*Zap*
"NO! I SAID STOP, YOU DEAF BITCH, OR I SWEAR I WILL-!"
*Zap*
"AAH!"
Jai continued making threats and ordering Nox to let him back on the platform, but Nox, not liking his attitude, just continued to poke him with the copper sword. Though Jai was not injured or hurt in any way by the electricity, the jolt still made him flinch on reflex, and he was afraid he might loosen his grip as a result. Moreover, though the Roaring Thunder Sword was not known for its sharpness, it was still very much capable of skewering his body, making it rather difficult for him to climb his way back to solid ground seeing as it's pointed tip is standing between him and the only horizontal floor in over a hundred miles radius.
"ACK! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"
"Hm? What I want? No, no, no! This is what you want! You asked me to let you down, and that is what I am doing! Now drop!"
*Zap*
"AH! ARE YOU INSANE, OR JUST STUPID! LET ME DOWN ON THE GROUND!"
"As you wish! Searching for directions to location: ground! Turn to the right, let go of my hand, then drop 400 miles down to reach your destination! Have a nice fall!" Nox spoke, as she poked him with the copper sword again.
*Zap*
"AAH! AH, AH! NO! I'M SLIPPING! COME ON! I'M SORRY! I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID, JUST LET ME BACK!" Jai shouted in a frenzied panic, as he was losing his grip on Nox's arm.
"…"
Nox just stared in silence as Jai's fingers slipped off her wrist.
"AAAAH! Huh?"
*Thud*
However, just as Jai was about to drop to his death, Nox grabbed him last second as she threw him back on to the platform.
"Piss me off again and there won't be a next time!" Nox said as she walked over to pick up the shard of her mask that fell off, using spirit magic to fuse it back on.
*Heavy breaths*
"I thought I was going to die!" Jai said as he looked at his shivering hands.
In all of Jai's life, there have only been two other times he can recall when he has feared for his life like this. The first was when he incurred his now best friend Puja's wrath. The second was when he witnessed the carnage wrought by the dark lord on the battlefield. Jai might be ill-tempered and petty, but above his desire for revenge stands his fear of death.
"So, back to what we were talking about!" Nox said as she turned back to face the black sword with a golden and gem encrusted hilt stabbed into the platform.
'OPPOSER OF FATE! YOU ARE A REBLE WHO STAND AGAINST THE WILL OF THE HEAVENS! HOW DID A CURSED CREATURE SUCH AS YOU GET HERE?!'
"Reble?"
"In summary! I bought a mystery rock and this guy teleported us here while trying to rob me!"
'Huh? THAT PEBBLE DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU FOUL CREATURE!'
"Well, it has my name on it! So, I am pretty sure it does!" Nox said, as she finished writing her name on the rock.
'ACCURSED BEAST! RETURN THAT WHICH BELONGS TO ME, THEN GO FULFILL YOUR DESTINY, AND I SHALL PRETEND I DID NOT SEE YOU THIS DAY!'
"It's night!"
'DO NOT PLAY GAMES WITH ME FOOLISH CHILD!'
"I'm not. It is nighttime in this time-zone! Don't beat yourself up though. We're so high up it's kind of hard to tell at a glance since the sky don't change color! Anyways, about the exit I asked about?"
'LEAVE THE PEBBLE HERE, AND REMOVE A SWORD FROM THE MOUNTAINS SURFACE! THAT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU MAY LEAVE THIS MOUNTAIN! THOUGH IT PAINS ME TO AID ONE AS WICKED AS THOU, TIS THE LAW THAT NONE MAY LEAVE WITHOUT A SWORD IN HAND!'
"Yeah, thanks, but no thanks! I'm not interested in the cheap replicas you've got here, nor am I going to trade you my rock for one of those!"
"YOU FOOLISH CREATURE! HAVE YOU NO COMMON SENSE! THAT IS BUT A MERE PEBBLE IN YOUR HAND, AND YET YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE A USELESS STONE THAN A WEAPON OF LEGENDS!"
"Legendary maybe, but 'of legend', you wish! Their pretty good replicas don't get me wrong, but none of these weapons, save for you, is the real deal! I know that because I have actually wielded some of the real ones and pissed inside the temple of one guy! Now if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to get the hell off this giant turd your stuck in please!"
'… I am not stuck!'
"Sure, and I didn't piss myself inside Caliburns house waiting for him to tell me where the bathroom was!" Nox said sarcastically.
"Who is it that's talking?"
'… I don't like that guy!'
"NO ONE DOES! WHY DO YOU THINK EVERYONE WHO EVER WIELDED THAT OLD FART RETURNED HIM TO THE STONE? HE NEVER SHUTS UP AND HE IS ALWAYS BRAGGING ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN HE DID THIS AND THAT INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE QUESTION!"
'I KNOW RIGHT! I ONCE ASKED THAT BOY TO PASS ON A PROPHECY TO HIS WIELDER, AND HE JUST WENT ON ABOUT HOW HE WAS NOW A SYMBOL OF KINGSHIP, AND IN THE END HE DIDN'T EVEN DO IT!'
"YEAH, AND THEN IF YOU MESS UP, HE'S ALL UP IN YOUR FACE ABOUT IT! AS IF HE HASN'T MADE WAY BIGGER MISTAKES HIMSELF! HE'S SUCH A DICK! BUT YOU KNOW WHO IS EVEN WORSE THAN CALIBURN! THAT STUCK UP, SON OF A SPEAR, GUNGNIR!"
"OH, DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED! HE IS THE MAIN REASON WHY I ONLY GROW SWORDS OUT OF THIS MOUNTAIN!"
This went on as the divine sword spirit and Nox, two individuals who by nature should be enemies, shared their complaints about various weapons of legends and myths, most of which were bad.