#aceofevil

Kitt may not have been a homeless game sprite, but she understood well enough how important it was to keep things that reminded you of the people or places that you hold dear. Things that would mean the most to a person. And if there was a chance that those few items would one day help bring back Ace's memories of her old home, using any of them was not an option at the moment. With that in mind, Kitt had made her final decision.

Right then, the chubby beast had made a decision of it's own. It had waited long enough. As it finally pounced with jaws open and claws out towards the trio, Kitt grabbed onto her shoulder. "Hold on to that thought!" she quickly said before throwing the small, glass vial hard against the ground right underneath the soaring lion. It smashed and emitted a thick, violet cloud that billowed out and completely surrounded the beast. This was a harmless tactic designed only to distract and confuse ... which no doubt the cookie beast was feeling now. At least, it gave them a bit more time .... maybe.

The piebald dormouse sprite turned back to the lion as well, with some shock spelled out in his eyes. "Wha .. Well Kitt .... if ya got any kind a plan in mind, now's a real good time ta hear it" he nearly stammered out as he struggled to keep his cool, his tail twitching from side to side with nervous energy as he readied himself for anything. 

Kitt kept her focus on the beast as she began to rummage though the brown pocket book that she kept strapped to her thigh, just beneath her skirt. After a minute or two, she finally pulled out what she was searching for ... a small, round, glass vial that was filled with a violet colored liquid. Since it was so oddly shaped, she didn't need to look at it to know what it was. The felinoid closed her eyes only very briefly as she let out a slow, soft sigh to help clear her thoughts a bit as she pressed the glass vial into the palm of her gloved hand.

"Alright there, my friend .... I know that ya might be in a bit a pain an' that this is all probably just a tad odd an' scary. But understand that we just want ta help ya out as best we can ..... And ... If that means that we may have ta trick ya in order ta do so .... Then so be it" Kitt explained herself to the cookie lion in as calm a voice as she could muster. Even though she and Mouse were heroes in there own game, it didn't mean that they didn't feel any fear, especially when it's dealing with a task that was a little out of the ordinary. But nonetheless, this was something that had to be done. And after hearing Ace's insight and logic on the matter earlier, it needed to be done.

The lion kept a curious, hollowed eye on the pair in front of him. He was slowly growing very wary of them as he sat there on the candied ground, shifting his weight from one front paw to the other. Being a big beast, he rarely had this type of feeling ..... and he wasn't liking it at all. With the growing tension and noticing Kitt hiding something in her hand, the lion began to growl again. He quickly lumbered back onto his four fat, but strong four legs, baring his sharp cookie canines at the feline-like sprite as he began to stalk towards them. As the beast did so, there was a slight glimmer of yellow light from somewhere in the back of it's mouth. One of the candy crystals, no doubt.

Kitt still kept a watchful eye on the lion before looking back to Ace. After listening to her thoroughly explain her reason to why they should help out the ailing beast, the felinoid couldn't help but think how somewhat hypocritical she felt she had become. She was always one to help out someone in trouble, no matter who it was.......and yet, for some reason, the feline sprite was being a bit hesitant at this point. Kitt was in no way a coward, although fearful she maybe at certain times, she never did let it stop her from doing what needed to be done. As a heroine in her own game, the situation was starting to nag at her. The mix of seeing Ace's determination and asking of her help, as well as her mentioning how both the lion and the candy citizens would be living in a constant chaotic cycle of dying and regenerating if nothing was done..... All due to a simple misunderstanding.

With that in mind, Kitt shook herself back into the present and regained her attention to the problem at hand. Giving the girl an affirmative nod in her direction, the felinoid addresses her in a low, audible voice in order not to make the beast anymore nervous than it already was. "Aright then, Ace. We'll help you anyway we can...Do ya have anything in mind?" she inquired as she tried to think up of a plan herself.

The animal cracker lion instantly stopped his growling and relaxed his stance just a bit as he saw Ace's trusty frying pan disappear. He shifted his hefty front paws from side to side a couple of times, possibly showing that he may had been at ease but was still just as wary as any wild animal would be.....even if he easily outweighed the trio. The chubby beast shook his massive head a second time, the candy crystal was probably starting to pain him again. There was only one way to sooth a large creature in such a state.......He needed to be temporarily sedated.

Happy Mother's Day too all the Mother's out there!

This year, that includes the Admiral too! Not just because of her kin, but also because of her adorable and loving daughter Ace! Many much love to Ace being a wicked awesome daughter!

The felinoid blinked and turned her attention back to Ace as the girl addressed her. She listened intently to her theory and slowly nodded her head before tearing her gaze back to the big cookie beast. "Well...I guess that makes sense an' all, but.....Whoa, wait!....Ya mean candy folk actually do get cavities?" Kitt inquired with some shock in her voice, combing her fingers through her chocolate-colored hair and rubbing one of her triangular-shaped ears in thought.

Mouse stood back up on his hind legs, brushing off some of the cocoa dust from his paws. "Hmph!...That's some pretty cruel sweet irony right there, doncha think?" he interjected rhetorically as he put his hands to his hips.

Kitt rolled her eyes slightly at her partner's pun before speaking to Ace again. At hearing her say she wanted to help the beast, the cat woman couldn't help but smile a bit. Although, there was also just a bit of apprehension growing in the bit of her stomach. "Uhm!..Ace?...Listen...I..I understand that you want to help him...Truly, I do....But it's never a...a good idea to just walk up to an injured animal...Especially one as big as this guy" she explained with an almost uncertain stance.

'Boy! Was she one to talk' Kitt thought to herself. She had managed to make friends with some of the biggest and most vicious looking sprites within the arcade doing almost the same type of thing. Yet, here she was saying otherwise to another person whom, in some way, reminded her of herself. In all honesty, Kitt's curiosity had often led her to do some reckless things, but it was a somewhat different matter seeing someone else doing it.

At Ace's mention of what she had found, she narrowed her eyes and leaned in a bit to look further into the beast's large maw. Some twinkling can be seen within the slight darkness of it's mouth as the rainbow-hued crystal shards reflected off what little light there was within the gorge they were all in.

"Huh?!" Kitt quietly hummed to herself as one of her pointed ears twitched. Now that her own curiosity began to peak through again, she for some reason stuck her hand into the unconscious lion's mouth and managed to yank out a green shard that was wedged behind it's graham cracker canines. The creature's head was so huge, she was elbow deep before pulling out the gem. "I imagine havin' these sharp things stuck in your gums for days doesn't help much with temperament, either" she observed as she brought the gem up for a closer look.

Mouse slid off of Ace's shoulders and simply sat by her side, his arms folded in an almost annoyed manner. "Hmph!.....And if he had that nasty sour one crammed in there for that long, I'd be bloody ticked off, too" the snarky dormouse added to the comment, his brushy tail flicking back and forth irritably.

Listening to the hoodied sprite excitedly talk about the possibility of hidden candy crystals within the cave, she nodded a little apprehensively as she gazed over from the dark abyss back to Ace. "That maybe so, but I don't like the idea of turning our backs on this big guy" she stated as she rose from her genuflect position. "It would be like trying to invade the treasure hoard of a dragon......especially if he's takin' a great liking to these crystals. He's most likely to protect it with his life if he sees us goin' for them.....and I honestly don't want to put you or anyone else in any possible danger".

At the sound of the lion stirring, Kitt quickly looked back as the beast groggily began to get back on its feet. She tensed up, but didn't reach for her plunger gun again this time. The felinoid never pointed her weapon at anyone that was not deemed a threat at the moment. Mouse quickly got up on all fours and prepped himself in a stance as if he were in a pokemon battle. Kitt perked as she felt the frying pan slip out of her grasp and back into Ace's, still keeping her at her side as a precaution.......even as the feisty sprite barked her small threat towards the cookie beast.

The animal cracker slowly stood up tall, it's bulky chubbiness shown in all it's crumby glory. He looked at the trio through it's hollow, but incredibly expressive eye holes with an almost uncertain look. He opened his mouth and seemed to move its jaws up and down as if to test if they still worked. He did that for about a minute or so before licking his chops and shaking his thick and stiff sugary mane. Once he had done that, he simply sat heavily onto his haunches. One of his back legs stuck off to the side as his belly was too big to tuck it under himself properly. He eyed them again, not in a threatening way as before, and gave off what almost sounded like grumbly whine as he hung his large head down a bit.

She blinked as she was broken out of her thoughts as Ace walked out from behind her, shoving her frying pan weapon right into her arms. Surprised by the hoodied sprite's sudden action, Kitt nearly dropped her own weapon as she briefly juggled in a frantic attempt to keep hold of both items. Once she secured everything and straightened herself up again, her eyes widened as she looked back towards Ace, who calmly walked up to the knocked out animal cracker. "No wait!" she blurted out in a slightly harsh whisper, reaching her arm out to her in a weak attempt to bring her back.

Mouse, who was still perched on Ace's shoulders, watched on with almost twitchy anticipation as the girl opened up the cookie lion's jaws. Seeing her practically put her head into the beast's mouth without any hint of hesitation on her part, the rodent began to chatter a bit out of nervousness. "Uhm!....I really don't think this is somethin ya wanna do unless your part of a circus act.....or maybe that bloke from the Jungle Hunt game" he mused in his own way of trying to calm himself down.

Kitt took a few steps forward until she was at Ace's side, still watching her quizzically and staying vigilant in case the creature began to stir. "What is it exactly that you're trying ta find in there, Ace?" the felinoid asked her in her usual soft tone, tilting her head like a curious kitten as she she tried to take look in as well. She secretly hoped that they wouldn't find the remains or scraps of some other poor candy critter that may be stuck between it's sharp cookie fangs.

"I...don't think it can speak, Ace....I don't think any of the critters in this game can..At least, as far as I know" she thoughtfully replied to the girl. The chubby lion twitched it's slightly short tail as it set itself down into a crouch, licking it's lips as it positioned itself. It was getting ready to pounce. Kitt knew this and was ready herself. The second the lion would leap, she would fire her plunger gun directly in front of the cookie beast. She would use one of the small round blackout powder balls that her little partner had invented himself. They were not made to harm....only to conceal in order to make a quick getaway. 

"Eat a lion...and a cookie lion at that" Kitt chuckles a bit at the thought, though it did sound plausible. "Perhaps Mouse had the right idea after all, hey bud?" she lightly mused to the dormouse. Mouse didn't think it was too funny as he glared briefly at her. "Yeah right! If you wanna take the first bite outta that, be my guest...It tasted stale anyway" he huffed out.

However, all this talk of eating and intimidating seemed to not be necessary for the moment. As the lion made his leap towards the trio, he had totally missed his mark and fell into a crumpled heap barely two feet away from Kitt, landing on it's chin then falling heavily onto it's pudgy belly. Kitt winced at the crash land and quirked a brow at the beast's apparent clumsiness. Lowering her weapon, she looked from the knocked out lion back to her two friends behind her. "Well.....that was truly unexpected, I gotta say" she muttered. She had never seen such an uncoordinated attack...usually wild cats had a lot better precision and grace. This beast was either dreadfully out of practice or had little to no hunting skills.