Mika-Hey, Mizu, I ordered some new sneakers yesterday. Did anything come in the mail?
Mizu-*glances over at Mika from her coffee and newspaper* People deliver shoes? Hmmn, I didn't know that...ah, nope nothing. Which is strange, since Hika-chan has to pay the electricity bill for this place still.
Dan-By the way, where exactly is Hika-chan?
Mizu-She went off to do an investigation tht included some other people and her brother Shinji. Knowing her, she'll probably be back in the next week wearing a fedora and saying she has control of the mafia.*sigh*
Nat-Hika-chan doesn't own Poptropica.
Dan and I started running for our lives. We ran around the spider like five times before we actually had the sense to climb the rope that was nearby. He forced me to climb up first, even though I insisted he did, but I ended up going anyways. With that, even though we were up on a safe platform, I had forgotten that spiders can climb walls. Especially gigantic green spiders. I looked over at the moving platform. I pulled on Dan's sleeve, and he looked at me from the pig he was trying to comfort.
"I have an idea." I said. "Well, spit it out. That things getting closer by the minute." He rushed me, pointing at the spider. "Well, all we have to do is jump from here, onto the moving platform, jump onto the platform across from it, climb up that rope, and get our ass's outta here." I said, nonchalantly. Dan looked at me a moment, surprised. "What?" I asked, in a rushed way. "Wait 'till Nat hears your colorful language," he smirked at me before grabbed me by the waist and jumping onto the moving platform.
Dan let go of me for a split second, in which I inched away from him. "W-What was that for?" I asked him loudly. I was definitely flustered at the moment. What did you expect me to do? Anyways, Dan looked at me innocently. "Well, you were being slow, and the spider was getting really close. Now c'mon. Let's get this pig back to that Early Poptropican." I stared at Dan a moment, and shook it off. I could have jumped that by myself…stupid me, being slow. Dan and I jumped onto the next platform, grabbed a rope and climbed up, and soon got back to the platform where the weird Goth was. "Hello…~" she said to us. "She really creeps me out" I mumbled to Dan, who nodded in agreement. It's not that I don't like Goth's, it's just that this particular person just crossed the line with creepy…
Well, me and Dan climbed up another rope very carefully, to make sure he didn't drop the pig or anything. When we got out of the sewer, I breathed in a breath of fresh air. "Finally!" I cried out in happiness. "Uh, Mika, we're in the middle of the road…" Dan trailed off, sweatdropping. I looked around and saw a bunch of random people giving me weird looks. "Oops, sorry I was just happy we got outta there…" I said, looking to my gunk covered shoes. We walked out of the road, onto the sidewalk, and slowly made our way to back to Early Poptropica.
Once we got there, we found the dude pacing around his pig pen again. "Hey, mister!" I called out to him. He looked up from his routine and grinned at the sight of his pig. Dan set the pig down, who raced to his owner. "Well now, isn't that, uh, sweet…?" I said to Dan as I watched the pig reunite with his owner. "Yeah, it sure is. Especially since I don't have to carry that thing anymore. It's freaking heavy!" he complained, rubbing his hand against his back. I laughed at him. "Hey, it's not funny!" he told me, his brow furrowed. I stifled a laugh. "Yeah it is." I said in a very evil way. "Thanks to you two!" said the pig man as he came to us holding his pig. He smiled at Dan and I before holding up his pig and announcing, "Bacon for all!"
The pig didn't seem to understand, but Dan and I sure did. So with that, we moved on throughout Early Poptropica. Next dude we saw was sitting on a well, sobbing. I looked at him a moment. "Uh, Dan, maybe this dude's a nutcase…?" I asked him in a whisper as we approached him. He gave me a look. "Mika, you can't think that!" he whispered in reply. I furrowed my brow and tripped him over. "I'll think what I want." I snickered. He looked up at me and laughed sarcastically. "Ha ha, very funny. Now help me up," he told me, smiling a little. I held my hand out to him and grabbed his, pulling him up easily. We walked a few more steps over to the man and I poked him on the shoulder before hiding behind Dan.
"Mika!" Dan scolded me. I ignored him and looked at the man. "Y-Yes?" he muttered between sobs. "Uh, sir, we were just wondering, well, what's wrong?" Dan asked politely. There's a big difference between the two of us. The man looked at us a moment, and wiped his face on his sleeve. "Well, you see, I'm in charge of bringing the water to each villager. But, the bucket has disappeared! What will we do without water?" he cried out. I looked at the man in pity. "We'll help you sir." I told him, peeking out from behind Dan. Dan gave me a quick look and smiled at me.
The man smiled at me and said, "Really? Thank you! Thank you so much!" I smiled at him and he went off somewhere. "Well then, Mika, I have a suggestion on where to go first." Dan said, rubbing his hands together. "Where?" I asked slowly. Then, Dan grabbed me by my waist, and we jumped into the goddamned well.
I had never felt so scared in my whole bloody life.
I had clung onto Dan when we jumped into the well, thinking I was gonna fall to my death. Yeah, I did think that clinging to the closest thing-which would be Dan-would save me. But instead, he grabbed a rope, and we slid down to a platform. "Uh, Mika, you can let go of me now." Dan muttered, sounding embarrassed. I opened my closed eyes and looked around carefully. I moved my foot around and finally decided: I was not going to die by falling because of the idiot I was clinging to for my life.
I immediately let go of him and inched away a little bit. Dan looked at his hand and frowned. "This hurts…" he muttered to himself, but it was loud enough for me to hear. "What?" I asked, moving closer to him. "Noth-!" Dan cut off, as I grabbed his right hand and looked at it. It was covered in bruises and partially bleeding. "Dan!" I exclaimed, squeezing his hand. "This is from the rope isn't it?" I asked. "Yeah, but it's not that much of a deal…" he mumbled. "YES, it is!" I yelled at him.
"Listen, Mika, I don't see why you're so concerned. Honestly, it's nothing compared to some other bruises I've gotten before!" he complained to me quietly. I squeezed his hand harder and watched him flinch. "Listen up Avalar, I care because you're my friend. And no friend of mine is going to be injured around me without getting yelled at-and so far, you've been lucky. So, I instruct you to go see Nat. Let him bandage your hand, and when you're done, meet me here." I said to him quietly, trying to calm down my anger.
He looked at me a moment. "Thanks Mika…" he trailed off, and then hugged me. I let go of his hand and let him embrace me for a moment before I remembered what we were actually supposed to be doing. I quickly pulled away from him, embarrassed, and said, "N-Now get going." Dan smiled and started climbing back up the rope carefully. When I knew he was gone, I slumped a little. "Yeash, I'm a worry-wart despite my personality…" I sighed to myself.
I straightened myself up and looked around. "What kind of well is this?" I asked myself. I started climbing down the platform, and I jumped onto another one that was like a see-saw. "Bloody-!" I exclaimed when it started tilting. Immediately, I ran over to the other side where there was a box and kicked it over to the spot I was just at. The platform evened out and I sighed in relief.
After that, I did the same with another one, jumped a few more platforms, and finally reached some dude on a platform wearing scuba gear and holding a glow-in-the-dark stick. "Uh, hi." I told him, hearing my voice echo above the waves below. "Hi'ya there!" he bellowed. "Do ya' want a glow stick? I left one all the way up there!" he exclaimed happily, pointing at a glowing platform high above us.
I sweatdropped and thanked him. After that, I quickly made my way up the platforms after some cursing, falling, and more cursing. "Bullocks!" I ranted to no one in particular once I reached the platform that had a glowing glow stick sitting on it. I picked it up, stuffed it into my pocket, and made my way back to the entrance. "Well, this trip didn't do me any good." I mumbled when I put my hand on the rope. Then I remembered that I told Dan to meet me here. I sighed and sat my sorry ass on the cold ground. "Bloody hell…I should have told him to meet me somewhere else…guess I was just caught up in the moment…" I said, blushing a little from remembering the hug.
Sure, other dudes had hugged me before, and they were all my friends. But I had just met Dan today. I gotta admit, it was kinda weird how quickly we established our friendship. Then again, my whole life is weird, so I guess there's nothing to say about it. So I waited there for what seemed like forever until I probably fell asleep. Honestly, I can't remember. But I do remember waking up when I heard a thump. I opened my eyes slowly, and looked up groggily. Dan was standing in front of me, smiling, looking down at me.
"Good morning," he told me, holding out his hand. "Good morning…"I yawned, accepting it and finally standing up after his help. I rubbed my eyes like a tired three year old would and grabbed Dan's right hand. "Let's see." I mumbled to myself. His hand had bandages wrapping around it all the way to his wrist. I sighed in relief. "Happy?" he asked, smiling. I nodded and pulled out the glow stick. "That's what you found? No bucket?" he asked, staring at the glow stick, and taking it out of my hand. "Yeah, I guess we should probably dump it somewhere." I said in a care-free way.
He stuck it into his back pocket and laughed, "C'mon, we might find a use for it!" I smiled a little. "Fine fine. Now let's get out of here." I said, gesturing to the rope. And with that, Dana and I exited the well, leaving the village for now. "Well now, where do you suppose we go next?" I asked him. He seemed to be in thought as we walked for a moment. "Well, Nat said that we should stop by at the other side of the island, and meet him at some restaurant. He wants to talk to us," he explained to me without losing his focus on where we were going. I nodded.
"Well, okay. Let's go. I am a little hungry anyways, but, do you think they'll still allow us in with how we look?" I asked, snickering. It was true-Dan and I were covered in gunk, water, and were smelling pretty gross. We practically looked like hoboes, and I didn't really mind. But knowing my cousin, he's probably waiting at some fancy restaurant, and I don't want to upset any of those 'fancy people'. Well, not really, I guess it's just kinda weird, since I really don't wanna give Nat a bad name knowing how rich he is.
Well, anyway, we made our way through town and finally got to the other side, where there were a bunch of buildings. I guessed they were apartments with how they were situated. "So, where exactly is this restaurant?" I asked Dan, definitely annoyed. We had searched the whole area for an hour and we still couldn't find it. "Um, I honestly don't know. Wait, let me call him really quick." Dan mumbled to me, taking his cell out of his pocket. He quickly dialed a number and clicked speaker phone, holding it out in front of us. Once I heard Nat answer with a "Hello?" I yelled into the speaker, "WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS BLOODY RESTAURANT, YOU NUMBSKULL?"
"Mika!" Dan complained. I shrugged him off and looked impatiently at the phone. "W-Well, it's not my fault I forgot to give you directions…" Nickolai whimpered from the other end of our conversation. "Yes it is." Dan and I told him in synchronization. I snickered in silence. "Well, it's pretty simple to get here, ya know." Nat started off. Dan rolled his eyes. I giggled, and Nat continued, "You see the statue? Well, climb some windows, jump on it, jump to the building next to it, scale those windows, start jumping on the clothes' line, and you'll end up on the highest apartment building. And that's where I am."
Dan and I sweatdropped, and I could practically see Nat smiling like there was nothing wrong with what he just said. "W-Well thanks, I guess…" Dan trailed off before cutting the call and stuffing his phone back in his pocket. "Let's go Mika," he sighed. "Wait, you're actually gonna do all that just to get to bloody restaurant?" I exclaimed. "There's no other way. Besides, I've had to do worse on some other missions just to sneak in," he replied happily. I sweatdropped. "Yeash…fine. But, I've never done anything like that, so be a little slow, will ya'?" I demanded, and we started off. Dan and I started scaling the windows, moving from building to building. Occasionally, I was hanging on to a window sill with two of my fingers, and Dan had to help me up-which was really dangerous knowing how much space we have-we broke a few flower pots, interrupted a few people's make-out sessions, and accidentally broke a cops window.
Well, after that, once we jumped onto the statue, I started slipping. "Holy Hera," I muttered under my breath. "I'm gonna fall." I tightened my grip on the statue of the giant Poptropican as best as I could, but I ended with no prevail. I started slipping, and I tried using my sneakers as traction, but it still didn't work, so I called out, "GODDAMMIT DAN! HELP ME OUT!" Dan turned around and saw me falling to my squishy death, so he raced back toward me, grabbed my arm, and pulled me up. I clung to him again. "Goddammit, I'm afraid of falling." I said, my eyes shut tight. I heard Dan laugh. "Okay, I'll help you with this one then. You think you can get on my back?" he asked. I opened my eyes, and let go of him slowly.
I inched around to his back, and climbed on when he crouched down. I clenched my fist into his shirt, and closed my eyes again. "If I fall to my death, I'm going to kill you Avalar." I mumbled to him. I swear, he must have smirked before we made our way across the statue. Once we got to the tip of it, Dan told me, "Okay, Mika, you have to get off now, and jump." How nice. I slipped off his back carefully, opening my eyes, and then he jumped away. He grabbed onto the nearest windowsill swiftly with his left hand, and climbed up.
I did the same thing right after he moved to a different window, because I really didn't want to stay on that statue anymore. Thank goodness I have good grip on solid terrain, or else I would have probably been screaming to death with the height we were at. We scaled a few more buildings before we finally reached the highest apartment building, where we met with Nat on the rooftop. He greeted us with a warm hello when he saw us pull ourselves up and lie on the ceiling. "Dan, never, ever are we doing that again." I mumbled to him, as Nat helped me up. "Well," he said, dusting himself off when he stood. "Good for you, 'cause I have to do that a lot."
I smiled at looked at Nat. "Now, let me ask you this-why the hell did you decide to meet up with us at a restaurant that was on a building?" I asked, a vein bulging. "Well, this is my restaurant you see. Very secretive to the public eye," he explained, smiling. I sighed, exhaling my anger.
"Fine, but first we eat, and then we talk." Dan said as I noticed that it was getting dark. "I second that!" I exclaimed to Nat, who laughed and rushed us into the restaurant. "You got it." He said, laughing. "Oh, and Dan." I said, before we walked in. "Yeah?" and I kicked him in the shin. "What the hell was that for?" he yelled at me in question, hopping up and down on his good foot. I laughed, "That's for laughing about the statue incident. And Dan, I've never heard you swear in this whole day! Honestly, I didn't think you had it in you!"
Mizu-Nat, I need to borrow your wallet.
Nat-Why?
Mika-She needs to pay the bills since Hika-chan is away.
Nat-Ahh...*sweatdrop* W-Well here you go...even if I didn't hand it over, you would have stolen it.
Mizu and Mika-Good point.
Hika-chan-*burst through the door dramatically* I'll be back for two days before I continue my investigation...HEY, you guys were rolling without me?*throws a fit*
Mizu-*hides in an unknown room in the building*R&R please.
