Chapter 13: Riddle me this!

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Murai's POV:

Their was locked door blocking our way with some sort of floating cubes.

Zero: Huh? What's this?

Voice: When I am open, I am not open. When I am closed, I am not closed. ...What am I?

Zero: The hell was that about?

Octa: A riddle most likely. I imagine their meaningless. Lady Three always did enjoy her games of wit.

Zero: What a pain. That girl is messed in the head.

I then began to think for a minute.

Murai: When I am open, I am not open.... THAT'S IT!

Zero: What's it?

Murai: Wait for the cube to open.

We waited and the cube opened. I shot magic at it and it began to move. It landed right front of us on a block, then the door opened. Once we went further in, their was another door with more cubes. It was basically the same as the first. We kept hearing the voice of Three as we tried to hit all the cubes.

Dito: This Three lady seems like a royal pain in the ass.

Decadus: What makes you say so?

Dito: Uh, hello? She has Riddle machines?

Murai: I think this is the kind of thing that shut-ins do to try to make themselves mysterious and alluring.

Decadus: You... think so?

Dito: My god... You're still thinking about the scissors, aren't you?

Decadus: No, I... Ooooh... Maybe.

Murai: Gross. It sounds like Three maybe delicate, but if Octa says is true, she might be that brutal.

We continued on a found another door. We opened it at got a good look at the forest. Octa then pointed to where Three was.

Octa: That huge tree in the distance, is Lady Three's shrine. To reach it, we must first navigate  through dreaded lost forest.

Murai: Lead the way then.

Octa: Ho ho ho. With pleasure.

Murai: Lailah! You Mikhail stay close behind. We don't know if we'll get split up in the forest.

Lailah: Understood.

We then headed to the Lost Forest. Once we got their we noticed that this forest was alot darker in the atmosphere. Zero and I noticed a statue that looked like a babe with a lantern. They way the lantern was being held was pointing in a direction.

Zero: It looks like theirs a bridge to where the statue is pointing too.

We proceeded to cross the bridge.

Mikhail: Zero! Murai! There's a dragon in the river!

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Mikhail: Zero! Murai! There's a dragon in the river!

Murai: I hate to say it Mikhail, but that's your reflection.

Mikhail: It is? Ohhh... Well, never mind Th- Huh?!

The bridge couldn't take his weight and he fell in the fast moving river, below.

Mikhail: Waaaaaaaaahaah!

Murai: ...Uh oh...

Down one dragon, we continued on.

Zero: Let's go.

Murai: But what about Mikhail?

Zero: He'll turn up.... Eventually.

Murai: Eventually...? Come on.

Zero: Look, I don't know. Maybe some crazy cat lady'll adopt him, okay?

As we continued onward, fog started to build and visibility was pretty low.

Zero: What's with this fog?

Murai: It is pretty thick.

Octa: Well, Lady Three did like to call this place the Lost Forest.

Dito: So is there a way out, or what?

We followed the statues and went the directions they pointed in.

Zero: Dammit! This fog is really starting to piss me off!

Murai: Calm down, Zero! We'll find a way out of this fog.

It was a struggle trying to find where to go, but we found a clearing from the fog.

Murai: See? We made it! You happy?

Zero: Ugh, we're finally free of this stupid shithole.

Dito: You know, for an Intoner, you sure do use alot of colorful language.

Murai: He's got a point, Zero.

Zero: What do you want? The fucking forest pissed me off!

Octa: Ah yes. There's a reason it's known as " the forest that breaks minds."

Dito: Yeah, well, Z's mind was already broken. Maybe that just put it back together.

Zero: Oh really?! You think so?! Then let's see how funny you are with a sword up your ass.

Suddenly a giant monster showed up.

Murai: A Centaur?

Zero: Nice. This should be fun. I haven't had something meaty to rip into in forever.

I called Lailah and she dropped down and grabbed and crushed the throat while the rest of us crippled the beast. As Lailah began pulling and ripping apart the neck of the beast with her mouth, she then burned the creature to ashes.

Lailah: Hmph! That takes care of that!

The door opened and the shrine was right in front of us.

Murai: We made it.

Zero: Theirs something weird about this tree.

Octa: Well, as I said before, it is the shrine of Lady Three. Let's thrust ourselves inside, shall we?

Murai: Say that again, And I'll cut out your tongue. 

We then went up into the Shrine to find the Intoner Three, and put an end to her.

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