Chapter 423: Three Times the Trouble
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Before Kat could really come up with a suitable stance to take now that she'd discovered that she was scaring Excalibur way more than it seemed possibly a bright light surrounded her for a second, causing her muscles to tense. The world slowed as her eyes tried to adjust and her muscles tightened. Kat could feel the power flowing around her body just waiting for something to happen.
Then the light stopped and Kat felt a presence behind her. Hands bursting into flames Kat dragged her body around to face whatever had appeared to greet her so suddenly, letting her tail stay in place to it could coil up to spring. Instead of an enemy though, Kat saw Kamiko, eyes wide and starting to turn to her.
Kat cursed internally. *Ok why the heck is Kamiko here?* And took a few instants to realise that she was actually in front of Kamiko's house. *Shit I've got to much momentum now. Ok… I can… fly up maybe?* Kat tried to drag her demonic energy away from her arms and tail while pushing more into her legs and wings. Before Kat could get to close to striking Kamiko she bent her legs lightly and jumped with a great flap of her wings.
Kamiko's outfit was blown back by the sudden disturbance in the wind but was able to keep her face relatively clear. Years of living with more powerful sisters and surprising them on the odd occasion had made this something she was not entirely unfamiliar with. On Kat's end though, she let the momentum bleed out of her as she spun in the air, letting her body follow the strike she'd planned.
Once done stabilising herself and missing about five percent of her energy, which Kat found to be a somewhat surprising amount, Kat hovered in place and yelled. "Sorry about that!"
"No problem Kat, I'm actually a little used to it. I can tell you didn't actually plan to follow through with your attack and it was all instinct. It's just a feeling I have from living with my family" replied Kamiko.
"Um… is that normal?" asked Kat not sure she wanted to know the answer.
Kamiko shrugged. "I have no idea, I mean… I'd guess so? Have it happen enough time I guess you can get a feel for it. So I suppose it depends on how many people are in your family and how many of them are more powerful then you. Elmony probably doesn't have that skill, the triplets might not either, but I'll leave the jury out on that one."
With that, Kat and Kamiko entered into the house. Kat was actually expecting to meet someone else from the family. It had been an easy pattern even if it was really only two days. Of course, if you counted Kamiko on the first day it was actually all three days, but who was counting. Well, Kat was.
So when she saw three identical demons it was really easy to guess it was the triplets. What confused her though is that the table was moving and a couch was there in the place the table once was. All three were staring towards the door and hardly moving a muscle.
They all still had their bob cuts, thought it was slightly longer then the painting portrayed their pink hair. Their small horns much more prominent then Kamiko's because they weren't hidden by any hair. The real question was… who was who.
They'd clearly dressed up for this. They all had on a plain white dress which, if Kat was honest, clashed horribly with their pale skin being only a few shades off. The one on the far left had a patch on her shoulder with a one on it, the middle a two, and the third a three. *I bet they mix up their outfits all the time.*
"Hello Kamiko" chimed the three in perfect sync. *Oh yeah they've practiced this.* "We heard you got a friend. But we need to do a few tests first" *I wonder if they've done this for Aslena's friends.* "because we can't just have anyone as a friend for our littlest sister"
Kamiko opened her mouth but all three turned to glare at her telling her not to say anything. Kamiko's open mouth morphed into a pout and stared them back down. She was destined to lose though. It was three on one, and while Kat didn't know what Rank they were, it was at least two probably three or four, and even if they were only Rank two, they had much more experience then Kamiko and Kat put together.
*Welp I guess this is a thing now.* "Sure whatever you want" answered Kat
"Oh, whatever we want?" said the three all together, this time changing the pitch in their voices just slightly to harmonise with each other. Oh come on. *Do you three have nothing but time? Wait. They're semi immortal demons. The answer to that is actually yes.* "she shouldn't have said that…"
Kat fired back, used to these kinds of plays from some of the orphanage kids. "Sure, you've got free rain. Ask me to do anything, I'll also answer questions. Of course, you wouldn't want to do anything that would disappoint your sister…"
"Round one to the friend I suppose" said the triplets.
Kamiko jumped in with "Kat" before the triplets could argue otherwise.
"Oh we have a nice Kitty Kat, for our dear Kamiko. Seems a bit of a strange name for a succubus though" chimed the triplets.
"I was human when I got the name. It used to stand for something but not anymore. It's my name, my full name" said Kat.
The triplets shared a glance, not actually quite sure how to take that one… for about twenty seconds when they replied with. "A nondem! That means at least she's interesting!" *Ok now I'm wondering if they have telepathy connecting them or something. That might have taken a bit to get to, but they still said it perfectly in sync.*
"Well, anyway" said the triplets after nodding their heads a little. It was kinda funny watching actually, they took turns and made it look more like a wave then a nod. "what are your parents like?"
"You can't ask that!" shouted Kamiko. "What is it with everyone and the question today?"
The triplets all raised they left eyebrows in sync while Kat just sighed. *Yeah what is with that question today. If you count the triplets as three people I've been asked that question four times, and Kamiko seems to have heard it once at least.*
"Sure they can" said Kat "my parents are very dead"
"Oh" said the triplets, with none of their usual cheer.
"Nah don't worry about it" said Kat with a grin, "I never knew them and it's not really a big deal. Honestly, other people always seem to take more offence to the question then I do. It's not a big deal. I've had a good life and Gramps is great." *Though I do technically have a mother now. Still even if I really start to think of her like that, the question was 'parents' and she would only be a singular parent.*
"Um… right well, the question" said the triplets "would you rather fight a hundred duck sized horses, or a horse sized duck?"
Kat narrowed her eyes. "What are the rules?"
"I'm sorry?" said the triplets tilting their heads to the side.
"Well, do I need to fight and disable them all? Kill them all? What's the terrain like? Does the horse sized duck have room to manoeuvre? What about the tiny horses? In this scenario are they likely to run away scared? If so is it my job to catch them?" said Kat listing her various questions for the triplets.
"Why didn't we think of that?" asked the triplets… only for them to all face the other way and answer themselves "Because we forgot that was a riddle designed for humans?" the triplets changed directions again. "but we knew she was a demon a least. And heck she's a nondem. Does that mean she's heard this question before?"
"Well… yes I have. But the answer when I was human was a hundred duck sized horses. A giant duck is much scarier and I'm not sure I'd win that fight. Now that I'm a demon though… honestly I'm probably strong enough to fight both at once and win." Said Kat
"Well that's a shame" said the triplets, "though for our next question… what's a duck?"
Kat opened her mouth. Closed it. Opened it again… waited a few seconds as if that was going to help. *I'm sorry what? You asked that question not knowing what a duck is? Doesn't the translation engine help with stuff like this? Or I guess… since it's a thing they need the image in the words or something? My question though…* "Why would you even ask me the duck horse question without knowing that?" queried Kat.
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Before Kat could really come up with a suitable stance to take now that she'd discovered that she was scaring Excalibur way more than it seemed possibly a bright light surrounded her for a second, causing her muscles to tense. The world slowed as her eyes tried to adjust and her muscles tightened. Kat could feel the power flowing around her body just waiting for something to happen.
Then the light stopped and Kat felt a presence behind her. Hands bursting into flames Kat dragged her body around to face whatever had appeared to greet her so suddenly, letting her tail stay in place to it could coil up to spring. Instead of an enemy though, Kat saw Kamiko, eyes wide and starting to turn to her.
Kat cursed internally. *Ok why the heck is Kamiko here?* And took a few instants to realise that she was actually in front of Kamiko's house. *Shit I've got to much momentum now. Ok… I can… fly up maybe?* Kat tried to drag her demonic energy away from her arms and tail while pushing more into her legs and wings. Before Kat could get to close to striking Kamiko she bent her legs lightly and jumped with a great flap of her wings.
Kamiko's outfit was blown back by the sudden disturbance in the wind but was able to keep her face relatively clear. Years of living with more powerful sisters and surprising them on the odd occasion had made this something she was not entirely unfamiliar with. On Kat's end though, she let the momentum bleed out of her as she spun in the air, letting her body follow the strike she'd planned.
Once done stabilising herself and missing about five percent of her energy, which Kat found to be a somewhat surprising amount, Kat hovered in place and yelled. "Sorry about that!"
"No problem Kat, I'm actually a little used to it. I can tell you didn't actually plan to follow through with your attack and it was all instinct. It's just a feeling I have from living with my family" replied Kamiko.
"Um… is that normal?" asked Kat not sure she wanted to know the answer.
Kamiko shrugged. "I have no idea, I mean… I'd guess so? Have it happen enough time I guess you can get a feel for it. So I suppose it depends on how many people are in your family and how many of them are more powerful then you. Elmony probably doesn't have that skill, the triplets might not either, but I'll leave the jury out on that one."
With that, Kat and Kamiko entered into the house. Kat was actually expecting to meet someone else from the family. It had been an easy pattern even if it was really only two days. Of course, if you counted Kamiko on the first day it was actually all three days, but who was counting. Well, Kat was.
So when she saw three identical demons it was really easy to guess it was the triplets. What confused her though is that the table was moving and a couch was there in the place the table once was. All three were staring towards the door and hardly moving a muscle.
They all still had their bob cuts, thought it was slightly longer then the painting portrayed their pink hair. Their small horns much more prominent then Kamiko's because they weren't hidden by any hair. The real question was… who was who.
They'd clearly dressed up for this. They all had on a plain white dress which, if Kat was honest, clashed horribly with their pale skin being only a few shades off. The one on the far left had a patch on her shoulder with a one on it, the middle a two, and the third a three. *I bet they mix up their outfits all the time.*
"Hello Kamiko" chimed the three in perfect sync. *Oh yeah they've practiced this.* "We heard you got a friend. But we need to do a few tests first" *I wonder if they've done this for Aslena's friends.* "because we can't just have anyone as a friend for our littlest sister"
Kamiko opened her mouth but all three turned to glare at her telling her not to say anything. Kamiko's open mouth morphed into a pout and stared them back down. She was destined to lose though. It was three on one, and while Kat didn't know what Rank they were, it was at least two probably three or four, and even if they were only Rank two, they had much more experience then Kamiko and Kat put together.
*Welp I guess this is a thing now.* "Sure whatever you want" answered Kat
"Oh, whatever we want?" said the three all together, this time changing the pitch in their voices just slightly to harmonise with each other. Oh come on. *Do you three have nothing but time? Wait. They're semi immortal demons. The answer to that is actually yes.* "she shouldn't have said that…"
Kat fired back, used to these kinds of plays from some of the orphanage kids. "Sure, you've got free rain. Ask me to do anything, I'll also answer questions. Of course, you wouldn't want to do anything that would disappoint your sister…"
"Round one to the friend I suppose" said the triplets.
Kamiko jumped in with "Kat" before the triplets could argue otherwise.
"Oh we have a nice Kitty Kat, for our dear Kamiko. Seems a bit of a strange name for a succubus though" chimed the triplets.
"I was human when I got the name. It used to stand for something but not anymore. It's my name, my full name" said Kat.
The triplets shared a glance, not actually quite sure how to take that one… for about twenty seconds when they replied with. "A nondem! That means at least she's interesting!" *Ok now I'm wondering if they have telepathy connecting them or something. That might have taken a bit to get to, but they still said it perfectly in sync.*
"Well, anyway" said the triplets after nodding their heads a little. It was kinda funny watching actually, they took turns and made it look more like a wave then a nod. "what are your parents like?"
"You can't ask that!" shouted Kamiko. "What is it with everyone and the question today?"
The triplets all raised they left eyebrows in sync while Kat just sighed. *Yeah what is with that question today. If you count the triplets as three people I've been asked that question four times, and Kamiko seems to have heard it once at least.*
"Sure they can" said Kat "my parents are very dead"
"Oh" said the triplets, with none of their usual cheer.
"Nah don't worry about it" said Kat with a grin, "I never knew them and it's not really a big deal. Honestly, other people always seem to take more offence to the question then I do. It's not a big deal. I've had a good life and Gramps is great." *Though I do technically have a mother now. Still even if I really start to think of her like that, the question was 'parents' and she would only be a singular parent.*
"Um… right well, the question" said the triplets "would you rather fight a hundred duck sized horses, or a horse sized duck?"
Kat narrowed her eyes. "What are the rules?"
"I'm sorry?" said the triplets tilting their heads to the side.
"Well, do I need to fight and disable them all? Kill them all? What's the terrain like? Does the horse sized duck have room to manoeuvre? What about the tiny horses? In this scenario are they likely to run away scared? If so is it my job to catch them?" said Kat listing her various questions for the triplets.
"Why didn't we think of that?" asked the triplets… only for them to all face the other way and answer themselves "Because we forgot that was a riddle designed for humans?" the triplets changed directions again. "but we knew she was a demon a least. And heck she's a nondem. Does that mean she's heard this question before?"
"Well… yes I have. But the answer when I was human was a hundred duck sized horses. A giant duck is much scarier and I'm not sure I'd win that fight. Now that I'm a demon though… honestly I'm probably strong enough to fight both at once and win." Said Kat
"Well that's a shame" said the triplets, "though for our next question… what's a duck?"
Kat opened her mouth. Closed it. Opened it again… waited a few seconds as if that was going to help. *I'm sorry what? You asked that question not knowing what a duck is? Doesn't the translation engine help with stuff like this? Or I guess… since it's a thing they need the image in the words or something? My question though…* "Why would you even ask me the duck horse question without knowing that?" queried Kat.
Before Kat could really come up with a suitable stance to take now that she'd discovered that she was scaring Excalibur way more than it seemed possibly a bright light surrounded her for a second, causing her muscles to tense. The world slowed as her eyes tried to adjust and her muscles tightened. Kat could feel the power flowing around her body just waiting for something to happen.Then the light stopped and Kat felt a presence behind her. Hands bursting into flames Kat dragged her body around to face whatever had appeared to greet her so suddenly, letting her tail stay in place to it could coil up to spring. Instead of an enemy though, Kat saw Kamiko, eyes wide and starting to turn to her.Kat cursed internally. *Ok why the heck is Kamiko here?* And took a few instants to realise that she was actually in front of Kamiko's house. *Shit I've got to much momentum now. Ok I can fly up maybe?* Kat tried to drag her demonic energy away from her arms and tail while pushing more into her legs and wings. Before Kat could get to close to striking Kamiko she bent her legs lightly and jumped with a great flap of her wings.Kamiko's outfit was blown back by the sudden disturbance in the wind but was able to keep her face relatively clear. Years of living with more powerful sisters and surprising them on the odd occasion had made this something she was not entirely unfamiliar with. On Kat's end though, she let the momentum bleed out of her as she spun in the air, letting her body follow the strike she'd planned.Once done stabilising herself and missing about five percent of her energy, which Kat found to be a somewhat surprising amount, Kat hovered in place and yelled. "Sorry about that!""No problem Kat, I'm actually a little used to it. I can tell you didn't actually plan to follow through with your attack and it was all instinct. It's just a feeling I have from living with my family" replied Kamiko."Um is that normal?" asked Kat not sure she wanted to know the answer.Kamiko shrugged. "I have no idea, I mean I'd guess so? Have it happen enough time I guess you can get a feel for it. So I suppose it depends on how many people are in your family and how many of them are more powerful then you. Elmony probably doesn't have that skill, the triplets might not either, but I'll leave the jury out on that one."With that, Kat and Kamiko entered into the house. Kat was actually expecting to meet someone else from the family. It had been an easy pattern even if it was really only two days. Of course, if you counted Kamiko on the first day it was actually all three days, but who was counting. Well, Kat was.So when she saw three identical demons it was really easy to guess it was the triplets. What confused her though is that the table was moving and a couch was there in the place the table once was. All three were staring towards the door and hardly moving a muscle.They all still had their bob cuts, thought it was slightly longer then the painting portrayed their pink hair. Their small horns much more prominent then Kamiko's because they weren't hidden by any hair. The real question was who was who.They'd clearly dressed up for this. They all had on a plain white dress which, if Kat was honest, clashed horribly with their pale skin being only a few shades off. The one on the far left had a patch on her shoulder with a one on it, the middle a two, and the third a three. *I bet they mix up their outfits all the time.* "Hello Kamiko" chimed the three in perfect sync. *Oh yeah they've practiced this.* "We heard you got a friend. But we need to do a few tests first" *I wonder if they've done this for Aslena's friends.* "because we can't just have anyone as a friend for our littlest sister"Kamiko opened her mouth but all three turned to glare at her telling her not to say anything. Kamiko's open mouth morphed into a pout and stared them back down. She was destined to lose though. It was three on one, and while Kat didn't know what Rank they were, it was at least two probably three or four, and even if they were only Rank two, they had much more experience then Kamiko and Kat put together.*Welp I guess this is a thing now.* "Sure whatever you want" answered Kat"Oh, whatever we want?" said the three all together, this time changing the pitch in their voices just slightly to harmonise with each other. Oh come on. *Do you three have nothing but time? Wait. They're semi immortal demons. The answer to that is actually yes.* "she shouldn't have said that"Kat fired back, used to these kinds of plays from some of the orphanage kids. "Sure, you've got free rain. Ask me to do anything, I'll also answer questions. Of course, you wouldn't want to do anything that would disappoint your sister""Round one to the friend I suppose" said the triplets.Kamiko jumped in with "Kat" before the triplets could argue otherwise."Oh we have a nice Kitty Kat, for our dear Kamiko. Seems a bit of a strange name for a succubus though" chimed the triplets."I was human when I got the name. It used to stand for something but not anymore. It's my name, my full name" said Kat.The triplets shared a glance, not actually quite sure how to take that one for about twenty seconds when they replied with. "A nondem! That means at least she's interesting!" *Ok now I'm wondering if they have telepathy connecting them or something. That might have taken a bit to get to, but they still said it perfectly in sync.* "Well, anyway" said the triplets after nodding their heads a little. It was kinda funny watching actually, they took turns and made it look more like a wave then a nod. "what are your parents like?""You can't ask that!" shouted Kamiko. "What is it with everyone and the question today?"The triplets all raised they left eyebrows in sync while Kat just sighed. *Yeah what is with that question today. If you count the triplets as three people I've been asked that question four times, and Kamiko seems to have heard it once at least.* "Sure they can" said Kat "my parents are very dead""Oh" said the triplets, with none of their usual cheer."Nah don't worry about it" said Kat with a grin, "I never knew them and it's not really a big deal. Honestly, other people always seem to take more offence to the question then I do. It's not a big deal. I've had a good life and Gramps is great." *Though I do technically have a mother now. Still even if I really start to think of her like that, the question was 'parents' and she would only be a singular parent.*"Um right well, the question" said the triplets "would you rather fight a hundred duck sized horses, or a horse sized duck?"Kat narrowed her eyes. "What are the rules?""I'm sorry?" said the triplets tilting their heads to the side."Well, do I need to fight and disable them all? Kill them all? What's the terrain like? Does the horse sized duck have room to manoeuvre? What about the tiny horses? In this scenario are they likely to run away scared? If so is it my job to catch them?" said Kat listing her various questions for the triplets."Why didn't we think of that?" asked the triplets only for them to all face the other way and answer themselves "Because we forgot that was a riddle designed for humans?" the triplets changed directions again. "but we knew she was a demon a least. And heck she's a nondem. Does that mean she's heard this question before?""Well yes I have. But the answer when I was human was a hundred duck sized horses. A giant duck is much scarier and I'm not sure I'd win that fight. Now that I'm a demon though honestly I'm probably strong enough to fight both at once and win." Said Kat"Well that's a shame" said the triplets, "though for our next question what's a duck?"Kat opened her mouth. Closed it. Opened it again waited a few seconds as if that was going to help. *I'm sorry what? You asked that question not knowing what a duck is? Doesn't the translation engine help with stuff like this? Or I guess since it's a thing they need the image in the words or something? My question though* "Why would you even ask me the duck horse question without knowing that?" queried Kat.
