The demon scam
You have no clue how much time that has passed before you come to again. There is something that touches you repeatedly in your shoulder, as if poking you to wake up.
Slowly, and against your will, you open your eyes, afraid to move because of the pain in your body. As your vision clears, you see a peculiar face hovering above you. It is a rather pretty, young female, but her eyes are yellow with slitted pupils, and her ears long and furry.
When she sees that you are awake, she grins, revealing a row of cat-like fangs. "Oh pity," she says, probably only half-kidding. "I thought you were dead."
You hardly have time to take in your surroundings, but a quick glance around reveals blueish rock formations as far as you can see, twisted and ragged in a rather eery manner, looming over you infront of a background made up from a threatening red sky.
What's even worse, you realize what this place is - it must be the demon realm you've heard the elders in your village warn you about so many times. Sometimes, portals between the demon realm and the human world open up, and the tree must have served like one of those. Damn Merle's curiousity...
Mortals are forbidden here, so you need to find Merle and get her out of here fast.
(Please remember the number 3, as it will affect the story later on.)
Slowly, and against your will, you open your eyes, afraid to move because of the pain in your body. As your vision clears, you see a peculiar face hovering above you. It is a rather pretty, young female, but her eyes are yellow with slitted pupils, and her ears long and furry.
When she sees that you are awake, she grins, revealing a row of cat-like fangs. "Oh pity," she says, probably only half-kidding. "I thought you were dead."
You hardly have time to take in your surroundings, but a quick glance around reveals blueish rock formations as far as you can see, twisted and ragged in a rather eery manner, looming over you infront of a background made up from a threatening red sky.
What's even worse, you realize what this place is - it must be the demon realm you've heard the elders in your village warn you about so many times. Sometimes, portals between the demon realm and the human world open up, and the tree must have served like one of those. Damn Merle's curiousity...
Mortals are forbidden here, so you need to find Merle and get her out of here fast.
(Please remember the number 3, as it will affect the story later on.)