Yay! Two people are actually following this story! It makes me happy, although thats kinda a dumb thing to like huh? Oh well, I don't care, I'm still happy!
-Poof!- goes a thick cloud of snow, leaves and dust in a distant island in a distant island in the Pacific, quite far from Burgess and somewhat uninhabited (except for himself and a small colony of course). A very flustered and embarrassed spirit tumbles out of the smoke, landing on his butt quite hard. "Ow! Do you have to be so harsh Henry?" remarked the spirit, rubbing his sore backside. A series of growls and grumbles could be heard from something in the plume of dust "Sure, just go and hurt some other poor spirit won't you?" He said with a smirk and turning away from the sounds of digging. Thank goodness I got out of there, he thought, he probably thinks you're some weirdo who's been stalking him! Way to go Riza*!He won't want to be your friend anymore…His shoulders sagged visibly, and he decided to go for a walk to his home.
He walked along the many trees, plants, and animals as he sank deeper into his little depression, thinking about how angry the spirit looked, breathing hard crouched, cheeks blushing a slight blue,and those gorgeous eyes landing on him, he just knew he had messed up. At least he could forget about all his problems here.
When he first came he was a little afraid of all the animals, especially those huge coconut crabs, but he realized quite soon that he loved them all and they loved him. One little animal he was particularly fond of was a marmoset he found on this island, incredibly far from her parents, and crying out of hunger and fear. He couldn't just leave her there, so he took the little baby and raised it, he couldn't even think of a life without her now, she was his best friend.
"Leila! Where are you? I need someone to talk to..." he called out for the little black and white creature. "Oh my, what seems to troubling my young dryad?" Came a very comforting voice, the marmoset herself*. "Leila, I messed up with him." Riza said, tears growing in his eyes "oh-hohoho, this incident is in regard to your frosty little friend is it? Well please enlighten me to your predicament." she said, somehow smiling, and he spilt it all to her in a flurry of words, arm movements, and other exaggerated quirks. When he was finally done he looked expectantly at her "You have fucked up" she said, and he felt his hope crumble away, "you did not stay and reciprocate his wish to talk to you, oh-hohohoh!"
"What?" he said, why would he wan- "No. I know what's running through that head of yours," she said, interrupting his train of thought "why would he want to talk to you after that? Well young one, why not? You did save him from what seems to be a very nasty injury, he could have wanted to thank you!" she finished with a flourish, somersaulting off the little stand she was and on to his shoulder and whispered into his ear tauntingly "And maybe, oh my, you might even realize what it is your feeling, oh-hohohoho" with that finished she jumped off his shoulder and proceeded to walk ahead towards their home.
Wait, she knows? He thought, "Leila! what do you mean?" he called out to his furry friend as they entered the small domicile, which was simply a cave outside and a house inside, created as some kind of "summer home" for the colonists who had a very surprising taste for technology. It had a nice kitchen to which Riza took full advantage of, and quickly learned how to cook with Leila's help. It also was furnished very nicely with a bathroom (Though being a spirit, he never used it other than to wash), bedroom (and a second bedroom exclusively for Leila), and a living room connected to the kitchen. He was lucky that it was seemingly forgotten by the creators, so he could use it as his own home.
Glancing around for Leila he finally spotted her, unfortunately, she was already close to dozing off on the dark leather couch in the corner. Better not to wake her up, he thought as he shuddered, recalling the events from a past traumatic time, maybe i'll try to peruse the… what did Leila call it, the outer-net? oh damn, I can't remember, he thought as he walked over to the shiny flat screen with the buzzing box it was connected to, rolling back the black chair to sat in it and pushing the power button.
I still don't understand how all this fancy stuff works, Im not even sure how Leila understands, I think she spends too much time at that colony… Riza contemplated as he used the ball looking image to enter the outernet, Leila told him to always use that or she will bite off a very important piece of him, he wasn't sure what she meant though, probably his fingers or toes. There is still a lot I don't know, that she knows, and im the one that's been alive for 2 and a half centuries!Oh well, I wonder what Jack is doing?...
* 1) okay so Riza means root in greek, and it may seem like a ugly name, but I literally could not think of a different name, it took me like three hours of heavy thinking for him!
2) Hes a nature spirit, so he can talk to nature, that's why he can talk with animals