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Group #5 Participants: Kyoupiruchi (Junichi), Nessylove (Guelherme), Saede (Skule).

Post Order: Saede, Nessylove, Kyoupiruchi

Prompt: The lost Fa'e and their Guardians have been retrieved from their respective worlds and brought to Gaia by Airi. However, a member of Chaos' Legion has been waiting for the new arrivals, and as Airi leads the group to Fa'e HQ, the twisted creature attacks!

... Specifically, it attacks in the form of Xochitl's pink elephant toy, now possessed and forced into a grotesque and terrible life-size. The monstrosity lunges for Airi, and manages to squish her down beneath its horrible blotched rump. Airi vanishes, whether by her own choice or someone else's magic it is not clear... and the posessed plushie turns on the Lost Children and their Guardians.

What do you do?


Notes: The setting is in front of Fa'e HQ - basically grass, somewhat withered from winter frost, and a dirt path. The weather is chilly, but not freezing, and somewhat overcast. The time is mid-afternoon.

The monster will attack using basic physical attacks and brute force, no magic or other powers - solely strength. It is big (since it is an elephant and all) and surprisingly fast, and strong... but it's not incredibly smart. Not dumb as a post, but nobody's going to admit it into Mensa anytime soon. It will direct its attacks primarily towards the Fa'e, not so much the Guardians. If you run, it will give chase.

You are permitted to play the opponent and to determine when (and if!) it drops, but remember not to godmod - it will take some kind of concerted effort to take the thing down. Don't expect to recieve high points if your Fa'e downs it in one hit before anyone else gets a chance, for example!

Too. Gods-blasted. COLD! The ethereally pretty angel fêmea had not warned him that this planet had only one sun. Guelherme could hardly believe how increasingly frozen and barren this place was. No lush greenery, no colorful birds soaring overhead, and the small mammals that rushed from tree to tree, daring you to catch them if only you could. None of that!

From a jungle native, on a planet with three suns, this place was downright icelandic. That was the only thought the serpentine youth could think of as he stiffly followed Airi. Well. Not the only thought. But most of those thoughts were expressed vocally and bitterly by his priestess. As she opened her mouth yet again, Guelherme was thanking the gods in the heavens that none of the estrangeiros he was with understood his language!

"Why? Why did you bring me to this blasted frozen rock to rot away from my temple? Great gods, why have you forsaken me?!

Though he was fairly sure they could hear the whine. The looks coming in their direction weren't the warm welcome he was quite expecting. Not that he could truly complain. It may have been cold, but neither was he as frozen as his guardian. No, the flame kept his ears warm, at least, and somewhere the little blonde had found him a warm overcoat to protect his scales from the frost.

In fact, he was so concerned with keeping himself warm, and wondering what the hell had brought him here, that he barely noticed the reason for the commotion. Or cared. Of course, having his ear snagged by dagger sharp nails and being thrust foward in front of the squat Indiamara woke him up rather quickly.

"Fiho de puta." Son of a b***h. While not unused to seeing malevolent beings, the giant pink....whatever that thing was was entirely new! What the heck was he supposed to do about it? Run? Distract it? Wait, what was that scream?

It was in English, that was for sure. And he barely understood the dialect the girl his age was yelling at him in. "Goddess? There is no goddess here girl. And you blame myself for this monstrosity? Are you insane?! Not even I have power of this sort!" She must be some poor servant of the angel, mentally deficient from birth. Poor thing.

Speaking of the angel...what had happened to her? She seemed to have vanished. Did the diabo eat her? Crap.

"We should attack the thing. Make it give us back the angel fêmea! Airi." Struggling briefly with the language, and his malformed tongue, he tried to spit the words out properly. "Get her back!" Speaking of her...where was Mara?

Turning to look back at his 'mother', he noticed she had gotten as far away as she could from the group, and was huddled on the side of the road. In her hands she held her prayer beads, and poor Guelherme could barely make out what she was saying.

"Please, great gods, deuses grandes, spare me! Kill the boy, kill his heathen companions, but spare me, your beloved priestess!

Oh. Great.

The elephant possessed intent, if not any form of style or class, as it went about demolishing nearly a third of the group. Initially it managed to at the very least make "the Goddess" head for the hills, and five minutes later one swing of it's adorably crinkled trunk sent another member of the party flying, skidding, and thunking off to the side of the road. As the pink fiend wagged its tail in good cheer, the lad finally skidded to a stop off to the side of the path, apparently unconscious and possibly severely injured. The fight had only just begun and the winner was almost surely the ex-toy that was a charming shade of fuchsia and had the disposition of an angry pitbull.

Skule could have really cared less.

"Oh no, you did not just say that to me!"

Frankly, Guelherme had made a drastic mistake in his choice of females to offhandedly insult. Skule's affection towards males was nonexistent, and she was far more likely to get mad at a man for no reason than she was to ignore him. Once the flaming haired boy gave her a semi-valid excuse to try and bite his head off, the female Fa'e was all too happy to stride over to him and deliver the verbal beating. Fraught with annoyance she clenched one hand into a fist at her side, the other moving to poke the other teenager firmly in the chest. As far a she was concerned, the young man was trying to slight her honor. Being a creature of pride, Skule found that would not do at all. "You will apologize this very instant or I shall…"

Skule's impression of an iceberg only lasted a moment. "Make you regret it!"

Smugly satisfied by her vague but hopefully threatening retort, the Huldra crossed her arms over her chest and waited for a formal request for forgiveness. Perhaps if the male seemed sincerely sorry she would not have to make the fight physical. Somewhere not-very-deep within Skule's soul she hoped the apology would not be good enough. If looks could kill, her gaze just might have murdered, buried, and held a funeral for the man its owner was glaring at.

In the background of the ensuing argument, the elephant was becoming faintly confused. While its brain was made of little more than fluff, it was fairly sure the tiny things it was trampling were supposed to fight back. So far they had been rather easy to scare off or defeat and now two of them looked like they might turn on each other. Snorting loudly through its trunk, the monster of plush tried stomping a foot onto the ground as hard as it could, hoping a mild earthquake would help him regain the tinier beings' attentions.

The Huldra Fa'e was shaken, but she only looked up at the tusked beast briefly. "Do you mind not interrupting? Thank you."

During that time, Daisy stealthily made her way to the tree in which the transformed owl seemed to be hiding. While she was loathe to allow her daughter to become a distraction, Skule was certainly loud enough for the job. If she could just keep their opponent's attention, her guardian just might be able to think of some sort of plan to defeat it. If not… things might get really messy.

"HOOT!!" Remmy hooted loudly in alarm as he swooped off the tree down towards Junichi's motionless body. When approaching ground his claws swiftly turned into legs, brown feathers flowing about as the wings turned into a man's arms. Gracefully landing next to Junichi in full human form, Remulos stared alarmingly at Junichi's face. His eyes were closed and there was a cut on his lips, probably bit into it himself when he got hit. Remulos's brow knitted together in concern as he reached out a hand to touch Jun's chest. He's still breathing! Remmy sighed in relief. Grabbing Jun's shoulders he shook him lightly. "JUN!! WAKE UP!!!" He screamed. They are still in grave danger as long as they are still on the ground with the giant pink toy rampaging about. Jun must wake up so they could run away to hide or something. Thankfully for Remmy, the elephant doesn't seem to take interest on him or the unconscious Jun now for that matter. And it gives him plenty of time to run away.

He swung Junichi's arm over his shoulder and lifted him up, intending to at least pull Junichi out of the clearing when Junichi stirred awake.

"MMmmm..." He moaned as he regained consciousness., the pain on his chest and backside stinging him at once. "Owww..." he winced, one hand clutching onto his chest, he realized his glasses cracked during the impact. "That thing sure hit me hard eh...?"

"Are you okay Jun?" Remmy asked in concern as he continued to guide Junichi off the road.

"Yeah I think I'm fine." He gritted his teeth and let out a groan as he stood up with his own 2 feet, getting off of Remmy. The pain on his butt was still stinging him so he couldn't actually stand straight. "Useless! If it were me I wouldn't had gotten hit like that!" The same voice as before cried in his head. "Seriously, I could care less." Junichi muttered a reply as he felt a tremor on the ground. Immediately reminded of the crisis at hand, Junichi snapped his head back at the elephant that now had it's back facing him.

Apparently the elephant lost interest with him when he fell unconscious, he should be thankful that the giant didn't decide to trample on him when it had the chance to. But now it seemed to be attracted by something on the other side. With his glasses cracked Junichi can't really see clearly. But when he squinted at the direction he saw 2 figures - the female Fa'e and the other male Fa'e who had flaming hair! They seem to be arguing with each other. Just at that moment the pink monstrosity kicked back it's hind legs, preparing to charge forwards.

Junichi had to do something, anything! He couldn't just look at the monster hurt another person. He had no idea what abilities the other Fa'e had, for all he knows they're probably as helpless as he is. But what he know is that he must do his best to prevent more people from getting hurt, even if it means getting hurt himself. Well, more than he is now anyway.

He don't know what prompted him to do so, but just before the elephants starts it's charge Junichi dashed forward instinctively. "HEY!!! GET AWAY FROM THERE!!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs at the 2 figures. But right now, Junichi is in a very difficult position because he's running in front of the charging beast, which is actually gaining speed and momentum.

Well, that was encouraging to know. Guelmy was actually looking forward to it, and at the same time, dreading it. Here was a girl his age who didn't demand subservience, and had absolutely no interest in what lay below his breeches. How incredibly refreshing for the boy.

Indiamara seemed pleased that they were no longer fighting, however her opinion of Skule herself was rapidly decreasing. Lifting her skirts? Running towards the thing?! What kind of female did things for herself?! Heathen child.

With the bang from the pistol, the fat priestess toppled over, and her prayers renewed with a fervor. Only now she was praying that Skule go first, and then the rest. Heathens, the lot of them! Obliterate them all!

"Seja quieto, Senhora!" Oh that wouldn't go over well, but if she wouldn't shut up, he could NOT concentrate. This was more important than anything else at the moment! Where had Skule gone? Scanning the perimeter, he found her appearing out of a tree down the lane. Wasn't that handy?

"Are you feeling well? We might need you to help us." The inquiry was directed to the other serpentine boy. Jun, he think was the name he had heard from the strange shapeshifting owl. Vaguely, he thought it would be intelligent to start burning things behind the monstrosity as it headed for the girl slowly.

It wouldn't turn back towards them, and would be easier to trap. Hopefully.

"Do you think you could perhaps go help the senhora down there? I do not think she is capable of this on her own. His nerves were definately showing. His s's were sibilant and slurred. Talking was becoming difficult in the language of the homem branco.

It was quite strange for Guelherme to take charge in anything, but all anybody else was doing was getting hurt and running off on their own. Somebody had to do something!

Everything was spinning, as though during her time passing from tree to tree Skule was turned like a top. She was kept moving in circles until she fell out of another oak, completely disoriented with her knees just about to give out. On the plus side, the Huldra incarnate was used to the side effects of tree-walking. Sometimes she felt as though it was neatly carved into her being to be comfortable with the sensation of nausea. Every time one tree thrust her out she would stumble for merely a moment, gather herself, and then start running again in whatever direction seemed wise at the time. The earth flew beneath her feet, and even when she tripped over a large root or fallen branch she kept moving. She would not allow herself to slow down, even when she realized she was wearing her nice boots instead of her working ones.

Her motivation came in the form of a very pink, very unhappy toy elephant stampeding its way through the not-entirely-dense woods. Every few seconds the girl would look over her shoulder, nearly falling onto her face as she attempted to gauge just how much time before she was crushed under a child's plaything's mighty heels. While the idea was amusing, it was in no way appetizing. To say Skule was mildly regretting her decision to help one of the male Fa'e would have been a grand understatement. To say she was going to beat his face in if he did not make himself useful very soon would have been completely true.

"Where are they?" she growled aloud, one hand pushing stray strands of hair out of her eyes. While Skule was nowhere near out of breath, it was becoming clear the elephant was covering ground much faster than she. There was a silver lining to the pink and violent cloud, however. Some yards in front of the girl was what might have been a medium sized group of trees, an area not unlike a miniature forest. If she could just pass through the more or less open ground before it, she might stand a small chance. She dashed.

Then she stumbled on approximately nothing but her own two feet.

Then she twisted her ankle as she fell. Then she swore a lot as the ground quaked, signaling that her immediate doom was stomping its way towards her.

With a silent nod, Junichi agreed to Guelmy's statement that Skule might not last long. Just the sight of Skule dashing from tree to tree in the forest is enough to make Jun's head spin, he couldn't imagine pulling a stunt like that himself. So instead he focused on the pink giant, eyes following it's giant body as Junichi dashed into the trees. Skule is a girl after all, there's only so long that she might last, he have to help her distract the thing somehow. He saw Guelmy conjured that fireball just now, if only he could find something that could start up a big enough fire to stop the elephant. Or even better, setting the thing itself on fire! But the giant toy doesn't look like it's flammable, at least not easily anyway.

"I'll distract the beast with the girl, you find a way to stop it!" Junichi cried to Guelmy one last time right before he ran into the woods. Jun knows it's selfish to leave such a big burden on Guelmy, but Skule needs help as well. Besides, Guelmy looks so much tougher than Skule.

As soon as Remmy saw Junichi headed into the trees, he took flight after him, keeping a close eye on Jun. The feeling of worry as a guardian guiding his body now rather than the fear of the beast. He's too worried about Jun to leave this entire endeavor to his own. Swooping between trees he took note of the giant pink toy's stampede direction, it's too hard to miss to tell the truth. That's when he saw it, the female Fa'e that was transporting between trees tripped and fell to the ground not very far in front of it. It was his cue, he needed to do something to distract the monster long enough for Jun to reach the girl.

Conjuring all the courage in his little timid heart, Remmy made a swift dash towards the pink elephant's head. He hooted loudly once and extended his claws towards the elephants giant bead eyes. This made the elephant flinched and temporarily halted in it's tracks, it's long trunk swinging wildly trying to get the irritation off it's head. Avoiding the trunk as best as he could, Remmy continued to poke and claw at the elephant's eyes until he half peeled the left eye out from the glue that attaches it to the body.

Seeing that the elephant halted in it's tracks, Junichi silently thanked Remmy as he seized the opportuned moment to grab Skule around the waist and heaved her up and over his shoulder. Then he ran across the small clearing to the trees beyond. When he thinks that the creature had lost sight of them he settled Skule down behind a tree and some bushes as he kept a close eye to the elephant. "Are you okay?" Jun asked in concern as he stole another gaze at the elephant. It now had a dangling eye and seemed to had lost track of them. Remmy seemed to had escaped when Jun rescued Skule. "Good job Remmy." he muttered a praise to no one in particular, and only loud enough for himself to hear.