Hey-yo! Another chappy up! Enjoy!
Again, the next three days were rather uneventful. Here's the abridged version of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
0o0o0
Two grim-reapers. A samurai. Some kind of...well, Mercedes looked like she'd covered herself in henna. The patterns resembled the links and coverings of armor.
"What exactly are you supposed to be?" Johnny asked her.
She shrugged. "Eh, nothin' really. A henna android thing."
One of the reapers was holding a purple scythe. She glided behind Johnny and stared out from behind her black fabric mask."So you really want to dress up for Hallowe'en, eh?" She asked, giggling.
The reaper with a neon-blue scythe glided in behind her sister. "Good thing we already have a costume, right?"
Johnny sighed and looked up at the sky. The stars were shining brightly without the moon. Every so often, the blimp that Thorton had given to Lacey would cross his line of sight, creating a large patch of darkness to blot out the stars.
Laura was removing the bracers of her armor.
*Why wear such a hulking outfit? It's worse than the steam-punk thing...*
She'd been decked out in full samurai-style armor the entire day. It was a wonder that she was starting to remove pieces now, when it was colder.
"Hey, are you listening?" Prodded the twin reapers.
He shook his head to clear it of random thoughts. "Not really," he admitted. "I was thinking."
One of the twins 'hmphed'. "We were telling you what your costume looks like," she said.
"I don't get a say in what I'm wearing, do I?"
Mercedes laughed. "Don't worry Johnny. I've seen it; it's not too crazy."
Laura was struggling with the greaves of her armor now. "Goose, could I get some help with these?" She called.
"Why don't you take of the shoes first, dummkopf?"
"Already did that, debil."
"Heyheyhey, no fair!" Complained Mercedes. "You know I don't speak Russian!"
The twins continued to talk in Johnny's ears but he wasn't really listening to anyone. He felt out of place...like a fifth wheel or something.
Which was why he normally declined invitations to hang out with all four of the girls. They all knew each-other well, and Johnny hardly knew even Laura and Mercedes. They were okay...it was just...he didn't think he could ever really get to know them as well as they knew each-other. With Mercedes, it was easy to relax around her. She was...similar to him. With Laura, on the other hand, he didn't think he could ever open up to her like she opened up to everyone she cared about, as much as she invited those people to open up to her. There were things he could never really tell those two.
But those were things that Lacey was privy to. And possibly Tanya, as well. They didn't seem to care about it as long as what he was didn't endanger the other girls.
Johnny sighed again.
*What is it with all the girls I've been meeting, anyway? It's like I've been written into a poorly thought-out novel...*
"Oi, I gotta go," called Laura. "It's almost eight; I gotta get to work soon."
That explained why she was removing the armor, then.
"I thought you were taking tonight off?" Asked Tanya. "We were going to go flying in Lace's dirigible."
Laura shook her head. "I can't take every night off. I'm feeding four people right now, remember? I need the money. Besides, I'm taking Thursday off, so you'll get me for three days."
She finished removing her armor and started folding the individual pieces.
"I'll see you guys later," she said, stuffing the armor into a large bag and walking off.
And Johnny was left with the three girls.
*Fun...*
0o0o0
Absolutely nothing happened on Wednesday. I was so tired from my late shift the night/morning before, I ended up falling asleep and not getting up until noon.
That was the most sleep I'd gotten in the last two weeks.
I passed on dressing up for the day. Mercedes had dressed up as a black panther, though, and Lacey and Tanya were a white tiger and a cheetah, respectively.
Other than that, I have absolutely what they did that day. They wouldn't tell me...
0o0o0
Sadee was sitting on my stomach. I don't know how she'd gotten there; I don't remember falling asleep.
"Hey, Johnny called," she told me.
I tried to sit up, but there was a less-than-110 pounder sitting on my stomach. "You gonna get off of me?" I asked her.
She grinned. "I dunno. I'm kinda comfy right now."
I growled and pushed her off of me.
"You need to stop waking me up that way. I'll probably wake up one day and find out you've cause me internal bleeding or something."
She stuck out her tongue at me. "You needed to get up. Johnny's coming over in about an hour and you are, once again, the only one not in costume."
I suppose I forgot to mention that Sadee was dressed up as a vampire, black dress, specially fitted fangs, etc.
With her unusually pale skin and dark bags under her eyes, she could've easily passed as a vamp without the costume.
"Where are my wings then?" I asked. "My scales, tail, etc?"
She threw a large package at me. "That's all the help you're getting, too," she said.
"Wha...?" I whined.
She shrugged and smirked. "That's what you get for sleeping in."
I sighed. "Yeah, thanks a bundle, Goose," I said. "Now...out."
She stepped out of my room and shut the door. I sighed and glanced over at Anatarian. "So..." I said to her. "You think today will be a good day?"
She didn't respond, of course, but I got the feeling that she was just shrugging, anyways.
I began donning my costume. By the time I was done, Johnny had arrived.
0o0o0
Tanya was a neon-blue spikey were-wolf. Lacey was a punky vampire. Mercedes was a classic vampire. And Laura was a...
Well, Johnny couldn't really tell what Laura was.
"Ooh, that came out cool," exclaimed Mercedes.
Laura was some sort of...reptilian thing. She had a pair of blue-green bat-like wings somehow attached to her back, a snake-like...tail...of the same colouration that was somehow balanced out so that it didn't touch the floor, and every area of exposed skin was painted over to look like she was covered in scales. She was also wearing contacts that had been dark red with slits for pupils.
Other than that, she was dressed in her normal clothes.
She smiled and bowed. "Thank you, my dear goose," she replied. She turned her gaze to Johnny. "Yo."
There are some occasions in which Laura can be described as simultaneously complex and simple. Now was one of those.
"Okay," said Lacey. "Now that the Dragon Girl has finally left her room and displayed her costume for all present to see, I believe it is now time for Tanya and I to depart for a little while."
"What for?" Asked Laura.
*Holy shit, she even has fangs. ALL of them have fangs today...*
"We have errands to run," replied Tanya. "Don't do anything stupid like getting arrested while we're out, got it?"
And the punky vampire and the neon werewolf departed.
Laura looked at Johnny and Mercedes. "Sooo..." She began. "You guys want ta watch tv?"
Thursday was rather uneventful.