"Ten requests?"
"Yup. And those are only bulletin board requests. I can't remember how many letters I answered..."
"Micah my friend, you've been shammed."
Micah raised a furry eyebrow at the wooly opposite him. "Really now Maverick?" he clicked together his shears before descending upon the jaded ball of fluff.
"That wasn't necessary." He muttered angrily, and then proceeded to swipe at his nose from habit. "And look at me, Micah. All I did was go up to my wife and say," he turned to his side with a cheesy smile donning his face, "Hey babe, its spring. I'm single, you're single, how about we-," a quick duck allowed a sour drop to fly over his head. "What was that for?" He glared at the golden wooly.
"Do you praise the Almighty with that mouth?" Micah scolded, rolling his eyes and turned away from his friend, tactfully ignoring a snide remark regarding his coat bearing resemblance to yellow grass. "Why do you bother even telling me this?"
The ivory monster before shook his head at his golden counterpart and sat down near a pile of hay. "You asked me what I thought about your towns' future, right Micah?" at the golden wooly's nod, he continued. "To put it nicely, it don't have one."
"WHAT!" Micah couldn't help but take offense. After all the hard work he'd put into it! Sure, he hadn't built a school like Yue's friend had, or taken down a Dragon God before he was a preteen, but the Sharance tree and all the date spots surrounding Sharance would be enough to keep the town going at very least. Who needed a flying whale anyway? And having eight dungeons was just plain overkill.
"Let me finish!" Maverick raised his paws in an attempt to get the golden wooly's attention, "The townspeople've gotten used to having someone to boss around, Micah. At this rate nunna those little kippers are gonna grow up and have their own families. And you wanna know why?"
Micah raised an eyebrow; his interest peeked, "Why?"
"Because they're count'n on YOU to do stuff. Like that Marian chick. Have you ever seen a kid that energetic? And that Rusk boy! He's a keeper, I tell ya. Those two would be perfect fer each other!"Maverick turned his back to Micah, obviously getting into it, "But since she don't know who else to get to listen to her, and since he don't trust anyone else with his fear of veggies. They'll never know!" with a quick peek over his shoulder he added, "Did you know that he's a wizard?" a cackle erupted in the form of a bleat. "Imagine those two in a roomful of Tomato Ghosts!"
With a quick shake of his head, Micah got back to the topic at hand, "If it's just those two I don't see how..."
"What?" Maverick scoffed, folding his paws, "You think that Ondurus is gonna make a move on Marian? You think that Rusk'll finally realize Karina's sweet tooth doesn't stem past a pillow?" another scoff, "The man likes appetite and flowers, Micah. He doesn't like fearing for his backside's safety. And I'll pretend you haven't seen the way Karina's eyes have that much more energy around Dwarves of the silver eyed variety."
"But Carlos..."
"Carlos is scared stiff of her, Micah. You know that!" With a side slanted smirk he added, "Plus, pinkish- purple hair is much more his forte."
"Purple! But what about Gaius?"
Maverick chuckled once more, "He seems like... a darker purple... or pointy ears"
"DARKER PURPLE! Darker- oooh..." Micah was silenced, twiddling his thumbs anxiously with this new information. "So I should try to... um... match make them?" He started calculating. The unity festival was too far away to plan for, though the thought of having an almost eight-way wedding did intrigue him.
"Easy there action!" Maverick's chuckle glazed over his ears, "Let's start one by one. First Rusk and Marian- who knows, maybe kids'll make her a little less insane." He didn't hesitate in stating his feelings. "Try getting Gaius away from Evelyn a little. Y'know, get him ready for later attempts at matchmaking." He stopped, and then burst into laughter again, "Picture this! Rusk's one year old standing over him and tellin' him to eat his veggies!" He baa'd and bleated with joy.
Micah's eyes twitched as his repressed annoyance caught up with him in one moment, "I'm leaving now Maverick." He began towards the door, but was stopped by Maverick's bleating.
"I'm ai't, I'm ai't!" He wiped away a tear- or what he wanted Micah to believe was a tear, and smiled. "Jessa's been growin' a little every day. She, Lala and Tutu all." He looked solemn, "Even if other people can't see it, by Rune I can! They're so big now Micah. I remember holding them when they were li'l newborns... now look at 'em! Pretty soon Lala'll be sixteen and heading off to Alvarna for school. And Tutu- Tutu'll want to move to...to... to that big floating whale in the sky!"He rubbed his eyes and nose once more, "What I'm trying to say is that your kids need you. And you can't keep doing all those requests for people. Give 'em to someone else for a change Micah. Think about your family."
"Maverick honey, come help me plant some see- oh, hello Micah." The female wooly sent a kind-hearted smile his way, ruffling her pink-tinted fur. "Thank you so much for that red grass bath. It's a shame my fur'll be cut this weekend, isn't it?" she looked between the two male woolies suspiciously, "Did I interrupt something, dears?"
"No, honey," Maverick interjected, "I'll be out in a moment."
They both watched as she trotted out, appeased.
Once she was out of earshot, Maverick faced Micah once more, "Remember Micah," he stated earnestly, "what happens in Sharance, stays in Sharance." With that the wily wooly exited the barn, leaving a contemplating Micah behind. He had to admit, it was a good idea...
He looked up, realising now that he'd reached the front door. He raised his eyebrow at a greenish letter in his mailbox. I need a favour... it read. It was from Rusk, and it didn't have the usual SMS- simple message stamp.
"DADDY!"
He was nearly knocked back by the 2 foot look-alikes that came tumbling towards him. The only difference between the two was the slight tint of green in the younger one's hair, and the slight tan on the older one's skin.
"Can we play today Daddy, pleeeease?"
Micah smiled at his two daughters. Then looked back at the green envelope. I think Marian might just be a better suit for this... he thought, smiling harder.
"Guess what I am."
"WHAT!" Came the loud and joyous reply.
"A GIANT DINOSAUR! RAWRRR!"
Herp derp derp depr dper, anyway. I just really wanted to do this, because it doesn't need a set plot ^_^ adious till next chappie!
I plan on having a series that spans the whole RF line (or at least the Nintendo line). It'd go:
What happens in Sharance:
Mostly follows the Youth of Sharance getting married e.t.c
followed by
When in Alvarna:
Supposedly school centered- high school I mean. With 3rd gen characters of RF2 rather than 2nd gen. With RF3's second gen though.
And right now the name is in progress for:
Kardia wasn't Re-Built in a Season:
Them (The kids from When in Alvarna) basically trying to re-liven up a run-down Kardia (don't lie. I see this happening)
and also
And all this Happened in Trampoli's Skies:
Probably some family reunion type thing where they learn about their parents/grandparents e.t.c's pasts before they lost their memory
And if I get that far
Wedding Bells and Odette Town Showers:
The people from the past stories that haven't been married get married. 'Nuff said.
Yes? No? Yes? Okay...