Episode 10: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Therius and Yurick awkwardly stared at the screen. Yurick coughed.

"Hi." He whispered softly.

Therius blushed slightly. "Er, we apologize for the long lack of episodes lately as we've been busy trying to get as many people as we can for this episode. Originally as we said last episode, we were going to bring Syrenne and Lowell in for this episode, since they were the ones who forced us to do this show in the first place, but we thought we would do something special for Christmas and bring in as many people as possible for this episode, including our enemies."

Yurick winced. "But then we had problems. Zoran's busy-"

Therius sighed. "Miss Ariela is busy-"

"Dagran is busy-"

"Miss Mirania is also occupied-"

"We tried to get even Count Arganan but he's busy-"

"General Asthar said he had several things to attend to-"

"Wait."

Therius turned to Yurick. "Wait, what?"

The fire mage tried to think. "I even invited Lord Zangurak, but he obviously declined for obvious reasons since he hates humans. So I tried to get the Gurak brothers, Zesha and Zepha. The response they gave was interesting." He handed a letter to Therius. "Here, read."

Therius took a deep breath before reading. "To the human named Yurick, my brother Zepha and I would be interested in attending this 'show' of yours but unfortunately we are occupied with hunting Jirall Rambaldt to death so that the pairing of ZephaxJirall will never happen. If we happen to kill him anytime soon, we may be able to join. If not (which is more likely considering that Rambaldt is a sly fox when it comes to hiding), apologies. Sincerely, Zesha."

Lowell blinked in surprise. "I never took those twins to be such formal writers, especially Zesha..."

Yurick laughed sheepishly. "Well, they are the right-hand men of Lord Zangurak. I wouldn't be surprised if they happened to take a few lessons about how to behave like nobles."

Syrenne elbowed Yurick. "Oy, are we getting on with the show or what, creepy eyepatch kid?"

Yurick glared at her. "We will. Now."

Q and A

"WHAT!?" Syrenne was glaring at the paper in her hands. "Seriously? Only one question and it happens to be for Yurick? This pisses me off, it really does!"

Lowell let out a sheepish chuckle. "Well, not everyone who watches the show is going to review, Syrenne dear..."

Syrenne responded by punching him in the face.

Yurick winced. "Let's just get to the one question..."

Yurick, why fire?

Yurick sighed. "It just happened to be the type of magic I was best at. That's why..."

Therius winced as Syrenne looked like she was sulking, before the white knight turned to the camera. "Erm, if anyone wants to ask any questions, please feel free to do so. In fact, if you want to make sure that she won't be pissed off because of the lack of questions for her and so that she doesn't displace her displeasure on Yurick and I, ask a question for this show."

Syrenne glared at him. "What did you say...!?"

Therius winced. "What did I do wrong!?"

Camera Quest

Therius blinked in surprise. "Camera Quest? Wait, we didn't plan this section..."

Lowell laughed at this. "Yeah, you didn't, but we did!"

Yurick stared. "Wait, what?"

Syrenne grinned. "Lowell and I taped a bit of your encounter with Jirall and Zepha yesterday..."

"WHAT!?"

"And now we're going to show it. Hope you like it!"

"NOOOOOOO!"

"THERE THEY ARE!"

Therius and Yurick happened to be walking through the courtyard when Jirall and Zepha came running up to them.

And they were absolutely pissed off. This would not be good.

Therius took out his sword-half out of panic and half out of caution. "Is there something the matter, Lord Jirall...? Zepha...?" He trailed off, he and Yurick already slowly starting to back away.

Zepha glared at them, taking out both swords. "You spread that rumor about us, human." He snapped. "Lord Jirall and I have taken up a twenty-five minute alliance to utterly destroy you both. Prepare to die."

Yurick stared. "Wait, what!?" The fire mage shrieked, backing away even more. "B-but, but...it's a rumor! Who would believe rumors!?"

Jirall glared at him. "How about all of Lazulis AND the Gurak Continent as well as THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF RAMBALDT EXCEPT FOR ME!?"

Therius stared. "I-it spread that fast?"

Zepha and Jirall glared at him before speaking at once.

"YES."

Yurick winced. "Uh, Therius, maybe we should run...?"

The white knight shook his head, taking out his sword. "Of course not. A knight does not retrea-HEY!"

The last part was due to Yurick dragging Therius away as fast as he could.

"UNHAND ME AT ONCE!" The white knight was heard shouting.

"NO!" Yurick screamed back. "YOU'LL END UP DYING IF YOU GO ALONE! ARE YOU CRAZY!?"

Yurick and Therius both winced at that.

"At least we're not dead." Yurick finally mananged after an awkward moment of silence.

That was when Zesha, Zepha and Jirall all burst into the room. Or, to put it more specifically, Jirall was thrown through the door and Zesha and Zepha casually walked through the remains of the door.

Therius stared at the Gurak twins in horror. "What do you want...?"

Zesha seemed to almost smile as he glanced to Jirall, who was more than obviously groaning in pain. "Merry Christmas. You sent us an invitation, yes?"

Yurick blinked. "But you said you were hunting him to death..."

Zepha glanced to Jirall briefly. "We decided that it was better to attend first and kill him afterwards. Unless you want to see his death on camera...?"

Therius shook his head. "No, no, don't kill him on camera. Uh...welcome..."

Checking out the fanfiction

Syrenne was looking at the laptop.

"So...what!?" She showed the laptop to Lowell, who was grinning and nodding in approval. Syrenne smacked up him on the head.

"Ow!" Lowell winced. "What was that for!?"

"They have fanfiction pairing us together. How in the hell did they come to that conclusion!?"

"Well..." Zepha started, but stopped as soon as Syrenne glared at him. "Never mind."

Zesha grabbed the laptop from Syrenne, scrolling through it. "Hm..interesting. Lord Zangurak himself has a fanfic pairing him with whatever an 'OC' is..."

"Brother, I think it means Original Character..." Zepha suddenly went silent. The blue-auraed right-hand man of Lord Zangurak looked like he might be going a little pale, his eyes widening in shock.

Jirall stared at him. "What is it? You actually found ZephaxJirall fanfiction?"

"...You need to see this."

Jirall crawled over to Zepha (everyone was sitting on the ground) and he took a look at the laptop. He seemed to give the same reaction, except that he looked possibly more scarred at what he was readign than Zepha was. It was hard to tell.

That was when General Asthar entered the room with a wide, jolly grin on his face. "Hello-" He stopped mid-greeting, looking to Jirall and Zepha, before looking to Therius. "Did I walk in at a bad time?"

Therius shook his head quickly, grabbing the laptop from Jirall and Zepha.

"No, not at all General-wait, I thought that you said you would be-"

Asthar chuckled a bit, sitting with the others. "I managed to get things done early, so here I am now."

Q and A part 2

"We have more questions?" Syrenne spoke up. "Hey, are any of them for me?"

Yurick sighed, glancing at his paper. "Nope."

Syrenne did not look happy at that. Therius winced, before reading the first question. "These questions were from an anonymous person..."

Zepha and Jirall, how much do you love each other? XD

Lowell chuckled at that while Jirall glared at the camera.

"I do not love him." Jirall hissed.

Zepha did not look amused. "I also do not love him. Who could love someone as slimy as him?"

"Slimy!? How dare you!"

"You ARE slimy!"

"Since when!?"

Asthar winced. "Maybe I shouldn't have come here for this episode.."

General Asthar, do you support any of the non-canon pairings such as Therilista, ZoranxDagran, ZeshaxCalista, etc?

Asthar frowned. "I'm afraid I'm not familiar with any of the pairings listed so far, so for now it will have to be a no. I don't exactly have the time to read much of this fanfiction due to my duties as General."

Lowell shoved the laptop into his hands. "Here. You can check out a bunch of the fanfics. There is even one fanfic that pairs you with Therius!"

Asthar kind of stared in disbelief. "What?!"

Lowell, how many times has Syrenne gotten mad at you?

Lowell winced. "A lot. End of story."

Yurick grinned. "Wasn't there the one time when you even walked in on her when she was changing-"

"Yurick, DON'T mention that story. PLEASE."

Conclusion

"That's it?" Syrenne asked.

Yurick laughed sheepishly. "Yeah...that's it..."

Therius looked around. "Hm? Where did the Gurak twins and Lord Jirall go?"

Asthar tried to think. "They said something about 'unfinished business' and-"

That was when they heard a high-pitched scream of panic, before the sound of something exploding. Lowell yelped in surprise, grabbing onto Syrenne who obviously pushed him away.

"What was that!?"

Therius winced. "I'm going to guess that is the sound of Lord Jirall being hunted to death by Zesha and Zepha."

Yurick winced. "We should probably stop them..."

Lowell shook his head, grinning. "No, we should watch. This could get interesting."

Syrenne sighed. "I'm bored...I need a good smashing. Anyone up for going to the Arena?"

Asthar didn't look exactly pleased at this. "I'm going to go make sure none of them are killed. It's Christmas. The last thing we want is someone being murdered." He promptly rushed out of the room.

Therius stood. "General Asthar has a point. I will assist him in protecting Lord Jirall!" He then rushed out of the room after him.

Yurick winced, also standing as he faced the camera. "Erm, I think we're going to stop this episode here, so Merry Christmas and see you later!" He rushed off.

Syrenne and Lowell grinned at each other.

"Syrenne?"

"Yeah?"

"Want to go watch them fight?"

"Oh, hell yes."