It took them about 3 nanoseconds for it all to sink it. Then-
"OH MY FUCKING GOD, VERATH?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Xelkitti panicked, first to Saej then to the Verath still in the hot tub.
"What the sam hell is going on now?" asked Xelfan12, looking quite confused. He pulled Verath out of the hot tub.
"DAMNIT WHICH ONE OF YOU IS VERATH AND WHAT DID THE OTHER ONE DO TO YOU?!" Xelkitti demanded of the unconscious figures. Saej came to first; he opened his eyes groggily, and was promptly hauled to his feet by Xelkitti. She tried to, anyways, Saej was about a foot taller.
"OUT WITH IT YOU CRAZY SIGNATURE!!! WHAT DID YOU DO TO VERATH?! WAS IT BECAUSE OF DYNAST?! ANSWER ME DAMN YOU!!!"
"Calm down Xelkitti," said Xelfan12, though his worry was clear in his eyes. He firmly removed her hand from the collar of Saej's shirt. Saej leaned against the hot tub when she let go.
"Okay, I let you go, now make stuff make sense," she demanded.
Saej looked at her bemusedly. "I am Saej, as I said before," he said, "I am one of the signature on the-"
"I KNOW that!" snapped Xelkitti, "Moving on, hurry up."
"Xelkitti, you COULD be a bit more polite," suggested Xelfan12. Xelkitti glared at him, and he wisely refrained from criticizing her treatment of strange Mazoku popping out of their friend.
"As I was saying," said Saej, "I am the Ice Mazoku part of Verath."
"That doesn't make any sense!" interrupted Xelkitti. Saej ignored her.
"I come out when Verath is feeling extremely stressed or enraged."
"So you're half of Verath?" asked Xelfan12. "Oh no, I'm only a third. There is the Lightning Ryuuzoku third, Gaaz, and the Human third, Verath."
"So Verath is a reversible chimera or something?"
"No, not exactly, it's more of a compensation being. See, in order for a Ryuuzoku and Mazoku to exist harmoniously in one being there has to be a neutral force, the human force. Gaaz and myself are encased in the human body of Verath. However, when such forces as stress or rage become too great we emerge and become three instead of one," explained Saej.
"But there's only two of you.him, whatever," pointed out Xelkitti.
"If you look in the hot tub you'll notice Gaaz is still in there," said Saej. He was being quite calm about all this, a lot calmer, in fact, then Verath would have been if say Xelfan12 suddenly split into two-three people. Assuming he didn't know about all the compensation being stuff. Apparently Verath's pieces didn't act like him.
Xelkitti peered over the edge of the hot tub and sure enough another Verath was there, this one had yellow-white tint to the highlights in his hair. She reached in to pull him out but was promptly stopped by Saej.
"Don't, Gaaz is a Lightning Ryuuzoku and will have charged the waters. You'll be electrocuted," he said. Xelkitti glared at him, and noticed with a start that Saej's eyes had streaks of light blue amidst the warm brown of Verath's. She snatched her wrist back from his icy grip.
Despite his own warning, Saej lifted Gaaz out of the tub. Xelfan12 raised an eyebrow at him and he merely grinned back.
"I'm immune to him," he explained after enduring both Xelfan12 and Xelkitti's demanding stared for several seconds. About then Verath started to wake up.
"Why am I all wet?" he mumbled, rubbing his eyes. Then he noticed Gaaz, Seaj, Xelkitti, and Xelfan12. "Oh.shit."
"Verath, you'd better have a pretty damned good explanation for not telling us all this," Xelkitti rounded on him "you know how much easier battles would have been if you told us?! You know how much TECHNIQUE this very useful ability of yours offers?! DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT ALL THAT BEFORE YOU DECIDED NOT TO TELL US?! YOU IDIOT?!"
"Yeah."
"BAKA!"
"I am so loved," Verath grinned.
"AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, ARE YOU OKAY?!"
"Yes, I'm quite all right," said Verath, looking at her dubiously.
"Good." Verath had his second face-fist conference within a week. "DON'T EVER SCARE US LIKE THAT AGAIN!"
"I was scared?" asked Xelfan12.
"Shut up," Xelkitti snapped.
"OH MY FUCKING GOD, VERATH?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Xelkitti panicked, first to Saej then to the Verath still in the hot tub.
"What the sam hell is going on now?" asked Xelfan12, looking quite confused. He pulled Verath out of the hot tub.
"DAMNIT WHICH ONE OF YOU IS VERATH AND WHAT DID THE OTHER ONE DO TO YOU?!" Xelkitti demanded of the unconscious figures. Saej came to first; he opened his eyes groggily, and was promptly hauled to his feet by Xelkitti. She tried to, anyways, Saej was about a foot taller.
"OUT WITH IT YOU CRAZY SIGNATURE!!! WHAT DID YOU DO TO VERATH?! WAS IT BECAUSE OF DYNAST?! ANSWER ME DAMN YOU!!!"
"Calm down Xelkitti," said Xelfan12, though his worry was clear in his eyes. He firmly removed her hand from the collar of Saej's shirt. Saej leaned against the hot tub when she let go.
"Okay, I let you go, now make stuff make sense," she demanded.
Saej looked at her bemusedly. "I am Saej, as I said before," he said, "I am one of the signature on the-"
"I KNOW that!" snapped Xelkitti, "Moving on, hurry up."
"Xelkitti, you COULD be a bit more polite," suggested Xelfan12. Xelkitti glared at him, and he wisely refrained from criticizing her treatment of strange Mazoku popping out of their friend.
"As I was saying," said Saej, "I am the Ice Mazoku part of Verath."
"That doesn't make any sense!" interrupted Xelkitti. Saej ignored her.
"I come out when Verath is feeling extremely stressed or enraged."
"So you're half of Verath?" asked Xelfan12. "Oh no, I'm only a third. There is the Lightning Ryuuzoku third, Gaaz, and the Human third, Verath."
"So Verath is a reversible chimera or something?"
"No, not exactly, it's more of a compensation being. See, in order for a Ryuuzoku and Mazoku to exist harmoniously in one being there has to be a neutral force, the human force. Gaaz and myself are encased in the human body of Verath. However, when such forces as stress or rage become too great we emerge and become three instead of one," explained Saej.
"But there's only two of you.him, whatever," pointed out Xelkitti.
"If you look in the hot tub you'll notice Gaaz is still in there," said Saej. He was being quite calm about all this, a lot calmer, in fact, then Verath would have been if say Xelfan12 suddenly split into two-three people. Assuming he didn't know about all the compensation being stuff. Apparently Verath's pieces didn't act like him.
Xelkitti peered over the edge of the hot tub and sure enough another Verath was there, this one had yellow-white tint to the highlights in his hair. She reached in to pull him out but was promptly stopped by Saej.
"Don't, Gaaz is a Lightning Ryuuzoku and will have charged the waters. You'll be electrocuted," he said. Xelkitti glared at him, and noticed with a start that Saej's eyes had streaks of light blue amidst the warm brown of Verath's. She snatched her wrist back from his icy grip.
Despite his own warning, Saej lifted Gaaz out of the tub. Xelfan12 raised an eyebrow at him and he merely grinned back.
"I'm immune to him," he explained after enduring both Xelfan12 and Xelkitti's demanding stared for several seconds. About then Verath started to wake up.
"Why am I all wet?" he mumbled, rubbing his eyes. Then he noticed Gaaz, Seaj, Xelkitti, and Xelfan12. "Oh.shit."
"Verath, you'd better have a pretty damned good explanation for not telling us all this," Xelkitti rounded on him "you know how much easier battles would have been if you told us?! You know how much TECHNIQUE this very useful ability of yours offers?! DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT ALL THAT BEFORE YOU DECIDED NOT TO TELL US?! YOU IDIOT?!"
"Yeah."
"BAKA!"
"I am so loved," Verath grinned.
"AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, ARE YOU OKAY?!"
"Yes, I'm quite all right," said Verath, looking at her dubiously.
"Good." Verath had his second face-fist conference within a week. "DON'T EVER SCARE US LIKE THAT AGAIN!"
"I was scared?" asked Xelfan12.
"Shut up," Xelkitti snapped.