The Apprentice (Fox X Karcen)

[Karcen]

84 wiggled in her jar but with the jar closed and the latch down she couldn't muster the strength to push it open. A maw bear was no joke only a bunch of guards or one of the dragons could take one without running, or without preparation. There was little she could do aside from offer the maw bear a tasty snack while her master ran but she was trapped. She could do nothing but watch and squirm inside her jar as her master stupidly stood up to the maw bear as if he didn't know how deadly they were.

 

[Foxora]

The Maw Bear roared and swung it's mighty claw at Sebastian, who simply back stepped and narrowly avoids the attack. "Sorry, buddy, I'm afraid you picked the wrong guy to try to eat" Another swing from the Maw Bear's other claw and Sebastian jumped high over it, giving the creature a shock, and then with the flick of wrist, he pulled out a small weapon that Ellie never saw before. It made loud banging sounds and The Maw Bear's face seemed to explode in a red mist. Surprisingly the creature was still alive as it stumbled back , blind as one eye was now gone, and the other was drenched in it's own blood.

 

[Karcen]

84 was now more than ever sure that the person that had bought her was in fact a witch. She couldn't explain how he did what he did so she defaulted to the old wives tales of magic wielding people who could conjure fire at will and destroy any that stood in their path. She had no idea of any technology that could do such to a creature like a maw bear muskets were after all brand new to the world with few nations had them.

 

[Foxora]

As the bear writhed in pain Sebastian landed infront of it. pulling his hand back where it was hidden from Ellie with his body "Oh, quit your belly aching, I know well enough about you, judging by the scar on your chest, your the one with a hefty bounty on your head." When she finally got to see that hand again, a sword was in his hand, no idea where it came form, and it looked far more advanced to what a sword usually would look like. "Its the law of society to take out things that harm them. I'm only helping the process" in one quick motion he decapitated the Maw bear's head with ease. That blade must have been verry sharp or made with some kind of special material to cut through all that flesh and thick bone like butter.

 

[Karcen]

84 really didn't understand how her master could have done what he did if he wasn't a witch he made things from now where and make things explode without things like dynamite. she had no way of knowing about anything more advanced than anything ever seen on the world which had only just really discovered what the solar system was and had no concept of what stars where let alone that there might be life on them.

 

[Foxora]

He sighed and with the flick of the wrist his sword vanished and some kind of Device was in his hand. He placed it on the ground next to the carcass of the maull bear and some kind of glowing holo screen appeared. and he started tapping on it. "There, that should take care of this." he got up and she watched the corpse start glowing blue and gradually start to dissappear. What Ellie didn't know that this was a payload transfer beacon. Sebastian had a guy up top that would take his bounties and cash it in and transfer the bounty back to him. He grabbed his stuff and started walking again. "Now then, lets get home. I'm starting to get hungry" He made sure to pull the latch off for her before he started walking.

 

[Karcen]

84 didn't know what to say, well she had a few ideas.


" You are a wizard that was magic you did magic" She said in an excited voice though not scared of the magician she now thought she was with. Magic was of course the only explanation that made sense to the slime girl so it had to be magic and therefore Sebastian was a witch.


" Can you do more magic?' She asked wanting to see more of the magic that her master had done.

 

[Foxora]

Seeing Ellie finally start speaking to him without him trying to get her to speak surprised him, but he was glad that she was. He chuckled alittle "I guess, all this does seem like magic to the people of this world." he gave her a wink "I'll tell you more when we get home. " he took a turn into the forest. It was some time before finally the sight of a rather well fortified house in the trees became visible "Here we are"

 

[Karcen]

Well the house didn't look like a witch's hut or a wizards' tower so 84 was a little confused she really didn't know what Sebastian was talking about saying his magic only seemed like it when it had to be magic with the things he did, he had summoned a weapon from thin air after all and nothing could do that but magic. There was also the whole he lived not far from the village but apparently knew little of slimes despite if he lived here he should have had contact with the village and the people inside . Still Sebastian would tell her soon enough hopefully he had to be some kind of magic creature that she was sure of.

 

[Foxora]

He set his cargo on a platform that rose on it's own up tot he house and Sebastian when Sebastian approached a certain spot. a rope ladder dropped down and he climbed up it. Once he reached the top, the front padio was was much bigger then it looked, fitting a multiple amount of furniture and devices like chairs and table. he stepped into hsi house and for an outpost wit was very well furnished. like an apartment. "Alright," he took off the jar and let her out. "Out you go"

 

[Karcen]

84 was still confused the house didn't seem like others it moved as if it was alive it was magical as well to her. Still she came out when Sebastian ordered her to and when she reformed she was only maybe the size of and 8 year old thanks to the loss of liquid.


" This place is magical you are a wizard aren't you' She said still on about magic.

 

[Foxora]

Sebastian scratched the back of his head. "I told you I'm not... It's all science. Science can do amazing things that seem like magic." He said as he lead her to the kitchen and turned on the faucet int he kitchen sink "here you go"

 

[Karcen]

84 still didn't get it to her such things had to be magic as she started to absorb water though only till she was at her default form, finding it much easier to maintain this size of a body without losing too much water like when she was bigger.


" You made explosion happen and conjured a sword out of nowhere that is magic, your house moves by itself it is enchanted" She said steadfast in her current idea things were magic as even with the excuses it was just science she didn't understand it at all.

 

[Foxora]

Sebastian sighed, this seemed like it would take awhile to get through to her. "Tell you what. For now I'll let you call it magic. I'll have to teach you more later. "For now, I'm starved. Need to make food" he patted her head. "Feel free to have a look around"

 

[Karcen]

" ok master" She said kind of confused why someone so magical would reject that they were magic when they were obviously magical. 84 wandered off to look about at the house, it was different, the doors didn't have normal locks and seemed to know where she was, it was more magic to her. That was what she thought though as she looked around she noticed a few less magical bit like pushing something did something else and she knew she was not magical. It was odd she knew of no science that could do that yet she couldn't use magic it was enough to make her head hurt.

 

[Foxora]

Sebastian was cooking up a simple beef stew, the broth heating up well as he chopped up the meat. "You don't alright out there?!" He called out form the kitchen

 

[Karcen]

84 was too busy trying to figure things out with this place she had figured out this place was like the thing Sebastian had dropped to called back to her master. She was starring to figure out that perhaps this wasn't magic she still had no explanation for how it worked but she knew it had some kind of explanation.

 

[Foxora]

When the stew was finally ready, Sebastian was stepping out of the kitchen with a bowl of stew and placed it at the living room coffee table "Alright, no where did you go" he looked around for Ellie.

 

[Karcen]

84 had taken to exploring every nook and cranny in way only a slime could and had found that there were things or metal and lightning that made everything move. This was not so much magical but she guessed normal but far greater an anything on this world she might not be the most privileged being on the planet but she knew things people talked about great things even if it only impressed the seemingly mute slimes. She then heard Sebastian mention her new name and came out from some furniture she had been looking under.


" I am here did you need something master?" She asked wondering if he had some task for her.

 

[Foxora]

"Ah there you are." he patted her head "Liking the house? I just checking if you needed anything then I would show you where you would be sleeping and whatnot. He took a bite of his stew.

 

[Karcen]

" I won't be sleeping with you master?" She asked confused slightly though it made sense though she had expected him to want to keep her nearby. Still Sebastian was not normal he didn't even seem to be of this world with how strange he was. " Where are you from master your house has machines that run on lightning to move doors?" She asked not fully understanding the house but obviously figured out the basics faster than many might.

 

[Foxora]

He happily answered "Well, believe it from not I actually come from the Stars." he pointed up to emphasis this. "My race known as "humans" came form a world called 'Earth' but now we can live on many worlds and space as well." he told her as he opened the bedroom door, showing a bed and a spare cot "I would have to come up with a good bed for a slime girl, so for the time you can sleep on the cot." He patted the cot to double check it's sturdiness. "Anyway, we have waht you would call. Advanced Technology, that's lets us do things t hat were once deemed as impossible.

 

[Karcen]

84 just nodded it was obvious she believed Sebastian but she didn't fully understand it. The planet hadn't even started to think of others living elsewhere so the idea that there were advanced races was something that just didn't want to fit in just yet.


" I believe you master you have many odd things but they are not magic I see that now" she said

 

[Foxora]

He nodded and pulled her into a hug "That's right. You catch on pretty quick" he then looked at her. "How you doing by the way. "You hungry or need anything?" he asked her.

 

[Karcen]

" I can go longer without being fed you gave me enough for a day or two, depending on how much you want to feed me" 84 said knowing never everyone would want to feed their slime every day and they didn't need to be fed every day.