Adeli was really having quite a time with the wanted Firebrand.
"I said you'd have free food while I was gone, but that didn't mean I was going to let you roast my cat." The said feline, Ceros, was trembling behind her leg. Adeli wasn't really one for weak things, but when she found Ceros as a kitten she made an exception. "Well, sorry, Grand Mistress, but how am I supposed to eat this?" Chandra held up a cup of instant ramen. The teen sighed and took it from her. "Okay, it goes like this." She pulled her over to the thermos. "You pull the cover off like this-" The lid made a satisfying rip. "Then you hold it under the spout and press the button until the water reaches the line."
"You do remember that I am a stranger to this plane, right?"
"Yeah, which is why I'm teaching you. Can't have you completely clueless." The water reached the line and she covered it again. "Now we wait. Three minutes." Ceros mewed and Adeli picked him up. He kept a wary eye on the woman with flaming hair. "You did drink something right?" she asked. Chandra nodded. "What?"
"I went out and found a stream-"
"There's a stream near here?" The Firebrand nodded and gestured out the kitchen window at the river. Adeli pinched the bridge of her nose. That wasn't a stream, it was a river. And that river happened to be where the factory across town dumped the contents of its septic tanks. "Loo, when you're here, you get the water from this thing." She tapped the refrigerator. "And what is that?"
"A refrigerator." She looked over her new house mate. "You sure you don't want to change into something a little more dry?"
Wednesday
Taught Chandra how to use the microwave today. No mishaps, thank God. Ceros still won't go anywhere near her. We're sharing everything now, from the shower to my clothes. Her tits wouldn't fit into anything I wore so I gave her some of Dad's shirts for now. I'll handle the washing like I always do. After all, damn bitch might burn the stains off.
Later in the room they shared, Chandra looked over one of Adeli's "Magic decks". The kid had four sitting on her table in their respective "deck boxes". She had to admit though, some of the art was pretty good. It was apparently a hybrid red/green deck, with mostly Elves. A few cards later, she lit on a familiar face.
"I know I look better than this," she said to herself. The artist was somebody called D. Alexander Gregory. She would have quite the bone to pick with him if they ever met. Her thighs were definitely not that fat. Chandra shook her head and put the cards back in the box. She walked over to the table and put the box back, simultaneously picking up the one next to it. Her fingers forced the lid open and picked out the first card.
It was Jace.
Her feet drove her back to the bed and she flopped down, still staring at Jace's face. Her mind swam lazily on the river of memories. When was the last time he'd fought her? Too long for her to remember at least. If she couldn't remember, then the chances Jace could were slim, memory adept or not. D. Alexander Gregory made this one, too. Chandra peered closer at his hair. It was some kind of spiky job that made him look like he got electrocuted somewhere.
"So, is he real too?" The mattress drooped on one side and she found Adeli next to her. "Undoubtedly so."
"You miss him, don't you?"
"No."
"Then why were you staring at his card for the past twenty minutes?" Chandra swore inwardly. "Never mind, it's obvious that you miss him anyway." Adeli laughed and bounced off the bed towards the table. "What're you doing?"
"Getting another deck."
"What for?" Adeli laughed. "Tomorrow's a national holiday, and the day after that is free day for fourth year students. So I'll be here all day with no one to play Magic with."
"I'm not playing."
"I'll cook real food for you." Ceros padded into the room and sat next to the teen. Chandra said nothing and took out the rest of the cards. After all, Adeli did say she'd make real food.
Thursday morning
Chandra's a kicker. Kicked my ass from the bed to the door in her sleep. If it weren't so cold here at night I'd make her take the sofa. She's a halfway decent Magic player, but I guess that's to be expected. She IS a planeswalker after all. There'll be a tournament on Saturday. Small scale, on campus only. Maybe I ought to drag her along. It'll be a good change of atmosphere, and Ceros can rest easy knowing he won't be roasted.
Coming to you live from my old laptop. New laptop has some windows 8 issues. It's nasty. *le shotgun BANG*
