Carthrat Who Hunts Elves!

[Bean Bandit]

Cathrat's eyes snapped open suddenly...and he found himself in mid-stretch, facing a warm and inviting morning sun. Below it, there stretched out a forest, as far as the eye could see, though there was something...not-quite-right about the trees.

His peripheral vision caught sight of a long, round, impressively thick barrel...and he followed it back to the tank it was attached to. He appeared to be standing next to a Russian model T-74 tank.

That in itself wasn't TOO suprising...but nearby the tank, a large man, dressed mostly in white, with shoulder pads that an NFL player would envy, and spiked hair that pointed straight up lay under a sleeping bag.  Just beyond him, a tall,  glamourous looking woman with purple hair, cut fashonably short, and dressed in regal colors attended to the remains of a fire pit. More forest surrounded them, with the same 'lush, but kind of strange' look that the first trees Carthrat had seen were carrying.

A pleasant breeze slipped through the trees, curling up his skirt...

[Carthrat]

OHSHITOHFUCKcalm,happythoughtspeacecalm...

..calm...

..calm.

Ok.

That is Junpei.

That is Airi.

That is a bigass tank.

I am wearing a skirt.

I am in a forest.

I am lying do- hang on.

I am wearing a skirt.

I am wearing a skirt.

I am wearing a skirt.

There is no Ritsuko.

I am wearing a skirt. There is Junpei. There is Airi. There is no Ritsuko. There is a tank.

There is one thing to do.


"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[Bean Bandit]

Ritsuko's scream grabbed Airi's attention, and the purple haired woman looked up sharply, and hurried over to the redheaded girl "Ritsuko-chan? What's the matter?"

Junpei stirred and sat up, blinking sleep away. "...What's going on?"

[Carthrat]

Oh shit! Get a hold of yourself, man!

Breathing hard, Ritsuko turned to Airi, eyes expanding to three times their normal size.. "Oh, it was a nightmare!" she moans. "One so horrible I can't even remember what is was about!"

Smooothhhhhhh...

[Bean Bandit]

Before Airi could reply to that, a strange looking little dog walked over, examining Ritsuko closely.

"Are you feeling alright, Ritsuko? There's something strange about your aura...The nightmare might have been a symptom of that..." the dog asked.

[Carthrat]

"Oh.. ah.. I'm fine, Celcia-san," replies Carthrat, thinking furiously.

Between Celcia and Airi, I'm gonna have my hands full keeping this a secret..

"Just didn't get much sleep last night, that's all."

[Bean Bandit]

Both Airi and Celcia gave Ritsuko skeptical looks, then glanced at each other, shrugging.

"If you're sure..." the elven woman-turned-dog replied, eyeing the girl suspiciously.

Airi smiled a little and made a slightly dismissive gesture. "Well, since you're awake, and you've woken up Junpei..." she paused to glance at the big man who was slowly waking up, "Why don't you help me with breakfast?"

[Carthrat]

"Ok!" says Ritsuko, brightly. "What are we cooking?"

[Bean Bandit]

Airi gave Ritsuko a tolerant look. "We're finishing the rabbits Junpei caught last night...Celcia-san found us some wild onions, too."

[Carthrat]

And here I was hoping cereal would grow on trees or something.. well, at least I can think while cooking..

Ritsuko nods. "Right," she replies. "I'll peel the onions, then.."

[Bean Bandit]

Airi simply raises her eyebrows and nods. "They're over by the stew pot." she told Ritsuko, gesturing. "I'll keep working with the fire..." she said, and went back to the firepit.

The little dog followed Ritsuko over to the onions...

[Carthrat]

Ritsuko starts dismantling large portions of the skin of the onion.. Am I glad I did cooking courses..

Ok. What to do, what to do..

So. Elves. I'm supposed to hunt elves, and strip them. Fun. More importantly.. Ritsuko is from Japan. Hence, by actually getting together all the spell parts and whatnot, then casting the spell.. I'll be back in Japan. Or at least Earth. Hopefully.

Right. What's on Earth?

Tokyo!

What's in Tokyo?

Only 75% of all anime ever created.

Hypothesis: Going to Tokyo will mean, in this twisted multiverse, running across characters from other animes.

Assume that everyone else is in random characters. Obviously, they're not in Airi, Junpei, or Celcia, otherwise.. well, I think I'd pick them out. Or they'd pick me out.

If most anime is set in Tokyo, they are probably in Tokyo. Conjecture: Going to Tokyo will help me find allies?

Well, it's nothing I wouldn't be doing anyway, so I can hope.

Seeing as *I'm* here, though, Chaos, if he had any brains at all (and I'm not sure he does), would probably send at least one goon here, assuming he has his own avatar warriors.

*But Order Said he works his influence through situations.*

Which means... in trying to get back to Tokyo, he might play a card.

Well. First order of business. *How many spell parts do we need?*

Ritsuko throws a glance at the little dog, making a mental checklist of the spell parts present on her body..

I hope this is still in the first series.. Cy told me that there were heaps more spell parts in the second..

[Bean Bandit]

Celcia blinked at Ritsuko. "Something wrong?"

Ritsuko's search revealed...A little yellow dog. With a lone spot, over it's eye.

[Carthrat]

"The onions," replies Ritsuko. "Just trying not to cry, y'know?"

Ahh shit. This may take some time..

[Bean Bandit]

About a hundred yards away, a pillar of light swirled into existence, Dancing colors coalesced into the form of...a short, hairy man with a pensive expression.

Ritsuko was alerted to the arrival of The Woman's servant by the fact that Celcia had lept to her feet and was staring at him in horror...