Melody heads into the woods, looking around for the person who was just messaging her. Ociela jumps out of a tree, landing right in front of Melody with a burst of confetti!
"Hi!!" Melody smiles at her.
"Hey! So, wanna tell me about that Sorath?" Ociela smiles, putting an arm around Melody and walking.
"Sure!" Melody smiles and walks with her. "I was picking flowers when she appeared and said that I was pure and asked if I wanted to help purify the world and stuff!! She said I could heal Spider so I said yes and she gave me flowers and she's so cool!!"
Ociela looks down at her, smiling wide eyed, "Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!!"
"That's real valuable, y'know that?"
"It is?" Melody tilts her head.
"Mhm! Only the bestest of good girls have the power to spread purity!" Ociela smiles, taking Melody's hand as they walk.
Melody takes her hand too. "Woah!!! Really!!" Melody blushes, smiling.
"Really! Say, why don't you come with me? I can show you how to use your Purity."
"G-go with you? Where?" she looks nervously back towards the house.
"I've got a place where I can teach you how to use your Purity and heal Impurity."
"I-I should ask my friends...."
"You sure?" Ociela holds Melody's hand a bit tighter.
"They said I should say no, sorry,," Melody tries to pull away. Ociela kneels down, looking in Melody's eyes.
"But I'm your best friend, aren't I? You should listen to me" The soft glow of Ociela's purple eyes makes Melody's head feel fuzzy. It makes her.. slightly angry? A little upset. Not at Ociela, though. At her other friends.
Melody blinks in confusion and anger, "Y-yeah- why dont they want me to come with you?"
"I know right? I'm like, so cool. What do they have against me?" She gets back up, holding Melody's hand and continuing to walk.
"I dunno!!!"
Ociela stops walking. "You ready to go, Mel?"
Melody nods, "I just realized I don't know your name-"
"Ociela!" Ociela throws a small ball on the ground, and it explodes into a purple smoke with confetti. Melody and Ociela disappear! :o)
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Ociela and Melody appear inside Kalius' chamber.
"Here's your first test, lil moose thing," Ociela smiles, pushing her towards Kalius. Her feet splat against the liquid Impurity on the tiled floor.
"Ociela, you know the Sorath healing doesn't work on me," he grumbles, shifting as he sits.
Melody looks down at the impurity before back at Kalius nervously, "W-what do I do?"
"Try healing him!" Ociela laughs, patting her on the back, "Be a good girl and do it for me, okay?"
"O-okay-" Melody hesitantly walks up to Kalius, attempting to touch the cracks on his face. Her hand glows white for a second, but it sparks and flickers out as Kalius growls at her. Melody quickly brings her hand back, Kalius clearly intimidating her, "I-I dont think it worked-"
Melody can feel something cold gripping her shoulder. She turns to try and see it, panicking. A tall, thin figure is hunched over, face directly next to Melody's. Melody can only see the mouth, filled with needle-like teeth, breathing heavily. "πππ ππππ ππππ πππππ πππ’πππ ππ ππππ ππ ππ’ ππ’ ππππ, πΌπππππ’."
Melody panics, trying to move away, terrified. "I-I'm just doing what she told me to-" She trembles.
The monster throws Melody into a corner, slamming her into the wall. She moves in unnatural, jerky movements. Appearing at around 12ft, she hunches over, leaning down to face Melody.
"ππππ ππππππ πππ ππ, π’πππ πππππππ. πΈπ ππ π ππππππππ. πππ πππ πππππππ π ππππππ ππ. π½π πππ π ππππ ππππ π ππ π’ππ πππ, πππ π ππππ ππππ’ ππππ. πΈπ π’ππ πππ'π πππππ ππππ πππππππ ππ ππππ, πΈ π πππ ππππ π’ππ ππππ ππ’ πππ‘π ππππ. πππ π πππ ππππ ππππ π’ππ ππππ πππππ ππππ ππππππ. π°π πΈ ππππππ ππ’ππππ πππππ, πΌπππππ’?" she's very close to Melody's face, just inches away. Her mouth drips liquid Impurity as she speaks.
Melody tears up and nods, on the verge of tears. "Y-yes-"
She picks Melody up, her claws digging into Melody's sides, and throws her back at Ociela, knocking them both over.
"πππππ."
She disappears, and Kalius groans. Melody whimpers in pain, holding her sides and staying on the ground as she tries to look for an exit.
Ociela gets up, holding Melody and quickly exits the room with her.
"You okay?"
Melody breaks into tears, holding her sides. "I-I just wanted to help-"
"Hey, it's okay.. I did too. Some people are just... beyond helping, I guess," Ociela sighs, sitting down on the floor, leaning on the wall.
Melody sits next to her and curls up, laying her head in her lap and crying, "I-I'm nothing-"
"Hey- don't say that, you're something!" honk pats Melody, leaning down to talk to her, "Just because Sondar said something doesn't mean it's true. You're so cool. Don't let her get you down."
Melody nods, "O-okay.. I just- I wanna be a good girl, I want people to like me-"
"You are a good girl!!! I like you! You tried your best, that's all that matters." Ociela holds Melody close. "It's gonna be okay, I promise. You're such a good girl."
"O-okay... t-thank you..." Melody clings to honk, burying her face in her chest.
"You wanna go home now, my good girl?"
Melody nods.
Ociela stands Melody up, and runs to the other edge of the hall.
"Go long!"
She throws a ball, and as it hits Melody's feet, it explodes into purple smoke and confetti. Melody is returned home.