Time-out from the Tale.. then again, maybe not. [Bunji]

[Hanelli]

After getting separated from her companion (who was in real-life her English tutor), Momo here, otherwise known as Keira in the outside world, was lost. She’d decided to wander throughout London, but all the people she’d tried talking to were either giving her weird looks, or hurrying away from her. Was it because of her race? She knew that there was nothing to worry about since Elves were very approachable; was it because she chose to hide her pointy ears? Or does it have something to do with my language… she thought, suddenly remembering that her English was still quite horrible, as she still had the tendency to burst out into Japanese whenever she got too stressed out.

Now she was wandering through one of the nearby areas, not too far from the main city; and it seemed like she had gone through something like this before, was it that feeling of déjà vu that was attacking her at this moment? She then shook her head and began making her way through the darkened forest, trying to look for a place where she could bathe for free. It was hard having next to no money on-hand at all, and staying over at any inn in the city limits cost something. Why not make it free? Stupid money-grubbing, greedy idiots… she thought to herself as she picked her way through the undergrowth, before she finally heard the sound of water lapping away at some distance. She then quickened her pace, and then after several more minutes of traversing through the undergrowth, she finally found a stream that wound through a less-shady part of the woods.

She then took a look around, before making sure that there was nothing that was about to ambush her, before making her way down to a particular section that had a large rock, enough to block the view from unwanted guests dropping in. She promptly began shedding layers of basic adventurer clothing, trying to get out into the ‘bare necessities’ as fast as possible—she was starting to smell real funny—and then took a dip into the cold stream, finally relieved to have soaked in the water. She then let her legs lay flat in the current, and then rested against the bank, trying to catch her breath and scrub herself clean.

Where are you?! It’s been days since I last saw you, I feel lost in this world. Help me! Her thoughts were shouting, an she was in a daze, for the shock of finding out that they were trapped in this strange ‘world’ was still eating away at her.

[436]

[bunji]

This forest was certainly a place filled with plenty of bounty for the fox tail samurai, he made his way through the thick brush of the forest he had ventured out into the deepest parts of this forest today to practice his swordsmanship with some of the monsters that called this place home. They were tough, he felt a bit worn out from all the fighting; yet he felt happy that he managed to get some work in, his new found skills that came with his recent level ups came in handy. Wit his basic armor still decorating his masculine physique, and his katana strapped to his waist the young fox tail continued to march along, doing his best to maneuver through the vegetation of the forest. After managing to push through a few bushes he would stop, the fluffy read ears that poke out from between his locks of red hair would begin to twitch as they caught some sounds coming from the distance. Bunji would stand perfectly still keeping his attention focused on the sound until he could manage to figure out what it is, "Water" he muttered in a low tone, with a smile decorating his face he would chuckle rather happily.

He was so worn out from his training, that he was glad to hear some water he could drink it, and wash up! The male would begin to make his way towards the river that he heard in the distance his ears easily able to pin point the location of the sound, the young samurai would soon come close to the flowing water he could already see traces of the running river. His smile only widened, and his body could already feel the refreshing sensation of the cold water washing away his troubles for the day, but then he suddenly dropped as quickly as his body allowed him to. There was someone in the water! His eyes narrowed at first with caution, he had not managed to get a good look at the individual, only to know that it was not a rock, and with a slow crawl he approached the bush that would serve as his cover.

Using his hand to split the bush just enough for his crimson eyes to stare at the figure, what he expected to be an enemy to dictate caution; turned out to be..."She's...wow..." he said to himself with a whisper, eyes wide with surprise, and a red blush coloring his cheeks. It was a woman, her short raven black hair, her big dark eyes, her feminine figure everything about her was...mesmerizing to him for some reason. So much so that he remained glued to her, his tail happily wagging behind him what he failed to notice was that his tail was wagging well above the bushes cover giving out his location if the girl dared turn in his direction.

[Hanelli]

She then decided to sink further into the stream, but was a bit dismayed to find out that her legs would rise above the surface of the water when she did this. Well, beggars cannot be choosers… she thought to herself as she quickly sunk down further, relishing the feeling of the cold water soaking and permeating her hair—and at that moment she saw the tips of her toes poking just above the water. She then decided to do a full submerge and then sunk her head down slowly, making sure to take a deep breath before ‘diving’ in; and as the water closed around her, she felt relaxed—and serene. Her legs were now somewhat sticking out of the opposite bank; but then the cold, tingy air suddenly changed—and she quickly pulled herself up and out of the stream, splattering and splashing water everywhere.

Was it just her, or did she hear something? Did the wind shift…? Ah shit I’m out in the open, I’m fully exposed! This is bad, I have to get to my things now! She thought in a panic, quickly pulling herself up and out of the water… and then saw that there was a wagging tail sticking out of the closest bush that was nearest to the boulder she’d thought she would hide her from sight! It took less than five seconds for her to actually let it rip, and then there was a screech that echoed throughout the area;

“Anata wa chikanda!”*

The elven was heard to have screamed, and she was pretty sure that the wagging tail belonged to something that had to be human, because she had not seen anything that resembled a fox while on her trek to this bathing spot! Just to make sure that it was a human and not anything else, she quickly gave the wagging tail a yank! She’d completely forgotten that she didn’t have a shred of clothing on, and then she continued to screech, “Naze anata wa watashi o mite iru! Anata ga chikan!”** while trying to find the source of this wagging tail!

[352]

* - You're a pervert!
** - Why are you looking at me?! You pervert!

[bunji]

The male kept watching so lost in the sight that he had completely failed to realize his tail was out in the open, then suddenly out of nowhere the girl rose from the river the water that once obscured her figure no longer covered her...well...she was naked! His crimson eyes grew wide with surprise, he was so shocked that he was practically frozen in place only long enough that he was grabbed by the girl, his tail firmly yanked upwards. A painful surge burst throughout his body that kept him pinned in place, with every muscle tightened so much so that he was unable to move even if he wanted to. The girl would scour the bush trying to find the source of the tail only to find a young man with red hair, he laid on his back staring up at her his eyes wide not even focused on her face, and more focused on everything else.

His eyes trailed down her body from top to bottom everything was there it was all exposed he had nothing to say or do all he could do was lie there staring at the girl in awe; her words did not register, and even if they did he would fail to understand her language. Sitting there the male would suddenly feel a trail of blood spill from his nostrils, his tail still firmly gripped by the girls hand "You...er..." he would say raising a finger, a red blush coloring his cheeks as he pointed at the girl. "You..look...I mean...you're naked!" he said finally able to get his brain working properly so he could throw together the words he wanted to say, the girl was practically nude he figured he'd at least be a gentleman, and tell her? Well he was enjoying it but...no! shaking his head the young fox tail would just shut his eyes tightly, "I...put some clothes on!" he said as he raised his hands placing them over his eyes. He could feel his face feeling absolutely hot as he concealed his eyes trying not to stare at the girl, she was attractive but still he was already in a deep hole that he doubted he was going to be able to dig his way out of.

[Hanelli]

She was right on the mark (at least for now) because from the moment she grabbed the tail, she saw that it was actually connected to a… red-haired individual; and he also had eyes the color of deepest crimson. Right now, however, he was rambling about something in her second language; but she could definitely see that his face was turning as red as his hair—and then his nose bled. What is he seeing that made him turn so red, as red as his hair color… she thought for a few moments before she noticed that he’d covered his eyes; and then it hit her. “K-KAMISAMA NO HAA!”* she shouted once more, promptly dropping the tail that she’d grabbed out of rage (which then caused the owner of said tail to fall flat on the hard ground) and then quickly rushing behind the rock, all a panic and quickly scrambling to place at least something on to protect her exposed form.

“Watashi o minaide kudasai, watashi wa don'na fuku o kite inai yo!”** she began, all a fluster as she quickly jumped back into what she was wearing. She was supposed to take a nice, long, relaxing bath but then this happened, and now she was wearing the basic drab adventurer’s clothes as she peeked out from behind the rock to look at the red-haired individual. “Anata wa koko de nani o shite irushi, naze anata wa shigemi no ushirokara watashiwomite ita?”*** she followed up, her own face draining of all color and staring in shock at the individual that had seen her in her ‘birthday suit’ just a few moments ago. I’m going to kill him if he doesn’t answer me in the next ten seconds! She thought to herself, feeling the heat rise to her face as she drew herself up as best as she could—but drastically falling short since she was just a pudgy, minuscule five feet four and a half inches tall.

[328]

* - Mother of god
** - Don't look at me, I'm not wearing any clothing!
*** - What are you doing here and why were you watching me from behind the bush?

[bunji]

The girl would release his tail thankfully which made him feel better at least he wasn't under her death like grip, the fox tail samurai would look up at the girl once he removed his hands from his eyes opening them to reveal a pair of curious crimson orbs. To his surprise the girl was hiding behind a boulder, he was both thankfully, and somewhat saddened as well. The girl did have a ni--- before his mind could complete that thought however he found himself being yelled at again by the girl his eyes grew wide, still not understand her language. His fluffy fox ears would stand straight up as he reached up to cover them protecting them from the girls loud tone of voice it was rather loud, and it was hurting his ears. Finally though when she was done he would stand up from the ground, his katana strapped to his waist firmly bringing his hands down from his ears he would address the issue that he figured was what was bothering this girl the most; the fact that he had spied on her.

"Look, I'm really sorry about spying on you..." he said with a nervous chuckle escaping his smile, it was not a perverted smile it was more of a smile that came out of reflex when he was so nervous for being stuck in a bad situation. "...I just...you just are a very attractive girl, and I kinda lost myself in your beauty" he said to the girl with wide eyes looking at her with a few blinks he would wonder if his words would strike a cord; maybe a good one? He was being honest after all. The fox tail samurai would stand there seemingly harmless, his tail swaying side by side as he waited for the girl to react to what he had just said to her.

[Hanelli]

To be completely honest, she could understand the bare essentials of what he was saying, but the rest was just gibberish—because her tutor wasn’t there to assist her when it came to potentially awkward situations like this. Wondering if he could understand if she switched to her broken English accent, she then continued on with the following words, “Anata ga saisho no basho de watashiwomite ita, naze, anata wa sore ga, kanojo ga o furo ni haitte iru ma josei o supai suru shitsureida to shitte iru hitsuyō ga arimasu...”* while giving him a pointed look; but that was where it stopped. She sort of understood his next few words; but then she wasn’t too sure if he really meant it or he was just flattering her—because from what she’d seen in everyday Japan before getting hijacked and tossed into a foreign world, was that if someone complemented a girl about her looks in general, they were trying to either have a go at her or just plain flirting.

Gah, why can’t my mind auto-translate all of this, this is getting to be very much out of hand at this point… she thought to herself, before finally smacking a hand to her forehead, and then trying to witch to what little English she knew—even if it did make her sound like a complete idiot. “You,” she began, pointing at him, before pointing back to herself, “…look me, while me,” she continued, pointing to the stream that was now obscured by the boulder, “…private time. You get message?” she ended, and in the back of her mind, she just wanted to hit her head against the nearest tree, because her English was broken, not to mention sounded completely ridiculous at that point. She then sighed, before settling down against the rock, waiting for whatever else he had to say in his defense. “Naze watashi wa watashi no mentā to no sesshoku o ushinau koto ga arimashita... Kore wa intapurita no nai sekai o samayō... To watashi wa mada amari eigo ga wakaranai to omou suru hitsuyō ga, muzukashīdesu...”** she muttered to herself, before waiting for him to speak.

Maybe he’d get it if he spoke more simply? went through her mind once more.

[375]

* - Why were you looking at me in the first place, you should know that it's rude to spy on a lady while she's taking a bath...
** - Why did I have to lose contact with my mentor... this is hard, having to wander the world without an interpreter... and to think I don't know too much English yet...

[bunji]

Bunji stood there staring at the girl, it seemed the language barrier here was really thick he would bring a hand up to scratch at the back of his head staring at the girl quietly as she spoke even when she spoke to him using her broken English he got the jest of what she was saying. He would raise both hands after the girl had spoken her bit after that which was in her native tongue, which he recognized as Japanese; he recognized it from his experience with watching subbed anime. This girl was from Japan, "Uhm..." he would start pointing at himself first, "I...am" he said as he started to bow as he had seen in this girls culture that when people wanted to apologize they bowed, "Sorry" he said completing his bow then standing upright again. "It was, MY fault" he said pointing at himself again this time hoping his slower talking was good enough for the girl to pick up on what he was trying to say, either way it was time to get out of this awkward situation.

Again the fox tail would point to himself, "I will" he said then pointing his hands away from the girl, "Go away now" he said to her as he lowered his hand giving the girl a wave of the hand then turning preparing to leave. The young samurai would push his way through the bushes, and branches that would reveal a path that would lead him back to the main traveled path of this wilderness. He would sigh internally at the way that all turned out, the entire situation was awkward he had ruined any chance he had of at least making friends with the girl the male reached up smacking himself on the forehead in similar fashion as the girl had earlier. It was then that he would feel a solid blunt impact strike him right on the fact forcing him back a few steps, the male would reach up rubbing his chest after being smacked. When he looked up his eyes widened when he came to rest his eyes on some not so wanted company, a group of slimes gathering in front of him at least eight of them.

They were not too problematic, but they were a pain in the butt to deal with all at once in large groups like these. Reaching for the handle of his katana he would draw it swiftly from its respective scabbard holding the sword in his right hand, sighing he stared at them all analyzing the situation, and trying to find a way to deal with these enemies.

[Hanelli]

Oh shit did I say something wrong?! Went through her mind as her red-headed companion began speaking slowly; at least when his words weren’t strung up in complicated sentences she could understand just what the hell he was saying. Breathing a short sigh of relief, she then caught sight of something that was swarming just as he turned around and was about to leave—if there was something that she could not bear, it was leaving someone else to their own death, no matter what nationality they were. “Kuso ā anata ga o susume watashi o karakatte iru hitsuyōna...”* she hissed, quickly scrambling for her fallen weapons and then wrapping the end of the rope around her arm. “Nē, anata, ninjin atama! Michi o denakere wa, kore wa minikui shutoku suru yoteidesu!”** she managed to shout, hoping that she caught his attention, before quickly stamping on the ground and closing the distance—and then her kunai suddenly went flying.

At the same time the blade went flying, she drew up her concentration and then let the electrical charge travel along the length of the rope; and then the flying projectile quickly struck the first Slime that was approaching him; she knew from past experience that these slimes approached, but never went full-on aggressive unless sufficiently provoked. Needless to say they were drawn to the electrical charge of her weapon; and she heard a squishing noise, followed by the discharge of electricity. She then pulled on the taut rope and the kunai went flying back towards her, before bringing it very close to her nostrils to take a whiff of the Slime’s odor. “Iya. Suraimu,”*** she said, before concentrating and letting the weapon take on another electrical property before letting it loose towards the Slime she’d already attacked earlier. Being a ranged fighter was a bit of a disadvantage, because it slightly took a bit longer to kill them; but in the end they did go down…after a while.

The air between the two took on an electric quality; and the crackling intensified before the point of the kunai buried itself once again into what she guessed was the Slime’s eyeball; before letting out a small discharge of electricity. The Slime’s attention was then diverted her way—but she didn’t realize that three more had peeled off from the original pack of eight and was now following the injured Slime and was headed towards her. “Anata wa watashi no tame ni hokanohito o kabā suru koto wa dekimasu ka? Watashi wa kono takusan no sewa o shimasu!”**** she shouted, readying her ranged projectile for another attack towards the sluggish head Slime…

[440]

Spark Shot used several times.

* - Ah shit you have gotta be kidding me...
** - Hey, you, carrot-head! Get outta the way, this is going to get ugly!
*** - Disgusting. Slime.
**** - Can you cover the others for me?! I'll take care of this lot!

[bunji]

So it would seem he would get to see how the elven girl acted under pressure her kunai would come flying in out of nowhere striking one of the slimes, he watched as the electric current ran down a string that would electrify the slime. Bunji's red eyes would dart from the slime to the elven girl, giving her a nod of the head to thank her for the help yet at the same time a tad surprised that she was actually helping him. A few minutes ago this girl seemed ready to kick his head off now she was here lending him a hand against the slime, with a smile he would watch her as she moved with such fluid motions, his mind picturing her doing so naked but quickly the male shook the thoughts away as his mind was easily able to picture her naked seeing as he had just se--- Before his thought process could complete a voice called out to him "I told you already I don't understand!" he said to her feeling a bit annoyed that the girl continued to use her native tongue, causing a major language barrier, she was worse then the mute samurai he had met that barely talked.

Regardless focusing on the slimes he got the general idea of what she might want, holding his katana firmly he watched as the group split leaving four for him to deal with, and four for the girl. Focusing on his four Bunji would begin to focus as crackles of electrical energy whipped out from his body slowly crawling up from the bottom of his feet to envelope his entire body as a whole. Before he knew it he was wrapped in an aura of electrical energy, with a step forward the samurai would move with great speed covering the distance between himself, and the four slimes rather quickly once he was within range he struck with a swift upwards slash. His sword honed blade driving upwards his whole body behind the attack, the slime being quite literally picked up off the ground, and tossed away as that slime found itself flattened by the impact of its body hitting the ground he focused on the other three.

Bunji would raise his katana overhead the electrical aura dispersing around him leaving him to seem seemingly normal, until one would focus on the blade of his very sword one would see what seemed like a layer of wind encasing the sword itself. "IZUNAGIRI!" he cried out swinging his sword downward, when he did a vacuum of air would compress the air around his sword, and release it into a single blade of condensed wind energy. The blade traveled forward leaving behind a deep scar on the very earth it traveled over until it hit two of the slime dead on knocking them into each other, and slicing through them blowing them away. Relaxing from his stance, Bunji would stand strong with heavy breaths escaping him; he had not used those techniques often they were fairly new so they still took a toll on him; especially when it was done one after the other like that. Regardless he had succeeded in scattering the enemies, three of the slimes dangerously low on HP, and one at full.

WC: 549

[Hanelli]

While the four Slimes were headed in her direction, she decided to speed things up a bit—she was actually toying with the idea of getting her hands on a custom-made bow that didn’t fire off arrows or bolts—in this case it could fire off thin daggers and needles (hell she needed more variety) and watched the head Slime that was heading her way suddenly speed up and went full aggro on her at that point. “Shit!” she was heard to shout—well at least it was something her companion could understand—and she quickly drew up on her concentration and then quickly let her dagger fly this time, watching as the metal was sparking ad crackling, conducting electricity. At the same time she let the kunai loose as well; what with two projectiles that were giving off electrical charges, the first Slime she’d targeted didn’t stand a chance.

As the pile of glop exploded into nothingness, she then saw that the three other Slimes were now enraged, and were now bowling over each other in order to be able to get to her, to avenge their fallen comrade. “Anata wa watashi o karaka~tsu hitsuyō ga arimasu! Korera no koto wa, haibu no yō ni kangaeru!¹” she shouted, watching as the three Slimes were literally tumbling over each other in order to get to her. At that moment, she yanked back on the kunai and then let it fly ahead; and this time let the dagger fly from her other hand as well; there was literally no more time to charge up with her ranged technique at this point. She wanted to dispatch them as soon as possible; and the two flying projectiles sunk themselves into the first target; it then twitched, before a loud, squelching noise echoed throughout the clearing.

“Korera no koto wa, korera no koto wa totemo nurunurudearu, korera no koto wa fukaidearu, iyadesu...²” she was heard to be chanting under her breath as she pulled back her ranged weapons and then let them fly once more—with the charge of electricity emanating from the two projectiles. The projectiles then hit the second slime again—but instead of disintegrating into nothingness, it, for lack of a better term, exploded in a violent show of pixels! The raining hubris then coated her from head to toe, and she let out a very loud shriek of disgust.

[399]

Spark Shot used several times.

1 - You have to be kidding me! These things think like a hive?!
2 - These things are disgusting, these things are icky, these things are so slimy...

[bunji]

The battle raged on with the occasional glance he was able to see that the ninja girl was doing well on her own, focusing his attention back to the slimes he had to deal with he would move forward his katana held in a firm grasp as he closed the distance his katana finding its mark the blade slashed across the body of the slime depleting the rest of tis HP, the monster burst into nothing. Shifting into his stance he stepped forward his katana coming down with a second slash following up on another of the already weakened slimes striking it clean with the sword this one had a bit more HP, so Bunji would spin around bringing the sword up with another slash. The combination of two slashes would deplete the rest of the slimes HP knocking it out of the fight, and forcing it to burst into data with that one gone he would relax from his stance the fox tail samurai standing with his back to the other two slimes, one remained with full HP, and the other remained with less then half thanks to his previous assault.

With a smirk on his face he would whip his tail the male would spin towards the two slimes his red eyes focused on the two enemies, his eyes focused on the two as he got even closer to them when he was within range he struck slashing one away with a swing sweep of the sword but as he went to strike the second the slime was attack. Manipulating its slimy body to whip around towards Bunji, forcing the male to adapt by bringing his sword in a defensive manner blocking the attack as it impacted with his sword forcing him to stumble back.The samurai would manage to recover his balance as the slime was bringing in a second strike forcing him to dodge he would counter with a slash able to finally land a hit on the lively slime, pulling his sword back he was quick to thrust the slime with a follow up. With that the slime burst into data, all that was left now was the slime he knocked away earlier with its full HP it still had quite a bit left.

Taking a stance the samurai waited, analyzing and ready to attack again.

WC: 391

[Hanelli]

She was now ruminating complete and utter destruction on the two remaining Dull Green Slimes that were now literally tumbling over each other in an attempt to actually reach her and try to attack her with what was their trademark attack: persistent body slams. She could only cringe in disgust as she mopped her hair with her other hand, trying to get the digital slime out of it—it had never felt so slippery in her entire life! Shaking her head once more to clear out some of the hubris that had jammed into her ears, she then let the kunai dangle for a bit—while her companion was still busy picking off the remaining Slimes that were headed his way. She then declared herself slime-free (for the time being0 and began to swing the rope around, much like the way a cowboy would swing their length of rope around before lassoing in some prey.

“Sore wa watashi ga anata no nurunuru shinsetsude sore o motte ita, sore dakedesu. Anata ga daun shite itte iru!¹” she shouted, quickly rearing back and then letting the twirling piece of rope fly towards the nearest Slime that was hopping towards her direction; much like an iconic pink blob from a different online game that was a huge hit in Japan—at the same time said Slime leapt up and tried to smack her with an aerial version of a slamming attack, the kunai buried itself deep within the Slime’s body—and for some reason, refused to budge. For lack of a better term, her weapon was now ‘stuck’ inside the Slime’s body, and that did not help matters for her. “Seikō dake de nani ga okotta no ka?!²” she was heard to shout once more; as she applied a lot of force on the rope—yet it remained fast within the Slime shed hit it with.

“Anata wa hontōni watashi o karaka~tsu suru hitsuyō ga... Kore wa watashi no aidea o teikyō shimasu chotto ma~tsu...³” she said a few moments later, a sly grin crossing her elfin features. Well if you want to remain stuck, then stay there—for I have a plan. Don’t cry now, she thought as the grin grew even more malicious in a few moments. The remaining Slime on the ground was surprised—for its brethren was now gone—but a few moments later the ‘mystery’ of its missing comrade was solved—as she pitched back and then proceeded to use the ‘Kunai with Slime’ as a new ‘weapon’ against its fellow Slime. Sure, it looked silly, but with the sheer force that she was applying with each swing she could manage, she could tell that the other Slime was being worn down.

Once it had gotten to the point where its Health bar was below green, she took her dagger out once more and concentrated intently, before letting the projectile fly towards the disoriented slime; the electric energy crackling and sparking between the two. It struck the Slime; before discharging a small explosion of electricity once again; and the Health bar of the other Slime significantly went down. She then pitched back once again and began spinning the rope with the kunai—that was still buried in the other Slime—and then quickly let it loose; and she grinned as the Slime-imbibed weapon smacked its brethren; whereupon it exploded into bits of nothingness.

Now that she was stuck with the remaining Slime, she then decided to let it fly towards the nearest tree—before getting another idea. She then backed off and then looked for a suitable tree; and then saw that there was one nearby with an overhanging branch that would suit her needs. Hefting the rope carefully, she then tossed it over said overhanging branch-and now there was something that was like a movable ‘punching bag’—as she was holding the other end of the rope. She then grinned as she got her dagger and then concentrated once again—therefore imbuing her weapon with the special property—and then let it fly towards the Slime, which was swinging of its own volition. She knew that it was going to take a while; but after hearing the first burst of electricity; she knew that she was on the right track.

After repeating the same process for Spark Shot a few more times, the last Slime that had seemingly buried itself on her weapon (or was it the other way around) exploded into bits of data; therefore freeing up her weapon in the process. “Tawagoto ni okonau no ga ureshī...⁴” she trailed off with a sigh, quickly yanking on the rope and watching as the kunai went in reverse before ending up once again in her hands. She then quickly hefted the rope around her arm; before turning to her…perverted companion. “Ōi, anata wa mada okonawa re tari, watashi wa ijō iku to anata o tasukeru hitsuyō ga arimasu ka?⁵” she asked him, making the point made by extending her arms around her vicinity to show that there were no more Slimes on her end.

[847]

Spark Shot used several times.

1 - That's it, I've had it with your slimy kind. You're going down!
2 - What the neep just happened?!
3 - You know, you honestly just gave me a very evil idea...
4 - Glad that shit's done...
5 - Oi, you done there yet or should I go over and help you?

[bunji]

He was so focused on the following actions that he failed to his the girls words instead he would move forward with a burst of speed that allowed his legs to move rapidly under him, the slime seemingly aggrevated at the loss of its fellow companions ready to retaliate. Raising the sword overhead Bunji would grip tightly on the hilt his red eyes zeroed in on the slime, "Kabutowari!" he cried out as he stepped forward swinging his sword straight down with a potent vertical slash that carried his body weight behind it. The slimes body flexed, and deformed on impact the boosted damage from the ace skill adding enough force behind the attack to deplete the rest of its HP forcing the slime to burst into data bits.

When it was done he would stand upright relaxing from his attack stance, his red eyes focused on the spot where the slime once stood it was gone now..turning from it he would look over at the ninja girl his eyes scanning the surrounding area as he found there where no more slimes. Nodding eh would push his katana into the scabbard of his sword the click of the sword fully entering the scabbard signaling it was safely tucked away, he would stand there with his hand resting over the hilt in a very relaxed manner. "Well then looks like we're done!" he said with a smile his tail wagging happily behind him, he could've handled the battle himself but the ninja girl sure made things a lot less troublesome. Standing there he would awkwardly scratch the back of his head, he knew what had happened earlier was something he could not take back or relaly fix so easily; but he could try.

Making up his mind he would try to show himself in a better light, clearing his throat he walked towards the girl "Bunji!" he said pointing to himself remembering the heavy language barrier between them, "BUNJI...who are YOU?" he asked her pointing his finger at her now; wondering if she would answer or maybe walk away. Either way he had to break the ice somehow right or at least try.

WC: 364

[Hanelli]

There was just something about the tail of this individual that Han loved to pull… why was it wagging as if nothing had happened? Stop that, I know you want to regally murder him for peeking at you. Cool your ugly thoughts! You’ll have time to get revenge on him later… she thought as he finished off the last of the Dull Green Slimes—and now it just left the two of them. What happened next would be a series of crazy, if not positively outrageous, introduction sequences. She could only watch owlishly as her red-headed companion tried to introduce himself; only to end up looking like a total moron, what with the funny, broken English he was speaking. She did understand what he was trying to get across; however she was having a very hard time holding back the laughter that was building up in her throat!

After a few more crazy moments, she couldn’t help herself—and out came the laughter; not wanting to sound rude or anything; she tried to make it sound like chuckling instead—to no avail. After a few moments, she cleared her throat and said, “Watashi wa waratte ita mōshiwakearimasenga, soreha watasu koto ga amarini mo omoshirokattanda•••¹” before clearing her throat and giving him another bow, before getting out with the actual introduction itself. Pointing to herself, before bowing again, she said her in-game name—as that was the safer option. “Hanelli,” she said; and to a foreigner’s ears, the way that Japanese people normally said the letter ‘L” would sound like a rolling ‘R’ in this case—for her people did not have the letter ‘L’ in their native language.

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1 - I'm sorry I had to laugh, that was just too funny to pass up...

[bunji]

Well it seemed he got his message across, however not without the girl bursting into a full blown laughter he would stand there watching her his mind quick enough to put two, and two together. Now unless she was remembering some joke, he really could not help but feel like she was mocking him which was offensive to him, the male would frown crossing his arms over his chest. He was going to walk away feeling not offended, but more annoyed at the fact that she would not be able to control herself so well it was then however that his eyes caught her motions, and his ears listened to her words. He would stare at her quietly his red eyes watching her hand movements, finally she revealed her name he would repeat it verbally "Hanerri?" he questioned then he remembered something in japan they always said "L" like an "R", clicking that in his mind he was quick to adjust the sound "Hanelli!" he said snapping his fingers in triumph.

So he finally had a name to attach to the face, "Alright then Hanelli, sounds good!" he said to her with a nod of his head placing his hand on the hilt of his katana he very lazily rested his wrist over the surface of the solid handle. "Again, thanks for the help I really appreciate it" he said to the girl with a nod of his head as he turned away from her, with his back to the ninja girl the young fox tail samurai would raise a hand to wave at her "I'll see ya around Hanelli!" he said to the ninja girl. "Stay safe!" he called out as he marched into the wilderness his body swallowed up by the surrounding shadows of the night time forest...

[Hanelli]

Now that the introductions had been gotten out of the way, she was surprised to see that her ‘companion’ was already taking his leave. Secretly she didn’t want him to go anywhere—as she could use the company—but in the end decided against it, because the language barrier between them was way too high; and any further contact between the two of them would result in a lot of unwanted mishaps (mostly on her part). “Sate, kōsai o arigatō…¹” she said, watching his form trail off in the distance—and now she was left blissfully alone again. Now that the threat of the Dull Green Slimes was eliminated, she could go back to her initial activity—which was taking an actual bath in the stream behind her!

“Korera no suraimu o kyōsei shūryō suru to, tashika ni watashi wa takusan no asewokakuta. Sutekina, rirakkusu shita o furo no jikan!²” she said to herself, rubbing her hands together in glee as she darted behind the boulder once again and went for a ‘take two’ of what had happened before Bunji had unceremoniously stolen a peek at her—back to the quiet, relaxing bath in the forest stream. Beggars could definitely not be choosers, and she was having a hard time getting used to everything within the game—what with no known way out and all that. “Watashi wa shōrai futatabi sono akage no henjin ni ochīru kibō…³” she trailed off to herself as she sunk down once again into the stream’s cold water, scrubbing and cleaning herself.

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1 - Well, thanks for the companionship.
2 - Killing those Slimes sure made me sweat a lot. Time for a nice, relaxing bath!
3 - Hope I run into that red-headed weirdo again in the future...

--FIN--