Jacob the Hedgehog

Skye: the point of HN is to treat everyone equally, hybrid or pureblood, mortal or... not.

Haine: I'm mortal, now... I can age. I can die. My soul is... is a demekarr... I wonder how that will affect me...

Skye: *shrugs* maybe you'll be a teensy bit more violent? :/

Haine: but the demekarr is Condemned... the demekarr is ME...

Skye: i have no idea, then...

Haine: I guess in time, we'll see.

*they arrive back*

Eclipse: oh good, you got her back.

Haine: no, she just stopped, really.

Skye: came back to my senses, ya know....?
Mikenno: good. less work for us, then. ^^;

Me: *FACEPALM* FFFFF RAI, FFFFFF....

Eclipse: we should head home.

Haine: oh right...

Skye: soooooo..... should we take the boats?
Mikenno: i can fly some of us, but not many at once...
Ryu: only demons and such can pass through my portals.

Eclipse: we should take two seperate boats. That'll be able to hold all of us.

Haine: *nods* and we have enough people to paddle the boats.

Mikenno: good idea.

Ryu: ....can four paddle one boat?

Rajan: yes. Yes, four can.

Haine: excellent.

Ryu: then i shall depart. i have... certain matters to attend to.....
Demonio: *nodnod*

Mikenno: *counts* i guess i'll fly over, then.

Rajan: *nods to Mikenno* *to the others* let's head out. *starts walking*

Everyone: *follows*

Mikenno: *waits until he gets outside before turning to his dragon forrrrm*

Ryu+Demonio: *disappear into a portal*

Skye: *follow*

*the rest enter a boat*

Rajan: I'll paddle. *takes the oar, and begins stroking*

Everyone else: *sits*

Mikenno: *takes off a bit after they shove off, and flies high above the swamp*

Rajan: *roooows*

Haine: *sits quietly, staring at the water*

Eclipse: *can't help but stare at Haine*

Skye: *notices eclipse, and lightly elbows him* >:/

Eclipse: nrph ... *looks away*

Haine: *continues to stare at the water*

Rajan: *ROOOOOOOOOOOOWING*

Skye: *tries to look up at where Mikenno's flying*

Mikenno: *FLIIIIIESSSSSS*

Me: lol i thought you had typed "growing" XD

Me: because Rajan TOTALLY needs to grow anymore, right? XD

Rajan: *rowing*

Eclipse: row row row your boat... gently down the stream... *drumming his fingers on the edge of the boat*

Haine: *waterstare*

Skye: merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream...

Mikenno: *FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY*

Me: lol ikr? XD he'd be like, the mobian version of the hulk. only orange. X3

Eclipse: *bored sigh*

Rajan: *ROWING*

Haine: ... ...

Me: lol yeah... I still need to draw him... XD

Skye: *looks over the side of the boat*

Mikenno: *flyyyyy*

Me: i need to make a good pic of whitney.... and HOLY SHIZNIT I NEVER DREW RAPTOR. *valley girl voice* OH. MYGAWSH. I LIKE, TOTALLY GOTTA DO THAT

Me: you drew him in the one German comic...? :/

*the boat is finally paddled to shore*

Rajan: *putting the oar away* ok, let's go.

Haine and Eclipse: *get out, both are thrilled to be on land again*

Me: btw, I found asong that matches McAsshole. Perfectly.

Skye: *hops off the boat and stretches her legs*

Mikenno: *lands on the nearest open spot he can find*

Me: that isn't a good pic, and orly? whats it called?

Eclipse: home we go. :)

Haine: ... *still nervous about HNHQ*

Rajan: right... home. :)

Me: oh, and yeah, it's called "Godless" by the Dandy Warhols (lol art pun)

Skye: *sighing* yes, please. i need a bed.

Me: lyrics plz? *has no interwebz*

Eclipse: *nods and motions for everyone to follow him*

Everyone: *follows*

*later*

HNHQ: O HAI.

Me: *is tapping*

Skye: home sweet home.
Mikenno: *lands and turns mobiany*

Eclipse: *walks in* yey. :D

Haine and Rajan: *follow him in*

Haine: *nervous*

Mikenno: :/
Skye: come on, Haine. buildings don't bite. :P

Haine: ... ... *steps into the building* ...

People: *notice him, and his odd blue color* ?

Eclipse: this is Haine Al Alar. He's going to be staying here.

Ryu: *hisses angrily, and smacks eclipse away with her tail. HARD*

Mikenno: whoah, OKAY. STOP. D:<
Skye: now's not the time for this! D:<

Eclipse: *stumbles, but quickly regains blance. He brushes himself off, still grinning* sorry. I REALLY had to get that out of my system. I won't do that anymore, I promise.

Haine: *gets up* ._. ...

Rajan: um... ok then... O_O

Shirag: *was watching* ...

Ryu: *growling at eclipse, teeth bared* rrrrrr....

Mikenno: you can relax, he's not trying that again ^^;

Demonio: *was also watching*

Haine: *gets up* I don't blame him for doing that... I mean, I AM responsible for a lot of horrible things that have happened in his life... I'd be just as frustrated - maybe even BLOODTHIRSTY...

Eclipse: you're lucky that I draw the line at slugging you in the head. <_<

Haine: eheh... uh... am I ever... ^^;

Rajan: ...

Shirag: *slips out from underneath Demonio*

Demonio: ...? *looks down, and snarls when he discovers his prey is missing*

Everyone else: D8????

Shirag: *liek, ttly escapes to go catch up with Ghost*

Everyone: D8< !!!!

Rajan: We won't be able to catch him... Shirag was trained to run. To jump. To MOVE in general. He was like our messenger...

Haine: ...

Eclipse: Those two will appear again... this, I'm sure of... we might as well head back to HNHQ, and when they come, we'll be ready...

Mikenno: !!! Skye, don't even---!!

Skye: *is already rocketing after Shirag*

Mikenno: *facepalm*

Eclipse: SKYE, THAT ISN'T THE BEST PLAN OF ACTION!! DDDD8<

Haine: *runs after her, though obviously not as fast*

Everyone: !!!!

Skye: *CHAAAAAAASE!!!*

Haine: *doesn't let up going after Skye, detirmination on his face*

Shirag: *RUNS. He hops on a boat, and paddles his way through the swamp, to civilization*

Eclipse: What's Condemned doing??? D8<

Skye: *screeeeeeches to a halt before she goes in the water* ffffffff.... *desperately looks for another boat*

Haine: *catches up to her* Skye, stop! We can't deal with him now! We'll be able to get both of them later, but for now, we need to focus on getting home!

Skye: rrrr...... *frustrated that she couldn't catch him* ....fine..... *starts heading back*

Haine: *surprised that she listened to him* oh. Uh... great. ._.

Skye: *notices this and smiles slightly* didn't have enough speed to chase him over the water, and i can't paddle the boat on my own. Frigitt was yelling at me anyway.

Haine: *now walking beside her* ah... well... that's good. Shirag would have been too dangerous to deal with, by yourself... *still feels odd*

Skye: yeah, i should've thought of that....

Haine: It was all an act of an adrenaline rush, right? Like, you forget everything, and go for it... I know that feeling...

Skye: *glances towards him* everyone knows that feeling...

Haine: ... sometimes I wonder if everyone knows that feeling as well as I do...

Skye: come on, we don't need another angst-machine.... just... try your best to put all that behind you, and we'll try to do the same, okay?

Haine: *smiles at her* alright, I can TRY... <:)

Skye: GOOD. you'd BETTER. ^^

Haine: I will, I promise! XD

Skye: *singsong* awesome~! XD

Haine: ... ... *after a moment of silence* you're being very forgiving towards me, Skye... after all I've done... I wonder if the others at HNHQ can do the same...

Ryu: *hisses in pain* and how do you suppose i do THAT?

Demonio: *wants to do somethiiiiing....*

Skye: psst. Demo! go catch Ghost and Shirag!

Demonio: hrmm... *looks around for them*

Shirag: *hides in the darkness*

Ghost: *has escaped*

Condemned: *snarling, he bites down harder*

Rajan: I have no idea! Do you love him??

Demonio: *sniffs the air, and grins upon detecting the hyena* found you. *takes off, and dives claws-first at Shirag, like a hawk diving for prey*

Ryu: *cringes, and hisses through her teeth* yessss.....

Rajan: then you should have no problem breaking the curse!

Shirag: !!! *rolls out of the forest down into a puddle of unicorn blood - I mean pee. I mean he rolls out of the way, Faith stop reading this out loud as I type it.*

Ryu: nrgg.... i will try then.... *hissing, as Condemned's bite seriously hurts* Condemned.... snap out of it.... you must return to your true self.... you would never allow yourself to become a mere pawn, why allow yourself to be lost now??

Demonio: *lands with a loud thud, and screeches at Shirag, suddenly extending his wing towards him and smacking him with it*

Condemned: *still biting, but he doesn't do so any harder* rrrrr...!

Rajan: I guess you need to be a little bit more... loving towards him... this curse is flawed if the demon shows love - try to AWAKEN that in him...

Shirag: *ducks, then smashes both his fists upwards into Demonio's face*

Ryu: nrrr... *takes her free hand and puts it on his cheek, and puts her face closer to his* Condemned... I need you to come back. this is not you, and you know it. please, Condemned... <:(

Demonio: *screeches, then growls, kicking at Shirag*

Condemned: ... ... *the red aura around him lightens up dramatically, and his angry expression turns to confused. He lets go of Ryu, bcking away, staring at her*

Rajan: he's almost there!

Shirag: *kicked* urnf!

Ryu: *her arm slowly starts healing* Condemned..... *reaches out to him with both hands* please...

Skye: wow. never thought Ryu could be so.... loving...
Mikenno: mmph....

Demonio: *snaps at Shirag, aiming to catch him in his jaws*

Condemned: ... ... *he moves towards Ryu, and hugs her tightly, aura fading. When it fully fades, Condemned practically falls down in Ryu's arms* !!!

Rajan: :D

Shirag: *punches him in the snout* D8<

Me: brb lunch. You skipped Daemonwolf.

Ryu: *holds him up, hugging him back* that's much better.

Demonio: SCREEK! *scratches at Shirag with his wing-claws*

Shirag: AUGH! *backs away, clutching the wound, and snarling*

Condemned: Ryu... wh... where am I...?

Rajan: you are in The Mist's fortress.

Condemned: *looks around, when he spots his body, and freezes up, eyes widened*

Demonio: *grins a cheshire-cat grin, and slowly approaches Shirag* heheheh...

Ryu: *hadn't noticed it before* ......why is that here?

Mikenno: the Mist needed it to manipulate Condemned....

Condemned: *slowly approaches his body, breath shaking, the heart that exsist's within his hosts heart, pounding. It was THERE... his own body... in perfect condition... just as he remembered it...*

Rajan: ... ?

Shirag: *grins right back at him, and slams himself into the demon*

Ryu: ....Condemned.....?

Demonio: *happens to be somewhat BIG... and takes the hit without being very affected. he pushes Shirag right back*

Shirag: *stumbles* rrrrr...!

Condemned: *touches the glass that held the blue echidna inside lightly* first your soul was ripped from your body... sent away into the future, never to be seen again by the mobians that despised you... then... then they kept your body... for no real purpose, they kept your body... never giving it a proper burial... *rests his head against the glass, feeling hot tears come as painful memories flooded his mind* ... it has been so long...

Ryu: <:( .......

Demonio: *clamps his jaws around his shoulder, biting down with bonecrushing force*

Me: ok, question. can Condemned reposess his own body? ._.

Me: YOU READ MY MIND AGAIN!! XDDD Yes, but he'll need some help if he wants to leave Eclipse.

Condemned: *just keeps his head there* ...

Rajan: wait... wait, we were going to destroy you by forcing you back into your body, then killing you... which means that... if I can get to Vinice's spellbook... you can be alive again...

Condemned: *his ears shoot up, and he just stares at Rajan, gaping* r-really...??

Shirag: *hears his own shoulder blad crunch inwards* NRAAUUGH!! *swipes at Demonio*

Me: whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat kind of help?


Skye+Mikenno: O_O!!!!!!!!!
Ryu: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! where is this spellbook????

Demonio: NRGH! *refuses to let go, hanging on like a shark*

Me: Rajan help.

Rajan: In his room. I'll go get it! *runs off*

Condemned: *now hopeful* <:D

Shirag: *slashes at Demonio again*

Ryu: *hopeful as well* <:D

Demonio: *screeches and lets go of his shoulder, and pins shirag's arms down with his wing-claws* rrrrrrr....

Shirag: *struggles* D8<

*5 minutes later*

Rajan: *runs back, book in hand* Ok, should I just... recite the spell now?

Condemned: YES!

Rajan: ._. ok. *opens up the glass case, and takes the body out. He places it at Condemned's feet*

Condemned: *stares at it* ...

Rajan: *flips to the page with the spell*

Everyone else: *waits*

Demonio: *had sucessfully pinned shirag down, and was observing the proceedings*

Rajan: *starts muttering the incantations*

Shirag: *watches angrily, knowing he can do nothing to stop them*

Condemned: *starts feeling kind of weird, like he's losing his grip on Eclipse. He begins to glow* !!

*a few minutes of reciting passes*

Condemned: AAAGH!! *doubles over, feeling himself getting ripped away from his host. Finally he is removed from Eclipse*

Eclipse: *turns back to normal, and falls down, unconcious*

Spirit!Condemned: ... *stares at the body a bit before shooting himself into it*

Rajan: *recites the final lines of the spell*

Haine: *a finger twitches, and his eyes slowly open. He sits up, feeling woozy, and odd, because no longer is he controlling someone else's body, but his own. He tests his hand. It works perfectly. He gets up. An unsteadiness. He grips the glass case for support. Finally, the blue echidna speaks. His voice is no longer demonic, and even slightly innocent sounding* ... I-I... ... ... this is... ... *to Rajan* ... thank you...

Rajan: *smiles and nods*

Me: btw, because Haine's soul is actually a demekarr, he gets a few cool powers.

Mikenno: *runs over to make sure eclipse's body is ok*

Skye: *stares in awe* that was the coolest thing... EVER......

Ryu: :)

Demonio: *grins down at Shirag* well then. your plans've failed miserably, hyena...

Shirag: *grins* we'll think of something else... just you wait... >:)

Haine: eh... *looks at Skye and Mikenno* hopefully... this can be a new start for us...

Eclipse: *perfectly fine, but seriously konked out*

Skye: yeah... hopefully...

Mikenno: *nods when he confirms eclipse is going to be ok, then stands and faces Haine* you've got a clean slate. don't let us down.

Demonio: if Ryu lets you go, that is... *evil grin*

Haine: uh... y-yes... of course... *looks at Ryu* ...

Eclipse: *...*

Shirag: *chuckles* ok then, GHOST'LL come up with somethin' else.

Ryu: *looks back at him* ...

Skye: *looks at haine, then ryu*

Mikenno: *looks at ryu, then back at haine* ...

Demonio: if she lets HIM go, that issss.... don't get your hopes up too high, hyena.

Haine: so... now that I'm mortal again... do you still like me...?

Rajan: ?

Shirag: Ghost could hide from the eye of God, Himself, if he tried.

Demonio: ah, but Ryu is not God, now is she?

Ryu: what kind of question is that? *smiles at him* of course i do, Haine.

Shirag: *grows a dark smmile* no. She is WEAKER...

Haine: *a smile creeps across his face* <:)

Rajan: *walks over to Eclipse, and kneels down, lightly shaking him, trying to get him to wake up*

Eclipse: *groans*

Demonio: but she isn't nearly as merciful.

Mikenno: hey, 'Clipse, guess what? :)

Eclipse: *groggily* ... what...?

Haine: ...

Shirag: ah, but the main thing here is that she could never find Ghost.

Demonio: we'll see.....

Mikenno: youuuuu're not posessed anymore. :)

Shirag: *laughs all crazy-like*

Eclipse: ... ... *it takes a moment for him to register that* ... !!!!!!! *doesn't feel Condemned anymore - before he rejoices, he sports Haine out of the corner of his eye* D8 ...

Haine: *nervously smiles and waves at him*

Eclipse: D8 ...

Mikenno: Don't worry, Eclipse.... he's not planning to harm anyone anytime soon. :)

Demonio: i'm tempted to just devour you right now. shut up.

Eclipse: ... ... alright then... hang on, a sec... *walks up to Haine, and puts a hand on the echidna's shoulder* Condemned... I've been wanting to do this for a long time...

Haine: ?

Eclipse: *punches Haine down, HARD*

Haine: *is punched down* !!!!!

Eclipse: HAHAHAHAAA!! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WANTED TO DO THAT?? >8D

Haine: *just sits there, rubbing his cheek* D: ...

Skye: w-whoa.... *slowly raises her arm to point at it* ...that's creepy.

Mikenno: ... *mind-searches for Shirag and Ghost*

Shirag and Ghost: *are... on the ceiling...? More like on a wooden beam*

Condemned: *crashes through the doors* ROOOWWWWWRRGH!!

Rajan: !! Is there any way to snap him out of the puppetry spell??

Ghost: *drops down in front of them* no, you dim-witted fool...

Mikenno: *snarls right back at Condemned*

Skye: *through her teeth, on full alert* of course there's a way, there always is.....

Rajan: ... before he mangles us...?

Condemned: *leaps at Skye*

Ghost: *steps into the shadows*

Skye: !!! *dodges to the side*

Mikenno: *slams into Condemned's side, knocking him away from the others*

Condemned: RFF!! *knocked aside. He gets back up, and pushes Mikenno away, drool leaking from his jaws*

Rajan: I do believe that love can break Condemned free of the curse, because demons aren't supposed to love in the first place... but... Condemned wouldn't... LOVE anyone, would he...?

Shirag: *also there* an' that's why it's impossible to git im' back. The bloke 'ain't love anyone! 'e's Nothin' but an animal!

Mikenno: *is knocked away. he gets back on his feet, then suddenly... EPIPHANY!!!* ...Ryu.

Skye: what?

Mikenno: RYU! D8

Skye: *now gets what he's saying* oh, you've gotta be kidding.

Rajan: who is Ryu??

Condemned: *snarls at them, now on all fours, fur bristling*

Skye: the demon queen of Hell.

Mikenno: *snarls back* the only being he's ever cared for!

Rajan: how can we reach her??

Condemned: *launches a tenticle at Mikenno*

Mikenno: *sidesteps, grabs the tentacle, and digs his claws into it* either we literally go to hell, or we make a big enough mess to catch her attention.

Rajan: we can't go to Hell right now!! WE'RE DEALING WITH CONDEMNED!!

Condemned: *snarls in pain* RAWWRRGH!

Skye: ffff... you think she'll notice if Condemned is getting beaten up?

Mikenno: only oe way to find out. sorry, 'clipse! *yanks the tentacle towards him, pulling condemned off balance before lunging at him*

Condemned: !!! *falls down*

Rajan: good idea! *lunges at him*

Condemned: *is smooshed*

Skye: i can't believe i'm saying this, but, RYU!! GET YOUR SCALY TAIL UP HERE, WE NEED YOU!!! D8<

Mikenno: *smush* damnit, Ryu, hurry up!

Condemned: nnnRRRRGH...!! *getting crushed*

Rajan: can't he, like, throw us off?? D8>

Mikenno: if he tries a little harder...!!

Skye: come on come on come ON! D8<

Portal thing: *opens, and a very miffed-looking Ryu steps out, with Demonio right on her heels* nrrrrrrrrrr......

Skye: FINALLY!!

Condemned: *throws them off with a roar*

Rajan: oof! Should have expected that... Vinice had told me long ago that he had the strength to lift an elephant if he wanted to... *notices Ryu* !! Is that her??

Mikenno: *thrown off* OOF! yep...

Ryu: What is the meaning of this??

Skye: these two guys called Shirag and Ghost turned Condemned into a demon meat puppet.

Ryu: *snarls angrily* WHAT?!

Rajan: it's true! They were going to use him to murder the world leaders of Mobius, and bring disorder to the world!

Condemned: *pounces at Ryu, snarling*

Ryu: *doesn't attack him, but sort-of catches him and redirects him to the floor* Where are these mobians?? i would enjoy destroying them.

Skye: they ran off ^^; maybe Demo could catch them? :D

Rajan: shouldn't we focus on freeing Condemned first?? D:

Condemned: *hits the floor* urnf! *gets right back up and lunges for Ryu again, seeing her as the biggest threat* GRAARRGH!!

Ryu: *plants her feet and catches Condemned again, keeping him arms length away from her so he doesn't claw her face off* and how is this done??

Rajan: we were hoping you could possibly stimulate his true self, or something... like, return him to normal through emotion...

Condemned: *frustrated* nnNNRRAGH!! *bites down on her arm*

*they reach the fortress, and enter it*

*in the middle of the main hall is a glass case. Inside lies the body of Haine Al Alar, perfectly preserved, and fully restored to the point in which it looks like he only died the day before*

Rajan: th... there's the body...

Skye: sounds like something they'd do anyways >:/

Mikenno: *swims to shore, and collapses on the riverbank* pheww.... i forgot how much i hated swimming..... *turns back to mobian form and gets up* nrgh... so which way now, Rajan?

Rajan: it's an old overlander fortress straight ahead. Follow me. *heads that way*

Skye+Mikki: *follow*

Skye: !!! *grips the sides of the boat tightly* wh-what was that?!

Mikenno: *stands, holding his arms out for balance. he looks around for the culprit, but sees none. he reaches out with his miiiiiind to see if he can tell what and where it is...*

*holy shoot it's -*

Condemned: *snarling, he jumps out of the water, and onto the boat, covered in swamp grasses, looking angry, with a red aura around him* SSSNNARRRGH!!

Rajan: Ahh!! D-demon p-puppetry!!

Mikenno: !!! *acting quickly, he slams into Condemned, knocking him off the boat and back into the water-- while turning into his dragon form*

The Boat: *is rocked moar*

Me: I'm assuming Mikenno followed Condemned into the water.

Rajan: !! *stays in the middle of the boat*

Condemned: *bites at Mikenno under water, eels swimming away from them*

Me: you assume correctly; sorry if that wasn't clear ^^;

Skye: !!! *tries balancing the boat out so it stops rocking*

Mikenno: *still not all the way into dragon form, he swipes at condemned underwater*

Condemned: *is swiped at, but the wounds quickly heal. He swims back up, and jumps right onto the boat*

Rajan: !!!!!!!!! DDDDDD8

Mikenno: *comes up to the surface, and snatches Condemned off the boat with his jaws* <KEEP GOING!! I'LL HOLD HIM OFF!> *drags him back into the water*

Me: ...mishy still doesn't have a prize TT_TT

Rajan: !! ... ... *nods, and keeps paddling*

Condemned: *swipes at Mikenno underwater*

Me: what did you want, again? D;

Mikenno: *is scratched, but doesn't let go of condemned* fffff.... *bats at condemned with his paws*

Me: i do believe it was insane-bladey-metal eclipse versus dragon mikki...... if you want, just leave it black and white and i can color it :D

Me: alright, when I can.

Condemned: *bites hard into Mikenno*

Rajan: *paddles*

Skye: *helps paddle*

Mikenno: D:!! *cried out underwater, causing all the breath he was holding to come out in a big bubble. he struggles to reach the surface, to at least stick his snout out of the water so he can breathe*

The Boat: *makes it to shore*

Rajan: get out of the boat! Quickly! *does*

Condemned: *drags Mikenno down*

Skye: *also does* but what about Mikki?! D:

Mikenno: *is running out of air. he flaps his wings desperately in an attempt to reach the surface*

Condemned: *is forced to let go* D8< !!

Rajan: he'll make it.

Mikenno: *breaks the surface, and gasps for air, flapping his wings to stay abover the water*

Skye: MIKKI! :D

Rajan: Hurry! Swim to shore!

Condemned: *practically rips himself out of the water like a shark, and grabs onto Mikenno from behind, biting at him*

Rajan: !!!

Mikenno: *yelps, and thrashes, attempting to throw him off. he twists his neck back and snaps at Condemned*

Condemned: !! *lets go, defeated. He retreats back under the water*

Rajan: ... so they have already taken control of Condemned... but the only way to take control of a demekarr that was born through rituals... is to have the demekarr's original body... but... but I thought we lost Haine Al Alar's body... the others must have stolen it...

Rajan: well, more specifically, the entire Acorn family. And the overlander president.

Skye: *ears droop* ...oh. THAT king....

Mikenno: do you know where they may be headed? some kind of base?

Rajan: there's a swamp area, far south that hides our fortress... but I doubt we'll be able to reach them in time to stop them from doing whatever they will do to Condemned...

Mikenno: we could try. but first, we have to take care of vinice's body. Skye?

Skye: *nods and runs off*

Rajan: *stares at the body sadly*

Skye: *still gone*

Mikenno: ...

Rajan: ... he was the only one who... ever accepted me for who I was... he was my friend...

Mikenno: .....i had a friend like that too.

Skye: *still gone*

Rajan: ... oh yeah? Who?

Mikenno: eclipse....

Skye: *runs back, and is followed by a cop*

Me: critic now has a cop.

Rajan: oh... that host...

Cop: *when spotting the body* OH SHIZNICKS!!

Mikenno: mhmm.....

Skye: see?? NOW do you believe me?!

Me: do claws leave identifying marks? i wouldn't think so.

Cop: right... uhh... *contacts the nearest hospital, getting them to come over to take the body to the morgue*

Rajan: I... I should help you get your friend back...

Me: well, claws leave a more jagged cut than, say, a sword. It's not as clean.

Mikenno: all we need is to know where they went. you don't have to stay with us any longer if you don't want to.

Me: okay, but what i meant was, no fingerprints. so it could be blamed on someone else.

Me: ah. Then no.

Rajan: n-no... I want to help you guys... I'll lead you to them...

Mikenno: then thank you. we should get going--

Cop#2: *just showed up* whoa there, you guys are witnesses. we're gonna need to be asking you a couple of questions...

Skye: *fidgets impatiently* there's no time for that....!

Mikenno: calm down, skye....

Rajan: QUESTIONS?? NOW?? LIKE WHAT?? *really wants to go*

Cop 1: well, did you know the murderer?

Mikenno: ...we know who he is.

Skye: ._. *thinking* are you NUTS?!?!? don't TELL HIM!!

Cop 1: can you tell us the killer's name, and any identifying features?

Rajan: >:(

Mikenno: .....his name is Ghost. He's a crow, dressed in black. he had an accomplice named Shirag; a hyena.

Skye: *relieved that he didn't say it was eclipse/condemned*

Cop#2: can you give us any further description, or at least a motivation?

Rajan: The two usually do their business on rooftops. They are usually found in Greenhill.

Cop 1: thank you.

Cop2: okay, that's good enough for now. what are your room numbers?

Mikenno: *insert room #s here*

Cop2: thank you. expect a court summons to arrive in your mail when we catch the culprits, alright?

Mikenno: *nods*

Cop 1: c'mon. *leaves*

Rajan: ...

Cop2: *leaves*

Skye: *phew*

Mikenno: .....and so we go.

Rajan: I know the way. Follow me. *heads out*

*they follow him*

*2 hours later*

Everyone: *is lead to the beginning of a murky swamp*

Murky Swamp: *the only way to ge any farther is to get through extremelly deep, murkey water*

Rajan: there are poisonous eels infesting the waters... *points to a boat, out of six boats docked near the water* we must take one of those.

Mikenno: i can swim.....

Skye: i think we'll be safer on the boats, mikki...

Me: yay for scales?

Me: I think they'll be safer on the boats, Mish.

Rajan: *prepares one for them* get in.

Me: that's what SHE (skye) said :P

Mikenno: *gets in*

Skye: *gets in*

Rajan: *pushes the boat off the shore, and gets in. He starts rowing*

*15 minutes later*

The Boat: *suddenly rocks violently*

Rajan: !!!

Mikenno: *rolls his eyes* i know THAT much. i meant other than us.

Rajan: ... besides demons, only us... unless they try going for the king...

Skye: the King? what king??

... >_>

Mikenno: do they have any enemies? anyone they'd want to get rid of?

Skye: .....

Rajan: *slowly turns his head to Mikenno* ... US...