Hoshi no Guu (Star Piece Quest) (M)

[Guu]

Guu launched one of her fists into the crowd, puncturing a hole into their once perfect circle. Gildarts, not wanting to set the boat on fire with his magic, takes on the nearests opponents with his fists, knocking the lights out of the first guy in front of him. The mage swings for the next guy as Guu rockets another fist into the crowd, tossing a bunch a guys off the ship.


As Guu’s arm is extended, one of the civilians reached out and slapped something on her arm. It immediately latched on. The pink one retracted her arm to examined the device.


It was some sort gold bracelet with a red gem in the top. It faceted itself onto her wrist. She tried to push it off, it wouldn’t budge. She tried to shape her arm to wriggle free of it, but it just shaped with her. She tried to break off her arm, but the bracelet just slid down where her arm was still attached.


Because she could try anything else, she noticed the group was closing in, and while Gildarts managed to down four already, there’s only so much his fists could do. She reeled up to rocket another fist into the crowd.


But suddenly, her arm got all twisted like it was a rope. She looked up at her arm but her one of her eyes was now in her cheek and it was throwing off her vision something fierce.


She turned to her senses, but it didn’t help much as her feet gave. She couldn’t keep up straight as one started swirling in circles while the other one was flopping randomly. The crowd, despite knowing what was going on, couldn’t help but gasp and take a few steps back. Guu tried to cry for help, but her mouth was now obscured by her clothing as its dropped down to her belly.


Gildarts, noticing that the crowd has stopped advancing, looked towards his princess and was immediately stunned.


“What’s going on?” He asked in horror.


Guu could only point one of her eyes towards him.


Taking a chance, he scooped up the pink one and made a run for the life rafts on the other side of the boat. He swatted at anyone in his way, refusing to be captured while his leader was in trouble. Didn’t take much, the crowd pretty much parted, not wanting to be involved with whatever was happening anymore.


Gildarts jumped into the raft and lay guu down in one side of it. He manipulated the pulley system and dropped the boat into the river below, disconnecting and setting sail. With the rapid speed of the water, they were already fifty yards from the steam boat within minutes.


But before Gildarts can focus on his friend, he heard a faint whistle and a pungent smell. The boat was emanating a green gas. The mage started to cough violently. He considered jumping ship, but he looked over to Guu who was twitching violently.


“Guu!” He cried out before passing out.






“Cut!” Yelled a voice on an intercom. “I think we got it!”


From below deck, a man in writer’s pants, beret, and very very thin mustache climbed up the stairs. Members of the crowd part for him as he made his way to the front of the ship. A pair of sea otters pull the raft back to the boat so the new person can get a good look at their condition.


“Perfect! Outside the sequence breaking earlier, that went swimmingly!”


“But Mr. Director!” Cried a wormy little man next to him. “We’ve spent days learning our lines, how can we call that a success when we skipped over most of-”


“What’s important Wormy, is that we got the story back on track.” The director turns towards the crowd to speak to everyone in general. “Okay, someone tell those beavers to put in the dam, I want the water to be slowed before they wake. I also want plenty of mood lighting, there’s no point in setting this next scene at night if our heroes can’t see each other!”


He turned to look at Gildarts and Guu and smiles mischievously.


“Let’s make the magic happen!”