Sebastian's Time in Portia
Day Six – March 6 – Noticed

"What are you doing in our haunted house?"

Sebastian startled awake upon hearing the voice of a small child from nearby. His head tilted up towards the sound, swallowing upon seeing a pair of evil blue eyes with blond hair accompanying said evil. Said evil sat on the edge of the bed, leaning over him slightly watching him sleep. The sight of said evil made him pull away towards the other side of the bed

One hand reached out for nothing but air as he back peddled from the evil sitting on his bed. Grasping at the sheets didn't prevent Sebastian from falling, crashing into the floor hard. He felt a slight twinge in his shoulder area, wrist and him where he crashed down. "Fucking shit!"

"You're not supposed to curse in front of little kids, you know." Hearing the voice of a second child made Sebastian close his eyes, letting out a deep sigh of frustration. Reaching up, he pulled himself up and peeked over the edge of the bed at the two girls who somehow managed to find their way into the workshop. He narrowed his eyes at the two.

"Little kids aren't supposed to break into people's homes, you know." Sebastian's eyes widened, realizing he'd said those words out loud. "Uh…"

"You left the door unlocked."

"Ugh." Sebastian flopped onto the wooden floor, covering his eyes with a hand. Normally in a small town like Portia, people wouldn't barge into another person's place without asking, so he'd not thought about locking the front door. "Why me?"

"I don't know." He heard the evil move across the bed, her voice coming closer. "Why did you move into our haunted house?"

Sebastian let out a groan. His life kept getting messier and messier, much to his absolute disgust. Keeping his eyes closed, he willed the two girls away knowing full well they wouldn't disappear – like most of his mother problems – by simply willing it so. Eventually – he didn't know how much time passed – Sebastian sat up.

The evil which invaded his current home now lay on the bed on her stomach, kicking her feet in the air, her smile twisting with evil abandonment. A second person stood in the kitchen doorway with crumbs on her face. Sebastian carefully contemplated his current situation, his mind registering the second girl was the girl who looked like Polly. "There's only two of you."

"What do you mean?" The one he didn't know the name gave him a strange look he couldn't read.

"Yeah, what do you mean?"

"Where's Polly?"

"At the library. Where else would she be?" Dolly rolled onto her back. Sebastian let out a sigh of relief, realizing the third wasn't hiding somewhere in the kitchen or bathroom waiting to further complicate his life, yet in the back of his mind, Polly going to the library made more sense than her coming with her sisters with the purpose in mind of tormenting him.

The one which looked like Polly let out a laugh. "She might have come if she'd known Mint would be here!"

"Oh!" Dolly bolted into a sitting position, kicking her feet out. "Polly and Mint sitting in a tree…"

"Enough!" Sebastian clenched his hands at his side. He walked towards the kitchen while thinking of a way he might get the two out of the house without hurting them. Instead, his mind became distracted by the sight of the rest of the pumpkin pie Granny Sophie sent over, or the lack there of. Only the crust remained as the two girls ate the filling out of the pie, or at least the girl standing in the door way who he didn't know the name of. Taking a deep breath, he picked up the tin and showed her. "Really?"

Instead, she smirked at him, crumbs still on her face, though now he wasn't sure where the crumbs came from. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. Taking a deep breath so he might control his temper, he headed over towards the front door, planning on opening the door up and asking the two to leave, yet he found himself stopping short upon seeing someone outside the door. His eyes blinked.

"Good morning." The Emily he met recently stood outside of the house with her hands tucked behind her back, a smile on her face. "I see you've finished the pumpkin pie I brought over."

"Uh… yes?"

"So…" Emily pressed her lips together. Sebastian rubbed the back of his neck, wondering what she wanted. "So, I recently got a new craft recipe. It's for this planter, but I'm not sure how it will work out. Since you're a builder, I was wondering if you might build and test it out for me? I have the recipe along with some fertilizer and seeds for you to use."

"I…" Sebastian felt flustered, heat spreading across his cheeks as he wanted to say no, yet the thought saying no might come across as socially unacceptable made him not say what he wanted to say.

"Emily and Sebastian sitting…"

Emily's head tilted slightly so she might peer around his shoulder at the two girls. "What are Molly and Dolly doing here?"

Sebastian's lips pushed together, the heat spreading across his cheeks growing worse as Dolly continued singing, but now he knew the name of the third girl. The two girls who invaded his home dashed out of the place, yet he found himself unsure of whether he should find himself grateful – Dolly continued singing the song as she and Molly ran up the path towards town giggling.

He decided he wanted Emily gone, but the easiest way was to say yes – she wouldn't want an explanation regarding why he wasn't taking on the task. He glanced away nervously, wishing his day wasn't so – awful. Emily let out a laugh. "That's wonderful. Also, would you like to come and hang out with my friends this afternoon at the Round Table? We typically meet at two o'clock on Wednesday and Saturday every week."

"I…" He didn't feel how familiar she acted towards him. He wasn't sure how he got the next part out, his throat tightening as he did so. "Rain check."

"Oh. I guess you're still kind of busy getting settled in then." Emily took the pie tin from his hands. "See you later!"

Sebastian swallowed, his eyes closing, taking a deep breath, he shook his head and looked at the recipe book which was now in his inventory. He took a deep breath before heading out to the table, downloading the new information into the worktable systems, but looking over what he would need. Rubbing the back of his head, he knew he'd need to build a Civil Cutter, which would mean making the Grinder as well.

In fact, building the storage shed involved making the Grinder so he might make the part he wanted to make, but the process of making the part would mean adding his own programming his own recipe for the Grinder, something he couldn't do without his computer. Letting out a slight curse, Sebastian wondered why he'd even started the design knowing full well his computer was busted.

Of course, he wasn't sure where he might find the old parts. He would need to ask, but the Commerce Guild seemed like the best place.