~*~ I know, awesomest title evor, right? XDDD Okay, I'mma do Abbie's part right now~ Sorry It's taken so long =;_;= You guys might find out a little more aboout Abs in this post~ Off now! *tries to charge but trips and falls* ~*~
In this post: Aberius, Rikku, Moyasu, Zaishi
Mentioned: Raine, Cheruu
Aberius
I'd managed to make it back to what I guess was now my room after being embarrassed by that lousy curvy Lopunny. Tch... Why is it that women all think they can humiliate me at every chance they get...? I closed the door to the room behind me and went to take off my shirt when I remembered that I wasn't wearing either it or my jacket...
"Well, sh!t..." I said as I removed whatever was left and took it with me into the bathroom. I didn't have any other clothes to wear, so I decided to wash what I had while I took my shower. I rarely spent any time indoors, but in the time I traveled with Master, she at least made sure I knew how to work one of these things. I turned on the water and made it comfortably hot. Tch, I ain't taking no damn cold shower... I've had it too rough and all my muscles could use soothing after walking nonstop for a week and getting into two battles... I focused on cleaning my pants and boxers first before I gave myself any attention. The hot water felt so good that I was able to feel more relaxed than I had in ages... Modern conveniences ain't half bad, huh?
After I was done in cleaning up (I'd managed to find some herbal shampoo and body wash, so I smelled like cinnamon, now), I hung up my clothes to let them dry and wore a towel around my waist in the meantime. Since it would take them a while to dry, I placed them above a radiator (Yeah, I know what that is...) on the far wall. Yeah sure, the water dripping on it would create a little steam, but that was what I needed too... And the plants looked somewhat tropical, so... Huh...? I looked in one corner of the room nearby my bed and saw a potted tree with fruit gorwing on it. They were apples.
"... Room, I do not hate you in the least," I said as I walked over and picked an apple off the tree and shined it on my towel. I thought since it would take a while for my clothes to dry, I'd get some more rest. I changed the sheets (since I'd slept on them in dirty clothes earlier) and laid on the bed. I decided to leave the towel on the desk next to the bed. I finished the apple and threw it away in a small wastebasket under the desk. With my hands behind my head, I drifted off to sleep for the third time today...
1 1/2 Hours later...
I awoke and rubbed my eyes. "Toilet..." I headed to the bathroom as I'd actually been holding it since I got here. Why didn't I go earlier...? I shrugged and stepped out of the bathroom with a jug of water and poured it in the apple tree's pot. "As payment for the snack," I smiled slightly at the tree and it's leaves shook under the droplets of water. I set the jug back in the bathroom. Seeing the my clothes were dry and toasty, I put them back on. The steam even softened them up, which was pretty sweet. I wondered what else was in this room, so I took a look around. There was a cupboard outside the door of the bathroom, which after I opened it was actually a bookshelf with doors. Inside was a couple stacks of graphic novels. Niiice... I picked them up and flipped through the pages. A few fanservice, a couple romance novels (DON'T JUDGE ME! DX<), a few comedy, and some for a more *ahem* adult audience. The more risque books were in a bottom drawer behind the doors, which made them less conspicuous. I nodded at that and walked over to the desk next to my bed. I looked in the drawer and saw some sculpting tools. My eyes widened. Holy sh!t are you serious?! They have these??? There even a few wood blocks already here! I enjoyed carving a few mini sculptures here and there in my spare time, since I was outdoors most of the time, but I'd never had professional tools before... I was happy and nnot entirely sure how to express that, so I just made a mental note to try them out later as I closed that drawer and open the one beneath it... The blood drained from my face as I close it again quickly.
"... I will protect this drawer with my life..." I muttered as I walked to the bed. Who would've known there would be such a thing in there? And how would the room know? How would it know that I... can sew? I mean, it's just minor repair work since my pants would keep ripping on journeys, but... I slumped over and put my hand on my forehead... If any guy found out, he might give me hell over it... I noticed there was a keyhole on that drawer. I looked and found the key in a hidden compartment under the desk table and found it fit the keyhole, so I locked it. ... This room is all-too-convenient... I'm starting to get a little creeped out... I put the key back and stood up. I decided I would like to leave the room for a bit, but as I walked toward the door, I noticed one last thing...
"No..." stepped forward and examined the wall. It was there plain as day... I dashed out of the room and speed-walked down the halls. Next to the door was a set of sliding bars... And I'd bet anything that the room probably had them by the window, too... The room knew me too well and that sometime next year, I would need those bars and pray that they were strong enough...
As I was walking down the hallway, I noticed Moyasu walking in the opposite direction. I nodded my head at him in greeting, but he simply ignored me. What?! That punk... After I helped him out, what's his problem...? I wandered around the mansion for a bit, the thoughts of why I would need those bars still floating through my mind...
I shook my head and continued walking when I caught a familiar scent. I looked off to the side and saw Zaishi running off leaving behind a now fully-clothed female Pikachu gijinka. I walked over and behind her as she was mumbling something to herself.
"How are you feeling?" I asked and she turned around and looked at me with large eyes. They sparkled green... Why the hell was every girl that I came across looking at me with such large, scared-looking eyes?! Well, maybe it didn't help that I glared at them half the time, but... Wait, why is she staring at me...? "......What? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"A... Are you Aberius?" she asked. She's the second girl to ask that... Is someone somewhere trying to pimp me out or something...?
"Mm? Yeah, that's me. Why?" I said. And that's when it happened. She all of a sudden started crying. Oh, damn, what the hell? I don't even... "H-HEY!!! WAIT!! WHY THE RANDOM WATERWORKS ALL OF A SUDDEN?!" Then she charged at me and wrapped her arms around me, burying her face in my chest.
"Oh! ...hic... Thank God! I thought I had killed you! Hic.. hic.. I'm so sorry hic... I didn't mean to.... hic hic.."
Whatthehell...? I stared down at her as she was crying onto my bare chest... This made me feel a mixture of random happiness and discomfort since I doubted she was even aware I wasn't wearing a shirt.
"Okay, this is weird..." I said, not trying to be rude, but it was. I put my arms around her and patted her head to try to calm her down. So many emotions today... What the hell, was she part Ralts or something?
That's when I remembered that I left Raine with that Cherubi gijinka earlier. Oh shit... But as I looked off to the side, I could swear I saw her running off in the opposite direction. She looked like she was about to cry. Did that guy do something to her? Crap, did I leave some girl I don't even know with a guy I knew even less and probably couldn't even be trusted? Sonova...
I recalled that I had a crying Pikachu clamped around me and rubbing her face in me, so I spoke up again, "Um... not to be insensitive or anything, but you do realize I'm shirtless right now, don't you...?"
She gasped and jumped back, staring at my chest and blushing. Jeez, I'm up here already... Although I guess I was looking at hers earlier... My eyes started to travel downward, when she squeaked in embarrassment, "OMG, I'm so sorry! I just was... w-well I... I thought you were dead and... because I..."
"Dead?" I said. Oh yeah, she was clutching my throat earlier... "Oh, the strangling? Don't even worry about it, it's in the past, and you can see I'm alive now."
She looked at me with her mouth slightly open and blinked, "Um... are you sure? You're not hurt or anything....?"
"I'm positive."
She blinked again, then shook her head and slapped her cheeks twice. Then she stood up straight and smiled, still looking slightly worried and a few tears were still falling, but she looked like she was calming down. "Ah...!" she said "That's a relief! Oh yeah! This is yours, right?" she held out my jacket. "Thanks, I heard you saved my life."
I took my jacket and slipped it on, "I wouldn't say saved, but yeah, I brought you back. It wasn't anything, so don't mention it." I scratched my chin and looked at her. "By the way, you wouldn't happen to know where my shirt is, do you...?"
"Shirt...? OMG, that was yours too...?" Her eyes widened and her face turned red as if she were realizing something else. "Um, I th-think Zaishi took it with him."
"Really? Thanks," I said and was about to head off in the direction I was Zaishi went when the girl grabbed my jacket. I sighed. Maybe I was better off shirtless since girls like to keep grabbing it. Then again, they'd be grabbing something else if I didn't...
"Wait!" she said looking at me with her green eyes. It just occured to me that she was taller than I was... why did I have to be so short? Her back probably hurts now since she must've had to bend over to cry on my chest... And she's wearing a mini-skirt, too... My eye's traveled downward again, when she started to speak again. "Um... I don't know my way around... And I don't want to stand around here by myself... This place has a place for girls to stay, right? Could you help me find it? I mean I know you already did so much for me, but..."
I raised a hand. "Alright I'll help... Um..." I said. I didn't want to be stuck here for too long while my shirt traveled farther away.
"Thank you so much! My name is Rikku if that's what you wanted to know," she said, beaming. That was somewhat cute.
"Rikku? Nice to meet you, then," I said. "Then let's go find something... I'm not that familiar with the house, myself, but I can find my way around just fine. I'm pretty decent at survival."
"Heh... really?" she looked at me blinking as we walked. The way she kept staring at me made me feel somewhat unsettled, so I changed the subject.
"Um, so you didn't answer my question from earlier. Are you feeling okay now?" I asked.
"Oh! Yeah, I'm feeling just great right now. I'd like to mabe rest a bit, but otherwise I'm okay." Her stomache growled at that point and she blushed slightly.
"Want help with that?" I said.
"H-Huh?" she said, looking at me with an embarrassed expression. We were pretty close to the boys dorm, so I figured I could give her a couple apples from my tree in the meantime.
"Here, we'll make a detour for a moment..." I lead her through the boys dorm and we reached my room. I went inside and picked two apples, rinsing and drying them, then walked back toward the door, but she had her head poked into the room.
"Are those... bars on the wall...?" she asked. I was reminded of something that I did not want to think about and just quickly answered.
"Uh, yeah, it's a decoration. Here," I said as I handed her the apples. "From my personal stash, apparently."
"Thank you," she smiled as she took a bite out of one of them and we continued walking. I knew the girls dorms were opposite the boys, so we just walked straight ahead once we exited the boys area. I wasn't sure exactly how to find her room specifically, but after we had walked through for a bit, she stopped in front of one of the rooms which seemed like the light fluctuated a bit from electricity.
"Did you find something?" I asked.
"Oh, yes!" she smiled. "Thank you for escorting me around, Aberius!"
"Yes, no problem. I hate to escort and run, but I'd like to find my shirt before it winds up in another region or something."
"I understand. I'm just grateful that everything turned out okay..." she smiled again.
I nodded, "Then... Rikku? I'll see you around. Later."
"Bye bye," she waved as I waved a hand back and walked off.
Alright... Let's find this shirt. After all, how hard can it be...?
~*~ Oh, it'll be quite an interesting journey, Abs =eue= It'll be quite interesting XD I decided to put the "Great Muscle Shirt Hunt" in a separate future post X3 This one is long enough =3 And yes XD Some things have been discovered about Abbie from his room~ He's actually quite artistic and skilled in sculpture and is handy with building things, but his room isn't big enough to hold a woodshop XDD Dunno if anyone remembers how he made a pot out of stone and spoons out of wood X3 *huggles handyman Abbie* X33 <3 And yes... Abbie can do clothes repair work, too, but he's really embarrassed about it X3 he doesn't think anyone would understand and he'd get teased about it, so the only one who knows about it was me! >=D Also, there's a slight glimpse into Aberius' terrible secret with the bars on his wall =;_;= *squeezes Abbie* =>_<= That's all XD I hope I got Rikku alright =3 Now you can post, Shayde-kun X3 ~*~
~*~ I edited the post so that Abbie runs into Moyasu briefly before coming across Rikku XD Does this work, Shayde-kun? ~*~
