Boa Arrow

Our new group had made its way to the nearby "woods". They're quiet, I kinda like it. Although, the silence is putting me on edge.

"Now that we are a group," Pākiki struts in front of the group, "It is time we need a leader."

"I'm leading." I quickly claim. "Without me, I doubt you'll live."

"I could say the same thing." Pākiki smugly responds. "Without me, you would be cut up by that dude with the knife. I think I would be a better leader because I am more rational."

Bitch, please. A rational person wouldn't approach an idiot with a knife without a plan... Does- does that sentence even make sense? Doesn't matter. I'm about to put her in her place.

"I was the one who shot the arrow that saved Pak!" Archie butted in before I could say anything. "I should have a say in this."

Alright we've seen this all before.

A- ... what the fuck?

Neon: Oh sorry, it would be a bit confusing now to have myself written in that way. But we've already seen this before.

Mfe Iwe: Seen what? Scratch that, who are you?!

Neon: I assume you've gotten tired of seeing pages and pages of nothingness. Trust me, this is boring too. I want to speed this up, let's see some... fun.

Boa: That's vague

Neon: Now where did we stop? Do we need a recap? Nah, let's just get to where we leave off. It'll be our little secret.

Boa: ANSWER MY QUESTION!

Neon: You must be some type of stupid to not recognize me from before. Again, I'm already getting impatient.

I know who Neon is but... it changed again! Now, I'm facing Pākiki, who is covered in blood. She looks like she's been caught doing something. I turn to my side and I see Archie has a look of disgust on her face, ironic.

"You said let's go," Pākiki's sidekick nudged me. "What are you waiting for?"

"Huh?" I scratch my head. I- he sounds a lot like Neon now that I think about it. But I'm not sure, the hermit also sounds like Neon. It might be a regional thing. Either way, he's giving me a strange look. "The real question is, what are YOU waiting for?"

"You're our leader." He shrugs.

"Yeah," I nod. "I am! Hurry up, pakolo!"

Pākiki also gives me a strange look. Maybe I'm paranoid, but something's hella off. Have I talked to Neon? Do I even know who he is? What was he talking about? And what did I miss?

We resume walking until the trees start to move to the side of us. Any type of cover we had is moving away. I leap toward the side to try and keep some cover, but they just move more and more out of the way.

"This has got to be the weirdest day of my life." Pākiki casually comments as her and the other continue walking as normal.

"OKAY!" I reach for my stupid ass hammer. "WHAT HAPPENED AND IS HAPPENING?!"

"The trees moved." Archie- NO SHIT, DUMBASS!

"I KNOW THAT, DIPNIPS!" I approached her. "I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LEAD UP TO THIS! WHY IS PAKALULU COVERED IN BLOOD? HOW DID I GET INCHARGE?"

"Is that a confirmation that waiting is better than doing?" Pākiki stupidly remarks.

"NO!" I reasonably lash out. "I MISSED SOME SHIT AND YOU GUYS ARE HIDING IT FROM ME!"

"Oh..." The sidekick of the shitehell gets ready to talk down to me or some shit. "I know what she's talking about, you guys stay behind, I'll explain."

The sidekick snaps his fingers and the world around us seems to freeze. He looks at me with unamusement on his face. A look I'm all too familiar with.

"What are you confused about... exactly?" He asks me in a condescending voice.

"Just-" I try to think. "The last memory I had was Archie claiming that she saved Pak."

"I can fill you in." He smiles in a way that seems a lot less sinister. "First of all, we joined forces in order to-"

"I know that, dickhead." I impatiently tap my foot. I just want a quick refresher.

"Do you remember becoming our leader?" The man tilts his head. "It was for tactile reasons, of course."

"I-" I think for a moment... I don't. "I don't exactly remember."

Suddenly, he puts his arm on my shoulder and says something to me. "You have been very disappointing." He says in a threatening manner. "atopyay ethay ountainmay itssay ayay eatgray evilyay. ifyay ouyay anplay onyay aininggay it'syay usttray, enthay ouyay ustmay illkay ethay oneyay owhay adhay eenbay uckstay ithway ethay arrowyay ofyay ayay efiday. eitheryay ayway, ouyay illstay avehay otay illkay emthay, orfay eythay arebay ethay ame-tagnay atthay ehay arnedway aboutyay."

"..." I think for a moment. "What the hell are you saying?"

"Ouyay owknay atwhay iyay aidsay, emfay iweyay." The man continues to spit nonsense. "ouyay areyay eirthay eaderlay , ouyay oneyay againstyay ethay iwikay inyay ayay oliticalpay ebateday. ilewhay ouyay aven'thay oneday atwhay iyay adhay opedhay ouyay otay oday, ouyay areyay illstay etterbay anthay ethay estray. ouyay illstay avehay otay ovepray ityay. on'tday ovepray ityay otay ilvainlay, ovepray ityay otay emay."

I have no idea what he's saying, but I feel like I do. His name is Lilvain... that's weird. This is weird. All of it. With the little I know and the lot I don't, I just don't know what to talk to Lilvain anymore.

"Okay weirdo." I roll my eyes and walk back to the group. Lilvain follows suit.

"Are you ready to continue moving forward?" Pākiki smugly asks.

"As soon as you wash off all that blood." I fight back... verbally. "Like, GOD!"

I laugh to myself and motion to the rest of the group to keep heading forward. As we move forward, I can see the bottom of what appears to be a mountain. The closer I get, the more of the mountain I see.

"Huh," I look at the mountain with a small amount of amazement. "That's a bigass rock."

"It's called a rock." Archie corrects me.

"A- Shut the hell up!" I'm taken aback at the pure stupidity of her. "I knew that, dumbass, I was making a joke!"

"I-" Archie stumbles on her words like a moron. "I just wanted to make sure."

"Hey guys," Pākiki tries to change the subject.

"Yeah!" I already anticipate that she's gonna say something stupid. "It's a mountain, I'm shocked that you just noticed."

"Not that," She gives me a dirty look. "If you could stop being such a daft cunt and listen for a goddamn second... I wanted to say that someone is staring at us."

"YOU-" I was about to lash out until I realized what she actually said. "Wait, someone's watching us? Are you just talking about Lilvain or someone else?"

"I could ask them if you want." Pākiki stays vague.

"I can do it myself if you're gonna drag us down." I also suggest in return. "Now show me where they are so Archie can have a chance to become useful."

Everyone stares at me, disapprovingly.

"That was a joke." I shrug. "Just show me, Pakalope."

Pākiki points behind me and I turn around. I can see a figure in the distance. I'm not sure what it's doing, but whatever it is, it's 100% human.

"Alright," I reach for my back and grab my oversized hammer. I don't remember handing it around my back like a backpack. Not really a backpack, but you know when you were in a rush and you couldn't put on a backpack in a socially acceptable way? Nevermind, I'm talking to myself, I don't need to expand shit. "Anyone who objects to me beating this thing's head open with a large not-screwdriver, shout."

I instantly make a dash towards the figure. I don't hear any shouts for me to stop (they're probably too far away for me to hear them anyway), So I prepare to bash this person's head in.

I'm finally close to the fucker and I leap at them in hope of getting this over with as soon as possible. I go for an overhead strike and miss.

"Oh," The individual says in a condescending tone as he grabs something off the ground. "I'm terribly sorry that you've been chosen to be sent here."

I ignore their snarky comment and I strike towards their knees. They somehow deflect it with a spear. I assume that that's what they picked up from the ground.

"I don't know much dutch," The threat twirls their spear in a very showboat-like manner. "But I assume Mife Iwy means 'tunnel vision'."

"It's Igbo!" I try to stall as I look for an opening.

"Well Igbo," The spear-carrying fuck jokes around. "I'm Bobo!"

Bobo resumes to converse as we clash weapons.

"Born and raised in Gibraltar, I learned English, Spanish, French, and Pig-Latin over my 32 years on this damned planet." He casually waves around his spear like it's nothing. "I thought it'd help me translate whatever names Neon makes to jack himself off, I guess I still need to do a lot more learning."

"Everyone needs to TAKE THEIR FUCKING SHOT!" I shout as our fighting is getting nowhere. "I'm sure you'll learn some manners in hell."

"That's a bit rude," Bobo gets distracted. "I'm sure-"

An arrow flies in between the two of us, resulting in Bobo pushing me away with the butt of his spear.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" Bobo drops his spear. "Killing me will do none of us any favors."

"Why should we trust that-" Archie says before getting a better look at Bobo. "Oh my god, you've gotta be kidding me."

"Hey, weren't you..." Bobo scratches his chin nervously. "Lâche? Is that how you say it?"

"Hold on!" I get back up and turn toward my direction. I scan him for any name tags, but I find none.

"Ignoring me would greatly help yourself." Bobo confidently states.

"I didn't see you when I first got here," I state. "But I feel like you might be hiding it."

"What are you talking about?!" Pākiki shouts from a distance.

"Hey you," Bobo ignores me and points at Pākiki. "Try removing your name tag. Trust me."

Before I could tell her how stupid an idea it was to talk to someone you jus- BOBO, Pākiki ripped off her name tag. She walked over to Bobo and held it up in front of his face.

"You did rip it off then," I clench my fists. "And why did you think I wouldn't notice?"

"Look again, bitch." Bobo motions toward Pākiki.

She still had the name tag in her hand, but now she has another one back on her chest with the same word on it. "Pākiki"

"I honestly have no idea what that means or how to pronounce it." Bobo smugly comments.

"That means nothing!" I shout at him. "You could still be a threat!"

"Oy Lock," Bobo waves at Archie. "You seem to have made some new friends, can you tell them about how I'm no threat?"

"Bu-" Archie fumbles with her words. "YOU DIED!"

"So did you." Bobo winks. "He is watching, so I'd suggest that you stray away from that topic."

"I'm just-" Archie falls onto her knees and breaks down. "I thought I saw- I- I'm not sure..."

"Uh..." Bobo scratches his head. "Can you just tell them that I'm not a threat?"

Archie turns back to me with tears in her eyes. "Yeah..." She sniffles. "H-he's a former friend of mine."

"Former?!" Bobo shouts. "I mean- yeah. That's my proof."

"I still don't trust you." I announce.

"Then I'll take my leave." Bobo starts to walk away before he turns his head. "I'm sure you guys aren't interested in a teleporter anyway."

"I'm sorry," Pākiki pushes me out of the way. "What?"

As I get up, I'm not really focused on what they're saying, but my group starts to walk away with Bobo.

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