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We walked for a few minutes, and I heard someone call out behind me. "Yo Claive! Good to see ya!" I turned around and my pal mcrfn7 came jogging up. "McRuffen! My man!" We high-fived, and he turned to Shayra and said, "Now, who is this beautiful blue babe you've got here?" Shayra scoffed and replied, "I am Shayra the Shadow Dancer, an Elf of the Black Lotus. Who are you to ask for my name?"
"Uh... call me McRuffen the seventh." He extended his hand for a handshake, but she crossed her arms and scowled. "Okay then, it was nice to see you, but we have places to be. See ya." He waved goodbye, and when we had walked a bit, I looked at her and asked, "Did you have to be such a b***h?" She shrugged. "Meh. Probably not, but we are on a tight timeline. He would have just slowed us down."

We soon arrived at my little two-bedroom house. "Ah, dang it. I don't have my key." I looked around to make sure no one was around, then I lept to the rooftop, got my spare key that I hid under a shingle, hopped back down, and opened the door. "Hey Gryphen, I'm home." I said loudly. "I'm in here!" she replied. We walked into the dining room. "You didn't tell me she was a Centaur." Shayra whispered.
"Why? Is that a problem?" I whispered back.
"No! I love Centaurs. Friendly bunch of folk." Gryphen was wearing fake antlers and a seasonal outfit, and was hanging red and green streamers on the walls. "Crikey! is it X-mas time already?" I asked. Giggling, she said, "How is it possible for someone to be so out of touch with time?"
"In my defense, it's not really cold out. The wild Tetriminos are still out and everything." She giggled again. "Hey, who's your friend?" Shayra smiled and walked over. "Hi! I'm Shayra the Shadow Dancer. And you're Gryphen, a master of archery?"
"Well, I'm pretty good at it, yes. Why do you ask?" I stepped up next to her and said, "I know it's sudden, and you probably have stuff to do, but could you help us take down a demi-god of a demon?" She looked confused. "Shayra, could you fill her in? I need to change out of these uncomfortable clothes."


[Continued in Chapter 11-3]