It's been about a week or so, since I joined the side of Roman. More specifically the side of sociopathic Ms. Ice Cream. Nothing of note truly happened as we stayed on the downlow. We stayed at a safehouse, rather a small home 'owned' by Roman, most of the time as Roman planned some robberies he intended to do on his own. It was the small stuff.

I had a room, just a small bed, some sheets, a chair, and a small T.V just to keep up on the latest news. I just had my bag placed to the side for now. I got a scroll from Neo as well, mostly so she can know where I am at all times and issue orders. Right now, I just laid on my back, looking at the ceiling.

I still have not figured out anything at all, how the hell did I end up here of all places? Did I die in my sleep? Was I transported in my sleep? It's all so confusing. I could only wonder what my family was doing right now. Was there an investigation of my disappearance? Or did they not figure out I was gone yet. I was around the age where people usually run away from home, just to come back a couple of weeks later and learned a lesson.

I rolled to my side. No that's a stupid thought process, I wasn't that much of a bad kid. I hit my own head to get me out of this thought process. I've got to worry about now! A soft buzz came from my pocket.

'Go get my ice cream from the freezer'

'Which one?'

'Surprise me'

I hopped out my bed to do one of my daily routines, getting Neo's ice cream. I'm honestly starting to think she just wanted a personal slave of her own. I've got nothing to complain about right now, after all I've got a roof over my head, not to mention she'll probably rat me out as soon as I fail to do something for her.

The trip to the kitchen wasn't a glorious one, just a plain and boring one. Feels just like home, except the kitchen was smaller. I opened the freezer to see a plethora of tubs of ice cream. It was impressive at first, but each time I got her ice cream it just became another sight. I dare not to take any of it as previous experiences with little sisters can teach you many things.

I just took the root beer flavored tub of ice cream. I was going to quickly deliver the tub, if I wasn't face to face with Roman. He may have just woken up, due to the scraggly hair he has.

"Hey, four eyes, get me the milk."

I complied, placing the tub on the counter, opening the fridge, and getting the milk. He already had a bowl in hand with some cereal in it, so I poured some milk in for him, then put the milk away. He didn't waste any time getting a seat and started digging in.

"We got some guests coming over, four eyes, make sure to tell Neo. I want you two to behave and stay quiet unless spoken to, understand?"

I nodded, took the tub of ice cream, and walked towards Neo's room.

I knocked on her door and a few seconds later she came out and took the tub of ice cream. She gave a thumbs up and opened the lid.

"We're having guests over. Roman said behave."

The woman put a hand on her chin for a few seconds, before lifting a finger up in the air in excitement. She put five digits in the air, put a circle in the air, pointed to me then her, and made a walking motion with her fingers.

I guess we'll be going outside today. I honestly haven't left the safehouse yet, mostly sitting around and doing nothing. I walked back to the kitchen and saw that Roman was still eating.

I leaned a bit on the counter and took out my scroll. All I did was wander around a bit on Remnants equivalent to the internet, it was just called the Remnet. Not a very creative name if I say so myself. Eh, there was nothing that caught my interest today. Maybe later I can go on the very popular websites and see what's up.

Neo walked into the kitchen, her parasol was unopened leaning against her shoulder.

"Going out?"

Neo nodded and smiled. She clapped her hands and beckoned for me to follow her.

"Don't get in too much trouble with the law. Four eyes, take the blame if she does."

I mostly ignored the comment as I followed Neo out into the city of Vale.

….

Neo just dragged me around town to mostly do window shopping surprisingly. She honestly didn't have any ulterior motives for the day, she was just window shopping. That or I'm reading her wrong and she's scoping out places to steal from, wouldn't blame her, clothing is expensive as hell. Hundreds just for a dress one will never wear again.

Neo jabbed me with her arms, then walked ahead. She did that everytime I zoned out. It probably didn't take a genius to figure when I'm zoned out. I quickly caught up to her, just in time for her to stop at another store and enter. I opted to stay outside as per usual, just had to wait till she was finished.

I sighed and realized that I needed a hobby or something. Probably hang out somewhere get to know a few people, something like that. Though the odds of that are nonexistent. At the very least I don't have a criminal record yet, or at all. Just don't get caught and I'm set.

I noticed a very loose piece of brick fall to my feet as I placed my hand on it. I didn't even notice it was that loose, I was just about to quickly lean into it too. I peered at the hole the brick was loosely placed in to see a large rolled up envelope covered in a bit of dust and dirt. Must be something that was forgotten about if that much was on it.

Well, since it's probably been long abandoned it wouldn't hurt to take it and see what was inside, probably some smuggler money based on where it was hidden. Or maybe drugs? This old stuff might cost a fortune to the right buyer. No way am I ever going to take any drugs for myself.

I took a few seconds to look around, no one was coming by. I quickly unrolled and opened the envelope to see what was inside….huh just a magazine called Playfaunus. It's not what I was expecting, but I'm not disappointed at all. The woman on the front cover was nice and rotound, very perky as well. She had some stripes on her body, tanned skin, and some narrow eyes. She was clothed, but that's to be expected of a front cover. The good stuff was on the inside. A peek won't hurt.

As soon as I opened to the front page a piece of paper fell out. Now that's something I kinda expected to happen, after all it's a pretty old magazine. I caught it before it hit the ground. I tried to read it, but it was just random garble. Maybe it was code, I know how most of this stuff worked.. I think. I secured the random garble in one of my pockets.

I didn't even get to take a look at the magazine as Neo walked out of the store, nothing in hand as usual. I expected her to steal from at least one of these stores. Not like I could do anything about it.

She took a look at the magazine in my hands and covered her mouth. She then placed her arms across over her body and looked away from me in shame. She gave me a glare, then a smile as she took the magazine from my hands. Neo flipped to a random page, put a hand on her face for a couple of seconds, smirked mischievously, then gave an 'okay' symbol and dragged it to her left.

I assumed that was her way of saying 'niiiice'. Wonder what she looked at anyway, because she kept the magazine for herself. Oh well, I still got the Remnet.

I'll just hold onto the garble until we get back to Roman. For some reason I still had hoped it was a drug related thing. What the hell was wrong with me? I'm starting to get excited at the prospect of being a criminal. Maybe it's the thrill I could get? I've got to stop dwelling on it, before it gets out of hand. It's already out of hand, but still..

I guess it's better than being a goody-two-shoes who has a very black and white view on the world and can do no wrong. Maybe I should develop and evil laugh? Nah, Cinder has that down. Someday I'm going to meet her aren't I? I do not await that day at-

Neo wacked me on the head with her parasol. She had a very annoyed look on her face. I was spaced out, I won't deny that.

"Sorry."

I expected a retribution of some kind. I just didn't expect her to jump up and land on my shoulders. I must say she was light. I naturally held onto her legs to keep her on my shoulders. I didn't stumble as much as I thought I would.

I felt Neo rub her hand on my shaved head. In a way that obviously was in awe as she glided her hand on my head. If she spoke she would probably say something like: 'This feels nice' or 'don't get to feel hair this smooth'. Had a couple of people do that to me before. I'll take any compliment I can get.

She tapped the top of my head, then pointed forward. Guess I'm her ride for the day. I'm a lot more comfortable than I should be really.

….

"You missed the guests, but it was nothing important. Just a couple of deals, may need to sniff out some locations to hit." Roman relayed what happened whilst we were gone. He was mostly talking to Neo anyway.

She just nodded.

"How were you today?"

Neo pulled out a couple of pieces of jewelry and a random crystal. I knew she stole something. Just couldn't tell what or when she stole them. Don't know if I should ask if I get paid? Maybe I got to do some stealing of my own first? Maybe start small...

"Nice haul, probably easy for you."

Neo gave a thumbs up and a smirk.

"Was four eyes on his best behavior."

Yes, yes I was. Neo nodded and started to do gestures. No doubt relaying the story of how I ended up piggying her. She eventually pulled out the magazine and pointed to me. She gave it to Roman, to which he opened to a random page.

"Nice find, four eyes, people'll pay good money for an out of print magazine. Especially with girls like these." I really wanted to see what was inside now.

I suppose now would be a good time to show the random garble.

"What about this?"

Roman raised a brow as I handed him the garble, "Well. I haven't seen this code language in a long while. Give me a couple of minutes to decipher it." I knew it was code!

Roman took out a random pen from his hat and a piece of paper. He started to work on deciphering the code, "This is A. That is an X? No, it's S. That's W or is that..."

Neo crossed her arms and glared at me.

"It was in my back pocket when you started wanting a piggyback."

She just narrowed her eyes, unconvinced at my reasoning.

"What do you want?"

She pointed towards her shoes and did a couple of hand motions. She also pointed at her back and did some chopping motions.

Damn it, I'm her massager now. I'm in too deep!

"Fine."

She smiled and stretched out a bit.

"Done!" Roman suddenly shot up.

Neo raised a brow and so did I.

"This code revealed the location of stolen Atlesian tech. Probably weapons based off how old this is. And wouldn't you know it, it's smack dab in the middle of White Fang territory."

Okay it wasn't drugs, but oh shit. Please tell me this'll be planned out.

"Neo, four eyes, we're going to that location tomorrow and taking back that tech for ourselves."

"By ourselves?" I didn't mean to speak out like that!

Roman obliged to answer my question, "Of course, if we run into any of those wild animals and they turn out to be hostile," Roman swung his cane in his hand, "They'll be dealt with."

I may not like to admit it, but that got me pumped up and ready to fight.