Wielder of a Holy Lance

Hrrnrghghhg… A toy rifle, huh…?

What use is this supposed to be? Kaz looks it over, tests the weight of it. It’s ridiculously light—and what are these, plastic pellets? He’s practically insulted. First they kidnap him and then they give him… a toy for a gun? He sighs and halfheartedly aims down the sights… at a plastic bag. He probably looks stupid as hell, shooting at plastic bags on the side of the street, but he’s bored and he doesn’t know what else to do.

He stops when he hears someone walking past, and turns his head, only to gawk at the woman strolling down the sidewalk. Golden hair, a wooden lance—and that costume. What the hell? There’s no denying her beauty and the evident maturity in her stance—there’s almost a kingly quality about her—but damn, if that getup isn’t weird. Like, what is this, a historical reenactment or something?

A vague feeling of mockery. Perhaps it was all in her head, but the way he looked at her - the way he asked that question. Of course, she knew she was from a different era than other people, certainly compared to anyone wielding a weapon like that.

But, with her wooden lance gripped firmly in her hand, she nodded. A few practice jabs, ones which seemed to reflect familiarity with the weapon. “I’m sure I wouldn’t have such a weapon bestowed upon me, if I did not know how to use one. Though this is hardly what I’d call perfect, I’ll make do with it.”

She paused, for a few seconds. It was a good thing she hadn’t brought her horse along with her. How would it have looked to him, seeing her like that, riding a small pony?

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hxlylxnce:

“Then let us go, Maya.” It was a little annoying that this had to be done once again, but the more beacons placed, perhaps the higher chance of a reward there would be. Sure it might turn out to be malicious in the end, but it wasn’t like they had much of a choice.

“It’s a good thing I’ve yet to meet a certain Knight. He’d likely hate it here.” A chuckle, as she started to walk. There was a lot she could be doing, but she merely wanted to continue.

Perhaps she should apologize to Aslan… She shrugged to herself. A mistake like that was fine, she wasn’t that familiar with lions.

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Aslan accepted the lunch meat, and consumed it within seconds. Apparently, there was still work to be done with setting up these beacons. He didn’t expect anything less, to be honest, “Well, let us get going children. After our work, maybe we can take a group nap, and drink some tea.” A typical lion sleep on average twenty hours a day which means he was way past his nap time. 

“Thank you for the snack. That should hold me over until everything is finished.” He stated, calmly towards Makie. He watched as everyone gathered together and started heading out. Wasn’t it Maya’s turn to ride on his back to give her aching feet a rest? Yes, it was, He thought. Galloping towards Maya he dove close to the ground, under her legs and catapulted her into the air. She should land safely on his back, hopefully.

“Hang on, Maya!”

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Makie sighed. She could understand Maya’s confusing with directions given the STILL RETAINING ECLIPSE. Seriously even Makie was beginning to miss the sun.

“Not a problem. I figured we would get hungry eventually.” Makie spoke without a smile on her face to Aslan’s gratitude. Though Tea sounded quite nice at the moment. She chalked that up to thirst. Taking a water bottle she drunk the contents till it was empty. Huh, she was a lot thirstier than she felt.

“West…..West…” Mumbling the direction, Makie looked towards the distance.

“You’re the leader Maya.” Makie shrugged as she placed the backpack on her back.

She wanted to spend more time thinking on the beacons and their purpose anyway.

Though…..there wasn’t much she could analyze without actually touching the gun herself.

“Oi, when we hit our next destination, mind if I give the beacon a try?”

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✯ “Tea would be nice, hehehe. Although nothing beats the sweet flavor of coke to m- AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!” All of a sudden, the medium finds herself flying high in the air, unaware of what just happened. Understandably, she’s quite afraid of this, but thankfully she ends up landing graciously on Aslan.

✯ “E-Eeeeh, what…” It takes her a few seconds to process what just happened, that and Makie taking the chance to sneakily give the backpack to her. It’s too much happening at once, if you ask her.

✯ “Oh, Aslan! Er, thanks, buddy, ahaha! W-Wait, is the gun safe?!” She was holding it on her hand when the lion pulled his stunt, after all. Worries as she is, she ends up not paying attention to Makie’s question.

A little smirk crossed Artoria’s face, as she watched Aslan surprise Maya like that. It was almost... cute. Yes, that was the word for it. Well, so long as Maya didn’t mind, it would all be fine.

There was some fun, afterwards. A beacon or two more. Artoria actually laughing a few times, placing one herself. All in all, a fun time. That is, until midnight struck.

A sudden surprise.

Rhon appeared before her, in a flash of blue light. A message on her cellphone, before, during, and after. It seemed there was a new goal. 12 areas of safety. Survival as their goal. Her holy lance, returned.

Grabbing onto her weapon, she was vaguely surprised to not feel the connection to the Pillar that she usually did. But it made sense - this wasn’t a usual world in the slightest.

A proper grin. “It seems our first task has been accomplished. Survival should be easy with me here, though I’m not sure to what lengths you all can defend yourselves.” A lion, Maya, and Makie. Who knows how they’d fair - Artoria certainly didn’t, anyways.

“If you wish for me to simply escort the rest of you to one of these 12 beacons, I will do my role simply.”

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“Then let us go, Maya.” It was a little annoying that this had to be done once again, but the more beacons placed, perhaps the higher chance of a reward there would be. Sure it might turn out to be malicious in the end, but it wasn’t like they had much of a choice.

“It’s a good thing I’ve yet to meet a certain Knight. He’d likely hate it here.” A chuckle, as she started to walk. There was a lot she could be doing, but she merely wanted to continue.

Perhaps she should apologize to Aslan... She shrugged to herself. A mistake like that was fine, she wasn’t that familiar with lions.

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hxlylxnce:

It seemed like she was needed to take the initiative, despite having already suggested that Aslan be the one to fire it. Obviously she wasn’t going to contradict herself, but…

Grabbing the gun, she strutted over towards Aslan. Putting it down in front of him, giving him ample room to bite into it, pulling the trigger however he could possibly. Steadying it, and aiming it for him.

Though her stomach grumbled a little in turn, she didn’t say anything about it. Perhaps she was used to a richer diet. “When you’re ready.” 

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Aslan looks down at the weapon, looks back up at Artoria, looks back down at the weapon, deeply sighs. Standing up, he bent his head down towards the weapon and picked it up with his teeth. He trotted a few feet away from the tree, aimed the gun as best as he could and dropped it on the ground. “Do not laugh at me if this does not work. I am going to attempt to shoot this man made weapon by pouncing on it.”

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Aslan began to jump on the gun, and thankfully one of those pounces shot it off and it hit the tree. “It is finished!”

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Makie shook her head, denying the chance to shoot the Beacon while taking a seat on a nearby rock. She was extremely adamant for her chuckles-seeing Aslan fire the Beacon. She didnt have any mischevious intentions. Nope.

Watching Artoria take the gun almost caused Makie’s heart to sink in despair. No what was she thinking?! That knight said she wanted Asian to do it!!

Luckily the knight proved to be a knight after all; she kept her word and was ready to help Aslan shoot the beacon if need be. From despair to glee Makie almost pumped her fist into the sky, but managed to retain her smile from when she voted.

“Majority vote prevails!” Clapping her hands a single time she glanced at Aslan. Now how would the seemingly old lion perform the deed? This was bound to be a source of entertainment.

With an excited yet smug look in her eyes she observed his actions. He stood up, reluctantly. And then he took the gun and placed it on the ground.

Wait what? Why was he moving away from the gun? His explanation nearly made Makie want to laugh before the failed attempt.

Pouncing? At that angle it was going to be-

The Beacon hit the tree.

And Makie fell off her nice rock.

“Wait wait wait that wasn’t possible what kind of magical bull physics took that?!” There was absolutly no way he pulled that off!! But sure enough he did. She wasn’t angry nor displeased, simply flabberghasted at the accomplishment.

Aslan had to have magic. He cheated! He used magic and not the actual laws of physics that was destined to make him fail!!

Even so it was impressive in its own way. She couldn’t even call unfair completely. Though she still cried bullshit (mentally) on how that was even possible.

Accepting this as bad karma for her wanting to laugh at Aslan’s failure, Makie sighed heavily in defeat.

Though, it was now she recognized the few grumbly tummys in the vicinity.

“I suppose food is next.” Makie walked over to the bag and brought out a bag of apples and sandwiches.

“Just some of the food that was given to us upon arrival, so nothing fancy.“ Hunger was an issue she took into account.

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✯ Once Aslan activates the gun, a flash comes out of it and hits the tree, from which soon after a beam of blue light is emitted. The device generating it must have gotten stuck among the foliage, but that doesn’t matter now.

✯ “Hurray! We did it!” Maya pumps her fist into the air in victory, not really caring about Makie’s disbelief before the scene. It worked and this city clearly doesn’t follow normal physics if there are so many eclipses here, so why should that matter?

✯ While humming happily, she grabs one sandwich and one apple to her consumption. It’s not a burger, but it’ll do for now. …It’s been way too long since she got to eat a proper burger. This beacon better serve to signal to fast food companies that the population needs them!

✯ “Now I suppose we can just go home, relax and wait for whatever result will come from these beacons.” Perhaps they could return the gun to Ofiuco, though. These must be expensive. She moves to Artoria’s side to take a look at it. Hopefully it wouldn’t be too hard to clean lion saliva out of i-

✯ “…Hang on…” Something is strange about it. Didn’t they just shoot the beacon? So why is the gun now pointing out to another location? “Don’t tell me… That we have to put more of these?!”

Why. Why couldn’t that just be enough? It wasn’t as if she was complaining, per se, but she was expecting it to just be over with that. Something she’d have to unlearn somewhat quickly.

“Fine. If that’s how it shall be, let us do as many of these as we can manage,” she muttered, a more serious tone about her.

Then her stomach growled, almost like a lion. “Ah. Hold on.” She took a few moments break, approaching Makie’s bag. Grabbing some snacks for herself - an apple much like what Maya got.

Another one, soon dropped at Aslan’s paws. “I’m sure you’re hungry too - you did more work than I did, either way.”

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hxlylxnce:

Ah, finally. It was over, at least this beginning part. What luck that they had stopped at their target. A tree, it seemed. Nah, there was no reason doubting everything, that way lead madness.

Of course, there was an important question to be settled, though she didn’t think there’d be much argument here.

“I think Aslan should do it, personally. Outside of finding it, he’s probably done the most. Not that I really think it matters who does it, only that it’s done.” Well, it wasn’t like she knew for certain, but still.

Next time, she’d probably pull rank, but she didn’t want to do everything just yet. It just wouldn’t feel right.

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Walking towards the tree he accepted the coolness of the shade, “Thank you for the water.” Aslan mused, he may also be a bit hungry, but he pushed that aside. He drank the bowl dry and laid down next to Maya under the shade.

Closing his eyes, he decided to rest them before they continued on their journey. He was still hyper aware of the conversation going on around him. His ear twitched, but his eyes remained shut. They wanted him to shoot the gun? He found that quite comical, “One of you can do it in my steadfast. I lack the required tools for using that weapon.”

He continued, “I’m grateful that you acknowledge my efforts, but I’m content being the mascot for now.” After a few minutes, he added, “You said that this tree was the target? Let me rest for one more moment, and I will move so we may continue.”

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“HAH!?” Makie yelled out at Maya’s declaration. Stumbling out of the shade to look at the tree, she was flabbergasted. They were already here?! Didn’t they have like, a few more miles to go or something? Or was she that out of it?!

“W-w-wait just a minute there is no way we crossed that distance so-”

Before Makie could explain her doubts, the jury went out on deciding who should be the one to shoot the beacon into the tree. At that moment Makie hoped the beacon would be a lighting rod for the poor tree and the person who would become the target. It was a stupid idea since the probability of it occurring was zero. Then, she heard Artoria’s suggestion. With a little smirk on her face, she declared;

“I vote Aslan also!”

Makie immediately jumped onto the bandwagon Artoria started, completely against Aslan’s wishes. Why? Because the thought of a talking lion trying to shoot a gun was hilarious.

✯ “Yeah, I think Aslan could do it too!” Of course, his lack of proper hands did make him shooting it quite hard, if not downright impossible. However, there’s nothing that can’t be done if they work together. They’re the Lion Queens, after all!

✯ “Perhaps… You could hold the gun with your mouth, no?” She proposes. “Meanwhile, one of us helps you by holding the gun at the right aim. That way, all we’d need to do is fit the trigger into one of your teeth, so that you could shoot it by moving a jaw of yours.”

✯ “…If that is not possible, perhaps Makie could shoot it, then. She did make the effort of grabbing supplies for us, after all!” Suddenly, her belly grumbles. “In fact, I’d gladly take one of those right now…”

It seemed like she was needed to take the initiative, despite having already suggested that Aslan be the one to fire it. Obviously she wasn’t going to contradict herself, but...

Grabbing the gun, she strutted over towards Aslan. Putting it down in front of him, giving him ample room to bite into it, pulling the trigger however he could possibly. Steadying it, and aiming it for him.

Though her stomach grumbled a little in turn, she didn’t say anything about it. Perhaps she was used to a richer diet. “When you’re ready.” 

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hxlylxnce:

Artoria was not one to speak here, as she was still riding Aslan. But even so, she side-eyed Maya, as she kept on walking.

And walking.

“I believe you are the one with the radar,” she said, nodding her head solemnly. Then she paused for a few moments. “If you are getting tired, and if Aslan does not mind, we can always swap positions. It wouldn’t be proper if I stayed mounted whilst someone else needed it more than I.”

It wasn’t as if she couldn’t bring out Dun Stallion, but she was still fairly attached to him. So instead, she merely offered up her ride, so long as he agreed.

Though she was usually on a horse, walking long distances was nothing for her. Bragging? What bragging?

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Aslan kept a steady pace, he would need to stop for water soon though. The heat of the sun bore down on his fur, and if he stayed too much in the sun he could overheat. “Let us find a shady spot to get out of the sun for a moment, then we can change riders and proceed.”

Although Aslan looked like an African lion he was not one. Aslan is from Narnia and their weather was vastly is different due to the mountains and other landmarks. Plus, you have to take into account that it was winter for several years before the White Witch was defeated and the snow melted. It felt like spring weather before he was taken from his home.

Looking around, he spotted Makie, “Are you doing okay, child? I hope you are not overheating since you are so pale.”

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“I had a feeling this would happen.” Makie turned back to Maya, sighing as she placed the backpack down by the shaded area. Opening it she took out three water bottles and a bowel.

“I’m fine Aslan. My pale skin is a result from albinism, it doesn’t mean I am sick. I can handle the heat, just not the cold.”

It was a bit of a white lie, but Makie didn’t feel like being completely honest. Even so, she gave a water bottle to Artoria, Maya, and poured water into the bowel for Aslan.

“We still got quite the hike right Maya?” Makie asked.

✯ “Oh! Right, right…” Maya nods weakly in agreement to Artoria’s observation. The sun must be making a number to her brain already, great. “Just… gimme a couple seconds to rest… A-And I’ll check that for you…”

✯ She moves slowly towards Makie and takes her bottle, simply nodding in agreement before chugging the content in rapid fashion. In a matter of seconds, half of the water has already been swallowed.

✯ Then, she goes sit down under a tree’s shadow, her breath still short. How long have they been walking by now? The sun is already quite close to the horizon. It should set soon. In a lazy manner, she takes out the gun to check the radar once again, and the result is-

✯ “Huh?” Weird. She can’t see more of the arrows pointing to their destination. Could this mean…

✯ “Guuuuuuys!! I-It’s here! This tree, it’s the target!!” With newfound energy, she jumps happily. They did it! Their journey is (seemingly) over! She twirls around in place with the gun on her hands, then offers it to the crew. “So, who wants to do the honor~?”

Of course, there was an important question to be settled, though she didn’t think there’d be much argument here.

“I think Aslan should do it, personally. Outside of finding it, he’s probably done the most. Not that I really think it matters who does it, only that it’s done.” Well, it wasn’t like she knew for certain, but still.

Next time, she’d probably pull rank, but she didn’t want to do everything just yet. It just wouldn’t feel right.

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hxlylxnce:

Ah. She supposed that made sense, as she let Maya do her work. Any pose, so long as it was regal, would do. There had been a few suggestions of something about a ‘steel samurai’, but Artoria had no idea who or what that was. 

Her eyes reflected a dignified sheen.

Hand slowly raising up, in a certain gesture. One she was taught meant peace, some time before. “I suppose I’ll stay here, if you don’t mind, Aslan. It is fairly comfortable here, I must confess.”

For some reason, she felt like asking for some money as she stay sat on the lion. Perhaps a vague memory of another her…

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“Is that the strange device that people communicate with?” Aslan pondered, truth be told that he had no idea what they were doing or why they were posing. Did this have something to do with the significance to the mission at hand? He decided to let the kids do whatever they planned with the strange device so they continue along with their journey. 

“As you wish.” Aslan stated, up towards the royal child upon his shoulders. “You can get closer if you want. I will not hurt you, Makie.” It appears that they were suppose to get close and look towards the object at hand. 

“Am I supposed to smile?”

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Makie’s eye twitched. Besides Aslan, the other two girls were simply posing in weird ways. It was interesting in its own way given that Artoria didn’t seem the type to do silly things like this. But well, the pull of Maya’s joyful aura seemed to affect even herself. Sighing in defeat, she went alongside the otherwise of Aslan. Originally she intended to keep her distance, but Aslan’s encouragement had her be almost touching his fur.

The fur that looked so soft to the touch…..she was resisting the urge to pet him with all her might.

Why must these feelings taunt me so…

She mused in her mind while getting ready for a pose. If she was going to get her bloody picture taken, might as well put as much effort into making it as perfect as possible. And so she chose to mimic a particular pose that some would recognize from an iconic toku series.

With her right arm outstretched diagonally, she stood in the famous pose of Kamen Rider.

“……………..please hurry up….” it wasn’t even a second before she began to feel silly for doing this.

✯ “Yup, it’s a cellphone.” Maya points out to the lion. “It has several other functions in it, but I don’t think I can showcase them now. My phone is almost without battery, after all…” There’s no running electricity to charge it, so the fact it can still take a photo at all is very impressive.

✯ She wastes no time in activating the timer and rushing to her position. A bright smile is on her face when the flash lights up, indicating that the photo is done. Success!

✯ “Gosh, this looks really good!” She remarks once the phone is back to her hands. “Take a look while we start marching again, guys. We can’t waste time anymore, though. Let’s go!”

✯ With a fist pumped in the air, the woman takes charge and begins walking towards their destination alongside her companions! This will be sure an epic journey full of intense emotions and actions, such as walking!

✯ And walking!

✯ And walking.

✯ And walking…

✯ …And walking…

✯ …Aaaaaaaand waaaaaaaaalking…

✯ “How… how much longer wil it take us again…?”

Artoria was not one to speak here, as she was still riding Aslan. But even so, she side-eyed Maya, as she kept on walking.

And walking.

“I believe you are the one with the radar,” she said, nodding her head solemnly. Then she paused for a few moments. “If you are getting tired, and if Aslan does not mind, we can always swap positions. It wouldn’t be proper if I stayed mounted whilst someone else needed it more than I.”

It wasn’t as if she couldn’t bring out Dun Stallion, but she was still fairly attached to him. So instead, she merely offered up her ride, so long as he agreed.

Though she was usually on a horse, walking long distances was nothing for her. Bragging? What bragging?

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hxlylxnce:

“I am impressed. Everyone here is in better shape than I was expecting - minus Aslan, of course.” Though she felt his previous words were a little too dire, she felt an odd connection to him. Something seemed oddly familiar about him…

She didn’t stop to ponder that just then, however.

“I’m pretty fine with what I have. Within the bounds of actually having it, of course. I haven’t got a lot to do until we set off, anyways. Usually I’d have a sparring match, but this doesn’t quite feel like a training lance.”

Just a piece of wood, though she still carried it regally. “Anyways, if anyone has need of me, I’ll be here. “ Just approaching Aslan, hand outstretched - pausing. “Would it be okay if I…?”

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“As a protector of many it is my duty to watch over children.” He stated, calmly towards Makie. He wasn’t fully up to speed with what was going on or the severity of it, but he doubted it was simply to set beacons up. “We have been forced here against our will so we need to stay vigilant just in case they decide to do anything with ill intent.”

It’s been decided that they were going to stop by one of the children’s houses to grab supplies which was needed for their journey ahead. A few started towards their supply destination, but the young blonde stopped beside him asking if she could ride upon his divine shoulders, “Of course.” He bent forward to allow the young woman a safe way aboard. “This is not the first time I’ve shouldered the weight of a human, and I doubt it will be my last.”

A chuckle left his lips, he waited until she was situated before catching up with the others. “Forgive me for I am an old lion… you are Makie?” He nodded towards the silver/blonde hair. “And, you are Maya?” He looked over towards the darker haired individual. “And, the Queen on my shoulders is Artora? I assume you are a Queen since a crown is upon your head, correct?”

“If your customs dictate that I call you by something else, then please correct me. From my land, people use their first name.”

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“Oh yeah I seen that one before on one of my walks. I didn’t take the chance to go in though” Makie’s eyes widened a bit in surprise. Maya must have traveled around herself. Then again she did seem to be the spunky type that wouldn’t mind an adventure or two.

With the decision made Makie went back to the condos. Artoria and Aslan said they would be fine but it never hurt to bring some stuff along for them later.

Returning to them with a backpack strapped to her back and a sword at her side, she was greeted with a rather…cute sight. Artoria was on Aslan.

“…….” Makie tried her best to not let it show, but she couldn’t help but feel a tad envious.

Though his comment left her to realize something important.

“Oh….I never did introduce myself. My full name is Makie Kobayashi, but yeah the custom is the same from where I live. Makie will be fine.”

“Alright I got the stuff. Shall we begin?”

✯ “Oh, Makie! You arrived just in time!” Maya waves to her with an arm, then returns to doing something to Artoria and Aslan. Her having sat on him was just perfect for what Maya intended! She was now busy adjusting the King’s arms in a way that’d make it look cool when looking at it from a distance.

✯ “It came to me that we’re having this super amazing group, but we didn’t do anything to register the moment yet. It’d be pretty fun posting about this on my social media once this quest is over, you know? So, I’m setting everyone up to make a cool pose! Artoria and Aslan will stay in the middle, I’ll be on their right. You should fit yourself on the left!”

✯ Maya moves to her desired location and tests a couple different torso and arm arrangements. Oh, and can’t forget the legs. They must provide both a comfortable pose and a coolness factor! “I’ve positioned my phone as a camera over that pile of rubble there. Once you’re ready, I’ll rush there to trigger the timer and we’ll have it all ready, the Lion Queens special formation!! You wanna copy me or you’d prefer doing something different?”

Her eyes reflected a dignified sheen.

Hand slowly raising up, in a certain gesture. One she was taught meant peace, some time before. “I suppose I’ll stay here, if you don’t mind, Aslan. It is fairly comfortable here, I must confess.”

For some reason, she felt like asking for some money as she stay sat on the lion. Perhaps a vague memory of another her...

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hxlylxnce:

Artora sighed softly, but she had agreed to this already, so there was no complaint. It needed to be done, and she wasn’t quite ready to take the lead in something like this.

That aside, she looked at the display. “Hm. It’s not as if I’m unused to traveling long distances on foot, and I’m fairly positive Dun Stallion wouldn’t be able to take the entire journey, but…” She trailed off, looking at both Maya and Makie.

Ah well. The thought of a reward at the end was intriguing, however. Though she was hardly expecting something like the grail.

“Let us be on our way then. Though I suppose I ought to listen to the newest member of our group.” Looking at… she hadn’t quite caught his name. No fault of his own, for she had been too pre-occupied staring at him.

For one known as the Lion King, seeing an actual lion, in any form, was a surprise to her. Not to mention someone like him.

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“My name is Aslan for those of you who I have yet had the pleasure of meeting.” Aslan smiled, but then this smile dissolved for they had a serious issue at hand. “I proclaim this… all of you are under my protection with that being said, I will die if need be to keep all of you safe from harm’s way.”

Aslan isn’t a foreigner to the battlefield. Recently, his people won a battle between the Narnians, and the White Witch’s henchmen. Just felt like days ago, he ripped the life from the witches throat, however, in reality it’s been longer than days. He also has conflicting memories from another city, but they’re hazy and make no sense. What’s important was his immediate actions that affect his future, and not the memories of his world or the uncertain memories of a hazy past. 

Now the task at hand, “I can carry one person at a time in my current state.” Here in this city he was the size of an average lion, which in retrospect is actually pretty large, however, in Narnia his size can vary depending on what he wanted and needed so to him this size is actually quite small. 

manesalvation > @pathwaytothefuture​ > mediumofthestars > hxlylxnce

“You don’t have to go that far Aslan,” the girl raised her hand as if to halt his thought process. “None of us will die so long as we place the beacon up. And it’s better if we all think of living past this. Working together we can get through this, right?” Makie lazily pumped her fist in the air. She was desperately trying to hype herself up for the even, but based on previous ones from that city…this was going to be a pain in the ass. Looking at the map once more Makie pouted.

“Though it’s at the far end of the Archimedes Ward. Well, it is what it is.” Stretching her arms she hid her hands in her pockets.

“I got a good idea of how to get there at least. And you don’t have to worry about me, I’m good at hillwalking.” Makie acknowledged Artoria’s glance. She had been exploring the city as much as she could to get an idea of the layout and because of her curiosity. Though this left Makie concerned as to the purpose of the beacons and the androids. While mulling over it, she smiled at the others with a rather childish shine in her eyes.

“Well then, shall we begin our adventure through the spiral city ‘Lion Queens’? Ah wait, we should stop by the condos to grab a few supplies our ‘sponsors’ so wonderfully given us.” While Makie was confident in her stamina she wasn’t sure about the others. Since she lived in the nearby condos it was best to be prepared.

Though Makie did have one final question. Turning to Maya she asked,

“He offered. Are you going to ride him?”

@mediumofthestars, Hxlylxnce, manesalvation

✯ “Oh, you live around this area, Makie? How convenient! I was thinking of us stopping by a certain bakery on our way. I found it the other day, they work with a wood fueled oven, so no electricity is needed. And they make delicious croissants!”

✯ Once again, she sees no problem in exploring the zombified citizens, if they’re this hellbent in keeping their daily routines. All of that food would end up spoiled anyway, so they’d be doing a favor to them.

✯ “And don’t worry about that for now, Aslan. I’d prefer sparing your back for when I really do need it. Until then, you can trust on this sweet pair of legs I sport!” Maya wouldn’t doubt if she’s the least equipped to handle this journey, considering that she’s just a normal human - in comparison to the ‘city for people from various worlds’ standard, that is.

✯ In any case, she’s ready to wait for Makie to go and return to her place before they move further. She could use the waiting time to plan a fun idea she’s had in her mind…

“I am impressed. Everyone here is in better shape than I was expecting - minus Aslan, of course.” Though she felt his previous words were a little too dire, she felt an odd connection to him. Something seemed oddly familiar about him...

She didn’t stop to ponder that just then, however.

“I’m pretty fine with what I have. Within the bounds of actually having it, of course. I haven’t got a lot to do until we set off, anyways. Usually I’d have a sparring match, but this doesn’t quite feel like a training lance.”

Just a piece of wood, though she still carried it regally. “Anyways, if anyone has need of me, I’ll be here. “ Just approaching Aslan, hand outstretched - pausing. “Would it be okay if I...?”