Act 1-3 – Amitie's Insane Workspace
I soon brought Feli and the others to the museum. And the four visitors were completely amazed at how big the building actually is.
"Welp. Here it is. Primp Town Museum." I said cheerfully.
"Woah! This place is huge!" Hinata said.
"I've never seen a museum this big!" Naoko added.
"Well, it's also Primp Town Library."
"Wait, so it's a museum AND a library?!" Hinata asked.
"Damn." Naoko said.
"Yeah, it's pretty bug. But don't worry. As an employee of this place, I'll guide you guys around."
"No way! You work here, Amitie?!" Rin asked me.
"I'm impressed, Amitie. It's not everyday kids our age can get jobs." Futaba said.
"Thanks, Futaba." I said with a smile. "I really enjoy working here. Even though my mom and the other employees can be rather…odd."
"By "odd", she means some of them are from a different world as well." Feli added.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Though, most people in this world are from my world." Arle said.
"Y-You're from a different world, Arle?" Hinata asked in a nervous voice.
"Yeah. I have a few friends and rivals here from my world. And Ringo has a few from her world, too."
"Y-You too, Ringo?"
"Yeah. And most of us are kinda stuck here. Though some people can travel through different worlds. Like Lemres, for example." Ringo explained.
"H-Hey, guys. A-Are we going to get stuck here, too?"
"Don't jinx it, Hinata!" Futaba yelled.
"You guys should be fine." Lidelle said. "Unlike the others, who got here through space-time, you five got here through the solar eclipse. Something that's easy to use."
"I-I see. Thanks for explaining it, Lidelle. It calmed me down a little."
"You're welcome, Hinata."
"Wait, what's space-time?" Rin asked.
"Th-That's too complicated to explain, Rin. Trust us." Ringo said.
"Aw…"
"A-Anyway, Am. I-I'm gonna go now. I-I don't wanna be near a certain pair of your co-workers…like ever."
"Geez, when are you going to get over this fear of yours?" Arle asked her.
"I-It's a normal fear to have. You said you understood."
"I do, it's just…*moan* Alright, Ringo. I get you. Let's go somewhere else."
"Thank you, Arle."
"We'll see you later, Amitie. It was nice meeting you girls." Arle said as she and Ringo went off in a different direction from where we came. Once they were far enough, I saw them kiss each other and holding each other's hand.
When will those two come out already? They'll feel so much better.
"Anyway…shall we go inside now?" Lidelle asked.
"Yeah, let's do that." Feli said. "I really don't want this pineapple to…Goddamnit!"
We looked at Feli's hands to see that the pineapple was gone again. Futaba, Hinata, Naoko, Rin, and Lidelle were creeped out. Feli was pissed off.
And I was trying to protect my head from another surprise pineapple attack.
"Great. Just great. This whole trip wasted and I can't find that damn pineapple again. I swear if that thing ruins my summer, I'm gonna obliterate every pineapple in this world!"
"C-Calm down, Feli." I said to her in order to ease her of her anger. "We can look for the pineapple later. Let's just enjoy the fact that our friends from a different world are here."
"Yeah come on, Feli." Futaba added. "It's not every day that we can be together like this. Let's just enjoy it while we can, alright?"
"*sigh* Alright."
"Hey, Amitie. Quick question." Naoko said. "What did you mean by your co-workers being odd?"
"Well…"
"Ja-ja-ja-jaan!"
*CRASH*
"*shriek* Wh-What was that?!" Hinata asked.
"Sounds like something broke." Lidelle said.
"Something had better not broke…" I said with a little anger.
Around the corner came one of my co-workers. The all blue-wearing djinn girl who can enlarge her right hand.
A.K.A…
"Jarne!"
"Oh. Hey, Amitie. I thought you were off today."
"I am, but I came to check on Mom. What did you break this time?"
"H-Hey! Why is it that you always think that I broke something?!"
"Well, did you?"
…
…
"W-Well…yes."
"Jarne!"
"I'm sorry, okay?! That box was lighter than I thought!"
"*sigh* Whatever. Where did the box go, anyway?"
"Uh…I think out the window near the library…"
"And it's the same window, too..." I facepalmed in anger.
"L-Like I said, I'm sorry."
"So is this one of your co-workers, Amitie?" Rin asked me.
"Yeah. Everyone, this is Jarne. She's what's known as a djinn."
"A djinn? I think we learned about those in school, didn't we?" Naoko asked the others.
"Yeah, we did." Hinata said. "In fact, Feli was with us during that time."
"Really?" Feli asked.
"Yeah. Don't you remember?"
Feli went silent for a bit. Trying to remember what she learned in her old class a year ago.
"Oh, yeah. I remember. It was actually really interesting." Feli went silent again. Then, for some reason, turned to face Lidelle.
"Are you a djinn?"
"No, I'm not a djinn!" Lidelle yelled.
"Huh."
"It would explain the horns." Futaba added.
"Th-They're for a different reason!" Lidelle said as she covered up the small portion of her showing horns with her hands.
"So…Amitie. Who are these girls?" Jarne asked.
"These are our friends from a different world. Going from right to left, we have Futaba Okazaki, Rin Sugihara, Naoko Araki, and Hinata Moriyama."
"Nice to meet you, Jarne." The four girls greeted her.
"Huh. First and last names. That's kinda rare in my eyes."
"Rare?" Futaba asked.
"Jarne's from the same world as Arle." I said.
"And so was Archan, the girl from before." Feli added.
"Wow. Interesting."
"So where's my mom at, Jarne?" I asked her.
"Hm…haven't seen her today. Maybe Yu knows. Hey, Yu!"
"Yu rang?!" Yu appeared while saying her most famous quote.
"Wh-Where did she just appear from?" Futaba asked as Yu, the ex-ghost and now human girl, appeared right in front of us. She also now wears a white jacket with the sleeves rolled up and the hood always on. To represent her old white ghost sheet. Underneath the unzipped jacket is a simple shirt that matches her light turquoise hair. With the addition of light-blue jean shorts and a pair of purple & white sneakers. The purple is supposed to represent how her eyes used to look lifeless. But...now that she's human, they look completely normal.
I remember it taking us girls most of the day and a lot of convincing to get Yu to put on some of the clothes we picked out for her. She wanted to wear her ghost sheet by itself. So we had to explain to her why that's not a good idea now that she's human.
She eventually gave in. But the fact that she wanted to do that was...pretty bold.
"She probably just used Rei to teleport her. Right, Yu?" Jarne asked her.
"N-No! Wh-Why would I do that?! I-I'm not using my brother's powers to feel like a ghost again! That's ridiculous!"
"What's ridiculous is that you're a terrible liar."
"M-Meanie!"
Yu's also trying to get used to using emotions. So far, she gets easily embarrassed. And often offends other humans when she complains about how we live. When this is basically her second time around.
How did she die, anyway?
"Hey, Yu. Do you know where my mom is?" Amitie asked.
"Hmm… no, not really. Haven't seen her since this morning. Hold on. Let me ask Rei. Hey, Rei!"
"Yes?"
"W-W-W-W-WOAH! A-A-A-A GHOST!" Hinata screamed in fear.
"WOAH! A GHOST!" Rin, on the other hand, …didn't feel the same fear.
Both reacted the way they did when Rei appeared next to his twin sister. To no surprise, on his head was his pet cat.
Which, I'm not joking when I say this, he named him Kat.
…
Yeah. Rei's kind of a lazy thinker.
"Indeedy! I'm Yu!"
"I'm Rei. This is Kat."
"Meow."
"Nice to meet ya! Futaba, Hinata, Naoko, and Rin!"
"*shriek* SHE KNOWS OUR NAMES!" Hinata began to panic more.
"H-Hinata…calm down." Naoko and Feli said to her as they both tried to calm her down.
"You were listening to us the whole time, were you?" I asked Yu.
"Yep. Your loud voice made it easy to hear, Ammy."
"H-Hey!"
"Hey, Rei. What's that you got in your hands?" Feli asked as she noticed something in Rei's hands.
"A pineapple."
"Where did you get that pineapple?"
"It fell. Kat found it in the library."
"Meow." Kat meowed.
"Kat says he wants to eat it."
"Can cats eat pineapples?" Futaba asked.
"Normally, no. But maybe it's different in this world." Rin said.
"Well, if it'll get this nuisance of a fruit out of my life, then I don't care." Feli said.
"Meow." Once Kat heard that he jumped off Rei's head and started eating the pineapple. His little tiny nibbles were just too cute to not stare at.
"So cute!" Seven of us squealed.
"Seriously?" Yu and Jarne asked. Not understanding why that's cute.
"*clears throat* A-Anyway…do you know where my mom is, Rei?" I asked.
"Sleeping."
"*sigh* Of course she is. Do you know where, though?"
"She's with Akuma and Zoh in the library."
"Great! Thanks, Rei!" I cheered as we headed towards the library part of this building.
So that's three down. Three to go. I really hope Mom doesn't make a fool of herself.
"Wow, Feli. An elf girl, a djinn, and a ghost. This world sure is unique with its residents." Futaba said to me.
"Yeah, it is. Though out of those three, Yu & Rei have been residents here since…as long as I can remember."
"Which makes me wonder. Why is Yu a human and Rei is a ghost? You guys said they were twins, right?"
"Yeah, they are." Amitie said. "Yu used to be a ghost like her brother. But due to some recent events, she was resurrected as a human again."
"These recent events are actually part of a long story that we don't want to explain. As it is really long." Lidelle added.
"I see."
"So, did they die here?" Naoko asked.
"Probably." I said. "Yu never likes to talk about it. And Rei…well, you saw how he is."
"He's a pretty interesting character."
"And his cat was a cutie, too!" Rin cheered. "What was his name again?"
"Kat."
"H-Huh?"
"Are you screwing with us?" Hinata asked.
"I wish I was. But that's actually the name of the cat."
"Kat the Cat?" The four girls were beyond confused.
"We don't get it, either." Amitie, Lidelle, and I said.
"O…kay, then." Futaba said. "So where to now?"
*BOOM*
…
"There." Amitie said as she pointed across from us.
There we saw two more of her co-workers. Her boss Akuma (the demonic teddy bear) and her 4th co-worker Zoh Daimaoh (the short-fused elephant).
And from the looks of it, they were in the middle of a game of…chess?
"IMPOSSIBLE! YOU CHEATER!"
*BOOM*
"CHEATER, KUMA?! HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF CHEATING, KUMA?! I AM JUST SIMPLY PLAYING THE GAME, KUMA!"
"LIAR! I SAW RIGHT THROUGH YOU! YOU'RE CLEARLY MANIPULATING THE RULES OF THE PIECES! THE KNIGHT DOESN'T MOVE LIKE THAT!"
"ARE YOU EVEN SURE YOU KNOW THE RULES TO CHESS, ZOH, KUMA?! CAUSE YOU SOUND LIKE YOU DON'T AND ARE JUST SIMPLY MAKING EXCUSES TO COVER YOUR LOSSES, MA, KUMA, KUMAAAA!"
"GRR…YOU LYING CHEATER! I'LL BANISH YOU TO THE DEPTHS OF HELL FOR THIS! WHOOOOOOOOH!"
*BOOM*
"I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY! MA, KUMA, KUMAAAA!"
"Checkmate."
Both Akuma and Zoh looked down to see that Melody (who was sitting between them) had moved both of their pieces and taken both of their kings. Making them both lose.
"K-Kuma?!"
"B-But how?!"
"Such interesting people."
"Please keep that to yourself, Naoko." I said to her with a sweatdrop.
"Uh…hey, guys." Amitie said.
"Amitie. What brings you here, KUMA!"
"Well, it was for a teleporting pineapple. But now I came here to see if Mom was doing any part of her job."
"I see."
"You know. It really isn't necessary to have you come and check on me like I'm a child, Ammy." Melody said.
"Yes, Mom. It is."
"With how much you sleep during working hours, it's pretty much required." Zoh added.
"Y-You're not helping!" Melody got insulted.
"Woah! So this is the demon you were talking about, Feli?! He's so cool!" Rin was acting like a child at a candy store.
A.K.A, her normal self.
"Rin. Calm down." Hinata said to her.
"Hmm…these girls…you're all from a different world, aren't you, KUMA!" Akuma asked.
"Y-You can tell?" Futaba asked.
"Yeah, Akuma is more-so the expert when it comes to other world travel. Whether it's by space-time or through the solar eclipse. He knows all." Lidelle explained.
"Wow…" The four girls said.
"And then Zoh Daimaoh is another person from Arle's world. He's an expert on all things magic and supernatural. Knowing the complete history of magic itself."
"Woah! The complete history of magic?!" Rin asked.
"Yep."
"Although, he does have a really short temper." I added.
"It's not that short, Feli." Zoh said.
"Zoh, you catch on fire whenever you get angry enough. If that's not short, then I don't know what is."
"Whooooooooh!"
"And in dead center is my mom. Primp Town's light novel author, Melody Rose." Amitie said.
"Wow, Amitie. Your mom's an author?" Hinata asked.
"Yep!" Melody answered. "And I'm a damn good one at that! everyone comes crawling to my feet for my books. They're like my little…"
*BONK*
"Ow!"
"Don't act so smug about it." Amitie said after hitting her mom in the head.
"She looks a lot like her mom." Futaba whispered to me."
"Yeah. But that's all they got going for them. Melody's way less mature than Amitie. Which is saying something since Amitie herself is immature."
"*giggle* I see."
"Hey, I can hear you guys." Amitie said to us.
"Hear what, Amitie?" I asked.
"We didn't say anything at all." Futaba added. Both of us had smirks on our faces like we knew what she meant.
"Tch. Whatever. We're just gonna look around a bi-"
*CRASH*
"Uh…hey, Akuma. I think I broke another window." We heard Jarne's voice from across the hall."
"*sigh* I'll go clock in." Amitie said as she walked away from us.
"Thank you, Amitie. MA, KUMA, KUMAAAA!" Akuma said (or yelled. I'm not really sure).
"I'll see you guys later."
"Alright, Amitie." We all said.
With nothing else to do, we decided to look around both areas for a bit before leaving the building. With me continuing giving my four best friends a tour of my home world.
Despite how crazy it is.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This chapter was heavily based on chapter 21 of Love of Puyo Puyo Tsu and chapters 6 & 16 of Love of Puyo Puyo Fever. I try not to reference too much of the Love of Puyo Puyo series (as the two are separate universes), but sometimes I can't help myself.
Feel free to review/favorite/follow/kudos the story. Thanks for reading. Later.
