Kratos didn't show that he had acknowledged Yuki's remarks but they did spark some thought in the spartan's head. With how easily he broke from just a mere threat, it was obvious that the boy would not have lasted long in any kind of combat situation by himself. But it was balanced out by the girl who seemed attached to him by the hip. Fitting enough as it seemed the two played off each other well. But while the boy himself didn't really register as a blip on Kratos's radar, Yuno was indeed a cause for some concern. Not because Kratos felt that she could defeat him but because of what could possibly happen if she were to get any sort of feeling that her boy was being targeted by someone else. He imagined she wouldn't hesitate in doing more than just slicing off a few fingers.
When that occurred as Kratos had a good feeling it would, he'd show no mercy. Insane or not, such a volatile person would only grow to be a burden to the group as a whole. Which at the moment included him as well and if no one else was going to make a judgement call concerning Yuno then
he would.
Noticing the Eds racing what appeared to be fluttering balls of light, Kratos made his way after them. The idiot child appeared to have wedged his head into the ground under some perceived threat from these creatures. But they were small enough that Kratos could literally crush them in the palm of his hand so he wasn't too worried to say the least.
As Double D and Eddy continued after Tatl and Tael, Eddy lashed out with his grimy little hands.
"GIVE ME BACK MY MONEY, BUGS! I HATE BUGS! THEY'RE WORSE THAN BIRDS!" He complained but the fairies were just too smart for him and stayed out of his range. Double D however was intent on catching them for another reason. Which was to study them because he was sure that he had heard them speak and if they were some new species of insect than this would be quite the spectacular discovery! They might even take the time to put his face on the next issue of Science Monthly! But soon the chase would come to a halt as Tatl and Tael hit a dead end in the form of two giant wooden doors that they would never be able to open themselves.
"Ha! End of the line, bugs! Hand over my jar!" Eddy yelled as he held his hands out expecting to be greeted with the jar returned to it's rightful place. The two fairies looked at each other as if trying to plot out what to do next.
"Tael, I'll take them on and you get out of here with the jar." "W-What?! But sis that's crazy! Who knows what they'll do to you! He caught us with our backs against the wall. Let's give him the jar back and leave okay?" Before the fairies could come to a decision however, the sound of footsteps growing louder and louder rang out through the entryway within the tree.
"Ed?!"
It was indeed Ed or to be more specific, Lothar the Barbarian Ork! He had heard the warning Levi had shot his way and no way was he being left to rot like some of zombie! He was a warrior and warriors always fought on to the end! So viciously ripping his head out of the ground and holding what remained of his axe, he barreled through the entrance and smashed right into Double D and Eddy. "Hi guys!"
He cheerfully said as the fairies couldn't help but have a small laughing fit as they started to make their way off. But Tatl couldn't resist getting in a little more at Eddy's expense. Floating downwards to where Eddy was pinned to the wall by Ed's mass, Tatl smashed into Eddy's head like an overly persistent tennis ball before letting out a satisfied 'hmph!" and going on her way.
"..Ed, you dolt! You let the bugs get off with my money!" Ed was then sent flying across the entry-way as Eddy brushed himself off and stared at the wooden doors blocking their path any further.
"Why the heck did we come to this stupid place anyhow?! There's nothing but crazy chicks and bugs who steal your money here! I want to go home!"
Feeling some shred of concern for his friend, Double D patted Eddy on the shoulder only to get a nasty glare shot his way.
"Oh come now, Eddy! We mustn't let ourselves be consumed by anger! For how ever will we survive if we're too caught up in our emotions to think rationally! Why I'm certain that behind this door is the salvation we're looking for!" Pausing in his sudden sobbing, Eddy looked up at Double D and tugged at his collar.
"Four quarters, Double D! Four! All down the drain because of two measly bugs.."
Kratos had heard enough and shooting a glare down at the two Eds, Eddy's tears immediately cleared up. He wasn't gonna be caught dead crying in front of this guy. He was
way too scary for that.
"Cease your pathetic mewling. If you cannot keep yourself stable for whatever is thrown our way then perhaps it's best you stay behind for now." The spartan suggested, just as cruel as ever. But his words did have some truth to them. If the Eds could clearly not handle the constantly changing circumstances than maybe they would be better off in the back where they wouldn't be as bothered. In any case this door seemed to be the next obstacle.
So standing before it, Kratos pushed on the door and with his incredible strength baring down on the door, it slowly gave way as it was pushed open. Revealing what could have come across as quite the strange room. There was a small bridge leading from one half of the room to the other where another door resided. There appeared to be gears similar to ones someone might see within a clock of some variety. But the most disconcerting thing was the man sitting near an organ playing music very similar to that of Skull Kids. It didn't even seem like Kratos pushing the doors open had registered at all with him. But after a moment or two he would have eventually ceased in playing as he rose from his chair and turned towards the group.
"Ohohoho! So you've finally come! I must say I'm quite glad. I was worried that I'd be playing for days upon days until you come." The man overlooked just how many people were in the group and his smile grew even wider.
"I didn't expect there to be so many of you. Oh this is greater than I could have ever hoped! You may call me the Happy Mask Salesman and I've been waiting for you all. You see we're currently within the Clock Tower of Clock Town and I've been here for quite some time! I've had something very important to me stolen and getting it back in time could be the deciding factor of this world as we know it! I waited and waited for I knew a great hero would come and I'd be able to ask for their assistance in this endeavor. So, I ask of you will you please hear my story?"
He asked as Eddy's eyebrows shot up as the salesman mentioned something being stolen. Sensing an opportunity when he saw it, he made his way over to the salesman and tugged on his jacket.
"Ey there stretch! I dunno what it is exactly that you've lost. But leave it to Ed's Find it and Return it team to get it back to you! For a nominal fee of course."
Turning his attention downwards at Eddy, the Salesman giggled and patted the twelve year old on the head.
"What I've lost goes behind any monetary value. I keep it with me for no one else can be trusted to hold on to it for it harbors a great evil within it. Something far beyond your ability to comprehend I'm sure, child. So no while I cannot offer you a physical reward, wouldn't saving the world be enough?" He'd ask as Eddy steamed like a tea pot and slapped the hand away as he walked off back towards Ed and Double D.
"Lousy no goodguy in purple pajamas. 'Oooh you can save the world!' yeah yeah.."
Watching as Eddy walked off without breaking his smile, he turned towards Yuki.
"You seem like quite the morally upstanding fellow. Would you and your friend be willing to spare a brief moment of your time to hear my plea and the loss of what is mine?"
As the Happy Mask Salesman regaled the others with his words, back in the Lost Woods Skull Kid would have been waving until the last group member had entered within the hollow tree. Watching as things seemed to grow silent in the Lost Woods once more, two bright little lights could have been seen hovering out of the entrance and towards where Skull Kid was sitting. Glancing upwards, Skull Kid caught the jar was it was dropped down to him and placed it off to the side.
"You and Tael performed better than I had hoped, Tatl! Hee hee! I wasn't expecting those boys to have had such opposite reactions from each other. But I knew that if the short one's jar was compromised he'd go to the ends of the earth to retrieve it and his friends would notably tag along. Then the others would soon follow because nobody ever wishes to be the one to take the first plunge but if someone else does? Then you can bet they'll follow! Just like lambs to the slaughter, hee hee!"
Skull Kid said still keeping his cheery tone from earlier but something seemed far more malicious with his tone now. As the two fairies hovered around him, they both exchanged worried glances.
"Well, hey! You got them on the way to Clock Town. Isn't that good enough? You don't gotta hurt them any more do you?" The older sister of the two fairies asked to which Skull Kid sat there in silence for what must have felt like an eternity. But eventually he'd lift one hand and ran it along his face as his voice then became much more distorted and any sense of cheerfulness had left his tone entirely leaving a completely malicious atmosphere.
"̶̪̫̪̘̭͈T̤͇͖̩̖͇̘h̩͖̺̦͈̕ͅe̹͖y̳͙̪̦͡ͅ ͈̣c̗͍̪̭͕̹̪a̝n̴̲̠͎̗͚̪ b͎͕ẹ̗̹̼̜̣͢ͅl̨̟͇̫̫͔i̵̖͔͓͙̘ͅe͞v̮e͓̜̻̳̤̼ͅ ̀ẁ͇͇̻̭̭̼̮h̯͖͕a̗̳t̼̞ ͈̲͕̖̦̘̣͘t҉̰̬̝̦ͅh̖͙̹̤̗͡e̜̱̲ͅy̨̰̗̳͖̼ ̪w̟͘i̠s͔͈h̦̠̬̗̳ ̡̖̠a̧̱͎͍͍̩ͅǹ̗ḓ͕͍͕ͅ ̪̲̘͖g͉̜̖ó͔ ̗͈̩̼w̷̫͙̥̲͚̣̲h͖̬͔͈͇͙̪ȩ̩̩̬̪̮r̶̲̳̗͓̮͔̘ȩ͕̳͙̜ ͈̝̦t͝h̝̫̜̮͇e̹͙̫̹y͖̬̠ ̢̰̗͓̭̮͉̫p̠̖̪l̵̝̩͚̫͎̼̫é͕͔̤͙͈ás̵̙̗̪̳e̡͙̖͍.̵̼̥͖̮͙̪ ̲͎͇̮̕I̬̙͕t͍̞̝͍͉̲ ̪͈̟̖͇ͅa̟̠̲̩̞̬̭͝l̗̣̦̯̦͝l̞̠̩͚ ̤͚̘̮̼m̧̭̲͇̙á̙̠ͅk̶̮̯̲̺̫̘ͅe̸͓s̺̥̮̘ ̛͍͚̙̘n̤̗̲o̭̠ ͎̗̘d̪͘i̷̫̤̤̳̠ͅf̺̖͙ͅf̧̟͎e̶̠͔̯͉̬̥̬r̤̣̖̠e͈͓͎̖̥̰ͅn̼c͕͍̠̖̦e̞̼͓͙ ̣̹̦̣̙ͅt̨͖̳o̢͇ ͔ḿḙ̩̺̬̬͇̣.҉̝͉ ̵͕͔̣͇͍̩T̪͔̟̥̦̲ḫ̬̣̣̕é̜̩ ͎̯̩̞ḻ̞͉̺̲̱ͅa͍̠̝̺͚͖s̸̭͎͉̮̰̹t͔͍̥͖ ̨̜̩i̸̠̖͖͍̱͉͙m͚̱̪̖͍ḁ̵̖̜g̴̠̮̻e͓̗̠͔͎͕ ̢t̴͎͎͔̖h̴̼͓̘̻e͏̱͕̘̥̥̜y̰̦̘͓̬̮̱'͖͇͇̝͖͎̦v̵̘̺̮̙ͅé̜̹͙̹̱͙͈ ̲̩̝ͅẖ͖̤̠͎̣͙͠a̦d̸̥̪̥ ̛̳̹̞̪o͇̺̣̠f̴̦͔̬͎̞̣͖ ̘͔̜m̦͘e̱ ̸͙̜̤̠af̤͜ͅͅt̕e҉̭̘̪̤͚r̮ ̮̥͙̗͚̟̞͝a̱̙̩͉̻̭̟l͙̰̣̘̙l̵ ͓̥͎̭̱iş͈̗ ̶̱̗̫ţ̩̠h̭̞̤͞a̱͓̱͙t̨ ͔̱o̪̫f͔͝ ̦͖̫̠̺ͅa̩̘̪͚ ̱̜̗͔̺͕d̻̦͓̲̕a͟n̩̳̻̕c̸̹͖ì̫̫n̥̰͍g̻͓ ̗̳c͚͘h̰͖̭́ͅi͓̙̳̱̫͖͠l̴̹̜d-ļi̮͍̲̕k̷̻̺̟̜e̠͎͝ ̹̱̬̪̰͙c̷̭͖̱r̦̖͇͈̣e͡at͔́u̼̼̦̬̰re̜̝̟ ͙̭̼̩̞̘l̗̤i͚̱̗̼̼͈̥vi͏͈̩̪ṇ͉̬̫͎͔g͈̙͙͍͡ ̛̙͕̞̹̭i̬͚̼͇̗͟ͅn̮͉ ̗͕t͔͠h̲͢e̢̘̞ ̜̰̤w͙̹̭̬̟̣ͅo̹̲̯̱̩̲o̮̭͖d̸s͔͉.͚ ̹̪͖̗͖̣ͅÍ̤͙̥̙͎̠ͅ ̘͡b̙̣̣͎͈̖̰͜e̥͇̟͔̖͈͘li̟̮̻ȩv̷̤͔e̗̦͔͎̫͢ ͉͢I̟̳̮͎̳̫̙'͓̦͖̠m̀ ̙̖̦̱e͏̫̩n̢͕̪͓t͔͎͎̦͕̩̤̀i̟̯͟t̯̥͟ļ̪̖̟̜̣̻͉e̛d̴͕̱̣̦̝̣ ̙̬̠͇̩͘t̥̳̹o ̧̞͔l͟e̕a̬͙d͔̰͈̪i̴̙̫̺͉n̡̦̫̠̥̯̜ͅg͍͍͎͙͢ ̫̞ṯ̩͓̫̺̰͡ͅh̺̜̭̻e͓̬̦̰̥m̳̘̼̟̭̱ ͎̣̝̫̞͞ơ̝̰n͏̮͕ ̠̀j̥͔̪̝̩u̘̪̫̭̠̟̞͠s̡͉̟t̞͈̳ ̛a̘͓̲ t͢a̞̗̝͜dͅ.̩͕̻̪̱͡ ͏̰F̮͖̖̫͍͕o̩̱r̜͙ ̦͙́th̼̱e͖̮̜̖͡y̞̪̳̬͢'̵͇r̸͇͇e̳̩͚̘ ̙̲̠̹̹͠l̼i̘̠̜̬̦k̻̠̳e̤͖̬̯̭̹ͅ ̜͇̹͞ͅa͔̠̙̯̭͙̖l̳̣l̺͚̼͡ ̡͇̯͇̘t̵ẖ̳̤̬̟͞e̢̬̯ ̡̣̣̗͔͈ͅo̗͇t̜̮̝̰͝h̞͕̲͙̹͜e̗̥̦͓͓̣͖r̙̠s͇̘̼̟̹͎ ̫̖̞͇͇͇ţ̲̦ha̗ṯ̦̀ͅ ̜̯̞c͉a̲͕͓ͅm̛̠̤e͈͇ b͈͜e̵͉f҉͈͙̼̲̰o̱͇̮̖̗r̛̺̮̳̞͈̯e̸̩̲͖̯ ́T̢̬a̙̥͉̥t̀l͖̲ ̧̻̯͈͎̫͍a̹̜̖̰̞̺n҉d͉̞͕̪͉̀ ̝͔͍͓̕T̫ͅͅaę̯̭͉̲̝l͍̠͎̠̙͠.̟̝̯̟̹́ ̪͍̼ͅI͏̝͎͙ ͍̘̼̝̭̻͙w͜a̰͙̦̝͢n̘͍t͏e͎͈̰͍̘̮ͅd̛̻̣̩͔̝͚͇ ̳͍̘́n̶̮̬̹̖͖̞̞o̤̬̬̗̩̲t̜̯̖̺h̯͎͠i͞n̶̰̝̜̮g̸̪̼͚̻ͅ ͡m̯̟͓̲̥͍̩͢ọ̀ṟ̼͓̬͚e̱͈̰̘̬͜ͅ ̩̤̥̹̪̳͢t͢ḫ̷̺a̮̺͓̮͠n͝ ̠̬̝ͅt̠͖̘̺o̪͖̞̯͓̗ ̵̺̪͍̩s̳̝̕i͓̩̺̭̤̺͜m̹̮͎p̧͈̟̬̗̯͎͔l͚͔̜̼y̩̗̱̩͇ͅ ̸h̶a̲̠͘v̭ͅe̥͢ ̗̺̝̹͉̞͠s̡̮̹̠͎om̺e̵̫o͙͓̱͍ṇ̨̬̞͎͇ͅe̡̱̘̝̞̮̮ ͘to̶̳̖̫̯͓̟͚ ̲̩͓̣͈̥̹͘s̞͇͕p̜͖͓̣̫e̥̹n͓̱̙̹̯d̸̼ m҉̲̤y̖͓̹͎̙͓ͅ ̱͎͈͕͕͟t̗̺̝̥̱̞i̞͙̭͈̻̙me͙ ̣͚͙͞wị̱t̶̮̺͖̠̬̜h͇.̙͘ ̷̳B̴̰͇ͅut͎̥͓͎̬̜͟ ̠͓̖̯̰͡t̨̯̱̺͍̩̯̩h̖̲̩̯̬e҉͓̪͈y̫̰̼̜̯͉͜ ̛͈̬͚̝̦w͓̼̯̳̘e̶r̥͙̤̰̻͇͉e͘ ̲̦͙̯͔͈̬a̦̩͕͍͖͇l͓͖̙͟w͓̞a͘y̥̗̖̲s̸ ̮͎͕̮̥̣̲o̻͔̙͕̣͍ń̹̳̩̯̰̥̬ ̼̭͈̮̮͎̳t̴̟͕̠̬h̛͇̼̼̖e̛̠̟̘͉̪ ̭͇̥m̗͓̦̱̩̰͕͠o̩̬̯̱̮̦̣v̤e͇͎̖.̨ ̢͔̣̤̳̬Ṭ̯͝o͡o̳̫ͅ ̷̭̠̼͉b̴u̠̖̦s͏̯͕̺y̷̭̤ͅ f̵̼̫̖̯̫̮ͅo̢̹͕̳͖̠̲͇r͏͍̫ ̵h̺̟̪a͏̯̺̯͙̟̰v̯͚͔͟ͅi̲n̨g̴̲͍͉̥̟̬̠ ͘a̭̩̮͢n̰̲͍͠y̢̫ ̘̖̣̤͘f̶͇̱̤̣u͙͕n͈͙̞̭ ̷̲̲̣̩w͎̖͝i̼͇͠t̥͕͟h̷̘ ̵̥͍̗̹ḿ͕e̩̼̗̼̘!̛̘̦̰ B҉̮̦͈̤u̧͍̮t̼͠ ̺͎̩̳̰̰i̯̭̦̲̫̩t̙̭͖̞͔'ṣ͔͈ ̻̝͘w̴̦͙̺̯̫̪̺ḥy͉̱̙͖̫ ͖̝I̙̘͖͕ ̡̱̟̣̹̩h͖̱͇̯̲̬͞a̛̼͍v̟e̦̳̟̼͇͕ ̢͉M̴͔̮a̡̺̜͓̝j̰̳̫̟o̹̟r͎̪a̯ ͙̟͖͙̳͎n͎͍̥o̤͈̬̝̳͉w̴̙̦̥̩̗,̛͇̼͉̻̭̰ ͍͇̤̙̭̞̼I͈̠̖̺̟̹'̤̥̗̬̩̙͓͡l̤̥̼̙̜l̯̮͟ ͠n͓͙͉̙̰e̵͈v͔͕̺̞̗̫̣e̯̤̣̭̱̺̘͡r̟͇̼̯̘̹ ̴b͏e̘̰̟̘͝ ̠͕͟a҉̤̪̺̤l̸̰̯͔̘̦̣o̴n͜e̷͈̮ ̡̮̮͈̪͍e̩̬̹̞̬̘v̝̟̪͜ͅe̡͔̞̳̺̹͖̤ṟ̡̠ a̢̹ǵ̭̫ai̙̗̺n̙͙͉̘̜.͕̟̤̼̻̪̠"͠
Having used magic to hide away the mask, Skull Kid kicked his feet back and forth. All the while the mask's glowing eyes pierced the darkness of the Lost Woods. The Skull Kid while looking quite peculiar was easily approachable, granted you weren't a stinking grown up but with the mask on he just felt
inhuman. The fairies had been friends with Skull Kid for some time. But they always hated seeing him like this. Even as they watched from the bushes waiting for the right time to nab Eddy's jar, they could tell that hiding behind his usually goofy but kind-hearted facade was the evil that Majora's Mask ebbed. Landing on Skull Kid's shoulder, Tael glanced at him and then back at the jar they had taken from Eddy.
"S-Sure those kids we took the jar from weren't very nice but what about the boy you talked with? He seemed to be nice and liked you! Do you wish to hurt him too, Skull Kid?"
Balling his hand up into a fist, Skull Kid swatted away the fairy from his shoulder. As Tatl quickly flow over to her younger brother's side, Skull Kid had risen to his feet and stared down at the hollowed out tree. As both fairies looked at him again, it was no longer the same Skull Kid that they knew and had fun with. But something far worse.
H͓͍̬̰̪͕̝͡e ̳̫wa̙̬̙̮͜s̯̞̰͎ ̟͓̣̼͉̲ͅo̵̲͚̰̮̬̘̮n̫̦̲̻̹͎̯e̦̠̗ ̢ò̗̪f̣͉͍ ̛͇͕̘̬͙̫̯t̟̜h̖̘̠͙͔̰̫e̠̖̼̰ ̧̦͔̤̲͕n̵̟͚̼̹̼̘ͅi̞̥͔͈͡c̳͈̪͟e̺̙̥̻̖r̼̠ ̞o̴̯͔͕n̴e̪͚̰͕͎̘̕s̳̣ ̥̠͍̭̟̳͞d̝̱̻̬ès̱̪̰̬̠p̼̹̺i͕̻te̶ ͈̥̣͕͠t̟͇̤͇͡h̬̭͈̜̜͓̺e͇ c͔̺̯̥̺͍ͅom͚̰͓̻̥̱̣p̛̺̞a͍͓̰̖ͅn̬̞y̟̱ ̨̱h͓̹̞̦̬̼͈͠e͏̳͚̙̹͙͔ ͓͖́k̦̬͕e͇̰̱̳̻̦̹͝p̢͍͖̜͕͕͎t̤̫̠̗͓.̦͈̺ ̨̠̗̗̲̳͓̭H̤̫͉̮̝̦͢e̳ ́ev̪̤e̡͔̫̙͚n̹͕̞ ̧̯s̲̮̰̠͉̲e̫e͘m͙̫͡e̢̳̗̲̻͔d̢ ͚̭̤̻̕t̶̪̙̼ͅo̼̳͢ ̼̥̺e̵̮̲͈̩͕̖n͖̠j̠͔̪̜o̸̬y͎̭̘͓͖̦ ̴̺my̥̰̥̟͝ ̘̠̙̠̻͡m͎̹u̧̟͕̮s̰̖̩̯̙i̟̻͔̼͎c̩͇!̺͍͖͔͚͝ ͎̘̟̳̠̳B̩̜͉̙̱̤u̮̟t̳ ̰̟͓a͈̫̤̻̭ͅs̠̼̭̦̮̻ ̱ͅy̤͘o͔ư ̸̝͎͍s̛̼̜͎̤̜͖͈a̰w͙̗̝͈͙͉,͇̩̺̗ͅ ͇͎̺̯h̴̹͎e̸̥̬͕̲̼̹ ͉͈͞h̛̰͍̤͙̠͓̼a͍͉̰d͔̟̼̤̣ ̱͔̳̜͖͇t̷̠͔͇̹̞o̸ ͔͈̣̹̕l̟͎͍̘̦̬̱e̝̭͚̭̝a̜̲v͚̫̫̣͟e͔̞͔͟ ͓ju͈̣s̹͍̤̞t̯̬͇̩̘͔͡ͅ ͈̼̪̩̱̻̼a̧s̲͇̯̙͙̙̘ ̙̜̳͓à̹̫̹̬ͅļḻ̰̭̯͓ ̰̳̣̯͚͔̟͟t͓͖h̙̗̪̭e̼͜ ̻̹͕̥̦ͅo͍͇̲̬͎̰͝ṭ̰̼͇͝h͔̜̭̻͝ẹ̰̯r̯̻̯s̵ ̹̝̹̦ͅh̛̯a̷̮͉̣̠̪̟d̪̝̀ ̨̹̘͔̭̜t̴̲͖̹̠o̡̖͉̤̟̤ ̠̰̦̘̳̖͟ḻ̛͇̣̥ͅḙ͇͍̳͍͚̹a̡̻͍̭͕v̶͙͖̠͖͙̼e̦͇͕̫͝.͖͍̝̟͓̙̕ ̷̝͔̱̖͖N̖ó͙ ̶̭o̳̟̬̻͔n̷e͓̻̘̳̖̤̻ ̠̖͡w̷̖h̛̭͚͈̠͈̮͖o̩̥͕̬̬͟ è̙v̞e̸̫̤̤̹̙͖ŕ̙ ̮̯̯̫̖c͖͘l̯̙áͅims̴̟̩͇̤̻ ̛̘̰̹ţ͙̠̲̱͈͓̞o͕ ̨̭̰͚͔b̸̯͉̼̗̘̦̠e̗͎̗ ͍̦͝m̫̹̙̼y̼͎͇̩̯̰̱ ͖ͅf͡r̙̙̭̠͔͢i͈̦͙̣̺͢e̷̱̦̫̝̼̣n̼̠d̝̯̖̘̼̰̬ ̡̘͇ͅs̳̤͝t̰̳͎a̳y̖̖̲̩̣ͅͅṣ̷̦̜̳̥ ̯͍̻̤͚f̦o̢̯̤̥͈̮re̫̞̺̠̝̹v̲̩͎̬̗̭͜è̫̣̮̺̤r͚̮͕͉̟̞.̶̲͕̳̱ ̮̟T̨h̛̲̝̝e̸̱̦̗̹͔̟̯y͕͕̦̖̱͍ à͓̲̮̟͈̻l̷̝̖̯w̩̘a̢̺y̮͈͙͚̲̬̲͜s̱ ͔̭̺̻̠͇͜l̕e̪a̛̭̼̖̻͙v̙è̬̣̖̟̰͍͉ ̶̜͉͓̗̦̺ḁ̦̮n̼̗̩̤̣d̬͍̜̼̘͍͢ͅ ͠w̤̳̲̬͉h͍̮̪a̠̙t̗̜ ̭͎͕͠a̷͍͇̯̩̟̪͉m̴̟̗̖̭͎̹̘ ͓̣̺̲I ̤̘͚̟̱̲s͔̮͈̯t̠̣̖͉́u̙̦c̶k҉͉̠̙̹̗͎ ̘w̟̮̟̪̦i̧t̜̜̻ͅh͕͉͉̩?̪̳͉͍̙ ̭̝No̬̣̜̖̖͇̼t̬̤͔̻̭̲̼̕hin҉̝̭̞g͙͉̜̺̭̮̹!͉̲͔͈ ̰͕̰̩̙̜̖I̠̫̻̖̻͔t̩̝̤̣̮͢'̸s͝ ̜͙n̩̳͇e̮̩̱̤̮v̱͖͕e̪̭̫̼̤͜ͅͅṛ͈̱̟͕ ̯̝͍̦̖͎͝b͇è̟̗͖ẹ̢n̪̦̬ ̘̞̰a ̬̻f̢̰a͇ì̜̥̗͎͔r͎̙̦̦̪̰ ̜̳̙̼̰͟ͅc͚̣͝ý̖̼c̮̣l̮̜̜͖͢e͚͈͕̝̩͖ ̸͎̬a̦͕̻̖͍̺n͠d҉̭̫̣̻̖͖̭ ̬̹I̫̖̖͍̮͙'̖̣̼͇l͕̣l̠̬̳̖ ̣̪̖͈͓̺̰s̢e̮̬͔e̢̲̺̩͙ ̜́tͅo͖̩̞̫̫̩ ͈i͓t̨̯͍̫͚͚͉̺ ̦̭t̘̳͕̝̱͍̘͡h̭̪̤a͎͎͉̭̱̮t ̰͕̰̰͚͇̬t͔̖̼̦̼h͡e̷̦̹̼͍̹y͇̖̥̘̖̠͔'̞̳̗̰̺ͅŕ͇e̱̟͎͘ ̞͔͇̮̻̕a̴̖͍̟͈̖͔̘l̯͕ͅl̩̻ ̝͖̬̪̕ͅpun͝i͏͎͖͚s͚̘͉͖h̨̭̤̲̤e̩͓̣d̘ ̵̞͚̥ḛ̴͙̰q̶u̜̬͜ąl̲̬̭̟l̹̯̼ỵ͖ ̝̘̤̳̫̪̯a̰͎̲͟n̘̟̭̙̲d͉̳̗͎̫ ̤͚̗͙̲̯̤w͢i̠̻̥̥̕th̡̭͓̣̝ͅo͔̲̞͓̱̲u̪̠t̮̥ ̦͎͍̗̟h̪̝̟e̝͔̜̣̰͖s͢i̜̣͙͖̠t̢̹̟̬͙͙a͝t̲̞̖͎̠͉i̴̤͔̦̲̩͉o̵̮͓̮̗̳ͅn̗̪̝̮ͅ.̵ C̯̫̩̖̫̳͝o̹̝m̟̼͚̘̟e҉͉̱̼ͅͅ ̜͖̺̗̮̝̮͜o̶̭̲̘̹͉͚n̷̟̳̤̱͍̬͙,̮̥̘̫̬̲̭ ͚̣̪̙̼w̥ḙ̹̝̹̩'r͇̤̯͖̘̫̘͘e͇͜ ̷͉͓̳l̹͍͇̮e͙̤̦a̱̞͞ͅv̷̥̰i̪͓̗̬̥̰ͅn͎̘̠̻͔̟ģ͎̥̟͖͖͙ͅ.̜̹̹ͅ"̫̖̯̘̖͜ ̺̟
With that Skull Kid and the two fairies vanished from sight. Where had they gone? Who knew and what did they have in store for our band of unlikely heroes?
