Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers, but Nick, Ricki, Faith, Josh, and Mapontalia are all mine, baby.
A/N: Okay, there're probably a whole bunch of sets of demonsblood talismen, but let's just pretend there's only one? 'Kay?
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"Ohhh... my head hurts...." Josh groaned, sitting up. The sun was bright in his eyes, and he had one hell of a hangover. Not a good combo.
Wait. Hangover? He didn't remember getting drunk last night....
"Last night..."
Reality snapped back to him, and with it the realization of what had happened.
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"Alright, link up your hands, everybody." Nick said, grin back in full force. "And I'll say the incantation."
Everyone grabbed their neighboring element's hands, then lined up at their corners, according to element. In the end, Faith and Ricki stood facing each other, and Nick faced Josh.
Nick began an odd chant, low-pitched and slow. It gradually started to grow faster, and as it sped up, it became louder. It sounded like an ancient language, Nick's specialty. Strains of ethereal music started, accompanying his baritone. Ricki looked at Faith and gasped. The red stones, now tied around Faith's neck, wrists, and waist, were glowing.
The shrine in the center of the circle was also beginning to glow an odd, greenish-white color. Nick broke the chant and started a new one, in the same ancient language the first had been. The glow became brighter, until it was almost blinding, when Nick shouted something in English and said an incantation, also in English. Whatever he had said, none of them heard it, because the soft music had become so loud.
And then the music and Nick's incantation stopped.
Josh looked around, a bit puzzled, until the glowing shrine seemed to explode.
Then everything went black.
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"Shit. Not good, not good."
He looked around him for Faith, Ricki, and Nick. He was sitting on a dirt road, somewhere out in the country, and Nick was sprawled next to him, one arm draped over his legs. Nick was snoring, so he was probably alright. Ricki was in the ditch next to the road, also snoring. That left Faith. He heard someone mumble something about Paris in their sleep, and looked up. Faith was lying in a tree by the road, and she looked.... really comfortable, actually.
He got up and stretched, not liking how loud the pops in his back were.
"Oh, man, I feel like I slept on a road..." Josh turned and saw that Nick had sat up and was rubbing his head. He looked around him and finished his statement, "Hey, I did. Nevermind."
"Nick..." Josh said, eye twitching.
Nick looked up at him and smiled, then stretched. "Yeah man?"
"I'm gonna kill you!"
The screams of Nick and rage-filled shouts of Josh woke up Faith, who stretched and smiled. "Wow, that was the best night's sleep I've ever had."
Then she looked down and saw she was in a tree.
"AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!"
Thud.
Nick and Josh paused to look at the Faith-shaped lump on the ground and winced.
"That... had to hurt." Josh said.
"No kidding," Nick replied.
Then Ricki woke up, groaning and stretching. "I feel like I slept in a ditch..."
"You did," Josh pointed out.
Ricki looked around, rubbing the back of her head, and said, "Oh, so I did. Nevermind."
Josh got up and stretched his arms out, yelling to the sky, "Morons! I'm surrounded by morons!"
"I resent that comment!" the Faith-shaped lump called.
"Oh... sorry."
"Um... are you guys alright?"
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"Lina-san, do you hear something?" Amelia asked, furrowing her eyebrows.
"Actually, I do. It sounds like there are people nearby." Lina replied.
"Really loud people," Zelgadis commented, his enhanced hearing for once just an annoyance.
"That's great! We've been wandering around for days!" Amelia said, stars appearing in her eyes.
As usual, Lina's only comment was, "They better have food."
They walked a few minutes, coming around a bend in the road, and saw the aforementioned loud people. The first person for Lina to notice was a tall boy, around her age, with short blonde hair, a slim build, and dark brown eyes. He was (at least it looked like he was) wrestling another boy, about his age, who was slightly shorter with black hair and dark blue eyes. In a ditch was a girl with black hair about the same length as Zel's and light green eyes. And on the ground beneath a tree was a lump that might've been a human.
Amelia, feeling a grand justice speech coming on, charged forward, only to fall flat on her face after the 'evil rock' of the day tripped her. Instead, Lina walked up and asked, "Um... are you guys alright?"
They all froze and turned to look at the newcomers. The tall boy with blonde hair got up and walked over to Lina, extending a hand.
"Hi, I'm Josh. Where are we?"
Zel, Lina, Amelia and Gourry all facefaulted.
"Guess this means they don't have any food." Lina moaned from the ground.
Lina was back up in a minute, though, and took Josh's hand.
"Nice to meet you Josh. I'm Lina Inverse." she said, grinning.
"Nice to meet you, too. This is Nick," he said, pointing to the boy still on the ground.
Lina quirked an eyebrow. "You haven't heard of me?"
"Uh... no?" Josh said/asked.
"Wow, Lina-san, they must really be from far away," Amelia commented.
"Yeah," Gourry continued, "If they haven't heard the rumors about the Dra-matta, the only person who can spook dragons-"
"Shut up Gourry!" Lina screamed, applying a firm elbow-to-head move on the dim swordsman.
After a bit of awkward silence following Lina's... er, 'violent' reaction, Nick got up and extended a hand, which Lina shook. Then the black-haired girl (whose hair actually did look like Zel's, considering she just woke up... go figure.) was walking over, and she also extended a hand.
"Hi. I'm Ricki." she said, beaming.
Lina introduced herself and her entire gang, then pointed to the human-shaped lump. "Is that a person?" she asked.
Josh walked over to the lump and pulled it up, then walked it over to where Lina was standing. It turned out that 'it' was a girl. A girl with shoulder-length brown hair, and unusual red eyes. Who was wearing demonsblood talismen.
"Hi," the girl said, extending a hand, "I'm Faith."
But Lina wasn't paying attention. She grabbed Faith's hand and did a quick magickal scan. Yes, those were demonsblood talismen she was wearing.
"Where did you get those?!" Lina screamed.
Faith jumped back and 'eep'ed. "Get what?"
"The talismen!"
Faith stared at Lina like she was a crazy woman, then realized what she was talking about and said, with a smile, "Oh, these? They've been passed down in my family to me."
Lina did another quick scan, then fell to her knees.
"Lina-san, what is it?" Amelia asked, supporting Lina.
"They... they have a magickal signature.....mine."
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What went wrong to send Nick, Ricki, Josh and Faith to the Slayers world? Will the Slayers gang ever find food? Why does Faith have talismen with Lina's magickal signature? And is 'talismen' really the plural for 'talisman'?
Keep reading 'What Fools These Mortals Be', and review to make the author feel special!
A/N: Okay, there're probably a whole bunch of sets of demonsblood talismen, but let's just pretend there's only one? 'Kay?
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"Ohhh... my head hurts...." Josh groaned, sitting up. The sun was bright in his eyes, and he had one hell of a hangover. Not a good combo.
Wait. Hangover? He didn't remember getting drunk last night....
"Last night..."
Reality snapped back to him, and with it the realization of what had happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Alright, link up your hands, everybody." Nick said, grin back in full force. "And I'll say the incantation."
Everyone grabbed their neighboring element's hands, then lined up at their corners, according to element. In the end, Faith and Ricki stood facing each other, and Nick faced Josh.
Nick began an odd chant, low-pitched and slow. It gradually started to grow faster, and as it sped up, it became louder. It sounded like an ancient language, Nick's specialty. Strains of ethereal music started, accompanying his baritone. Ricki looked at Faith and gasped. The red stones, now tied around Faith's neck, wrists, and waist, were glowing.
The shrine in the center of the circle was also beginning to glow an odd, greenish-white color. Nick broke the chant and started a new one, in the same ancient language the first had been. The glow became brighter, until it was almost blinding, when Nick shouted something in English and said an incantation, also in English. Whatever he had said, none of them heard it, because the soft music had become so loud.
And then the music and Nick's incantation stopped.
Josh looked around, a bit puzzled, until the glowing shrine seemed to explode.
Then everything went black.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Shit. Not good, not good."
He looked around him for Faith, Ricki, and Nick. He was sitting on a dirt road, somewhere out in the country, and Nick was sprawled next to him, one arm draped over his legs. Nick was snoring, so he was probably alright. Ricki was in the ditch next to the road, also snoring. That left Faith. He heard someone mumble something about Paris in their sleep, and looked up. Faith was lying in a tree by the road, and she looked.... really comfortable, actually.
He got up and stretched, not liking how loud the pops in his back were.
"Oh, man, I feel like I slept on a road..." Josh turned and saw that Nick had sat up and was rubbing his head. He looked around him and finished his statement, "Hey, I did. Nevermind."
"Nick..." Josh said, eye twitching.
Nick looked up at him and smiled, then stretched. "Yeah man?"
"I'm gonna kill you!"
The screams of Nick and rage-filled shouts of Josh woke up Faith, who stretched and smiled. "Wow, that was the best night's sleep I've ever had."
Then she looked down and saw she was in a tree.
"AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!"
Thud.
Nick and Josh paused to look at the Faith-shaped lump on the ground and winced.
"That... had to hurt." Josh said.
"No kidding," Nick replied.
Then Ricki woke up, groaning and stretching. "I feel like I slept in a ditch..."
"You did," Josh pointed out.
Ricki looked around, rubbing the back of her head, and said, "Oh, so I did. Nevermind."
Josh got up and stretched his arms out, yelling to the sky, "Morons! I'm surrounded by morons!"
"I resent that comment!" the Faith-shaped lump called.
"Oh... sorry."
"Um... are you guys alright?"
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"Lina-san, do you hear something?" Amelia asked, furrowing her eyebrows.
"Actually, I do. It sounds like there are people nearby." Lina replied.
"Really loud people," Zelgadis commented, his enhanced hearing for once just an annoyance.
"That's great! We've been wandering around for days!" Amelia said, stars appearing in her eyes.
As usual, Lina's only comment was, "They better have food."
They walked a few minutes, coming around a bend in the road, and saw the aforementioned loud people. The first person for Lina to notice was a tall boy, around her age, with short blonde hair, a slim build, and dark brown eyes. He was (at least it looked like he was) wrestling another boy, about his age, who was slightly shorter with black hair and dark blue eyes. In a ditch was a girl with black hair about the same length as Zel's and light green eyes. And on the ground beneath a tree was a lump that might've been a human.
Amelia, feeling a grand justice speech coming on, charged forward, only to fall flat on her face after the 'evil rock' of the day tripped her. Instead, Lina walked up and asked, "Um... are you guys alright?"
They all froze and turned to look at the newcomers. The tall boy with blonde hair got up and walked over to Lina, extending a hand.
"Hi, I'm Josh. Where are we?"
Zel, Lina, Amelia and Gourry all facefaulted.
"Guess this means they don't have any food." Lina moaned from the ground.
Lina was back up in a minute, though, and took Josh's hand.
"Nice to meet you Josh. I'm Lina Inverse." she said, grinning.
"Nice to meet you, too. This is Nick," he said, pointing to the boy still on the ground.
Lina quirked an eyebrow. "You haven't heard of me?"
"Uh... no?" Josh said/asked.
"Wow, Lina-san, they must really be from far away," Amelia commented.
"Yeah," Gourry continued, "If they haven't heard the rumors about the Dra-matta, the only person who can spook dragons-"
"Shut up Gourry!" Lina screamed, applying a firm elbow-to-head move on the dim swordsman.
After a bit of awkward silence following Lina's... er, 'violent' reaction, Nick got up and extended a hand, which Lina shook. Then the black-haired girl (whose hair actually did look like Zel's, considering she just woke up... go figure.) was walking over, and she also extended a hand.
"Hi. I'm Ricki." she said, beaming.
Lina introduced herself and her entire gang, then pointed to the human-shaped lump. "Is that a person?" she asked.
Josh walked over to the lump and pulled it up, then walked it over to where Lina was standing. It turned out that 'it' was a girl. A girl with shoulder-length brown hair, and unusual red eyes. Who was wearing demonsblood talismen.
"Hi," the girl said, extending a hand, "I'm Faith."
But Lina wasn't paying attention. She grabbed Faith's hand and did a quick magickal scan. Yes, those were demonsblood talismen she was wearing.
"Where did you get those?!" Lina screamed.
Faith jumped back and 'eep'ed. "Get what?"
"The talismen!"
Faith stared at Lina like she was a crazy woman, then realized what she was talking about and said, with a smile, "Oh, these? They've been passed down in my family to me."
Lina did another quick scan, then fell to her knees.
"Lina-san, what is it?" Amelia asked, supporting Lina.
"They... they have a magickal signature.....mine."
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What went wrong to send Nick, Ricki, Josh and Faith to the Slayers world? Will the Slayers gang ever find food? Why does Faith have talismen with Lina's magickal signature? And is 'talismen' really the plural for 'talisman'?
Keep reading 'What Fools These Mortals Be', and review to make the author feel special!