Welcome to Gaia! ::

Skip nodded. Thank god, something to keep his mind off of unpleasant thoughts.... guh...

Skip trotted over to the device. He looked about it for instructions or an explanation of any kind.

((Four monsters, not three. I'm not too sure what V and G are, so...))

Vixen's grip on the hilt tightened as she saw movement in the shadows. Her blade was pulled from the sheath as the first creature approached, and in a blurred arc, she struck for its neck in an attempt at decapitation. Oh, the fun she would have.

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Skip squinted at the text. Would it kill them to have full letters? He assumed it was something about save state, but he wasn't sure, nor did he know what it meant. But, Emerald did it, and she seemed fine, so he figured it would be okay. He placed his hand on the panel, and waited for something to happen.

Skip pondered this. Save... did it mean... could it mean... Skip shook his head. He was way too influenced by video games, so it was hard to get him to refrain from conceiving ridiculous notions like the one he just had.

Anyway, back to business. "So, what now, do you think we should wait for Vixen, or should we-" Skip started, turning towards Emerald, and immediately regretting it. She had decided to yet again..... "examine" her new figure. Even worse, as the unintentional expression spread on Skip's face, Emerald met his gaze, and she wore a face of sudden comprehension. Oh gods, she knew now! And... the devilish grin on her face seemed to imply that she knew exactly how to use this against him, to "tease" him. Curse her playfulness! As she began to saunter over to Skip, he hunched over, curling into himself while still standing, and prayed that this was all a bad dream.

((Um.... forgot to mention this earlier, but I'm leaving for the Cape tomorrow. I'll be gone for a week.... Sorry for the short notice. sweatdrop ))

Skip started to say something, but stopped. He tried again, but stopped again. Well, he wasn't expecting that. But, out of all the options that might have occurred, that was probably the best one. Aside from the fact that Emerald probably now hated him. Wait... that was bad. That was really bad! Dammit, he needed to apologize, or something. Unaware of what it truly meant to put one's foot in one's own mouth (Skip had been told that he had done this several times, but he knew from experience that the most he could fit in were a few toes), Skip said to Emerald with a tone of desperation, "But... but.... look at you! I'm a teenage boy! Can you blame me?! I mean, the way I feel about you is more like a relative, so to have attraction to you is really weird for me, and its just so confusing, and I don't like it, and...." he eventually degenerated into incoherent babbling, as tears of frustration started to appear, which, were this moment to be animated by anyone from Japan, would cause a large drop of sweat to appear on the backs of the heads of all those present.

Skip sniffled. He wasn't too fond of Emerald's new.... "sassy-ness". He liked Motherly Emerald better. Sure, even then, she wasn't the stereotypical Mother, but it sure felt like it. This new MILF Emerald was difficult to adjust to. He never thought of Emerald that way, and now that he was being forced to by an adolescent libido, things were getting too confusing for him. While it never occurred to Skip to actually tell Emerald that, he said instead, as he tried to follow her, "But shouldn't we wait for Vixen? Why further separate ourselves?"

(Oh. Of course...haha...um, I don't really have an excuse for the stupidity, so, ya.))

A sadistic grin spread across the girl's face as the blade sliced through the creatures flesh. Just like butter. She almost laughed at the second serpents feeble attemt at hurting her. Once she got rid of it, it would just be her and the Golem, and she suspected that beast to be more of a challenge. Now slick with its partners blood, Vixen lifted the sword and brought it down swiftly over the serpent's head.

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