Episode 2, The Phoenix and The Kitsune

Jason never had much, he grew up in the desert he learned from the animals that were there and how to fight and survive at this point he could even hear them by living with them, Jason was a 14-year-old male who stood at 5’9 with shaggy brown hair and light brown skin, despite living in the desert, he had red eyes and wore a blue sleeveless jean jacket with a long-sleeved yellow t-shirt underneath along with blue jeans “Hey Blake what will we do today” Jason asked his owl friend “Wanna try going through the pyramid?” Blake responded “I’ve tried to before but got my ass handed to me” Jason told him “yeah that mummy pieced yo shit” “Shut up or your going over the fire” Jason scowled “well maybe this time you shouldn’t forget your guns” said Blake dropping a pair of revolvers onto Jason’s lap “It’s only 12 shots” Jason sighed “yeah but each shot can blow off an entire limb” Blake told him “Fine, I’ll go, but your coming” “fine by me I can fly” said Blake as Jason holstered his guns “alright let's go” Jason said and they began walking across the vast desert known as The Scorchlands.

“Alright this time I’m gonna walk out with treasure” Jason said before walking into the pyramid and immediately spotting several mummies he took out his guns and proceeded to use them like tonfas using holding them upside down “first enemies with no ammo wasted” Jason said before moving deeper into the pyramid taking down more enemies as he ran “careful Jason, the next room has the mummy that kicked your ass” said Blake and Jason scowled holding his guns “all 12 bullets remain and it’s only 1 dead person” Jason said pushing open the door to the tomb, inside where riches, gold, priceless artifacts and jars, lots of jars. Then Jason saw it, the sarcophagus in the middle when suddenly it slid open and the mummy inside got up and jumped out holding a Khopesh and Shield “He has weapons now” said Jason backing up “and so do you” said Blake and Jason dashed towards the mummy before being kicked into a wall “I am The First Scorchlord, and YOU think you can challenge ME, I am King Helios” The mummy shouted “Blake, it talked” said Jason getting up “you wanna call it off, you probably broke something hitting that wall” “Nah I feel great” said Jason scanning the room and seeing several items made of Tritanium, a metal that bounces everything off it, he took careful aim and fire 2 shots and the ricocheted around the room before they both hit King Helios between the shoulder blades “Hell Yeah” said Jason before firing off more shots all at varying angles causing them to go hectic “Go on, Block them” said Jason before running towards King Helios as the bullets narrowly missed him but hit the mummy and Jason before hitting him with his revolvers, as Jason and the bullets both hitting him the old king soon collapsed from his injuries, not before landing a few good hits on Jason, and with his dying breath, sliced off Jason’s arm “Jason your arm” Exclaimed Blake “hmm, it doesn’t hurt” said Jason when suddenly his stump was enveloped by blue and yellow flames and when the flames died his arm was back “d-did your a-arm just g-grow back” sputtered Blake as Jason began picking up things from inside the tomb “Yeah, seems convenient” said Jason fulling his bag with things “you think Alejandro will buy any of this” Jason asked referring to a merchant who wandered the scorchlands and sold Jason ammunition in return for showing him the way out of the desert and listening to his stories. “If he’s lost again, then yeah” Blake sighed “WAIT your arm just grew back and all you have to say is ‘seems convenient” Blake asked him “What, should I be surprised?” “normal Humans don’t regrow limbs, well not without help from a nonhuman” Blake explained to him “hmm, I’ll ask Alejandro” Jason said walking out the pyramid “see there he is now” said Jason pointing over to a man wearing orange and white desert traveling clothes.

“ALEJANDRO” Jason shouted and Blake sat on Jason’s shoulder “Oh thank god I found you Jason” the grown man ran over to Jason “I’m lost again” “where were you headed?” asked Jason as they began walking “I was headed Illumenia, the City of Lights” Alejandro told him “Hmm that would be a straight shot North West from where we are” Jason told him “thank you and as per usual, here’s a bag of bullets” Alejandro said “thanks,also i just raided this pyramid, wanna buy something?” Jason asked him and the grown man’s eyes lit up like the chicago back alleys during a gang war “what do you have” he asked and Jason emptied his bag onto a Blakeet on the ground, they were at Jason’s little place, it was a Blakeet propped up by sticks and a Blakeet on the ground next to an oaisis, “Lots or Tritanium and Gold” he said throwing a piece of tritanium and watching it bounce around until Blake grabbed it and brought it back “alright this could all sell for a lot, do you want Lucren or Bullets” Alejandro asked him and Jason thought for a moment “Half and Half” he said “alright then” said Alejandro before his eyes lit up “these items are worth exactly 725,835 Lucren and splitting that in half give you 362,917 Lucren and 50 Percren which translates to 6 bags of bullets and 2 bags of random special bullets” Alejandro said splitting the money and grabbing the bags of bullets while talking “I like your ability” said Jason “shame you didn’t get one” Alejandro said “Your just reminded me, is there a race that can regenerate entire limbs, but still look human” Jason asked him and he thought for a moment “there are a few, the most prominent being Phoenix's, although there are only 10 of them in the known universe right now, but when they regenerate blue and yellow fire appear, they can also utilize this fire is attack and even augment their weapons with it” Alejandro said “Sound like you?” He asked Jason who nodded

“Wait a limb of yours was cut off, and just regrew just like that?” Alejandro said after Jason told him what happened “you had better not let anyone know you’re a phoenix, you could very easily be captured and sold off as a slave” Alejandro told him “aw shit the sun’s going down, I had better get started” he said standing up “thanks” he told Jason heading North West “no problem, thank you” Jason responded waving him off before looking through the bag of random special bullets “Bramble Bullets, Explosive Bullets, Flaming Bullets, Yeah all sorts are here, can you sort them while I sleep” Jason asked a pair of rats who nodded as Jason curled into a tight ball and fell asleep,

Jason woke up to the special bullets all sorted by type “thanks guys, here’s some crackers” said Jason throwing soem crackers down to the rats who eagerly grabbed them and scampered away “whats on the agenda for today” Jason said “HELP ME” Jason heard someone shout and instantly loaded his revolvers in one swift motion and saw someone running towards him, they had light skin but they had fox ear and 9 tails Jason saw the were barley outrunning a giant Sand Worm “Don’t lead it to my tent” said Jason taking carful aim and firing off all 12 rounds into the side of the wormand it retreated underground so Jason loaded up 12 perfume bullets “get behind me” Jason said as the fox boy tripped and slid behind Jason and when the worm erupted from the ground he heard the fox boy behind him begin chanting “ᚠᚱᛖᛖᛉᛖ” “what the Fuck” Jason asked before the best was capture in an ice prison so Jason swapped to Explosive bullets and shot at the ice exploding the worms into frozen meat chunks “WOO” Jason shouted “Finally killed it” he said “thanks but who are you” he asked the fox boy “Oh I’m Marques Ikamuzu, a Kitsune” “oh do you have any sort of ability” he asked and Marques shook his head no “but you just froze it” “it took my entire life to learn those spells, they aren't an ability like everyone else, I just have my magic and my race traits” “well all i have is my race traits” Jason said making a blue and yellow fireball “at least yours is helpful” commented Marques sitting down and taking off his bag “what can your race do” asked Jason “Oh I can turn into other people clothes and all, even their voice, but I don’t get their abilities or anything” Marques sighed “and I always have to keep a part of me foxlike” Marques said before pulling out a book and began reading “well where are you from” “nowhere and everywhere” said Marques looking at Jason. Marques had striking black hair and his fur is a blend of grey and silver, with a metallic sheen that reflects the light, he had the same light brown skin Jason had, Marques wears a fitted vest made of blue and gray leather that has been stitched together with green metallic thread, and is adorned with brass buttons. The vest is worn over a white, ruffled shirt with a high collar and cuffs. The rest of his outfit consists of fitted trousers made of sturdy, dark fabric, and knee-high boots made of black leather with silver buckles, and with his pircing green eyes he seemed, *otherworldly*, “So where are you headed” “No Clue” said Marques putting his books back in his bag “ᛊᛈᚨᚲᛖ ᛊᛏᛟᚱᚨᚷᛖ“ he said and a hole opened up and Marques threw his bag through it “what the hell was that” asked Jason “Magic” “yeah but what kind” “Spacial” “what else can you do” “um I’m not to sure about everything I can do, but i have some influence of the elements” he said “well do you wanna come with me for today” Jason asked him “if you got nowhere else to go you may as well help me out” Jason told him “alright then what are we doing” asked Marques when suddenly a giant airship created a shadow over them and a ladder dropped down.