A few moments earlier
NOTICE: PERSPECTIVE SWITCH TO NYTRI
Nytri and her party are walking up the mountain, the breeze blows at them and Nytri enjoys this moment. Nytri looks back down at the path and it gets farther from them with each climb. "This brings back memories," Nytri speaks, "Like back home in the realm of monsters."
Kael looks at her, "Which kind? The one we tried building a communications antenna and you got struck by lightening and fell from the mountain top?" Nytri has a wry smile, "Not that one."
Kaida rubs her chin looking at the sky, "Could it be the one Astrarigel managed to get a good hunt and refused to come down till we acknowledge him as the best hunter?"
"He what?" Nytri speaks, "I thought showing off is all he does!"
Kaida smiles wryly, "Actually, he just wants your attention. I recall him getting a crazy idea about making a drama story on moving screens." Nytri looks at Kaida speaking, "Did it work?"
Kaida shakes her head, "No, Isadora kicked him out of the research lab 5 seconds after speaking. He did go to Kirachma and lured him with pieces of your hair."
Nytri raises a brow, "Why would Kira want my hair?"
Lilia grins eerily, "A strand of your hair can store energy to power the bunker for a week and when you cut it off it hardens and becomes stronger than Wolframite. I wanted to try using it to make dolls." She whimpers a little.
Nytri squints her mouth in thought, "No wonder she had blood on her hands when she was making….wait." Nytri speaks, "Is my hair the reason why Di'ime was hanging on my ceiling every morning with a knife?"
Kael sighs, "Apparently, he became obsessed with cutting your hair. Unless your ARMORED SHELL weapons, we couldn't cut a strand off." He said 'We'.
Eryndor looks away, "Hmph, not to mention, your bed hair would leave scratch marks on your bed and other places. Whenever you had nightmares, your hair would move like tendrils and ....Brrrr" He shivers, "Only uncle Ryu could sleep beside you without losing a limb."
Nytri is shocked with her jaw dropped. She glances at them and her thoughts, "Just what the heck has been happening when I sleep?! I'm always out for 30 minutes every month so how did they notice these things about my hair?!" Nytri sighs, "Oh well, it's all in the past. Just have to make sure I web my room so they don't get hurt."
A square space opens before Nytri moving with her as she walks. She takes out snacks and starts eating it with a warm satisfied smile. Kaida tries to pat Nytri on her head and Lilia stops her, she also wants to try it. Eryndor sneaks beside the 2 hoping for a shot but the girls grab him and they start to wrestle on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Kael smacks each of them on the head, "You're too old to be playing in the dirt."
Eryndor has a vein popping, "Playing in the- Do you even hear yourself?!" He exasperates, "Why the heck would we wanna play in the dirt?" He points at Nytri, "Look at Nytri!" Kael looks at her then back at Eryndor, Eryndor shakes his head and speaks with passion, "Don't you want to pet her?!"
Kael raises a brow moving his head back a bit, "Why?"
Lilia speaks up and she looks like a saint for some reason, "Because she's cute! Like a cute rabbit nibbling on a cute rabbit." She has a dreamy smile.
Kaida nods, "The only time Nytri doesn't care about anything is when she eats snacks! I recall, that's how a certain someone lured her from going foggy." Kaida turns her head looking at Kael from the corner of her eyes
Kael coughs speaking, "Necessary act. But you're right, she's cute. And if you want to pat her when she's like this," Kael pats Nytri on her head, "Just do it gently so she doesn't snap out of it." He smiles giving a thumbs up.
Kaida moves surprising the 3 and pats Nytri on the head first. Lilia goes next patting Nytri, for some reason she starts to braid her hair. Eryndor pats her head with bliss on his face, "She's the cutest!"
Lilia snorts at Eryndor, "You're right about Nytri being the cutest but your have the worst tastes." Eryndor retorts, "Wha-"
Kaida cuts in, "Yeah, you called the fish in skinny pants cute once."
Lilia glances at Eryndor squinting her eyes, "You wanted to date the hologram projection." Lilia looks at Eryndor with disdain.
"Oh come on!" Eryndor speaks, "So what, that was the most beautiful fish I've ever seen. Not to mention it can bust a few moves." Eryndor dances.
Kael looks back at them, "Uhh, just for the record. Fishes don't walk so they can't dance." The 3 are shocked that they stop walking, Kael stops looking at them. "What?" Nytri keeps going engrossed in the snacks.
Eryndor walks up to Kael speaking, "What do you mean 'What?!' Fishes can dance! I saw one win the limbo contest." Kaida supports with, "Yeah!" Kael backs off with his hands up, he smiles wryly.
"But Kael is right," Lilia speaks, "That was in the monster realm, and we showed them fashion. Before they'd swim around naked, though some can indeed dance. But the fishes on Earth do not walk, they don't even have a second respiratory organ. You can ask mum when she'd done fantasizing with the snacks."
"I guess you're right." Eryndor speaks.
Kael exclaims, "You're taking my word over hers?"
"Well yeah," Kaida speaks, "You never brought back observations after being with the fishes."
Lilia looks at the sky tapping her chin, "Kael would always go with uncle (Ryu) to meet the fishes. He'd stare at them with pleasure licking his lips." She leans on a tree and demonstrates Kael's behavior of licking his lips from side to side. The tree turns black and mutates, a few days later it started walking.
Kael shrugs, "I was a lion, a big cat. So of course I love the fishes." And his thoughts leak, "I'd always imagine how succulent they taste in mouth when I bite into th-" He notices he's being stared at.
Lilia tilts her head, "Hold up. Were you the one kidnapping the fishes?"
Kael turns around, "Let's hurry up guys! Nytri is already far ahead!" He runs to Nytri.
The 3 look at his back with the same thought, "He was the one eating the fishes."
Nytri keeps munching on the snacks and hears inaudible sounds behind her, "I wonder what's happening. My DETECTION skill is not alarming me so there's nothing for me to worry." She bites into another snack and experiences bliss, "This is the part Aunt Moti calls honey!"
Behind Nytri, Kael has been pinned down with his legs locked and being choked by Eryndor as he yells "SPIT THEM OUT!"
Kael struggles to say, "They…came….out the….. other way…..years ago!" the 3 are shocked.
Nytri finishes her snacks and notices she's walking alone, she turns to see them roughhousing, Nytri claps her hands. "Come on kids, we don't have time to play. Let's hurry up." She vanishes, the 4 look at the position she stood a moment ago. Kael hears tape being used. He turns to see Lilia with a nightmare grin. Kael struggles and..... One thing led to another, he's being dragged on the ground.
[AU:INFO
- Nytri going foggy: Nytri is actually a complete Mist being after evolving to become a Calamity. Nytri compresses her Mist subconsciously forming a body, when she gets lazy she slowly breaks into Mist and becomes fog after a while.
- When she becomes foggy, you need a miracle to get her to move. Since she's completely IMMUNE to physical attacks in that state no one can touch her. A soul skill would do nicely but a soul damage of 0.1 is like having your heart ripped out. So….Nytri can laze around for months and not even Mama Zilla can get her to move.
- Besides Nytri, Azurians (Purebreed and Distant) do not become Mist beings when they evolve into Calamities. Since Nytri has already evolved into a Calamity, it's easier for them to become Calamities than Rulers.
- When Azurians become Calamities, they gain a MANIFESTATION skill that allows them to revert to their Variant forms but temporarily depending on them. Their Variant forms are so powerful that to Calamities in their generation, they can be considered geniuses.
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