D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad Chapter 2334 In-Flight Recovery

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Previously on D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad...

Kat remembered the potion Appoline had thrown at the bird, which was still lodged in its tangled wires. Lily struggled to keep up as the bird, with Kat still in tow, flew through thick clouds. Kat used her demonic fire to test the bird's defenses, discovering it could grow metal plates and thread to block attacks, though it was a costly ability. Lily caught up, using a paper spell infused with shadow to hit the bird, dislodging the potion bottle. The acid burned through the bird's metallic defenses, causing it to screech and release Kat. Distracted by the burning, the bird was hit in the eye by Kat's fire, causing it to falter and fall from the sky.

--- Kat ---

Things were... not ideal. They were still in the clouds, just a good deal lower down. Though that did imply worrying things about just how thick the cloud layer had become. It made Kat and Lily wonder how anything actually had light below them. Then again, nothing here made all that much sense and the giant pillar of lightning theoretically shouldn’t be there either, so a bit of sunlight was nothing in comparison.

Appoline had also been healed up. Lily had kept the wound pressed down with her shadows as best she could. There was some contemplation about using her paper as makeshift bandages but it was a big cut and the chance for some to remain inside the wound afterwards was too high.

Appoline didn’t take too long to get her mind back, managing to down a healing potion as well as spread a second across the wound. Appoline had to give Kat a few instructions on positioning to ensure that the cut would close properly without too much scarring. There was still some, and that particular outfit was wrecked, but it wasn’t anything major. "Hmmm... going to have to remove that later..." grumbled Appoline.

"Why didn’t it heal all the way?" asked Kat. "I don’t think I’ve seen healing potions leave scars before when they were taken so quickly..."

"Tanisha took them quite quickly," countered Appoline. "At least, I suspect she did. Regardless, please remember that healing potions are all about speeding up the bodies natural healing ability while filling in a bit as fake skin. Sort of. It’s a lot more complicated then that but the point is, they help a lot but that was still a big wound. It didn’t scar too much, and I can use one of the heavier duty potions for it unlike the stuff around my neck."

"Why is that?" asked Kat.

"Because the heavy duty stuff basically involves burning away the scar tissue and then reforming a new patch of skin over it. Hurts pretty badly, and it’s not really safe to use on something like your neck. You’ll have issues breathing while it’s active. It doesn’t let blood escape so as nobody bleeds out taking them... but does nothing to keep the oxygen in. At least, not the version I’m talking about," explained Appoline.

"Alright, that’s... well it makes sense," agreed Kat after a bit.

It didn’t take long to outline the plan for Appoline and execute it. Though the problems came back when they then had to look at the map. It... didn’t handle 3D travelling all that well. Oh it could do it sure, the makers of the map were clearly aware that delving into places with multiple levels, or even just houses and stuff required the use of multiple levels.

The problem was, you had to manually, slowly, move through the various levels... and it didn’t really give them any information they didn’t already have. It was clouds in all directions with some minor debris, and trying to read the map by slowing move upwards wasn’t really doing them much good. Oh sure, maybe they could eventually tune the map to the correct level where it would show the spot they’d been sitting in...

But notably they’d been HOVERING in that spot. There wasn’t a nice ring to show off all the stuff they’d seen on that level, or at least, Kat and Lily couldn’t spot it. It was also quite difficult to even tell where they had been. Clouds didn’t show up properly on the map, and you could only vaguely make out their passage based on some slight shading queues and debris getting cut off on the edges of what the map registered.

Lily grumbled as they climbed back to the spot they’d been in before dropping downwards to open the map. Probably. Hopefully. Ok they were mostly just guessing at this point and were still just as lost. Hence the issues.

Kat shook her head firmly. *

"Appoline, we’re... quite lost. Lily and I have been mentally debating if we go up, or we go down... and there’s risks to both of course but the main concern is the fact that we’re lost. Plus if we take a lower portal, chances are we end up back in the clouds. Though we’re also worried about getting attacked as soon as we leave the clouds... so ideas?" asked Kat.

"Hmm... well... it might be awkward without a spot to place my cauldron but I COULD make something that lets us see through the clouds? If you think that’s a safe compromise?" offered Appoline.