Death Death Deluxe 2

Natsuki looked up at Yuri.

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"I didn't even notice that things had changed... this just feels like normal Vacuo."
The boy looked around, which accomplished absolutely nothing for him.
"...minus the trademark heat."

"Her name was Mipha. She was shy and sometimes she didn’t really know what to say in response to certain things." Zelda nodded.

The woman's attention was briefly drawn to the building. Would be a nice hiding spot if she got into trouble, if not for the fact that it stuck out like a sore thumb. She turned away, attempting to organize her thoughts. If this was somewhere in Vacuo, why were there so many people here? And whatever happened to the heat and winds that Vacuo was so infamous for? And where were the Grimm?

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"I've met people like that too. Their shyness is almost always replaced by 'ooh, Natsuki, you're looking cute today!' I hate it."
Natsuki huffed and looked away again, the blush on her face more prominent.

(I'm not sure where my people are in proportion to everyone else but fuck it)

The shadowy woman sees a large group in the distance and starts to head over. Perhaps they know what this place is...

(just make stuff up as you go along)
The woman looked toward the sky, expecting to see at least a Ravager or something... but nothing.

Zelda giggles. "Yeah, people can be weird." The hylian woman realized she never introduced herself. "I am Zelda, and that is Link." She gestures toward Link.

Upon more force, the Omega Metroid roars, raises its claw, and swipes down.
“Heel.” Sylux barks at it mod-swipe, and he Metroid quickly goes to a sitting position.
Sylux lets go. “What’s the limit on the DNA it scans?”

"Excuse me, hello?" The shadowy woman called as she approached the main group.

Hope my appearance doesn't frighten them too much...

"I think I said my name already. It's Natsuki."
Natsuki sheepishly rubbed the back of her head.

"It’s nice to meet you Natsuki." Zelda smiled.

Zelda smiled and glanced at Sayori and Yuri. "And who might you two be?"

"I'm Sayori." Sayori nods at her.

"Look, Comrade Shadow." Omega points down the road. "What? What- you're pointing at a maid, Omega. I didn't know you were into that."
"Amusing, but no. Look- she is bone."
"And?"
"She is dead. I must put herback in the ground." Omega's left hand becomes a gattling gun. "So, let me get this straight- because she doesn't look right, that's an excuse to put her in the ground, Omega? You are a death machine, and I'm a threefoot tall walking, talking hedgehog who's part alien."
"Exactly. She's too weird. I must break her."

"So, like. Blind dude." Guzma looks around. "Safety in numbers or something, yeah?"

"I've heard of that."
The boy nodded.
"Had to rely on it in some cases. Can't get by on robotic analysis systems all the time."

“Good, we’re on the same page. Just a little thing- going slow isn’t exactly my thing so, like, you want Ariados to... you might not know what that is, uh.... you want, like, a big ol’ bug to act as, like, a seeing dog or somethin?”

"Uhh okay, hold on." With the rummaging of a pocket, and the toss of something, a Pokeball opens up to send out a giant magenta spider with yellow striped legs and a single horn.
"Now, you listen ta' me, Ariados." Guzma bends down as the poison-bug skitters over. "That guy right there? He blind. 'K? So, what I'm gonna have you do is attach a thread to his arm so you can lead him along, right?"
Ariados chitters.
"Don't gimme sass! Now go do it!"
Ariados begrudgingly walks over to Fox, points his abdomen at him, and fires a strand of silk to his left bicep.

"Oh. I didn't know you meant like that. This could complicate things a tiny bit."
The boy raised both of his arms, revealing a pair of crimson blade-like objects attached to gun barrels, which were in turn attached to his wrists via bracelets.

how long have those been there

“I- Okay well, do they run to your biceps or something?”
Ariados starts beating the top two legs against his abdomen.
“HEY! ATOP DRUMMING!”
This only makes the bug to faster.

"Not that I'm aware of, but my fighting style involves hitting things with elbow strikes so that they're hit by the blades..."
The boy's voice trailed off as he heard the Ariados beating its legs against its abdomen.
"...what?"

“Sorry about this, he’s, uh.... drumming his sensory legs against his abdomen. Ariados threat display. Essentially, he’s giving you a middle finger.” Guzma grabs Ariados by the legs. “Well, the goodness news is Ariados silk is pretty strong. They can drag prey that weighs, like, three times their weight, and can actually hold even more? It’s kinda dumb, but useful.”

The half real figure sees ... wait, is that her?

Is that really her?

But he thought she died... he saw it, he tried to stop it, even.

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A couple miles away from the groups, something flickers, like a glitch, before ceasing.

Then it flickers again.

And again.

And again until the glitching morphs into a feminine silhouette as if it was a file being restored. The glitching continues for a bit until the silhouette becomes more humanlike. The glitching stops, and the being in it's place drops to their knees. They appear to be a teen girl with long, orange-brown-ish hair bundled up into a ponytail by a large white bow with two ribbons hanging from it. She appears to also be wearing the same outfit as Sayori and the other schoolgirls. She gets up and looks around, rubbing her head. "Ugh... What happened? Where am I?" She continues looking around until she sees people in the distance. "Hey, maybe they can help me figure out where this... "desert road" is." She says to herself before heading over there, which might take some time.

Natsuki's eyes drifted towards the large group. She was still a bit uncomfortable by their presence.