originally posted in:The New Dojo
“It’s...appreciated.” Cain told her as he gingerly shook her hand. However, the man suddenly looked behind the woman, particularly at her tail. “Why do you have a tail?” He asked her bluntly.
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Both shots appeared to fire slugs, but after a split second they began spinning around in a circle in the air, creating a laser between them and slicing through anything that they touched. "Weird therapist..."
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“Yes! Very strange!” Cain agreed as he watched the shotty do its work. He looked around, trying to get a sense of how many hounds were left.
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Between all three of their efforts it appeared the rest of the hounds were retreating. Lyn didn't seem winded at all as she sheathed her swords and shrugged, turning to look over at Artemis. Artemis actually looked rather bored and sighed. "That was too easy..."
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“Well we aren’t done yet!” Cain yelled. “We cannot allow them to escape! Otherwise this problem will simply arise again! We have to find their den...”
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"We're not killing the pups, Cain. This was a hunt for fun...not to kill off a species." Artemis said, walking over to him.
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Edited by Inflatablepants: 11/30/2017 6:28:13 AM“...what?” Cain said, confused. “But these beasts are clearly dangerous. What if they attack villages? With the amount that were here, they could have overrun entire towns over night.”
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"They stick to the forest. They always do. This place isn't even techically on Tataki. Is that how you say it? I dunno..." Artemis began to walk away. "Let's get back. We don't want to be here when it gets dark."
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“...We’re...not on Tatakai?” Cain asked, scratching his head as he slipped his spear on to his back.
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Lyn looked as confused as Cain. "Artemis, what're you talking about?" Artemis sighed again. "This is where my people come from. It's an entire world full of creatures that just want to murder everything. We got here by going through a little screw up in space time that I found on Tatakai. Just so happened the trees in the area looked the same. I didn't think it mattered." "Of course it matters!"
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Edited by Inflatablepants: 11/30/2017 7:18:59 AMCain blinked slowly, trying to grasp whatever this woman was talking about. “What’s a screw up through space time?” He asked.
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"It's like those portals that mages make, but natural...kinda." Arty replied, beginning to sound annoyed. "Can we just go?" "This isn't something you just forget about, Artemis." Lyn grunted in frustration and began to walk back the way they came. "We should go before who knows what comes after us."
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“Hold on.” Cain started, confusion clearly coursing through his words. “Why did we come here? I...we’re not on Tatakai, I mean, so what was the point exactly?”
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Artemis shrugged. "Lyn told me she wanted to hunt something for fun and to let off some steam." Lyn nodded, turning to Cain. "Cain, not everything we do has to be saving people or anything like that. Sometimes you have to take time to enjoy life."
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“I...see. So this was a warm up then?”
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Both of the girls groaned before Lyn answered Cain. "No, Cain. This wasn't a warm up to go do something else. If anything it was a cooldown."
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Cain rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, remaining silent after the explanation.
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Arty walked over and patted his back. "You still confused about something?"
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“Yes, But I doubt I’ll be able to figure it out even if you were to try and explain it.” The white haired man answered. “It’s fine. As long as we get back okay.”
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"Figured." Artemis once again began to head back the way they came. "At least you know we should leave."
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Cain was silent after this, letting the two girls take the lead as he started to scrape the dried blood from his hands.
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"Is the killing done? How sad..." The shotgun spoke up again, the voice sounding more pleasant and feminine than before. "I was enjoying myself."
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“You made that very clear.” Cain said. “How is it that you can talk anyways? And why didn’t you talk until now? I have had you in my possession for the last three months...”
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"Has it been three months? I didin't know. Maybe if you used me I'd talk more...unless maybe I'm in need of repair. Sorry, owner. I appear to not be in prime condition. I have several systems failing actually." The AI replied.
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“How So?” The man inquired.
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"I'm not sure. Maybe it is due to age? All I know is that a few types of ammunition are offline as well as my motion scanner, holographics, mapping, and several other features. You should get me to a weaponsmith as soon as possible."