Expect scenes of daily lives and humor. Please enjoy!
XXV
Incentive Discovery
"Goood Morning! Citizens of Runeterra! It's me again for our daily winds of news about the forecast in the end of October!"
*claps*
"Oops! I almost dropped my umbrella! Hehe! Anyways!" Forecaster Janna twirled around as she displayed the hextech-powered chart that is automated with touch screen. "We do have a fair weather today! As we can see here, Northern winds are about to take a visit and would give us.. BRRR! Cold winds! You know what that means!" Drum rolls out of nowhere. "Winter is coming, folks!"
Crunching sounds are heard, mixing up with Janna's cheerful forecasting. "We do have much time to enjoy crispy atmosphere outside as the season changes our surroundings with orange hues of nature!" She presented the trees around Runeterra that falls under Autumn. "However, we do have 15% chance of rainfall today but don't worry! Some parts of the world will be experiencing this! Tada! We do have sunny days at Demacia, Ionia and Piltover! And so on with—"
"Mm.. That's nice, I can play with Plaything a lot.." Syndra murmured while eating popcorn. She is resting on the captain's lap.
"W-well, just because we do have fair weather." Irelia stuttered, sweating up a little as redness turns onto her cheeks.
"Probably it is destined for me to have my fun." The mage lifted herself up, touching the captain's face until with an inch, her lips are meant to crash on the woman.
"I-I am watching the news!" Irelia shuts her eyes and denied the mage.
"Hmph. I said let me have my fun." Again, the mage pushed herself, trying to reach the captain's lips. Embarrassed, Irelia used her hand to cover the mage's lips for her to deny access. But that is backfired until they heard a loud grunt behind the sofa.
"Tsk, Irelia said she is watching the news." Ahri said as she took a piece of Syndra's popcorn with her tail. "Ooh! It takes as the same way Metal head had before!"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Syndra jumped and pointed at the fox's intrusion. "AND HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY POPCORN!"
"I only took a piece! Here let me return it then." Ahri is about to spit the chewed popcorn out from her mouth.
"The HELL!? JUST EAT THAT! EW." Syndra grimaced. "AND DON'T YOU DARE TAKING ANOTHER!"
"Yay!" Ahri happily chews the popcorn. For God's sake, Syndra's head is about to pulse because of Ahri's presence. Why is every time, whenever she is with Irelia, the damned fox is popping out of nowhere!? It disrupts her time with the captain; a peaceful day probably won't be achieved by such antics of the fox.
"IRELIA!" Syndra embraced the captain tightly, pulling her away from the fox. The bowl of popcorn is being levitated for out of reach, having thoughts of Ahri might be stealing a piece again. "THAT MUTT JUST TOOK ONE OF MY POPCORN! DO SOMETHING!"
"Goodness.." Irelia sighs in disbelief. "Maybe just give her an amount and let her have it?"
"No! My popcorn is only for my own pleasure! NOT for this MUTT who keeps pestering our moment!" Syndra screamed and claimed what she wanted to say.
"Hey!" Ahri finally reacts on behalf of the mage's statement. "I came here to watch the news too! I am far more interested at that black box over there than your popcorn."
"Black box? You mean television." Irelia corrected.
"Tele-vision? *gasp* our vision will be teleporting up to somewhere!? I wanna see the forest!" Ahri puts up her glee, misinterpreting the meaning of the device.
"INFANT!" Syndra spats. "In your dreams! That is the ACTUAL name of the device NOT for SOMETHING that is seen inside your infantry!" The mage barked almost giving the fox a proper scolding, literally had enough of Ahri's pointless logic. So far, she can tell that this fox is not learning whatsoever, in fact, she is getting oblivious and ignorant, just like an infant.
And out of nowhere.. An advertisement pops after the weather forecast..
Bat cries and ghastly sound effects boomed the TV's speakers which it gives the three women an attention. "THIS NOVEMBER! Celebrate the one of the most awaited event of all time! It's time for the-!
Spook-tacular Costume Party 20XX! Time to dress up with your favorite characters that are
SPOOK-TACULAR!" The ad shows variety of costumes and dresses that makes Ahri slacked jawed.. in fear, she hastily hides behind the couch, trembling alongside with her tails. As the ad continues, it shows children wearing white sheets that symbolize ghosts with their accessory of having a pumpkin bag.
"The Spook-tacular Costume Party will be held at ANY Eco-Parks near YOU! Stay tuned and DON'T FORGET TO SAY.. TRICK OR TREAT!" And the advertisement ends with a schedule of dates each week.
"Wow! Did you see that cute ghost costume by now? I want it!" Ahri chirps with excitement, her tails wags endlessly that some of it slaps Syndra's face.
"IT WILL BE BETTER IF YOU DRESS AS ONE OF YOUR FREAKING TAILS!" Syndra spats, she shoves the stray tail that is about to slap her face.
"Yet you hide behind as the advertisement displayed some costumes." Irelia asserted with her own opinion.
"Well.. that masked man with a spiky blade is terrifying!" Ahri reasoned out.
"..Chainsaw." Irelia corrected.
"Yeah! That! I don't want that! I want those ghost thingies! And I want to have that pumpkin basket!"
"As I remember, Zed used to wear like that. HA!" The mage resumes eating popcorn. "With that total metal mask of his, and his choked voice, I swear.. those PEASANTS will scream in FEAR and not giving him TREATS!" She laughs maliciously which it echoes around the house of the captain's.
"Your LAUGH is the most reasonable why kids will definitely scream in FEAR." Out of nowhere, a low voice reaches out, and a sudden flash from a device blinded them. Zed got piqued on what he have caught on camera, pressing buttons carefully and look for the image. He wouldn't have thought..
"HAHAHAHA! Look!" Zed's laugh is so metallic and solid, he continues to laugh; laughing at the picture. The image is focused at the women, but what is funny is that he caught that part when Syndra is laughing.. with her mouth open. Her upper teeth are seen and even her tonsils.
"HAHAHAHA! THIS IS THE MOST TERRIFYING PICTURE I'VE CAPTURED FROM MY ENTIRE CAREER!" Zed continues to laugh with his flat metallic voice, pointing out as if he is a self proclaimed photographer.
"HUH!? LET ME SEE!" Ahri hurried and look out for the image, as Zed presented it, Ahri laughs heartily. The fox's tails sway endlessly as it moves accordingly on Ahri's laugh. Syndra, in fact, got hostile.
"WHAT!? LET ME SEE THAT!" Syndra angrily surged, good thing Zed teleported at the back of the couch to avoid the mage's anger.
"HAHAHA! She doesn't NEED any costumes anymore! In fact—"
"THIS picture is her costume now!"
"We need an exorcist! I am calling right now!"
The ninja laughs in full blast. "HAHAHAH! EXORCIST! HAHAHAHA!"
Irelia is just there, watching the two laugh at the exasperated mage who is literally confused and curious on what in the world did Zed caught. "What is going on.."
"I-IRELIA!" Syndra embraces the captain. Tight. "THOSE TWO IMBECILES ARE JOKING ON ME! DO SOMETHING!"
"Well.. I am not sure because I cannot assess the situation—" Irelia's explanation got cut off as Zed presented the zoomed image where it focuses on Syndra's laughing. Irelia chokes and laughs, not seeing that the mage is just right beside her.
"HAHAHA! Was this.. face of defeat?" Ahri added, wiping her tears from the vigorous laughing she had.
"That is a good idea! I will name it now.." Zed taps buttons and renames the image. "I have an idea.. let's not use that! I think this will be better.." He taps the buttons, making now the said picture to be called as..
"Wait! Let me! I have a new perfect name for that!" Ahri snatches the camera, which it gives Zed a heart attack.
"IDIOT! Don't YOU dare touching my pictures!" Zed snarls, angrily from the way Ahri handles the camera. Both him and Ahri exchanging strengths by pulling the camera for which it belongs to. Ahri keeps tapping the buttons as Zed struggles the device away from the fox's hold.
"Tsk! Stop struggling!" Ahri hissed. But with Zed's strength, her face got shoved by the ninja's gloved hand which it smells. "Ew! Your hand smells like someone wipes it for sweat!"
A popup message displays on the screen with it says the image got renamed as..
Face of Defeat(1) renamed as Laughing with mai papconr
"Laughing with.. mai.. mai papcon.. What is this!?" Zed complains angrily. "It would be better if it is the Face of Defeat!"
The two women at the couch got curious and so they went to check up on Zed. Irelia is the one who sighs while the mage laughs, mocking at the fox's lame spelling. "INFANT! You can't even spell right! You should be studying in daycare!"
Irelia stifled in laughter. "It means.. Laughing with my popcorn. Ahri must've made a mistake in typing it."
"WHAT!? I am not laughing with my popcorn!" Syndra got shocked on what she has heard. "AND DELETE THAT PICTURE! DELETE IT!"
"Honestly, what makes it funny is the way it spelled wrong while Syndra is laughing wide open." Irelia giggles then she laughs along with Ahri.
"HAHAHAHA! Hey! I did a good job right?" Ahri wags her tails.. as if she is telling she is asking for who is a good girl.. like a dog.
"Yeah. You are a good girl." The captain pats the fox's head.
"YAY!"
"Then YOU are admitting that you are a MUTT! Get away from my Plaything!" Instantly, the mage blasts a wave that pushes the fox. Her embrace is the thing that Irelia has felt.
"Ah! What a vile hermit! I'll report you!" The fox whined, though Zed continues to complain about the name of the horrifying photo he captured. While the two are having arguments about the naming of the photo, Irelia suggested that they should try the costume party for the good shots. Whilst the idea is not bad as it could be, Syndra wonders.
"What costume is perfect for me?"
"How about we buy on the shop and see if there's anything good for you!" The captain suggested. "Since of the existence of technology, we can do online shopping."
"Online shopping? On..line? Line is on? Huh?" Ahri questions. That question leads an individual facepalm in disbelief.
"It's a thing about internet, I guess. I heard from my soldiers that this 'internet' is a widespread." Irelia answers from her own reasoning. "But then, I think I may have a magazine here.."
Irelia scuttles and went upstairs, hastily to look for the magazine about shopping stuffs. With a sound of her footstep rumble the wooden floors, a sign she is in a hurry. Now she presented the magazine for shopping named as Shop n' Pay! It is an online shopping business that any customer will be served nationwide through delivery.
"Here. Let's see. Clothing.." She navigated the table of contents and look for the thing she need. There they have seen so many clothing for women and men. Syndra seemed to be in awe as soon she have seen this, she has thoughts to buy one! Though Ahri is far more far-fetched that she instantly went excited.
"Is there anything they SELL a leash here?! I am going to order one!" Syndra scowls, the tails keep on slapping her face. Irelia hummed and looks for Accessories for Pet's page and saw leashes with promising designs. The mage instantly snatches the magazine and happily takes her time looking at the leashes.
"Ha! This one looks better!' Syndra points at the metallic simple chain leash. It made Ahri shudder. "How about this?! It has a pawprint! Perfect for someone who is a MUTT!"
"Hey! How dare you! Let me have that! I'm going to look for—"
"No! It's my turn, shoo for now! I am going to order some things!"
While Irelia watches the two growling for the shopping magazine, she heard Zed huffed. He is scowling while making pictures. "Why. It still is showing.."
"What's wrong?" Irelia asks.
"This." Zed presented the camera, the screen shows a message. Insufficient Memory Space!
"Ah. That." Irelia felt a sweat drip on her forehead. It seems Zed's picture taking got filled out.
"I can't take pictures anymore! What's wrong with it?" He grunted in annoyance.
"Pictures require memory, it's like a bank storing data I guess. It seems you need to delete some pictures—"
"No. My pictures are perfect! None can be erased! No. Never. Ever." Zed immediately huffed as he interrupted Irelia's reasoning.
"Then you'll not be able to take pictures anymore since it fills the memory space." Irelia sighs.
"Then what should I do for me to suffice this memory thing? I must preserve my pictures!" Zed quickly asks for a tip. Kind of begging to Irelia how he'll be saving those pictures instead of being erased forever.
"One thing is to develop your pictures. Like this." Good thing Irelia has a picture hidden beside the television. It is framed that shows herself sitting comfortably in her office. "That's the reason why Photo Albums are exist.
"I see. This Develop Technique can make pictures taken here to become tangible, and you can place it anywhere. I must learn this! How did you do this?" Zed again sought information. Information how to convert his pictures to life.
"Ah.. That. You need someone to develop for you."
"Then please develop my pictures for me."
"And you need gold for it."
"Tsk! How much?"
"Since we are officially champions in the League, I say, 20 gold per picture. But how many pictures have you taken?" Irelia explained, she can feel that Zed's pictures lead into something a lot. The Master of the Shadows presented the camera and let Irelia analyze it.
..She can fall from her place as she have seen 1000 pictures have been taken from the gallery space. "Just what on earth is he taking pictures for?! "
"So.. 20 gold multiply by.. 1000.." Irelia murmured. Her face screamed in disbelief as she can feel that this will result expensively.
"20 multiple by 1000. Hm." Zed went silent for awhile and.. "20.. 1000.. Ah. Hm." She heard him grunting in frustration. Almost seemingly that Zed can't even solve the problem.
"He is not good at Math." Irelia thought.
"You!" Zed pokes Ahri angrily.
"What? I am busy!" Ahri is just busy pulling the magazine away from Syndra's hands.
"What is 20 multiply by 1000?! Answer!" Zed said angrily.
"I don't know!" Wow. Ahri gives up easily.
"Pathetic!" He grumbles. Then he faces at the mage instead. "You—"
Syndra glared at him as if she will poke Zed with her spheres if he dared to disturb her business with Ahri. It just mean that she doesn't know either.
"It's.. 20,000. Don't disturb her now." Irelia pats him.
"20,000? Fine! I still have my savings on my account at League! Please do develop my pictures, Will of the Blades. I will not hesitate to pay." Zed bows and presented the camera, returning it to the captain back with.. 1000 pictures. As Zed contented from what he has been, he suddenly felt excited from the fact he'll be having his pictures tangible. A sudden rush from his foreboding attire, killer figure, and intimidating metallic mask is out of placed from what he has been feeling, excitement. Upon his excitement, he thought of having a sort of curiosity on what the two women blabbering about that magazine. "I think it's my turn to look for my own costume. I want a promising one."
"In your face, your attire is almost a costume! No one will give you TREATS!" Syndra snarls. Good thing Irelia slips into and snatches the magazine, else it will rip off the pages from their exchanging of physical restraint. "Plaything!"
"Yes. Yes.. Let's look for costumes, please?" And so Syndra embraced the captain. However, Ahri..
"Hehe."
"Shoo! I am the only one who can embrace her! Not a MUTT like you!"
"Ah. Please. Don't fight here!" Irelia struggles. Good thing the two settled down. She started to navigate the pages, costumes are there but all of them are flashy like fairies, elves, bunnies— wait.. that only Ahri made interested. Zed rolls his eyes as a sign that Ahri is simply needed for daycare indeed. Next, Irelia flips the page and saw ghostly costumes that Zed got interested.. on the costume that only is made by a white sheet with punctured two holes for the eye, and has a drawn huge O as for the mouth. The mage laughs at Zed's poor taste, and so it's her turn to choose. Irelia shows a costume that shows a bat woman who has a mask that hides her face only at the eyes. It looks sexy but in a way of playing like a superhero.
"I'll take that! You'll be looking forward to see me wearing this, Plaything.." Syndra growls which it shivers the captain.
"S-So.. Ahri for the bunny costume.. Zed's for the ghost costume.. and Syndra for the bat costume.. That's fine?" Irelia confirms while her blush plastered her face.
"Yes!"
"Mm-Hmm."
"Of course!"
"Okay I'll order now. Let's wait for the delivery!" And so it ends up Irelia contacting the online shop, continuing her order.
"Nothing else. That's it."
"Thank you for calling Shop n' Pay! Your fees will be accumulated via League Account of Ms. Irelia Lito, Will of the Blades."
As the phone call ended with a beep, Syndra couldn't resist embracing the captain. Though she has received a free treatment by the captain for the costume, she could give the captain a reward by looking forward to wear the bat costume she chose. The said costume made the ninja and the fox wonder. How Syndra would look like under those bat thingies? Zed snickered, completely excited to take a shot of his friend's attire that'll complete his Face of Defeat pictures. The laughing Syndra he had taken before is the next level of his funniest stolen shots for blackmailing the mage.
"Will of the Blades! I entrust you my pictures. You will make this Develop Technique for me and I can't wait for the results." Zed applied his trust to Irelia, the fact he is extremely excited for his pictures. And so the three ended fighting for the magazine that they have gained interest on the things that the online shopping gives. Irelia prepared herself to travel Piltover for her to develop the pictures, using the teleporting Nexus at the city. She entrusted the three to look out for the house, giving a set of instructions to Syndra. However, the most important things goes to Zed since he is more stable on guarding stuffs, except for Ahri who is rambunctious and tend to be curious. Before she leaves, Zed gave his account number and his signature for the fees to the captain.
"I'll be back! Don't entertain people!" And so Irelia steps out her home, leaving the three for them to stay with the Air conditioning device, and TV on.
Piltover.. Central Area—
The things she can hear upon arriving is the bustling city, vehicle horns went left and right from her hearing which it conclusion the traffic finally has shown up. She let her Aviator jacket to warm her up since the winter is almost approaching under the crispy hues of Autumn.
Few minutes of travelling has passed, she reaches a building that is enclosed with huge machinery. The gates are automated with artificial intelligence before entering the premises, a guarding turret is on duty for security has been activated for a long time if ever someone fails to pass on the gate. Irelia shows herself up and the AI immediately run its systems that concludes her as a customer. The gates opened for Irelia to enter, completely anxious about the possibility of those huge turrets to fire a bullet at her.
*Chime
The hidden bell made a sound as Irelia entered, the desk is not much clean with monitors around blinking in operation. There is no one at the desk, and so she taps the bell for customer service. Soon enough, something springs up the desk. A small creature that wears goggles, and a lab coat got somewhat bewildered from the bell thinking of it as a distraction from a customer.
"Goodness me! A customer, finally! It seems my calculations were absolutely accurate!" The small creature; The Yordle said in hurry.
"Hi, Heimerdinger.." Irelia somewhat struggled to read the tag pinned on the Yordle's coat. "I do need to develop pictures."
"Oh! You need an assistance of my notorious AI for photography! I do have materials!" He immediately typed something to the computer terminal that Irelia has no idea what is he doing. "I need the memory card please."
She manages to take the memory card to Heimerdinger and let him. She added that she wants to develop all necessary pictures taken on the memory card. As she has said that, the small scientist gasps.
"Goodness me! 1000 contents have been working to fill the memory space! Additionally, I have found video materials as well! What shall I do with it, dear customer?"
"Video? I'm sorry but, I have no idea about that."
"I recommend burning it on the CD for prolong use! You can view it on certain medias as much like televisions, computers, laptops, notebook PCs.." The scientist huffed as he navigated the contents of the memory card. "Oh my! So many good shots!"
Good shots.. more like, good shots of Zed's selfies are the contents of the memory card. Few pictures are considered Nature photography, she has seen her garden as well. Not denying she has seen Ionia's natural wonders. It seems Zed traveled with his shadow powers to get to areas for photo shoots. Her eyes twitched as she has seen loads of Zed's selfies with his ninjas, he is posing in angle, posing with the camera high angle, and trying to be photogenic with his ninjas while making some weird peace signs..
"He totally filled my camera with pictures of himself.."
And lastly.. she has seen Syndra's terrible stolen shots. Of course she must endure to laugh at this one. She almost hear the mage's malevolent voice coming from her head that tells her NOT to laugh. It's time for her to decide, her decision falls with her idea to burn the video files on the CD and.. develop all necessary image files to photos. And so Heimerdinger hummed as he processed his machineries, he even suggested Irelia to take her time enjoying her stay here in Piltover while waiting. Her mind plays the worries about her home being wasted from the three visitors who are literally absurd..
Meanwhile..
"Hm.. Oh, what's this?" Zed picked one of the arranged square cases inside the drawers. He has seen a picture of a man riding a bike with a huge explosion at his back. "Look what I've found inside the captain's drawer underneath this Television.. It says DVD."
"DVD? What's that?" Ahri just got hit by a slap from the mage upon she asks the same question to the white haired mage."Ow—!"
"Don't ask me! Mutt!" Syndra snarls from the fact she'll be hearing Ahri's infantry again.
"Hm.. I wonder.." Zed gives the item an analysis. At the back, a summary is written in small letters.
"Upon having a conflicted past, former police Eugene strives to find his missing daughter he had been taking care of from the people who wants him dead." Zed hums. "That's interesting.. I wonder why.."
"Then find out." Syndra coldly spats as she snagged a random tail of the fox.
"Hmph! It has instructions here.." Zed opens the case, a note there is stuck on the edge which are possible instructions. The ninja reads it and tries to understand it. Literally interested how this thing will go. Supposedly, he would ask Irelia about this but it's far too late to ask her since she is in Piltover now. The TV is still on and he thought of giving the instruction a try, admitting he is not dumb than Ahri, well even Syndra's ignorance when it comes with Technology..
He follows the instructions, he looks for the tape at the CD player then taps open. A familiar circular shape just moved out the player which it gives Zed a gasp. "Look what I found! Something here opened." The two women scuttles and went behind Zed.
"What's that?!" Ahri gasps. "Maybe some kind of mechanism that will open hidden treasures?"
"Idiot! Do you think Plaything will hide treasures from THAT?!" Syndra barked. "What's that anyway?!"
Zed just rolled his eyes. Here we go again, with the 'Ignorance of Technology Nominee of the Day'. He wondered about the weird circular base that looks like the shape of the contents of the case. He pulls the glistening object with his hand. Almost special, he thinks of it as valuable because of how the CD brings rainbow rays.
"Keep your paws! This must be special!" Zed immediately barks at Ahri who has gotten curious about the CD because of its colors it gives on the base.
"Don't tell me the key of that thing is that? Put it in! ASAP! Hurry! Imbecile!" Syndra shakes Zed hastily. The ninja got annoyed and barks at her. "How DARE you raise your choked voice in front of ME?!"
"Silence! This must be placed perfectly! I must go through carefully!" Zed slowly places the CD on the player as if something's going to happen if he places it normally. The two women anticipated, waiting for the CD to be placed. With a click, Zed finally placed the CD. He is sweating from that.
"Great, it's in. What's next." Zed hummed while he reads the note. "It says close the lid."
"Then close it!" Syndra closes the lid. A loud CLICK has done that the TV suddenly went black.
"What have you done?! The TV!" The ninja angrily blames the mage. "You're the last one who touched the CD, you must be blamed!"
"Huh?! I just closed the lid, Imbecile!"
"Hey!" Ahri's ears perked up, the sound she hears comes from the TV. A loud bang from the introduction boomed the speakers which it gives the three a heart attack.
"What the hell was that?!" Syndra ducks herself, covering her head.
"It came from the TV!" Zed said as he hides using his Shadow portal.
"It says 'Enjoy the movie' on the screen. Movie? Move.. E? Something's gonna move?" Ahri puts on her seeping curiosity. Again. Speaking of moving, the TV is displaying dramatic explosions and fighting scenes. The three watches, until they found a new way to spend this day.
"Hey! Give me!" Ahri didn't know that Syndra has popcorn straight from the microwave earlier stashed on the side of the couch. She is currently munching a new bowl of popcorn.
"Shoo! The TV is about to show explosions!"
"Tch! Such greed! I'll report you to the Will of the Blades!"
And so this day ended up the three watching a movie that probably came from their ignorance and curiosity at the same time. Though, the mage is being pestered by the fox's eagerness to snatch a piece of her popcorn, adding how the ninja steals a piece using his shadows without knowing. He totally enjoys the actions, but what's more irritating is that Ahri wants a different show than this, and Syndra just loves the explosions. Just THAT. Thanks to the TV, it totally distracted the three from destroying Irelia's house from their endless quarreling to things they never had seen before.
NOTE:
It's been awhile! Oh gosh! I am sorry for not updating! I've been attached on finishing my story, Behind that Attitude. Sorry Sorry!
Anyways! Wow! I'll leave you guys on how you see Zed's selfies xD
And again with Syndra's ignorance on Technology xD Ahri needs a tutor now XD I totally enjoyed writing at the part where Zed and Ahri mocking Syndra xD Stop joking Syndra please!
Next scene will be the time they'll be attending the costume party! Will Syndra be receiving a treat? Stay tuned!