Ruins 5 Load 1
Mizar stepped through the doorway and saw another one of those stars… as well as a mouse hole with its resident peeking out at a table with cheese on it. The small creature seemed very shy and actually hid away when she got closer. She gave a sad smile and instead turned to the star, a hand reaching out to gently brush over it as the voice spoke up.
'Knowing the mouse might one day leave its hole and get the cheese... It fills you with determination.'
She giggled a bit at the line, smiling softly where she could see the small mouse peeking out at her. She gave a small wave and moved on to the next room, though she was sure she heard small footsteps after she left. Once through she found a ghost lying on a pile of leaves pretending to sleep. The only problem was that they were lying in a way that blocked the path completely and she wasn't sure if it would be polite to walk through them.
"Excuse me. I'm sorry to bother you but, could you move so I can pass by." She gave a shy smile, feeling a bit deflated when she heard fake snoring coming from them. She shifted, hearing the voice whisper that she may have to use force to move the ghost. With a small sigh, she slowly reached out to try and shake them, only for the other to shoot up and give her a dark look.
'Pollux, ATK 10 DEF 10,
He's harsh, but has a soft side.'
"I ain't no softie!" That shout made Mizar jump, surprised that this ghost could hear the voice like she could. After that… tears were flying at her from the monster's eyes, forcing her to dodge, especially after seeing some of the rock melt on contact with them. She gave Pollux a patient smile once the attacks stopped, making them pause before throwing faster attacks at her. These were harder to dodge and soon one tear hit her hand, causing a sharp pain that made her cry out.
Once they stopped she smiled weakly and took a few deep breaths. She thought for a moment and decided to try telling a little joke. "All pro athletes are bilingual. They speak English and profanity."
That got a small chuckle out of the ghost, the tears coming at their normal speed this time. As she dodged, she noticed that they seemed to be a bit hesitant, but also very guarded. She continued smiling and telling jokes at every pause in attacks until finally, they spoke up again. "Why are you being so damn nice to me? Everyone's an asshole around me!"
Mizar gave him a sad smile. "Because if I'm not kind, then who will be? I… don't like hurting others and I just want to be able to help monster kind in some way."
Pollux grew silent, floating there for a few minutes before SPARing her. "You're weird and not even worth any EXP anyway."
With that, he drifted through the wall away from her. As she started to walk forward, Cursa popped out of the ground with a confused look. "You're a stubborn one huh? Future FIGHTs won't be as easy as they are here… be prepared to attack if you have no other choice."
"I refuse to hurt anyone no matter how difficult it would be to get through the FIGHT peacefully." Mizar was determined to get through this place without harming anyone. She WILL find some way to free monster kind without anyone needing to die. It was her goal the moment she learned where the ship she had been living on was going to send her.
With those words, she moved forward, stopping when she saw two paths, on straight ahead and one to her left. She went straight first, finding a room with spider webs and a sign.
'Spider Bake Sale, all proceeds go to real spiders.'
She checked her pockets to see if she had anything and noticed some coins that she had never seen before, along with a small leaf. A small smile crossed her face realizing that Cursa had been kind enough to give her some of the currency monsters used. She walked to the smaller web and saw that it would cost 7 of the coins for a donut. She happily placed the coins on the webs and smiled as the product was lowered down for her. She paused for a minute, realizing she had no way of carrying it with her.
She heard something pop up behind her and turned to see the flower had returned and had an intact backpack that was tossed to her. "It's for inventory. A lot of monsters have one on them. It can hold up to twenty items so do try to keep track of what you've got."
They smiled and opened the bag, seeing only blackness. "It's a pocket dimension. The first Royal Scientist made it. It doesn't matter how large an item is, it can fit in, it just only has enough stability to hold twenty separate items."
"Thank you Cursa. I really appreciate this." The Donut was stored and Mizar waved goodbye to everyone, now heading back to check out the next path. She walked through to see a few of the froggits she had encountered before. She smiled and waved at them, noticing something tiny in the wall waving back. Looks like there was a small one that was hiding there.
She started heading through the room when a monster with a large eye jumped in her way. "Don't even think of picking on me!"
'Loox, don't pick on them.'
"Why would I want to? You look really cool to me!" She gave a genuine smile, catching Loox off guard.
"You're… not going to bully me?" The hope in the monster's voice made her heart go out for it. The poor thing must have been bullied so much.
"Never, I don't like seeing anyone getting hurt, physically or emotionally."
Loox almost seemed to have tears in its eyes as the monster spared her and left. Just how bad were things here to hurt a monster as bad as that? Mizar was used to bullying being something looked down upon in her community, so… why was it allowed here? Was it the kill or be killed rule?
Well, she'll just have to do everything in her power to show that MERCY was the way to go.