Mercenary & Technician.
Snowfield research & Pizza
Chapter 4
Hideout was unusually quiet. Russell Jyrr with his wife Marie has just returned not ten minutes ago, and they where already wondering Eduardo's whereabouts.
They didn't find him far. In fact, he had passed out on the kitchen floor with a pillow surrounded by tons of empty cans of beer. Pizza-Enrique was sleeping here also. He had passed out by the table and was holding tightly on a beer can. They obviously had been having one too many in the previous night and this was the result.
'I should've known...' was the only thing Russell said when he looked down upon Eduardo on the floor.
Yesterday at the evening, Eduardo had challenged Pizza-Enrique to play Tetris on Trodidox with motion gloves and every time one of them lost a game, the loser had to drink a can of beer. At first the loser seemed to be constantly Enrique, but he got the hang of the game and managed to deal a few victories against Eduardo.
In the end, they both got bored with the game and stopped playing it, but decided to keep on drinking nonetheless.
'WAKE UP!' Russ yelled
Eduardo jumped up startled with his eyes big as plates. He looked like he was ready to hit someone until he laid his eyes on Russ who stood next to him. He then calmed down and rubbed his forehead.
'Oh, Tech. Whatsup?'
'We're home' Russ said with a smile, apparently humored by Eduardo's reaction.
'How was the trip' Eduardo asked while he turned towards the coffee maker to make some coffee.
'Fine really. Seems that you had a great night with together with Enrique.'
'It was okay. We enjoyed a game of Tetris with Trodidox'
'Oh yeah? How are the gloves?'
'Excellent, I must say. I also met Goombario, Goombella and Kooper too'
'Oh yeah? Did you invite them here?'
'Naah, they were busy'
While the two friends kept on talking, Enrique was still sound asleep by the table, dreaming about pretty women and tasty pizza on the beach.
BGM: Shinra Corporation - Final Fantasy VII OST
Meanwhile. Not too long away, in the city. In this secret location in which our heroes first stepped into this world. The cosmic gateway with unknown origin was about to get disrupted yet again. Suspicious men in coats stepped through the portal, entering this world. One of them was a tall man who had short dark hair with elegant features and a evil look in his eyes desiring for power and for revenge.
'So... this is the new world?' He spoke with a elegant and educated but sinister voice.
'Yea, brother. Think about what a discovery we have made!' said another man with a more streetwise tone. He had similar facial features but sported a beard patch on his chin and had far longer, about shoulder long hair and also stood up a head shorter than his brother.
'Right, Al.' Agreed the boss. 'According to your reports this world is like ours, only different in some small cases?'
'Yea, Tony. Based on what we've seen here has made me believe that if we expand our activities here, who knows what untold powers we could achieve'
'Also, now I finally know where our friend had escaped...'
'Yes, Tony, I got a very good reason to believe that he escaped here. Look at the ground. There are tire tracks in the dirt which is made by a Toyota Hiace-labeled van owned by Eduardo's Technician friend.'
'Excellent. Well, before we smoke our friend from hiding, we better start building ourselves some activities here. Our advantage is that locals have no idea what they are against at, we study first what people do and think here and then act. Mark my words, Alberto, this is when Scarlatti Family comes to claim Vyydia!'