Daily Short: Kyo 31

ACT  963161069-33889.21.(M4.D07-M9.D18)Fluffy Alchemist Kyo

The sun cast its ever-changing hues upon the land after Kyo exited the sealed space, creating an ethereal landscape that glowed like the remnants of a phoenix's fire. Amidst this dreamscape, a dead city stared towards the endless sky.

“Did you gain anything?” Nota asked a short distance away. Big Sis looked just as kind as always, but Kyo couldn’t fail to notice the massive number of dead corpses in the surrounding area. She looked at Nota and the woman smiled mysteriously before saying, “These? Just remnants of the War. They attacked sensing your space magic. It would be one of the few things that would let them escape this sealed world.”

Kyo’s eyes widened in shock as the words echoed in her mind. She shrugged it was no surprise that Big Sis Nota was strong if anything it would be a shock she wasn’t!

Kyo said, “I got armor. Eternity Armor Initiative Online?”

“Oh! That’s very quality stuff! The Silver Empire got a bit desperate towards the end.” Nota said with a sigh. “What do you plan to do with it?”

Kyo looked at the sky, a female catkin of great cuteness and even greater intellect, with fur the shade of verdant moss, as if the gods had plucked a piece of the perfect forest green andbestowed it upon her fantastic fur. Her eyes were twin gems, emeralds that sparkled with the secrets of untold knowledge. After a long moment of reflection she said, “Poison the Blue Demon!”

Nota grinned and said, “As if there could be any other answer for torturing such a cute kitten with exercise!”

“Wuuuuuu!” Kyo said with tears in her eyes. Nota scooped her up effortlessly into a hug.

“Let’s take you somewhere nearby. It won’t due for you to experiment on Felix, he’s a canny bit of crystal.” Nota said with a nod to her compatriots danger sense.

Kyo felt the fluctuation of space magic before they flickered out of the dead city. The world twisted and bent before they exited in a location with towering crystalline outcroppings.

“This is the perfect place to practice.” Nota said with a smirk. “In this large planar realm, there exist a race of crystalline life forms, beings whose bodies shimmer like a thousand gleaming diamonds under the sun. These sentient creatures have a natural affinity for siphoning the life energy from their surroundings. They caused the very essence of the land to wither and fade. For many here, their presence was akin to a beautiful curse, a blight that is both mesmerizing and terrifying in equal measure.”

Kyo’s eyes were wide with amazement. Her innate understanding of the intricacies of the world's energies through space magic gave her an unparalleled ability to weave together the threads of nature and create potions and elixirs of exceptional potency. That stacked upon her training from Kudzu magnified the skill level her Alchemy was at. It was this very talent that would prove to be both her greatest strength on the path of crystal poison. Within Kyo a fierce determination to create a poison that could make the Blue Demon feel her exhaustion! Feel the pain of small, cute, adorable space mages who collapsed from running!

Nota transformed into a small book that opened in half before sitting on Kyo’s shoulder. Taking a cue from her Big Sis the kitten strode into the rocky landscape. The days blended into nights, and the world became an endless cycle of experimentation and discovery.

She toiled in the strange crystal plane using her Eternity Armor to test various ideas. Within the confines of this otherworldly space, Kyo worked with the elemental energies, coaxing them to reveal their hidden properties.

As the light and darkness took turns illuminating the heavens, Kyo's knowledge expanded like a voracious beast, devouring every morsel of wisdom it could find. She soon found herself standing upon the precipice of a monumental discovery, a way to poison crystalline life forms with a combination of Alchemy, Elements, and Space magic!

With trembling hands, Kyo combined the essence of a lunar tear, a crystal flower that bloomed only in the darkest recesses of the night, with the venom of a thousand crystal spiders, creatures whose lethal bite held the promise of toxic death. The mixture hissed and bubbled, the air around it trembling with a power that seemed to defy the very laws of nature.

Kyo restrained the magical liquid with a cage of pure space.

As the concoction settled, Kyo cautiously sensed the elixir, feeling the liquid's icy embrace. The poison, a creation of her own design and inspiration, seemed to hum with an almost sentient energy, its purpose clear and its potential deadly.

The moment had come to test her creation, to determine if she had truly unlocked the secret to taking her revenge upon Felix. She ventured further into the depths of the crystal plane, her heart a maelstrom of conflicting emotions, as she sought out one of the enigmatic crystal golems.

A crystalline life form with a humanoid construction, its body pulsating with an otherworldly light, emerged from the shadows, drawn to Kyo's brilliant body. She had been emitting waves of mana to entice a test subject for many days. As she gazed upon the golem’s mesmerizing beauty, a pang of regret threatened to consume her. But she steeled her resolve, knowing that the fate of her revenge hung in the balance. Mercy for crystals, none!

With a silent prayer to the spirits of the great green Patron, Kyo approached the creature, her potion clutched tightly in her delicate cage of space shaped like cube. As she drew closer, the crystalline being seemed to sense the impending danger, its once hungry aura now fraught with tension.

Kyo hesitated only briefly and in that moment of doubt, the crystalline being lunged, its diamond-like talons aimed at her heart. She instinctively teleported to the side, narrowly avoiding the lethal strike.

Adrenaline coursed through her veins, and Kyo felt no further sense of kindness towards the pretty golem. With a swift motion, she uncaged the poison and flung its contents at the crystalline life form with Telekinesis. The elixir splashed across the creature's dazzling surface, and for a moment, the planar world seemed to stand still.

As if in slow motion, the poison began to seep into the crystalline being, the once vibrant hues of its body now tainted by a creeping dark green. It writhed in agony, its once melodic cries now a cacophony of despair. Kyo watched, her heart heavy with the weight of her actions, as the life form turned a sickening green before collapsing into heap of shimmering rocks. Dead?!

Kyo heaved a sigh of relief as the crystal golem rose up once more looking very ill. Like a drunken foreigner on a three-year binge at the local tavern the poor creature staggered off. Success!

“Excellent progress my Pactee.” Kudzu whispered from the space between worlds.

“Revenge within reach!” Kyo said while dancing excitedly at her success.