Charlie: ACK! I'm back! Okay...I obviously got WAY more applicants for teachers than I needed, so the ones who applied later will have other jobs I was planning to give out. Anyways, here's the full staff list right now for Silent Springs:
Name, Age, Class - Position
Main Staff
Charlie, 17, Swordmaster – Innkeeper
Sonia, 22, Sniper – Shopkeeper
Lulu, 20, Pegasus Knight – Restaurant owner
Fae, 18, Mage – Restaurant chef
Kiyoko, 14, Assassin – Police force
Brian, 18, Bishop – Priest
Kate, 19, Bishop – Hot Springs manager
Supplementary Staff
Fureal, ( if you have anything specific in mind, otherwise, I'll make one up), Sage– Magic Teacher
Dias, (See above), Swordmaster – PE teacher
Glenn, 34, Druid – History/English teacher
George, 27, Myrmidon, Math/Science teacher
(Sorry for the rest of you, four teachers are more than enough, so you guys get to be other jobs. Besides…none of the teachers actually teach in this fic anyways.)
Alan, (Tell me if you have a specific age you really want, otherwise, I'll juts average you between the current age range), archer – Mountain Hiking Guide
Kevin, 20, Druid – Librarian
Erimus, 29 (If you don't mind, I really need to have you already married, thus the age), Assassin – Postal worker (I think I explained in the e-mail to you)
Samantha (Oh...dear...lord...thank...you...!), 17 (Sorry, I needed you to be under 18, if you want another age under 18, that's okay, just not like...8 or 9...), Cleric – Priestess
Lizzie, 25 (I really...need her to be a bit older... 'sthat okay?), Civillian – (I've already got a priestess) Naturalist (Tells people about the surrounding scenery and works with Alan)
OC Staff
Karen, 24, Civillian – Headmistress of public school
Kramer, 19, Mercenary – Assistant on the restaurant farm
Okay, here is a BIG note. Everyone in the supplementary staff will show up on days two or three. Anyways, I have above me... nineteen people. There are a grand total of 26-30 people (not including Karen's new baby) living in Silent Springs, so... if you guys don't mind, I'm going to start pairing you guys up with OCs and stuff like that. If you REALLY hate that idea, let me know and I'll veer you away, otherwise, I'm gonna do some pairings (Mainly I was wondering if George could be Karen's husband and if Fureal and Dias don't mind, they could be paired with Sonia and Lulu, and Erimus could be married with kids and stuff, just thoughts.) Anyways, if nobody has any objections, I will come up with a full census of Silent Springs complete with relations by next chapter.
Okay... anyways, that's enough for a grossly long author's note (next one'll be longer probably though). Enjoy the chapter, I'll explain more stuff at the end.
Day 1 - Steamy Encounter
Charlie woke up early in the morning when the sun was barely rising in the horizon. As he got up, the man shivered, it was rather cold. Groaning, he pulled on a pair of warm pants and a warm wool shirt. Wrapping himself up in a cloak, the man got up and stretched his legs. Today was the first day of the long two weeks of insanity that was sure to come. Charlie wanted to get an early start. He glanced around and noticed a piece of paper on his desk. He suddenly remembered that he had an English paper due.
Despite owning the inn, Charlie was still seventeen. His classes were light since he completed basically everything already. It was his last year in school, so he didn't even have to show up most of the time. All Charlie did was study on his own, get assignments from his teachers and hand them in.
Looking over at the desk, he saw that he had a draft written out. Shrugging, he grabbed the paper and walked out the door, knowing that his English teacher, Mr. Glenn would NOT be happy. It didn't matter to him. His grades were decent enough that one bad grade wouldn't hurt it much. Grabbing a piece of bread, Charlie wolfed it down and walked out of the door, only to be tackled by a warm bundle of energy.
"Are ya ready!" The hyperactive bundle squealed jumping up and down on Charlie's body. The innkeeper groaned in pain.
"Ugh...how you manage to stay like this in the morning amazes me Kiyo." He mumbled. He looked around, no one else was up, but no one else had a reason to. Of the seven who lived in the little villa, he and Kiyoko were the only ones who still had to go to school. Charlie's face fell at the prospect of having to walk all the way to the schoolyard with the sugar high girl next to him.
"You gonna cut class again today?" Kiyoko asked.
"Yeah..." Charlie said. "When do I EVER come to class?"
"Aww, but today's ketchup and rice day in the cafeteria!" Kiyoko squealed. "Besides! Ever since the others graduated and you stopped coming to school, it's been very lonely there. Sammy never comes either so there's only half a dozen or so kids left. It's no fun anymore!"
"Sorry Kiyo." Charlie said. "Maybe after our guests leave Silent Springs I'll join you for a class or two, but Kate really needs me to mix those drinks for her."
"Aww, okay!" Kiyoko said. "What drink are you planning to make anyways?"
"Well, Kate wants them relatively drunk, but not so badly that they kill each other. I'm thinking about the Silent Death." Charlie said.
"Is that the glowing green one?" Kiyoko asked.
"No, that's the Peruvian Knockout." Charlie said. "I'm talking about the one with three different kinds of Lycian Vodka and some orange juice."
"Isn't that the Screwdriver?" Kiyoko asked.
"No, Screwdriver is orange juice with one kind of vodka, I'm doing three." Charlie said.
"Ohh, will it work?" Kiyoko asked.
"Well, at 48 percent alcohol by volume, yes, it should." Charlie said.
"But I like the glowing green one!" Kiyoko said. "Why not that one?"
"Because that one is one hundred and sixty percent alcohol by volume." Charlie replied. "At Erk and Rebecca's age, that would probably kill them."
"Aww..." Kiyoko said. "Hey, how about Mai Tais? I like those."
"Mai Tais would probably cause Erk and Rebecca to go into a state where the might destroy something." Charlie said. "And what do you mean by you 'like' Mai Tais?" The man raised an eyebrow at the girl who grinned cheerfully.
"They look pretty!" Kiyoko said. "And they taste funny!"
"...Have you been snooping around my cocktails again?" Charlie asked.
Kiyoko grinned and took off as Charlie chased after her screaming various expletives. The two ran all the way to the schoolyard where Kiyoko finally let herself be caught.
"Got...you..." Charlie panted as he weakly picked Kiyoko up to keep her from running away again. He looked around and saw the other students, or whatever was left of the student body after his friends had graduated and he stopped going, stare at him. He growled and put the girl down.
"Okay, now go to class and behave Kiyoko." Charlie told the girl.
"I will!" Kiyoko said. "I'll give old manGlenn your paper too!"
"Heh, don't call him that or he might eat you." Charlie laughed. He gave the girl a warm hug to send her on her way. Then before she left, he held out his hands. "Now give me my wallet."
Kiyoko's face fell and reluctantly she took out a small bag and handed it to the innkeeper who fastened the thing to his belt.
"Okay, now my money." Charlie said. Kiyoko face fell even more and she reached into her pocket and pulled out a few gold pieces. Charlie checked to see if they were all there, they were.
"Okay, stay safe Kiyo, I'll see you later." Charlie said turning around. Suddenly he felt a sharp chill around his legs, looking down, he saw that his pants were missing. He turned around and saw Kiyoko and the other students rolling around laughing.
"Okay...harhar, you can steal my pants from under me, now give it back." Charlie said his face reddening. The young girl gave the man his pants back and he stalked off with a gloom cloud over his head.
When Charlie arrived at the inn, the sun had risen halfway up the horizon. Going into the lobby, Charlie cranked up the boiler and set aside his scarf and hat. He then went into the kitchen behind the bar and brought out trays of bread, fruit, butter and various beverages and set the out on a long table at one end of the lobby that also served as a dining room for guests who preferred to eat in the inn. After making sure enough food and plates were out, he went back behind the bar and began going through selections of vodka to begin mixing the drinks.
While he mixed the drinks for Kate, the guests began to wake and trickle into the dining room by twos and threes. First one down was the married couple, Pent and Louise who greeted Charlie politely and went over to get some food; Dorcas and Canas followed them.
A while later, Jessica came down with a small booklet. She looked at edgy as she approached Charlie at the bar.
"Hey, I have something for you." Jessica said handing over the booklet.
Charlie took the small booklet and flipped through it. It had the names and profile of every member of the army.
"I thought you might need it." Jessica said.
"Thanks, this would help a bit." Charlie said nodding.
Jessica nodded curtly and left to get food. Charlie flipped through the booklet as he measured out amounts of vodkas and mixed them. He began to associate names to the faces that were already downstairs.
Within the hour, Charlie was done mixing his drinks and the entire army was downstairs. Just as Charlie was about to take the drinks into the back, a little boy of no more than ten or eleven years old came up to him. Charlie flipped through the book and recognized him as Nils.
"What do you want kid?" Charlie asked.
Nils looked around as if perplexed, then his eyes fastened onto the bottle of orange juice Charlie had out for the mixed drinks and the mixed drinks itself. Without asking, Nils took a cup and began drinking, much to Charlie's horror.
"Hey! Stop! That's not for you to drink!" Charlie said frantically as the boy downed the entire cup. "Oh...shit..." Theabout-to-be-dead innkeeper said.
The alcohol knocked the boy out immediately and his small frame hit the ground with a light thud. Across the room, a girl with light blue hair ran over calling out Nils' name.
"Oh my god!" Ninian said. "What happened to him!" She was hunched over Nils with Charlie. Soon, her frantic crying attracted the attentions of Eliwood and Jessica who also came over.
"What happened?" Jessica asked Charlie.
"He grabbed a cup of vodka thinking it was orange juice." Charlie said, half lying. "I was too late to stop him."
"He should be fine." Eliwood said. "Just get him to bed."
Ninian nodded and carried her brother back up the stairs. Eliwood and Jessica looked at the two siblings go up the stairs and they went back to their meals. Charlie sighed and went behind his bar to remix the drinks.
After he was done, Kate walked into the inn, looking nervously around her. Charlie began to get a bad feeling about things. When Kate was nervous, bad things were usually happening.
"Something wrong Kate?" Charlie asked when the young woman walked up to the bar.
"I'm fine, I brought some medicine from Brian. It's cold medicine for Erk and Rebecca." Kate said. "Just mix them into the drinks."
Charlie looked at Kate weird. "Why? Can't you just have them take it now?" He pointed to Rebecca seated with Louise and Erk sitting next to Canas and Lucius. "They're right there."
"Because they're supposed to have this on a somewhat empty stomach." Kate lied. "So, now wouldn't be a good time."
Charlie had a feeling that Kate was hiding something, but he had no reason to suspect that Kate would poison anyone, so he agreed and dropped the pills into the drinks and mixed them until they dissolved. Kate thanked him and hurriedly ran out the inn to open up the hot springs.
Across the room, Erk was sneezing periodically as he forced pieces of strawberries and melons down his throat. Canas was calmly reading a book while Lucius rubbed his eyes and tried to keep from falling asleep in his yogurt.
"What's with you?" Erk asked sniffling.
"Bartre..." Lucius muttered. Erk looked across the room at the warrior who was holding his head while trying to eat. "What happened?" The sage asked.
"He thought I was a girl." Lucius said. "When he found out I was a guy, he tried to kill me. So I pretended to be a girl again, and then he got a splitting migraine because he can't talk to girls. So I hit him with the sleep stave, but then he wouldn't stop snoring."
Erk and Canas were struggling to hold back their laughter.
"Hey!" Lucius said noticing their shaking frames. "It's not funny."
"To us it is." Canas snickered. "Come on, it's Bartre, what'd you expect? The guy's decent enough, but he isn't educated, so obviously he's gonna have some trouble getting used to you."
"Besides, it couldn't have been worse than my night." Erk said sneezing again. "Bloody Rebecca stole the bed and gave me only one blanket. I swear...when I get my hands on her I'm going to kill her."
"Really, you've been talking about her a lot lately." Canas said. "First the fight, then you wouldn't shut up about her being a sissy, and now this. I think you secretly love her."
Erk glared at Canas. "Elder magic or not, if you bring that up one more time, I will throw you off the mountain."
Canas burst out laughing while Lucius stifled a yawn.
"Dude, Lucius, go ask Jessica for a transfer." Erk said. "You're gonna die if you don't."
"I already did." Lucius said yawning.
"What'd she say?" Erk asked.
From the next table, Jessica's voice rang out. "I said no, unless Lucius can find a volunteer."
Erk looked over to the tactician who was sitting with Isadora, Kent and a rather tired looking Sain. One table over, Lyn was sitting with Florina and her sisters while constantly glaring daggers at Sain.
"Please!" Lucius said. "I'll do anything!"
"Why don't you try helping Bartre?" Canas suddenly suggested. "You know, educate him."
"Yeah...that'll be the day." Sain mumbled stuffing a berry into his mouth.
"Hmm, that might work." Lucius said. "If I can educate that man, why then, everyone will benefit from it!"
"Yeah, but trust me, you're not gonna be able to do it." Jessica said.
"Oh yeah?" Lucius said defiantly. "I bet you I can."
"Okay, how about this Lucius." Jessica said. "If you can teach Bartre to be a refined gentlemen in fourteen days, I'll have Sain here strip down and run around naked in the courtyard at night."
Sain spat whatever he was chewing across the table hitting Kent full in the face. Poor Kent had to go to the bathroom to rinse out his eyes.
"WHAT!" Sain yelled. "Hell no!"
"Yes, or I'm putting you in a room with Lyn." Jessica said.
Sain gulped and glanced over at Lyn who was screaming to high heaven.
"YOU BETTER DO IT OR ELSE I'LL EAT YOUR SPLEEN!" She screamed.
"Ugh...fine." Sain said. "Only because I know Bartre'll make it."
"There we go, do we have a deal Lucius?" Jessica said.
Lucius thought for a while. "Deal." he said, and he shook Jessica's hand.
Erk looked up. "Wait, what does Lucius have to do if he fails?"
Jessica smiled evilly. "Shave his head."
"WHAT!" Lucius screamed.
Sain, Isadora, Erk, and Canas burst out laughing as Lucius hugged his beautiful shining blonde hair and complained to Jessica.
"Sorry Lucius, but you shook on it." The tactician smiled. "Oh and Erk, meet me outside in ten minutes, I need you to run a small errand for me."
Erk nodded weakly having been drained from laughing. He placed a hand on Lucius'' shoulder.
"Hey, at least we can use your hair to weave a blanket for the local children." Erk said chuckling. Then he ran out as fast as he could while Lucius threw whatever he could find at the laughing sage. After Erk had gone outside to wait for Jessica, he turned towards Canas.
"...Don't say a word." Lucius muttered.
"Hehe, don't worry." Canas said and resumed his reading.
As Jessica walkedamong the tables looking for Rebecca, she saw many interesting sights.
Heath was sitting with Vaida, Merlinus and Marcus, and he had ice packs all over his body while his companions laughed at his misfortune of having to restrain Lyn. Eliwood and Hector were seated together and the red haired lord was listening to his friend complain about Vaida. Jaffar and Matthew sat at opposite ends of a table while Legault sat between them trying to calm the two down. Karla and Raven were both asleep in their cereal from probably staying up all night in hopes that the other would sleep first. Nino was running around them painting something on their faces while Lowen and Oswin tried to catch her. Geitz and Dorcas were trying to help Bartre with his confusion. Guy and Karel sat opposite each other eating in silence while Wil, Rebecca and Louise sat at the table next to them and talked animatedly. Serra and Priscilla sat a distance away from Karel, and Serra was trying to calm the shell-shocked troubadour from her frightful evening. Dart was sitting with Hawkeye and both were wolfing down food like it was their first meal in days.
Jessica approached Rebecca and asked the sniper to meet her outside the door. After Rebecca had left, Louise gave Jessica a questioning look. Jessica nodded and Louise reciprocated the action. When Jessica walked away, Wil looked at Louise with big question marks in his eyes. Louise shrugged him off and began to ramble on about hair and make-up, to which Wil responded by promptly falling asleep.
Jessica wasn't surprised at the fact thatErk and Rebecca were glaring at each other with an ice coldness when she got there. She cleared her throat loudly to catch their attention.
"Ahem... are you two okay?"
Erk and Rebecca turned towards Jessica and nodded, but they were still glaring at each other out of the corner of one eye.
"Okay, I've got a simple job for you." Jessica said. "I just need you to go over to the hot springs and pick up some vouchers for the afternoon. Kate, the lady who runs the place, promised to give us enough. Do you think you two can handle it?"
"Sure...but why do you need two of us to go?" Rebecca asked.
"Well, there's a separate spring for guys and gals." Jessica said. "Kate may want you guys to test the water, so I'm sending you two."
Erk nodded. "You'll be here when we get back right?"
"Don't worry." Jessica said. "It shouldn't take too long, and in case I'm not, just leave it with Charlie. Everyone's just gonna spend the morning doing whatever so he'll keep the vouchers for us."
"Okay, we'll be back soon." Erk said and he and Rebecca turned and walked across the street towards the hot springs. Kate was already outside waiting for them. When they got there, she ushered them in and then winked at Jessica before disappearing into reception building of the hot springs.
Jessica turned and smiled. "Have fun you two..."
She then walked inside and finished her breakfast, thinking of what to do in the morning.
Rebecca and Erk stared walked into the simple reception building in front of the hidden hot springs. There was a single desk, a few chairs and two doors leading to the changing rooms. Kate smiled and pulled out a huge stack of vouchers. Then she looked at Rebecca and Erk.
"Hey, I've been sick for the past two days, so I need you to check to see if the water's just right in the springs, do you guys mind?" Kate asked.
Rebecca and Erk shrugged.
"Sure." They said. Kate squealed and she led them to their individual changing rooms promising them that she had set out towels for them in their separate springs. The truth was, Kate had actually switched the signs in one of the rooms so that both Erk and Rebecca would be heading into the same springs. Kate moved around to an employee's door and headedstraight towhere the door opened into the girls side of the outdoor spring. She hid in a little alcove next to where the door opened and waited. A bit later, Erk emerged, wearing absolutely nothing. Kate blushed and closed her eyes and waited for Erk to get into the springs. When he did, Kate opened her eyes and was glad that the steam from the baths concealed the sage quite well. Moments later, Rebecca came in wearing nothing as well. She found the towel and moved it across the springs to where she wanted to go. Then she too sank into the water and relaxed. Kate moved silently out of her hiding spot and in through the door into the changing buildings. She nearly screamed when Charlie tapped her on the shoulders.
"Charlie!" Kate said breathlessly. "Don't scare me like that."
"Sorry, I got you drinks." Charlie said. "What should I do with it?"
Kate thought for a while before getting an idea. She rummaged in her cloak for a quill, a bottle of ink, and some paper. She quickly wrote a quick message on the paper and set it onto the tray that Charlie carried the drinks on.
"Go set it inside, they'll see it soon." Kate said.
After Charlie came back out, Kate locked the door and the two went quietly into the reception area. Kate thanked Charlie and the innkeeper went on his way.
When Charlie came out of the reception building, he noticed that a lot of his guest were out and about, checking out the stores, the scenery and walking around in general. Last night, Jessica told Brian to send messages to everyone in Silent Springs about Jessica's plans. So far, it seems that everyone understood, sincethe tour guides, naturalist and other residents of Silent Springs weren'tout trying to attract costumers, knowing that they would have costumers in due time.
As Charlie headed back towards his inn, he saw Brian run up to him waving his arms. The priest looked frantic.
"You okay Brian?" Charlie asked.
Brian shook his head as he tried to catch his breath. "Someone...stole...medicine...help...find..."
"Okay...slow down." Charlie said and he patted Brian's back while the priest caught his breath. "Okay." Charlie said once Brian was calm. "Tell me what happened."
"Someonestolesomemedicinefrommyprivatestash." Brian spat out.
"...In English please?" Charlie asked.
"Someone stole something from my private medicine stash." Brian said. "Two pills are missing."
"Wait... twopills?" Charlie asked, suddenly remembering Kate's nervousness earlier this morning.
"Yeah, why?" Brian asked.
"Did you ever ask Kate to give me two cold pills for Erk and Rebecca?" Charlie asked.
"No..." Brian said. "Why?"
"She came in this morning and told me to mix two 'cold pills' that you gave her into Erk and Rebecca's drinks." Charlie said. "She looked very nervous and edgy."
Brian's features suddenly contorted into a mask of fury. "WHAT! I NEVER GAVE HER ANY COLD PILLS!"
"Well, I guess we know who stole your medicine." Charlie said. "What was that pill for anyways?"
Brian blushed. "It umm... well, it's called Viagra, I invented it fairly recently. It umm... heightens...sexual urges shall we say?" Brian said uneasily. He then turned serious and looked Charlie in the eye. "So...you didn't give it to them while they were eatingdid you?"
"No..." Charlie said.
"Good." Brian said. "Now where are the drinks you drugged so we can get rid of them?"
"In the hot springs...with Erk and Rebecca." Charlie said.
"...Ahh crap." Brian said. "Okay, between you and me, nothing happened okay?"
"Sure...whatever that means..." Charlie said uneasily.
"I mean it, you don't know about the Viagra, and I don't know that someone stole some from me." Brian said.
Charlie nodded, understanding what Brian meant.
"Good." Brian said. "Because when you mix alcohol with Viagra and put it into two naked people in a hot springs...well, stuff happens."
Charlie gulped, nodded his understanding before heading back to his inn, hoping that his face didn't look panicked.
Inside the hot springs, Erk relaxed in the warm water, grate for the solitude and the wonderful feel of the bubbling water against his frozen body. He wondered if Jessica would let him stay in there for the entire day, but then he remembered that he and Rebecca still needed to deliver those vouchers.
The thought of the green haired sniper girl immediately soured him. He detested her with a passion, or so he thought he did. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Erk picked himself up from the bath and went looking for the towel.
To his dismay, it wasn't where he thought it had been. He looked around the springs for the towel, grateful that the ground wasn't snow covered. As he moved over to the other side of the springs, he found the towel scrunched up on top of a rock. Wondering how it got there, Erk took a few steps to get the towel, only to freeze when he saw a green haired figure relaxing in the springs.
"Re-Rebecca!" Erk yelled, surprised. The sniper turned around and immediately turned red. Her hands moved down to cover herself (even though the water already covered her pretty well) and she screamed to high heaven.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! ERK! GET OUT OF HERE YOU PERVERT!" Rebecca screamed.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN!" Erk yelled back, his arms up and flailing. "YOU'RE ON THE GUY'S SIDE OF THE SPRINGS!"
"NO I'M NOT! YOU'RE ON THE GIRL'S SIDE!" Rebecca yelled.
"WHAT! YOU'RE CRAZY!" Erk yelled back.
Rebecca glared up at Erk. "You're the one who's crazy you cra-" Rebecca stopped and turned beet red before looking away. Erk looked confused.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"You...put on that damned towel." Rebecca snarled.
Erk suddenly realized that he was in his birthday suit in front of Rebecca. He immediately took the towel and wrapped it around his waist.
"Okay..." Erk said. "Maybe some of the local kids switched the signs on one of the rooms."
"Or maybe you're a pervert and wanted to molest me." Rebecca retorted.
"I'd rather molest a rock." Erk said. "It wouldn't be ascold as you are."
Rebecca turned red and her face contorted into a fierce scowl. She turned towards Erk and leaped out of the water intent on killing the poor sage. "WHY YOU INSENSITIVE CREATIN!" She screamed.
Erk didn't have time to dodge away before Rebecca hit hand and the two of them tumbled to the ground. After they stopped rolling, the sniper was still on top of him her hand around his neck. Erk pushed at her, trying to get her off. The girl wasn't strong enough or skilled enough to know where to hold to choke someone, but she was crushing his spine. Suddenly, he noticed that he had lost his towel in the little tumble the two had, creating a rather, perverse image of what the two looked like right now in his mind, especially after feeling her against his chest.
"Rebecca..." Erk gasped. "Get...off...me...I lost...my towel...you...re...naked...ow..."
Rebecca suddenly noticed her nudity too and immediately lifted herself off Erk and covered her intimate parts. She kicked Erk sharply in the side before ducking back into the water.
Erk got up and dusted himself off before finding the towel again. After making sure that he was covered, he walked off away from Rebecca.
"Where are you going?" Rebecca asked.
"I'm finding a way out; then I'm going to kill Kate." Erk said.
"Save some for me." Rebecca growled.
Erk chuckled despite himself and found the door leading out. To his dismay, it was locked. Erk looked around for another way out. Smooth rocks that served as resting places surrounded the hot springs. On the other side of the rocks, were either extremely dense forests or a sheer cliff that dropped down hundreds of feet, giving a rather magnificent view of the mountain range. Erk hadn't noticed how beautiful the mountains of Silent Springs were until now. To the third side, a huge brick wall separated them from the other side of the hot springs. Dismayed he walked back towards Rebecca.
That's when he noticed a tray with two cups on it. He walked over and picked it up. On the tray, two refreshing drinks sat with a note from Kate. Erk grabbed the note and began reading, getting more and more discouraged with each word.
A while later, Erk finally went back to Rebecca, carrying the drinks and the note.
"Find a way out?" Rebecca asked.
"Not unless you want to scale a hundred foot cliff." Erk said.
"You should go throw yourself off it and save us both the trouble." Rebecca smirked.
"Haha, don't quit your day job." Erk said sarcastically. "We're stuck here. The door's locked and a minor avalanche hit the town so everyone's basically snowed in. Kate left us a note apologizing and some drinks." Erk held out the note and the tray.
Rebecca took the note and read it. "Wow, guess we're stuck here..." Rebecca said. "What's in the drinks?"
"I have no clue." Erk said. "Nothing I've ever seen."
"Meh, Kate seemed nice enough, though she did lock us in here and forgot to check the signs." Rebecca said grabbing a cup and taking light sips. "If I weren't so trusting, I'd suspect that she and Jessica are up to something. Ohh, this has a kick."
"Yeah, really. Like they purposely trapped us in here hoping something would happen, and lemme try that drink." Erk said grabbing the second cup and drinking half of it. "It's not bad though."
Rebecca nodded and continued drinking. Soon, both cups were gone and Erk and Rebecca lounged lazily in the same general area. Erk was sprawled on the rocks while Rebecca pruned in the springs.
"Ugh...I'm getting pruney..." The green haired girl said. "Erk, wanna trade places?"
Erk suddenly noticed the cold and thought about the inviting warmth of the hot springs. He nodded and took off the towel, jumping into the springs while Rebecca got out and wrapped the towel around her body and sprawled out onto the stones.
For what seemed like hours the two stayed there, sluggish and unresponsive as the alcohol and the viagra took their toll on their bodies. After a while, Erk's brain barely functioned. He looked at his pruning skin and decided to get out of the water. When he got out, he tripped over a figure sprawled on the ground. Drowsily, the sage went over and poked the lump.
He saw who he thought was the most beautiful girl he ever imagined. Her soft green hair that flowed to her waist, matching emerald eyes, he soft facial features and her lips so full and kissable, and her body, so tender and full of curves. It took him a long time to remember that he was staring at Rebecca, but the longer he looked at her, the longer a burning passion inside of him flamed.
Moments later, Rebecca's eyes fluttered open, and she looked at the handsome face above her. She smiled, "Who are you?" She half-slurred half-purred.
"It's...me..." Erk slurred back, a bit out of breath. "Erk…"
"Erk…" Rebecca replied..." Erk...oh yeah..." She suddenly remembered him. "Why are you here?"
"Don't...you...remember? Hot...springs…vouchers…?" Erk's speech deteriorated as his head got closer to Rebecca. He didn't know what was happening, his brain was screaming bloody murder, but he found that his body wanted to do nothing but make the angelic beauty in front of him his own.
Rebecca looked up at Erk. Her hands snaked behind his head asErk twisted his bodyon top of her. She felt his hands yank the towel that covered her body from his and moaned as she felt his hot skin against her cold body. Rebecca smiled, despite her conscious mind telling her that she would rather jump off a cliff than have sex with Erk. But right now, Rebecca's body was ravaged by the Viagra and three different kinds of strong vodka. She pushed away her thoughts and looked seductively into Erk's eyes, rubbing her body against him. Moments later, her eyes closed as her lips captured his in a hot kiss.
In the inn, Charlie was becoming more and more uneasy as time passed. He hadn't heard any interesting noises emitting from the hot springs yet, but he was sure it was only a matter of time. But as he sat there thinking, his conscience got the better of him. He went out and tracked the tactician down.
"Jessica..." Charlie said breathlessly as he tracked down the tactician.
"Eh? You okay? You look like a wyvern just stepped on your stomach." The tactician said.
"Kate tricked me into drugging Erk and Rebecca with a drink and a pill that increases their sexual lust." Charlie gasped. "If you don't stop them, they're gonna...do...stuff."
Jessica shrugged. "So?"
"That's bad..." Charlie said. "VERY bad."
"What's so bad about it? I wanted them to get closer." Jessica said happily. "Now they're gonna become part of each other. How romantic."
"You don't get it!" Charlie said. "Any other time I would be happy to let Erk and Rebecca screw to their heart's content, but if you don't want Rebecca toaccidentally getpregnant while you finish your journey, you want to stop them NOW."
"So? We have other snipers." Jessica said.
"No, I mean when Rebecca becomes pregnant, she;ll be like on a super PMS mode." Charlie said.
"And your point is?" Jessica asked.
"OH COME ON!" Charlie pleaded. "You know the symptoms of PMS.Sometimesgirl feels pain and gets uncomfortable. Other times they feel depressed or insanly hyper. Andalmost always the girl woud at some pointjust wish that the love of their life should go get crushed by a Dragon. If Rebecca gets murderous thoughts, won't you be in a worse position?"
"...Ahh, crap." Jessica remembering that she still had to lead the army to Nergal after fourteen days. "How long ago did you give them the pills?"
"At least two hoursor so, depending on when they drank the drugged drinks." Charlie said.
"We still have time if we're lucky!" Jessica sad. "To the hot springs! We have a baby to kill!"
"...That sounds depressing." Charlie said as he ran towards the hot springs with Jessica.
"If you have something better, let me know." Jessica said.
Charlie shrugged and the two ran into the reception area of the hot springs and darted past a surprised Kate.
Inside the springs, Rebecca was already panting heavily as Erk's drunken hands worked their magic on her. She moaned his name and begged him to fulfill her lust. Erk smiled, and helifted himself off of Rebecca's tense bodyand positioned himself just outside her. His eyes, drunk with lust and enough alcohol to knock out a baby wyvern, stared back into Rebecca's passionate eyes as she smiled and dug her nails into Erk's back, bracing herself for the hit. Just as Erk got ready to take the plunge into Rebecca, two out of breath figures blew the door down and began throwing various blunt objects towards the drunk "lovers." Before either of the two could respond, a rock caught Erk on the head and he was thrown off Rebecca, completely knocked out.
"ERK!" Rebecca yelled trying to jump on him again, but before she could, Charlie dashed up to her and pressed a pressure point at the base of her neck. Rebecca too fell cold to the ground
After getting some towels to cover their bodies, Charlie dragged the sage into the men's changing room while Jessica dragged Rebecca into the women's changing room. A while later, both Erk and Rebecca were at least partiallydressed and were carried back to the inn with the help of Kate and Canas, who walked by after seeing Charlie and Jessica break all Elibe records for the hundred meter dash.
After tucking the two into their bed, Canas and Kate left to tend to their own duties whilethe innkeeper and the tactician walked down the stairs, breathing a sigh of relief.
"They didn't do it." Jessica announced after a long silence
"How do you know?" Charlie asked.
"Call it a woman's intuition. Plus I checked Rebecca. She was extremely aroused, quite possibly because of that stupid drug of yours, but I didn't see any signs of penetration. We should be safe."
Charlie stared at the youg female tactician."Are you really sixteen years old as that booklet of profiles say you are?" Charlie asked incredulously.
"Meh, I just know these things." Jessica shrugged.
"Gee...I wonder why..." Charlie muttered trying to suppress a laughter, but unfortunately just loud enough for the tactician to hear.
"Hey, watch it or else I'm goint to do something, to you." Jessica said emphasizing the last two words.
Charlie chuckled. "I'm just kidding."
"You better be." Jessica growled.
A while later, Erk and Rebecca woke up. Erk looked at the bright sun high in the sky outside and judged it was noon already. He rubbed his eyes and turned in the bed, hoping to sleep off the horrible headache he had. Suddenly, his arm hit a lump in his bed that stirred when he hit it.
"Ugh..." Rebecca groaned as she was woken up. "My head."
Erk's brain suddenly snapped and he bolted upright in the bed. "Oh God...Rebecca?"
Erk shook the sniper who groaned and tried to shrug him off. He finally went into the bathroom and grabbed a cupful of water. Going back, he splashed Rebecca, who immediately woke. She looked up confused; her head killing her. She wondered why Erk looked so serious.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"When I woke up...we...were...uhh...in bed..." Erk said. "Together."
Rebecca stared at Erk. "O hahaErk." Rebecca said sarcastically. "Stop joking."
Erk looked sternly into Rebecca's eyes and shook hishead. Rebecca began to get worried. "You AREjoking right?" But one look at Erk's eyes told her he wasn't. "Eheh...you really...aren't...joking..."
Rebecca's face fell. She looked at Erk's disheveled hair and partial nudity to her own wet, clumped hair and partially exposed body, mainly from a half buttoned blouse.
"We...didn't...do...IT...did we?" Rebecca asked.
"I...don't know." Erk said. "All I remember was the hot springs...then...drinks...then...I got up and I tripped and..."
Erk fell silent as his words sparked his memory and images of their little tryst came back to him. From the look of Rebecca's blushing face, he guessed that she remembered a little too.
"Rebecca...I'm sorry...I guess I got drunk." Erk said.
Rebecca looked up at him, her eyes shimmering with tears. "Erk..." She said breaking into sobs. "Forget...it," She murmered through her sniffling. "I'll kill you later.
Erk sat down on the bed and wrapped his arms around her. Rebecca finally broke down andcried into Erk's chest while thesage just sat there,letting the girl cry into his chest. As he sat there, comforting Rebecca, his mind wondered. Questions such as: Did they really do it? What is everyone else going to say? Is Rebecca going to be pregnant? And how am I going to kill that bloody Kate? Floated in and out of his brain as he sat there and held the girl whom his conscience no longer hated with a passion. As he realized that he couldn't bring himself to hate Rebecca anymore...he wondered if he was just feeling pity for her and himself...or if it was something else.
Charlie: Just as a note...they ALMOST did it before me and Jessica burst in on them and knocked them silly. Heh, just a note.
Okay, anyways, staffing for Silent Springs is CLOSED for guys, sorry, but I have way too many guys. I will however accept female applicants, but you will have to be married to one of the guys. So if any of you ladies want to be married to any of our lovely male characters (Or have a suggestion to pairings) feel free to tell me. First come, first serve.
And guys, if nobody wants to marry you, I'll give you guys a family...because I'm running out of population and I still need a few kids to keep Kiyoko company in school. Well, thanks for all your feedback on this, I hope you'll continue to enjoy my fic.
Reviewer's Corner n.nJackswitch: Heh, thanks. You got the first teaching job! Anyways, I'll be e-mailing you about physical features later so I won't lose it when I get to the schoolyard gags. Anyways, see my note about age and pairings, if you don't mind, you're gonna probably be married with a kid...or at least going out with one of the female characters, but if you really don't want to, I won't force ya.
Dias of All Final: Dead bodies...not quite. Tired, bruised, and broken bodies, most definintely. Anyways, you got the second teaching job. Again, if you don't mind, I'm gonna make you married with kids or going out with one of the female characters, since I gotta fill the population quota of 26-30 with at least a decent amout of married/coupled people.
RWT: After writing this chapter...I'd definitely pity Sain more XD;;;
Random Person/Glenn: Cool! Anyways, you're the cranky English teacher who hates Charlie for never showing up to school! Hehe, I always wanted a mean English teacher, (All mine were either old or extremely nice). Anyways, I hope you don't mind if I give you a wife and kids.
Blazing Fool: Yep, Jessica would be thrown bodily from the mountain off the cliffs in the back of the hot springs. Which would be quite interesting.
Green Paladin: Nah, no body bags. Straight jacket maybe. Heh and who knows about Sain and Florina...I always felt that it should be a real pairing in the game, but oh well. Lyn's gonna bite Sain's head off. Anyways, see my notes about George. (And his possible relationship with Karen)
Springleburt: Heh, I hope you don't mind me giving you the hiking guide job, since you're an archer. The teachers don't really...teach anyways in this fic, so anyways see my note about pairings. (The StaffxStaff pairings are going to be pre-existing, meaning they're either already going out, or they're already married)
Inferno-Hero: That's what happens to Erk. He almost takes the virginity of Rebecca...almost...for now. XD;;; we'll see what happens as the days go on, but Erk's life won't get better until he and Rebecca actually DO get together...which...might take a while, if they don't kill each other first.
Samantha: YAY! My first priestess applicant! And you're perfect for the job! Umm, if you don't mind...could you give me a description of yourself that you want me to use?
Lao Who Mai: I've already got a priestess, but I need female characters. I really hope you don't mind if I pair up Lizzie with someone. (And like increase her age by a few years) Anyways, Rebecca's too tired to kill Erk. But perhaps later... -snicker-
Nightmare3: Yes, I cannot write Yuri and Yaoi. Anyways, Rebecca was too tired to kill Erk...but as I told Lao Who Mai... soon... And Karla and Raven...oh dear... XD;;; thinking about what I'm gonna do to them makes me shiver
KevinC: Heh, I got one of the plots out. Erk and Rebecca succumb to passion! ...and Viagra...but that's Kate's fault. Plus she's a horrible lier...avalanche...hah. Anyways, Kevin's the Librarian...and trust me, the Silent Springs Library is not your average library, I can promise you that.
Lafia: Yes, poor Eliwood. Hah, wait 'till you see what horrible thing happens to him. And Legault is definitely gonna win some money off this trip.
Draknal: Heh, I couldn't make it too graphic, but yes, I did drug those two and I'm proud of it! -awaits the FBI- Anyways, you get to be the delivery guy. And trust me, with Jessica's twisted mind, you're gonna be a pivotal figure in her perverted scheme.I hope you're ready forsome of the packagesJessica makes you deliver. Anyways, yeah, I hope you got my e-mail.
Springleburt: Yes...it is Viagra...ehehe...I like being cruel. Anyways, Viagra plus Alcohol plus Hot Springs equals ...Okay...lets not go there. And I hope your friend is all right. O.o remind me never to accept a mixed drink from you. XD;;; j/k
Kiyoko-Chan: n.n I need to expand your closet space again! Hehe, well, nobody's gonna die. Their lives may be shortened considerably, but they won't die. And yes, poor Erk. Rebecca didn't kill him...yet. But once his little tryst in the hot springs gets out... oh dear lord.
Wow...lotsa reviews. I'm really glad you guys like this fic. XD;;; I thought I was crazy when I first came up with the idea to use a random number generator to get couples for a fic, but hey, it's working out. Anyways, next chapter, Jaffar and Matthew go on a little bonding adventure (not the love kind) and Erk and Rebecca must face the rest of the army. Stay tuned!
Oh and by the way, as Silent Springs staff, you get semi-abused (mostly by the kids of Silent Springs, from Kiyoko, to future OC children of Staff couples, to Karen's new baby), but hey, that's also sorta fun right? You get to take our anger out by causing lotsa trouble for Eliwood and his gang.
New record at over 7000 words for this chapter! YAY!