God Yet Lives

S"Possibly."

*The Antlion's carapace rips open & the Antlion's upper body flies out on 4 huge, lacey wings, revealing that it is attached to the claws & that its "neck" tapers & splits into the tails. It flies off in the direction Gio Vega went.*

S"Can't say as though I was expecting that."

*The Cerosnakes follow it.*
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"Hey, can I have one of those wings?"

"HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!"

Astarte cried out and a large amount of lightning exploded out of her wings into the area around Yue without hurting either of them.
"What's happening?!" Astarte demanded in a hushed but violent tone of voice. "Is it over?"

Mortal let out a small sigh as she reverted to her normal form. Running a brand spankin' new hand through her hair. "Well, that was... um... something."

Sab appeared next to Mortal, "Are you alright?"

"Quite fine," She replied, "Yourself?"

"I'm alright."

--

Noctis holds the plate out so Euryale can grab one.

Yue landed and placed a hand on Astarte' forehead, "Its over, for now."

"Why did you yell?!" Astarte demanded, pushing herself out of Yue's arms and struggling to her feet. "You scared the hell out of me!"
She turned to Yue, her face lined by tears, before reverting to her base form.
"My arm..." The suddenly calm Astarte whispered, looking at the stump of her arm. "It's gone. And my dress is ruined."
She turned to Mortal and smiled weakly, "You have my many thanks for stopping my bleeding."

S"Honey, that dress was ruined the minute it came off of the loom."

*Senthose Z-snaps as Aroma finds the arm partially buried in some sand.*

A"It looks like he shattered the end of the bone. I don't have any way of fixing that, but a Soul Reaper could probably do it."
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*And so Euryale eats chicken wings. After she's done, she wipes her hands & mouth off on a rag that's totally been there the whole time, then puts an arm around Noctis.*

"I'm already glad we decided to take this trip."

"A big ass hollow did something crazy... that's why I yelled" Yue put his hand on her shoulder. "Sorry."

Mortal nodded, "Don't mention it, I'm here to help."

Sab thought for a second, "Perhaps Kisuke would be able to do something about your arm."

--

"I am too," Noct said, once again, entirely euphoric thanks to Euryale, and the hot water.

S"I had someone else in mind, actually."
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~The next day~

*Euryale is not in bed whenever Noctis wakes up.*

This makes Noct incredibly sad as she wakes up, "Euryale?" She asked, going to the bathroom to take care of her morning routine.

--

"Who?" Sab asked.

*Euryale does not answer. One of the cages is sitting on the bathroom sink.*
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S"Pack your bags & look out for tentacles that aren't mine. We're going to Japan."
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*Venezuela's tail & ears droop.*

"Oh...okay."

"Ok"

Worried Noct blinks on her Fullbring and searches the entire fucking building.

--

"But... we don't have bags," Sab said.

"Must we go to the human world...?" Astarte hesitated. "But... if it will save my arm..."
She trailed off and began to blush, looking at her feet. She felt like a bother.

*In the human world, Senthose knocks on a door. John opens it, looks to each of the Arrancar in turn, & pushes it shut again before walking through the "living room," where Lilith is on the floor looking for a cat.*

John<If you need me, I'll be in the bathroom mirror. No reason.>
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*Euryale is on the deck, sitting on the floor in a meditative pose.*

"How rude," Astarte grumbled, clutching at her arm-stump. "Who was that?"

Lulu is hiding inside the sofa, having cut open the bottom lining and climbing in to hide from Lilith.

--

"One of the humans, I don't really remember him all that well," Mortal said, tearing open a garganta into the living room, "We usually deal with the girls more, so I can't even really give you his name." With that Mortal and Sab walked through.

--

Noct let out a small sigh of relief and blinked off her fullbring. She walked out onto the deck and looked at Euryale for a few seconds before looking out at the view, not wanting to distract her from whatever she was up to.

Astarte hesitated, as though about to blurt something out, but then just walked through the Garganta with Mortal and Sab.

*Lilith reaches into the couch. Senthose walks out of the Garganta.*

L"C'mere, kitty-kitty. I just want to pet you."
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*Euryale shows no signs of ceasing her meditations.*

"Meow..." -I'm scared, please! Please just leave me alone...-

"What are you doing?" Sab asked.

--

Noct shows no signs of ceasing her peaceful gaze at the view of the beach.

Yue steps through next, "Lilith and Senthose in the same room again... I smell hilarity."

"Last time it happened it made a girl so upset she literally stabbed her mother, so yea, sure, why not..."

"Sorry..."

[This is all your fault.]

[I'm not the one who told her she didn't want her around. You blame all of your failures on me, but in reality, you just can't do anything right. Why is that? Now I even have to cover your alibi....]

Taiyo<Well...I'd better get going, then. See you around. Maybe.>

*Taiyo walks out of the building & down a random alley for some time before she gets control back.*
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L"I'm trying to get this cat out of the sofa. What do you want?"

S"There is something terribly wrong with one of our number. I want you to fix it with the high-level Kido it will undoubtedly take."

*Lilith turns around.*

L"Ouch. I see that...where is the arm?"

S"Forget the arm, I'm talking about that horrible excuse for a dress!"