A/N There are different types of text depending on what's written
Normal text = story and regular speech.
normal text exception = apostrophe's used as speech marks mean that someone is thinking or reading.
Bold text in brackets () = the narrator (me) speaking directly, usually to make comments (fourth wall braking or not)
Italics = a character breaking the fourth wall (I might not notice if the forth wall's been broken sometimes)
Underlined text = a reference.
square brackets and bold text = skill or HDD
Without further ado, enjoy!
Chapter 1: New Job
Lowee, the land of white serenity, ruled by CPU White Heart. The land deserved its title as Lowee was incredibly serene... and white, there was snow everywhere. The citizens loved the peace they had, one such citizen was reading a book. This citizen was called Edge, he wore a white T-shirt, a black and red winter jacket that stopped at the midpoint of his hips and had fur around the collar, dark blue jeans and brown combat boots. Edge turned the page of his book as he ran his hand through his amber hair, his sky blue eyes scanning the pages.
'Are you gonna narrate everything?' Edge asked the narrator. (It's Kinda my job) 'Fine.'
Edge closed his book and got up from the bench he was sitting on, he left the park and headed to the nearest game store. The store was fairly quiet, the doors occasionally opened and closed as people entered or left. Edge wasn't looking for anything in particular, he just wanted to look at the recent stock.
"Nothing new or that I'm interested in." Edge sighed. As the amber man (that sounds so stupid) left the store, he decided that he might as well go to the bookstore.
The bookstore Edge frequented was on the other side of Lowee, so it was a bit of a trek. The book store was as quiet as ever, the occasional page turn or other associated sound being a form of ambience. Though there was the somewhat frequent, and quiet, groan, Edge decided to see what was going on. There was a girl in white with brown hair, she was trying to reach a book on the top shelf. Stifling a laugh at the scene in front of him, Edge decided to help, he took the book off the shelf and offered it to the girl.
"Is this the book you wanted?" Edge asked, the girl had an apathetic look on her face.
"Yeah, thanks." The girl thanked as she took the book, she walked off straight away. Edge continued to look around the store. A few books caught his interest, but none really stood out as something special. It seems Edge would just be spending today at home.
'I should go on a quest tomorrow, could do with a few more credits.' Edge thought. The rest of the day was spent gaming.
"Alright, what to pick." Edge muttered as he looked at the guild quests. "You know what? Eenie meenie miney moe." Edge pointed from quest to quest and picked the one he stopped on. "Dogoo extermination, better than nothin' I guess." Edge accepted the quest and headed to the specified location, which wasn't too far away. 'Huh, convenient.'
The field was crawling with Dogoos, there had to be more than fifty. It was a horde. Edge drew his curved short swords, it was black with red lines running down to the white handle. The Dogoos had their ever present smile, even when they were defeated the smile didn't change, it was cute-ish and somewhat creepy. The experience was small, but there were plenty of Dogoos.
"I've been needing a grinding session, this'll do." Edge tilted his head as he prepped for more fighting, only to be knocked down by a Giant Dogoo. 'Well... this is embarrassing'
"Hyaaah!" A feminine voice yelled, the Giant Dogoo went flying as it got hit by a hammer. "Are you okay?" The girl from yesterday asked.
"Ah, yeah." Edge dusted himself off as he stood up. "You were in the bookstore yesterday, right?" Edge asked as he picked up his swords.
"Yeah, so?"
"Nice to see you again, I'm Edge." Edge greeted.
"Blanc." The girl introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you Blanc, wanna help take care of these Dogoos?"
"Sure." Blanc knocked away a few more Dogoos. After their introductions, Blanc and Edge massacred the Dogoos. It was easy to take the Dogoos out, even when they attacked in numbers, but the sheer number of them left Edge a bit tired.
"Well, that was a work out." Edge stated as he rolled his shoulders.
"I've fought worse." Blanc replied.
"Thanks for the help by the way." Edge thanked, he placed his shot swords back in his inventory.
"Sure, no problem." Blanc replied. The two headed back to Lowee, they both seemed to be heading to the guild.
"I'd like to turn in this quest." The two said in unison, the lady behind the counter walked off to get the reward.
'That explains why she helped.' Edge thought. The lady returned and handed Edge and Blanc their rewards. "Quite a bit for a simple Dogoo extermination, well I can treat myself to a book or two. Could probably get a game too." Edge thought aloud, he had just exited the guild when...
"Wait!" Blanc ordered, Edge stopped and turned to face her.
"I'm waiting." Edge said sarcasm filling his voice.
"Good work today." Blanc complimented.
"Thanks?" Edge questioned, he was confused by the sudden compliment. "You make it sound like we're partners." Edge pointed out.
"Well, maybe we could do another mission together sometime?" Blanc inquired.
"I don't see why not, the more the merrier." Edge shrugged as he walked off.
"Another day, another mission." Edge sighed, he smiled as he brought out his curved short swords. "Alright, who's first!" He shouted, the excitement of a challenge exhilarated him. The quest today... taking out three Fenrirs. The first Fenrir lunged towards Edge and attempted to bite him, Edge rolled away and dashed back towards the Fenrir. Edge let out a flurry of slashes, the Fenrir wailed as it took damage. The slashing continued at a slower pace as Edge implemented kicks into his combo, the Fenrir was quickly finished off.
'Why haven't the other two attacked yet?'
"Aaaaaahhhhh." A pair of twins screamed as the Fenrirs chased them.
"Babysitting wasn't part of the quest." Edge joked as he ran to help the twins, they resembled Blanc somewhat. A jump kick took the second Fenrir out, the twins must have damaged it before hand. The third Fenrir was staring down at Edge.
[SP Skill: Scissor Dance]
Edge slashed the Fenrir with both swords simultaneously, dancing around it to hit every last spot. The Fenrir howled as it was defeated.
"You two okay?" Edge panted, that fight took a bit of energy. 'Should grind a bit more.'
"Yep, we're fine thanks to you mister." The pink twin answered, her voice was full of energy.
"Yep, perfectly fine." The blue twin added, her voice was quieter.
"Good."
"Oh, I'm Ram by the way." The pink twin introduced herself.
"And I'm Rom." The blue twin introduced.
"Well then, Rom, Ram, It's nice to meet you both. I'm Edge." Edge smiled as he introduced himself.
Edge had decided to escort Rom and Ram home, which was apparently the Basilicom. The twins decided that they needed to introduce their new 'friend' to their sister.
'If these two live in the Basilicom... They would be Lowees CPU candidates, right? In that case, their sister would be Lady White Heart. Surely I'm over thinking this.' Edge thought. The twins pushed open a set of double doors and walked into an office.
"Sis, we're back!" Ram announced.
"Where were you two!" A pissed off, and familiar voice, shouted. A chair in front of a desk turned around, revealing Blanc. "As Lowees CPU candidates, you need to stop going off on adventures as and when you please." Blanc scolded, not noticing the fourth person in the room. Said fourth person was surprised that his earlier theory was right.
"But we're perfectly fine!" Ram argued.
"We even made a new friend." Rom added as she pointed to Edge. Blanc seemed shocked that Edge was the twins new friend, but smiled slightly shortly after the shock.
"What did they rope you into Edge?" Blanc asked, whether or not she was concerned... Edge couldn't tell. The pair of blue eyes closed as a smile formed.
"Well..." Edge started before explaining what happened.
"I see... Thank you for saving them, these two can be a handful." Blanc raised her voice slightly when she said 'can' to reinforce her point.
"No problem, though I must say... I'm still kinda surprised." Edge admitted.
"Why?" Blanc questioned.
"Well, I never thought that I would meet Lady White Heart herself, or her sisters for that matter." Edge explained, Blanc nodded in response.
"I guess it isn't something most people imagine being possible." Blanc agreed. A moment of silence passed before Blanc spoke again. "I have an offer for you." Blanc stated.
"Shoot." Edge urged her to continue.
"Work as my advisor." Blanc... offered? It sounded more like a command.
"Don't you have an Oracle for that?" Edge inquired.
"Yes, Mina does have a lot of work to do though. I'm offering for you to help with Mina's work and be my personal advisor, as well as a guard." Blanc explained.
"A goddess needs a personal advisor and guard?" Edge questioned.
"We goddesses aren't omnipotent and it's good to have a helping hand in a fight."
"Point." Edge nodded. "Alright, I'll do it." The blue eyed guy accepted, his eyes had a spark in them.
"Good, you can move in and start tomorrow." Blanc said matter of factly.
"...I need to pack!" Edge exclaimed as he dashed home.
The rest of the day was spent packing, moving and unpacking. Life was going to get a lot more interesting, and Edge liked the prospect of that idea.
