"Okay seriously? How did we lose him? Hes like.. ten feet tall." Asked Kyuri. We were still looking for that blasted Gigginox and following Siege, but he went too far ahead and we lost him. I hated this snow.. Living on my little island my whole life, I got used to being warm all the time. With my scarf wrapped around my head like a turban, I kept taking sips of the warm drink out of the thermos the Guild gave us in the supply crate. It really wasnt very good, but it kept (most of) us warm. It was probably her fault we got separated.. She kept on getting distracted by some of the landscape or throwing snowballs at me. "Lets check in here, maybe itll get us out of this wind too!" She shouted pointing into a large crack in a mountainside. Walking up to look into it, i noticed it was also a large cave. It was very windy and i was sort of sick of it. "Lead the way then, Let me know if you fall to your death or something." I said cockily. That probably wasnt very nice.. But i was upset with being in the snow and I just wanted to go back home." "Sure thing!" Kyrui replied with a smile and sliding feet first into the small hole. After a brief pause, she told me it was safe. Turning my back to the wall to go in like kyrui, I took a deep breath and took one last look at the beautiful frozen trees and hills. I smelled something.. It smelled rotten. It was probably nothing i thought to myself, i just need to get in this hole.
I took note of Siege's discription of the Gigginox in my hunt report. "Gigginox: Large unclassified wyvern. Size: Between 35 to 60 feet long. A Gigginox is the alpha of the Giggi herd. Capable of spewing large clouds of noxious and highly poisonous thick fluid that causes fainting and even death if left untreated. Proceed with extreme caution." I shivered re-reading the description. It sounded like a creature from someones nightmares. "LOOK AT ALL THE LITTLE BUGGERS!" i heard screeched from the far side of the cave. Kyrui found a whole slew of Giggi just sitting almost motionless clinging to the wall. "SHHHHHHHHH" I hushed running to her. "Theyre all asleep, dont wake them up! I like all my blood inside my body thank you!" I sternly whispered to kyrui as i covered her mouth. "Mfffp mmhg muh" She said. "Yeah yeah, lets just look over here and let them.. Sleep or.. whatever this is." I hated these things. Especially Kyrui's "Prince Mushy." Hate hate hate it. Sometimes it would creep into my room and cling to the ceiling above my bed and watch my sleep. Its alright though, my ear splitting and embarrassingly feminine scream let her know to come get it. Tiptoeing away from the wall of sticky creeps, they began to stir. "Crap. Look what you did" I said taking my hand off her mouth. "Now we need to be super careful and not get bit!" "Oh come on it doesnt hurt THAT bad" Kyrui reassured me. "I dont care! Its weird!" I snapped. As our argument continued, all the giggi hopped off the wall and began creeping toward us. "Hold that thought" I said placing a hushing-finger over kyuris mouth. "Gotta kill some worms." "THEYRE NOT WORMS!" she shouted. Placing my hand on one of my swords, i stood waiting for the first one to come within my range. But instead of heading toward us, they all slithered past us, toward the far side of the cave we didnt see yet. Watching them go toward the wall, a small breeze kicked up and I noticed a large hole close to the ceiling. We both turned, confused to see all the giggi now hopping up and down beneath the large hole. The breeze now became much stronger and I smelled the same rotting smell i noticed before i came into the cave. "Somethings wrong, grab your hammer." I told kyrui. She nodded and swung her hammer out in front of her, and i did the same with my blades. Out of the darkness, we heard something large fall to the ground with an unsettling splat. *What is that? can you see?* I whispered, leaning toward Kyrui. *I cant see shit dude.* She replied. *But i have an idea, hold this* *Hold wh-* Not being able to see, she extended her hammer out for me to grab.. But ya know, it was dark, so i couldnt see it. Falling with a loud crash, the hammer fell on the ground. We both stopped moving and i stopped thinking. We listened.. No sound from anywhere. Not even the giggi. Suddenly there was a small clicking sound, followed by a satisfying and warm "Fwoof." Kyrui had brought a torch with her and lit it up next to me. Tossing it on the ground in the middle of the room, she illuminated the whole cave. *Smart* *Thanks* Picking up her hammer, we stepped forward to see what that sound was. And there in front of us, was a large mammoth creature. A Popo they were called.. But it was dead. Very dead. Its whole side was torn open and was covered with small circular wounds all over its body. There was a small amount of blood on the ground from it, but I could tell it was drained.. Where the fur was torn off, you could see its skin was very pale. Almost white. *what.. did this?..* kyrui nervously whispered walking up to the large dead animal. 'Drip...Drip..' Something fell on the head of her hammer. Walking over to her, i looked at it.. It was a deep purple, thick fluid that seemed to bubble and stick to the weapon. Slowly looking up to make eye contact with Kyrui, I could tell she was scared. Her eyes were wide open and i could see a bead of sweat start to fall from her forehead even though it was cold. Her face was pale. "dont worry, its fine. We've been though worse right?" I said in a calming tone. I was horrified too, but thats not what she needed right now. Taking a quick glance up. I looked back at Kyrui and said with a small shaking in my voice. "Here's what you do," I reached out to put my hands on her shoulders. "You run outside and call for siege." "But.. What are you going to-" I have her a strong push shoving her far away from me and closer to the hole we came in. "I SAID RUN!" It seemed surreal. Almost like it all happened in slow motion. When i looked up to the ceiling, i saw a pale purple glow clinging to the roof of the cave. It was slowly moving to be directly above us. I tried to not worry her, but as i was telling her to run, the thing let go and began to fall what would have been straight on our heads. Using the push to give myself some momentum, i moved us both out of the way as the large grey creature fell with a crash onto the ground before us, facing me. Its large round mouth was coated in blood and dripping. It was breathing very deep. It smelled like rotting flesh was right in front of me. The torch illuminated the cave well enough to see its movements and be able to track its movements. Smart thinking Kyrui. Arching its back and taking a deep breath, the creature unleashed a loud, ungodly roar, causing icicles to fall. Using this moment to my advantage, I rolled to Kyrui, picked her up and shoved her toward the cave entrance pointing. She couldn't hear me shouting at her over the Gigginox's blood curdling screech. She was frozen with fear for a few minutes, but jumping in front of her and making eye contact seemed to help as she nodded and ran for the sunlight pouring through the small hole in the wall.
With Kyuri far enough away from the creature, I now had its full attention. It was strange, it had no eyes like the Giggi, but it somehow looked straight at me. With both my swords clenched tightly in each hand, I reached up to put my scarf over my mouth. It probably wouldnt work, but I thought maybe it would keep the poison out of my lungs slightly better. Without any warning, it began to charge straight for me. With very little time, i just barely dove to the side, causing it to run close to my side. but to my surprise, it whipped around its large tail causing me to be knocked back a few feet. it was fast for a creature its size. Thats when i noticed it was backing into me. Thinking it was going to try to body slam me again, i rolled backwards on to my feet only to notice a large round opening filled with small jagged teeth. It had another mouth on its tail? that doesnt make any bloody sense. But sure enough, it took a quick jab toward my chest. It felt like all of its small teeth pierced my chest at once. thats going to leave a weird scar i thought to myself as i got pounded into the wall behind me. The wound gave a strange burning sensation.. Swinging its large tail around in my direction again, I ducked and came up with a small jump to give my swing a little more power. I caught the base of its tail with both of my blades and took a small chunk of its rubbery flesh with it. Letting out a loud yelp, i took this moment to run and slide underneath the creature on my back looking up at its chest. It walked low, so laying down was the best way i could get a view at it. It had two large purple pockets of thin flesh on each of its sides. "These look important!" I shouted making fast, repetitive jabs on one of the purple sides. I Stabbed as fast as i could and sunk my metal into as much of the area as i could, it hurt the beast, because it arched its back and rolled over away from me. As i stabbed, it wasnt blood that poured out.. It was the same purple fluid that fell onto Kyruis hammer. Not taking the time to stop causing as much damage as possible, i let the goop cascade my chest area. Boy i hope she finds siege fast.. this thing sucks. Writhing on its back, i took my time getting to my feet. Something was wrong. I felt dizzy and weak.. I began to see double and my body began to feel numb. I couldnt feel my hands and accidentally dropped one of my swords. "Whats going on?" I mumbled to myself looking at my hand. My arms were covered with the sticky purple liquid. "POISON!" I shouted in shock. I dropped my second sword and started frantically trying to wipe it off. It was clinging but didnt get underneath my armor.. That when i noticed the blood. I was scraping it off my chest when i remembered the bite the got though my chest plate. That must have been how it reacted to me so fast. It was strange.. I was bleeding, but it didnt hurt anymore. Suddenly i noticed i was looking up toward the ceiling and something was being poured into my mouth. As soon as i swallowed, i could feel my body again. Especially my chest. Trying to make sense of what happened, my vision straightened and i saw kyuri standing above me with an empty jar. It had spilled all over my face because i couldn't feel the pale blue concoction being poured into my mouth. "Are you okay? I made a few of the anti-toxins before we left!" "yeah its cool, just got kinda dizzy" I replied. I didnt want to tell her about the searing pain i felt. Giving me a small smile, she grabbed her hammer and ran toward the creature, who was now getting back to its feet. It took a moment before I regained full control of my body again, but as i struggled to my knees, I looked up to see Kyrui going for a strong smash on the Gigginox's head with her hammer. Making a strange, squish and crashing sound, she drilled its head into the ground causing the back end of its body to fling up into the air. I had very little time, so i grabbed the one sword i could find and lept toward the creature. Its back end was positioned right at kyrui, and before i could say anything, it shot a large purple glob that knocked her back far off her feet Followed by what looked like a somersault and a jab at her side throwing her into the far wall. Thats when i remembered that i had a flash bomb. Pepe, showed me how to make them. Reaching into my bag, i threw the small round object at its face and covered my eyes. A high pitched explsion followed by a blinding light caused it to fall back away from kyrui. Didnt have eyes.. or ears.. But it still worked. Allllrighty then. I ran to the side of kyuri and noticed how bad of shape she was in. She hit her head pretty hard on the rocky wall of the cave and was covered like i was in the purple goo. I started wiping off as much as i could in a panic. "Watch it pervert.. Im still awake" She said quietly. "Oh shut up, im just trying to help." I replied, relieved that she was still awake. "Youre an idiot, i told you to get siege." "I was," she said "But then i noticed your ass getting handed to you so i came back." Letting out a short nervous laugh i looked down. I was afraid i wouldnt be able to make it to the camp carrying her in time. The poison reacted too fast with me.. "Dont worry about it" she said. "Its cool, just wait a second." "How am i supposed to wait?" I said sitting her up against the wall of the cave. "I know how that feels! we need to get going! Im sort of font of you.. Id like it if you stayed around a little longer.." Seriously dude, Its totally fine though." She said kissing me on the cheek. "Look" she said extending a shaky arm to the opening. Thats when i saw a group of Felynes. I forgot that They come to cart your sorry self away if you get too wounded to move. They ran to kyrui shoving me away and picking her up onto a cart with great speed. "That tastes really gross by the way" Said Kyrui as she was carted out of the room within seconds. Whew.. im glad she'll be okay i thought as i turned to see the gigginox standing above me. I wish i could say the same about myself though.. And suddenly as quick as a flash, something flew across the room and stuck into the side of the creatures 'Head' It took a moment before i realized that it was my other sword.
"See? I told you that you needed me" I heard a voice boom from the darkness.