Chapter 9 - Monster god moo!

Chapter 9

"Wait, you're going to burn down the village?! Why rarr?!" Elaintile bursts out, then looks around making sure no one was listening in from the village, "Why would you do such a thing rarr?!" I look at her in disgust, at this disgusting village and place, the insanity of the people here more and more evident. This is a fucking prison for Anna.

"They are going to sacrifice a child to this fucking 'god', you think thats okay?! Please tell me that you think that's okay, then I won't feel guilty for ripping you apart moo!" I feel a heaving in my stomach, this is just a game Lilia, this is just a fucked up game. Even if it's a game you're still going to save Anna even if it means slaughtering all the people in this place. No child should feel such pain to be alive, knowing that you are going to die and just waiting for it.

"No! No of course I don't want a child to die, but that's a god we are talking about, you think this is some punk taking bribes or something?! This area has been designated unable to be tampered with by the crown, it's basically a monument to the old ways. Besides, this is what this village wants, it's not like we are helping it happen. We are just here to trade for the fairy fruits, enjoy some food and then we leave rarr!" She is rubbing her hands together nervously, avoiding looking in my eyes, trying to convince herself that she isn't part of the problem.

"If you aren't helping, then you are part of the problem… you disgust me moo." I turn away, the burning hatred turning into hot tears and charcoal in my mouth. I feel a hand on each side of my fist, wrapping around me and following after as I make my way out of the village, two beautiful people by my side, the silence building in my heart, slowly filling in with words and feelings of self-hatred. More reasons to get stronger no matter the reason.

Zel's relaxing voice enters my ears, piercing through some of the haze that has seemed to follow me, "At least we know partially why we are here… save Anna from the blue fairy, and this horrible place, how did the older Anna escape though wan?" She looks through her notebook, scribbles and words, circled and crossed out. "Mnn I still need to know more wan…" I bring my arms around and pull both Zel and Keeks into me, feeling their warmth holding me down to this existence. Keeks' squeak of happiness and Zel's almost purring as we are all embraced together.

"Why do places like this even exist?… Maybe they needed protection so many years ago, I read about how the entire land was once overrun with demons, but the village would have been safe after a few years wan." I nod and recall some of the bear lady's words.

"Elaintile did say that people can't enter or leave… maybe they just never could… and the fear of leaving turned into something more disgusting, like brainwashing, unable to comprehend anything else moo." I feel keeks exhale roughly and look up at me through my arm that's tightly coiled around her.

"People are fucked Lil, I mean we are fucked, but this is a prison, people become fucked enough when they are imprisoned, much less when they got religion to let them do whatever they want within its bounds. My sister told me a story about when she was trapped with her team or crew or whatever once. They were all trapped together with another group, no food, only water. It quickly turned cannibal with the other group's leader being some kind of old-christian church dude, convinced the group that eating the weak was the same as becoming one with god, that he would want them to survive. He couldn't touch my sisters group, but they had to experience it, the madness of that fucking place. Bleh, fucking religion, there's believing in something and then there's eating people nye!" She makes a fake gagging noise, although it could be real from her story.

Wait… I think to myself for a second but Zel beats me to it, "Your sister was involved in the American Great Oscium cave collapse wan?!" Keeks nods sadly.

"One of the times she actually came back and talked to me about it, she stopped eating meat because of that, just came back and held me the whole day, wouldn't let me go nye…" She looks on the verge of tears, I hold her closer and I think back to watching that on TV with the Lanz, all of us in shock as details came out about it. The weak person in that case happened to be a child, even their parents were convinced it was the right thing to do. Most religions were already on the downfall with such drastic changes in the world, although in some places it only inflamed it to a drastic degree.

"What does that mean for us? Stuck in this place, are we here to kill god moo?" That brings a small giggle from Keeks as she plants her face in my fur.

Zel leans in close and giggles as well. "What is a role playing game if in the end you don't kill god? It's basically traditional at this point! I can't believe we are doing it so early though… Well at least we know where the god is at, could just stroll in and kill her straight away, but I feel that's not the intention here… on the eve of the ceremony we should rescue her like the damsel in distress she is wan!"

"YOU THREE! HAVE YOU SEEN THE LITTLE SAINT NYA?!" The old woman that was at the front of the village yells at us, accusatory and with panic in her half closed eyes.

"Uhh no we haven't, not since we left her with her sister moo?" She tsks, going back to her house, grabbing out the box we put our weapons in and taking them out for us, throwing them at our feet.

"Ya better find her then nya!" We all look at each other, puzzled, is this a prompt from the game, like part of the story we needed to go through? The old cat lady has already returned to her house, taken out a pipe and started puffing, seeming to have stopped all interest in us existing.

"Well I guess that's a big enough prompt as any… she can only be at one other place right..?" We all seem to be thinking the same thing. She's gotta be at the Saints Rise, I mean if I was going to be sacrificed to the blue fairy I sure as hell wouldn't be hanging out there… even if curiosity did kill the cat. I recoil at my own thoughts and how bad a joke is at this time.

"Let's find us a kitten wan!" I unhand the two and we pick up our things from the box, weapons that we were hanging onto just because, still wondering where Keeks kept her bone sword, we leave the village, down through the fields of blue and over into the crossroads, towards the Saints Rise.

…

The light of the sun had started to seem down into the earth, the sunny paths giving into countless deep shadows as we made our way past the sign and into the Saints rise. There was a change in the air, a different chill than the lack of heat. A ways away I could see her, our little mischief kitten, she wasn't alone.

"Are those other kids wan?!" As we were walking up we could see her surrounded by them, small blue things, their tails wagging back and forth in unison. We could hear talking but not what they were talking about. At least until we heard the screaming from Anna.

"Leave me alone! I don't want this! I never wanted this nya!!" She is pushed against the statue of the saintess looking over the world, we try to sprint closer but it's still so far away. I scream out with all my lungs, trying to divert the kids' attention. "ANNA!!"

In unison, all the kids turn to us. Or at least what I wish were kids, they are standing so still, silent, as we get closer I hear it, the cracking of bones and sinew tearing, their entire face dripping with what I can only assume is blue blood. Suddenly all together and synchronized, their bodies elongate, stretching in all directions, the snapping of bone becoming even more prominent as their limbs twist and twirl. Behind them Anna collapses, seeming to pass out. The eyes of the once children alighting with blue flames, pushing away any sense of these being cat people.

Their mouths open together and speak together, in one voice countless times. "Do you want to play with us instead?!" I know something is incredibly wrong, just by them not saying nya at the end of their sentences.

"Are you the blue fairy moo?!" They just giggle in response, this time out of sync, each giggle vibrating their bodies as their flesh ripples like waves.

"Hehehe… play with me, forever!" With a single bound, all the once-cat children surround us from each side, their expanded flattened bodies roiling around us, covering us from all sides. "Let's play Tag! If you lose you become one with us hehehe!"

Using inspect I see something I really don't want to, even more than before.

< Inspect Level 2 >

Name: Plaything of the Blue Fairy.

Type: Twisted vision.

Threat: D+ Rank.

'A child once sacrificed to the Blue Fairy for the sake of the village, to be hers in flesh, body and spirit for all eternity to play with as she wishes.'

"I will not let you take another child, you fucking monster moo!"