This one was super fun to write, honestly. It's basically a combination of all the weird stuff I want my characters to do and giving them a reason why they're going to do it.
I wanted to start making ASD serious, so I decided to start delving into some serious issues in future chapters and make a couple of characters more than just one-dimension huge stereotypes. I actually had this problem in my writing when I was younger, and I think I've gotten better on it, wiiiith the exception of a few other characters…-aghackacough-frigate-horkblerch-ariel
Expect a bit more character development chapters in the upcoming chapters, like Chloe possibly getting diagnosed with cancer or Eladriel having severe stress in school in the autumn.
P.S. Anyone share my headcanon that Charlotte is normally a super sweet and shy girl but has her mama-bear modes when it comes to Eladriel; e.g. there's a pushy girl that is trying to force Eladriel to date her even though he's clearly not interested and Charlotte decides to take matters into her own hands?
I'm going to be putting links to the versions of A Summoner's Duty and Runaways on fanfiction . net in every chapter from now on.
Summary: One boring Friday ends up becoming way more unexpected and absurd than Sara would like when Vivian announces a tradition she and her sister has and forces everyone to take part in it. Secrets are revealed and a certain feminine knight that possesses magical powers shows up on Sara's island during the middle of the day.
I was just waking up about six hours past my Orion alarm because I was feeling horrible from doing my weekly binge on Nutella when I heard Vivian's voice ring out in our house: "DARE FRIDAY!" Some mumbling in response; Yeonhong replied with "I'll go tell her!"
My room door was promptly kicked open and Yeonhong started shouting at me to get up. I didn't even roll over and away from the wall to face her when my fist flew up and knocked her on the nose. I could hear her yelp and stumble back before calling for back up. I threw the covers over my head and tried to go back to sleep.
"GET UP." Orion screamed, throwing the covers entirely off my body. I hissed and curled up into a ball. The ruckus continued on for about ten minutes before I gave up and shouted I was trying to sleep. All rifts had been closed up, and as far as I could tell, no anomalies had appeared yet. I just wanted to go to sleep off my terrible feeling before getting up at 2 in the afternoon and lock myself in my room all day to work on my book; is that too much to ask?
All was silent for a second before I felt Orion whisper something to Yeonhong and roll away, the girl following him. Covers pulled back up, and I was just about to fall asleep when my girl instinct felt something. It was a bad feeling, the one I only got when someone was touching my 3DS without my permission.
Ten seconds later, I was in the living room, shouting at Orion to put it down before I went nuts on him. You could practically hear "Megalovania" from Undertale being blasted at full volume in the background. I noticed Sapphire, Vivian, Anavel and all four Archangels in the living room, along with a couple of other monsters, but I wasn't paying attention to them. Once I had reassured that my 3DS was fine, Vivian crossed one leg on top of another and began.
"It's Dare Friday!" She smiled, throwing a hat up into the air and catching it, like Anavel and her teddy bear. "Sis and I have a tradition where on the Friday of every second week, we're all subject to random dares from the other we have to complete or else we have to have this cap I made for the rest of the day." She held up a red and white baseball cap that had the words "COWARD" poorly stitched on using pieces of felt.
"It actually helps us bond closer together, so in order for us all to become the BEST OF FRIENDS IN THE WORLD –" Don't ask me why she started screaming, I have no idea. "– we'll all be subject to dares from each other. Even Sis and I aren't exempt!"
"Can I opt out of thi –" I was cut off.
"And trust me, guys." The sun moved and a shadow formed across her eyes, hiding them from us all as a cruel, almost maniacal smile curled across her face. "I'm looking forward to see you all do our biddings." The sun moved again and she went back to normal, eyes glittering and smile sweet again.
"Anyway, FIRST DARE." Her head snapped towards Yeonhong. "Got any ideas, Yeon?" My eyes widened as I saw that expression on her face.
"Vivian, I don't think you want to do that –" Of course, I was cut off again. No one seems to listen to me, now that I think about it.
"Galleon, Frigate, stand up please." The Full Metal Hero looked reluctant to do so, but did anyway. Yeonhong did have to repeat her command to Frigate a couple of times because he was already stupid drunk. He stood up, apparently got dizzy and nearly fell over while cussing a few times. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach; I KNEW what Yeonhong was going to do and no one would let me speak.
"Ariel, Eladriel, you might want to shield the Occult Girls' eyes for this, but Galleon, you gotta kiss Frigate." Galleon turned his head towards her with as much "what the hell man" he could muster.
"No." Vivian looked up.
"Do you want to wear the Cap of Shame?"
"I am not kissing that pleb. Give me the hat; I'd take that any day."
"Who're you calling a blep?!" Frigate snarled, downing more alcohol.
"Yeon no please not the pirates Yeon this is why we can't have nice things." I tried to save Galleon from his fate; I really did try.
"Galleoooon…" He blinked a few times and eventually gave in. He stormed over and pecked Frigate real quick on the cheek. Yeonhong was not satisfied and Frigate didn't care.
"On. The lips. And for ten seconds. And you need to look like you're actually making an effort, like you're kissing Iris or something, and not just pressing your lips against another incredibly hot Pirate Captain's." Charlotte up and left at this point. Anavel and Eladriel followed because she became best friends with Anavel and Eladriel is her older brother. Yeonhong knew that Galleon had a crush on Iris, and she was using to her advantage.
"No. That's too much. I'm putting my foot down." Just to prove his point, he thumped his foot. Vivian giggled.
"As your Summoner, I'm commanding you to raise your foot and comply." Because Galleon's a total softie, he complied. Yeonhong had a stopwatch out, and carefully waited.
I'll spare you the disgusting details, but just as it was about to end, Frigate threw up. While Galleon was kissing him. The room erupted into screams and howls of laughter while Galleon rushed out, presumably to get all traces of Frigate off of him and Chloe, being the second mother that she was, rushed into the room to take care of Frigate.
Dare Friday is honestly the worst and best experience at the same time. I say that because sometimes I have do really embarrassing stuff and at the same time I can watch the twins' monsters do embarrassing stuff. At the same time, I actually feel like I've learned more about them just because of Dare Friday.
"Okay, okay, so, one time, when Galleon was young –" Vivian started. I had just dared her to tell her the funniest memory she could remember off the top of her head.
"And stupid. Don't forget stupid." Galleon cut in.
" – and stupid, he discovered Mom's alcohol cabinet while she and her monsters were out. Now, she rarely had a glass of wine at most, so Galleon was all like 'oh, cool, I can have a drink or two and she won't notice' so, because Sis and I were, like, twelve at the time, we were just running around, being kids, when we ran into the kitchen and saw Galleon staring at the alcohol cabinet." Sapphire looked up as she realized what memory she was telling.
"Oh, that one's my favorite!"
"So, because Galleon was significantly younger at the time, he was also a lot shorter, so he couldn't reach the bottles." I eyed Galleon. He was at least 6'4" and pure muscle, so I kind of found it hard to believe.
"I don't know why he didn't get upset, but he just turned to us and was like "Can you two do that thing where human children stack up in a trench coat to look tall, only without the trench coat and get a few bottles of liquor for me?" Vivian paused at this point to giggle uncontrollably. Galleon, as always, looked like he regretted every life decision he made that led up to that moment as he stared into his lap and contemplated just making a run for it. Sapphire picked up where her sister had left off.
"I jumped onto Vivian's shoulders and got, like, three bottles of super hardcore whiskey and threw them at Galleon. Vivian was all like 'HERE YOU GO, TAKE CARE AND DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT.'" Vivian composed herself enough to continue.
"Then, twenty minutes later, Mom came home and Lisa went ballistic on us. Do you know why?" At this point, everyone was at least smiling, with the exception of Frigate and Chloe, because Chloe was trying to get him into his room to sleep the alcohol off. Some of us were giggling, and others were full-on laughing. I shook my head, asking her to go on.
"He had apparently drunk all the bottles of whiskey and got so drunk he decided it was a great idea to steal a pony and try and keep it in the kitchen, and she walked in on him trying to feed him carrots!" With that, the laughter roared. Galleon had his arms crossed and was looking away.
"That was…not a fun day." I shook my head.
"As someone who has to live with an alcoholic every day, I can sort of understand your pain." I said. As the laughter died down, I decided now would be a good time to pull up my tablet and start doing my dailies plus the new Flame Event.
"Alright, so I just need to summon one more monster in order to get my flames." I said. Everyone crowded around as I scrolled through what little scrolls I had – three Mystical Scrolls, and the Light and Dark scroll from the cave in Giants' Keep. I looked up at Charlotte, who had returned with her friends.
"Light and Dark scroll?" Everyone nodded.
Lightning flashed and for a second, I got hopeful. It was the first time I'd ever get lightning on a Light and Dark scroll; and I hoped it was something good. Four golden stars shone across my tablet, "SUMMON SUCCESSFUL!" written below these stars.
She was beautiful, pure white hair carefully brushed over one piercing blue eye, the rest a pixie cut as short, messy tufts popped up. While she had a determined gleam in her eye, her smile was kind, and her sword was gripped loosely in one hand, as if she was unwilling to fight. The stats of this gorgeous monster popped up to the right of her, where the name of this monster was proudly carved into the box, to the right of the element symbol of light:
"Magic Knight"
