Beautiful Monster

Preperations

"But I don't understand." Evelyn said as she followed Leviathan down the never ending white hallways while struggling to carry a bag filled with clothes.

"You don't have to, your comprehension is not necessary." Leviathan replied, never pausing in her relentless march. Her own bag slung over her shoulder and a short sword strapped to her waist.

"But you have to tell me something." Evelyn wailed, throwing her arms up in the air. "I need to at least to know something in order to be this "locator". And what does that mean anyway?"

Leviathan said nothing as they counted to walk through the hallways and around corners. "It means that you what we are going to use to find him." She finally replied as they stopped in front of a door.

Evelyn huffed in anger. "You said that before but tells me nothing, how am I supposed to find him?" Evelyn asked as Leviathan pushed open the door.

"Information on that was not very clear, but from what I was able to understand, you should have the ability to sense his general location." Leviathan said as she quickly moved through the hallway, with Evelyn scuttling behind her.

"Information?" Evelyn asked as they wandered into the armor. "What information? And where did you this information?"

"That is not important." Replied Leviathan, as she walked over to a rack of swords. "The only thing you should be concerned with is finding Asmodeus." She placed her pack on the ground and picked up a sword from the rack.

"But how?" Evelyn asked, exasperated.

Leviathan didn't reply. Instead, she examined the swords on the wall. She picked up, inspected, and discarded several swords.

"Did you remember your knife?" Leviathan asked Evelyn, continuing her examinations.

"What? Oh yes, its here in my bag." Evelyn replied, unzipping her bag.

Leviathan looked up from the sword she held in her hands, "It should not be "in your bag", it should be in an easily accessible location on your person." She told Evelyn, speaking slowly.

Evelyn flushed. "You rushed me! I didn't have time to get ready properly!" Evelyn complained, rooting around in her bag. "Aha, I found it." Evelyn triumphantly pulled the tanto knife from the bag.

"Congratulations," Leviathan said dryly. "Now, be sure to keep it somewhere easily accessible from on. Also, here-" Leviathan tossed the sword in her hand to Evelyn, "take this sword as well."

Evelyn dropped her bag and reached out to catch the sword. She barely managed to grab it before it hit the ground. The sword was short and surprisingly light in her hand. "What am I supposed to do with the sword?" Evelyn asked, clutching the sword to her chest.

Leviathan raised an eyebrow. "Same thing you would do with the knife, defend yourself with it."

"Isn't that what my tanto knife is for? And where am I supposed to put the sword?"

Leviathan sighed and bent down to pick up her bag. "You may store the sword in your bag and place the knife on your waist." Leviathan placed the bag on her shoulder and started walking towards the door. "Since you are unable to use the sword currently, best to keep it out of your way. You would be more likely to harm yourself than your opponent."

Leviathan paused in the hallway and looked back at Evelyn. "Are you coming?"

Evelyn hurried to stuff the sword into her bag, only managing to get the blade inside, leaving the handle protruding. She then stuffed the knife into her pocket and followed Leviathan into the hallway.

"Okay I'm ready," Evelyn declared as she came to stand by Leviathan.

Leviathan looked down and snatch the knife from Evelyn's pocket. "I believe I said to place it at your waist and not in your pocket." She said.

Evelyn looked down "I don't know how to make it stay at my waist." She admitted.

Leviathan sighed and handed back the knife. "You may place it however you like, just make sure you are easily able to reach it."

Evelyn thought for a moment and then bent down to place the knife in her boot. She looked up at Leviathan questioningly. Leviathan shrugged and walked past Evelyn and continued down the hallway. Evelyn stood up and followed her.

"Now where are we going?" Evelyn asked after a few moments of silence.

"Now we need to acquire food and water for our journey." Leviathan said.

Evelyn adjusted her pack and hit herself in the head with the sword handle. "Where are we storing the supplies?" She asked, rubbing her head.

"In our packs." Leviathan replied.

Evelyn looked back at her bursting bag. "I don't think anything else will fit in my bag." She said.

Leviathan looked at her bag. "Maybe you shouldn't have packed so many clothes then. This is a rescue mission, not a vacation."

"I didn't know how long we were going to be gone." Evelyn muttered, turning red.

"You should hope we are not gone long enough to need all those clothes."