Everyone was immediately on guard. To my left Selene's mutations emerged, her fingers sharpening and Aiden spun his spear leveling it ready, the design simple compared to his old ornate spear. To my right I saw Thalia's strings lower from her fingertips, Jax drop down to a pose ready to lunge, and the plants around Beatrice begin to surge as the three glowing balls near her head seemed to all grab on to the hair on her neck like they were expecting her to lunge. I let the wind swirl in my hands, ready to fire as the figure stood ahead of us, not speaking. Their shadow oddly wide as I saw their mouth moving as if to say something.
Almost on cue, the silence shattered as the sound of the wind swirling in my hand and Jax's growl could be heard again, but in turn we could also hear the girl.
"Hush now darling, go to bed, The rabbits stir where shadows spread, Long black ears and little feet, they wake up hungry and ready to eat."
"Who are you and what do you want!"
Jax yelled, his and Beatrice's hackles raised as they stood on the toes of their paws, ready to charge or flee at the drop of a hat.
"If someone falls or disappears, the rabbits twitch their velvet ears, They drag the proof where none can see, Below the roots of willow trees."
The rabbit girl continued as she began to stagger forward with a heavy limp. She seemed to be heading for us, not the ATV, not our campfire, just us, as the small rabbits around her began to jump and bounce around her feet as if excited for what was about to happen.
She began to lean forward, like she was ready to dash towards us, everyone tensing.
Then she kept leaning forward, more...… even more.
We all stared with blank expressions as she fell face first onto the ground, a loud gurgling coming from her stomach as the rabbits around her dispersed.
We all stood for a moment, unsure of what to do before Beatrice sat down and let out a held in breath. We all let the tension out in a heap as I yelled.
"By the hells girl, don't scare us like that, especially with the creepy rhyming crap, are you ok?"
"Hungry"
Came the muffled soft voice of the girl, her face still down in the dirt. Aiden and Selene walked over, helping her up as she winced. Aiden, our resident medic began to look at her leg, lifting the dress to see a nasty break, the leg twisted and bits of bone sticking out through either side.
"How in the world did you walk on this?"
Aiden asked as he turned to Thalia as if to say something, but she cut him off.
"Two Amrans and a Cofrail with the mortar and pestle, I know."
"Grab two more cofrail and a cloth. It needs something to help it set."
Thalia nodded and began to rummage in Aiden's bag as he turned back to the girl.
"With your leg like that I'm going to have to pull to set the bone right, and it will hurt quite a bit, we don't really have anything to numb the pain."
"T-Their's no need, my brother will be here soon, he's in charge of patching me up when this happens."
We all exchanged looks as Jax sat down beside the rock we had gathered around.
"You say that like this is normal, what exactly happened?"
The girl was silent before she shifted, wincing slightly.
"Well, a few years ago I unlocked my class and accidentally cursed my brother. The rabbits began to show up because of my soul skill, and now every couple of weeks I will start wandering doing different things. Seems this time they just wanted me to kill a boar monster."
Everyone glanced towards Selene, our resident soulskill with flaws holder as she gave a knowing look.
"If you want, I can fly out and try to find your brother. What does he look like?"
I offered taking note of my current energy but a voice behind us made me pause.
"No Nweed, I Jwust awwived. How is shwe? Did she hwurt anyone while she was bewing contwowed?"
We all turned, the same confused expression on our faces asking who talks like that. There didn't seem to be anyone until I looked down and froze, my eyes growing wide.
Standing there, no taller than a foot was a small figure of a halfblood rabbit. They wore an adorable little vest with a small satchel at their side. Their feet and head were a bit too large to the point where they were adorable. Their face still had baby fat as they walked over. Their every step making a faint but audible squeaking noise like a chew toy.
Yet the thing that stuck out most to me was the fact that I had seen this little rabbit. I had seen them dozens of times in fact.
Be it by accident or some strange joke of the universe, this little rabbit was a spitting image of the little fuzz plushie line. Growing up I had been obsessed about them, their softness, the little plush cheeks, the cute cotton tail.
"Pwut me dwown, swomeone stwop her!"
The little rabbit yelled as I realized I was holding them in a hug like I had done before at home with my stuffed animals. I quickly let him go as a small feeling like vertigo went through me and a small notification appeared.
You have interacted with Phobaic arsenal: Polyphobia Lost Pets
Your interaction with an artifact of *@BS& has effected you
Your time in rest will be effected by *@GS&
You have achieved something grand(Animocity from the fifth dimension)
Your class is ready to evolve
Sigilwright(D)
Enchantment Engineer(D)
Jetstream(C)