The Warped (2nd Party)

[Ares the Ram]

Macid was woken in the middle of the night by his rumbling stomach. He found he could lift himself a little more due to resting, but still couldn't stand. He motioned to Damien, who came over and took his order for some meat, bread and water. Eating his fill, he went back to bed and slept soundly through the night. The rest of the time passed by uneventfully, to Macid's approval. He was so happy to have some time to rest without having to fight for their lives for a change. He and Damien often talked for hours; most of the time it was just Macid telling him of their world and all the technology they had. He enjoyed talking to Damien, as it reminded of his times in the library when he would do story time for the children.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

On the morning of the 4th day, Volgus stayed longer during breakfast, looking over at Max, "I think someone had better be waking him up to eat, I hope. With the blood loss that he's had, he should be eating twice as much as anyone. Every time I come down here, he's laying in the same position. Are you all sure your friend is alive? The prophecy calls for 7 heroes, not 6."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis had been generally unconcerned about much until Volgus pointed out Max's condition. Her first reaction was to ask, "Has nobody checked on him?" She hadn't really been paying much attention to the others, and that included Max, so she wasn't sure if anyone had checked on him or not. She looked to Constance and Macid, somewhat confused, but also seemingly in a mental fog.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance was a tad annoyed she didn't get a response, but didn't let it get to her. She was making it well enough with Lych. When Max was brought up she looked up from her cleaning and looked him, then to the others. "Uhm..I guess I've been busy cleaning my pet rock. And getting my own treatment..." she said. She looked down to see her wolf who she had summoned all that time ago crawl out from under her bed. "Hey, boy. Go give Max a big wet kiss for me." she said jokingly. The wolf waltz over and put its front legs on his bed and started to lick his face. She wasn't too worried that he was dead, they would have noticed a lot sooner, she thought.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid looked down at his feet, embarrassed at the realization that he forgot about Max. He turned around in his bed to see Constance's wolf start licking at his face. "I haven't checked on him at all either. I just... forgot I guess. I've been talking with Damien so much I guess I just tuned everything else out kinda." Macid got up and walked over to Max, stepping around the wolf and kneeling down next to Max's head and lightly slapping him. "C'mon man, time to wake up. We got all sorts of things here. Bacon, ham, bread, fish, you name it."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

On the same day that the original party had gathered at Filadius' home, Septar Ocatari, an orphaned Pharmacist, had also received a message to gather at his home, but was asked to get there 5 minutes after the others. All the others' cars were still there, but the house was empty. When she entered, Filadius' voice came to life after she entered into the living area where everyone else had been. "Ah, welcome Septar. You are just in time." Filadius informed Septar of the same as he informed the others, about the mistake he made, and what was needed to stop the permanent changing of time, all the while, Septar had been searching for where his voice was coming from. He also let her know that she was to take Max's place as the 7th Hero to help bring order and protect the future. Without letting her speak, the vortex that engulfed everyone before took her in and sent her through a void of pure light.


Volgus watched as the medics came down to administer their usual treatment to Max, however, they became worried when they noticed something odd about Ramsay as they neared. The handle was missing, and upon further speculation, the blade had been dissolving into miniature bits, floating up at an increasing rate. The nuns quickly started checking Max's body and his vitals, which were dropping fast. They did everything they could to at least try and wake him up. Another nun had even started to check his tail, which had the most blood flow, and felt his blood pressure drop into nothing. After doing whatever they could, the nuns retreated from his body as one brought the blanket over his head, declaring Max dead. The women wept, as they realized one of the seven Heroes of Prophecy was dead. Even Volgus couldn't help but fall on his knees halfway to the bed, as he was about to go help with reviving him. Ramsay burst into dust and the bits gathered overhead, and fell to the ground, now resembling the box in which all their weapons had been in before. At that point, a circle of light opened above it and shined a solid beam, and disappeared, revealing Septar, her name engraved on the new box.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis watched as everything seemed to be falling away before her eyes. She was upset and scared, but she couldn't show any kind of emotion through the mere amount of shock that she was experiencing as the nurses pronounced Max dead. She merely stood there, her color somewhat paling as she looked on. Oh god, what are we going to do now? Volgus said we can't do it if one of us dies... The prophecy calls for seven of us. We're going to be picked off like flies. It was as if Max's death was setting in stone how real and dire the situation really was. Goddamn that old man... All the progress she had seemed to make in her days of rest emotionally were slowly going out the window. She swallowed hard, looking to the others.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance's heart sank as she watched the women check out Max, she felt something was wrong. It was confirmed when they announced him dead. "Wh-...What do you mean he's dead? He was barely hurt. And now..." she said, a growing sadness coming to her voice. "Why didn't you do something?! You're doctors! How could you let this happen?!" she shouted at them. She was upset, but when when something started happening to Ramsey she grew confused. She didn't know what to think at this point.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid was growing concerned that his actions weren't waking up Max. He stepped aside as the nurses gently pushed him away and began to work on him. Something told him at that point that Max was gone, and was not surprised when they declared him thusly. Macid merely sat down on a nearby bed in shock. Max had been a friend, and now he was gone, just like that. He looked over towards Mortis, who met his gaze, and stared at her for a little while before turning to Constance, now shouting at the nurses for failing to save him. He didn't blame her for feeling so bad, but thought that the women did the best that they could. He thought he would have been sadder about the whole ordeal, but figured he was getting use to the times and thus desensitized as a result. He hung his head just as Septar appeared in the flash of light. He looked up and saw the dragon standing there, unsure of what to say or think.

[[Sov]]

Septar's eyes were wide as a rush of sheer panic ran through her body as she appeared in a room with 3 others she didn't know. She clenched her wings tightly to her back, and wrapped her tail around her waist grabbing onto the spiked tip, which was something she did when she was very nervous, and swallowed hard. "Wha-what the hell just happened? Where am I? And who are all of you?" She said as she backed away from them tripping over the box, and falling to the ground on her bottom. The box had her name engraved on it. "What is this?!" she asked looking back up to the others, her panic very apparent. Everything had seemed to be so rushed, the last thing she remembered was being at the pharmacy, the old man calling her about some emergency and leaving work in a hurry, seeing a ton of cars in his driveway, being told some story about 7 heroes from another time she didn't fully absorb, and then being sucked into a vortex.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Volgus was, despite his demeanor and experience as a warrior, was utterly shocked to see someone completely new appear before them. He cautious walked up to her with his sword drawn, but lowered it when he noticed that her clothes were indeed not from his time, and didn't resemble the Rulers'. "My name is Volgus, and I think your questions can be answered if you follow me up on the surface. Moon has been waiting up there for the last few days..." He led the way out of the cavern, but not before turning back around, "By the way, that's the name of your party's pet dragon."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"So is that it? If one of us dies we just get replaced?" Mortis blurted, upset still. "We're gonna go parading around at this time, possibly die in the process, just to be replaced?" She couldn't hold in her anger, but she was trying desperately. She was shaking at this point. There was nothing she could do. She was here and there was no getting away from it. She felt her distrust for the old man grow tenfold as she began to shakily try and follow Volgus. She needed some air. Some nature. Some kind of something to comfort her.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance fell back onto her bed after seeing Septar appear. She listened to Mortis' angry words and was thinking the same now. "Fantastic. How valuable ARE we to Filadius? He was different back then...Why did this have to happen?!" she thought as she stared up at the ceiling. Her wolf came over to her and started to lick her paw which was hanging off the side of the bed. It was feling her frustration and wanted to comfort her.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid went over to Constance and layed down beside her. Mortis had a very good point. How valuableare we if we can just be replaced? Maybe he foresaw one of us dying and had a back up just in case? Or maybe she isn't a replacement and she's just reinforcements? Augh, this is making my head spin. His hand wandered over to Constance's and grabbed it, turning over and looking into her eyes with a look that was trying to say its gonna be allright.

[[Sov]]

Septar shied back shielding her face with her arm and closing her eyes tightly when Volgus had his sword pointed directly at her, but eased up a bit when he sheathed again. She noticed how tense the atmosphere was now, and she knew she was there to replace a "Max," but she hadn't known that he had died. Hearing the others words made her feel even more nervous than she already was, especially the chameleon. Grabbing the box that had her name on it she got up from the ground, and followed Volgus out of the cavern. "My party?" her face squished up on one side as she rubbed her forehead trying to absorb everything. "Pet Dragon?!" she said in a caustic, yet questioning tone, being a dragon herself. Maybe he means a feral dragon, she wondered, and then started to think about how a feral dragon would react to an anthro dragon. She squeaked a bit as they reached the end of the cavern. She couldn't even imagine what was going to happen next.