Splash, splash… the sound of the waves enter her ears as she quietly sleep on the shoreline. It had been awhile since she slept so soundly. Arika glazed on at the smile that covered her friends face. Yeah, it had been awhile since she last seen that face. Lately Rika had been fighting off more and more demons then normal and her body had grown tired.

“Rika…” the little elf called trying to wake Rika up from her nap. The sun shined bright and this was the best time to move. They had to keep moving in to find her long lost brother. “Rika wake up,” she called again, but again there was not movement. “RIKA!” she yelled before crashing to the ground.

“Whaaa,” she moaned rolling over to the other side. She didn’t think anything of it when she didn’t get an answer. A shadow covered the sunlight that bathed her body in warmth. She opened her eyes just a bit to see a blue crab like monster in front of her. It smelled of old stale water and fish that sat around the sun for too many years.

It large claw came down to grab her, but in that moment she spun around and kicked the claw away from her hand. This wasn’t the first time something had tried to attack her. She had through it was because she’d been near the ocean for a while, but it made no since to her. Rika landed on her feet and jumped up, kicking the crab in the mid section. The tough shell of its body hurt her feet. She came down landing on the bad foot and her face tightened in pain.

“What do you want?” she asked putting less weight on her bad foot. The crab never asked only tried to grab her again. She jumped back and fell down to the warm sand underneath her. Four arms shot out from under the sand grabbing hold of her little body. She struggled to get out, but within moments blacked from a blunt attack to the back of the head.

“That is one maybe young, but she’ll server as a salve nicely. Take her to the holding cell.”

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Drip… the soft sound of water echoed through the chambers as they walked Rika little body through it halls. Each cell made of old fish bones and the cavern walls themselves where only mud. The monster crab that carried her body down the halls stopped as a fish swam up to him.

“Yes, what do you got here?”

“A servant girl for the master. I thought she’ll be go good with the other one that is coming soon.”

“Hmm… She is quite sweet this one and so young too. Yes… she will do fine.”

“Make sure you put the next one in the same cell as her. They will be working together for now on might as well be in the same cell, right?”

“Yes, will do,” the fish said having Rika body taken away and locked into a cell. “It’ll be a long day for you when you wake sweet one.”

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Wonderful set by, Lady Knives,
Alliance of Tasogare member, Restoring the Luna Bracelet