The Isekai Game: Future Diary - Chapter 9

She flung a fireball, scaring the birds away and burning the limb a bit. As disgusting as she found it, Dani picked up the arm and walked off to find his torso on a stake. As before, crows picked at his flesh and tore out his intestines.

It would’ve been a pain in this alchemy theme to heal his arm on completely at this given moment. But there was a needle with a thread on the ground by the stake. Given her extensive medical knowledge and dark magic powers, Dan was able to use the item to sew on the arm in a short time instead.

She watched for a moment as she stepped back. The crows were sure to take the arm off again. It meant that Dani had to ȧssemble his entire body in a short time frame to save him.

Using her magic, Dani was able to find that his limbs were not too far away. She daunted through the wheat and pushed over all she could to pick up his torn body parts and sew them onto the torso. On each return to the main body, she was sure to take the extra minute to resew everything that she could. Having left his head for last was probably the best thing she could’ve done. And it only took her a few short minutes to find it.

“Dude!” he spat blood and smiled, “They have me as the scarecrow and these birds ate me apart”.

Dani leaned over to laugh from his expressions, “They did. And now you’re a talking head”.

His eyes widened, “I’m a talking head”!

Nolan Eidem rambled for a good moment, nearly breaking Dani’s focus with stories about what he went through and how much pain he was currently in. The gates of Hell would’ve shut hearing about the rash on his ȧss, the chaffing between his legs, something else hurting that he isn’t even quite sure where among other things.

“Ew dude,” Eidem picked at his stitchings, “I’m able to open my wounds”.

Dani smacked his hands away, “Stop it before I leave you here”.

Eidem smiled, “Dude, this is awesome”.

Dani stomped her foot, “Get down before I let the birds eat at you again. We still need to find Keith and Watson”.

Eidem squealed as he jumped down from the stake, “Okay. Where are they”?

“I don’t know,” Dani held her hand at the road, “But… We obviously need to follow the yellow brick road to get to Emerald City”.

“So what are we waiting for leader?” Eidem smiled.

Dani sighed as she started walking, “We’re waiting for your demon lord to give you some real medical abilities so you can stop relying on my ȧss”.

Eidem twitched and spat, “His only concerned is to raise hell and conquer the realm of Earth and Hell”.

Eidem jumped ahead and shouted, “It’s close to midnight”

Dani laughed and shook her head, “No it’s not”.

He began walking sideways and shaking his body while flinging his head back, “Something evil’s lurkin in the dark”

“Oh God,” Dani squealed, “Whose idea was this”?

“Under the moooonlight,” Eidem was in a jam and thrusting his hɨps, “You see a sight that almost stops your heart”.

Dani laughed over, “It’s gonna be one of those”!

Eidem snapped his finger at her, “You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it”.

Dani quietly joined in on the next verse, “You start to freeeeze as horror look you right between the eyes”.

“You’re paralyzed!” shouted Eidem as he motioned his ċhėst and body in odd ways.

And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike”.

They wiggled their hɨps and turned in different ways, guided partially by the game, “You know it’s thriller! thriller night”!

It was too late, for the two were too far in the jam that they couldn’t stop singing and dancing to Micheal Jackson’s Thriller. Even when they left the wheat field to journey across a desert, they couldn’t stop dancing and laughing their hearts away. It was the thing Dani loved most about Eidem, he normally came with a great time.

As for the wasteland, it was big. Neither of them could recall there being one in the Wizard of Oz movie. Then again neither read the book to know if it was in there or not. They could vaguely see the forest and something which appeared to be a hitchhiker.

Having gotten closer, the hitchhiker was clearly a man in a thick suit of armor. He was big. A little round. Wasn’t moving an inch. They knew it was Keith. But couldn’t tell what was wrong with him. Eidem pointed out that he was standing on the wasteland instead of the yellow brick road.

Dani conjured a magical sphere that acted as a telescope. He was rusted in place. the look on his face screamed “Frustration”. Both Dani and Eidem began making jokes and laughing about his misery.

“Brr eh heh!” Keith attempted to speak.

“Wait wait wait,” Dani held up her palms, “You really can’t speak”?

Eidem laughed, “What’d you say, buddy”?

“Oh wait,” Dani conjured a circle around his body, Let me break out the CLeaner Lubricant Preservative”.

As she cleaned away the rust, Eidem nodded, “That good CLP man. Chow, Libbo, Pay. Nothing will get you going again like that”.

Keith began stretching his jaw to a smile, “Y’all can burn in Hell”.

Eidem snapped his fingers, “I’ve already done that a few times”.

“Do it again,” Keith smirked.

“How did you get rusted like that?” Dani patted her head.

Keith stared at them for a few seconds and shrugged, “I ain’t tellin’ y’all,” and jumped away.

A blue-scaled snake-like dragon flew by, tackling Eidem and Dani to the ground. Whereas Dani managed to use her magic to withstand the damage and push herself away, Eidem was caught within its jaws and shredded apart.

“Keith!” Dani created her magical circles around her hands and machine gun blasted the reptile.

With the thread that Dani sewn his body together with, Eidem was able to slowly pull his body together and whip out a knife from his side. The dragon was focused on Dani who was holding it off by continuously running and firing at it.

Dani released a .50 cal on the dragon. Dust kicked up, hindering everyone’s vision. And though her target wiggled for freedom, it remained stationary.

Water flowed from the skies to surround the dragon. It slowly enabled it to move past Dani’s fire. Eidem slid under and impaled it with his knife. A shockwave scourged through its body, sending it to scrawl away in the dirt. Dani motioned her hands to directly fire a mortar round, blowing it apart.

Both Dani and Eidem waited for a clear visual that the dragon was dead. It wasn’t until it started raining that the dust cleared and they saw its corpse blown apart. The two performed a victory dance to a sinister tune and looked onward at Keith who was already rusting again.

They laughed over to the dead dragon, retrieving its blood. It was a worthy victory. With its blood, Dani was able to summon the dead dragon to her aid. After Eidem pointed out the oil pouring from its scales, they retrieved four for each of her teammates. She couldn’t tell its potency, but Dani knew it was something of a higher quality.

Coming up to Keith again, Dani and Eidem made fun of him just as before. It was hilarious to see him stuck again. They both rested an arm on his shoulder and took a moment to talk about how trees were growing around the wasteland now. They even began questioning what Watson was up to.

A good five, or maybe ten, minutes had passed before Dani dripped the CLP from the scales on Keith. She watched its effects kick in almost instantly.

“Has to be that black diamond stuff,” Keith stretched himself.

Dani whispered, “What?” she spoke up, “I seriously can’t believe you can speak”.

Dani was laughing hysterically with Eidem, “Wait! What is this stuff”?

“Keith shouted to the falling rain, “Oh, well imagine! As I’m pacing the pews in a church corridor! And I can’t help but to hear”!

Eidem came in with a ċhėst full of energy and his limbs out, “No, I can’t help but to hear an exchanging of words”

“What a beautiful wedding!” Dani exaggerated her body movements as she followed the boys

“What a beautiful wedding” the boys quoted before Keith continued, “Says a bridesmaid to a waiter

The boys sang together again, “And, yes, but what a shame!” and they grew louder, “What a shame the poor groom’s bride is a whore”!

Keith spun out, “I chime in with a”!

They all sang, “Haven’t you people ever heard of… closing the goddamn door? No, it’s much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality”.

Eidem motioned his body to a pause, “Well, in fact”.

As did Keith, “Well, I’ll look at it this way”

And Dani sprung into a likewise pause, “I mean, technically, our marriage is saved”

The three continued their contemporary movements and overly dramatic poses as they sang the rest of the song “I Write Sins, Not Tragedies” and journeyed onward to the thick of the forest. Though they were each guided in choreography and lyrics to match each other well, they mostly improved.

It wasn’t until they hit the thick of the forest, where there was no rain, that they came to a stop and joyously walked down the yellow brick road. A few minutes later they heard noises racing through the trees.

“Meow Meow!” yelled a boy in distress.

There was an angry growl followed by some hissing that was chasing after the poor creature.

“What y’all think?” asked Dani, “Should we help him”?

“Kick its ȧss Weasel!” Keith shouted.

Weasel ran out from the bushes to jump in front of his three friends and wave his black paws at them, “Meow”!

Dani growled, causing Weasel to hiss, “Watson, why are you running from a giant cat”?

His eyes shot up wide, “It’s strong”!

Eidem spat, “Dani’s strong,” both Keith and Dani agreed, “And you just hissed at her”.

The giant black and white tiger sprung from the trees towards him. Watson looked at them in a panic for help.

Dani smiled with a finger up, “And for that, we’re not helping you”.

Watson began panting into a sprint away from the feline beast. Seconds later, the two were in the forest. Dani, Keith, and Eidem were laughing at the various odd sounds he made.

“Woh woh woh,” he wobbled, “Meow!” he screamed, hiss he would when eye contact was made, “Ouch!” he would say when something was supposed to hurt him.

Keith hollered, “If you got the energy to make those sounds then you got enough to kill the thing”.

“Oh my God,” Dani chuckled, “It always seems like he never learns. But he’s always getting better”.

“We need to give him that final push,” Keith looked for his buddy.

“You still with us Watson!” Eidem enjoyed their casual walk.

“Nnnoooooooooo!!!!!!!” Watson yelled from afar.

Dani chuckled, “He’ll be fine”.

“Reaaaaww!” they heard him squeal, “Reaaawwawawaw”!

There was more rustling followed by a few spells being casted and of course more pointless noises from their motivated killer Weasel aka Watson.

“Link! Link! Link!” Watson shouted, “Let me use our link”!

“I turned it off for a reason!” Dani shouted, “You need to learn how to handle problems on your own”.

“Nnnooooooooooo!!!” he ran across the yellow brick road with the tiger chasing him.

“Oh wow,” Dani stopped for a second, “Did y’all see him just now? He’s covered in blood”.

“So was the tiger,” Keith smiled.

“He’s immortal,” smiled Eidem, “He’ll be fine”.

Dani stared for a moment, “True,” and continued walking with her two boys.

About a minute later, the rustling came to a stop. There was a heavy blow that rang through their bodies. It left the team debating on who won. The impacts did sound similar to the tiger’s thuds. But after they sensed out the life signals, they saw that their boy Watson had pulled through. It left them smiling as they continued walking down the yellow brick road. And after a while, Watson had joined them from behind.

“Jesus Watson!” Eidem twitched, “You look like Carrie from the movie. Have you even seen it”?

Watson clenched the tiger’s hide with no emotion left on his face, “…Yes…. And I saw part 2 with the sėx scenes”.

Dani chuckled, “Don’t worry. We won’t leave you alone,” her face lit up, “But, I do find it funny that we are all accurate to the story. Eidem serves a demon lord that doesn’t care for him and took his soul. Hence he doesn’t have a brain and is the scarecrow. Keith be starting drama with his different hoes and people. Therefore he doesn’t have a heart and is the tinman. Watson lacks confidence and is the lion. Or a black cat I guess. And then I’m always lost and alone. Therefore, I am Dorothy”.

Keith laughed, “And we’re off to see the Wiz”.

“We’re off to see the Wiz!” yelled Eidem.

“We are off to see the Wiz!” Dani yelled with two fists up.

Watson’s eyes were now wide open, “Ooooooohhhh,” and he, along with the team slowly took a step together, “Colt 45 and two Zigzags”!

They all joined in, “Baby, that’s all we need!” and clapped, “We can go to the park after dark and smoke that tumbleweed!” and clapped some more, “As the marijuana burns we can take our turn singin’ them dirty rap songs,” spun around, “Stop and hit the bong like Cheech and Chong. And sell tapes from here to Hong Kong,” they stomped twice and started rolling the cat daddy sideways, “So roll, roll, roll my joint,” and twisted to their other side, “Pick out the seeds and stems, feeling high as hell”.

And just like that, they finished their journey to Emerald city singing Colt 45 and had a grand ole time doing.