Lilly and Steve have been holding on to dear life from their servants high speeds and acrobatics. Throughout the entire time Steve and lily were trying to give directions to Alcock and Kitsune from their phones.Craig was super specific on where they need to go. From routes to Alleyways they made it together near a manhole.
Steve:please put me down before I lose my breakfast…
Steve is looking a bit nauseous while lily is enjoying her little position of being princess carried by a fluffy animal.Alcock starts to look at steve before gently putting him on his feat as steve try's to collect his bearings by leaning towards the wall.
Alcock:my apologies master, I forgot that you would have the possibilities of having motion sickness.
Steve looks up and slowly turning his head towards Alcock.his facial expression was still calm but not as care free as he usually is.
Steve:you think? Maybe it's because of how fast you were going or maybe it was possible the amount of times we almost got hit by a bunch of cars after you slipped a few times and blame it on the traffic light?Who possibly knows?! Maybe you were right, it was motion sickness!
Steve may have raised his voice but not to the point of yelling.Alcock rubs the back of his own neck.By the posture Alcock is having it looks like he wants to apologize. Steve raises a hand infront of him to stop Alcock from talking.
Steve:no, no, you're fine, I'm just having a rough couple of days from taking all of this information in…no one can keep their cool from such events.
Alcock:phew.
Alcock wipes the forehead of his helmet.Steve even started to think about what was going on in Craig's head when he encountered some of this super natural stuff happening out of the blue.Steve even slightly remember the time Craig descend from the sky like he was flying.Steve shakes his head from that and focus on the now.Steve is going to ask Craig about that sometime later.
Steve:next time give me a heads up, I really don't like being treated like a rag doll.
Lilly starts to giggle making Steve turn his head towards Lilly. Lily sees him staring at her face in annoyance.
Lily:oh, sorry, I didn't mean to laugh but, I kinda had a blast.
Kitsune:I'm happy that you feel that way lily. If you like I can carry you more often then not?
Lily:thanks, I appreciate the offer and all that but um, may I get down please?
Kitsune then gently place Lilly down on her feet. As Alcock walks up to Kitsune, she has her guard up as the armored man extends his hand in camaraderie.
Alcock:I apologize from our previous scuffle, I was sure I was trying to be friendly but alas, I seem to have offended you. Let's start over. My name is Alcock the great, may I have your name?
Kitsune looks at his hand then back at the armor, she took a couple of sniffs in the air. Her eyes widened as she looks at him.
Lily:do you know how to shake hands?
Lily looks at lily then back at the armored man.
Kitsune:I do…Kitsune is my name.
Kitsune reaches out and shakes his hand.Kitsune is still tense from his presence alone.Alcock on the other hand is relieved that she can speak his language.
Lily:that's great, my name is lily mr.Alcock!
Lily smiles brightly as if she was the sun itself.Alcock himself can sense her purity from a simple exchange.
Alcock:it is a pleasure to meet you my lady.
Alcock places his right hand to his heart and kneels in one knee causing lily to look a tad shock.Steve and Kitsune on the other hand looks at Alcock in complete shock.
Lily:y-you don't need to go that far for a greeting you know.
Lily was looking a bit bashful from the knights mannerism.
Kitsune:at least he knows his place master.
Lily:wha-?!
Alcock:it's alright lady lily, sticks and stones won't hurt me.
Steve:you mean words don't you?
Alcock stands up and turn his head towards Steve.
Alcock:yes.
Alcock was completely blunt with his answer as Steve sighs.
Steve:I guess it's my turn, the names Steve.
Steve slightly shrugs as Kitsune wasn't amuse at his half attempt of an introduction.
Kitsune:charmed
Lily clap her hands together.
Lily:Great! Now we're starting to be more like a group of friends!
They look at Lilly as Steve sighs.
Steve:I guess, Alcock-
Alcock looks at Steve.
Steve:can you open the man hole real quick?
Alcock looks towards where Steve is tapping his foot at.then at Steve, then at the "man hole" he mention.
Alcock:not a problem.
Alcock plants his hands into the edge of the lid as he lifts it up.
Alcock:open.
Kitsune holds her nose in disgust as lily looks at Kitsune.
Lily:it smells that bad huh?
Kitsune:it's utterly foul, what is that horrible stench.
Steve:piss and shit.what else would be in the sewers? Flowers and air fresheners?
Kitsune's eyes widened.she starts to look pale at Steve at the realization of having to go through the sewer line of human waste littering all around their path making the ends of Kitsune's fur to stick out in disgust and fear.
Lily:do you want me to carry you? You can always get smaller you know?
Kitsune looks at lily hopefully as she then transforms back into a little fox form.Lily caught Kitsune with a small smile on her face.
Lily:I don't like it ether but at least it'll be easier to clean then that fit of yours.
Steve rolled his eyes in amusement at this.Alcock then steps infront of Steve and walk towards lily and Kitsune.
Alcock:if I may-?
Lily and Kitsune looks at Alcock in curiosity.more on lily being curious while Kitsune is more tense and on guard from what this metal man wants.
Alcock:I can carry the both of you through the sewers.it is so that you won't be solid by the waste within this filthy tunnel.
Lily:well if you don't mind-
Lily was the swept off of her feet as he Carrie's the two in his arms to both of their surprise.
Alcock:there we go, now then let's enter that foul tube and make haste towards-
Steve:how are you going to fit in there?
Alcock stops for a moment and looks at the manhole.Steve made a good point considering Alcock's armor is way too big for him to fit through such a compact space.
Alcock:....if we can get some butter-
Steve:that isn't going to work.
Alcock:well what other lubricant do we need to-
Steve:lube Isn't the problem here it's that armor your wearing.
Alcock looks at his own armor a bit as lily was looking at the two back and forth.
Alcock:it may be rusty but I don't think my fashion-
Kitsune:ITS TOO BIG MORON!
The rest were taken a back from the foxes outburst.
Alcock:hey now I lost weight you know! You see I'm on a diet-
Kitsune:THAT ISN'T WHAT WE MENT YOU IDIOT!!!
Steve face palms as he start to take deep breaths to calm himself down.
Steve:just strip off your armor or something-
Alcock:my lord you can't be serious! We just met yesterday-!
Kitsune:It's so you can fit through that hole!
As the three argue lily is basically thinking to herself on how this can work. After about an hour of arguing they finally made a plan.
Steve:ok, from the top, we will remove your armor so we can get you through the hole.then we will go through the tunnel within the sewers, and once that's done we will get to his house…any questions do you need me to answer or is this too complex for you?
Alcock raises his hand as Steve sighs.
Steve:yes alcock what is your question?
Alcock:what if I don't want to take my armor off?
Steve claps his hands together before pointing them at alcock with a deadpanned expression while Kitsune is fumming with rage at this simpleton.
Lily:is it because your hiding something from us?
The three look at lily as she looks at alcock.
Alcock:wha-of course not why would I, alcock the great hide something from all of you. I'm the shining example of what a true honest to-…to…
Alcock sighs as Kitsune realizes what he was hiding, that scent of his was the thing bugging her through out the entire time she smelled him.
Alcock:listen let's just try something else, I mean you have that map don't you?
Steve:and that map wants us to go through here…he was very specific about it though.
Lily thought of something.
Lily:what if we don't look when you get out of your armor? Once your in we can toss your armor into the sewers.
Alcock:then I can reequip my armor and carry the two of you through the sewers like I promised! Great idea lady Lilly.
Lily isn't use to the whole princess treatment as Steve sighs at this.
Steve:just hurry up guy's we've wasted an hour already far behind from bickering as is.
With that the three look away as they hear the armor cling and clang.like rusty metal hitting the ground.they assume that he's taking his armor off.
Alcock:yeesh I let myself go…ok, I'm going to climb down now.don't look till I sa-AAAAAAAAY!
Kitsune,lily and Steve collectively turn around as they hear a thump like bones hitting the ground.what they see is just rusty armor pieces but alcock was nowhere to be found.
Steve:did he just?
Kitsune:fell through the hole…most likely.
Lily:are you ok mr.Alcock?
Lily shouted through the dark hole hoping for a response.after a few seconds have passed they then hear a response.
Alcock:I'm ok! The sewage broke the fall…dear lord I need a shower…um, just toss my junk down here-
Kitsune went back to her anthropomorphic form as she picks up all the pieces before dropping it into the hole, they hear loud noises of metal on what they assume hitting on alcock.they hear loud screams of pain before they hear him shout in annoyance.
Alcock:ONE BY ONE!!! I WAS GOING TO SAY ONE BY ONE NOT ALL AT ONCE!!!
Kitsune has a smug look on her face as lily looks at her disapprovingly.
Kitsune:what? He wasted an hour of our time master, you have to admit he deserves this much.
Lily:that still isn't a nice thing to do Kitsune.at least apologize to him.he did offer us to be carried through the sewers after all.
Kitsune hates to admit it but she's right.Kitsune was being petty about it.the fox sighs before morphing back to her small fox form as she rests in Lily's arms.
Kitsune:sorry…
Alcock:it's alright! We are in a bit of a hurry after all, especially since I wasted precious time in such minuscule matters.
They hear some armor clanking around while Kitsune is a bit surprised at what he said. Maybe he isn't that bad to begin with.
Alcock:ok, I got my armor back on. Let's try to get through the tunnels now!
Meanwhile
Craig is in the cafeteria.It was how the day usual goes, he sits alone at the table with his food while everyone else is far away from him.Even if it's five tables apart the students still feel uneasy about him.Apparently what their seeing right now is worse then usual, that fear inducing aura has seemed to be more fear inducing making the cafeteria silent.usually they would talk but would that be a good risk for him to freak out over? A lot seems to think he is having a bad mood today. Others think that something happened didn't go his way. To answer their question this is the few times these rumors were right…to an extent.Craig has been thinking and thinking throughout his time in school as well as what transpired today as a whole.He has a lot to do today.Time stopped within the cafeteria now.
Craig(mind):ok…s-so this is how I believe my schedule is today…first I need to finish my day at school today.then,go over the situation with Steve and lily, and lastly to deal with that vampire…I've b-been thinking for quite some t-time now on how to handle steps t-two and three.st-step two will be pretty simple…if I have any social skills that is…but still, that fox and knight s-seemed to be their slaves, they have the same collars as eve and Cammy…now the question is how did that happen? Lily seems to know Roman greco but I do believe that she must of help the fox out by sheer kindness.Steve is a boxer but did he actually fought someone? The knight seems to be in debt to him so he must of saved his life as well…the knights armor is rusty but I c-can't be too careful, especially since my second encounter was with that oger, he had armor resembled as a knight himself…there is a chance that they know each other but....what about the angel?…I may have scared the two of them but that won't be enough…Is it enough?
Craig sighs as time resumes in the cafeteria. Craig has notice that it's quieter then usual.he feels everyone secretly staring at him.Craig knows exactly why considering the rumors spread around him.Craig grabs his phone and starts to text lily and Steve within the group chat. He had thought of there being a chance that a hacker can chip their data and see through everything he type just like the government.
Craig(mind):privacy is truly hard to come by in this day and age hasn't it?
Craig(text):How is your progress? Did you made sure that no one followed nor seen you?
Craig waits a bit before he sees text bubbles from Steve and lily texting.that gave him slight relief that their alive.
Steve(text):doing ok. Just some trouble getting that goofy knight into the sewers, I swear he's a handful. I don't believe anyone followed us.
Craig feels a tad tense from that, Steve said he doesn't believe so in turn means he isn't sure.Craig started to text some more.
Craig(text):be positive about it, the last thing I need is the four of you to get into trouble.
Craig sighs as he looks around slowly, when his gaze went to someone they instantly look away and tense up. Time slowed again as he closes his eyes.
Craig(mind):I have to assume there are more people within this school that are participants themselves. If that boy had an angel I have to assume anyone else have a race or creature under partnership as well them being under their command…races including elfs, dwarfs and many more…the creatures such as trolls and nessies…I'm more or less surprised that the loch Ness monster being real from that book Eve gave me…
Craig opens his eyes again as time resumes.His phone vibrated making him check on what the notification stated.
Lily(text):don't worry best buddy! We got it under control😁
Craig(text):...…stay safe….
Lily(text):you too!🙏
Steve(text):same with you😏
Craig sighs.he suddenly felt cold hands covering his eyes.he felt his own heart stopping right then and there, fear start to take root.The smell of iron is in the air, this presence was the same as he last met them.
Luna:guess who~
He heard her whispering in his ear.Time went to a halt once more as he started to think on how she knew where he was.he knows that vampires can smell the different type of blood and judging by this event that's transpiring he can tell she's a day walker.he doesn't want to show his nervous habit just yet.he needs to stay calm.from a third person view of this situation it looks like Luna is having a playful expression on her face.she is enjoying how fast his heart is racing, the faster the beat the more blood and oxygen pumps through his veins.
Craig(mind):SHE'S HERE?! This is not good…this is real bad, ok, ok just think for a second.Because since she's here she is probably wondering if I remember, but even so that's a bold move to do considering oh I don't know a freaking angel is within this building and this gothic vampire princess…I assume is a princess…walts right in and started playing the guessing game while people are trying to become god by kill each other without knowing who's who?!…just play along, my cover is blown regardless of what I do.plus by the looks of it she could be testing to see if I'm a competitor.but that doesn't mean that any other competitor could u-use camouflage or eavesdropping on our conversation…
Time resumes while Craig closes his eyes and begins to calm down by taking a slow deep breath and exhaling making the vampire raise an eyebrow.
Craig:….Luna bloodmoon.
Luna looks a bit shocked at him remembering her full name, usually it takes a moment for people to remember their name.she ponders if she had that much of an impact on him that he remembers it very well.She dose appear satisfied from the answer.
Luna:you remember, that's great to hear I made such an Impact on our first meeting~
Craig slowly feels her hands uncovering his eyes.
Craig:…..Quite….
Craig opens his eyes to see something he didn't expect.what Craig see wasn't Luna but a completely different person with her signature eyes. Her hair is blonde and her skin seems to be less pale, as if her skin has gotten more of a tan.his eyes widened a bit as he stares at her.
Luna?:what's the matter? Not use to the sudden change?
He examines her posture.she's sitting across the table resting her head on her hands looking casual.her clothes seem to be very well covered. But what Craig found ironic is that she's wearing something that van helsing the vampire hunter would wear.
Craig:...you can say that…
Craig said quietly as his attention went to his phone.he believes that this can help him out with concealing himself from being a competitor but not help his public image.though it wasn't good to begin with during school and all that, but the students don't seem to notice her presence.plus the one kid with the angel doesn't seem to be near so Craig can be a little less nervous but thankfully his habit hasn't kicked in.
Luna:I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that, what did you say?
Luna asks curiously yet playful.Craig continues to look at his phone before looking at her in the eyes.
Craig:I said it's a good look on ya.
Craig stated as calmly as possible and as polite as he can possibly sound. Luna seems to smile at his complement.
Luna:why thank you, it's been quite a while since I wore this. It's been hard keeping it in great condition considering how fabric life span can be when it isn't taken care of.
Craig:ain't that the truth…what do you want? Our meeting isn't till tonight…
Luna gave a small chuckle while staring at him closely.
Luna:that's good, for a second there I thought I need to remind you. Oh well I suppose I came here for nothing. Although you should continue on doing your best with keeping your health tonight.it would be a shame if you were to get a heart attack~
Luna licks her lips a bit while Craig continues to look at his phone.he's doing his best to not notice that.
Craig:…I appreciate the warning….ones health is very important after all, we truly don't know when our time would be up after all….
Luna:time?
Luna giggles a little more.When Craig look to where she was sitting she disappeared.Craig then felt her cold left hand placed on his right cheek while two of her fingers from her right hand is on the left side of his atoms apple.Craig's eyes widened a bit.he feels like his heart stops again as the vampire is right behind him.Craig is scared but he isn't showing it, he doesn't want to show it. She slowly hovered over her head above his right ear to whisper.
Luna:what do you know of time?
Craig(mind):t-time? Is she talking a-about one of the many abilities and powers you posses or j-just your age? M-Maybe how long she has waited? I-I feel like I'm in some weird position of some sort of an assassination attempt.
Craig: it's a man made concept that continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future.That includes monitoring how long the sun will be out and how much the planet will rotate….do you believe time is an illusion?
Luna hasn't moved an inch nor respond.
Craig(mind):I remember Albert Einstein stated in one of his quotes that time is an illusion.He believe that both the future and the past are unchangeable, and will play out exactly the way they were meant to. She asked me what I believe in but not what she wants to hear…I don't know her personally so it's hard to know what type of past she might of had.
Luna then let's go of Craig before laughing a bit.Craig feels like his heart can beat again.
Luna:my aren't you well educated~ so well that a zombie can consider your brain to be a five star full course meal.
Craig believe how ironic that statement is considering domino is apart of the household now.
Luna:but that isn't the answer I was hoping for.
Craig:maybe it's how you worded the question.
Craig(mind):Dang it Craig you were doing so well!
Luna gave a small chuckle.
Luna:I suppose you are correct about it, though I hope to see you tonight…I've been waiting to know what forbidden treasure you have within your body~
Craig(mind):I kn-know she's talking about my blood but that sounded very dirty.
Craig turned around to look at her once more but she disappeared, his annoyed expression turned to a small glare as he looks back onto his phone…he started to wonder who's skin she was wearing within that skin suit.he can't express himself and calm down yet.millions of thought came to his head.is she going to turn him into a vampire?is she going to suck the blood from him sry and use him as a skin suit like that one person she was wearing.she did mention about it but very subtly considering how different her appearance is from the last time they meet, or is she going to use him as a blood bank.then a thought came to his mind
Craig(mind):a blood bank...I-I think I know what to do…but first….I need to finish my day at school…
Meanwhile.
Lily and Steve are walking with alcock and Kitsune through the fields. Alcock and Kitsune are arguing over how true his story is.
Kitsune:there's no way you fought a dragon with just your bare hands.
Alcock:I have, i am called the great after all. Why would i make up a story as grand as this?!
Kitsune:to overcompensate your disability to fight.you were losing to me earlier at that school.
Alcock:if I recall correctly you caught me off guard. And once I've regained my bearings I was going to slay you.
Kitsune:you definitely were going to defeat me by slipping and falling on your bum.
Alcock:you made the floor turn to ice! Of course I'm going to fall!
As the two continue to argue Steve and Lilly are looking pondering on what Craig's house will look like. They never went there before.
Steve:so…what do you think the house will look like?
Lily looks at Steve a bit before looking up into the sky.
Lily:possibly normal.
Steve:really? You sure it won't be a haunted mansion?
Steve joked as lily gave a small giggle.
Lily:on the outside maybe but it could be pleasant on the inside.
Steve seems to laugh a bit himself.
Steve:sounds about right.
Lily look behind her to see alcock putting his hands on where his ears are supposed to be in his helmet while Kitsune continues to berate him on how childish he's acting.
Kitsune:how can you possibly be a knight by acting like a spoiled-
Alcock:I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALALALALALALALA
Kitsune is on the verge of attacking him.
Lily:should we stop them?
Steve:nah, there getting along just fine.
Lilly didn't look amused. Before lily even begin to try and stop their bickering they stopped to see a normal looking house infront of them.
Steve:is this his place?
Lily:I expected it to be normal but I didn't expect him to have some sort of shed.
Steve:you seem to be more of a city girl ain't ya?
Lily:I really haven't been in the country side I'll tell you that.
Kitsune and alcock stopped arguing to see the house infront of them.
Alcock:….this may look underwhelming but I do like the style of this place.it feels homely.
Kitsune gave alcock a deadpan look before sighing.
Kitsune:let me guess, you imagine this person to have a giant castle?
Alcock:no, more like a house for nobility.
Kitsune:.....I swear I'm about to imprison you in ice.
Alcock:sorry but I believe that wouldn't be very "ice" of you.
Lily gave a small giggle as she went up to the front door of the house and begins to knock on it.Steve is close behind her when that happened.The door knob turns as the door opens.they were greeted by domino as she opened the door.
Domino:sup,I suppose it's been awhile.
Lily recognize that voice and smiled happily.
Lily:oh hey I remember yo-!
Steve's eyes widened in fear upon seeing domino again and begins to act instinctively grabbing lily before jumping off the front door.
Steve(mind):alcock!
Alcock with one swift motion seeing Steve tackling lily while shielding her as well as his master calling his name he unsheathed his sword and jumped infront of him with Kitsune looking in shock started to stand right beside the knight determined to protect her master.alcock keeps his sheild infront of him.as lily and Steve land on the ground lily looks in shock as she didn't expect this to happen with domino looking confused to all hell on what's happening.
Domino(mind):what the actual fuck is going on?! Wait, that blonde twink looks familiar…do i know him? That girl is with them so maybe it's a misunderstanding?
Domino raises her hands in a surrender like position.
Domino:tsk, hey now I just live here don't give me more shit to deal with.
Steve got up to get infront of lily.he's very hesitant right now considering what this lady did to a random guy. Lily is very important to Craig and in Steve's eyes someone that needs to be safe, he doesn't know what Craig will do if his first friend passes away.Lily gets up a bit more confused then domino within this whole ordeal. When she got back up to see domino looking annoyed while alcock and Kitsune is infront of the two of them and Steve directly infront of lily as if he's shielding her.
Lily:what's going on? Hey now I know her she's a friend of Craig.
Steve turns around to look at her like she's insane but stopped and thinks a bit. Craig took care of her right? Which means that he must of interacted with lily to go to help Steve out with that injured man she was with Craig during that time.
Domino:wait a minute I know you now you're that twink from earlier when you were hiding behind count grumpula. What's wrong, scared I have coodies?
Steve looks annoyed but calms down a bit. He looks towards alcock.
Steve:false alarm alcock, it seems like I misunderstood the situation.
Steve said in his carefree tone.Alcock sheathe his sword as he started to loosen up his posture.Kitsune looks at the two of them before getting off of her stance.
Alcock:as you wish my lord…so my fair lady what is thy name?
Alcock gives a small bow towards domino to her surprise.
Domino:domino.
Alcock stands up and stands firm before hitting his chest with his right hand.
Alcock:my name is alcock the great, the one on my right is Kitsune and the two behind us is our masters. This strapping young lad right there is my young master, his name is Steve.
Domino holds back her laughter at how common that name is.
Alcock:this fair maiden is lily.
Domino:maiden huh? Well as much as I like to sit on my ass and chat about some weird roleplay might as well get inside. Napoleon is making some grub.
Domino went inside with the door open leaving the rest to stay put.Kitsune seems to be frightened by what she's smelling from the house.very strong scents are coming from there.
Alcock:welp Time to enter, it's rude to keep them waiting.
Alcock enters the house with lily closely behind.
Lily:wait up!
Steve sighs as he follows suit.
Steve:give me a break here buddy, how did you do it?
Steve looks behind him to see Kitsune still looking at the house with fear.
Steve:coming?
Kitsune gets out of her state of mind and follows him quietly and cautiously into the house. She's scared of what type of monsters this Craig is housing.