They fall on the ground with a thud.

You take a look at the babies.

Hmmm.....

Drone babies look weird???

One of them looks like a skeleton and the other looks like a heart.......

.....................................................

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.......................

.........

...

OH YEAH!!!!!!

This is the stuff you ordered from Red Mask!!!

They didn't have it here so they shipped it to you!!!!

.........(with a fucking shipping fee)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!:

You have gained!

One Devil heart.

One Vampire skeleton.

You don't know what to do with these so you just stuff them into your flap.

The drone starts to fly away.

You grab it and then turn it towards you.

"Hey, what's a north??"

The drone starts to beep for a bit.

All of a sudden an arm comes out of the drone.

The arm is thin and made of metal.

And then the drone starts to talk.

"TOO-ASK-QUESTION~-~NEED~~-~TEN~-~GOLD----COINS~-~"(drone)

Its voice seems to cut in and out.

You wonder what a drone wants money for?

What will it do with it?

Well buy things of course....but what will it buy???

Drone food???

Dorne houses??????

Drone mail order brides?????????

While you're having an existential crisis about what drones do with money.

The drone shakes its hand up and down in a way that can only convey the age-old sentiment.

HURRY THE FUCK UP!

You take 10 gold coins out and put in its hand.

It brings it's hand back and starts to shake slightly before turning to you.

""NORTH"--THE-~DIRECTION-IN~WHICH-A-~-COMPASS-~NEEDLE~~~NORMALLY-~POINTS,-TOWARDS-~THE~HORIZON~ON--THE-~LEFT-HAND-~SIDE-~OF-~A-~PERSON-~FACING--~EAST,--~OR--~THE--~PART-~OF-~THE-~HORIZON-~LIES-~IN~-THIS~DIRECTION."(Drone)

"......................what?"

The drone juts flys away leaving you confused.

You think you kind of understood what the fucking hell that thing was talking about.

You just sort of face east???

WHAT THE FUCK IS EAST?????????

You just give up and pick a direction...

All these fucking words your just hearing today...

You're 22 days old you'd think you were over this shit!!!!!!

While your walking towards what is hopefully north, you hear something!

Some kind of noise!

You remember the first lesson you ever learned back in the forset!

If you hear a noise! you follow it! always!!

Nothing bad will ever happen from that!!!!

The more you closer you get to the noise the more familiar it sounds!

You don't know how to explain this noise!

It's loud!

But it's harmonic.

And it.....sounds good?

Where have you heard this before.....

.....wait a minute......

You remember now!!

You reach the source of the sound.

You see a woman wearing a leather jacket and leather pants with big black heavy boots, all completely covered in small iron spikes.

She's sitting on the ground crossed legged and leaning her back on her motorcycle

In her arms is her guitar her fingers move the strings effortlessly. 

Her panther ears and tail move in a metronome to the sound.

There's no way you wouldn't remember-

"Taylor!!!"

Taylor's head spins around like a cat caught off guard.

Her pupils which have turned into slits slowly increase in size as she gets a good look at you.

"Oh!.....um....are you lost.....wait!!.....what is a catgirl doing here?? you don't look old enough to leave the Bush..........wait!!!  how do you do know my name?!"(Taylor)

You stare at her confused, slightly tilting your head.

You then let out a giggle.

"hehehehe!! Taylor!!! of course, I know who you are!!"

Taylor mimics your previous confused head tilt before her eyes expand.

She jumps to her feet and hitting her chest with her fist, striking a pose.

"Hahaha!! I guess you would know who I am!!! who wouldn't!! I'm going to be the next S ranked Red Mercenary!! Taylor the Bard of Wind!!!"(Taylor)

Taylor makes some more poses before putting her hand to her chin.

She stares you up and down.

"Hehehe!! you know I'm happy having a little cutey be my fan!"(Talor)

Talor crouches down and pats your head.

You notice her cheeks are red.

"Little cutey, you shouldn't be alone out here! where's your guardian??"(Taylor)

"what's a guardian??"

"Oh, my.......ok! I got nothing to do! I'll help you out!"(Taylor)

"Thanks, Taylor!!"

You know Taylor would be able to help you!

After all, you went through with her you have no doubt-

"Hehehe, You know little cutey you know my name but you still haven't given me yours yet, I'm sure it's as cute as you!"(Taylor)

"..............."

"Little cutey?"

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

why?

Taylor knows who you are.

Why would she ask that?

......maybe she forgot.....

Taylor's starts to look concerned.

"Are you okay?"(Taylor)

"Taylor.....it's me......you...know me..."

Taylor scratches her head.

"I think I'd remember if I met someone as cute as you"(Taylor)

Bad feelings.

You have bad feelings.

Horrible feelings.

First Ben, now Taylor.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!"

Taylor jumps back!

You slowly start to shapeshift into every form you have one after the other.

You start with a scream that turns into a howl that turns into a roar that turns into a caw that turns into screech and finally back into a scream.

Your back to your original human form.

"........kthanid???"(Taylor)

"YES!! you know who I am!!! So why did you act like you didn't!?!?"

"You were in a different form!!!!!! how was I supposed to know!!! you fucking spaz!"(Taylor)

"STOP USING WORDS I DON'T KNOW!!!!"

"HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW WHICH WORDS YOU KNOW!!"(Taylor)

You and Taylor get into a screaming match.

Taylor pauses and takes a deep breath her red face going back to its normal color.

"ok...ok...I'm gonna be cool...I'm cool....I'M FUCKING COOL!!!...."(Taylor)

Taylor stares at you.

"Hey do me a favor"(Taylor)

".........what."

"Go back to the little girl form"(Taylor)

"why?????"

"JUST DO IT!!!"(Taylor)

You do the thing.

"Yeah that's better, at least now I can get something nice to loo- I MEAN.........AAAAH.......HEY WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN!!!!"(Taylor)

Taylor sit's down and then slaps the ground in front of her.

You sit down and hold your legs, you barry your head in your knees.

Taylor looks around awkwardly.

"ummm........so....is Kay with you?-I MEAN THAT ELF GIRL!!! I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME!!! WHY WOULD I!!! I HAVE NO REASON TO!! WHY!? DID SHE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ME!!! HUH! HUH! HUH!"(Taylor)

"umm....no...she didn't mention you"

You bring your face out of your knees to look at Taylor.

To your surprise, Taylor was not sitting in front of you.

Instead, you were face to face.

"ARE SURE!?!?!"(Tylor)

"ummmm...yeah?"

"BUT YOU WEREN'T WITH HER ALL THE TIME RIGHT!?!?"(Taylor)

"...ahhh.....yes?"

Taylor steps back.

"soo there a chance that she- NOT THAT A CARE!!! SHE'S JUST SOME GIRL!! WITH HER NICE BLONDE HAIR AND CUTE HORN AND- GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"(Taylor)

Taylor starts punching herself 

You just sort of stare.

Even when you first met her you could tell Taylor was a very emotional person.

After the 6th punch, Taylor stops.

Her eyes looking to the upper right.

She spends a few seconds too long thinking about something.

"wait.....you still didn't answer me where is Ka- THAT ELF! and your other friends of course!!!!"(Taylor)

"There at this place called the Ancient tower"

"That's not a place stupid it's a thing!!....hmm...there's only one Ancient tower around here, it's north from here"(Taylor)

Taylor points to the exact opposite direction you were going.

Your bad feelings just keep piling up.........

Taylor brings her hand to her chin to think.

"You know I still owe you for last time.....and I still haven't gotten an update on my orders......OK! I DECIDED!! I'LL TAKE YOU TO THE TOWER!!"(Taylor)

"You will!!!"

"Yep! but I was just about to eat so let's do that first"(Taylor)

"Ok"

Taylor reaches into a compartment attached to her motorcycle and pulls out a box with numbers on it and two packets.

She puts the two packets in the box and pressed the number three one time and the number zero three times.

The box lights up and starts making some sounds.

You and Taylor wait for the food.

You're used to waiting you're even used to awkward silences.

But it seems Taylor isn't.

She keeps fidgeting around and scratching her neck, making eye contact only to break it.

Finally, she tries to say something.

"soo....you see that fucking mountain explode!"(Taylor)

"Yeah"

"I wasn't there when it happened but I saw drone footage! every single red mask operative in the area was called! even the ones who have nothing to do.......like me......but..sigh.....it's company policy....at least I get paid..."(Taylor)

The awkward silence comes back.

Now Taylor gets really desperate.

Her eyes dart left and right for a bit before settling on you

 "soo........is that like your real form?? or....."(Taylor)

This question catches you by surprise.

"Real form????"

"Yeah...you know...what you really look like"(Taylor)

Your eyes are blank.

"........this IS what I look like, so is every other form...well except...nevermind..."

All of your forms felt like you.

Except for one.

Your normal human form.

It felt more like a suit.

"aaaah...I guess that kind of makes sense......well not really......oh well I don't think there's anything like you as far as I know"(Taylor)

You feel something snap.

"Why"

"what?"(Taylor)

"Why is there nothing like me?"

"aaaah...I don't kno-"(Taylor)

"WHY AREN'T YOU LIKE ME!!!!"

Taylor leans back startled by your sudden yelling.

"WHY ISN'T KAY LIKE ME!!! WHY ISN'T MARCEL LIKE ME!! WHY ISN'T RUBY LIKE ME!!!! WHY IS NO ONE LIKE ME!!!!"

You start to stamp your foot on the ground.

A child throwing a tantrum.

Making unreasonable and impossible demands.

Not understanding how the world works.

The only thing that's missing is that no water is coming out of your eyes.

That only happens when someone is broken.

You're not broken!

..............................

You really hope you're not broken........

You know why you were born.

But you don't know why you were made.

All you know is.

You're a failure.

A mistake.

You feel your heart starting to beat.

The fire inside of you growing.

The fire seems to almost talk to you.

It starts out roaring but ends in a whispering flicker.

All it wants to do is destroy.

Maybe......so should you.

If there's nothing else in the world except for you.

Then you wouldn't be different.

You would be the norm!

Maybe you should destroy this continent.

Maybe.......you should destroy this worl-

You feel a hand on top of your head.

The hand ruffles your cat ears before bringing to the hand owner's side.

This would be warm if it wasn't for Taylor's cold leather jacket and the metal spike stabbing you.

Taylor continues to pat your head but she's not really looking at you.

You notice your cheeks are slightly red.

She probably won't have done this if you were in any other form.

"I can see why Kay cares about you so much.......................you're not that old are you?"(Taylor)

"I'm 22 days old!!! that's a lot!!!"

"........I would disagree....look...I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that to you....I'm really stupid and say the wrong things or just blurt stuff out......yes your different! but that's a good thing!! why the hell would anyone want to be the same as everyone else!! everyone else sucks!"(Taylor)

".................I-"

DING!!

A dingus ding dinged it up by interrupting you from saying something that might have been really important but will now be pushed until it's convenient later.

"OH YES FOODS DONE!!"(Taylor)

Taylor opens the box and pulls out the two packets, her gloves protecting her from the heat.

"Here you go, it's not the best but's cheap as shit"(Taylor)

You open the packet.

The air flys out to freedom and hits your face, a warning about how hot this meal is right now.

After all the steam comes you can see your meal.

It's....dirt????

It's brown and mushy and has a weird smell to it, you can't really compare it to anything else.

You grab a hand full of dirt(???) while you watch Taylor wolf down her packet almost like she's trying to get in before her tongue has time to taste it.

You slowly push the handful to your mouth.

It's tastes like.........meat????????????

That's the only thing flavor you can make out, there's another flavor there too but you don't think you ever had it before.

It's almost metallic.

You ungrow your tongue and just sort of pour down your throat.

You finish your packet just Taylor tries to keep her's finished.

Her face turns green for a second.

Then she force swallows a bottle of water.

She then pours the rest of it on her face making sure not to hit the leather.

She then stares at you for a while.

"aaaahhhh.....you know I would think that you're really lucky"(Taylor)

"waaaa"

You grow your tongue back.

"Why?"

".....I see why your friends stick with you.....it's BECAUSE  your different.....all my life all I wanted was to be different....no that's not the right word.......I wanted to be special.....you know what I mean?"(Taylor)

"Not really"

"I'm not really good with words....I'd like to think I'm good with this though."(Taylor)

Taylor pulls out her guitar and starts to make sounds with it.

Then she starts to talk.

For what you think might be coincidence.   

Her words sink up with the sound she makes with the guitar.

The sound she's making is different than when you first met her.

At the time the sound was loud and aggressive.

But this time it sounded......mellow and.....free?

It's sounds......good.

You slowly close your eyes and listen to her talk.

"I ~~can't change where I'm from~~♪

My life is a jumbled Lemniscate~~♪

The world might seem crazy but don't diagnose it♪

I've always relied on the freedom of  madness~~♪"(Taylor)

Slowly Taylor lowers her guitar and breathes out.

A warm breeze passes by.

"...sigh....not my best but I'm still working on it"(Taylor)

"I like your story"

"Story?"

"Yeah it didn't make any sense but it sounded good, also it sank up with the sound you were making which was kind of cool"

".........you don't know what music is do you..."(Taylor)

"......music?????"

"Om my god......okay how do I do this.....you see music is......well.....it's kind of like......you see..........ummm......okay one sec.........ahhhh......music is!...............you know when........................I don't think I'm smart enough to explain it......."(Taylor)

"..........."

"LOOK IT JUST TALKING IN RHYMES TO MUSIC AND IT'S SOUNDS REALLY GOOD!!! IT ALSO HELPS ME GET THROUGH A LOT MY PROBLEMS!!!!"(Taylor)

Taylor takes a second to breathe.

 "sigh...look maybe it's easier if I just show you"(Taylor)

Taylor plays a couple of songs for you.

Some of them are happy some sad, most of them are just really angry.

"Ok do you get it now"(Taylor)

"sooo....it's like a way to show your emotions?"(Taylor)

"YES!! well sometimes...other times its to tell a message...YOU KNOW LET'S JUST KEEP GOIN WITH THE EMOTION THING HUH!!"(Taylor)

"Okay??"

"Now that you have an idea about what music is......HOW ABOUT YOU MAKE A SONG!"(Taylor)

"me????"

"Yeah, why not!"(Taylor)

"I don't know..."

"just try it!!!"(Taylor)

Taylor starts playing a simple song.

"Come on I try to sink up with you"(Taylor)

"............."

"come on don't be shy"(Taylor)

You start singing.

"I!!!!"

Taylor quickly puts a hand to your mouth with the other on her head covering her ears.

"WHAT ARE YOU A FUCKING BANSHEE!?!?!?!??!?! YOU ALMOST MADE ME DEAF!!"(Taylor)

"....sorry..."

You try again.

This time with no banshee scream.

" I don't know what I am~~

I don't even know if I AM anything~♪

I was born in a world that I might hate~♪

Maybe I'll destroy it or just let it rot~♪"

You keep singing for while before running out of ideas.

".....so? how was it?"

"well.......it was soo fucking bad"(Taylor)

"........."

"BUT!! I kind of feel like I understand you a little better now!"(Taylor)

You get good feelings.

"Ok that's enough messing around we wasted a good full hour let's go"(Taylor)

Taylor gets on her bike.

You jump behind her and hug her back.

You feel Taylor shiver a little bit.

"Are you okay?"

"WHAT!? UMM! YES!!! I'M FINE!! I'M SO FINE!! LET'S GO!"(Taylor)

Taylor turns the handle.

Her bike going from 0 to 60 in seconds!

It's been a while since the last time you rode Taylor's bike.

It's just as fun as you remember.

You feel the air whizzing by you, your ears and tail flailing at the wind.

Taylor on the other has a helmet and a tail harness so she's fine.

You pass by Roland.

The city has lost its demeanor. 

Half of it is gone.

The other half stands tall almost as if nothing has happened.

In one day.

No.

In 10 minutes.

A country fell.

All because of you.

If you had empathy this would the part of the story where you regret your actions.

Where you beg for forgiveness and do everything in your power to make it right.

All the while feeling like a monster for what you did.

But you don't.

So you just stare.

At the dead bodies.

At the fallen buildings.

At the ruined lives.

And you feel nothing.

"......what a shame..."(Taylor)

Taylor shakes her head.

A normal reaction very much unlike yours.

You were hoping you could see Ben one last time but he must have been further in.

Oh well.

Maybe you'll see him again someday.

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Taylor's motorcycle is way faster than spider form.

It hasn't been that long and you'd gotten so far you can't see Roland any more!

Huh.

You know if you keep at this pace maybe you'll get to the Ancient tower in no time!

You poke your head out to look ahead of you.

You can already see the silhouette of some a long pole.

"That must be the tower!"

"Yep! Kthanid can you not stick your head out like that you might get hurt!"(Taylor)

"ExcusEE mEE? diDD yoUU saYY heRR namEE waSS KthaniDD?"(???)

"Yeah I did say that.............................WAIT!!"(Taylor)

Taylor looks to the right to see a man.

The man is running beside you.

His speed even keeping up with the motorcycle.

Taylor breaks hard!

You almost fall off but you make some tentacles to hold on.

Taylor jumps off the bike, you follow after her.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!!"(Taylor)

You can now take a good look at the man.

He's....human???

Well some parts of him look human.

The other parts though....

On of his hands is normal while the other is bigger and red the same goes for his feet.

Half of his face is human but the other half reminds you of that Devil you fought in the woods.

He's wearing some kind of large jacket that just hangs on him.

On his side is a sword.

"Half devil...no wonder you keep up with us"(Taylor)

"Wait what!?! he looks nothing like Ruby!! she's all red but he's just part red!"

The half-devil scratches his longs messy hair.

"Kthanid half de-"(Taylor)

"nOO pleasEE alloWW mEE"(???)

Unlike Ruby's voice which just echos his feels like two voices at the same time.

They start of sinked but at the end they part.

"YouRR frienDD iSS AA speciaLL casEE, usuallYY mosTT half devilSS can't reallYY keeP theiRR humaNN anDD deviLL sidEE balanceDD sOO theYY enDD uPP lookinGG likEE....welLL mEE...AA freaKK"(???)  

The half devil pulls out his sword.

"AnDD yoUU seEE freakSS caNN onlYY geTT sOO manYY positionSS iNN lifEE, foRR mEE iTT waSS bountYY huntinGG"(???)

Taylor takes out her guitar.

You pull out some tentacles. 

"YoUU knoWW KthaniDD thEE monstrouSS II thoughTT thEE wholEE shapeshiftinGG thinGG waSS jusT AA stupiDD rumoRR.....maybEE you'lLL finallYY bEE thEE onEE who'lLL kilLL mEE.....mYY namEE iSS irrelevanTT....onEE oFF uSS dieSS todaYY"(???)

The half-devil rushes at incredible speed!

What will you do?

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To attack 

start with attack: the attack

Wepons:

The cursed man's finger (sword)

Reaper's night (mix of a spear a scythe and an axe)

Trishula (Trident)

Chompers (shields)

Ora Nanni (harpoon gun)

Gravlets

Fire wand +

Angel Boots

Magic:

Void: Make, understand

Darkness: make, become.

Fire: make

Forms:

Human.

Ultime form.

Elf

dwarf

Cat girl.

Grr.

Bear

Bat

Crow

Lizard

spider

Extra:

Cry of the banshee.

Poison.