed." It sounded somewhat frustrated. "You can't do anything about that. But if you defeat the Black King and perform the Ultimate Alchemy, you'll gain a great reward for your heroic service. And all of Prospit will do anything we can to aid you in your quest."
So was everything a lie or just some of it? Arg, why did she have to deal with this? Why couldn't they be aliens that acted like normal people? The help thing must be a lie, because things that were really helpful wouldn't be lying, and probably the reward was too... "What color are the rocks?" Maka blurted out.
It looked at her.
"Uh, to you. What color do they look like?"
"Black."
So they didn't lie about absolutely everything. It'd probably be easier if they did, but it was more reassuring that they made sense, at least a little. "Um, why are you here? I thought this belongs to the other kingdom."
Now it looked really confused. "No, this is your Land. Each destined hero has one. Derse orders the underlings here to oppress your consorts and hinder them."
"Does Prospit do that too?"
"No!"
"But so why are you here? I mean, I don't mean you shouldn't be here because it's mine or anything. But the sirens said only black things were supposed to be here, but now you're wearing lots of colors, and..."
"I'm traveling through to the Land of Paths and F-" It stared at something over her shoulder. "You should probably return to the water, Knight. Ogres." It quickly climbed over the rocks and disappeared behind them.
Maka turned. There were several unusually large apes - ogres? - which in addition to their size also seemed to have proportionally greater muscle mass on their body as well as moving much faster than - She dove back into the water.
Be the other guy.
Bad command or file name.
Be the other crocodile alien thing.
Rensi is too busy! We just went over this.
Be the other other crocodile.
Questionable grammar, but it'll do.
You're now MAKA'S SERVER PLAYER.
