New Life

[xiao ling]

Ran followed suit to the rest of the gang into the portal.

When she stepped through the portal the sight she saw pissed her off. That dang priest seems to have the upper hand over Skye ... I hate that when an opponent has a higher defense. She thought as she too prepared to help, bringing out her broadswords. Looking at the rest of the team she saw that Yuya was preparing some kind of spell. Noticing this, Ran stayed put, waiting to see how the battle may change. "Come on Skye!" whispered Ran, to herself.

[Akuma]

As Skye was trying his best to get an effective hit on the priest, he noticed that everyone else had came in. "Hey, guys! A little help over here!" Skye said as he landed another punch on the priest.

The priest smiled. "Hello, mice," the priest greeted the others. "Welcome to my play house!" The priest tossed Skye aside. "Should we all play a game or should I just dismiss you all?" he asked aloud, contemplating between the two choices. "I think we should play a game of Cat & Mouse, no? I'll be the cat," the priest said with a wry smile.

"What about my stuff?" Skye asked with a glare. "Fine. It won't be as fun if you don't fight back," the priest said, having a pile of Skye's items appear in the blackness. Skye rushed to his stuff, quickly picking them up otherwise the time limit will pass, making them disappear. "Nice to meet you all," the priest said with a smile. "So let's have Bumi's game of Cat & Mouse begin!" Bumi said with a laugh. Various giant building blocks and toys appeared. The blackness turned to a giant toy house. "I'll count to ten now. 1.... 1 1/2... 2.... 2 1/2..." the priest counted.

Skye managed to gather all his stuff and was busy equipping his armor and weapons when the place transformed into a toy house. The blocks had made the place into a semi-maze. 'A maze again?' he thought with irritation. "Hey! Anyone nearby?" Skye shouted.

"Hey-ho!" piped a cheerful voice. This person was another elf, dressed in an acolyte-like attire and leaning against an oversized blue rocking horse. "Who...?" Skye asked. "Follow me, follow me," the acolyte said, running off in order to lead the swordsman to the nearest person--a certain merchant.