She just hoped that this was the worst of it, and she'd be able to get back to matters that really meant something.
As she looked up after getting back to the store room, she saw that it wasn't going to be that easy.
Standing there in a row that stretched across the room were the head priestesses, all looking at her with severe expressions that told her that they had nothing better to do than to tear strips from her hide.
When the lead priestess spoke, it was in a cold voice that she hadn't heard since the time that a cultist tried to smash an icon. "Do you have any concept of what you have done?"
"Ummm... no," she replied weakly, "But I didn't mean to do anything! There was this pervert..."
"That I know. You managed to wake the entire temple with that little bit. And even with that ruckus, you not only manged to botch trying to catch the invader, you damaged a lot of this holy place."
"I was only trying to..."
"I said I know that. You disappoint me, child. You hold great promise, yet on the day that should be one of your greatest triumphs, you manage to turn it into a disaster. Or perhaps in your insane attempt to do what others were quite capable of, did you not comprehend what you have unleashed?"
"A freak that likes to feel up girls..?" Rei asked.
"That is only part of it," the leader of the priestesses informed her. "Not only was that... creature, something that can out fight many a warrior, but it has a tendency to involve itself in things best left untouched. Somewhat like you."
"I'm really sorry..."
"'Sorry' does not deal with the fact that you released something that can get into places of such darkness that animals instinctively know to stay away, and can do what you just did. That is why it was locked up. It was too keep the creature from ressurecting any evils or the powers they might possess."
Ready to sink into the floor, Rei tried to keep some dignity about her in the face of what had happened. "I didn't know..."
"I understand that," the elder woman replied, "But you did what you did, and that means that now:
(Posted Sun, 28 Mar 2004 03:59)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.