Low grumbling and grunting could be heard as Jack Sapphire forced himself to walk through the halls of his home, narrowly escaping with his life!

At least, that was the story that was being told.

Jack bent over the table as he craned his neck to look behind him. In truth, his life WAS in danger! A heated group of assassins had come for him that day! The dastardly 'Men & Mice' organization. Their operatives had a crossbow aimed at the bull and had sniped at him from a near impossible shot, the investigator estimating that they had calculated this attempt down to the smallest detail. From the range of the crossbow to Jack's height.

What they didn't count on, however, was a stray gust of wind.

"Well, at least the assassin didn't hit anything vital." Minerva couldn't help but snort as she started to trot up to Jack from behind, arms crossed as she looked over the golden bull.

"Oh shut up!" Jack snapped at her; how could anyone laugh at this indignity?! "Are you gonna help me or not?"

"Yes, yes." Minerva assured, firmly grabbing at his hip to brace him before a firm smack landed on his opposite cheek.

"OW!"

"That was for being snippy." Minerva lightly scolded Jack as she began to reach for the arrow, "now hold still. This is gonna hurt for a second."

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My half of an art trade with sootylion , and it looks like his new personal sona, Jack Sapphire, is in quite the pickel. The arrow has to come out and it's not gonna be pretty. And she doesn't look like the 'gentle giant' type-not that it would really help. Good thing it's such a big target.