Aurora bursts through Jaime's front door, looking around with wide eyes. She has to say, she's more than excited. She's absolutely pumped! This is the first alien house she's been to, and its a human's house! How cool is that?! Okay, maybe not so cool to a human, but to an alien its pretty sweet. Aurora wanders throughout the home, through the living room, kitchen, dawn the hall and into each room. When she entered Jaime's, or what she guessed is Jaime's because of all the clothes everywhere, she looked through all his drawers, bounced up and down on his bed, and even looked through his closet.
"H-Hey! Hey! Don't go through that stuff!"
"Why not?" Aurora walks out of the closet with one of his shirts hanging off her head like an Indian headdress.
Jaime sighs and pulls it off of her. "Because this is my room. On Earth, its not cool to look through other people's stuff."
"I apologize. I did not know."
And so Aurora hurries off to wander the rest of the house. Jaime sighs. He's gonna have to keep her on a tight leash. He follows her into his parents bedroom and finds her repeatedly flushing the toilet in the bathroom. She's in awe, gasping every time the water goes down.
"Its called a toilet," he says.
"A fascinating device. What is it for?" Flush, flush, flush.
He grabs her hand and brings it away from the knob. "It gets rid of your poop and pee. And don't do that. It wastes electricity. That makes it cost more."
"It costs you to use electricity?" Aurora looks at him again with those large curious gold eyes. She pulls her hand away from his. They've been touching for too long.
"Yeah. We have to pay."
"On Rubicon, we have devices that generate electricity in our own living facilities. Ahem. I mean home."
"Not on Earth." He walks away. "You can stay in my parent's room. Just make sure you wash the sheets before you use the bed."
"Sheets?" She skips right behind him. "What are...sheets?"
"The covers we put on the bed."
"I see." Aurora skips ahead and wanders into his little sister's room. Seeing the small bed and toys, she picks one up and examines it. Its a strange stuffed person made of cloth? What is its function? It seems to be completely useless. "Jaime, what is this and what is its function?"
Jaime walks into the room and takes the toy from her. Aurora gives him a puzzled look. "Its a toy."
"A toy?"
"A doll. Children play with it. Please don't touch the stuff in here. It belongs to my sister."
"Oh. I apologize. I suppose I should refrain myself. My actions appear to be irritating you."
"A little. Don't worry too much about it. I know you're an alien and this must all seem like a big field trip to you."
"Not at all! This is a mission! Being here is just a bonus." Aurora smiles. Jaime feels warm again. He puts the toy down. He walks out with Aurora close behind, following him to the kitchen. She sits down at the island and watches as me makes tacos. Examining the room further, Aurora sees the many devices used in a human kitchen. She asks the Cortex and Jaime about each object, including spoons, knives, spatulas, the microwave, and the refrigerator. The human ended up explaining most things due the Cortex not being able to identify the objects in the first place. Aurora made sure the Cortex documented each object so she can show her two friends on Rubicon just how interesting Earth is.
Jaime sets the ingredients on the island in front of Aurora. Seeing the alien eye the objects curiously, he smiles and tells her which ones are which.
"...And this is lettuce and this is cheese."
"Very interesting! I am more than excited to taste the meal you are preparing!"
"I thought you'd still be hungry."
"After all the energy I consumed coming here and battling the Nether, I do need sustenance."
"Just call it food."
He turns the stove on and sets a frying pan on top. Looking at the food in front of her Aurora figured she might as well help. Using telekinesis, she lifts the tortillas and the oil, floating them over to Jaime. He looks at them, surprised, but shrugs and grabs them. It continued like that. Whenever he needed something, she would levitate them over to him. When he finished using an object, she would levitate them back to the island.
"So if you can make stuff float, can't you just float yourself?"
"Yes, but it is considered useless because we have wings."
"Aren't your wings just part of the armor though?" He's frying the fourth tortilla.
"No. We do have wings. They are marked onto our person. They serve as things to channel the energy we output and control it. It is possible for a Rubi with these markings to release their wings, but it is extremely difficult. The armor serves as aid. To make it easier."
"That's why your flight is enhanced."
"That is correct."
"Another tip: try using 'that's'"
"It still sounds uneducated but I will try."
Not long after Jaime has made enough shells for the two of them to eat three each. He puts together Aurora's first taco so she can learn how. She takes a bite out of it and her eyes widen. Exclaiming with her mouth full, she let's him know just how delicious they are.
"Do people on Rubicon even eat?"
"Our food is very bland. On Earth, your food is very colorful! I must take some with for when we go to Rubicon!"
"You're that sure the League will go?"
Aurora nods, moving on to her second taco. She takes a bite and continues talking with her mouth full. "I am very sure. They do not need to send many. Just the one known as Superman will do. A Kryptonian will exterminate Adriana with ease!"
"Really?"
"On Rubicon, we considered Kryptonians gods before their planet exploded. We have our own divine beings, but Kryptonians were the embodiment of those beings. That is what we believed. Meeting a real Kryptonian...wow! I hope I can get his fingerprints before we leave."
"Why?"
"It would be what Earthlings call an autograph or a sign of friendship. Sharing finger prints on Rubicon was quite common. It is also a greeting. We touch fingers. See?" Aurora grabs Jaime's hand and touches the tips of his fingers with hers. The tips of her fingers flash gold where they're touching his. "There," she says after eating the final bite of her second taco, "We have exchanged finger prints. I must do it with Cassie and M'gann so we may officially become friends!" Her legs swing. "I cannot wait! I am too excited!"
"You're really happy to be here, aren't you?"
She nods, shoving the third taco into her mouth. Wow. He's barely started his first one.
"Intergalactic travel has been my wish since I have been able to imagine! This is a very unique planet. No other being in the universe uses toilets!"
"What do people on Rubicon use?"
Aurora blushes. "You do not need to know. It is very repulsive."
"Okay then."
"Are you going to finish those?" The alien licks her fingers clean of taco juice. Jaime shrugs. He hands her one of his tacos. Smiling widely, she eats half of it in one bite.
"Here, its totally okay, but in public and around other people, you shouldn't talk with your mouth full. Just letting you know."
Aurora nods, finishing her taco and grabbing the bags she got from her two new best friends. Maybe she should look through them? She chose black and white because they are generic colors on Rubicon. She wonders what other colors they have chosen for her. "Where are the changing rooms? I wish to try on my new garments."
"Call them clothes. And down the hall, first door to your right."
Aurora stands up with the bags and follows Jaime's directions. She enters the small little room, seeing a washing station and what Jaime calls a toilet, as well as a large basin with a silver faucet. Interesting device. She will ask Jaime what it is later.
Rummaging through the contents of her bags, she pulls out three outfits. Laying them out across the sink, she examines them and then herself in the mirror. Wow. Her hair is a mess from her battle with the Nether. Ew. She finds what her friends calla brush and run it through her hair. She squeals in excitement. An interesting and useful object! She must introduce it to Rubicon! She pressed on gold gems on her wrists and her armor on her upper body shrinks, forming bracelets on each wrist with the gold gems. She presses another gold gem on the center of her hip guard, the armor on the lower half of her body shrinking into a plain white belt. Aurora slips her boots off, pressing gold gems on the backs of the heels. They turn into white stylish boots like the ones the Black Canary was wearing. She saw her behind her cell mirror.
Setting the boots aside, she goes through a bag and pulls out the note. There seems to be some extra scribbles beneath the numbers. "Sorry we had to guess your bra size. Will C work? Let us know if it doesn't fit :)"
Bra? What is a bra? Aurora looks through the bag for such an item. She pulls out this white...weird looking thing. Eww. Women on Earth wear such repulsive objects? She gives it a disgusted look. How is one supposed to put it on?
After some time experimenting, Aurora finally manages to get it on. She looks at herself in the mirror. So her top is covered. They said there is something else she needs to put on. She grabs an article of clothing out of the bag. Turning it over in her hands, she looks at it quizzically. Humans really like layering on clothing. She shrugs. To fit in, she will need to do the same. She pulls it on. Okay, so what Cassie and M'gann called undergarments are on now. Next, clothes! Grabbing a random outfit off the sink, she examines them. These do not resemble the armor of her world. It has been heard that humans once wore armor on a daily basis. Maybe it was a different time period?
Aurora pulls the white tank top over her head, sticking her arms through the head hole and an arm hole. She doesn't understand! How is she supposed to put them on if they don't put themselves on? Messing around with the clothing, she eventually figures out how its put on and moves on to the black skirt. She peers through the hole in the clothing. Is this where the legs go? She slips her legs through and pulls it up. Aurora looks in the mirror. Huh. Not too bad. Simple. Nodding in approval, she packs away the rest, figuring she can try them on later. She needs a reboot.
Wandering out of the bathroom, Aurora finds Jaime in his bedroom reading a magazine. He looks up at her and raises an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"All I need to do is change the covers of the bed correct?"
"Uh...while you took forever in there, I did it for you. I thought you can't sleep."
"Correct, but I do shut off. It is similar to sleeping, but we do not dream and all bodily functions turn off. It is a chance to give the Cortex time to reboot and restart system functions. It is a computer. It does need time to cool off. It is unhealthy to let it run for days at a time."
"Uh...go ahead then."
Aurora bows. "Thank you very much."
"Uh sure. How long are you gonna be out?"
"Um...does school start tomorrow?"
"Yeah. Its Tuesday tomorrow. The League must've signed you up overnight."
"Thank you again!" She finds her way back to Jaime's parent's room and closes the door behind her. How interesting the doors don't slide shut. Oh well. Lying on the bed, she closes her eyes.
'Cortex, shut down and check systems. Restart 6:00 in the morning tomorrow.'
Acknowledged. Shutting off...
Aurora couldn't stop thinking about her first day of school as the Cortex turns off. Not soon after, her thoughts turn black and she loses consciousness.
Chapter 6! Pow-pow-pow-powwwwwww! Sorry about all the typos in the last chapter. I went back and fixed as many as I could. I'm so embarrassed you guys had to read that! I hope there aren't as many in this chapter. I hope there aren't any at all! Tell me if you find any!
Fang, I tried my varying my sentence starters more but I guess its such a habit I had a hard time thinking of ways to vary them. Can you give me more words? If that's okay with you, I mean. Thanks again for all the help!
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