AN-YES! Another chapter for you guys to enjoy! Ninja of Night, I don't know why. The Lord just gave me the gift. Spoiler: A character you all know and love (and you might of wanted to punch in the face at one point) is coming into the story in this chapter!
Chapter Thirty-six- Snobs and Twists
The Mammoth Screen flies away, and the crowd dies down. "Man, just seeing Joe's face on that awesome video display was so exciting!" Todd tells me.
"Yeah dawg! I'm surprised I didn't explode!" I tell him. Todd jumps with excitement.
"But seriously. The Cup's grand prize is this entire fossil park. My mind is completely blown here." Todd tells me.
"We ARE gonna win this!" I tell him.
"Yeah Red!" Todd says with agreement. "We have to win, no matter what!" We clasp hands.
"Hello Todd. Hello Red." We look to see Stella walking over to us. "The Cup is finally under way."
"Hey Stella!" Todd says as we turn to her.
"Why aren't you two off digging fossil rocks yet?" She asks. "You should've received a message on your Paleopagers by now." Me and Todd look at each other, then hear our Paleopagers start beeping. We take them out, and there's a picture of a staff member on the screen.
"The first dig site, Treasure Lake, is now open on Ribular Island." She says. "Treasure lake is ringed by thick woods, in the middle of which sits a lake. Fighters are urged to travel there and get ready for Round 1 of the Cup." The screen goes blank, and I put the pager back in the side pocket.
"Gah!" Todd exclaims. "We're really gonna do this!"
"Wait..." I say looking around. "Everyone's gone!"
"We just got here and we're behind already!" Todd says.
"Treasure Lake is through that walkway over there." Stella tells us pointing at a walk way to the lower right of the landing pad.
"C'mon!" Todd says. "Let's go before all the fossil rocks are gone!" He turns and bolts towards the walkway. I smile as I watch him run.
"You know, I'm actually shocked Joe would do something like that." Stella says. I turn towards her with confusion.
"Ma'am?" I ask.
"None of the staff knew he was putting the park as a prize..." Her shoulders slump some, she gets a sad look, and looks at the ground next to her. "Not even me..." She stands there.
...Oh dino... I think. Why am I surprised she's in love with him?
"But I suppose you have bigger things to worry about, huh?" She asks looking back at me and smiling. "Good luck with the Cup Red."
"Thanks Stella." I tell her with a smile. She walks back into the Fighter Station, and I head over to the walkway to see a Staff member standing in the middle of it, looking down it.
"...Oh no." She says. "He's gone already."
"Ma'am?" I ask. She turns and sees me.
"Wait! You haven't gotten your Fossil Sonar yet, have you?" She asks.
"No ma'am." I tell her.
"Well, you're not going to find any fossil rocks without it!" She hands me a sonar, and I put the strap around my neck and left shoulder.
"Thank you ma'am." I tell her.
"Your welcome." She says with a smile. "I tried to stop that boy who ran ahead of you, but he moved like his pants were on fire!" I smile awkwardly, and scratch the back of my head.
That's Todd for you. "Yeah... He can get excited..." I tell her.
"You know him?"
"He's my friend."
"Well that's convenient! Could you get this sonar to him?"
"Yes ma'am!" I tell her accepting the sonar. I continue down the walkway, then come to a large clearing. In front of me is a small field with some clusters of flowers, and a white fence along the edge, which drops off five feet into the lake. To the left is a decline that allows you access to the area around the lake, which is surprisingly shallow and has a giant rock carved into a T-Rex skull in the middle. I see Todd running around on the field, with a frantic look on his face.
"Stupid fossil rocks!" He says. "Come on! Where are you?" I stand there watching him, resisting the urge to face palm.
"Todd!" I call. He looks at me, and I jog over to him. "This might help." I tell him handing him the sonar.
"Oh..." He smiles awkwardly. "Heh heh... Thanks..." I pat his shoulder.
"Don't worry. Everyone's excited." I tell him. "Now let's find some fossils!"
"Yeah!" Todd says in agreement. We run off, eyes on our sonar, digging like maniacs. It reminds me of the first time I went to an actual dig site back on Vivosaur. I have a new pick now, though. The lower half of the handle is black, the top half is white, the head is dull yellow, with one tip being blue and the other tip red. I run towards one fossil, and I slam into someone, knocking the breath out of me.
"Oooohhhh..." I hear the person moan. My head pops up to see I'm on top of them.
"Sorry!" I tell them as I pull them to their feet. The boy, who's the same age as me, looks me in the eyes, and I flinch. He has angled, golden cat eyes, shoulder length silver hair that shines in the sun, bangs that cover his forehead, and his skin is a bit pale. He's wearing a royal red coat with a purple collar that covers the bottom half of his neck, a white line that starts at the middle of the bottom of the collar, goes down a bit and to the left, then centers back as it goes down to the edge of his coat, which also has white on it, and has a long tail that comes down to the middle of his lower leg, and the inside of it is purple with a white outline. The ends of the sleeves are purple, his shoulders are perfectly squared, and he's thin in the middle. He has black cut off gloves, white pants that poof out as they get closer to the knee, then comfortably hug his legs to where he still has room to move them, and the pants have thick red lines going down the front, then his boots are a brownish color, start below his knees, and look like something that a British official or royalty would wear.
It occurs to me that he might be of royal blood.
"Sorry! Sorry!" I tell him brushing some dirt of his shoulder. "I was just so excited about finding new fossils and the Cup that I wasn't paying any attention whatsoever to my surroundings, and-" I'm brushing some dirt off his sleeve when he suddenly yanks it away.
"Watch where you're going next time!" He snaps with a British accent. He fixes his collar as he walks away. "Idiot..." He mutters.
"I heard that!" I yell shaking my fist at him. 'That... That... THAT... THAT...!'
'Jerk?' Air Strike asks.
'Snob?' Cloud Cover asks.
'Ignorant Brit?' Flamethrower asks.
'ALL THOSE!' I tell them. '... What's a Brit?'
'Brit is another word for British.' He tells me.
'Ah...' I say. 'Well, forget him! He don't know nothin' 'bout me!' I join up with Todd, and we keep digging. We go back to the Fighter Station after a bit, clean the fossils, and Todd heads back while I look at the new VMM. It's just like the one's on Vivosaur, except with green rather than blue. Stella brings in a cleaning robot similar to KL-33N, and tells me about donation points before I head back to Treasure Lake. As I walk onto the dig site, I see a group of Fighters crowded around something near the fence, and most of the group is squealing fan girls.
"Ooh, he SOOOOOO DREAMY!" One says.
"Yeah..." Another one sighs. "All mysterious and smoldering and stuff..."
"I want a lock of his hair!" One squeals.
'...' Me and my vivosaurs says nothing.
'I shall never comprehend what goes on in a fan girl's mind...' Flamethrower says.
'Fan girls...' I groan. 'The world would be such a nice place without them...' I say as I walk towards the crowd.
"Well, shoot." I hear a boy say. "I didn't expect to see him in the Cup. This is gonna make it harder to win that's for sure."
'Pffft.' I say. 'We're gonna win this hands down.'
'Yeah dawg!' Air Strike says.
'HEY! That's MY line!' I tell him. He snickers and I smile. I see Todd trying to see over some people's shoulders.
"Hey Todd!" I call waving. He turns and sees me, then runs over to me.
"Red! Did you hear?" He asks. "Rupert is entered in the Cup! That's right THE Rupert!"
"WHAT?" I exclaim. 'Who the vivosaur is Rupert?'
'Don't know.' Cloud Cover tells me. 'Let's go find out!'
"They're just about to start a TV interview with Rupert now." Todd tells me. "C'mon!" We rush over to the crowd, and find a spot where we can see. There's a camera man with black hair, blue baseball cap, gray T-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes with a news camera on his shoulder. In front of him is a woman with short light brown hair, baby blue dress, and blue shoes. She lifts her mic to her lips, and the camera starts rolling.
"Good afternoon!" She says. "I'm Linda R. Porter, reporting for Caliosteo TV. With the Caliosteo Cup under way, we have an exclusive interview with one of the Fighters. The undefeated child prodigy is on a stunning run of victories across multiple Fossil Fighting tournaments. He's also the heir to a multinational corporation that makes a wide range of goods for Fighters. He's the prince of FossilDig Inc. and the talk of every Fighter in town! Ladies and gentlemen..." I look at the boy standing next her. He has a dull, bored look on his face, golden cat eyes and silver hair.
HEY! Wait a minute! THAT GUY? I think. He's the British snob I slammed into!
"Say hello to Rupert Regius!" Linda says. The Camera man zooms out to where they're both in the picture. "Rupert, let's get right down to it: Do you feel confident about winning the Caliosteo Cup?" She holds the mic out to him.
"Oh yes quite." He says in a smug voice while nodding. "There's little point in entering a competition if one does not expect to win."
"Spoken like a true champion." Linda says as she bring her mic back.
Pfffft. I think. More like an over-confident jerk... So he's won some tournaments. Am I SUPPOSED to be impressed?
"There is little doubt this young competitor has sipped oft from the cup of victory." Linda says. "Were any other Fighter were to say as much, we might accuse them of hubris. But from Rupert, it is fact."
"That's YOUR opinion!" I call. Everyone looks at me. "If you're so sure you can win something like how you've been doing, then why do it? To prove you can? You've already proved that!" Rupert glares at me. "If you're going to enter a Fossil Battle, you don't do it for fame, or glory, or the attention! You do it to have fun! That's what makes a Fossil Battle!" Everyone stands there looking at me, the fan girls whisper to each other, a man nods in agreement, a woman smiles, and Linda takes a step towards me when Rupert stops her.
"Ignore him." He tells her. "He's obviously just a normal Fighter that wants attention." I stand there watching him with a hard face. Linda looks at me, then turns back to the camera.
Jerk... I think. If I was as rich as him, I could afford some manners. I hide a smirk at the thought.
"Will this title come to him as have others? Or will a new hero emerge to challenge the boy genius?" Linda asks.
"New hero!" Someone yells. Everyone looks at Todd, who's standing right next to me.
"Excuse me?" Rupert asks.
"I'm not sure if I could, but I know Red can!" Todd says. Everyone looks at me.
"What do you have to say?" Linda asks rushing forward.
"Well..." I say. "Think about what you said: 'Will this title come to him as have others?' The way HOW you said that: 'Come to him', which implies that the victories weren't really earned. Victory doesn't come to you, you fight your way to it. If it just comes to you, what have you accomplished? If you fight for it, and get it, then that proves that you have what it takes, that you are stronger, faster, smarter and better prepared. Victory isn't a gift. It is a hard earned reward that only the best of the best can get." When I finish, the group bursts out into cheers, and the fan girls watch me with either interest or anger. I look at Rupert to see him giving me a death glare.
"One thing is clear: all eyes are on the Caliosteo Cup!" Linda says. "One more thing, we've been asked by the organizers to pass a message along to our viewers. Despite his fame, at the end of the day, Rupert is still a competitor entered in the Cup. Thought you may be smitten by his roughish charm," I resist the urge to laugh, and instead roll my eyes and let out an agitated sigh. "please do not mob him or try to steal locks of his hair. Any entrants found to be annoying Rupert in this manner may be subject to disqualification. And that's all we've got. For Caliosteo TV, this is Linda R. Porter saying good day and good fortune." The camera man stops filming, and he and Linda walk away. Rupert watches them go.
"...Idiocy." He mutters. He then turns and walks down to the lake. The crowd diffuses and me and Todd just stand there.
"I'd like to chase after Rupert and see if he's really everything they said he is!" Todd says. I get an idea.
"Hey, they said we couldn't annoy him, but they didn't say anything about challenging him to a Fossil Battle!" I tell him.
"Hey, yeah!" Todd says brightening. "Let's go!" We run down to the lake, then to a dirt area that juts out into the lake where Rupert is. He glares at me.
"Hey!" Todd tells him. "What say you and me have a good old-fashion Fossil Battle? You know that excited feeling you get when you meet a tough Fighter? Well, I have it! You like Fossil Battles, and you know that feeling! So let's have some fun!" Rupert rolls his eyes, shakes his head and sighs.
"PLEASE go amuse yourself elsewhere. I don't have time to waste on the likes of you." He says in a flat, bored tone. "'Let's have fun'? 'Excited feeling'? Such disgusting treacle is enough to make my porridge come up! Frankly I ABHOR having to associate with Fighters such as yourself. If you wish to face me in a Fossil Battle, you must win your way to my standing in the tournament. Of course, there's no way of that happening. Now run along and take your sad vivosaurs with you." Me and Todd get mad.
"WHAT?" Todd exclaims. "How dare you! You don't have any idea how talented I am!" I'm resisting the urge to strangle Rupert. "I think your just a chicken! BAAAAWK! BAWK BAWK!" He jumps up and down flapping his arms, while Rupert watches him with irritation.
"BAWK BAWK BAWK!" I say as start doing the same thing. Rupert takes a deep breath through his nose and his right eye lid twitches as we keep on.
"FINE!" He tells us, causing us to stop. "You demand satisfaction do you? Very well. If it will keep you from stalking me in the future..."
Heh. Stalking stalker Todd is stalking Rupert. I think.
"Once I show you what a TRUE Fossil Battle is like, you can run home and tell Mummy all about it." He takes out two Dino Medals, one earth, one water, and calls out two vivosaurs I've never seen before. The earth one, a Raja, is brown with black on his upper lip, is built like a T-Rex, has a lighter brown under side, a dirt yellow horn on his fore head with spike behind it, dirt yellow claws, red around his neck, between his arms, and on his back, white going from his forehead to the tip of his tail, and snow white teeth. The water one, a Mapo, is a silvery-gray, built like a T-Rex, has a horn on the top of his head, and two smaller ones around his eyes, which are red. His teeth are pink, his claws are gray, and he has gray streaked on him.
Todd calls out his Stego, and the battle starts. Rupert gets the first move, but passes making it Todd's turn. "Stego, Spike Tail on Raja!" Stego attacks, but misses.
"Pathetic..." Rupert mutters. "Raja, Raja Fang on Stego." Raja attacks doing one hundred fifty-nine damage, making Stego go into his medal. Todd catches his medal, and takes a step back as Rupert catches his medals.
"I lost..." Todd says. "I lost a LOT."
"Truly pathetic." Rupert says. "Are you even paying attention to the elemental type of your vivosaurs?"
"...Elemental type?" Todd asks.
"This is indeed sad." Rupert tells him.
'RARGH! LET ME AT HIM! I'M JUST GONNA BEAT THE SNOT OUTTA HIM!' I yell at Flamethrower who set up a voluntary movement blockage in my brain, making me stuck standing there.
"To think that a fighter who knows nothing about elemental types..." Rupert says. "Oh, very well. Pay attention!" He goes onto explain elemental and range, while me and my vivosaur have a mental argument.
'OKAY! If a JUST challenge him to a battle and let you guys cream his vivosaurs, THEN WILL YOU PLEASE GET RID OF THIS BLOCKAGE? My eyes are drying out for fossil's sake!' I ask. I feel Flamethrower remove the blockage.
"Not that any of this matters." Rupert tells Todd when he finishes his lecture. "I still would have crushed you in the end." I step forward.
"You can't talk to my friend that way you jerk." I say coldly as I pull out my team.
"What is this nonsense?" Rupert asks annoyed. "Must I truly battle EVERY slack-jawed yokel who slinks into view?"
"Listen PAL," I hiss. "I don't know WHAT your problem is, but if you think I'm going to let you insult my friend and get away with it, then you're as right as my left hand."
"Enough!" Rupert snaps. "I'll not spend one more second on this madness! I say good day sir!" He turns, and walks back towards town, and I watch him with an angry glare.
Why that little JERK! I oughtta-
"AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!" Todd yells. I look at him to see him grabbing his head with frustration. "I've lost plenty of times, but I've never been this angry about it!" He looks at me. "That's it Red! We HAVE to win our way through the Cup together! We HAVE to take down that Rupert jerk, no matter what!"
"Yeah dawg!" I say in agreement. "NOBODY talks to us that way!" We clasp hands.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP
We take out our Paleopagers, and there's a picture of a staff member on the screen. "Round 1 of the Caliosteo Cup will now begin. Todd's opponent will be Red." We jump and look at each other with 'WHAT?' looks on our faces. "Prepare yourselves before checking in at Ribular Town's Fossil Stadium." The message ends, we put them away, and look at each other.
"Wow." Todd says. "So you're my Round 1 opponent?"
"Boo man." I say. "I was hoping we'd fight each other in the finals." We stand there for a second, then Todd whirls around and angrily kicks a rock, making it fly into the woods.
"Stupid computer!" He says as he kicks it. I frown, and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, kicking rocks isn't going to change anything." I tell him in a comforting tone. He looks at me. "Look at it this way, we've always wanted to fight each other in a Fossil Battle, and now we can. And, whoever wins will have twice the reason to fight." Todd smiles.
"You're right..." He says. "We'll have to fight as hard as we can. Until our Round 1 match is done, I'm going to think of you as my enemy! I'm going to Fossil Battle you hard! I mean. CRAZY hard!"
"Yeah dawg!" I say in agreement. "We shall see who is the victor!" I say running my index finger and thumb down the sides of my chin.
"OH! You think that you shall beat me?" Todd says doing the same thing.
"Yes! Yes I do!" I say with a fake French accent.
"Oh ho, ho! Zat is where you are wrong monsieur!" Todd tells me with the same fake accent. "For it is I that shall win!"
"Then we shall see monsieur!" I say. We both then burst out laughing. "To any French people reading this, Magma means no disrespect whatsoever."
"Who are you talking to?" Todd asks me.
"To the readers!"
"REEED! You're not supposed to break the fourth wall!"
"Magma just wanted to put some humor in is all."
"...Do you feel like someone's laughing at us?"
"...Yeah..." We stand there for a second. "Hey, have you ever felt like someone's reading our actions like they were words on a screen?"
"...I'm a BIT freaked out now..."
"...I still feel like people are laughing at us..."
"...Maybe we should just continue what we were doing..."
"Let's do this!" I say. We run to Ribular Town, and into the Fighter Station to see Devon standing there.
"You two must have gotten word that Round 1 of the Caliosteo Cup is under way." He tells us. "Let me quickly explain how you compete in the Cup, okay?" I mentally groan.
Ugh... I've heard to many explanations today. I think.
"Wait for a notice to appear on your Paleopager." He tells us. "When you get the word," He points at the door to the commons room. "just go through the door to the left of the reception counter. Simple, huh?"
"Thank you." Todd tells him. I nod.
"All right!" He tells us with a smile. "I expect to see a red-hot battle from you two. I want to see FLAMES shoot out of the stadium.
Is that safe? I wonder.
"No problem!" Todd tells him. "Let's go!" Me and him run over to the door, and go into the Commons Room. The people in there are getting ready, or sitting around watching the current match. Me and Todd sit down on a bench, and watch the battles on the TV.
"The next match will be Todd vs. Red." The announcer says. "Combatants should enter the stadium immediately." We look at the door.
"Sounds like we're on." Todd says. I nod.
"No hard feeling no matter who wins?" I ask. Todd nods.
"May the best Fighter win." He says.
"You will." We laugh, then walk through into the Battle Area with eager smiles. We call out our teams, and I look at Todd's to see he's got a Stego and Goyle.
"Air Strike, Spinax Fang on Stego!" He attacks doing eighty-one damage, causing Stego to go into his medal.
"Goyle, Body Axe on S-Raptor!" He attacks doing three damage.
"Air Strike, Spinax Fang on Goyle!" He attacks doing forty-two damage. "Cloud Cover, Shan Fang on Goyle!" She attacks doing twelve damage, sending Goyle into his medal.
"RED WINS!" The announcer says. The crowd cheers, and me and Todd meet up in the lobby.
"Good battle Red!" Todd tells me as we clasp hands.
"Yeah dawg!" I tell him. "You did pretty good out there." It would've been a better fight if my wasn't so strong... We drop our hands back to our sides and Stella walks over to us.
"Congratulations Red!" She says cheerfully. "You're through to the second round." She looks at Todd. "But hold your head high Todd. That was a fine effort from both of you." She looks at me. "Red, this is for you. It's your prize for clearing Round 1." She hands be a bright green package about one foot long and six inches thick with a white clock on the front.
"What the what is this?" I ask examining the package.
"Time Plus." She tells me. "They're valuable items that extends cleaning time by thirty seconds. Each one is good for a single use though. If you need more, you can purchase them at any shop."
"Oh." I says. "Thanks Stella! These will defiantly come in handy!" I tell her with a smile. My Fighter's License starts buzzing, and I take it out of the side pocket with my pager in it. I open it, and see that I've gone up a Fighter Level. Stella notices.
"Your win also earned you a promotion." She says. "Your Fighter Level is now higher! When you rise in level, your maximum FP and FP recharge both increase. It's a vital to advance in the Cup, but other experiences are necessary for you to level up. Good luck with Round 2! I look forward to how strong you'll become." She walks towards the left wing which must be her office, and me and Todd turn back to each other.
"Well, you got me." He says. "But you know what? I don't feel all that bad. I mean, sure I'm disappointed that I lost, but I got to take you on in a Fossil Battle, and that was really fun!"
"Yeah dawg!" I say. "If it a fun battle, you don't get disappointed." Todd nods.
"Okay Red!" He tells me. "Feast you eyes on your number one fan! Until the Cup ends, I'm gonna be president and CEO of the Red Fan Club!"
"Thanks man!" I tell him. "I don't believe it! My own fan club! I won't let you down Todd!"
"You're my champ now," Todd tells me. "so I'm entrusting you with my dream!"
"Don't worry Todd!" I say heroically. "I shall win this Cup like a champion, and make you my right-hand-man and second in charge!"
"REALLY?" He asks shocked.
"Of course! You're my best bro and wingman!"
"Thanks Red!"
"My pleasure!" We clasp hands.
"...I do not know what to make of the two of you." A familiar, bored, monotonous voice says. We turn to see Rupert walking over to us. "You just faced each other in battle, and yet now you laugh about it?"
You don't get it." Todd says. "We just shared an awesome battle together!"
"Yeah dawg!" I say. Rupert stands there, then blinks.
"So you are satisfied with defeat then?" Rupert asks. "It doesn't gnaw at your soul like a rabid badger?"
How does he know what the gnawing of a rabid badger feels like? I wonder.
"You are a... strange person." Rupert tells Todd. I step forward.
"You have a problem with him?" I ask. Rupert turns away.
"Yes, well, excuse me." He says. "Unlike you, I have more important things to do with my time." He turns towards the door, and walks towards it. I scowl.
If he talks to Todd like that ONE MORE TIME...!
"Gya!" Todd exclaims with confusion. "What is with that guy? It's not like we asked his opinion or anything!" We turn to each other. "All right Red, I'm going to cheer you on like I've never cheered before! You absolutely, positively have to make that arrogant jerk eat his words! I'm counting on you!"
"I'll force those words down his throat." I say punching my palm, cracking my knuckles.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP
We take out our Paleopagers, and there's a picture of a staff member on the screen. "All Round 1 matches of the Caliosteo Cup are now complete. A new dig site: the Jungle Labyrinth, will be opening tomorrow. The Jungle Labyrinth is a natural maze formed by a wealth of lush plant life. Get some rest, then head out there tomorrow to prepare for Round 2." She says. We put the pagers away.
"Hey," Todd says. "I just got a message that said any Fighter who lost in Round 1 are free to use the new dig site. I think that's awesome! I mean, as long as I'm here, I might as well have some fun. Right?"
"Yeah dawg!" I say. "But let's get some rest first. It won't open until tomorrow, and it's almost supper time." Todd brightens at the mention of food.
"Will you be cooking?" He asks.
"Yes I will!" I tell him.
"Let's go!" We run out of the Fighter Station, and to a grocery store. We buy some food, then head back to the square and head down the path directly behind the landing pad to the Fighter Camp. When we get there, we come to an area of mingling Fighters and bungalows. They're made of green sliding boards with realistic looking palm trees embedded in each corner of them, and blue roofs. Leading up to the white front doors are light blue stairs. We go into ours, and come into a small living room with a white sofa, palm wood floor boards, white rug, a coffee table painted aqua, and a TV on a blue stand. Next to the door is a window that lets in the evening sun, there's another one next to the TV, and the walls are light green with green baseboards.
We go through the archway on the right wall, into a white kitchen with light green and green accents. The refrigerator, stove, sink, counters and cabinets are against the right wall with a window above the sink and the other outside wall. We organize the groceries and put them away, then go back through the living room and through a white door on the wall across from the front door into a bedroom with a bunk bed and desk.
The bunk bed is blue with light blue blankets and white sheets, and my duffle bag is on the bottom bunk while Todd's is on the top bunk. The room has the same walls as the living room, except with a blue carpet. The desk is aqua colored, and in the upper left corner with an aqua rolling chair and lamp on the desk top. There's tow windows, one on the left side of the desk, then one left of the bunk bed which is in the upper right corner.
I open the white door just beneath next to the foot of the bunk bed into a nice bathroom with light blue and blue accents, a shower/tub, vanity and toilet. "I must say," I tell Todd. "they really know how to make a nice place.
A few minutes later...
"So how do you like supper?" I ask Todd after I swallow some rice. He's sitting there devouring some chicken.
"You should be a world famous chef!" He tells me between mouthfuls.
'Just be thankful you two have high metabolisms.' Flamethrower tells me.
'Yeah.' Cloud Cover says. 'Otherwise you'd two be as round as barrels within a week.'
'Can you blame me for being a good cook?' I ask. We finish eating with no leftovers, wash the dishes, put them away, and I lay on my bunk while Todd showers. I look through the desk drawers to find some office supplies, and store my stuff away in my half of the drawers. The drawers are light blue, so they stand out against the blue wood the bunk bed is made of. I come to my ammonite fossil, and sit there looking at it.
"What's that?" I look up to see Todd standing there in a green bathrobe and drying his hair with a towel.
"It's a fossil my dad gave me." I tell him. I look at it, then place it on the desk.
"Hey Red..." I look at Todd. "What're your parents like?" I stand there for a second, then blink, and look back at the fossil.
"I know they miss me." I tell him. "They're really nice and they love me more than anything despite I rarely ever see them since they're always traveling. But, what are you gonna do?" We stand in silence for a minute.
"...Sorry..." Todd says meekly.
"Hey, you have a right to know." I tell him with a smile. He smiles back, and I then go into the bathroom to shower. I pull on a clean pair of boxers. I pull on a blue bath robe, tie it, brush my teeth, and walk into the bed room to see Todd on his bunk in his pajamas and helmet, while his bath robe hangs from a hook on the bunk bed. I pull mine off, hang it on my hook, then crawl under the covers on my bunk. I reach up to the light switch on the inside wall next to my bunk, and switch off the lights.
"Good night Red." Todd says.
"Good night Todd." I say.
"Sleep well."
"Don't let the bed vivosaurs bite." Todd bursts out laughing, making me smile. Sweet dreams Rosie... My eyes close, I roll on my side, and fall into a deep, restful sleep, and a dream of me, her, and the last night I had with her in the park.
AN-YES! Done and DONE! Sorry it took me so long to type this. I have officially gotten addicted to Skyrim.
Red: FINALLY! When's next chapter?
Me: I dunno. I JUST WANT TO PLAY SKYRIM!