7:39 pm near the tents...
Upon witnessing the aftermath live from Len, Mikuo and Nero's phones back in the party venue, the four girls inflate five kiddie pools that initially belong to their SP children. They place the pools by the riverside, the pasture and the irrigation hoses. They fill them up with clean water and then add freshener agents and cleansing solutions in hopes to rid off the colour and the stench. They also prepare and ready their most fragrant shampoos, perfumes, conditioners, shower gels and soap with the most superior skin germ protection and sanitation.
When Olivia and the boys arrive, the girls immediately made the boys strip and submerge into their respective kiddie pool because all of them are neon orange from head to toe.
Contributing to help, Olivia collects the boys' ensembles and offers to clean them using her purifying talent with her abyss abilities. She allows the garments to soak in huge basins and then she joins the other girls to assist their partners.
Whilst cleansing or being cleanse, each person in the group wears a GCPH (or 'group chat privacy headphone') which allows them to form a private chat room without other people outside the group conversation circle hearing them.
With the gadgets on, they can converse orally and even speak as loudly as they like without worrying that other people might hear them. They can also send out written or verbal messages to each other or other groups.
The girls converse amongst themselves whilst the boys wear waterproof versions of the group chat privacy headphones (or WGCPHs) and communicate amongst themselves.
In the girls' private convo circle...
(With their GCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle...)
With a heavy-duty gas mask and thick gloves on, "Stupendously mind-blowing, Rin…" Neru grumbles sarcastically whilst grimacing from the exploding undesirable odor.
She rigorously scrubs her partner's back with a bathroom brush after emptying another huge bottle of rich luxurious shower gel all over him and then hoses the lather off. She does the process repetitively up to 4 times to get Rinto's skin to reappear from the dazzling neon colour concealing it. Even with three layers of thick rubber gloves on, her hands and fingers twitches in irritation from the vile neon goo.
"To be honest, I don't know what made you think up of such an appalling idea like this, Rin." Miku remarks whilst she shampoos every glowing strand of her partner's hair.
His hair still glows, though it's still neon orange in colour. After a rinse with the hose, she applies another dose of shampoo on his hair then it became light orange. Only after another couple of shampoo processes did it return to its original colour.
Clicking an option so that everyone even those outside the convo circle will see a text chat appear in front of their gadgetry,
Rin most proudly announces...
"Introducing my brain child:
'Rin's Fabulously Astounding Recreational Trick Substance.'
I had this copyrighted and trademarked so it is mine only to manufacture and sell to the market in the future. All the pranksters, health and beauty conscious people in the world will want to get their hands on this mastermind product of mine. Discounts to all here!" Rin says whilst altogether sending an out-shout to all ten members on markdown promos on the first orders. Then Rin grins ecstatically.
In the boy's private conversation...
(With their WGCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle...)
*~1 MESSAGE RECEIVED~*
All the five boys' sweats drop after reading Rin's announcements and after receiving her price-cut bargain deal in their inbox.
(Back with their WGCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle... )
"This is all your fault, Len!"...
. . .
"And so?"...
. . .
"You plotted this practical joke scheme!"...
. . .
"Even so. I don't give a rat's ass!"...
. . .
"Keep your distance from Olivia or else you'll be sorry!...
. . .
"Not a shitty chance!"...
. . .
"And stop trying to impress her while you're at it!"...
. . .
"I'm not taking any orders from you!"
Utterly irritated and death-glaring, "If you just hadn't pursued for my partner, none of this chaos would have happened! SO STAY AWAY FROM HER OR I SWEAR I WILL MAKE YOU REGRET IT!" Piko fulminates as he thoroughly rubs the loofah on his neon orange arms.
He sniffs it and surprisingly, it smells just like fragrant, fresh and ripe oranges.
Joining him in the kiddie pool are his 14 blades in their extra miniaturised forms in orbs floating on the water like 14 bathtub playthings.
Outside the pool, Athrylith sits beside Olivia who is also helping her cleanse, hose and scrub Piko's completely effervescent orange back and shoulders.
Unlike the other SP children who are currently in a dizzied state, Athrylith seems to have developed immunity from the neon orange goo's vile stench as he is the only one who isn't in a good distance away from his SP father. Piko writes the discovery in their journal.
The goo has also penetrated all of the boys' skin underneath their clothes even the ones inside their shoes. The girls has spent scrubbing, shampooing, soaking, soaping and rinsing them for almost 15 minutes now.
(Back to the boys with their WGCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle... )
"Now now Piko. This isn't Len's fault. It is Mikuo and Nero's faults." Rinto explains when he tries to arbitrate them for Len and Piko has been cuss-bickering ever since they left the forge.
"HEY!" Mikuo and Nero protest in tandem.
"This is actually his fault!" Mikuo accuses him, pointing to Rinto.
"Yeah! You dumped it on us!" Nero defends Mikuo's accusation.
Rinto angrily death-glares the two for interfering with his arbitration.
They death-glare back at him for always accusing them when it comes to the group's random problems.
Back in the girl's convo circle...
(With their GCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle... )
"Eww Rin! Who would want to buy that? Pranksters yes, but beauty and health conscious people?" Lenka queries Rin for her eccentric future plans as she generously pours another tub of rose water to deodorize her partner. A smile forms on her face when she got rid of the last traces of stench off him successfully. Then she hoses the faded suds away.
"Hah! Rin, you're delusional if you think that beauty and health conscious people would become your target market for this crap." Neru haughtily assures her. She removes the gas mask and gloves off and feels relieved that her partner finally smells fragrant after all that rinsing and scrubbing.
"I'm telling you that this original product of mine is a gold mine!" Rin insists with a wide grin on her face as she just use the hose to continuously shower and soak her partner all this time.
Back in the boys' convo circle...
(With their WGCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle...)
"So what if I love her? Are you that threatened that she might leave you when she finally realises that she actually prefers me all along?" Len says in a firm compelling tone, darting him an even serious look.
Cryfaf, who is also semi submerged in the pool with him and also in a miniaturized form, eerily glints at the 14 blade orbs with intimidation.
"Grr! I'll prove to you that's wrong. You'll see!" Piko retaliates fearlessly whilst his mini 14 blades in orbs glint back in ferocity at Cryfaf.
Grinding his teeth cacophonously, "Alright then, let's have a 'bet challenge' for you to prove it." Len gambits for a wager.
Glaring even more eerily, "What kind of bet?" Piko questions his scheme.
"You guys join too." Len notifies the other boys.
"Huh?" Uttering in a startle, Mikuo, Nero and Rinto glance at one another.
All this time, the three of them have been watching the two as if they were furiously spiking or tossing a volleyball of bickers at each other over and over again.
"But what kind of bet, Len?" Rinto inquires him.
"Whoever gets their SP partner to kiss them first without telling her, gets to do 'the next move' on his recently discovered crush or love." Len says in all seriousness.
Simultaneously, "REALLY!? I'M IN!" Mikuo and Nero agree to join and then they blush at the thought of making the 'next move' on Olivia. They chuckle at their own naughty minds' escapades and imagination.
Shocked, "I-I couldn't! I have so much respect for Miku to do 'that' to her. And what about Neru? I love her and I am deeply committed to her. Also I..." Rinto utters yet feels quite enticed and tempted. He trails off for a few seconds. Resolved, he decides that he couldn't possibly do 'that' to Miku. He does however blush at the thought of at least kissing her once.
"What!? That's so despicable! I only love Olivia and only her! I don't have other crushes and I don't have plans of getting any!" Piko objects in infuriation, trying his best not to emit bolt shimmers so that Olivia wouldn't become alarmed or worried.
With a smirk, "Oh don't be so modest, or rather 'arrogant', Piko! You have two to three other girls over there falling for you and you're telling us that none of them interest you at the very least? Don't give us that shit!" Len denounces him and disproves his allegation.
Peering eye to eye, "I'm positive that I don't! I only have eyes for Olivia. My heart is all hers, in fact, my entire being is only hers. She's the only one for me and she's the only one I will ever love and no one else, and that's final!" Piko affirms and swears solemnly.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever! So if we can't ask them for one directly, all we need to do is do something enticing or sweet to make them kiss us willingly. Right?" Mikuo and Nero repeat in tandem to which Len nods.
Mikuo readies a touching poem that he writes with a graphics pen and touch tablet feature attached to his WGCHP which he plans to use on Rin whilst Nero reaches for his belt bag at the side of the pool and pulls out a small gold box containing a piece of elegant jewelry inside for Lenka.
Then drooling, "Alright! Let's start the bet, shall we? We're so excited, we couldn't wait!" they both chuckle in exhilaration as they are thinking about their fantasy escapades with a certain cutie who is obviously not their Science Project partner.
Yelling, "STOP RAPING HER IN YOUR BLASTED MINDS! ! !" Piko warns them whilst darting very furious glares.
(Setting his WGCPH into one-on-one personal chat...)
'What are you doing? You're not like this at all. Have you lost your mind? What has happened to you, Len? Why are you intentionally trying to split Piko and Olivia up?' Rinto whispers to him in concern.
(Replying to his personal one-on-one WGCPH chat...)
Staring coldly, 'I am perfectly in good state of mind. And why not? All is fair in love and war after all. Plus I did get Miku to pick me and not you or any of her other loser suitors. If I did it before therefore I will do it again!' Len darts him with a solid hard fact.
When Rinto couldn't respond to it, Len then smirks in satisfaction and exits the one-on-one convo circle.
Rinto stares at him sadly, little by little he is beginning to feel angry for ever letting go of Miku to the likes of him. Also concerned, he wonders why he is acting so desperately this way.
(With their WGCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle...)
"Deny all you want but prove us your vow by winning this bet. Once again, whoever gets their partner to kiss him first without notifying her, gets to do the next move on his current crush or love." Len mentions the mechanics of the bet challenge one more time.
In a rage, "ALRIGHT, FINE! But if I win, you get off our backs!" Piko succumbs to risking as he retorts almost yelling in a way.
Len smirks in response. "Alright! Let's commence!" He says, then he snaps his fingers.
Out of the blue, Miku inclines suddenly, then her face slowly closes in towards Len's.
"NO DARN FREAKIN' FAIR, LEN! You didn't tell us that you are going to use your entity abilities!" Mikuo, Nero and Piko exclaim in outrage altogether.
Rinto quietly stares at him in disbelief that he is actually doing this to provoke Piko and take Olivia away from him. He, too, feels somehow infuriated at him for he has become that way.
Worried, 'What will I do now? I cannot lose this bet or else Len might screw Olivia by force tonight if he wins.' Piko queries himself whilst becoming gravely alarmed.
As surprisingly as if by a miracle, he feels her soft little hands rest on his cheeks as Olivia faces him to look at her. Then she inclines and swiftly lip-locks with him.
The three other boys witness this happen right before Len's lips brush Miku's, who quickly removes hers away.
Blinking in surprise, Piko grins in triumph and then he darts Len an in-your-face smirk.
Then he gladly receives another lip-lock from Olivia, who seem to have enjoyed the last one, returning it with more lengthy passion.
During that time, in the girl's convo...
(With their GCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle...)
"Yes they are my target market, cous and no, I am not delusional, Neru!" Rin asserts surely and then continues, "If you look at the results closely, this goo is really an overwhelming beauty pack. Feel the boys' skin, girls. You'll see that it is glossier, more vibrant and healthier-looking." Rin elucidates her mastermind item.
"Eww! I refuse to touch any of them without gloves unless they're entirely cleansed!" Neru flat-out refuses with a frown.
"Uhm… that is kind of hard to do right now, Rin… Their skins seem back to the way it was but they are not fully rinsed yet. Perhaps after their baths?" Lenka hesitates to even touch the effervescent water in Nero's pool.
"Hm…" Miku leans closer to inspect Len's skin. She notices that it does seem to have a healthier glow and it smells very fragrant as well, which made her lean even much closer for further inspection.
"Let me check then, girls!" Olivia gladly volunteers, unafraid of the neon orange goo's vileness.
Gently, she faces Piko to her. And then quickly, she inclines her head to dab her lips on his before he is able to ask her anything.
A split second after that moment, Miku's lips graze on Len's. Unintentionally, she notices Rinto staring right at them so then she quickly withdraws from the smooch and turns around in bashfulness.
*~MWAAAAH!~* ~^.^~
"Oh wow! It feels like Piko has just applied lip gloss on, but don't tell him that I said that. His lips are so soft, smooth, plump and lush. Surprisingly, it tastes just like sweet juicy oranges! Rin, you are right! This product IS a gold mine!" Olivia commends Rin for her stunning accomplishment and then she inclines once more to enjoy one more enjoyable juicy press.
"I told you!" Feeling ecstatically triumphant, Rin sticks her tongue out at Neru then bends over to give Mikuo a hearty soul kiss in the midst of her delight.
"Oh! I want to try it too then." Completely interested, Lenka forgets her earlier hesitation, then she hastily leans closer and puckers up Nero at the exact same time as Rin soul-kissed Mikuo.
After that, in the boy's convo circle...
(With their WGCPHs set to a five-on-five convo circle... )
In his immense disbelief and shock, "How can this be? Piko, you used your energy abilities to notify her, didn't you!? YOU SHITTY CHEATER!" Len suspects what he could have possibly did.
"No, I didn't! You're the one who used your entity abilities first so if someone here is a cheater, then it's none other but you Len! YOU SORE LOSER!" Piko protests as he hugs Olivia closer to him as she joins him in the kiddie pool.
"The deal is not to notify them for a kiss. I didn't say you can't compel them! YOU BLASTED DETESTABLE SCUM!" Len bellows furiously.
Feeling the need to arbitrate, "JUST STOP IT YOU TWO OR ELSE I'LL HIT YOUR HEADS ON EACH OTHER'S!" Rinto scolds them.
Continuing, "Very well then since I obviously forfeit, I therefore appoint myself to be the judge of this bet challenge." He appoints himself as the bet challenge's official.
Then he sets his phone to display the footage of them starting the challenge until present time.
"Len, Piko, this bet should be done fairly meaning both of you shouldn't have used any of your extraordinary abilities for the three of us don't have any. Therefore as adjudicator, I disqualify you both from this bet challenge. And according to this footage, Mikuo and Nero are both the winners. They received their kisses at the exact same time. Although, I'm forbidding any of you from forcing Olivia to do anything fishy for the two of you. Got it?" Rinto finalises the bet challenge's results.
"We won? Yey! We won! Hurray!" Mikuo and Nero rejoice in tandem.
Piko and Len scowl at each other then they glare at the two in warning about their plans of treating Olivia.
They are ignored by them as they still excitedly cheer one another.
Then all of them removed their W/GCP Headphones.
First to greet, "Looks like you boys had a fulfilling and meaningful chat too. Isn't that right, boys?" Rin assumes cheerfully.
Nodding contentedly, Mikuo, Nero and Rinto inform them about their bet challenge and the results.
"I guess it depends on the person to ask consent from." Neru says, upon hearing about the prize as she turns to Olivia.
"Sur…!" Olivia almost consented but Piko covers her mouth with his lips.
"Hmm… So what do you think? Lenka, Rin? Since they are your partners after all." Miku asks them for their decisions instead.
"Well… I know you can get quite pervy KuO-ey. But, I know you wouldn't do anything that you will regret. And even though you can be quite a pain sometimes, you always do what is right even to a point when you're spoiling my fun. Anyone who knows you as well as I do can tell they're in good hands. Therefore, yes, I consent it." Rin says with a smile, patting her partner encouragingly on the back whilst Winner hops in glee in cheers for her SP father.
"I'm allowing it too. Before, he was a huge mystery to me because he almost never speaks to anyone. But now that we have him to finally open up and show us his true colours, I get to know and trust Nero just as much the same as Rin says that about Mikuo. Therefore yes for I too am certain that Nero wouldn't do anything that he might regret." Lenka affirms confidently then she smiles and pats him on the back encouragingly too. Veilchenblau bounces in joy as well.
Pleased, the two boys grin happily upon hearing the becoming words from their SP partners. They huddle with Rinto to discuss about their bet challenge's prize plans.
"That settles it then! That seems fair and sound enough to grant. Olivia, will you kindly step forward please." Rinto says as he calls for her to approach them.
"Rinto, I'm telling you, I didn't cheat! Olivia doesn't have to do anything for them." Piko says whilst grasping Olivia in an even tighter embrace and not allowing her to get out of the pool.
"It's ok Piko honey. I believe in what Lenka and Rin say. I too, believe in Mikuo and Nero. They are really great guys and I love them a lot as our good friends. So please don't worry about it." Olivia consoles him. Then she rises from the kiddie pool and marches towards them.
Then bizarrely, she enumerates 'a lot of fishy suggestions' which made everyone gawk and all the boys nosebleed and almost clutch their middle lower extremities.
"Ok guys, so what do you like? Do you want a soul kiss? To cup a feel, or a PP-touch, or a motorboat? Or maybe photos of me in starkers? Or how about of us together in starkers ? Or do you want to take a shower together with a body massage? Or um,…What is that other one that you particularly wanted me to mention, Rin? Hmm…Oh! She wanted me to say if you like to ZYXXX perhaps?" Olivia asks them sweetly and in pure innocence whilst glancing on her GCHP's newest private message - comprising of every suggestion that she just said.
A moment ago, they were asking themselves who could have possibly influenced her to mention all those naughty suggestions.
They all frown at Rin, who is snickering and then she rapidly shakes her head in dishonest denial for their very apparent yet unsaid allegations.
Upon hearing, Mikuo and Nero's noses bleed but they wipe them clean and shake their heads to clear their minds to carry on and inform her what they want.
"Actually Olivia…" Nero says gently.
"We just want this." Mikuo continues smiling.
They lean closer to her and give her a couple of tender and heartfelt smooches.
Mikuo kisses her on the left cheek.
Nero kisses her on the right cheek.
Len and Piko dart them eerie glares.
Contented, Rinto takes snapshots whilst Neru gladly records a pleasant footage of them.
To complete it, Rinto hands Olivia a graphics pen and touch tablet for her autograph and dedication on the best photo after selecting. When she's finished, Rinto sends it to Mikuo and Nero.
She wrote:
'To my adoring, best and great friends Mikuo and Nero,
You are really the most fun, awesome and wonderful guys in the world. Always remain in greatness.
Sincerely from your friend,
Olivia
*heart+kiss+smiley*'
"Why thank you boys, that was very touching and so sweet of you two. If you asked me for a PP-touch, motorboat or ZYXXX, I'll need to ask you what they are first. Rin hasn't told me what PP-touch and ZYXXX are. And for sure, a motorboat isn't the actual boat, correct Piko? He mentioned it to me before but he also hasn't informed me anything about it either. Kindly care to share any information about them, guys? My parents set my all gadgets on 'child safe browsing' and wouldn't allow me to disable it. They are 'naughty' things, aren't they? I can tell it from your faces." Olivia says in curiosity and then she giggles adorably upon noticing their exceedingly embarrassed reactions and crimson visages.
Then all of her friends divert their glances from her to deny her any informative assistance.
They all dart Piko very judgmental glances for discovering a yet another person responsible for putting bad-influenced ideas in her mind.
Despite being an attention grabber, Piko just grins timidly and nestles Olivia affectionately in a snug embrace whilst obtaining an intense scarlet countenance in the midst of all their friends' reproving stares.
END OF ARC 3