Tamotsu-
I was helping ariel along to get to who-knows-where and thinking of how i had let kasumi down when ariel suddenly collasped.
At first i was surprised and could only gape as she slid to the ground but i recovered when she blacked out.
I didnt even bother to try and wake her, instead i pressed my left hand to her head and closed my eyes.
There seemed to be an odd substance flowing through her blood stream. Why hadnt i checked for poison?!
Throwing my gaze about the forest floor, i located a familiar plant that might help and grabbed it. I then ripped up the herb and mixed it in water from a random canteen i always carried with me.
"ariel," i whispered although i doubt she could hear me,"i need you to try and swallow this."
I poured the herb water in her mouth and closed her jaws. She was able to swallow it so that meant she was a bit conscious and not in a coma or anything.
Laying my hand on her head again, i checked her status and realized that the juice was helping to slow the poison just as i had hoped it would.
Was kasumi poisoned too?!
Kasumi-
After kurtz admitted that ariel and i were poisoned, i began to feel a dizziness come over me but i fought it.
"just tell me the cure," i growled at him through gritted teeth.
He laughed cruely for a man with only one working limb, "now we both know that if i do that, ill probably wind up dead!"
The world began to spin beneath me but i steadied myself and hissed, "what do you propose then?!"
"give me your word and honor that if i give you the cure, youll allow me to live," he said with an evil smile.
I narrowed my eyes and replied, "And how am i to know if that potion will cure us?"
Kurtz just shrugged and said, "youll have to trust my word and honor as well!"
I was still skeptic but my sightwas fading so i said deal and took the two bottles he produced.
With that, i drank one quickly and glared at him, "you better hope you dont cross me again although i doubt that we wont."
He shrugged and laughed, "That was well met for an amateur!"
I picked up a rock and chucked it at his head. Aditi stepped forward again.
"if you dont kill him, i will," she said in an almost monotone voice as she pulled out her pearl gun.
Glaring, i relpied, "i swore not to kill him today and i dont go back on my word."
Aditi shrugged and said ,"too bad."
Kurtz laughed and said something to aditi about morals but i was already sprinting to fing ariel and hive her the cure.
The last thing i heard from there was a blam and then silence.
