Soul Eater Forever » Places

         

Mai Pendragon

"Hey. Mai, come here for a minute. I might have found a lead..."

Mai looked at Mei Ling and saw her staring into the window of a jewelry shop. There laid the same kind of bracelet that she had found in the lake. She pushed open the door and looked around inside. The place was packed with all kinds of jewelry, mostly handmade, and with not a real or valuable rock or mineral in sight. She approached the only person in there, a large man with gray hair reading a newspaper. She assumed this was the owner of the shop, and went over to him and held out the bracelet.

“Do you know who you sold this bracelet to?” Mai asked.

The man briefly glanced away from the newspaper to look at what she was holding up. “Sure. It’s the only one I’ve sold so far,” he said in a thick Australian accent. “This real tall girl came in a few weeks ago with another bloke. They kept whispering to each other, then she bought the bracelet and left. She barely said two words to me, but I could tell she was really nice, a real good person, you know…”

“Thanks,” Mai interrupted, not really caring to hear anymore. She walked back out of the shop without another word to the man and leaned in close to whisper to Mei Ling. “You’re right Mei Ling, witches must be involved. I knew this Bunyip thing was stupid, witches are obviously the ones kidnapping people. We need to report back to the others.”

At that, Mai started back towards the lake, when she heard a whistle…

Erzsébet

Back at the lake, Erzsébet morphed into her human form, not really caring if she could be seen now. The Bunyip would take care of the problem. She put her fingers in her mouth and let out a long, piercing whistle. She smiled as ripples appeared in the middle of the lake and the huge tusks of the Bunyip came into view. It’s huge, crocodile-like head came next, followed by its fat rhino-shaped body held up by long scaly legs with webbed feet.

Erzsébet looked on the scene with exasperation. “You know,” she said to Felix, “This all their fault that they’re about to get killed, really. If they hadn’t come here and disturbed us, they wouldn’t have gotten eaten by the Bunyip. It’s almost sad that they’re dying for nothing. It’s such an easy fight for the Bunyip that I probably won’t have to release my Soul Protect to join in.”

Leaning up against the tree, Erzsébet watched the ensuing chaos, not with joy, but with mild pity that these kids were essentially sacrificing their lives by blindingly following Death’s orders.