# Ch.40: Latericiam relinquo
I know it's not greek. Don't bomb my house.
After being forgiven by the town elder, the
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Wasted no time, and travelled in search of the big WOman.
J: We should have just poisoned him or something.
G: Nah, it pays to be nice sometimes.
J: Pay me with what, cool sticks?
G: You know? Just forget it.
Z: I find the existence of such a civilization deeply offensive.
F2: Aw! I thought that cat person-
Z: Lynx. (Not links that's a browser)
F2: I thought that lynx person was kinda cute!
F5: Well, he sure was taught a lesson!
F4: Are you sure this won't get us into trouble later?
No, it will not. Author's guarantee.
G: I don't think so. I do wonder how he will feel after this.
J: Always so melodramatic!
F3: Uh, melons and aromatic?
J: Well hello? Planet not-earth to Filbert?
F3: Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something else.
F5: Maybe all of those sieverts are going to his head.
F4: I hope not.
F3: Alright, I was just thinking about what we saw the past days.
It is quite a lot to process.
J: Oh, too much for your sensitive butt? Do you want a massage?
F3: Actually, yes.
J: With a happy end at that?
F3: Ummm...
J: It's Nerf or nothin'!
F6: Can I have one too?
J: *Rubs hands*
Z: I do not think that there is enough space.
J: Ugh, let's just stop and set a camp. It's time for lunch anyways.
And so they did. They also set up a picnic table for completeness sake.
F2, F3 and F6 all got their "happy ends".
No, I'm not removing them yet.
The foxen had some olive-fried steaks and chorleywood "cake".
The steak was condimented with marshmallows,
and The Bay Leaf, from the bay tree.
Unfortunately for them, they had to do the cooking again.
Z: Perhaps you could do with some more fiber.
F1 pulled a bowl full of celery out of the Bradley.
F6: How do we have so much food all of a sudden?
Z: We ran the car to collect some plants while you slept and went to the cave.
F6: Oh alright.
J: I must admit, Food is pretty much the only good thing from this place.
G: It's kinda saddening to see that they don't have any good recipes.
F4: Wait, seriously?
J: Yes! Apparently these cavemen will cook a rabbit on a stick and go:
"Mmm, such an elaborate meal", because even fire is sophisticated to them.
F6: We forgot the daily workout.
F4: Why did you have to remember that!?
After resting from their meal and doing the daily workout,
they kept travelling in the Bradley.
Finally, they reached a somewhat larger town next to a mountain.
It even had a fountain!
Immediately, they rushed to harass the elder.
However, her building had walls, so F5 kept banging on the door.
F5: OPEN UP! WE WERE SENT BY THE OLD WOLF!
K321: Hello! Which one?
F6: Uhh, the grumpy, bitter, gray one?
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K321: That doesn't narrow it down much.
F4: He had a mole on his neck?
K321: Ah! So Sfongoi sent you! Come in!
ENTER.
FOXES.
The "archpriest" was a catgirl wearing a peplos,
alongside a name tag that read: 'Hello! I am: Katia <3, Archpriest'
J: Awww! She's so cute I could put her inside a wood chipper!
G: I don't think that's a healthy reaction...
K321: So, what brought you here? Wanna play- I mean,
you must have some stories to tell!
F1: Actually, we are here to ask about the emperor.
K321: Aww! You're no fun! At least play-,
entertain me before asking for such information!
He is a really occupied person!
J: Faber, throw what I left in your pocket to her left.
F1 Threw a ball of yarn, and Katia OBVIOUSLY chased after it.
She came back with a mess of strings tying her hands.
K321: Could you help me with this?
F4: Well, I guess-
She went towards F5. Because he looked sexier.
F5: Ugh, what are you, four?
K321: What, no! I'm an adult woman,
and I'm totally in the age for intercourse!
G: Wow, she's really spilling that spaghetti.
K321: Sorry. It's just that *exhale* I'm so lonely, you know?
F5: Quit hugging me! Can't you just bang any other archpriest?
K321: No! they're all like:
"I am occupied. My job prevents me from engaging in intercourse."
And nobody has visited me in FIVE YEARS! Nobody even lives in this town!
Pleasepleaseplease-
F5: Alright, alright! We will stay here for a while!
G: Poor girl.
J: What a loser.
K321: Great! Please wait while I make some tea!
Z: She seems more ingenuous than Fifi.
After tripping several times while attempting to leave,
Katia left. Later, she brought back some ceylon tea.
F3: Sorry, but we don't drink tea. It is bad for the teeth.
F4: Oh, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! Do you want anything else?
F6: Where is the emperor?
K321: Ah...
F1: First, is there anything you need?
K321: Oh, *sniff*, could you at least uhh... Uhmmm... Oh god...
Could you kiss me in my cheek?
F1: Sure, close your eyes.
K321: Y-yeah sure. God why is this so difficult?!
I've kissed so many guys before!
F5: Just relax, ok?
K321: ...Sure. *closes eyes*
K321: *sigh* Ok, I'm ready.
The foxes blasted her with their preferred handguns.
Ho OWNED.
Kate awoke on a hospital bed in Fowler's position.
From within the empty white place she saw a dark apparition.
K321: W-who are you!?
G: Just a ghost from times long past. But we are not here to talk about me.
I want to ask about yours.
How did you get here?
K321: W-well, I was just a girl who liked to sing.
K321: I wasn't really that good,
and I'm pretty sure that there were hundreds of people better than me,
but I guess I got lucky, b-because everything I did was a hit,
like, an invisible hand moving me like a chess piece.
K321: I couldn't be happier! I was signing contract after contract,
Everyone respected me, and a-all I had to do was read out of a script!
K321: They even gave me one of those golden tickets,
and told me to keep s-shut about it,
but assured me it was like a great treasure!
K321: Then... I appeared on this brand new world, of pure green pasture.
I was very eager to help... And they sure tolerated me at first,
But then... *sniff* They started to go away, contacting me less and less...
And after many years...
K321: *sob* When I asked them,
I asked them why they were abandoning me, they said, that they didn't care...
K321: THEY NEVER CARED! *sob* They... They just thought I was a pretty face,
and-and when they thought that, that they didn't need me anymore...
THEY ABANDONED ME! *crying*
The figure tried to console her, caressing her hair.
G: I am so sorry, but what was done was done.
Even if you repent now, there was no turning back.
K321: I... *sniff* I never understood what, what they wanted!
I-I just read the script! *sob*
G: I know.
K321: W-why wasn't I useful anymore!? *sniff* It was all a farce...
G: I know.
K321: I wasn't special... *sob* I failed, I failed everyone...
G: I know. It's over.
G: ...There is only one thing left.
The figure removed her pillow, and as it gently approached her face,
Katia resigned herself to death.
Luck is a curse.