Zone D -- The Foam

[The Future Warrior]

With the appearance of someone like Cell, Graowr's world had taken a bit of a sharp blow. In hindsight it was pretty obvious that the possibility of someone else from her own world could end up here. She'd kind of been hoping for it, really. But for it to be someone like Cell? She was more than a little torn. Cell was bad news. He was a lot of bad news. Especially in his imperfect form like that, where he was so reckless and impulsive. For him to be here, and in Dante's Abyss no less? That meant inevitably she'd probably have to fight him. Again. Unless someone else got to him first, of course.

She was still pretty bummed about having to give up the artifact piece she'd picked up. But she'd done some time searching up and carefully re-reading and re-reading the rules for the competition during her time in the safehouse before. While Isaac had been easing into getting his weight back on his leg and starting to move around again, searching for supplies, she'd been poking around and reading up on that. There were going to be a lot more items to pick up, from the looks of it. And only actually picking up the items mattered. Just hanging onto them, or taking them from someone else, wouldn't get you anywhere. So she wasn't really that upset about it all. Mostly because of who it had been that took it, rather than that it was taken.

But there was a chance here to grab another one right away! And if they were lucky, maybe hurry on to the one over in the city, in Zone C and grab that one, too!

They both hurried along, Graowr hurrying ahead every now and then to look around, checking paths and hopping among the trees and foliage when it cropped up. She would constantly report on which way to go, which way would be easiest for Isaac and his heavy armor, and other such things. She was doing her best to be helpful.

After a while of this, and during a stretch where she was only briskly pacing along, Isaac ventured to speak up again. "So, uh...hey. About what happened back there, with that...Cell?" he started slowly. When the only response he got was the blue girl's head slowly turning to look at him as she slowed her pace to his level, he continued. "You got some history with him? I mean, you know him from somewhere?"

"Yeah. I kinda do." She looked back front again, toward where they were going. "He was...from my past. Literally. Someone was trying to mess with the time stream, make the bad guys win and change history. Dark magic to make them stronger, or to interfere with the heroes. Cell was one of them." She folded her arms over her chest, looking down slightly. Her tone was oddly serious for a moment. "He was awful. Only out for himself, looking for ways to get stronger and stronger, achieve his perfect form, and kill anyone in his way. He wasn't the worst thing I ever had to deal with, but..." She shuddered slightly, eyes squeezing shut. Her head shook in a vehement denial of the memories she was dredging up. "...he was pretty bad."

"I, uh...right. I get you." Isaac just nodded along absently, trying to process all of that. Change history? Dark magic? What in the world was this girl on about now?

Team Space Man Roar (Graowr and Isaac Clarke): Moving from D6 to D2