Chapter 4 No Trust Among Thieves
After being sent home by the nurse ( diagnosis mental breakdown) Setsuko went home to lie on her bed and look at the ceiling to try to find a reason to live.
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Kimi Samas awesome ball (eerily reminiscent of the Death Star) shaped starship.
Tankerbell made his way onto the loading dock where Kimi-sama was waiting with her rabid pet bat “Mr.Toodles” on a string like leash.
Eaten up with impatience Kimi-Sama yelled down bellow to Tank “ Have you got them!?”
A few mindless robotic workers began to unload Tankerbell. Tankerbell only muttered his responses half-heartedly.
He was still thinking about the poor girl he had tazered earlier “Yes Miss.Kimi-Sama Ma’am.”
Kimi smiled slyly “then if you have a moment please see me in my office.”
Kimi struggled up the steps of her grotesquely large mahogany desk. Tankerbell had to hover higher then usual just to make her out over the stacks of paper on her desk.
“You’ve done well Tankerbell. How long have you been with us by the way?
“Us?”, Tankerbell gulped.
“Yes,” she said with a flourish of her pen as she signed something “Kimi-sama World Dominations Incorporated.”
Tankerbell shrugged “Well ever since you manufactured me which was about 2 years ago I guess.”
Kimi-sama smiles and nods “mmhmmm, and we at Kimi-sama World Dominations Incorporated thank you for your 2 years of loyal employment but I’m just not sure if I’m comfortable having a thief on staff, so unfortunately at this time we will be exploring other opportunities with more qualified perspective Employees”.
Tankerbell couldn’t believe his robotic ears, “yours saying?” Kimi-sama tilted her head like a puppy “your fired” she then pressed a button and the floor below opened up as Tankerbell and his pink slip were ejected into space.
Brooklyn Setsukos House 9pm
There was a knock at the door and Setsuko turned a weary eye in the direction of the knock but did not move a muscel to get up out of bed. She groaned as she heard Mitsuru crash inside. A light switched on in her bedroom and she felt Mitsuru jump on her bed.
“Hey Setsusad Face” ! Mitsuru grinned,” I brought Dumplings and Beer. Where are your parents?”
Setsuko only turned over and talked into her pillow “this is a manga so their either dead, on vacation or in some profession that never allows them to be home, satisfied?
Mitsuru only laughed and grabed a pillow to talk into “So is this how we’re communicating from now on?”
Setsuko turned onto her back the pillow still to her face “yes it’s the new ipillow tomorrow is the release of ipillow nano .”
Mitsuru took the pillow off of her own face and rocked Setsuko side to side. “Cheer UP!!! I COMMAND YOU!
Setsuko peeked out from the pillow.
Mitsuru whispered “I brought pork fried dumplings from happy fun fun chow resturant.”
Setsuko smiled for the first time in 2 days “Dumplings the gift that keeps on giving. Alright lets play Gears of War and get buzzed.”
It was 3 am when Setsuko heard a very small knock at her door again. She had fallen asleep in the entertainment room and she wasn’t sure she could make it to the door with out tripping over one of the many Smirnoff bottles on the floor. Mitsuru must had left so Setsuko had no idea who it could be.
Grumbling as she picked her way past the debri to her back door she yelled “Somebody better be dead or on fire!”
She opened the door to a very tearful Tankerbell holding a single thin suitcase. He was trying to make an apologetic bow when Setsuko yelled “YOU!!!” she jumped a screaming tankerbell who rushed past her into the house as he tried to explain. Tankerbell tried to tell his sad tale and dodge flying bottles at the same time
“ PLEASE , PLEASE *dodge* I DIDN’T MEAN IT SOMEBODY WHO SCARED ME MORE THEN EVEN YOU DO MADE ME DO IT!!*dodge* Setsuko only stoped chasing and throwing bottles when he yelled “ I CAN HELP YOU GET IT BACK. But first *sniffle* first.”
Setsuko narrowed her eyes “first what!?” Tankerbell let the rivers fall down his face “ I NEED A HUG! WAAAah!
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After many tissues and an awkward hug.
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Tankerbell and Setsuko sat on the floor of the kitchen. Tankerbell pensively twiddled his hands as he explained “so you see..I’m not really a bad person. Princess Kimi-Sama made me do it. Shes been making me steal from a lot of different people lately. She’s stealing the music collections of all the planets cosmos wave conjurers.”
Setsuko looks confused for a minute “huh?”
Tankerbell sighed wiping a stray tear “Cosmos Wave Conjurers, each planet has 1. These people don’t feel complete until they are surrounded by all the sounds they need to hear and when the collection is complete they’re endowed with special powers from the Cosmos mostly to fight to protect their planet when its in peril, but there’s a power that the Cosmos Conjurers have that interests Kimi-sama more, the power to control peoples minds through the song of the Cosmos. So you see if she steals all the conjurers music collections and plays them at the same time she will have all the power of the Wave Conjurers to herself ”
Setsuko holds her head down “and she can control the people on that planet through sound.”
Tankerbells eyes get wide “and not only that the planet is defenseless since the Cosmos Wave Conjurer no longer has any powers.”
Setsuko suddenly got up and ran outside digging through her bushes. She came back in holding the two CDs that Tankerbell had dropped accidentally the night before. Setsuko smiled wickedly, Well we’ll just have to spoil her plans wont we.
[Break]
Chapter 5 Rocket Man
Two CD's lay on the table. Daft Punk Anthology and Foo Fighters "In Your Honor" they were placed snugly in a hoodie pocket. Setsuko adjusted the Samurai Sword on her back and hoped her shabbily put together sheath would hold.Aside from these two CDs and what she was wearing her Dont F%*& with Mr.Zero hoodie with a tanktop underneath, worn looking jeans and her metal necklace beads there wasn't much else she felt she couldn't live without. After shoving a large bag of snacks ( and alchohol!) into Tankerbell she was prepared to enter the robotic cat beast herself until she remembered her headphones lying on her Metallica comforter. Not realizing what she was doing she touched her ears.
Setsuko: Tankerbell.. should I bring my headphones?
Tankerbell: Sweet Butter Creams YES!!! Why a conjurers headphones are no less important to them then a Battery to a robot! That is your true weapon.. oh your sword will be more then suffiecient against fiends and your everyday space rabble but.. well I should really tell you this on the way.. Kimi-sama may already be playing your collection.( She was)
The pointed headphones were grabbed, and Tankerbell was entered. ( x.x pun..)
Setsuko made herself as comfortable as possible on her trashbag of snacks more so then she had imagined and gave a kick from inside.
Tankerbell: No need for violence.. I take it you are ready?Prepare for takeoff.I will do my best to make you as comfortable as possible as we leave the atmosphere. You will find my interior is pressurized and supplied with oxygen as I know humanoids cannot.
- he was cut off by a jolt from inside as Setsuko gave another kick-
Setsuko : Just start telling me what I need to know.. starting with these headphones. I knew they were weird I bought them off an old guy at a flea market in New Jersey. (she shuddered)
Tankerbell: well actually they found you, I am sure you are never more into your music then when it is coming through those headphones.. it is meant to be that way. Since you were able to complete your collection your headphones though unconnected to any device will be able to play any song you wish.
-Setsuko narrowed her eyes-
Setsuko: Sheesh if they could have done that before buying all those CDS
