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Even now, there are only embers...

Who: Vegeta, Saori, and Cliff (and maybe a few others)
What: Fairy Tale RPG Adventures
When: During the 2014 Total Recall Event
Where: All over Luceti
Summary: Saori and Vegeta are stuck living out a Fairy Tale RPG adventure with Cliff as an overlord. Shenanigans ensue?
Rating: PG-13? Possible violence and language. Maybe.

Lazeria, a once peaceful barony, is a land under siege by dark forces and hellish magic. The baron, a noble and kind (if somewhat oafish) man named Cliff has been cursed by black magic during a feast. A sorceress appeared and transformed him into a beast-man and the once bright land fell into shadow. The streets darken, strange creatures randomly attack passersby, and the baron himself hasn’t been himself for some time.

Enter two strangers from another land, intent on completing a mysterious quest. A fortuneteller had directed the pair to Lazeria, telling them that if they could defeat the accursed lord of the land that not only would light return, but that wealth and power beyond imagining would be their reward. That draws them in like moths to a flame, and the duo arrives in the dead of night, eager to figure out how best to overthrow Cliff and claim their prize.

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"You know that won't happen, Vegeta." She waves him off and takes a step closer to the forest. "A stupid ape isn't going to get the drop on me and you know it. I'd be a terrible watcher if it did."

And just to make sure, she cast out her awareness, feeling for any animal that might come after her or any magic. She knew him, he'd try something.

"Yeah, yeah." He checks in again on his own little scout, hands glowing again as he does so. He's surprised at how far out its gone, a good mile's walk away. But it seems to of found something...

"Hold on, I think we've got our mark. Sooner than I expected. Come on, the sooner we get this over with the better." Taking off, he starts hiking forward, moving quickly. He doesn't want to be out here any longer than he needed to, especially just to kill some animal.

"Well that's good. Your little light trick better work," she grumbles, starting off into the forest. Her hands don't stray too far from her sword, and her eyes move all around.

"Do you know how big it is?"

Ignoring her remark, he keeps his momentum, pushing forward.

"No. I don't know much else other than it's ravenous and supposedly dangerous. I'm sure we're more than enough to handle it." Moving through the woods quickly, he stops up against a tree, checking his tracking magic.

"It's not too far up ahead. Make sure you're ready, Saori."

"I am," she states, hand gripping the hilt of her longsword. The leather strappings inside her gauntlet creak as her fingers click along the cloth-wrapped handle.

"This had better be one powerful ape, to drag me this far out into the forest. If I didn't know better, I'd say you just wanted me alone," she muses darkly.

"Ah-" His face contorts into a look of disgust and embarrassment, silently thankful that it was so dark out so she didn't see his face flush. "Stay focused on what we came out here for, will you?"

Looking back in the direction of where his magic was leading, he moves forward again, only much slower, trying to keep the padding of his feet as silent as possible. They finally reach a small clearing, though he doesn't step into it- instead, he's making sure to hide in the treeline.

"I don't see it, do you? It's supposed to be here..."

She laughs to herself, eyes dancing coldly in the darkness. For a sorcerer, he sure was easily embarrassed, and she relished her chances at bothering him that way.

Once they reach the clearing, she looks at him, and then at the ring of trees, and then back to him before stepping out into the open. Her sword is ready for a lightning draw, and her senses cast out for this mysterious ape...

"I don't know..."

Staying hidden, he scans the treeline surrounding the clearing, up in the trees, because it obviously wasn't to be found. Growling, his fist clenches in annoyance.

"Don't tell me that stupid tracking spell decided to malfunction at a time like this, I can't even imagine how it could mess up this badly."

His hands glow again, and the little light appears from out of seemingly nowhere, zipping toward Vegeta until something stirs in one of the trees...

A shadow, quicker than the eye can follow pounces on top of the little orb of light, cancelling the magic and leaving Vegeta shocked and speechless. The creature, not large at all, looks to be eating the very magic he'd been controlling, shoving it in its mouth happily until it turns its gaze on them.

And then proceeds to walk over happily. There's no doubt that it's a normal sized monkey. But it just ate his magic.

"Fine, I won't tell you that your spell failed," she says almost flippantly...

Before whatever it is reveals itself. An ape. A monkey no bigger than normal, and it's dancing around in the moonlight, and gobbling up the spell Vegeta had cast to find it.

"...or...that the monkey just ate it."

What the hell...a magic eating monkey?

Give him a moment, he's pulling himself out of his shock. His mouth is still hanging wide open, the only monsters that could do that were terrible things, ones with reputations for taking out wizards like him with ease. Monstrous, large, ugly creatures that would do in any other spellcaster.

"Hey, that must be the thing we're looking for! What are you waiting for, go on! Or am I going to have to do the honors myself?!"

Though it's no sooner that Vegeta's spoken the words that the monkey has trotted over, sniffing Saori's leg and going to try to go climb up on her shoulder.

"You haven't told me what I need to take from it," she replies readily, bending down to look at the ape. It's actually really kind of cute, so despite her own temperament, she finds herself oddly charmed by the little thing. It doesn't get to climb her though, she doesn't allow anyone that right unless she chooses to climb them first, and that's that.

She does, however, hold it like a child in her armored arms.

"Are you seriously afraid of this thing?"

"Of course not!" He stomps his foot, fists clenched in anger as he glares at the ape. "We need some of its hair, so kill it now while you've got the chance!"

The little thing squeaks in Saori's arms, moving its head over to her gauntlet and begins to gnaw on it, giving it a taste test. Is this magic? It will start to eat it if it is.

It isn't magic, it's metal. She doesn't wear magic armor, and her sword is mundane as well, so she laughs lightly and traces a finger along it's belly. In a lot of ways, the little troublemaker reminds her of her partner, though it's a lot cuter. Mostly.

"You just want some of it's hair?" she asks, tickling it and eliciting a gurgling response. "Because if that's the case, there's no need to kill it."

"Yes, and the minute you go to get some of that hair it'll turn on you in no time," he shoots back. Look at it, enjoying itself. He scowls, holding himself haughtily over it as he comes over to inspect the creature in her arms.

"If you won't do it, I will."

"What's got you so afraid of it?" she asks, continuing to tickle the monkey under the chin. "And won't killing it weaken the power of it's hair anyway? I'm no novice, but I know a link is strongest when it's done between living entities."

"I am not afraid of some stinking monkey!" He doesn't try to argue the point, however he is prepared to yell until he's blue in the face. His hand raises, and he chants a little incantation under his breath as it glows purple- which makes the monkey reach out expectantly towards it, trying to grab at his hand.

Of course, his face twists up in disgust and he quickly yanks it away, hiding it from the little one. "Ugh, voracious little devil."

"He's eating your magic..." Saori snickers, patting the little guy on the head. What a good monkey, messing with Vegeta like that. It saved her a lot of trouble, and gave her ammunition for later.

"Do you want me to take some of his hair, then?"

Glaring again at it, his teeth grit in frustration. "Just do the deed, I don't care if you leave it alive or not, I don't want to deal with this nuisance anymore."

The monkey looks back to him, eyes wide. That was its food, where did it go? It looked so yummy.

Seeing no reason to kill the thing, Saori nods and pokes the monkey's nose with a finger to distract it, while the hand holding it pinches out and palms a bit of it's fur.

"How much did you need?"

"A handful. Now stop wasting time." He inches away from it, wanting to keep his distance. It already seemed to like Saori so he wants to make sure it doesn't think he's its friend either.

She manages to pull out a bit more here and there without seeming to attract the beast's notice, which is good. The last thing she wants is an irate ape in her arms.

"Alright, I think I got it."

"Good, now get rid of the darn thing." His head inclines toward the little monkey, who seems to enjoy sitting in Saori's arms. "He's not coming with us."

Because who would end up feeding him? Vegeta would. And he is not going to put himself through that.

"Oh? You don't want to keep a magic-eating monkey around? Could be useful, if raised properly," she gives him a teasing look while still holding onto the animal.

She'd feed it, but she doesn't really want to keep it aside from a way to mess with him.

He growls in response. "No. He'll cause more problems than he's worth. Now get rid of it. We don't need a freeloader along for this ride."

"He's not a freeloader. Magic hair seems useful," she points out. They did come all the way out here, after all.

Only now the monkey starts squirming and hops out of her arms and right at Vegeta, grabbing hold of his arm and giving his fingers a tentative lick. And then it squeaks in delight!

Dinner, it seems, is served.

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