The dark brown haired Knight rubbed the back of his neck and tried to keep his cool, failing as Primrose caught his eye. "Man, what type mess did I get into? See, we were coming home from our night watch and we stopped at the down by the lower streets to check on the place the cowboys were staying."
"Cowboys?" Pondered Alfyn as he bundled the messed up bandages in one roll. "You mean the fellas who gave us a ride here to Quarry Crest, didn't they want to go mining for ore or something?"
"Yeah and the place they were staying at was the workshop where this the Glassmaker was finishing up. Then suddenly a red lightning bolt hit the outside while they were sleeping when a mysterious figure approached at the door and tore it down in an explosion." Morning Glory continued as Cyrus finished the notes he was reading from Odette's desk.
"The figure was this tall green speckled monster, with red beady eyes and four stubby legs. The darn thing latched onto the Glassmaker as he was getting ready to let us take him home." The Azelhart noticed the fear in his Ranger's face. "What is it, does that monster sound familiar to you or something Lord Ramos?"
Being put on the spot Acrayran gazed to the right and left, Cyrus who talking to Odette and then to Primrose was laughing at whatever Alfyn was telling her. "Well shoot, that description seems to match perfectly with this thing called a Creeper from Minecraft, oh and just Acrayran is fine, no need for such formalities." The young uneducated 20 travelers somethings didn't pay any mind to that detail and kept their own conversation.
On the other hand the Scholars were excited at the mention of a foreign creature. "A Creeper? And what biome can they be found? Could it be that Minecraft location you spoke of?" questioned Cyrus grabbing the shoulders of his companion, catching Acrayran off guard again.
"What makes them just fucking self destruct in an explosion like that and what the hell is their in body composition? Wait a sec, is Minecraft one of those things from that machine with audio and visual shit?" jumped the former Professor from near her dresser, as she was gazing at a list on the side..
"Yes?" Acrayran wished they didn't say as then the two nerds forced them to explain everything. Odette and Cyrus kept going on and on, making the teen overwhelmed.
"Don't forget I'm not the one who fought it, it was Morning Glory and Ivana! It wasn't me! Come on let's go outside to investigate!" Their 17 year old Ranger cried as they broke free of the combos. They had almost lost a stock with that whole skirmish and had to try and steal one back from the others.
Primrose and her cousin both shook their heads, both for different reasons. "Don't we need to wake up Miss Colzione first?" Asked the man, struggling to get up on his own. "She was critical in assisting me and I wouldn't leave her hanging before we go."
The woman on the other hand smiled and left his side, once she knew he was alright. "What you should be saying is don't we need to rescue my girlfriend, I promised her I'd be back for her." then she looked down at Tressa, oblivious to the whole conversation. "Damn, she really is knocked out. Oh, I know how to wake her up!" The Dancer grabbed Alfyn and brought him over to the couch.
Morning Glory just sat there shocked, hands in the air. "But, but Ivana's not my, she's not my girlfriend Primrose." The Knight's cries were unanswered by his cousin. "You've gotta understand, you've just gotta!"
"Don't worry that's what she always like that bud." Gently whispered Alf as he rubbed his head. "She convinced Tressa that I was a boyfriend to a friend of ours, who is also on a journey."
They talked it over for a moment and then the younger one nodded his head. The Apothecary filled a pail with well water about less than half way and dumped it on the sleeping traveler, who just tossed and turned.
"Well, okay if that doesn't work then slap her." Assisted Odette, rubbing her hands together. Acrayran and Cyrus just sat there as confused as their Knight, wondering if this was a joke.
Atlasdam's former Professor then used motherfucking Wake Up Slap, practically with the strength of 10,000 Solgaleos, the shock wave sending her backwards. Morning G's cousin then just snuck a sip of cranberry wine from one of her own little flasks.
Alright then, isn't it a bit too early for this kinda stuff? Wondered Odette as she tightened her and Morning Glory's bootstrings. The Knight still needed a bit of help to get back into the groove of things so he didn't fuss.
"Good bye, we'll be out obtaining some more clues on the disappearances matter." Started Cyrus with a growing scowl, a blush hidden behind one of his journals. "I don't require this much extra assistance for scrutinizing some townsfolk." His slightly older friend helped the Knight Ardante stand up and then they all left the house.
Prim and Alf rubbed their chins, the Dancer taking more sips as she held her head down.
"Ugh this is boring, maybe I should try to make things more interesting."
The Apothecary widened his eyes at the sight of what was in her hands. "Where did you get that flask, out of Odette's cupboard? Why?"
"I had that nightmare again, where it's not just my father who dies by a blade of the Crow men but they find and kill me too! This is too much pain, I want to forget it so bad, so I drink!" The dancer suddenly cried as bright purple energy shot out of her. "Aaaaahhhhh!" Pain struck everyone on the team and they fell to their knees. Ugh, the grace of Sealtigce wasn't to my favor.
Alfyn held his chest and watched out of fear as an angry Tressa bolted upright out of sleep and activated her stand Leaves of Justice into the air. It searched for something but then went straight back towards the girl and then some explaining needed to be done. "Prim what the fuck, are you outta your mind!? Look!"
Even Cyrus and Acrayran felt the Kizna effect, who were asking around town for clues with their Knight and older friend. The two travelers doubled over onto the items there were holding, this caused the person they were scrutinizing to just shuffle away. They had just finished shopping in the local store.
"What the hell was that, it feels like I've been slammed by some shit!" Cried the teen, Morning Glory rushing to their side. "MG, I'm, gonna need you to take over from here, get your cousin and-."
After his Ranger fainted he hoisted them on his shoulder, stacking their box under his bag on the floor. To carry all of this the Azelhart was gonna have to drink a strength potion 2, one that his Apothecary made. Well he actually found it last night so it probably isn't too trustworthy.
Nearby a slightly worried Odette walked over to Cyrus and extended her hand. "Could it be Alfyn and the others doing, maybe those knuckleheads want your asses to come home? Do you know Cy, your the one who lives with them." She pondered as she picked up his paperwork.
"I have come up with no hypothesis to be honest, it may be possible Acrayran knows." The Scholar shrugged. "It looks like they couldn't quite handle that sudden damage." The Ranger had passed out, like a fucking pussy ass bitch. Soon they all made it back to Odette's house for breakfast and to put their plan in action.
As planned by Tressa all 6 six of the idiots were now deep in an ore mine, waiting for the day shift to end. Cyrus figured out that whatever was doing the disappearances only can be found after 4 PM or in the evening till about 2AM or late night. It's easier to track down the people if the team can find the place where the red light is coming from, which is usually overlooked.
"So dumbass you were banking on that reckless move to wake me up, regardless of any consequences?" Growled Tressa rapping Primrose across her helmet, causing it to rattle.
The Dancer leaned backwards to avoid the rest of blows and bumped into Acrayran. "Uhh well yeah, it worked didn't so don't get your panties in a bind Tress." Her Ranger had ventured into a drop off with skeleton spawner and was in danger, but Alf chucked his axe into the thing to get it to stop while Acrayran handled the mobs.
"But you of all people, would - chk- forget it." The Merchant went back to searching for another mineral filled cavern branch. "I shouldn't bother asking someone who drinks so early in the morning, come on Professors." Both Cyrus and Odette were using their magic to keep the creatures at bay and inspect element. The bunch were only finding coal and iron before they decided to use their heads.
Primrose gasped as she held back her tears. "Well then, I see how it is bitch. That was kinda low for someone who is quite eager to pop open a cold one yourself, it was a stunt right Morning G?"
The Knight placed down the pales of rocks he was carrying, "Think about this Prim, your little stunt, it brought up a problem with you and my other lieges." as of late Morning Glory was growing bolder against his cousin's antics. "I can tell normally only four of you are supposed to be affected by your guy's ally skills but this time it was all 5, together. "
As their comrades argued Ranger smiled as the sound of a chime echoed throughout the mine, signaling the beginning of evening. "Alright let's get show on the road there was a whole song about not mining at night so we better hassle, Ivana is waiting on us and we better not leave her hanging!"
Now deep in the sewers as instructed Cyrus lead Acrayran, Alfyn, Tressa and Primrose with her cousin. They decided to leave Odette near the front of the sewer to keep watch. "Aw, I wanted to come with but go ahead, have fun kids." She complained with a wave.
Earlier the Scholar insisted she was as strong as her colleague but he was even more adamant. "If you join us in this endeavor we'll lose the element of surprise if you go in guns blazing with your power." Personally, I don't think we need to bring too many people down here, it'll be chaotic and endanger us all.
"Alright guys there might be some strong enemies here but-" started the Ranger just as they got an encounter. "Aw for Pete's sake, another zombie horde?" For some reason music from Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door started playing but it didn't stop the travelers.
Since Primrose was the fastest she managed to buff Tressa's Defense. This was a set up for Incite which would draw the attention away from the two weak members and Alfyn . "Wait do these enemies use physical or magical attacks-" Before Cyrus or Acrayran could speak a giant gust of wind slammed into the travelers.
All of the units screamed as they fell backwards. They all looked up and saw that it was a Ghast but instead of shooting fire it shot wind. "Alright, what the fuck is this shit, how is that thing faster than you two?" Cried Primrose as she was looking through her inventory for some blocks for cover. Alfyn rubbed his head as he didn't take much damage.
Cyrus was pretty fine too, as the mage has actual resistance put into his armor. "Don't worry we should just fly through this bunch." The man said as he used Analyze. "Let's see what this spirit is weak to."
After that battle and about 4 more they finally reached the open notebook. All the group signed their names and fully healed, as demanded by Acrayran. The Ranger was worried about the story getting messed up because of the unprecedented characters but Cyrus calmed them down with promised to keep his focus unparalleled.
Cyrus looked at the sight of blood all over the floor and jumped backwards into the rest of his party. "Aaaayah, what in the blazes?!" They all collided with another and fell onto the cold floor, startling a figure propped against a wall. Before they could argue with one another the person spoke up.
"Oh thank goodness, I was wondering when y'all were gonna come find me." Chimed Ivana from a corner, bring relief to the party but then they gazed down. The Knight had bandaged both of her arms and wasn't wearing anything below the waist. "Oh yeah, I sprained my arms and have trouble moving them so I decided to remove things that would get in the way."
The guys besides Morning Glory looked somewhere else, turning beet red. "Wait that cur did this to you?! Don't worry guys I'll take her back to Madam Odette's house, where she can recover." Then the Male Knight reached down and pulled up Female Knights trousers. " Honestly what was I going to do without you Ivana? I can't handle this lot by myself."
Primrose looked at them and winked suggestively. "Have fun you two, but not too much. You're both hurt and Lady Odette will be home to take care of you, unless you are into something like that!"
"What, what are you talking about? You keep bringing up false claims about our relationship, Ivana and I. We are not dating, I need to make sure she can still use her arms and isn't sick." Scowled the taller Azelhart as his colleague started drifting off.
After the Knights left red light brightly gleaned from in front of Cyrus. The figure projecting it was some cloaked Herobrine looking man. "That one wasn't good enough for my blood stones, I need one more." Then he pointed to the Ranger and took out his scythe. "But you'll do fine my dear, just get rid of all these extras."
The Scholar looked at his crew and then back towards a cell where bodies were laying. "So this is where the townspeople have vanished to, I'm sorry but in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit we are gonna have end your reign of terror."
The travelers proceeded to beat the living shit out the blood stones guy and somehow survive.