02-08-2017, 11:59 PM
It was almost hard to believe, a wrist strap device that could lock you in one form. Though, honestly, she was surprised Gildarts was taking it so well. She liked to think that she kept her child facade quite well. This is, of course, was not true at all, she’s turned into her adult form many times in front of others, including her subjects. Despite being mortal for so long, she still thinks she’s way better at hiding things than she is.
‘Must be the fact that he’s kind of a natural dunce.’ Thought Guu, coming up any excuse to shrug off that train off its rails.
Being in her adult form all the time was a tad more distracting. She’d only taken this form for combat, so walking around a crowd was surprisingly not filled with views of people’s butts. She was tall enough to look Gildarts in the face without breaking a spine to look up that high or moving one of her eyes to peer through her hair. This was a novel concept to her, which of course, was a strange and disgusting feeling.
The pair walked their way through the tiny village, the buildings pristine and stereotypical like something off a film set on a really shitty period piece. She guessed the people behind all this figured they would be on to them at this point as they didn’t even bother to keep the styles consistent; a victorian era style house sat right next to a Starbucks to give an example.
After making Gildarts eat at the subway next to the Buddhist temple, the pair made their way to the biggest building in the entire village, a 30-story casino with reflective blue tinted windows. The words “Fortune Styles” embolden in big neon letters on top.
“According to the wiki, this place started as a barbershop/fortune teller shop.” Guu muttered as she flipped through her phone. “This article was updated fifty days ago so at least some evidence that this building wasn’t exclusively built for us.”
Crowds moved in and out of the large building, the customers varying from finely dressed gentlemen with women at his arms and middle aged men who looked like they had lost everything. She pulled aside the mage to a secluded alley between a Clear Image and a Chinese gift shop.
“If we’re going in there, we’re at least looking the part.”
When the pair emerged an hour or so later they were two different people. Guu was wearing a red, sparkling blouse that barely reached halfway her ankle. She had her hair done in a way to voluptuously cover one eye. Her makeup was something straight out of a fashion magazine. The work on her lashes and liner almost hid the dull look in her eyes… almost.
Gildarts was in a full tux, a $100 bill peeking out from his front pocket that clearly had his own face printed on it. His top hat was adorned with a rose that complimented his flaming red hair, which was done up in some sort of gel. Clearly Guu didn’t think that mess would pull off the “rich with trophy wife look” on it’s own.
Dressed in their best, the pair walked into the casino, arm casually around the princess’ lower back. Her expression was blank as he did this, which made it unclear if her reaction was fuming rage or overwhelming indifference.
Inside was a circus of sin. Creatures of all shapes and sizes frequent the tables, the slot machines, the video poker, tossing dice and flipping cards, screaming for the big win that’ll set them for life. Many people were loafing around the loung, listening the the cabaret singers as they wallow in their empty wallets.
The crowd almost created a funnel for them as they transversed through the casino. It was uncertain how much was planned at this point. Guu’s blank face was hid her emotions, but boiling underneath was the uncertainty. Is this an act? How much of this is real? The fuck is going on?
The parting path in the crowd would lead them to a blackjack table nearl the back of the casino. The dealer was a finely dressed blonde woman wearing the same exact outfit and makeup as Guu. At her side was two almost naked bodyguards. As soon as she spotted our heroes, she waved an arm at the two men, who quickly left for a backroom. As soon as the pair was within earshot, she addressed them in an almost sultry voice.
“My my my, it’s a rare honor for a Princess and her official wizard to come visit my establishment.” She said as she pour herself a glass of wine. It’s unclear where she grabbed it from. “So what do I have the pleasure?”
Guu quickly reached into her mouth and pulled out the fake artifact. Several people winced at the sight of this, a few gasps were thrown around as well. The pink one dropped the fake shard on the table, the logo “Fortune Styles” imprinted on it’s surface.
“I believe you called for us.” She said, not hiding her contempt.
The woman gave them a knowing smirk, looking Guu directly in her eyes. Somehow, that look was familiar.
“Please have a seat, we’ll need to talk.”
Guu was reluctant to get seated, but Gildarts pulled out a chair for her. Not wanting to be rude to her mage, she took a seat. The fiery red head followed her actions soon after.
The woman giggled at the gesture. After a second, she extended a hand, palm facing the ceiling. Soon, a familiar ball of light appeared floating above it, one of rainbow colored substance. The couple immediately knew what this meant.
“Omnilium, it is an amazing substance!” She said, her face twisted further into a more devious emotion. She closed her palm around it, making the light disappeared as she lowered her arm. “Because of it, personal amenities were taken care of. When I started my hair styling business, I put all my earnings into expansion and well paid workers.”
She kicked back, resting her ankle on the blackjack table, crossing her legs as if expecting Glidarts to sneak a free show.
“It’s amazing how hard people are able to work when you pay them well enough. So much more loyal that way.”
“I don’t care how you did it.” Guu said sternly. “What’s your personal beef with me?”
The woman, upon hearing this, sat back down normally to continue looking Guu in the eye.
“Oh, it’s just good ol’ fashioned revenge.” She said, followed by a snooty chortle right out of an anime. “The city, the facade, it was all because I wanted you to know what it was like.”
“What do you mean?” Inquired the princess.
“What it felt like to not be in control of anything. Not certain what is actually reality what is just part of the act. I wanted you to feel the helplessness, and you will continue to feel it.” She stood up, her grin somehow twisting even farther into a malicious grin, a look so twisted that only someone with an unnatural control of their shape could manage it. “This is not the final boss. This is the part in the story where the master, fights the student.”
“Wait… no...” Suddenly, it hit Guu with a ton of bricks. The barber/fortune telling shop, the perverse nature of this woman, her comment about students and masters, it was almost kind of maddening she hadn’t pieced it together sooner. However, the biggest feeling she had was panic. If this was who she thought it was, then she and Gildarts were in far more danger than she originally thought.
The woman’s smile couldn’t curl some more, but he glare changed as if it had, one that knowing, as if somehow the dull look on Guu’s face gave away her thoughts.
“So you finally figured it out, sensei”
She cupped her hands at her side as she took a fighting pose. As she did, her body morphed. The beautiful 20-something blonde because an 80-year-old woman. Her pristine cheeks bunched up into wrinkles, her breasts began to sag in the cups of her red dress, and her golden straight hair became a giant black-haired afro.
“Daaaaaamaaaaaaaa!” She cried out. A pink ball of energy started to build inside her hands. People around started to scream at the sight of it. People rushed to clear out of the building, as if they were all warned what was coming.
“Haaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” The energy starts to pulsate, just itching to break from her grasp. Guu leapt from her seat and pushed Gildarts and herself out of the old lady’s path.
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” She pushed her hands forward, the beam firing ahead, pulling tables and slot machines from their foundations from the sheer force of it. The beam traveled clear across the building, punching a hole in the wall in the back.
As the dust began to settle, Guu found herself on top of Gildarts. Before the cliche could continue, the genuine threat that was Dama stands a few feet from them, that same twisted smile on her face.
“Combat begins!” She said with a laugh.
‘Must be the fact that he’s kind of a natural dunce.’ Thought Guu, coming up any excuse to shrug off that train off its rails.
Being in her adult form all the time was a tad more distracting. She’d only taken this form for combat, so walking around a crowd was surprisingly not filled with views of people’s butts. She was tall enough to look Gildarts in the face without breaking a spine to look up that high or moving one of her eyes to peer through her hair. This was a novel concept to her, which of course, was a strange and disgusting feeling.
The pair walked their way through the tiny village, the buildings pristine and stereotypical like something off a film set on a really shitty period piece. She guessed the people behind all this figured they would be on to them at this point as they didn’t even bother to keep the styles consistent; a victorian era style house sat right next to a Starbucks to give an example.
After making Gildarts eat at the subway next to the Buddhist temple, the pair made their way to the biggest building in the entire village, a 30-story casino with reflective blue tinted windows. The words “Fortune Styles” embolden in big neon letters on top.
“According to the wiki, this place started as a barbershop/fortune teller shop.” Guu muttered as she flipped through her phone. “This article was updated fifty days ago so at least some evidence that this building wasn’t exclusively built for us.”
Crowds moved in and out of the large building, the customers varying from finely dressed gentlemen with women at his arms and middle aged men who looked like they had lost everything. She pulled aside the mage to a secluded alley between a Clear Image and a Chinese gift shop.
“If we’re going in there, we’re at least looking the part.”
When the pair emerged an hour or so later they were two different people. Guu was wearing a red, sparkling blouse that barely reached halfway her ankle. She had her hair done in a way to voluptuously cover one eye. Her makeup was something straight out of a fashion magazine. The work on her lashes and liner almost hid the dull look in her eyes… almost.
Gildarts was in a full tux, a $100 bill peeking out from his front pocket that clearly had his own face printed on it. His top hat was adorned with a rose that complimented his flaming red hair, which was done up in some sort of gel. Clearly Guu didn’t think that mess would pull off the “rich with trophy wife look” on it’s own.
Dressed in their best, the pair walked into the casino, arm casually around the princess’ lower back. Her expression was blank as he did this, which made it unclear if her reaction was fuming rage or overwhelming indifference.
Inside was a circus of sin. Creatures of all shapes and sizes frequent the tables, the slot machines, the video poker, tossing dice and flipping cards, screaming for the big win that’ll set them for life. Many people were loafing around the loung, listening the the cabaret singers as they wallow in their empty wallets.
The crowd almost created a funnel for them as they transversed through the casino. It was uncertain how much was planned at this point. Guu’s blank face was hid her emotions, but boiling underneath was the uncertainty. Is this an act? How much of this is real? The fuck is going on?
The parting path in the crowd would lead them to a blackjack table nearl the back of the casino. The dealer was a finely dressed blonde woman wearing the same exact outfit and makeup as Guu. At her side was two almost naked bodyguards. As soon as she spotted our heroes, she waved an arm at the two men, who quickly left for a backroom. As soon as the pair was within earshot, she addressed them in an almost sultry voice.
“My my my, it’s a rare honor for a Princess and her official wizard to come visit my establishment.” She said as she pour herself a glass of wine. It’s unclear where she grabbed it from. “So what do I have the pleasure?”
Guu quickly reached into her mouth and pulled out the fake artifact. Several people winced at the sight of this, a few gasps were thrown around as well. The pink one dropped the fake shard on the table, the logo “Fortune Styles” imprinted on it’s surface.
“I believe you called for us.” She said, not hiding her contempt.
The woman gave them a knowing smirk, looking Guu directly in her eyes. Somehow, that look was familiar.
“Please have a seat, we’ll need to talk.”
Guu was reluctant to get seated, but Gildarts pulled out a chair for her. Not wanting to be rude to her mage, she took a seat. The fiery red head followed her actions soon after.
The woman giggled at the gesture. After a second, she extended a hand, palm facing the ceiling. Soon, a familiar ball of light appeared floating above it, one of rainbow colored substance. The couple immediately knew what this meant.
“Omnilium, it is an amazing substance!” She said, her face twisted further into a more devious emotion. She closed her palm around it, making the light disappeared as she lowered her arm. “Because of it, personal amenities were taken care of. When I started my hair styling business, I put all my earnings into expansion and well paid workers.”
She kicked back, resting her ankle on the blackjack table, crossing her legs as if expecting Glidarts to sneak a free show.
“It’s amazing how hard people are able to work when you pay them well enough. So much more loyal that way.”
“I don’t care how you did it.” Guu said sternly. “What’s your personal beef with me?”
The woman, upon hearing this, sat back down normally to continue looking Guu in the eye.
“Oh, it’s just good ol’ fashioned revenge.” She said, followed by a snooty chortle right out of an anime. “The city, the facade, it was all because I wanted you to know what it was like.”
“What do you mean?” Inquired the princess.
“What it felt like to not be in control of anything. Not certain what is actually reality what is just part of the act. I wanted you to feel the helplessness, and you will continue to feel it.” She stood up, her grin somehow twisting even farther into a malicious grin, a look so twisted that only someone with an unnatural control of their shape could manage it. “This is not the final boss. This is the part in the story where the master, fights the student.”
“Wait… no...” Suddenly, it hit Guu with a ton of bricks. The barber/fortune telling shop, the perverse nature of this woman, her comment about students and masters, it was almost kind of maddening she hadn’t pieced it together sooner. However, the biggest feeling she had was panic. If this was who she thought it was, then she and Gildarts were in far more danger than she originally thought.
The woman’s smile couldn’t curl some more, but he glare changed as if it had, one that knowing, as if somehow the dull look on Guu’s face gave away her thoughts.
“So you finally figured it out, sensei”
She cupped her hands at her side as she took a fighting pose. As she did, her body morphed. The beautiful 20-something blonde because an 80-year-old woman. Her pristine cheeks bunched up into wrinkles, her breasts began to sag in the cups of her red dress, and her golden straight hair became a giant black-haired afro.
“Daaaaaamaaaaaaaa!” She cried out. A pink ball of energy started to build inside her hands. People around started to scream at the sight of it. People rushed to clear out of the building, as if they were all warned what was coming.
“Haaaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” The energy starts to pulsate, just itching to break from her grasp. Guu leapt from her seat and pushed Gildarts and herself out of the old lady’s path.
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” She pushed her hands forward, the beam firing ahead, pulling tables and slot machines from their foundations from the sheer force of it. The beam traveled clear across the building, punching a hole in the wall in the back.
As the dust began to settle, Guu found herself on top of Gildarts. Before the cliche could continue, the genuine threat that was Dama stands a few feet from them, that same twisted smile on her face.
“Combat begins!” She said with a laugh.
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