Nari quietly steps down the stairs from inside her bubble to the old door. They slowly open it, loud creaking sounds coming from the door. Yet, no one is alarmed, or can seemingly hear them. In fact, they’re all motionless, as if in some realm of shadow.
When Nari slowly rolls inside the basement, they see…nothing? Wait, what’s that? There seems to be a large creature taking refuge here, with a pointed horn and red and emerald eyes.
(??)”HELLO NARI. NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. C’MON, DON’T YOU REMEMBER ME, YOUR GOOD PAL? FUHUHUHU! I WOULDN’T EITHER! FEEHEEHEEHEE!…HEE… hee…ha.”
(PAL)”ANYWAYS PAL, I JUST COME TO GREET YOU AFTER ALL THESE YEARS…”
Nari nods their head goodbye and goes to head out the door, but as they are about to step their foot out from inside the bubble, PAL snatches them up with their hand made of shadow.
(PAL)”FUHUHUHU! DID YOU REALLY THINK IT’D BE THAT EASY? NO, IDIOT! THE BOSS WANTS YOU…”
PAL brings a claw to the SOUL, caressing it with its sharp, shadowy claw.
(PAL)”AND THAT LITTLE…SOUL…OF YOURS.”
Nari squirms in the grip of PAL, trying to escape its grasp.
(PAL)”FEEHEEHEE! WHAT’S THIS? TRYING TO ESCAPE? HMM…WELL, THIS COULD BE FUN, FUHUHUHU! ALRIGHT THEN. I WILL LET YOU DOWN, CHILD.”
PAL lets Nari go, but then suddenly closes the door and blocks it with some sort of shadowy magic.
(PAL)”BUT FIRST, YOU MUST SHOW ME A GOOD FIGHT! FEEHEEHEE, THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD!”
Nari stances in their battle position, with their staff out, and…
DON’T YOU WANNA SHOW YOUR PAL A GOOD TIME?