106. Promises

[corrinesbell]

Hey guys, listen up. If you see anything that looks like a huge ball of lightning, a giant...mole, a really muscular guy with four arms, or a really old guy using magic, you've gotta let me know right away. They could be dangerous.

[There are others, but they're harder to describe and, while they could be equally as destructive, they're not as

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[corrinesbell]

Whoa! [She backs away from the wolf, and Undine gets in front of her protectively. But the injuries on the other wolves are...strange, coming from one of their own. And why would one monster turn on another with no nests or anything around?]

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[corrinesbell]

[Monsters defending her? That's new. And she's not complaining. In fact, she'll step in and finish the injured one off.]

Thanks.

[voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

Very specific descriptions, Sheena. The summons from your world?

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

Yeah. There're more, but not all of them are quite that volatile.

[voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

Have you reached out to any of them yet? Were they difficult to bring under your control?

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

I talked Undine down without taking too many hits. ...But they're not here because they wanna be, and that'll be a problem.

[skyborne_mage]

I found Sylph.

[She holds her journal off to the side, showing a couple of small fairies... wait, only two? They blink at the book for a moment before abruptly breaking into grins.]

Hey, hey it's Sheena! Hi Sheena, hi!

[corrinesbell]

...Martel, Arche, I'm so sorry.

[The sarcasm is just edible there. Sylph. Great. ...But only two? And they look different.]

Uh...hey guys. Where's...um...Fairess?

[skyborne_mage]

Hey what's that supposed to mean? We haven't seen you for four thousand years and then you say something like that?

[The other spirit (they're identical now so it's really hard to say which) coughs to interrupt her.] The world's changed a lot since your time, Sheena, and the spirits with it. I doubt you'd recognize most of us in Arche's time. For example, we, well... we sort of all fused. The two of us don't even have separate names anymore.

Yeah, but some things stay the same. Like Ifrit. Anyway, Sheena, I've already proven myself to them in battle, and apparently I can make pacts in Luceti somehow, so I'll be looking after these two while they're here.

But that doesn't mean you can weasel out of coming to see us!

[corrinesbell]

Four...four thousand years?

Wait, Arche, these are your Sylph?

[Voice/Filter]

[ratatosk_knight]

The summon spirits are here?

[Voice/Filter]

[corrinesbell]

Yeah. ...Do you feel weird?

[Voice/Filter]

[ratatosk_knight]

A-a little, but I thought it was just because of whatever's happening with the sun.

... am I going to go crazy too?

[Voice/Filter]

[corrinesbell]

I dunno. ...Where are you right now?

[voice]

[outwalks]

You're familiar with the creatures who've been appearing?

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

Only some of them. A lot of them seem like monsters to me.

[voice]

[outwalks]

I thought they were all monsters at first. . .

How dangerous, exactly?

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

Any one summon spirit from my world has the means to destroy this entire village and not break a sweat. [Metaphorically. Not sure any of them can actually sweat.]

But only about half of them would carry it out after being reasoned with.