Tales of a Journey (Private!)

"Well, we can always hope, right?" Kinta asked, bearing his lighthearted smile again. "She should be. . . somewhere. Somewhere in the Knowledge District, I remember that much, at least."

And he led them a few narrow paths over, keeping an eye on the foxes in case one began wandering off. Which didn't happen, apparently. Kinta noted them under the "smart" animal category as they finally entered the Knowledge District.

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Neli entered the grounds of the place, watching as, out of a window, Isilma Jals went flying from a window on the second floor into a shrub that was nicely arranged on the grounds. A very pleased looking Malisa peeked out of it, pumping a fist and calling, "Bulls-eye!"

And it was at that point that the young girl noticed the younger robot, waving to her.
"Hi golem- er. . . robot girl! C'mon in! The door's unlocked!"

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"Wellllllll, the wolfie telly-ported here, and now Yani can't find the exit! But the wolfie disappeared, so Yani doesn't know where she is. . ." The rabbit explained to Riri, pouting. "But Riri is here, so it's all gonna be jolly-holly again!"

OOC: What should I change it to?

 

"Huh, I wonder if I should give these little fellows names or not," Audri said seeing that the three foxes looked sleepy as they just hung onto her arm like they were kittens hanging off of branches.

Audri was about to continue following Kinta more in depth of the Knowledge District until she heard someone calling her name out from behind her. Audri glanced back to see Scarlett and Xander running towards them.
"Oh, hello you two. Did you pop by Florence's yet?" The blonde asked as Scarlett scratched the back of her head sweatdropping, "Oh, I thought I forgot something."
"Well, we got involved in this huge goose chase since Matthew is here and-" "Matthew? I thought that he was with Riri?" Audri asked raising her eyebrow at the couple until the said white haired Tsuki popped up from behind the couple waving vaguely in Audri's direction, "Hello sweetie. I know that I'm not supposed to flirt with you in any way, because of your brother and boyfriend, but- what's with the foxes?"

"Oh, well they were being real cuddly earlier, so I picked them up and we're taking them back with us later," Audri said nuzzling her chin on top of the foxes' heads as they made little yipping noises as Matthew raised her eyebrow at the white fur balls. "But, yeah, you three should head to Florence's since we're almost done here. We're just going to see one other person before we head back to the others," Audri said turning around to follow Kinta again leaving the three odd people there.
"Wait.... Oh shit, I still have to go find Neli!" Scarlett said once Audri wasn't in hearing range as Xander glanced over at Matthew, "Do you think that the foxes are..."
"I don't know about you two, but I'm going to go follow the two just in case. You two should go do... whatever the hell you're supposed to do," Matthew said as he did a small jog to catch up with Audri and Kinta as he eyed the white foxes. "So, I know this probably isn't my business, but where are you two going?" Matthew asked, a little curious as to what these two were going off to do.

"I'll drop by Florence and Dietrich's shop, and you can see if you can at least try and find Neli," Scarlett said running her fingers through her hair as the Nobody nodded, "Sure! I mean, how hard will it be to find her?" "I don't know, but best of luck sweetie," The red head said kissing him on the cheek before they went on their separate tasks.

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Riri sweatdropped as she now remembered why she hated Yani. She's too damn hyper.
"W-well, as long as you're here, drink up I suppose," Riri said handing the rabbit girl what was left of the wine as she hoped that the rabbit's attitude would at least calm down if she was drunk.

OOC: hmmmmm....... i'm not sure..

 

Kinta just glared at Matthew when he showed up, but lightened up rather quickly when his attempts to hit on Audri were cut short by the foxes. He even breathed a sigh of relief when the man left. But his happiness was cut short when he returned, asking about where they were going.

"We're going to see somebody I once knew," Kinta informed Matthew, looking around at the buildings. "Of course, I don't know where she lives, so I'm stuck searching down the District while I try to find the place."

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"Oh boy! Grape juice~!" The rabbit cheered, taking the bottle and chugging it in a minute flat. The changes took place almost immediately, a blush permeated the Yin's face as she walked in a wobbly motion.

"Hey, foxie laydeeeee~" She cooed, nearly falling into Riri's shoulder, but recovered and had one arm hooked around her neck. "Yur the besht! The beshtest!"

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Neli entered the spacious mansion and looked around, noting the extravagance and age of much of the interior. Malisa was at the top of a grand set of stairs, but then she simply slid down one of the bannister rails on her feet, jumping off at the bottom and landing gracefully next to the robot.

"Hi! I never really did get to thank you for helping me back there!" The white-haired girl cheerfully said to the robot, taking her hand and leading her to a room past the staircase. Apparently the family was more than a little wealthy, because a massive library was contained within.

 

Matthew followed the two as he cocked his head to the side in a curious manner, "Why do you need to see this person?"
"Well, I'm still a little fuzzy on the details myself, but I guess Kinta wanted to say thank you for 'separating' Kinta and Ranma when they were stuck in one body, if I remember it correctly," Audri tried to explain as one of the white foxes escaped from the clutches of her arms to curl up and hang onto her shoulders.

"I think the foxes are a little too loving Audri," Matthew tried to say in a suspicious tone as Audri shook her head laughing as the fox tickled her nose with its tail, "N-not at all Matty! I think you're just paranoid that you and Zero are going to be replaced!"

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"Sweet god, I think I made everything worse!" Riri groaned as she wrapped her own arm around the rabbit's waist so she wouldn't fall onto the ground, because she knew that she'd leave the fox on her own.

Riri snatched the wine bottle away from Yani's hands as she poked the rabbit's cheek grinning, "Hey, I wanna share something with you. It's a secret, so don't tell anyone about it ok? Man, who am I kidding, you'll probably forget it in a few seconds anyways."

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"Neli? Neeellliii~ Where are you???" Xander called out as he walked through the Resident district. He's already made a quick sweep through the other districts, and the Resident District was the last one he was searching through.
"I wonder what made that girl go off in the first place once we got here," Xander said to himself as he started wandering the area, asking people if they had seen the blonde robot girl anywhere.

 

"Well, both thanks, and I'm going to see if she can do anything for Ranma. If I remember correctly, she can separate more than just somebody's mind. . . Of course, that is if she is still alive. I don't know whether the Organization found out if I failed to kill her or not. They might've just assumed I did," Kinta informed them with a shrug, spotting a peculiar looking sign from a distance. "-But that might be it, c'mon!"

He began dashing over to the place, ignoring the foxes' antics as he led Audri along, reaching the front of the store. The sign bore a single brown wing as the logo and nothing more.

"Yep, definitely it," Kinta sighed in relief, trying to peer inside the curtain covered windows.

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"Shure, anee-thing ya say, foxie! Yer my besht buddie!" Yani blabbered in her drunk mindset, keeping Riri snug against her shoulder. Even when drunk, the rabbit made sure always to stay off of the ground. "Nobody elsh really likesh hangin' wif Yani!"

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Isilma, having finally recovered from his little flight a few minutes prior, had already ran down to a corner store and was almost back to the front gates of the Jals family property, carrying a carton of cream.

"Ow, why does that girl have to be so violent? Where does she even inherit that from?" He wondered aloud, shaking the carton a little.

 

Audri tried to look into the window, but the foxes wouldn't stop moving about in her arms, that she had to step away from the window to calm down the fidgiting critters.

"Shall we go in then?" Audri asked looking over at Kinta as Matthew touched her shoulder lightly, "Well, there's no finding out if this woman is here by just standing outside. I'll take the foxes from your hands so that they don't cause any trouble in the shop."
Audri looked a little weary at Matthew for a second before handing the foxes over to them like puppies, "You can scold them if they start biting people." Matthew had an evil grin on his face as he looked down at the shivering pups, "Oh, I will if they start anything."

Audri had a bright smile on her face oblivious to the ominous feeling around Matthew as she turned back to Kinta smiling, "Ready to go inside and check things out?"

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"Well, that's because you hurt people by accident a little bit too much, I also think that people find your high-pitch behavior quite annoying. I think about getting away from you sometimes, but then I remember that you are the only one that I can sort of relate too because we're kind of... from the same world and all," Riri bluntly stated, not even caring if the rabbit's feelings get hurt. The fox girl felt that the rabbit needs to be told the truth instead of acting like a sugar-high maniac all the time.

"But back to my secret though! I... I think I'm in love," Riri said in a hushed tone as she turned away for a second with a blush rising to her face, "Oh hell, I think that I might even be falling for another guy as well besides my first love since this guy is a hell of a lot different than my first love in so many ways~!"

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Xander was in the middle of the street about to ask this one woman about Neli's whereabouts when he saw Isilma passing by with a carton. "Uh, p-pardon me sir!" Xander said chasing after the hurrying man as he walked by his side, "Not to be rude or anything, but have you seen a blonde robot girl anywhere? She's a tad shorter than me, talks in an odd tone, looks like a doll."

 

Kinta looked at Matthew with a confused smile, but then shrugged it off and put the blame on the fox's eccentricities. "Er, whatever. Bye for now!" He told the man, pulling Audri inside. The store, obscured from the outside by thick, dark curtains, was maroonish in color, due to more curtains, fabric, and other drapery hanging from the ceiling, walls and the table in the center among other things. The place simply screamed "FORTUNE TELLER" when one looked at it, especially with a crystal ball in the center of the table.

"Well, she SHOULD be here. . ." Kinta mumbled, looking around the room for the woman. "I mean, either that or the-"

"The organization, it did not get to me," Came a voice from behind the two, the smell of a pipe wafting up to them.

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"Yur a *hic* fick'le lit'le laydee. . . " The rabbit hiccuped, poking the fox with her free hand. "Yur already fallin' in luv when you have another?"

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"I'm not exactly sure what a robot IS, but I do believe I saw a doll-like girl when I went flying out the window. If I know Malisa, she would have invited her in to the library," Isilma told the Nobody, opening the gate to the grounds. Under the gate, a white line was painted, though it was a little smudged. "Oh dear, I may need to reapply another coat. . ." The mage muttered, gesturing for Xander to follow him inside.

 

Audri quickly turned around and hid behind Kinta. Not like she was afraid of where the voice was coming from, but just something about the inside of this place really creeped her out.
Guess that's what happens when you stick a ball of sunshine in a dark and mysterious place - they become terrified.

"U-um, h-hello?" Audri said meekly as she didn't really know what to say at this point, mostly with the smell from the pipe was a little alluring, but the blonde girl tried to not sound so rude either.

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Riri turned her head away groaning, "I know, you're going to say to stay with the one that I loved first, right? But that's the problem. I can't because he doesn't even remember us even going out in the first place, let alone being his girlfriend!"
Riri sighed as she walked Yani and herself over to a wooden bench before they both sat down, "It's just... I was just so happy being with him that he makes me feel like I can be flirty with him without him making a bad joke out of everything. But, with this other guy that I met, he... Wow, I don't even know how to start that since I barely know him! But I do know that he's a sweet gentleman, he knows how to charm a lady, and he treated me like I was beautiful on the inside and outside."
Riri was slowly breaking down into tears as she spoke that she grabbed onto Yani as tears ran down her face as she started to holler, "I don't know what to doooooo!!"

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Xander was about to ask about the white line on the ground, but he couldn't really ask about his question when Isilma was beckoning to follow him. "O-of course, sorry sir," Xander said quickly as he followed the man, hoping to find Neli and not get lost trying to leave the area.

 

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The old bird silently puffed her pipe, examining the two for a moment with hawklike eyes before walking around them to reach a comfortable chair at the opposite end of the table bearing the crystal ball. Raising the elongated, Eastern pipe to her lips, she began, "The girl, she is a very complicated one internally," she told them, pausing partway to take a puff from her pipe. "But you, you are also a complicated one too, no? With another I recognize, but not the same as before."

Kinta nodded, taking a seat on the side they were on, and directing Audri to do the same. "Yeah, things have gotten a bit strange. I was just here to-"

"I know why you're here. And I already have the answers you seek," The bird cut him off, blowing a ring of smoke into his face.

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"Lookee here, misseee!" Yani growled, taking on a serious face, but still quite obviously drunk. Standing up and taking a dramatic stance, she croaked to the fox. "You got. . . you gotta mann-upp! And deshide wha YOU wanna do, shee?"

And then the rabbit stooped low, to meet Riri's face with her.

"You gotta deshide whether you like dark chocolate or light chocolate!"

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Isilma led Xander inside and past the staircases, opening up to the aforementioned library. The place was unnaturally massive, however, and was several times larger, taller, and wider than the house, it seemed.

"Of course, finding them INSIDE of the library is always the hardest part," Isilma sighed, peering past a bookshelf.

 

Audri shuffled herself into a seat next to Kinta as she looked upon the odd lady on the other side of the table. She wondered herself why this woman was odd, more of less, why she seemed slightly rude to what made the blonde girl curious about how Kinta came across this woman in the first place.
But she decided to not speak up after the woman made a comment about her being complicated internally.
It wasn't something that Audri would talk about since she doesn't even know where to begin, as in why her mind a maze filled with people who she considers as pets, toys or friends, memories that should be kept as an old still frame, and all of the troubling emotions that eat away at Audri's very being every day.

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Riri was a little frightened of Yani when she started talking about making a decision. But when the rabbit brought up on deciding on dark or light chocolate, she completely lost it.

"But that's the point! I can't find myself able to choose between then! The first guy is a jerk, I've known him longer, and sometimes I feel like the only way that the guy is going to get laid is if he 'agreed' to be in this relationship with me!" Riri said as she stood up and pushing the rabbit girl away before she started to pace around.

"And the other guy, who I had only met just today, I just know that he's a sweet guy, he is so.... flirtly that it makes me wonder if I will barf up rainbows, hearts, and any other weird crap that would show how in love I am!" Riri snapped as she turned to the rabbit before snarling, "And if they both were pieces of dark or light chocolate, I wouldn't be able to choose because they both have their delicious quirks!"

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"Out of curiousity, why does the library have to be the biggest thing inside of the house. Actually, I think that most of the house IS the library," Xander commented as he followed the odd man, wondering if they will ever be able to find their way out of the library after they supposedly find Neli and the sister that Isilma commented about.

 

"Everything, it is laid out before me like a clear pathway. A pathway, one that is a treacherous one. My death, it comes soon, no doubt, and caused by your hand. But those, they are not the answers you seek," The Teller said, pausing to take yet another long drag from her pipe, but this time the smoke she exhaled took on more solid form above her. "I see the three you seek, a radiant emerald, an unfortunate flame, and a beast that knows no mercy. Two of which I know you know. But the third, it is missing from your search. And you come without your brother to help you. With good reason I might add, considering what is his state."

"It's nice and all that you can read everything like that, but can't you just tell me-"

"Of course. But be warned. The path you seek leads to death and destruction, should you continue to pursue it," The old bird warned him before continuing, "In a misshapen world that you've seen only once, the beast waits for its next victim. A pumpkin can guide you, but only if you lend in it your trust."

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"Well, I think you should eat both pieces at once, and-" Yani began, raising a finger to object. But, unfortunately for Riri, the rabbit passed out and landed on top of her.

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"Magic makes this place much bigger on the inside than the outside. For what it's worth, it's a requirement to be able to live any sort of proper life in the limited space of these caverns." Isilma informed him, whipping his head about when he heard a stack of books collapsing somewhere in the depths.

"I really do hope that she didn't try to pull the Compendium again. That book is far too advanced for her young mind!"

 

Audri sat there intently listening to the Teller before her and Kinta, and what she was starting to say was slowly starting to worry her.
Her death will be caused by your hand? What does that even mean Kinta? Maybe... Maybe there's something that he's not telling me, or any of us if it involves that ring with the supposed crazy sorcerer that Kinta has on his hand. The Cu Sith doesn't seem to cause that many problems, but the other ring... Hell, I'm still a little terrified of Kinta after what happened when I tried to explain to him my side of almost breaking up with him back in the Castle That Never Was! Audri thought to herself as she started pondering more and more deep into her thoughts.

But, I guess that's something to not worry about now, but I do wonder why we have to see people out. I can figure that the 'emerald' is possibly Riri since I can't think of anyone else, but an unfortunate flame and beast with no mercy? I.... I could think of who might be the 'beast', but I'm not entirely sure if... Audri's thoughts were interrupted when she heard some noises of laughter and snarling coming from outside. It was faint, but it did make Audri wonder if Matthew and the three foxes are wondering about it.

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Riri quickly caught Yani but unfortunately got dragged down on the ground. "Hoo boy, you really can't hold your liquor, can you Yani?" Riri muttered a little bit as she carefully got to her feet while struggling to carry Yani over her shoulders.
"Man, guess she's sleeping at the hotel tonight," Riri said to herself as she spent her time dragging Yani and her own drunken asses back to the hotel to turn in for the night.

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"Why does it matter if it's too advanced? Why don't you just let her try and at least read such a book? Is there really any harm in letting her take such a peek into it," Xander commented while he walked over to where the the book stack collapsing noise was coming from wondering why Isilma's deal was in the first place.

 

"But nothing is of concern. Not quite yet. I have answered your questions. You may leave now," The bird calmly puffed, another set of rings forming out of the solid smoke from earlier. "After all, there is much for me to prepare for, and not much time left for me to do it."

Kinta got up and bowed respectfully, about to turn away when he suddenly remembered something he wanted to say.

"Oh yeah, and before I forget, thanks. For what you did. I don't think I'd ever have won that-"

"I only ushered in the right path for the future to occur as it is supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less."

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"Well, have you ever heard of 'Mana overload'? It's something similar, but far less dangerous and far more pesky. If she reads it, her magical ability will grow tenfold for a short period, but it will render her inert afterwards. Such a difficult read, the Compendium is. Oh well, this way!" Isilma directed, the sickly looking man leading Xander to a row where the books appeared to be pulled off of the entirety of shelves next to it to form a house made of books.

"Oh knock-knock, sister of mine! Time to stop playing and come ou-"

KA-THUNK!

Isilma dropped to the ground, unconscious. A book had flown out of an opening in the "Attic" of the house.

 

Audri got up as well as she bowed a little to the woman. She was now sparked with curiosity on what the lady and Kinta were referring to before she had cut him off, but that was a question for another day.
"A-ah, thank you m-madame, we'll quickly get out of your hair then," Audri said trying to be as polite as she could be as she went over to the door as she heard the noises from earlier were louder as they sounded like they were just barely outside of the fortune teller's shop. She wondered as to what it could be before the door flung open and three pairs of arms yanked Audri out of the door and the shop closed behind her leaving Kinta still inside with the lady.
"W-What is gods names is going on?!" Audri shouted as all she could see around her was a flurry of white and various colored suits.

"She's so huggable!" A voice said from the colored abyss around her as she felt something wrapped around her waist.
"She's is quiet a sweetheart I suppose," Another voice said, sounding remotely familiar to the first as she felt something grabbing onto one of her hands.
"That might be so, but she must even taste better!" A third voice said grabbed her other hand before the colors ceased to move anymore before Audri noticed on what the hell was going on.
What Audri seemed to find herself in was being surrounded by three chatty yet deviously handsome fox men. They all looked remotely the same for what they wore and looked with their white fox tails and all, the only thing that was different was their eye colors.

"Errr, not to be rude, but who are you all?" Audri asked quite confused as to who she was pulled into seeing that she was still outside of the fortune teller's shop as one of the fox men with bright green eyes let of her waist smiling at her, "Pardon us dear madame, but me and my brothers have fallen in love with your beauty and was wondering if you wanna get involved in a fours-"

The fox boy ceased speaking as a fist came in contact with his head as Matthew stood behind this guy glaring down at the four of them. "You little bastards.. Don't try to play with game with me," Matthew snarled as he had blood dripping down his face as if he was in a recent accident. "M-matthew! W-what..." Audri was unable to think of something to say as he yanked her away from the other two foxes that were still uninjured as the new foxes just stood there glaring down Matthew as he pulled Audri away from them instead of helping the fox that was just injured.

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Xander jumped back almost screaming when the book came out of nowhere, but he regained his composure, knowing that he would of been screwed if Scarlett was with him.
He peeked around the book case as he called out still nervous that he was going to be pelted by books of various sizes, "Neli? Are you in here? Nellllllllllli?"

 

"Er. . . what just happened?" A startled Kinta asked when he saw Audri being pulled through the door. He turned about to see the Teller, but she was gone, somehow. "Oh, you gotta be kidding me. . . Oh well, I'd better see what the hell is going on."

He moved to the door and quickly opened it, only to hear, "-was wondering if you want to get in a fours-"
Kinta's mind filled in the rest of the sentence, and wasa bout to do something rash, but then Matthew got involved. Instead of pummeling the nearest fox, he just pulled her out of the group to his side.

"Matthew, who are these people?" He asked, pulling his arm around Audri's waist.

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Another book came flying out, but it missed Xander by a good margin.

"No, Neli! You gotta throw it AT them!"

"But Xander. I know," Neli tried to explain, having trouble with her limited speech.

 

Matthew immediately stiffened up a little when Audri was pulled from his grasp, but relaxed when he saw that it was Kinta that had pulled her away from him and the three troublemaking foxes.
"Well, um... As awkward as this is, Kinta, Audri. These are my three younger brothers Reynard, Keiji, and Leo. They're triplets and go hunting for souls in their little pack, also hoping to find a good time before they eat," Matthew said gesturing to each of them when he said their names. Reynard was the man on Matthew's left side, Keiji was on the far right side, and Leo was the one on the floor from getting whacked over the head by Matthew's fist.

"Damn it Keiji, why did we end up going after ANOTHER lass with a bo?" Reynard snapped in a hinted accent as Keiji just flicked his hazel eyes over to the brother that was by his side before shrugging, "I told you two that I have the sniffles, so of course my senses are going to be out of wack!"
"I don't know why you're complaining you two, I say that it's worse that this chick knows our party-killing brother," Leo groaned as he got up to his feet a little wobbly from when Matthew hit him on the head. That last sentence that seemed to have been said made Matthew break because what he said next kind of scared a few pedestrians off.

"D.... Did you just call me a PARTY killer?! How you three throw "parties" is more of a way to SLEEP with random chicks and hoping to get a good meal out of their SOULS!" Matthew snarled at the foxes as they stood their ground before their older and highly pissed brother.
"And another thing-" Matthew was about to continue to shout but he felt something tugging on his arm. He glanced back to see Audri standing there with a confused look on her face as he asked, "So, where are the fox pups that I told you to look after?" Matthew's rage diminished quickly as he looked at her with a quizzical look on his face before he sweatdropped, "Please tell me your kidding me Audri.."

"If she isn't, can we transform back and cuddle back up with her again?" Keiji asked innocently before Audri's train of thought came to a halt as she looked over at them with a blank look on her face.
"S-so... It was you three?" Audri asked in a slightly annoyed tone as Reynald and Keiji nodded, wanting to at least show some honesty while Leo just crossed his arms over his chest and trying to avoid eye contact with anyone standing there. "Wait, hold on a minute," Audri said as her voice seemed to be of normal tone as she looked down at her clothes, remembering of what each of the foxes said before a blush formed on her face.
Audri quickly gathered herself up as she looked over at the fox triplets with a dark blush forming over her cheeks as she asked, "W...Which one of you was nuzzling their head against my breasts earlier?"

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Xander ducked as he was still scared of possibly being hit with the book, but he suddenly smiled as he saw Neli there with another girl that was making a fit about her not throwing the book at him exactly.

"There you are Neli. Um, hi friend of yours I suppose Nel?" Xander said coming out from his hiding spot nervously as he looked to see the various books on the floor confused, "What are you two doing all the way over here in the first place?"

 

"Waitaminute, these were. . . Alright, I'm going to take a page out of Ranma's book. You three are about to get pummeled, end of line," Kinta growled at the foxes, cracking his knuckles. Continuing with a ferocious glare, "After all, I've got every right to be angry at three people who try to. . . what was that? Sleep with 'random chicks' and steal their souls?"

But the laws of the universe are never so forgiving. Murphy's law states that everything bad that can possibly happen, will. Adam's law states that a highly improbable event is more likely to occur in certain situations. So, of course out of all things to happen, the Yang man that Riri had encountered days prior barreled through the group, knocking them all to the ground as an enraged Vivi chased after him.

"Gonna KILL you!" The cat snarled, brandishing a scimitar for some reason.

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"What are you doing here? This is MY kingdom! You are hereby BANISHED!" Malisa directed, waving a plastic sceptre around.

"Playing pretend." Neli bluntly told him. Malisa groaned and facepalmed.

"You're not supposed to TELL HIM!"

 

The three fox gents pretty much found themselves on the ground and almost getting run over by the Yang man and a very angry Vivi.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm making a run for it," Reynard commented turning back into a white fluffy fox and trotting off. "Me too!" Keiji said as she transformed too and took off in another direction. Leo was about to make a run for it, but Matthew grabbed the man by the back of his shirt and pulled him back towards him, Audri, and a very pissed of Kinta.

"C-calm down! W-we didn't know that the cutie was yours! Besides, I love the touch of blush that's on your cheeks," Leo commented gesturing to Audri face as she stood there confused, "Blush? Eh, like make-up wise?" Leo nodded wanting to at least try to get in safe boundaries with Audri around, but Audri sratched the back of her head as she commented, "I don't wear any make up."

"Y-you don't?!" Matthew gawked almost letting go of Leo as Audri nodded confused. "Holy crap, you're beautiful," Matthew and Leo commented amazed as Audri blushed before Leo tried to push Matthew away and make an escape.

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Xander looked at the girls confused as he asked gesturing to Isilma's body on the floor, "If you're playing pretend, then why did you knock your brother unconscious with a book, and why are you playing in the library?"

 

Kinta just sighed and facepalmed, letting Leo escape. There wasn't any point in pursuing the fox at that point, especially since he had the bejezus scared out of him. Ah, let him run! Kinta thought, shrugging as he watched the gentleman dash away.

"So, er. . . we should probably be finding Scarlett, huh?" Kinta asked, tossing around a piece of munny. "I mean, we've kinda already done all we need to."

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"Because this isn't a library! Look!" Malisa declared, waggling her scepter at Xander. A blink later and the entire place looked different. All the bookcases had become clusters of orderly trees, and the house had become made of stone. The books that were thrown were still books, and Isilma looked sort of. . . like a staticey TV image. "I threw a book at my brother because he doesn't need to see my kingdom!" The girl continued to drone in a bossy voice.

In a low, if somewhat wistful, whisper to Xander, Neli said, "Can't see. Not possible. Am robot."

 

"Well, we probably should go find that ginger or she'll just cause some havoc one way or another," Audri sighed as she watched Leo scamper off as Matthew fixed the sun glasses on the bridge of his nose as he glanced at the couple, "Well, you two are on your own since I'm going to go catch my brothers. If you find either of them, you can beat their asses Kinta. Seeing as they almost persuaded Audri to join them into a foursome that is not to your liking."

Matthew dashed off in the direction where his brother went as he left Kinta and Audri standing there watching the fox man disappear into the crowds.
"Er, not to sound completely stupid for a 21 year old woman, but what the hell is a foursome?" Audri asked as she looked over at Kinta, hoping that as her boyfriend, she'd at least get some type of answer from him.

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Xander looked around in awe as he heard Neli's comment. "I'll draw you a picture later," Xander replied back to the robot girl as he looked over at Malisa with a curious look on her face, "As amazing as this is, why don't you want your brother seeing any part of your kingdom? I mean, this is.... I can't even put it to words it's that awesome! Oh, pardon me, but I'm Xander. I don't think I get caught what your name was at all."