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The white-cloaked figure looked upon the palace, taking in the sights. He lifted his hood to reveal a rather lupine visage, with snowy fur and fierce golden eyes. He had an air of pride and nobility to his posture, but the soft smile on his muzzle also provided an air of gentleness. Gazing upon the palace, Ven gave it a curious look, figuring of all of the places in town, this is the one he'd be most likely to find his 'brother' near. His scent wasn't on the winds anywhere near here, unfortunately, so he wouldn't be easy to find.

He noticed a group of people gathered right outside the door, and considered approaching them to ask if they'd seen his brother, however, he couldn't bring himself to. What if someone recognized him, as the scourge of Innistrad? Granted, he's on an entirely different plane of existence at the moment, but still... he can't help but shake that fear, that impulse.

"To me, your friendship is more than equal payment" Ki said with a warm smile

Before answering Gabriel's question, Celestial made sure her body was back to normal, "Now that's more like it." She said, stretching her tail and wings. Celestial took a good look around the cavern, she could only find that one tunnel to their north.
"Well, I think we should enter that tunnel." Celestial said, and had already walked that way. Celestial abruptly stopped at the entrance when she heard a noise come from around a bend in the tunnel. Gabriel's light spell revealed a spider that was easily the same size as Celestial (it's the same kind of spider in Spyro A Hero's Tail).
Celestial growled, threatening it, but the spider only moved closer. She then frowned, seeing as how she'd have to get rid of it. Opening her snout, she unleashed a blast of an aura orb, which struck the spider and blasted its remains across the walls.
"Well, that was much more messy than I hoped." Celestial remarked, but then, she heard something. Now, dozens of spiders, all alike, were crawling through the tunnel. "Er, I hope you've got a plan, cause this is going to get tricky." Celestial said to her new ally, and got into a battle stance.

Gabriel drew his sword, and the light that he had summoned seemed to brighten before it coalesced into his blade. "Well, it isn't so much a plan as it is an idea. How easy would it be to blind these?"

OOC: Did you not see it? Maria said, "He puts on quiet a show" Did you see that... on page 2?

OOC: Yes I did, Eevee. Maria said that on post #58 which is on page 2, and Shadow reacted to it on post #66 on the same page.

Celestial smiled, "Considering they've been down here for their entire time, I hope, very easy." The silver dragoness proceeded to fire a bolt of electricity, shocking some, and forcing other spiders to back away.

Gabriel swung his blade towards the spiders, just enough to miss them. The spiders he swung near let out an odd cry as they backed away
"I prefer not to kill when possible", Gabe said, slashing his sword right through a spider that lunged from right behind him, "but sometimes it is a necessary evil."
He continued slashing forward, trying his best to keep them at bay

Celestial thought over this; the spiders were rather messy, so it was best to keep using electricity. Unless, Celestial thought, my silver fire can help. Deciding to try it out, she unleashed a blast of her silver fire, and the spiders that were caught in it vanished as they were consumed by the torrent, and the other spiders ran away. It seemed her plan worked.

"It's good to see you're awake buddy" I said to Zorc before looking at Foxtail "So, what have you been up to?"

"It'll be quite a while before the smell of burnt arachnid leaves my nose", Gabriel joked, "but otherwise, a job well done."

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"It's good to see you're awake buddy" I said to Zorc before looking at Foxtail "So, what have you been up to?"

"Well, me and Lotus's anniversary is coming up soon, and I was looking for something to get for her" the young fox answered.

"So, what do you want to do in the meantime?" Pyre asked her fiance.

"I think I know something great you can get her" I said

"How about we go out somewhere and eat?" Austin asked as he rested his head against her's

"Oh, yeah? What'd ya have in mind?" Foxtail was just planning on getting her some flowers (three guesses as to what kind), but thinking more about it, he wanted to get her something a bit more meaningful.

She planted a kiss on Austin's cheek. "I could go for some Mexican food. Sound good?"

"We can set up the best day ever for her, if I remember correctly, your anniversary is during the carnival this year, so we have that to work off of" I said

"Sure Pyre" Austin said

"Sweet!" Foxtail thanked Austin for his input on the situation; this would make things infinitely easier. But anyway, they could work out the details later, so Foxtail decided to catch up with him. "So, you work here now?" he asked, gesturing to the parlor. "What's that like?"

"Yeah, I've been working on the animatronics at night, they're actually very friendly after you meet them" I said "The pays good, they asked if I wanted hazard pay, but I said no"

Austin got up and opened the door for Pyre "After you" He said

Celestial laughed, "That'll be nothing that flowers can't fix, well, as soon as we get out of here that is. So let's keep going." Celestial waved her tail and walked into the now-cleared tunnel.

Gabriel cracked a smile, and waved his hand, willing the winds to carry the scent away. He held out his sword, and the light dispersed from it into the air around them again, resheathing his blade. "I'm right behind you."

(I'm not entirely sure how to get Ventus into a conversation. He's a bit too... aloof to walk up to someone and start talking. )

OOC: Sorry about the long absence. I just got my laptop fixed a couple days ago.

"To me, friendship isn't a fair payment. Sooner or later if you ever did something for me, I would be expected to repay you with more than just friendship. Perhaps I would even have to pay back more than what you gave me, depending on what it is." Feisu told him with a sad but serious frown, and she steps backwards while still hugging Ki, bringing him into the cheap house with her. She uses her foot to close the door, and quickly reaches over and locks it so no one else can enter. With a small sigh after checking that all the windows are covered with curtains, Feisu's sadness in her expression turns into complete seriousness, and whispers to him quietly. "For now, I'll repay you for your kindness with two things. My friendship is one of them. The second is a secret I have not revealed to anyone for several years, and as soon as I reveal it to you, you better promise me you won't utter a single word about it to anyone, and I mean it. No matter who it is or how trustworthy they are, I don't want you to make a peep about what my secret is. If you want to prove to me you are a good friend, then you better keep that promise and never break it, because if my secret suddenly spreads like wildfire, I will know you told somebody about it." She said to Ki sternly. After this, she tells him the truth about her family, still whispering ever so quietly.
"What I told you about my family and their tragic deaths on a farm wasn't the truth. However, my current job as a housemaid isn't a lie. I work as a maid for a reason that no one knew about before, but now you will understand why I do this. My name isn't Mira, but even when I reveal to you who I truly am, you must continue to call me Mira for now on. On the day my secret eventually gets revealed, no matter if you end up breaking your promise of if it was found out by someone else on accident, that is when you can call me by my real name... it is a word that stands for Faith in the Japanese tongue, but it's the name of a lost person that the entire anthro race has never found yet, and it's the same name that the assassin who slaughtered a certain beloved family of Anthra is wanting to erase out of history." At this, Feisu then reaches towards the collar of her maid outfit, pulling the strings of the royal amulet up enough so it is fully revealed to Ki, showing him her true identity as the only member of the anthro royal family of Anthra that is still currently alive.

After Zorc heard Austin right next to him, the bandit just sat there, staring at Austin and Foxtail with annoyance while they spoke about the anniversary and the parlor they found him at. At the point where Austin talked about the parlor's hazard pay, Zorc's powers and strength has fully recovered. "Hmph... apparently the human contains no power or abilities. It's no wonder he's sticking so close to the fox since he has nothing to protect himself from danger. That fox even has the words "demon slayer" written all over his soul! Nonetheless, that slayer of demons restored my health and healed my wounds, which goes against his duty since he just saved a powerful demon's life! They don't even realize I could kill an entire army of powerful foes with just a single snap of my fingers, yet those two are just freely chatting away like I'm just some kind of harmless human dressed up in dark purple bandit clothes!" He frustratingly thought these things to himself, wondering why this mysterious realm and its strange inhabitants are much more kind-hearted towards him than how people in his original home world treated him, no matter how threatening or dangerous Zorc became in this distant realm he suddenly found himself in several weeks ago. With a sigh, the dark bandit pulls the purple bandanna over the bottom half of his face again as he stands up, figuring he ought to repay the young fox in return for saving his life. "I suppose in return for saving me from death's cold grip, I could perhaps provide my assistance for you and your mate's anniversary, young slayer of demons." Zorc spoke in a rather casual tone, which conformed to the way he leaned back against the parlor's outside wall, and also sounding just like a Japanese Bakura since he has the psychotic child-like voice. "Just because you did save the life of a demon of unrivaled dark powers, it does not mean I'm like most demons who would just leave without doing a favor in return."

"What's your name buddy?" I asked Zorc

Ki immediately kneeled when saw the amulet "M-my princess everyone thinks you're dead, of course I'll keep this secret, I don't want anything bad to happen to you" He said with a blush before he hugged Feisu again "Now that I see the real you... I want to be there for you, don't get me wrong, I felt this way ever since I saw you... I'm just trying to tell you that... I love you"

Foxtail was taken aback by Zorc's unnerving, childlike voice. Even though the dark bandit had offered to assist him with his anniversary gift, he was on guard when he had mentioned being a demon, and stepped back a few paces. "So," Foxtail warily asked, drumming his claws on the pavement. "You wanna help out? Alright, I'm game. What can ya do?"

Peeking through a window from the confines of the parlor, Cleo sighed with relief as the injured newcomer rose to his feet. She knew that she couldn't simply solve her problems by hiding away from them, and prepared to help out in any way she could. Nervous from watching the scene unfold, she flinched and ducked back into her hideaway when she thought one of them had seen her spying on them.

"Thank you," Pyre said to Austin as she strode up to the counter of the Mexican restaurant requesting a table for two.

Feisu felt embarrassed because Ki knelt in front of her, since she doesn't like being treated like royalty. However, her embarrassed pink blush converts into a more red color after the anthro grey fox told her he loved her, and the royal amulet seemed to glow dimly but beautifully in response to the new feeling she felt. "I... you... y-you love me? You do?" She looked down just a tad bit, concealing her amulet in her shirt again, where the glowing amulet remains hidden once again, smiling ever so slightly in a lovestruck way.

Zorc had expected Foxtail to react negatively at the mention of the word demon, and when he saw it, he rolled his eyes in annoyance, but doesn't show any signs of wanting to cause any kind of trouble, staying right where he's at against the wall, speaking directly to the cautious fox. "I can do many countless things with my unrivaled demonic powers. You need the perfect gift? Describe it, and I can make the object of desire magically appear right in front of you without breaking a sweat. Want to find the most perfect place in this world to spend your anniversary together with your lover, but can't afford the cost of travel and you don't know where exactly to go? Throw in some ideas of where you'd like to go, and I'll remotely connect my power with the Shadow Realm to use the domain as my mind's pair of eyes to find the perfect location of choice. Hell, I'll even teleport you and your mate to the chosen area faster than the blink of an eye, and bring ya both back here when you wanna return back home." He told Foxtail this calmly, but after that, he glared at Austin for calling him a buddy, still now showing any signs of hostility.
"I'm Zorc, the one and only level 15 Dark Master pawn of a land called the Monsley Kingdom, which is the very same exact region used in the Monster World tabletop RPG. Yami Bakura is the one who created me as his pawn. I am the most powerful and feared pawn of darkness of them all, which means I am no one's buddy. The only person I would ever consider a buddy is a level 13 white magician created by my master's hikari. He was never hostile or cruel towards me ever since day one, but he's annoying with what he keeps claims is the truth. The chibi little puff never stops preaching to me about how my soul is the lone good shard taken out of an evil demon's spirit, who just happens to have the same name as me. He believes I'm not truly evil... he doesn't realize what he says is a boat load of bull****!" Zorc then looks away from the human and the fox, staring down at the ground, growling angrily. "His version of the so called "truth" is just a bunch of god damn fairytales sprinkled with lies! I'm a demon for crying out loud! Demons. Are. EVIL! I'm evil! I've killed many innocent lives and done many more dirty deeds in my master's name!! I willingly follow every order my master gives me while he stays hidden somewhere safe!! You think those crimes I commit make me a "good guy" or a "buddy"? Think. AGAIN. You two stupid idiots should have done the right thing and killed me while I was still vulnerable and weak!"
After this outburst, the angered dark bandit glances at Foxtail, keeping all of his increasing levels of negativity bottled up while speaking again. "After I repay my debt to you by helping you with your anniversary, you're going to have to kill me, demon slayer... or else I'll have to do the job myself if no one else has the guts to kill me."

I put my hand on Zorc's shoulder "Just because you did all of that doesn't mean you're evil, you were being controlled, you can still be a good person. I'm Austin by the way" I said before hugging Zorc

Ki lifted Feisu's head with his finger to where she was looking him in the eyes "Of course I do... Mira" He giggled

The waiter takes Austin and Pyre to a private booth and gives them menus and walks away "So tomorrow is the big day Pyre, are you ready?" Austin asked

Celestial continued walking into the tunnel, "Alrighty then, this should be smooth sailing without those pests in the way. Unless they are really just some part of a trap made by someone who actually hid something valuable here." Celestial thought it over while she continued walking into the tunnel, breathing small plumes of fire to aid Gabriel's light.

"We can't rule out the possibility of that, but if so, I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle." he said, placing his fingers in an odd C-shape directly in front of his mouth. He took in a deep breath, but when he exhaled, a small-but-brilliant flare shot from the air directly in front of his hand. While not naturally a firebreather, it seemed he was artificially copying her technique.

Sheesh, so much for gratitude! What was this guy's deal? Foxtail just saved his life before he even knew he was a demon, and now he's griping about how he's evil and how he should've killed him while he had the chance. Now, Foxtail wasn't a saint in any definition of the word, but he at least had the decency to give his enemies a fair fight! As if that's a bad thing! And calling him an idiot? No way he was letting that one slide. The angered fox was about to tell him off for being "an ungrateful little prick", but restrained himself, not wanting to do so in Austin's presence. He had to admire the boy's friendly nature, but sometimes he worried for him...

Pyre glancing up at her fiance from behind her menu and giggling more than confirmed her response as a "yes!"

Name: Shaul
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Appearance: She's an anthro white tiger with a skull piercing in her left ear, she wears a black dress with sneakers
Personality: A little edgy, but a loyal friend
From: My OC
Powers: Super speed
Other: Has a titanium baseball bat on her at all times

Austin smiled "So that's a yes" He said

Shaul walked around town "I wonder if I'll see a friend of mine" She thought

The shy princess's smile widened, her sapphire blue eyes staring directly into Ki's, gigging back in response. She then leaned in and gave him a big kiss on his lips, her heart fluttering while doing so, gigging again after giving him the kiss. "I love you too, Kigali-kun~" Feisu cooed this to him sweetly, which added to her cute behavior towards him.

Zorc was almost as frozen as a petrified statue by Austin's unexpected approach, but instead of being angered further, the hug somehow warmed up the demon's heart, relaxing his tension. Even after the dark bandit was extremely rude and acted ungrateful at the moment, the weak human still showed no traces of fear, yet the powerful demon hunter was almost acting the exact opposite! Not only did this confuzzle the demon, but what Austin believed about him has reminded Zorc of the first time he met White Mage Bakura. In fact, the demon now believed he must have somehow stumbled into an alternative universe where Austin might truly be the "White Mage Bakura" of this strange realm, as long as Zorc didn't include the human's lack of magical energies along with the absence of the knowledge of the magical arts that the TRPG white magician pawn has. After what seems like several moments of holding in his breath in shock, he slowly breathed again as his negative emotion eased and reduced gradually, and his glare slowly turns into a soft expression of sudden depression. Despite wanting to return the kind gesture, he doesn't hug Austin back, believing the action would end up triggering Foxtail to attack him. "Austin... why aren't you afraid of me? Why aren't you running away? I don't know how you could take absolutely no hesitation to be so kind to me... I'm a powerful demon of darkness and shadows who is loathed by your kin. I have followed every one of my master's demands, most of them involving bloodshed and death, and all of them inflicting nothing but fear into the lives of countless innocents and their friends and family. In all honesty, I would rather go back in time and kill myself before my creator could get the chance to bark his first command, but nobody would believe the words spoken from the mouth of an evil demon. No one does..." Zorc said everything to Austin in a more depressed manner, looking away from him and avoiding eye contact while saying the last three words, making sure he hid the salty tear streaking down his cheek from Austin and Foxtail, since this is the first time the demon ever shed a tear in his entire life of existence.

Ki blushed as he hugged Feisu "Ok Mira, do you want to go somewhere to eat tonight?" He asked

I looked at Zorc "It doesn't matter what you've done or who you've hurt, you had no control over your actions, so you cannot be held accountable" I said with a smile "If you want, I know the Prince, he can pardon you of your actions if it'll make you feel better"

At Zorc's display, Foxtail quietly sighed in exasperation, his paw colliding with his face in vexation. The dark bandit's reconciliation would have been a sweet, touching moment for him... had this not been the umpteenth time Foxtail had seen this kind of thing happen. Every time Foxtail went on a new adventure, he always seemed to run into this guy. Y'know, the guy who started off as the evil bad guy, but was secretly good inside all along? The guy that always had some redeeming factor or good excuse for the way he was that makes you feel guilty for fighting him? "Oh, I was being manipulated." "Oh, my dad never got me a puppy." Foxtail missed the good old days when demons like Zorc were just wantonly being assholes just for the sake of being assholes. That way, they had nothing going for them, and Foxtail could beat the living daylights out of 'em with no regrets. It had been a while since he fought someone like that. But anyway, Foxtail, of course, felt bad for misjudging the guy, but not wanting to admit he was wrong, without a word, he sulked off on his way, dragging his tail along the ground in shame.

Shaul bumped into Foxtail "Hey buddy, why are you upset?" She asked

I looked over at Foxtail and Shaul "Hey Shaul, this is Zorc"

Shaul looked over "Hello Zorc" She said with a wave before looking back at Foxtail "Cheer up buddy, I wanted to find you anyway, I found a whole hive of demons, do you wanna help me fight them?"

"Sure, as long as you don't require me to change out of my maid disguise." She replied as a response to the question Kigali asked her, and after hugging him back, she holds his hand.

The demonic bandit shook his head sadly, and turns away from Austin and the others, crossing his arms in a pouting manner. "I'm afraid there's three reasons why a pardon from this prince won't work for me. First off, I actually haven't harmed a single living thing here... yet. Ever since I found myself here in this realm, I've managed to knock myself unconscious the few times I heard my master communicate to me before the orders he gave to me could cause myself to turn to my demonic side. Second, I'd have to get a pardon from someone in the distant world I originate from since that's where all the victims are from. Last but not least, I have to receive it from someone of my realm who is much more powerful than your prince. In fact, I'd have to ask the three Egyptian Gods: the Winged Dragon of Ra, Obelisk, and Slifer the Sky Dragon. And guess what? I've already been there, and done that before. but the three Egyptian Gods immediately turned down my request my redemption. Do you know why? Because the Gods themselves told me all demons do not deserve salvation." He sighs a bit, but then after he overhears Shaul tell Foxtail about the demon hive she discovered, he remembered about discovering the same exact demon nest and what happened while he was there. Zorc suddenly growled softly with a warning tone of caution but continues to talk in a non-hostile manner, still not looking at anyone.
"You two should proceed with caution if you choose to wipe out the hive of demons. More than likely Shaul's found the only demon hive I've encountered before I got ambushed and injured by jet-black crocodiles straight after that. The hive of bastards are much more deadly than you think... trust me, I know this because I've tried to wipe them out myself. If one gets ya and they see you as weak, they'll suck the very soul out of you and kill you in an instant, but if they find out you contain a lot of strength or power just like your young demon-slaying companion, they will eat up enough of your soul and in place of the lifeforce they took, they'll inject you with demonic magic that corrupts your mind and body and you'll then be changed into one of them. It's funny that they've actually tried that on me, and it had no effect whatsoever because I was a demon my entire life. For some reason after they realized I was of demonic origin, they decided to automatically accept me as one of their kind and I was free to explore the entire hive without any more of them becoming hostile towards me. I would offer to accompany you and provide additional protection, but I don't want to become an unwanted burden or get in anyone's way."

"No, you don't need to change clothes, where should we go?" Ki asked as they held hands

"That sounds bad, you two should probably stay away from that place" I said to Foxtail and Shaul before looking at Zorc "I know how these things work, I thought it just cheer you up. Besides, those three don't know what they're talking about. You're a special case, you feel bad about what you did"

Shaul walked over to Zorc "You're not a burden" She said before turning him around and kissing him on the cheek

OOC: Since White Mage Bakura and Shadow Mage Bakura never got to do anything in a very long time, I'm gonna drag them back in this rp now.

"I just recently moved here, remember? I only explored the area so far. I haven't checked out anything yet, so we need to search for a tour guide." Feisu said this as they left her small home after making sure her door is locked. Then the disguised princess giggles and kisses his cheek as they walk together while holding hands. "In fact, I think I already found my perfect tour guide of this town: you!"

".........." The kiss planted on his cheek just above his bandanna covering the bottom half of his face rendered Zorc into complete silence. His brown eyes now looking directly at the anthro white tiger are widened in utter shock, his entire face turns beet red from the strange but strong feeling welling up in his heart, and he finds himself paralyzed on the spot once more while his mind tries to recover from his speechless state and process what just happened. ((For once, I have found a picture that accurately shows what the "Bandit" Zorc looks like. The picture shows him as part of this Baku birthday picture, but just ignore everyone else's appearances shown in it. I probably don't need to point out which one is him in human form, plus he does have the hat with him, but he's not currently wearing it. ))

Meanwhile, a worried Shadow Mage is carrying an unconscious and gradually dying White Mage in his arms. The two have crossed paths and got along very quickly while everything else was going on earlier, and they had recently attempted to destroy the same demon nest Zorc warned Foxtail and Shaul about. Sadly, they only managed to kill off a small chunk of the hive before the Yami had to place his hikari under a powerful sleeping spell after some of the demons got him and tainted the pure-hearted magician's mind and soul with demonic magic, and forcing the two Mages to retreat. Any type of corrupted energy entering his system is the white magician's biggest weakness, and since he had very little resistance to it, the tainted magic infecting White Mage would more than likely cause him to lose his life before it could fully corrupt him. Shadow is quickly walking towards the part of town where Zorc, Foxtail, Austin, and Shaul are hanging out at Freddy's, looking extremely distressed as he carries his weak hikari.

I was shocked, Shaul never acted like that, she would hug people to cheer them up, but this was different. That's when I saw ShadowMageBakura holding WhiteMageBakura, so I ran over "Shadow, is Mage ok?" I asked

Shaul looked Zorc in the eyes "Earth to Zorc, hellllllooooo!" She said playfully as she poked Zorc's forehead "Did I break you?"

Ki smiled "Well, there's a diner, a Mexican place, a hibachi restaurant, and there's a Freedy Frazzlebear's Pizzeria" He said as they walked "That reminds me, that's where Austin works, he says its not as dangerous as people say. My construction job is ok, I own a hardware store on main street, that's where my construction company is based too. Work has been so slow recently that I've had a lot of time for inventing things. Its nothing special though, Deep-Sea Fishing Rods, 3-D Printed Clothing, some random tools and timesavers. Nothing much"

This was... a lot to take in for the young fennec, so he tackled each issue one at a time.
First off, it was nice to finally see Shaul once again, considering her several year absence. She seemed to have taken a liking to Zorc already. Peculiar how she decided he was her kind of guy despite knowing him for less than a nanosecond, but hey, he wasn't one to judge.
A hive of demons sounded like a fun challenge! This news perked Foxtail up immediately, and he was all ready to move out, but Zorc's description of said demons' tactics dampened this enthusiasm down a tad. Given that Foxtail's current bio-powers were refined from the remnants of the power of a demon that had possessed him in one of his earliest quests, he was apprehensive to engage this hive- for now. But then again, he had wiped out an entire cult of demons known as the Exmortis with minimal issue, so maybe there was hope...
And then he saw the duo of mages sprinting down the curb, one of light carefully carried along by one of shadow. He could sense that the white mage had taken a heavy toll from demonic energies. He knew his life powers could keep him alive a while longer, but was unsure if it could cleanse the corruption of his mind...

Cleo watched intently from inside as the situation unfolded, expanding more and more as time went on. It was in her best interest to offer her services, but alas, she could not leave the dreaded parlor she was forced to call home.

Elsewhere, Pyre ordered a platter of enchiladas garnished with ghost chili peppers.

[I have a plan of how I'll get Blister into the story.]

Austin ordered a burrito "So Pyre, I was think about what to do after the wedding, do you have any ideas?" He asked

Kihei felt tired for some reason, so he went back to sleep

Makil and Isis flew to Freddy's and went inside, not noticing the group "So, what should we do first sweetie?" Makil asked his daughter

"Can we visit Cleo?" Isis asked

Shadow didn't notice the group at first, but he stopped when Austin ran to him and asked him if his hikari was alright. Everyone seemed to know what his name was, even though Shadow has only appeared to very few people recently. The only reason he decided it was time to reveal himself to the outside world is because his own life will more than likely fade away if his hikari wasn't saved in time, and he cared about his hikari greatly. For now, he didn't ask why everybody knew so much about him, pushing those thoughts aside for later. He turned around to face the human, and fresh tears overflowed the Yami Mage's amethyst eyes and streaked down his cheeks. As he tried to speak calmly, it was easy to tell his voice is just like the Japanese Marik's voice, but also had the genuine Bakura-esque British accent in it.
"My hikari needs help immediately! He and I found a massive demon nest a couple miles outside this town, so we tried to destroy it. We didn't make progress before they got us separated and overwhelmed my hikari with demonic magic... he's very weak against magic that corrupts and taints pure hearts, and even a small bit of it makes him go through unbearable pain. I had no choice but to place him under a sleeping spell and get him the hell out of there..." Shadow explained all of this with sorrow, and as he looks down, he closes his eyes shut, trembling ever so slightly, feeling hopeless as he whispers another sentence before choking on his tears. "If my hikari doesn't get this heavy toll of corruption out of him in time, then I would end up vanishing out of existence if he dies."

Meanwhile, Zorc slowly moves his hand up to the purple cloth covering his mouth, placing his hand on the spot where his lips are located as if blocking Shaul from attempting to kiss him there, the shocked expression not leaving his eyes as he finally manages to respond to the playful Shaul poking his forehead. "I... you... y-you just... kissed me... on my cheek... b-but.. no one ever did that... to me before.. at all.."
After he makes the reply, that's when he notices the upset Shadow Mage carrying the one person the demon has always place his full trust and friendship in: White Mage Bakura. The bandit sensed heavy amounts of demonic energy radiating from within the weak pawn. Despite wanting to rush over to the Mage duo to help out the hikari, he strangely didn't want to leave Shaul's side. Zorc could easily help him right where he's standing currently, and since he's a being of demonic origin, extracting those kinds of dark magic has no deadly effects on him. In fact, the quote what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger accurately describes how it affects Zorc. The more dark powers he adds into his own energy, the more powerful the dark bandit's magic and strength becomes. He reaches out one hand towards the unconscious magician, and right after he mutters a few words of a mysterious language, the bandit's eyes change from human-esque brown eyes to genuine demon eyes that glow an amber color. Small tendrils of dark magic rapidly stream out of the two areas where Mage's heart and brain are located, and the impure energy transfers into the bandit's system, increasing his dark power as he absorbs it. After the chibi magician is cleansed, Zorc's eyes return back to their human appearance and turn back to a deep brown color.

White Mage has been saved just in time, and he now rests in Shadow's arms with a more peaceful expression on his kawaii face, breathing slowly and deeply. Even though he is no longer corrupted and isn't slowly dying anymore, the hikari is still very weak, and needs something or someone to heal him in order for the white magician to fully recover.

"If it's alright with you, we could go over to your hardware store after we eat. I'd love to check out your inventions, Ki!" Feisu said with an excited smile, then steals a quick kiss to his lips as they walk. "I suppose we could just go to the diner. I'm not the kind of person who wants to eat at fancy places all the time. Personally, I like going out to eat at small and simple restaurants than at the types of ones that are very popular and have their own restaurant chains all over the world." Then, when the young anthro princess thinks about the pizza parlor, she suddenly frowns with a bit of worry, trembling a bit. "I don't wanna go to the pizza parlor anytime soon. I remember the restaurant used to be in the Anthra capital when I was just a very young child, but I still remember what I saw the first time I ever went there. It was where I went for my birthday party the day I turned 6 years old. Nothing bad happened, but out of the five animatrons that were there, four of them made me feel extremely nervous because each time I looked at them, they looked at me like I was going to be their next meal. I don't remember the four names, but I remember the fifth one was named Cleo. She was concerned about making sure I felt safe and secure during my birthday party, while the other four had a ravenous expression when no one else was looking."

Shaul looked at Zorc "That was incredible Zorc" She said as she hugged the demon

I looked at Mage "He'll be fine, if you need to put him down, we can go inside Freddy's. I work there and I have place where you can lay him down" I said to Shadow

Ki smiled "Of course I'll take you there" He said "If you don't want to go there, I won't force you. Austin said the animatronics here are nice though" He said as he walked to the diner with Feisu, smiling the whole way

Well, that takes care of that. Foxtail watched in amazement as Zorc easily drained the demonic infection from the white mage, but he could still sense that he was in need on healing. So, sure enough, Foxtail administered his bright green healing aura in hopes of helping him back on his feet.

If Cleo had a heart, it would have skipped a beat. Seeing a pair of customers coming in, a wave of panic washed over her. The Desert Ruins were a mess, with numerous soda spills, dropped pizza, and of course the occasional vomit puddle- the aftermath of a bunch of rowdy kids exploring her home. Not to mention, her white robes carried an enormous pizza sauce stain. If she were to meet anyone today, she wanted to ensure everything was in shipshape, so she rushed off to the supply closet to fetch some cleaning supplies before greeting the white dragon and his daughter.

"I dunno" was Pyre's only answer, munching on one of the hot peppers. She hadn't thought of anything to do for their honeymoon- aside from, well, y'know...

Austin took a bite of the burrito "I was thinking we could go to Kihei's beach house for the weekend" He said

Isis ran over to the Desert Ruins "Hey Cleo, where are you?" She asked

Makil followed Isis "Knowing Cleo, she went to get cleaning supplies to clean up the place" He told Isis

(sorry for not adding onto me and Wolfgang 's part, but I've hit a dead end right now. Wolfgang, you may have to give it a jump start of sorts.)

"Oh, that sounds really nice!" Pyre responded, polishing off her enchiladas. She always loved the warmth of the beach, but she couldn't go into the ocean, for obvious reasons.

Gathering up a water bucket and mop, Cleo rushed back to her home, only to find Isis and Makil already there, waiting for her. "Oh, hello!" she greeted them, sounding a bit surprised. "My apologies for the mess, the children were being especially troublesome today..." She went to work, starting with the stain on her robes.

"All I did was extract the demonic infection out of the white magician. There's nothing impressive about me taking in dark energy like a sponge absorbing water, Shaul." Zorc said casually, rolling his eyes a bit like he achieved something that wasn't much of an accomplishment at all. The demon hugged her back, but hugs her with one arm. He still wasn't used to this mysterious realm and its... rather unique individuals, but the returned hug signified Zorc was beginning to gradually feel more at ease. Does this plane of existence always welcome each enigmatic newcomer with open arms, generous compassion, and many more countless gestures of kindness? Perhaps whatever/whoever hurdled Zorc into this strange realm had wanted to set him free from Yami Bakura's full control and help him begin a new life of adventure where he had complete freedom and could make both new friends and new discoveries.

Shadow saw Mage's face return to it's healthy skin tone after Foxtail applied the bright green healing aura on him, greatly relieved his hikari in his arms is now healthy and well again. He smiles happily and gratefully, and after thanking the young slayer of demons, he looks at the human with a bit of worry. "Well I suppose we could bring him in the parlor until he comes to, but I need to warn you about something first. My hikari once played a horror genre video game based off of Freddy's, but after trying to beat all seven nights in the game, he ended up becoming rather... automatonophobic. So since you work there, I'll need your help with calming him down when he awakens." He pauses for a moment, glancing side-to-side a few times, then speaks again after taking a deep breath. "And I hope you don't mind explaining why everyone knows so much about me. No one ever knew I existed because I've never shown myself to the world before, and not even my hikari knew about me at first, yet right when I recently decided to come out of the darkness and reveal myself, everybody seems to know a lot about me already... Trust me, I'm beginning to believe something's going on that no one wants me to know about, so the longer it takes to get my questions about this answered, the more uncomfortable I'm going to be around other people. I haven't done anything wrong anyway, so I'm getting extremely confused why people know my name straight out of the blue along with almost every single detail of info about me."
((If anyone makes a character explain everything to the confuzzled Shadow, feel free to add some interesting plot twists if you want~))

"I know the four I mentioned aren't scary during the daytime. My birthday party that year was held during the evening, so I'm guessing that's why they might have acted rather strange. I remember the pizza parlor also ended up closing their doors in Anthra about a year after that because they planned on moving their location to another place. I never knew they moved to this same exact town until now, so that's why I got worried." Feisu explained to Ki, and continued to walk with him over to the diner.

[Minor spoiler: When White Mage comes to and finds out Cleo is a friendly animatron who dreams of breaking free from her life at the parlor, he'll have a trick up his sleeve to make that dream become reality. What is his plan, you ask? That won't be revealed until he puts it into action.]

I lead Shadow into the restaurant and back to my workshop "Ok, put him on the table and I'll explain why I know you" I said

"Well, Austin has developed relationships with them, so they don't go after him" Ki said as they arrived at the diner. Ki got the door "After you Mira" He said

"I guess so... but it was still cool" Shaul said "Do you have a place to stay? If not, you can stay with me"

Austin finished his burrito "Great, lets go ask him, he was busy yesterday so I didn't want to bother him" He said as he paid for the food "So, now where should we go?"

"Its ok buddy, we'll help" Makil said as he started cleaning the area along with Isis

((What should I do? I'm totally lost.))

((Your characters are still at the palace))

The dark pawn followed Austin into the restaurant, shuddering slightly when he walks past Chica on the way over to the workshop and spots a glimpse of another set of teeth in her mouth while the animatron looks at him, but quickly pushes the disturbing image out of his thoughts. Shadow carefully lies the passed out white magician flat on his back on the table, staying by his hikari's side. "Sounds like you're hinting that there are different ways my existence was discovered without my knowledge." The Yami said curiously in response.

"Hmm I see..." The princess in disguise said softly with a slight nod. She smiles lovingly and blushes as Ki opened the door. "Awww thank you, sweetheart." She giggles and gives her lover an affectionate kiss on his cheek, then enters the diner with him.

Zorc felt unsure if he should accept Shaul's offer, but yet again, he didn't want to be rude by turning it down right away, so he looked away from her and thought about it aloud. "I stay in the Shadow Realm sometimes, though normally I teleport into my dark domain if I can't locate any other safe havens available for me to temporarily hide in since I always feel insecure when sleeping anywhere all by myself. So technically, I do have a place to stay in case my life is at risk, but I can't help but feel rather alone each of the few times I hid in the Shadow Realm." He paused for a minute, silently thinking about it some more. Then, with a slow wave of his hand, the demon made his purple bandit hat appear out of thin air, and he puts his hat on his head, adjusting his purple bandanna a bit to make sure it's still in place on the bottom half of his face. Zorc then looks at her again. "I suppose I could stay with you as long as you're okay with it, and I could perhaps help you out with various chores around the house in return. I know I'm a demon who is a bandit in human form, but that doesn't mean I want to be rude and ungrateful towards a home's owner by being a slobby, lazy guest."

"Yes, there is a TV show about you and your friends" I said "Other than your names, that's all I know"

Ki smiles as Feisu kissed him, he took her to a booth and sat next to her "So, what are you going to get?" He asked

Shaul hugged Zorc "Great! Come on, I'll take you to my house" She said