Summoned from another world!

Karasuki Kitsuharu sat crosslegged on her blanket upon the hill. She wore a flowing pale blue dress with a leather belt around her waist. The female had set her over the shoulder book bag down beside her and flicked open a new novel with large printed text. She stretched and let out a contented sigh in the afternoon breeze, "Such perfect weather today." She had taken the job in Sakuramori for two reasons. One reason was to earn a little money; killing some exotic forest creatures shouldn't be too hard for the payment due by the end. The other reason was to find some time to herself to read in a beautiful place. She had spent the better part of the morning hiking through the forest, tracking the creatures.

The Kadachi were large creatures, the size of lions, but could climb trees like squirrels. The blue beasts were avid predators in the area but their numbers had increased after a few years of fair reproduction. Its long thick fur slid against the ground and trees as it moved, and it was said that the Kadachi creatures used that static electricity to be able to pull off electric based attacks on its prey. She had never seen one herself, only knowing the tracks and stories from other adventurers who had made the claim of increased population. The hunters had told her that killing even two would be a blessing, but not to kill more than five which would negatively impact the environment. Karasuki was pretty sure that she had found the nesting grounds for the Kadachi and had settled on climbing up the hill in the forest, to the break in the trees, and allowing the warm sunlight to wash over her fair skin and light up the pages of one of her books. Taking a short reading break wasn't going to hurt anyone. The purple haired mage sipped at her bottle of water and read her novel out loud, finding where she left off the night before with ease.

"And he fell through time and space, traveling between his world and the Void. He left the realm of monsters behind, eager to return home to his family. He left the worries, the fears, and the undefeated sorcerer in the shadowland. Once home, he could renew himself and make a plan of attack, but for now, the man's heart swelled to think of his beloved wife waiting at home with a babe in her arms. How many months had it been? Between the time in the Void and here? How old had his son become? Would she remember his face? As the hero fell-"

Suddenly a rift opened in the sky above, covering the clearing in shadow. Karasuki stuck her thumb in the book, holding her page, and then closed it. Her eyes lifted upwards, squinting as a body seemed to fall from the clouds. There was a flash of lightning and Karasuki shielded her eyes. When the purple haired woman looked once more, a young man was lying there on his back. It was a man with blue hair, a red tie, and a large bag. Karasuki made a face as Geralt chimed up in her head, "Did you have to summon him so roughly?" "I didn't summon him!" She argued back, though a part of her wondered if maybe she had. Was this a new type of magic? Had he come from the book in her hand?

She swallowed hard, still sitting there on her blanket. She waved a free hand to the man and called out, "Are you the hero from the Void? Did you come from the Shadowland?" She looked guilty and apologetic. What could be the coincidence here!? The man fell from the sky as she said the words 'the hero fell'. Surely, this was her doing, and she felt terrible for it. This was not how her summons typically made their first appearance.

WC: 662

Karasuki pushed up her red frames along the bridge of her nose, having looked downward at her lap in guilt. His arrival hadn't felt like a summon, it hadn't felt like her magic, but how else could he have arrived here? As he said the words, his tone indicated honest confusion by the words "Void" and "Shadowland". If he hadn't come from the book, then how else would he have gotten here? Was it a spell gone wrong on his end? Was there a nearby mage who splashed through the teleportation magic as if it were the shallow end of a pool, blundering around in the ocean of advanced spellcraft without guarantees of efficiency? Geralt couldn't help but laugh, filling the woman's ears with a deep-voiced cacophony of amusement, "If this isn't yer doing, he's all kinds o' screwed now!"

Karasuki looked at her book and touched it fondly with her hands before releasing the page she had been saving. The pirate villain was being a jerk about it, but he wasn't wrong either. Whatever was going on, this guy needed her assistance and the novel would have to wait. As she put it away into her bag, her golden Sabertooth guild tattoo shined in the light upon her left forearm. Karasuki talked to the male without looking at him, focused on gathering up her blanket next, folding it before glancing at the blue haired man. "Well, if you're trying to get home I don't think you should try that by yourself. This is Sakuramori. Normally, it is a mix of safe and dangerous, but I came here on a job to kill some beasts. It helps the forest ecosystem," She explained. "Sometimes the spirits of the forest can do cruel things, but I haven't seen anyone but myself in the woods today. That is... until you appeared. I can help you get home, but I do have to finish my job first."

The purple haired woman pushed some stray purple locks from her bangs away from her eyes. It caught her eye that the male had a similar style of glasses as she did and she gave him a half smile. He really did look lost in this place. "I have never heard of San Fran Tokyo, though I guess I haven't traveled as much as I would like. I do read a lot though, can you give me a better idea as to where you're from?" She laughed a little, "When you fell from the sky in a bolt of lightning, I thought I must have accidentally summoned you from my book! I'm sorry for making the assumption, but were you practicing a teleportation spell of your own? Your technique might need a little work." Geralt snorted derisively, "A little work?" As Karasuki listened to the man reply to her, finishing her folding and setting aside the blanket, she suddenly felt a strong presence. All of the hairs stood up on her arms and her hair even began to frizz a little in the heated static air. She narrowed her eyes, swinging her head like a pendulum to see where the Kadachi was. She could sense the creature, but she could not see it.

She felt its eyes on the pair and she inhaled slowly, lifting up a hand to silence the man, "Be quiet and still a moment. Try to be calm, I think the beast is near."

WC: 662+588= 1250

Karasuki looked at him perplexed, her eyes wide with surprise and confusion. She watched him empty his bag, pulling out a sword. "Well, today I am a hunter, but it's not my job. And with your friend, I don't mind helping you find him either." Geralt crossed his arms, speculating inside of the young mage's head, "Ye can't expect a man t' fall out the sky and be all right in the head. Maybe ye should summon 'im back, hm?" Karasuki took a deep breath, appearing outwardly frustrated as the man in front of her called her ma'am and doubted her. She was only trying to help and the pirate in her head was making the whole thing worse. She cleared her throat and said, "I am sure it is the capital of wherever you're from, but it's not here in Fiore. And teleportation magic isn't rubbish, maybe you're just rubbish at it!" She bit her lip as soon as it slipped out. She was trying to help but the way he talked to her got under her skin. Karasuki looked guilty again as she said, "Sorry. It's hard when you're first learning magic to get a handle on it. I shouldn't have said that."

When the man pinched his nose and started heading into the forest, she stretched out a hand. When she opened his mouth to call his name, Karasuki realized that she didn't know it. She hesitated and managed to get out a, "...UH.." before a rush of electric energy rippled over the clearing. A large beast with bright blue fur, shaggy and bristling, moved quickly on four legs from the trees. It dashed forward to the blue haired man, stopping barely 10m away from him. The air crackled with static and the wind of his appearance would cause the grass to bend and the man's hair to stick upwards. The Kadachi must have noticed the strange lightning from the sky and the odd weather had brought it closer. Being in the nesting grounds of the Kadachi, Karasuki wasn't even sure this was the only one. It had bright yellow eyes and serpentine fangs lining its red gums. It hissed and growled, stamping at the ground and sliding long claws against the dirt, moving its rear backward as it took a pouncing position.  The ground was torn open, grass and dirt ripped deeply enough for the human imagination to take hold and picture what those claws could do to flesh. Karasuki dropped her bag and ran to the man's side. "Listen to me very closely. I have learned all I can about the Kadachi. Look down at the ground and lift your hands, palms up."

Karasuki needed to kill the beast, but in such immediate attack mode, she wasn't sure she could do so and ensure the safety of the blue haired man. She considered her own summons, the things she could do to prevent the situation from escalating. As long as the guy listened to her, she was sure that she could draw it towards her in an effort to keep her sudden battle to her advantage and keep him safe."Ye could let me help a little. Water and lightning don't really mix." Karasuki nodded to herself, mentally preparing to attack and waiting to see the man's reaction. His reaction would affect the Kadachi and she would need to maneuver accordingly.

WC: 585+1250= 1835

Karasuki was quick to react, expecting the predictable Kadachi to attack. It was showing signs of aggression and unless the strange man, who had yet to give his name, actually listened to her (which seemed unlikely), the beast would surely move to maul him. Karasuki cast her first spell to protect the rude stranger who had fallen from the sky. She enunciated quickly and loudly, "To achieve the power to protect the sacred conch, young Aurelia had to give up her voice." Appearing in a water-like swirl of golden and purple light, a young woman dressed in a poofy frilly outfit flounced about, a jellyfish style cap upon her head. She appeared to be only 14 years old with pale grey-blue skin, glowing a sparkling blue light. She had thick wavy purple hair, wide purple eyes, but upon being summoned said nothing, only gazed at Karasuki and the situation at hand. "No time to explain, Moon. Protect that man at all cost!"

The summoned girl-child nodded once and burst quickly into a dash. She almost looked cartoonishly adorable as she chased after the man, catching up to the Kadachi first. The Kadachi had missed its first strike at the man, its pounce scraping and destroying the ground where he had stood instead a moment before. The Kadachi didn't need to dash much to catch up to the man, making it in two long strides. It swiped at him lazily, all of its fur standing on end, clearly preparing something more wicked than its frightening claws. Aurelia's long purple hair and a stream of jellyfish tentacles cascaded behind her as she leapt in front of the Kadachi. It was just in time too, as the beast roared and a river of lightning crashed from it towards Sojiro. Instead, the girl stood there bravely, her face concentrating. The lightning which headed for her first, with her in the way of Sojiro, of course,  was somehow reflected back towards the Kadachi. The lightning hit its mark with an explosive crack and the beast stood there singed and stunned, unable to comprehend what just took place.

Karasuki reached out to Geralt in her mind, "Your power, if you please Pirate King." Geralt guffawed joyfully, "Well, when ye say it like that, lass.." Karasuki instantly felt the magic of the villain inside of her, as expected, and she focused her brown eyes on the shocked beast. She lifted up both of her palms and each shot out an intense and concentrated stream of water. The water appeared to be so hot that it steamed the air as it moved, splashing directly into the head of the Kadachi. The Kadachi roared again, jumping high into the air before turning to face Karasuki. At the sounds of its painful cries, and so far unbeknownst to the purple-haired mage, two more Kadachi circled her from the forest behind her back. "Again!" She shouted, obviously talking to Geralt, but that was something Sojiro would not know. Her palms spouted their intensive strikes once more, hitting the beast in the head again. The Kadachi swung its head down, appearing dazed and dizzy. It slowly slid backward, trying to find its way now out of the battle. Karasuki lifted her arms up a final time and took the Kadachi down with two more steaming pulses of water. She let out a breath, tired from the surprising fight, and the Kadachi had fallen to its side and rested there motionless.

WC: 1835+584= 2419

Karasuki had taken a moment to breathe, hardly realizing what had struck her when she looked up from the ground into the guy's eyes. He was crying, clearly afraid. He pulled her up to her feet, telling her to do it again and she was confused for a moment. What was he talking about? The Kadachi was dead! She saw the motion behind him and pulled herself in front of him. And in front of her stood Aurelia, who had raced over and held her arms up protectively. Once again, there was a Kadachi beast and the jellyfish girl was using her reflective powers to ensure the safety of the summoner.

As the lightning powers of the beast bounced off of the girl and into the Kadachi, Karasuki used the pirate king's power to strike out again and again. Three shots of water sprayed forth: two hitting the one in front of them and the third hitting the beast who had been hiding behind his brother there in the little crater. This area was peaceful but the way that this guy had entered the world must have drawn the attention of several of the monsters at once. "Just stay back. You'll be fine." "Ye feel lucky that ye have me yet?" Geralt demanded. "Yer summons are too useless in a situation like this." Karasuki shook her head but didn't bother to argue. His water strikes were ultimately more effective than her summons would have been, but that didn't make them useless. Aurelia had already stopped two attacks and saved her and this new guy's lives.

"Thank you, Moon!" She called out. The adorable 14-year-old jellyfish girl grinned and nodded as the second Kadachi finally collapsed. The third beast didn't move to attack, hovering near the edges of the crater, pacing. It was as if it understood the dangers of the small group, having seen two of its kind die so easily. And yet, such a predator was unused to fleeing any situation. It was looking for some sort of opening and Karasuki took the moment to talk to the new guy, keeping her eyes on the Kadachi beast. "I tried to tell you. Sakuramori can be safe and dangerous, depending on where you are at and what you know. My name is Karasuki, and I hope you trust that I can protect you now." The third Kadachi shrank down into a springing position but thought better of it and relaxed again into a seated position instead. Karasuki whispered the words to summon another friend of her's.

"All he had left was his Kaldurian Battle-hammer and a tankard of ale to fend off his woes!" Her glacier dwarf summon, Gornik, appeared in the blink of an eye, a flash of dark purple, no other sparkles or fanfare. He wore full plate armor and swung a large battle hammer over his shoulder. "Thanks for coming, Gornik. I need your help fighting that beast there. It has lightning strikes, so be wary." The dwarf looked at her and shook his head, "You interrupted my afternoon ale for something so small? All right, I'll handle it for you." He lunged towards the battle, fighting the final Kadachi with Aurelia's help. It was all moving too quickly for the Sabertooth mage to explain everything to the man who fell from the sky. She let out a sigh of relief as the battle went on and turned back to the shaking male, "Thanks for watching my back just then. You'll have to tell me your name." She caught his eyes, noting that he was watching the battle and added, "They can handle this just fine. I'm not worried. And my work as a hunter here is now done. Shall I escort you to town?"


WC: 2419+645=3064