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Chapter 12 - Chapter 12 (The Undead Curse)

Waifu: "What?"

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Nia looks away with a disappointed and almost sad expression on her face. 

Waifu: "What are you talking about Ligma?" she said getting off of her.

Ligma: "Can you tell me how you came to know my name?" she said standing up.

Waifu: "This isn't funny Ligma! You know who I am!" she said clenching her first.

Ligma: "I'm sorry but you must have me mistaken for someone else." she said looking around. 

Nia: "Dammit Ligma you started to hollow only after one death!" she said gritting her teeth.

Ligma: "Look I assure you I haven't gone hollow; I am simply on a Pilgimage for my church." 

Nia walks up to Ligma and stands there for a couple of seconds before she punches her in the face. The punch knocks Ligma on the ground.

Ligma: "What the hell was that for, have you gone hollow?! she said holding her nose which is now bleeding.

Nia: "No! How dare you go hollow after one death, I thought you were stronger than that!" she said holding her fist out in front of her. 

Waifu steps in between them holding out her hands.

Waifu: "Stop!" she shouted with tears streaming down her face. 

Ligma: "I told you I'm not hollow!" she said whipping the blood off her nose. 

Nia doesn't say anything but rather glares at Ligma with her bloodshot eyes. 

Waifu: (I wish I could go back to when I was at the shrine it was so peaceful there)

After Waifu finished her thought, the bonfire started to roar before it engulfed the trio. After a couple of moments, the trio disappeared from their location. 

The trio then wake up in a warm place, like the warmth of the bonfire but amplified. A strange but comforting music could be heard but the location of it was impossible to pinpoint. 

Opening their eyes they find themselves in a huge circular room with a dome celling. The center of the room had a bonfire resting in some kind of bowl. Around the bonfire was piles of ash.

Looking forward there was five large thrones. Each throne was elevated and could not be accessed from the ground floor, the throne in the middle being the highest of them all. 

After the trio had fully regained conciseness, they were greeted by a woman with a decorative blindfold on and a black dress.

???: welcome back unkindled one... and I see you brought friends." she said bowing. 

Ligma: "Where did you people take me?" she said rubbing her head. 

Waifu excitedly got up and looked around.

Waifu: "I actually made it back here." 

Nia scratches her head and looks towards the woman.

Nia: "So who are you and where exactly are we?"

Fire Keeper: "I am the Fire Keeper, and this place is called Firelink Shrine." she says with a blank expression on her face.

Nia: "I see..." she said standing up. 

Ligma: "Umm can I leave now; I was doing something important." she said looking around.

Fire Keeper: "Of course just go to the bonfire and imagine a bonfire you have visited before, then you should-" she is suddenly cut off.

Waifu: "No! Ligma, you will at least remember who we are before you decide if you want to leave!" she said putting her hands on Ligma's shoulders. 

Ligma: "Fine I will give you one chance to remined me who you are." she said crossing her arms. 

Waifu smiles before turning to Nia.

Nia: "Usually to reverse hollowing you needed to find shreds of humanity, but those items have long been extinct." she said clenching her fist. 

Fire keeper: "I might be able to help." 

Nia: "How exactly, you got any humanity laying around here?" she tapped her foot now annoyed. 

Fire Keeper: "Well unfortunately I can't help you." she says bowing. "But I know that Fire Keepers from the past could reverse hollowing, it was rare, but this is all I can offer." 

Waifu: "Do you know any places where we could find a Fire Keeper?!" she said holding the Fire Keepers right hand with both of hers.

Fire Keeper: "O- oh um well There aren't any Fire Keepers hear, you see I'm the only one." she said slightly embarrassed by Waifus action. "But when Fire Keepers before me complete their duty the go to the tower next to this shrine to rest, I'm sorry I can't be more helpful but this much is all I can offer." she said bowing. 

Waifu: "No, that's good thank you very much." she said removing her hands from the fire keeper. "Hey, wait a minute I almost forgot you kicked me out of here before and I couldn't come back, what was that for!" she said grabbing her hand again.

Fire Keeper: "Well they just couldn't stand you ashen one, upon arriving you never left and just sat around talking to everyone around the shrine for a month. I'm truly sorry but everyone told me to kick you out, so I sent you to Lothric while you slept." she said giving Waifu a faint smile. 

Waifu: "Oh... well I guess I can forgive that." she said letting go of the Fire Keeper. 

Ligma: "COUGH... I'm still waiting." she said sitting down with her arms crossed. 

Nia: "Can you just wait here while we try to reverse your hollowing." she said looking at Ligma with a demanding face.

Ligma: "No way! I told you I'm not hollow!" she said standing up.

Nia: "Oh really?!" she said walking up to Ligma.

Ligma: "Hey wha-."

Nia went behind Ligma and restrained her.

Ligma: "Unhand me brute!" she said struggling to get free.

Nia: "Waifu pull the collar of her cloths down."

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Ligma/ Waifu: "WHAAAAAT!" 

Nia: "Just do it." she said tightening her grip.

Ligma: "Absolutely not, I refuse!"

Waifu: "O- ok-" she said walking up to Ligma.

Ligma: "NO no no no!" she said trying to break free. 

Waifu covers her eyes with her hand as she pulled Ligmas collar down reveling the top part of her chest. 

Fire Keeper: "Oh my." she said looking at something on Ligma's chest. 

Uncovering her eyes Waifu sees that a strange black spiral as appeared on her chest. From the spiral sprouted strange root like veins just below the skin or rather it was transforming her skin. The roots stretched a couple of inches from the spiral.

Ligma: "Well that wasn't there before." she said as she stopped resisting. 

 

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