“A sapient demon?” The wings suddenly stop flapping as the good doc takes some interest in the random creature.
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“Demon?” the cat meows in confusion.
“What do you mean, you’re trying not to draw attention to yourself?” Aiden asks.
“Oh…there’s an evil wizard trying to find me,” the cat explains. “I got seperated from Merlin–he’s a good wizard–and got caught, but I escaped.”
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“Merlin the Wizard? Isn’t he a false prophet?”
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Cat: “Huh?? No? He’s not a prophet at all…”
Dan: “Maybe there’s another wizard named Merlin who is?”
Cat: “Huh…maybe there is in this world, actually. We did end up here after coming through a portal from our world, so it could be different here.”
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“Okay… I would like an explanation. Where are you ask from? You’re currently on Earth.”
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Cat: “Our world is called Magie. The animals who can talk have what’s called the Gift. The evil wizard–Corvid–and his cronies are trying to catch the animals who have the Gift. Merlin built this place called the Shelter to keep us safe from Corvid.”
Side note: I literally used Google Translate for the world name and went with Corvid, like crows and ravens, for the evil guy, because I am terrible at coming up with names-
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You good!
“…i have questions.” He turns to the group of humans. “Are you all from the same world?”
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Robin shakes his head.
“No, our world is called Neocrithas. We don’t have any animals that can talk, unless you count people shapeshifted into animals.”
“Oh, you have shapeshifters, too?” the cat asks. “Corvid and his cronies can shapeshift. But yeah, like you said we aren’t from the same world-”
“Impulse?? Impulse, where are you??” comes another yowl.
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“Oh goodness! How many of you are there?!”
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“Us cats who have the Gift? Seven including me. All the animals with the gift? I’m not sure, but the Shelter currently has…100, I think? Not all of the other animals came through the portal, though. Merlin did build a smaller version of the Shelter for the ones who did. And, uh…yes, I’m Impulse. I realize I never said my name…”
Impulse looks in the direction of the yowling.
“Feather? I’m over here…calm down, I don’t want Corvid hearing you…”
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The bird rolls his eyes and looks in the direction of the sound.
Meanwhile! Let’s just throw in a beastly roar from nearby for funsies, hehe.
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Feather runs over and stops in front of Impulse, purring audibly.
“Impulse! Thank goodness…we were all so worried…”
Impulse purrs back…then both cats jump at the roar.
Everyone else grabs their weapons, looking around for the source of the roar.
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Ogre time!
Picture Shrek, but make him 7ft. tall with bottom teeth that jut out and curl like a boar’s. He rushes from the trees and… has on a designer red, black, and white suit.
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Both cats sprint over to Thorn’s horse and hide under him.
Robin, Aiden, Sage, and Thorn move in front of Dan and Isaac in a defensive form.
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“What the hell is this?! Why are you all not in school?!” the beast yells.
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Isaac blinks.
“Um…we’re graduated?” he says.
“Me and Thorn have been graduated for longer than the others…but we’re all graduated from the schools we attended,” Dan adds quietly.
“I know I’m still 18 but do I really look that young?” Robin asks, generally wondering.
Meanwhile the cats are still hiding under the horse-
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“No excuses! And why are you playing with your food?” The new monster sounds like a disappointed dad and reaches down to grab one of the cats.
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“We are though! We all went to different schools but we’re all graduated now!” Sage insists.
“I’m 50!” Dan exclaims indignantly.
“I’m 45!” Thorn says at the same time.
“I’m also Robin’s uncle…” Dan continues, then tenses when the ogre tries to grab one of the cats.
Feather scuttles away, while Impulse hisses.
“Hey! The cats aren’t food!” Aiden shouts, while Impulse hisses, “Don’t touch me and don’t hurt Feather!”
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“I’m over two hundred and so attend school. He’s a couple thousand years old off you want to get technical with the rebirths!” The giant man shines a pocket watch in his breast pocket with a handkerchief he pulls out the other.
“Yeah… Ogres eat almost anything with meat. Don’t you gave them where you come from?” Seamus asks the others.
“And you! Don’t you have a class right now? Shouldn’t you be teaching?” the ogre snaps at him.
“I do not work for you!”
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“Rebirths?” Isaac asks.
“I think the only creatures in Neocrithas who are two hundred or more are the griffins and dragons…” Dan murmures.
Robin shakes his head at Seamus’s question.
“No. We do have giants and trolls, though.”
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