Slimantha blinked. She stood in a steel room, an underground steel room. Debris from the partially caved-in ceiling was scattered across the steel floor. Light filtered down through the overhead hole. Additional light, additional warm light, radiated out from overhead LED panels set in the remaining portion of the ceiling. All things considered, the light was pretty good here.
Samuel, Mimi, and Black were also in the room. Samuel leaned against a steel wall, steadying himself. He still looked a tad uneasy from the trip down. Guess that fall did not agree with him all that much. He was fine though. He just needed a bit longer to steady himself.
Mimi and Black stood not far from Slimantha. The two women, one a mimic and the other a cat woman, glanced around, checking their surroundings. Clearly, they had both made it down just fine. Slimantha glanced at the pair and smiled. The pair smiled back at her.
Slimantha stretched her arms and then headed over to a steel container positioned against the wall. Her brown eyes scanned over the container. The thing did not look to be locked. Actually, it did not look to even have a lock. It was pretty much just a big steel box waiting for someone, someone like her, to open it. She placed her hands on the container’s lid. The lid’s silvery metal was cool to the touch, sending a small shiver down her. She lifted the lid, opening the container. She blinked at the contents. The container was filled with swords.
“Let me look through those!” Samuel called out, running over. He bounded up to Slimantha, newfound energy coursing through him. Guess he had finally gotten over that fall of his.
“Have at it,” Slimantha said, stepping aside to let Samuel at the swords. She watched as he began digging through the container, a smile on her face. Could his missing magic sword be in there perhaps? She turned away from Samuel and headed over to Mimi and Black.
Mimi smiled as Slimantha stepped up. “You think his missing magic sword could be in there?” she said. Her golden eyes went to Samuel, who still dug through the steel container.
Slimantha’s beautiful brown eyes went to Samuel too. “Well, it is possible,” she said. Her gaze returned to Mimi and then went to Black. Her beautiful brown eyes lit up. “Can you do a reading?”
Black’s own brown eyes met Slimantha’s brown eyes, and then the cat woman blinked. “Well,” she glanced away, “I don’t have my crystal ball with me.”
“Crystal ball?” Slimantha looked away now. A moment later her brown eyes went back to Black, and she smiled. “Just use a slime.” She cupped her hands in front of her and summoned a small handheld slime. She then held the blue gelatinous creature out toward Black. “Use this one. It’s small and cute.” The little blue slime looked at Black and blushed.
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Black’s brown eyes went to the blushing slime. “I think,” she blinked, “this slime has a crush on me.” She blinked again, the slime still blushing. “Anyway, I guess this will work.” She waved her hands over the blushing slime. Behind her, her black cat tail swished. “I see birds in a steel complex and swords.” She looked up, and her brown eyes met Slimantha’s brown eyes. “Why are there so many swords?” Her eyes went back to the slime. The slime’s blush had finally begun to fade. “I also see a woman with black bird wings. She sits on a steel throne.” She pursed her lips and then pulled away. The slime looked almost sad. “I can’t tell if his sword is here.”
“Well, at least we found the birds,” Slimantha said. Then she sweatdropped. “Well, at least we kind of found the birds. They are so not in this room. Maybe they are in another room.” The small slime in her hands bounced around to look at her. Then it melted away. Slimantha gave Black a smile and then headed back to Samuel. “Any luck with the container?” The slime summoner’s beautiful brown eyes were on Samuel.
Samuel jolted at Slimantha’s voice, dropping a sword he had been holding. The dropped sword clattered back into the steel container, rejoining the other swords. Samuel glanced at Slimantha. “Not yet,” he said. “I still have more swords to get through though.” His blue eyes went back to the container. He recommenced digging through it.
Slimantha watched as Samuel the Hero From Another World pulled sword after sword from the steel container. The sword the hero now held had a thin white blade and golden handle. “I don’t think that is it,” Slimantha said, her brown eyes on the weapon. “I don’t think that missing sword of yours looked that fancy.”
“You are right,” Samuel said. “This is clearly not my magic sword, but I am running out of swords to look through.” He sighed and then returned the fancy sword to the steel container. “Maybe I overlooked some swords.” He began looking through the swords again.
Slimantha raised her right hand to her lips and giggled. “I totes don’t think your magic sword is in there,” she said. Samuel stopped digging through the container’s contents and looked at her. Their eyes met, and she smiled at him. “Maybe we should look elsewhere. Your missing sword could be here. I mean the birds are here.” Samuel glanced around the room, and Slimantha sweatdropped again. “Well, the birds aren’t here here.”
“Well, I suppose checking other rooms would make sense.” Samuel closed the steel container, the lid clanging as it came down. His blue eyes went to Slimantha. He smiled as his eyes met her eyes. “So why do you think the birds are here?”
“Why?” Slimantha blinked and then stepped up to Black. She gestured at the cat woman. “Black told me.”
Samuel blinked. His eyes went to Black and then back to Slimantha. “And why does Black think the birds are here?”
“I read a slime,” Black said, her lovely brown eyes on Samuel. Her black feline tail swished behind her.
Samuel’s eyes went to Black, and a drop a sweat rolled down his right cheek. “A slime?” he said. He blinked, and then his eyes went back to Slimantha. “Maybe we should just head to another room already.”
Slimantha smiled, her brown eyes meeting Samuel’s blue eyes. “Sure, let’s go,” she said.