Ch28: Jess Possessed
Once we woke up from our sleep, we all noticed that Jessica was missing. Not only that, but so was the scepter. "Guys, I know it looks bad, but let's ask around the place for clues," I said, keeping my cool as the others looked very concerned and nervous. I then looked over to the innkeeper and asked her where Jess was. "Oh? The lady with the big bosoms? I believe that she left early this morning. Said she was going northwest... to Arcadia," the innkeeper's wife said to us after I asked. "Thanks for the information. Luckily, I've been to Arcadia before, so I can Zoom all of us there in a flash," Medea smiled. "Always a step ahead of the game," I smirked at her as we all walked outside and Medea then activated Zoom and warped us all to Arcadia.
"Okay, let's go inside," Angelo frowned with seriousness as we all went into the town, noticing that the citizens were all on edge. "Hey, what's going on?" I asked one of the guards in front of the store. "Something's going down at the manor of Master Dominico! Something involving some weird girl with a staff," the soldier frowned. "Crud! Let's go in there!" Stella gulped, all of us going into the courtyard and into the mansion of the jerk magician.
The inside of the place was just as grand as I remembered it from the game. The place had velvet and purple all over and the place had tons of expensive furniture. We heard some noise upstairs and we all climbed up the stairs and into a room. It had a soldier in front of it that looked hurt and was bleeding on his side. "I'll stay here and heal this man. You guys go on," Medea said. "Okay, let's go in and see what's up," I said, barging into the room to see a sight that haunted me. Jess was covered in green-gray skin, her hair was moving without air, and her body was cloaked in pure evil magic. Rhapthorne had succeeded in possessing her.
And in front of her was two people. Master Dominico and his helper, David. The one that he abused horribly. "Don't worry, Master Dominico! I'll protect you!" David exclaimed with a face of sternness. "Don't be stupid, David! I can look after myself, you worthless cow!" Dominico exclaimed, not even noticing our group behind him. I growled at this behavior, but ran behind Jess all the same. I quickly grabbed hold of the staff myself, knowing that I couldn't be possessed at all. I managed to grab onto it and I pulled at it very hard, managing to loosen Jess's grip on the thing.
"BAH! Get the hell off of me, time traveler!" Jess exclaimed at me, her words making the others look confused at her words... but not so much when I managed to actually burn her arm, which was enough for Jess to finally let go of the scepter... but she quickly grabbed back onto it before her possession could wear off. "You... YOU HURT ME! You will all feel my wrath!" Jessica exclaimed as she sent a blast of air at me, which wasn't magic at all. It managed to knock me back and up against the wall, which hurt me a little bit. "Your paltry spells did manage to save you this time... but I suggest you get an upgrade to them before I come here again," Jessica snarled at Dominico before disappearing into thin air.
"Master Dominico! Are you all right?" David asked his master in worry. Dominico returned David's kindness with a slap across the face, which stunned the daylights out of all of us. But none more so than Medea. "HEY! You can't treat him that way! All he did was ask if you were okay! You didn't need to slap him for it!" Medea exclaimed at Dominico. "Watch your tongue, bimbo, or I may turn you into a frog!" Dominico exclaimed at Medea. "Okay then, just lettin' ya know, I'm Princess Medea of Trodain Castle. And if you do anything to me, it's a crime punishable by death," Medea growled at him. This was enough for Dominico to gasp and for him to immediately back out of the fight.
"David... go feed Sir Leopold. He needs to be prepared to fight that wench before she comes back," the magician said to his servant. "Y-Yes, Master Dominico. I'll do that right now," David said as he picked himself up and went to prepare the dog's meal. "Now that.. that's over and done with... I noticed that you were completely unaffected by that witch's spells... I have read in one of my many magical books that only one who is half Elf and half Dragovian can be immune to all magic. Are you that kind of creature?" Dominico asked me. "Yes I am. So, what do you have in mind for 'upping your defenses', as our turned ally said to you?" Angelo asked as I noticed Angelica and Trode joining up from the hallway.
"Well, I will require 2 jewels from the Kranbartle family, my rivals in this town. They are rubies infused with powerful magic, 2 of them total... although, they have been unwilling to say where they have put these rubies," Dominico frowned. "Wait... rubies with magical power?" Stella asked me in confusion, which I noticed Dominico's eyes open widely at. "You can see 'er too, eh?" Red asked. "Indeed. I have an eye in my mind, you could say," he smirked. "Well, Dominico, we happen to have seen 2 rubies that perfectly fit your description!" Stella smiled. "You 'ave?!" Yangus exclaimed. "Yes! Don't you remember? The statue at Tower Alexandria?! The rubies in the statue's eyes were imbued with powerful magic I could sense! It's high time we went back to visit that place, wouldn't you agree?" Stella smirked. "Righteo then! It's decided!" Trode smirked. "COR BLIMEY!" Yangus exclaimed once again.