Bravos Camp Without Fuu

Becky was panicking. Her stomach had dropped down to her toes as soon as the shadows of that cave consumed Fuu. If Liv and Emmaline hadn't dragged her away, Becky would have run into the Gnoll Den after her. She could remember how frenzied the Gnolls had been when the spell broke. They were going to wash over Emmaline and her like a tide and pulling them down into a maddening sea of lust. Now, with their lusts unquenched, would they all be **** on Fuu. Strong, caring Fuu being passed around like a toy and they break her down under the watchful and cruel eye of her new master? Becky could barely stomach the thought. It was so entic- “We have to save her!” As soon as the kernel of something dark flickered she spoke, **** to block it out and focus on fixing the issue.

Liv’s scowl, a permanent aspect of her face since they left Fuu, deepened. “No shit.” Her fingers were white against the body of her rifle. If Becky was thinking clearly, she would have noticed how tense Liv’s whole body was.

Becky’s clear thinking had left with Fuu. “Well? Let’s go then.”

Liv scoffed. “Go and do what? Get wiped out and dragged into that cave with her?”

“So we should just leave her there!” Becky took a step forward. Was she going to hit Liv? Becky couldn't imagine it. She just needed Liv to understand.

Emmaline stepped in before Liv could snap back. “We can’t go back for her, Becky. Not yet.”

Becky spun on Emmaline now, tears pooling at the edges of her angry eyes. “Of course we can, we were doing fine until-“

“Until we got hit with something we knew nothing about.” Liv cut in, her voice almost a growl.

“But we know now! We can kill him first.” Becky could feel her heart beating fast in her chest. She was manic and practically hyperventilating.

“We can’t. Fuu won’t let us.” Emmaline’s voice was soft and placating, trying to pull Becky back from her panic.

“We can distract her.” Becky was pulling various things out of her jacket, taking inventory on her supplies.

Liv finally snapped. “That little fucker won’t even leave the cave Becky!” Becky was shocked out of her inventorying and turned to Liv as she continued. “If Fuu is right and her not following that creature's orders means she loses her protection, then there is no way it is going to come out of that cave again before sending Fuu first.”

Tears began to flow from Becky’s face as her subconscious already knew the truth. Her waking mind was too distraught not to desperately look for an out. “W-we can distract her. Pull her away to get at the Shaman.”

Liv took a shaking breath and shook her head. “Only if she was given an order she would be willing to follow.”

“What do you mean?”

Emmaline placed a hand on Becky’s shoulder. “If he orders her to kill us, Fuu will break her vow. She already sacrificed everything for us. I have no doubt she would do it again.”

“B-but. But then she would be free!” Becky clung to this possibility like a drowning woman adrift at sea.

Liv ripped it away with her usual lack of tact. “Then she has lost her protection and when that Shaman uses another spell, she will be just as fucked as the rest of us.”

Emmaline nodded slowly. “And then she will have sacrificed herself for nothing.”

Becky fell to her knees, wrapping her arms around herself as she wept.