little_half-breed_Kodora: :she continuedto whine, trembled, mew and cry for help. the ooze began to dissapear, but also in the process, slowly and painfull eatign away at her foot, soon the bottom skin of her foot wouldbe gone, leavingthe muscle exposed

Maniacal_Jester: Jester clenches his eyes shut, growling and shaking his arms violently. Looking down, he spots Kodora in agony ... his face suddenly begins to twist from one of anger to one of more concern. The reddish energy at his eyes begins to dim slightly ...

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she whimpers out loudly , "HELP!! JESTER HELP ME!!" she calls out, blood not even having the chance to spill as it is eaten up too .she lays on her side wanting to ripp of her foot. but to touh it would only hurt more, and moke it worse. her face tear stained the pain horribly unbarable. right now she felt like she would rather be dead.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester's breathing begins to increase, his eyes widening as he stares at Kodora's foot. "NOOOO!!!!!" he bellows to the sky. He takes in a deep breath, his chest inflating massively ... then he exhales, his breath dotted with glowling blue sparkles of light that surround Kodora. The rush of air from his mouth is cooling and soothing ... a buildup of ice begins to form over Kodora's wounded and half-eaten foot ... surprisingly, the ice is not uncomfortable in the slightest as it seems to take on the exact shape of Kodora's foot. The pain is gone, and Kodora's foot is no longer being eaten. Jester's eyes are only faintly glowing now, but there is still traces of the reddish sparks hidden in his eyes. And has he shrunk slightly?

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she heard him yell out and turned her head to him, within an instant, she had stopped whimpering. almost seeming to bear the pain as she saw him. suddenly her foot felt cool, sothed, numb, better. " j-jester?" she said meekly she stood up and jumped over ot him in one leap, and cling to his arm, not letting go.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester seems to rock back and forth. His eyes, once burgeoning with chaotic energy, wide and at alert, seem to droop with each breath that he takes. He also starts to shrink further ... "Ko ... do ... ra ... ?"

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she nods softly , and is soon snuggling in his lap ".. why were you so mad jest?" she asked softly. she then remembered something " stay here ok?" she lept up into a tree and retrieved his hat, and landed beside him, putting it on his head as if it were a crown " why happend to you?" she asked again, sitting beside him and looking up.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester still seems slightly upset, breathing harshly through clenched teeth, now about 18 feet tall, still swaying and staring with a predatorial look. Kodora plops the hat on Jester's head, and almost immediately his eyes go big, eyes closed. Jester seems to stiffen for a moment, then he all at once relaxes, his arms, legs, and spine going limp as a smile of relief spreads over his face. "Ahhhh ...." He closes his eyes in bliss, finally shrinking the rest of the way back to his normal lanky six feet height. At last, the reddish energy in his eyes dies out. He turns to look at the girl, his entire demeanor back to seemingly normal. "Kodora? Wha ... you ... ahhemahm, good girl!" he cries out, giving Kodora a great big hug.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she giggled softly and huggled him back, though he litterally heald her off her feet. " is that why yo uwere so mad?" she asked softly. wow that sucks]

Maniacal_Jester: /me chuckles musically. "No, no, dear." His eyes bear a dark expression as he gazes off into the distance. "Not you."

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she shook her head: " no i didn't mean me, i meant because you didn't have your hat. i only kept it cause i thought yo uwere dead, and this was al lt hat was left."

Maniacal_Jester: Jester giggles lightly, then throws his head back, his laugh quickly rising to an cackle of insane glee. "Dead? DEAD?! ME!? HAH!" He looks back to Kodora purposefully. "Takes more than a long stick of pure lawful energy through the noggin to take ME down!"

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she smiles a bit : " i'm glad to see you ok. but why were yo uso angry?":she went silent for a moment and nuzzling him happily ".. you should say sorry to flash" she said softly.

Maniacal_Jester: At the mention of Flash, Jester snarls, that angry reddish energy returning to his eyes again for a moment.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she whimpered again " .. calm down.. pleasE? i don't wanan get hurt again" :she nuzzled jester more, hopeing she would heko him somewhat. " please jest. dun get mad again"

Maniacal_Jester: Jester's fiery anger drops back to a quietly burning rage, his eyes dark and sinister. "No one ... and I mean NO one ... can get under my skin the way that he does. I am so SICK of it! He thinks he's got the right idea, but he doesn't! He's so ... orderly, but he never acts like it! It's like he can be random without really being random! There's no one else like him on the face of the earth! People like that really .... YARGH!!" He pulls the ends of his hat down ove his head in frustration.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she smiles and crawls under wit hhim ".. i know he is rather flat , static , sometimes boring, but he is a good person. he;s my friend, so he would have to be rightbut you annoy him ajust as much as he annoys you. it would be nice to see you two not fighitng eachtoher everytime you see eachother,but i con't really help wht that, can i?"

Maniacal_Jester: Jester sighs languidly, seating himself with Kodora in his lap. "No, child ... I suppose you can't." He closes his eyes and starts to pet Kodora absentmindedly.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she purtr ssoftly, nuzzling him " thank you jest" she said softly, laying against him, curled up like a littel kitten her eyes shut a bit.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester sits there, stroking Kodora's fur appreciatively. But as he does so, that darkened look in his eyes continues to swirl and darken. The storm has passed for now ... but the aftermath is still mulling quietly over in Jester's mind.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she looked up at jester, rather worried for him and herself ".. jester.." which she only ever said when she was worried or stressed " why are you so .. angry?.. your alive again. so why is it yo usmell so much of anger?" an odd quality a hanyou, and demon possess, being able to smell emotions, amoung other things.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester sees no need to answer such a question, as it was probably mostly rhetorical anyway. He continues in his plotting.

little_half-breed_Kodora: "well?" she asked softly, not understanding his silence ".. please dont' be angry at him.. jesty,..... please?" she pouted a bit.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester speaks, in a voice that is uncharacteristically dark and deep for him. "There are some things, child, that cannot be denied. Some irreparable facts that litter the known universe, extrememly difficult to be undone. These are the things that make us crawl ... and I intend to break them all." He seems extremely pleased with himself.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she looks at him : " .. .to destroy?.. evrything?.. evn me?" she whimpered softly, puling away from him a bit.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester giggles, shaking his head. "Killing people is a silly pasttime with little to no real effect on what actually transpires. Rather pointless, really," he says, shrugging. "And besides, it's far too easy. Ram a poky through someone's squiddly-spooch, and PWQCH!!" He demonstrates with his hand, making an appropriate squishy sound effect as he does so. "But killing an idea ... whoohoohoo!" His eyes light up. "Now that is a challenge!"

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she giggles a bit at his dramatic actions and funny words. "but if it were fu nto kill... you. wouldn't kill me right?" sne whimpered sadly and poked her head out of th e hat to watch him.

Maniacal_Jester: Jester shrugs. "Death really isn't as bad as most people think," he comments lightly. "You should really try it sometime." He nods affirmingly.

little_half-breed_Kodora: :she began to cry,the thought that he would kill her. she was a rather loud sobber at that. she crawled out from under the hat, and began to run away, her foot stilll coated, and beginign to heal a bit.

Maniacal_Jester: ((The "ice" is like a second skin ... it will remain and allow Kodora's wound to heal at her normal rate of healing. As her flesh grows back, the ice will recede until she is fully healed and it is no more.))

Maniacal_Jester: If Kodora turns to look back, the form of the Jester is no more ... and the bells that once rested on her ears are gone, though her collar remains.