I will get to the main point of this entry near the end... Let's just say it's a surprise. So we left off at me just recovering my senses at the river last time and the Ferryman had left, and everyone around me was talking. It seemed wierd to me at the time I had'nt quite come completely around but I do remember that Wu bounced off to get Kat, and Rhias jumped back into the river. To which I tried to jump back in and save her myself, though Benji stopped me, said we didn't need me going loopy again. (Which I guess is true, because I still don't quite remember my name though I am coming around to being called Kelly.) We then noticed that Tal was.. was cutting herself, I can't believe she would do such a thing, and in my shock me and Ben both ran over to stop her, then out of genuine curiosity I asked why she was doing it. Though I seem to have hurt her in some way, cuz she grew kinda quiet and had this forlorn look upon her face. I was stopped by Benji from asking further, but then Tal volunteered the information. I wish I hadn't of asked I really do, but I did. C'est la vie.
Anyways after Wu got back from retrieving Kathy, & pulled Rhias from the water Tal gave us some wierd coins, which we in turn handed to the ferrywoman, (yes apparently there is equal oppurtunity in the Underworld who knew *giggles*). And off we went into the foggymists. On the ride Wu and Tal started fighting over Wu snatching a coin for Kathy to come along, Tal called Wu a thief, & Wu called Tal a princess... each of them only exacerbating the fight which Rhia and Ben stepped in to stop. Whereas I was hiding behind Ruppy and even jumped off the ship with him once we hit shore to get away from it. (I get so scared when friends fight with each other... & I don't even know why *sulks a bit*) This of course was before I noticed that we had just waded through a mass of ghosts and were surrounded by them. I SOOO hate the Underworld *Whines*
Then everyone else was on shore, and Tal yelled about footprints being found, and a path to the East. So we headed that way Ruppy and me back pedaling to follow and I bumped into his back. Rupy had suddenly stopped because a ghost was in his way and throwing punches at him, I tried to help, tried to stop the punches but the things arm went right through me making me shudder with the cold. And then it happened all of the ghosts to either side started to mill and mob together surging like a river around us and through us even... It was sooo cold I felt the chill down to my bones and cling tight to Ruppy's side staying huddled to him for warmth as we kept going, all the while growing weary and weak.
Eventually we were guided to the edge of a cliff, the mists breaking just before we fell over it, and we decided how to get down, but Tal's Eagle who had been sent down to check things out got chased back upwards by bird like creatures with these sharp nasty smelling talons (They were the foulest smelling things I had ever whiffed it was horrible.) Then we found ourselves in the middle of a fight ourselves at the fliff, the Harpies flying at us, & the ghosts still milling from behind (which Rhia was doing her best to stop them). So we had Wu go down the chains hanging from above with Kat first, then Cal was struck from the sky having been struck by a Harpy and knocked unconcious as the great eagle fell. Tal threw her spear at the same monster who knocked him down and amazingly Ben jumped off the cliff right after the bird trying to save it (by diving off a cliff without any support O.o I think he might be a bit insane... x.x). So ya I pour out Asan from his container expecting him to help us, and suddenly the second harpy is throwing a boulder straight at us and Asan pulled off his duty well blocking it completely!. (My lil pets can be so useful. ^^) Though it did fall down the cliff almost hitting everyone who had already gone down (or in Ben & Cal's cases fell down <.<). And Ruppy and I finished off the second Harpy with a strike from his chain and my gun blowing its head clean off >.>...
So we all then took off on the chains hanging from the unseen cieling of this chasm and went down. Eventually came upon Joshua & Ben hanging/sitting on a ledge of the cliff and I jumped to sit on a rock near Ben, and we all got a lesson in why Joshua had left, apparently there was a disembowled man hanging from a chain that was Joshua's brother and he required our help to get him down. So while Ruppy me and Ben sat on the ledge Wu went up to get the guy free, and Kat Tal, and Rhias started speaking in Spanish again. >.< God I wish I could understand it better, especially since I think I heard a question about Ruppy being claimed...
And after that I have now come to hate Kathy as much as Tal does, tried to trust her at first, & I don't know why I am feeling this way over Rupert but I just can't help myself...
So while Tal went up to help Wu get the guy down, and Rhias came to have a smoke with Ben & Ruppys, I saw kathy climb down the chains effortlessly and snuggle up to Ruppy. This had the unexpected effect of making me growl and jump into Ruppy's lap. But what's worse is that when Wu and Tal finally broke the chain and the man dropped Joshua caught him and his brother's eyes opened up letting out a light that looked like flickering flames. What the heck is going on? who is this man? & Who is Joshua really? O.O
