Attack of the Spirit Ninja

Fred the Knight, for one, couldn't stop worrying about his Quest. The extent of Castellan's influence, the threat of the Spirit Ninja, Jernicus' worrying retreat into the woods, and Fred's general helplessness in all of this combined into a most worrysome tangle of tribulations for the young Knight.

Bertha the Mage, was terrified of her father or mother locating her and meting out their own perverted brand of justice. Often they had threatened to turn her into a creature even baser and more vile than what they turned travelling Slayers into, were she ever to disobey them.

Quirlos the Ranger, meanwhile, was hungry for an Elvish Cheesecake. Mmm... cheesecake! His lack of one was proving a serious means of depression for him. But being an enlightened creature, he could easily tap into the invigorating self-pity that the absence of pleasure could provide. Yes, yin and yang, ebb and flow, winter and summer, was what Quirlos thought of as he walked on, cheesecakeless.

Suddenly Quirlos motioned for Fred and Bertha to stop. "Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Fred asked, and then Quirlos snap-kicked him in the stomach, throwing Fred several yards back.

"What the..." Fred wheezed, then looked up to see three metal stars embed themselves in the tree where he had just stood.

"The Doom Squadron!" Bertha exclaimed. "They've found us!"

"Run, you two!" Quirlos yelled. "I'll hold them off here! Don't make me cast a Panick spell on you!"

Fred and Bertha didn't need to be told twice. They bolted away through the woods, trying to ignore the radiant magic energies behind them as Quirlos faced the Spirit Ninja.

As Fred ran he suddenly tripped over a tree root. "Argh! My ankle feels like it's broken!" he said. "Bertha, hurry on! Forget about me!"

"Never!" Bertha said valiantly. "Because of you, I was able to escape my parents' reign of fear! I will take you with me, brave Sir Fred!"

Somewhere behind them, they heard Quirlos shout. "Oh, you call that a Shatter spell? Was an alcoholic circus mime your magic teacher?"

Bertha picked Fred up in her arms and kept running. Suddenly she gasped as and came to a sharp halt as they reached an end to solid ground. Hundreds of feet below, a fast-rushing river cut through a lush green valley. Vertigo overcame our heroes...

1. Bertha jumps.
2. Bertha decides to take her chances with the Spirit Ninja.

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