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The Blitzcrank algorithm. Many dates for the lonely.
A trip to Piltover had become an interesting event for Cid and Neeko as they got to see an interesting spot. The Blitzcrank's Fleshing Compatibility Services, in every Pairing Eligibility Reactors of Valoran, was for all purposes, a bad joke. The PERV were coffee shops opened by the golem all over, the machine that was more like a human than a machine, had opened long ago a service for people to find their ideal match. The ad clearly stated it.
"I have been studying fleshlings of all types and developed a series of equations that can determine with 96.55% accuracy the short- and long-term outcomes of any fleshling relationship."
What it lacked in subtlety, it apparently more than compensated with an insanely rate of accuracy. Said rate of accuracy convinced plenty of people to try the service, but, there was a little detail no one ever spoke about. Such a detail was hidden, it proved Blitzcrank was more than a robot, he was wise, and a wise robot wasn't a concept people were used to.
The hidden thing was the insanely long questionary you needed to fill in order for Blitzcrank incredibly precise algorithm to work. Cid wasn't against such things, but he didn't like the idea of throwing himself to an algorithm for… well dating someone.
Yet Neeko didn't share that idea, hence why they were filling the questionaries.
"Psst… Cid, what did you answer in question two hundred ninety-five?" Neeko asked her friend who was sighing.
"Neeko, is a personal survey, write your answer, not mine… but if you need to know I wrote I like the idea of flying." He answered as she giggled and nodded.
As both were filling their questionaries' Neeko spoke.
"Say, you think Neeko will find her perfect match?" She asked oddly shy for once which made Cid chuckled, ruffling her hair.
"I do believe you will find a date. A perfect match? That I don't know. But hey, Blitzcrank says his algorithm predicted Ashe and Tryndamere being a perfect match, same for Garen and Katarina." That second couple made Cid chuckle, the strict Garen and the free-spirited assassin. Sounded like something of a romance novel.
"Neeko believes someone out there loves you as Neeko does." Neeko's soft-spoken words made Cid smile as he kept filling the questionary. He would be surprised if there was even one match for him. Seven hundred forty-eight questions later, Cid and Neeko gave their questionaries' to Blitzcrank who took them from them and inserted them in a computer behind him.
"The results will be ready in twenty-four hours. Please enjoy the coffee." Blitzcrank kept attending to other people who were in the shop just drinking coffee. Meanwhile, Cid and Neeko went to do their own thing, tomorrow would prove to be interesting.
More than they believed.
"Neeko. You have eighty-six matches." Neeko eyes widened in surprise as she got the pages with the profiles of her matches from Blitzcrank, she was giddily checking them all out. Blitzcrank kept speaking.
"Out of a possible hundred fifty-two matches with whom you had small matches, eighty-six were deemed matching to you. The algorithm believes one of them can be your most compatible partner, in the current standing is hard to find one with a higher percentage as they are mostly tied." Neeko didn't focus on that as she was laughing seeing the many matches, she had obtained positively.
Cid chuckled as he expected to get no matches when Blitzcrank gave him a small batch of paper.
"Cid. You have three possible matches. Which have been informed of this result." Cid noticed Blitzcrank didn't say something like that to Neeko before, this particular piece of information broke Neeko out of her giddy ride.
"Informed?" She asked curiously noticing the difference.
Blitzcrank released a bit of steam before focusing on her.
"Indeed. Previous to Cid, they had between zero and three matches. So as per a previous agreement, I informed them of the fact they are obtaining a new match." Cid found himself in a small panic.
"Ah… I didn't intend to take part on any date. I actually thought I would get zero matches." Cid confessed to the iron golem that seemed to shrug.
"My apologies, but once the questionnaire is filled you accept the terms and conditions of Blitzcrank Fleshing Compatibility Services… did you not read the terms and conditions before signing?" Cid sighed as Neeko giggled.
"Told you to read them." For the first time, Cid signed something without reading it, and for a chance, Neeko read the whole thing before signing.
Soon both were sitting in different spots of the PERV café, as per Blitzcrank suggestion, it was better if they were to meet their date in the café and not somewhere more visible. Cid had to admit the place gave privacy, but still, he wasn't all that excited compared to Neeko who could barely stay in her chair.
Neeko waved at Cid every once in a while, in a way he guessed, to distract herself from the wait, meanwhile, he took to order chocolate and wait for whoever was to come. Apparently, the match Neeko was waiting for was a rather elegant lady. Meanwhile, he was waiting for an apparent local of Piltover and Zaun.
Cid tried to relax focusing on his mug of chocolate before he heard the noise of someone sitting in front of him. He was presented with the visage of a girl with blue hair in long braids. She smiled widely before seemingly stretching herself as if to fake she wasn't giddy. She reminded him of Neeko trying to be smooth. At this, he couldn't avoid chuckling before putting his mug down and focusing on her.
"So, you are my match?" She spoke trying to not sound excited. He took to nod.
"If the algorithm of Blitzcrank is right, then yes." Before more could be said she immediately took his arm and got him up as she started quickly walking outside.
"Great! I have been meaning to get a partner in crime for a while!"
345.- Do you have problems dating someone with a known criminal record?
Yes/ No/ state why: Neeko has no trouble dating someone who has done bad stuff in the past, Neeko and Cid do criminal stuff all the time!
Yes / No / state why: Technically speaking I got charges myself, for breaking inside the private property in both Demacia and Ionia. Mostly cause of Neeko though. So it would be hypocritical on my part to not want to date someone for having charges when I have charged myself.
Short-lived enjoyment is like an explosion.
Jinx was happy.
Turns out she had a match according to Blitzcrank service. She didn't honestly expect one to appear, back then she had a hard time filling the questions and even came to the conclusion by Blitzcrank that she didn't have a match. She didn't mind it though. She had always been different and that was especially fine, she had friends too! Her weapons, fat hands, and hat lady.
But during one of her skirmishes with the law, she noticed something.
All the officers went in pairs.
And while she liked to believe she was a two-person act… she was a three-person act! She needed a fourth one to make it work. Cause three wasn't a part number. That was the only reason. There was no underlying feeling of sadness cause her guns couldn't hold her hand or help her up after taking a nasty fall in an explosion. Not at all.
And hence, why she was currently holding a rope over a roof with her match on the end of said rope.
"You said you can open the safe right?!" She asked screaming, subtlety be damned.
"Yeah! Just a second!" Cid sighed after speaking, focusing his hearing as he spun the safe lock, really, for as advanced as Piltover was, he questioned why they thought this kind of safes would work. Then again. They were cheap he guessed.
As he played with the lock, he heard the click of its opening.
"Got it." He brought out the same object Jinx told him to get out of the safe. Money. Simple as that.
Technically speaking he was forced into being a known criminal lackey. Was this new? Not at all, and that may have been the worst part. How used he was at being in this type of situation.
"Jinx! You can pull me up!" He spoke and not a second later he started his ascend and ended up in the arms of the inconspicuously strong girl.
"Yes! Now we can go into the real part of my plan!" Jinx spoke in glee helping him stand as she released him from the harness with the rope. Cid only raised an eyebrow in confusion. The thievery wasn't the plan?
Turns out it wasn't.
"Gah!" Jinx's scream of frustration made him chuckle as she threw another ring into a bottle only for it to fall to the side.
"You are throwing them with too much strength." Was his answer as he threw one himself, only for it to fail.
"You are not doing any better yourself." Jinx spoke with a grin as she paid for another round in the carnival stand. The stand owner, albeit against his will kept accepting the money from Jinx due to Cid's insistence that nothing bad would happen. So far, they had been at it for a while, trying to throw a ring in the top of the bottle to get a prize.
Jinx insisted that since she was the local, she would take him to a place to have fun, he didn't expect to go to the apparent permanent carnival of Piltover. Simple games for little cost, and yet neither was winning anything yet. Still, Cid had come to enjoy the time, for during it he got to chat with Jinx who was for all intents and purposes, a sea of energy.
"Dang it!" And anger at failing to hit a target. Especially as she declared herself as a marksman that was better than Caitlyn.
"You know, you put too much energy into it." He lightly tossed one that made both hold their breath in before it spun a bit more and fell from the bottle. This time earning curses from both.
Yet during this small moment, both started chuckling before starting to laugh openly as they kept to their little game, now throwing more and more to the point they ran out of rings to throw, both laughing until they needed to breathe. What had it been so funny? They didn't know. It was just nice sharing something so simple and getting engrossed in it.
To feel laughter at something simple, to lose yourself in the fun of the action while thinking of nothing more than the moment. Not worrying of what may happen next, what happened before, or the time that has gone by. To truly, lose yourself in the company of someone who is making you have fun and making memories with you. To get to share hopes and dreams inadvertently, a communion of two spirits in a speck of time.
"Well, that was close" Cid spoke until he noticed the owner of the stand coughed to catch their attention, pointing to a single and lonely ring having stayed in the neck of a bottle. They had earned the prize. Jinx's eyes widened before immediately pointing to a plushie of an oversized poro. They were quite popular.
As the duo walked in tow with their prize, Jinx hummed as she watched her wrist, looking at an apparent sort of screen and made a noise of complaint. Cid didn't have a chance to ask what was wrong when he heard the sound of sirens. Soon there were no people in the small carnival. But sure enough were plenty of people in uniform. Cid could easily recognize Vi and Caitlyn, the famous duo of Piltover law enforcement.
"Jinx… for a moment I wasn't sure it was you who stole the money, didn't saw any explosions close, but the graffiti in the roof was a dead giveaway." Cid looked at Jinx who shrugged. He wondered when she did the graffiti exactly.
"Caught me fat hands. Now mind going off? I am on a date." Contrary to most interactions of the day, Cid noticed a sort of disinterest in Jinx it confused him, but he guessed this had a deeper knowledge that was what on the surface.
The fact Jinx said date seemed to make Vi burst into laughter while Caitlyn herself had a seemingly tough time covering her mouth to hide her own laugh. Cid noticed Jinx seemingly looking angry at the gesture.
"Is it that hard to believe?!" Her angry question made both Vi and Caitlyn stop their laugh. Both looking at each other, even the surrounding officers seemed to tense up a bit. Messing with Jinx usually ended up in lots of overall damage and costs to fix the city districts.
Not long after, Jinx took to hold the hand of her reluctant partner in crime and rush towards the officers, for a moment he was going to ask what she got planned, that was until she brought what looked like plenty of traps from her bag, armed and ready they didn't took long to catch the officers, forcing them to open up their perimeter.
Persecution started, and soon the straight paths turned narrow, the sounds of sirens rushing would disperse all over through many paths, and the only thing managing to keep him in a direction was the rushing criminal who was moving through the place with a precision that made him wonder how the police were ever expecting to catch her.
He let himself be carried by her iron grip, a grip he could swear was filled with anger. But not the anger directed at someone, but more like frustration. And while maybe not the time, he pressured back her grip, showing a bit of comfort. This made her own grip relax as they reached a staircase towards the roofs.
"So, what's the plan?" Cid asked her as they kept the path. Jinx simply smiled.
"Run. Simple as always… though, you are slowing me down so…" Cid didn't have much of a chance to ask anything else as she smiled, taking the poro plush from his hand and pushed him off the roof.
As Cid fell down, he saw what looked like a small smile from Jinx who he swore didn't look all that thrilled of pushing him away. It was only when he noticed he fell over a bunch of thrash that softened his fall that he saw the girl turn away and start her run again.
"Well… you didn't seem all that thrilled there." He spoke to her, knowing full well she was away from the reach of his words. He helped himself to stand and left, walking slowly towards the hotel he reserved with Neeko.
Meanwhile, Jinx kept running faster than anyone could catch her, making fools of the officers who were solely focused on her. Ignoring completely the fact she had someone else with her not too long ago.
The streets of Piltover didn't stop with their movement, some in the company, some alone. The thrill would always be there. For everyone in their daily lives, days would come to pass as nothing special, yet, for a blue-haired girl. The day would have a meaning.
She had fun. Fun with someone who didn't once asked why she did anything, but rather, just focused on spending time with her. She had to reach her hideout and make sure to keep the plush she was carrying safely. Not because it reminded her of her friend. But because she ended up spending a lot of money trying to get it.
That was the only reason really.
Cid was back in the hotel with Neeko.
"Had fun?" She asked her friend as she was resting next to him. The pair in their odd ritual of hand-holding for the night. He sighed.
"I did. You?" Neeko answer came in the form of pouting.
"She was more interested in getting how Neeko could look like someone else than on Neeko." Cid chuckled.
"Can't blame her. Still, sorry for that." He spoke as she shrugged.
"Happened, no use worrying of that. Neeko wants a date with Cid." Cid chuckled at her words before moving on the bed to ruffle her hair with his free hand.
"We have dates all the time." He spoke in tease as she pouted.
"We travel everywhere together, is not the same. I want Cid to try wooing Neeko." The word itself of "wooing" Made Cid laugh as Neeko also took to laugh.
"Don't tell me you plan to tell all the dates of yours that you want to woo them." Cid smiled as Neeko giggled.
The pair stopped their conversations, sighing at the same time as for a moment their heartbeats took to beat at the same time. Both friends and partners knowing the other well enough to need no more words to communicate what they thought. Both wanted to keep on the road, but also both were curious of trying to give the whole Blitzcrank think a chance. Who knows.
467.- Do you like traveling?
Yes/No/ state Why: Neeko loves seeing the world! Traveling is the best. But only when you have a good friend with you.
Yes/No/ state Why: I just like seeing the world… there is something to learn in every place. I believe. I believe I can understand myself more when I am exploring a new place with a friend.
The rock that flowers.
Cid wasn't a morning person. Or at least fared much better than Neeko. Said Oovi-kat was curled on herself on the floor as he looked at where his prosthetic leg was. He felt that the sun wasn't up yet, so he didn't know what was making him be awake. It was then he saw the steam golem silhouette when he took his glasses.
"Blitzcrank?" He spoke with a slur on his words as he tried to compose himself. Only to see the steam golem taking his leg and getting him into his hold. Essentially waking him up, albeit the grip wasn't hurting him it was shaking him awake.
"Blitzcrank?!" Cid asked again before the steam golem answered.
"You should avoid waking up your friend. The sun has yet to rise. She needs rest." Cid raised an eyebrow at the words of the steam golem. Before he could ask for an explanation, Blitzcrank came to offer it.
"Your next date is arriving to the city. I agreed to let her meet you in her favorite spot. No need to thank me, is on the terms and conditions that I would provide transportation should it be needed for you to arrive to the designated position of the date with your match." Cid was wide awake by now and he was cursing not reading the whole thing.
"Plus. Is a discourtesy to a lady to keep her waiting." With those words Cid found himself tossed into the inside of a vehicle. He knew them. The pods of Piltover, the spheres that just went rolling around at high speeds. That he hated.
"Have a good day." Blitzcrank words were the last thing Cid heard before his vehicle revved to life guiding him to the unknown.
A girl with brown hair dressed in the clothes of the nomadic tribes of Shurima was sighing. She was checking her boots and her robe. Fussing of her own hair before sighing and taking to lift a stone platform from the floor so she could sit and wait. She took to bring out the small metallic trinket Blitzcrank had given her long ago when she visited Piltover for the first time.
The PERV phone. She hated the name. But she had received from Blitzcrank, who mentioned the trinket would tell her when she got a match. She seriously doubted the trinket would ever make much of a sound. And yet recently it came to life saying she had a match. She would lie if she said there wasn't excitement in knowing her match. Mostly, cause, she had no idea of what she wanted herself, but the idea of making a new friend was exciting.
Especially because this time, said friend would be someone she knew nothing or had never seen before, that was recommended by a pretty long questionnaire she filled.
As she was sitting she heard the sound of something coming by, she found herself throwing out a laugh when she saw a figure being thrown out of a metallic sphere. The figure was dressed in casual clothes, but what caught the attention of Taliyah was that one of his legs had a metallic shine to it that she could see the ankle by the end of the pants. A prosthetic leg. She had seen one before, but it was made out of wood.
She walked forward and noticed the long hair and thinness of the figure. Was her match a girl?
"Here. Let me help." She offered a hand, the figure that was still looking at the floor. She saw the long disheveled hair and when she helped the figure stand noticed the big glasses, the cute look and…
"You are a guy?" She spoke without filter, feeling embarrassed of questioning his identity before she heard a laugh.
"I know, too pretty to be a guy. Heard that one before."
Once he stood up Cid took to see the girl. She was taller than him, she really was tall. This made him look at her in surprise. She seemed to blush for a moment before coughing to look away. She found the person in front of her as a curious mix. Not too manly, not too feminine. Indeed, the word pretty fitted him. Cid himself found himself with a small blush at the fact the girl was taller than him and carried an odd aura. An aura of calm.
Before he could speak, he noticed the girl moving her hand, summoning a stone platform next to the one he saw at the side.
"I… I told Blitzcrank it would be nice to see the dawn together. So… yeah!" Taliyah cursed herself internally. She was not some young flustered teenager, she was an adult! She was over twenty-three years old!
An adult that was trying to look calm.
Cid wasn't faring much better, he took to sit in the platform and look to the front, where the dawn was threatening to appear, taking away the lasts vestiges of the night. Cid then took notice he had missed doing something important.
"I am Cid. No last name." He spoke while looking to the incoming dawn.
"Taliyah of the Nasaaj." She offered her name with a smile while also focusing on the impending dawn.
For a moment both were silent, not sure how to continue. Cid was good on conversation, but there was something with Taliyah that just made him confused. Not in a bad way, but rather, in the way he really wanted to say something to her but couldn't find the right words. Still, luck was on his side as Taliyah decided to speak first.
"I love the dawn. Is the start of a new day, you can make so much in a day… and you know, you can forget what happened yesterday, maybe something didn't go as planned, but seeing the dawn is a sign that you get to have a new chance, you can correct those mistakes, or do something even better…" She seemed to smile as she spoke, looking at him, forcing the action of looking back.
"You know what I mean?" She was smiling, expectantly waiting for his answer.
He liked to believe that he had a good poker face, that he managed to keep his thoughts for himself, people often told him the same thing. But right now, he felt compelled to speak, he put the blame of such an action in the smile and expectant eyes of Taliyah that seemed to shine with the specks of the light from the dawn.
"Yeah… you get to have a new beginning. To grow and learn of yourself, something you didn't know yesterday, but you get the chance with the new day…" He found himself surprised when Taliyah's smile got bigger. He considered that was impossible.
"Exactly! Like my teacher said once!" Taliyah kept on a story of her teacher, a mentor who told her how to control her power and how she should explore it. Grow with it, not fearing it, finding balance through her own path that only she could forge, a path that she would weave in the same manner the nomads of the deserts of Shurima weaved tapestries that shared the stories of the past, like the weavers who make stories. She would make her own tapestry, one with the story of her actions, a story that she was making sure was full of good moments and had no regrets on it.
Both kept on chatting, to be clearer, Taliyah went on to keep sharing her stories, Cid asking a question only when he saw a chance and didn't think it would interrupt the flow of Taliyah's speech. Only stopping their conversation when the dawn came to appear, Taliyah closed her eyes and extended her arms, as if to greet the new day, Cid focused on the dawn for one moment. But he found himself more enthralled on the nomad.
She was different. When he took notice, that he was staring at her he blushed and looked at the dawn with a smile. Focusing on it. Until he felt someone close to him.
"Well, the day has officially started… ever ridden on a stone board?" Taliyah's words carried the excitement of sharing something she liked with someone who she felt was worth knowing more of.
Meanwhile, in the city of Piltover, Neeko was having fun with her date.
"Again! Again!" Neeko was seeing a girl with blue hair, a teal eye, and another violet. She was smiling as she made her scissors grow and Neeko clapped. The girl had some odd aura around her but Neeko didn't mind as she was enjoying the girl's abilities. She smiled at her before nodding.
"Told you I could make them grow, now, you want me to fix you some new clothes?" She asked excitedly, which Neeko answered with similar excitement, she was hoping Cid was having as much fun as her.
"Aaaaah!" Cid was screaming on surprise while Taliyah laughed, they were riding what was essentially a long piece of stone through a rough patch of terrain with multiple crevices around, Taliyah guiding the slab of stone as Cid held to dear life unto her. Avoiding the danger of a fall while at the same time feeling like he was a maiden in one of those stories where the knight took the princess for a ride on a horse. Except this was much faster than a horse, it could go anywhere, even jumping in the air as Taliyah kept on cheering.
She didn't mind his screams, she found them fun, especially because even though he was screaming, whenever Taliyah allowed herself to look at his eyes, the eyes behind the glasses showed a sense of wonder and enjoyment. Those were the same eyes she had when she met Yasuo when she started exploring when she got back home and became a defender of the people.
Those eyes had wonder in them.
And Taliyah wanted to make sure those eyes kept showing wonder, which was the main reason she was moving so much around the barren terrain, doing flips and moving with him. She wanted this day to become memorable, to be part of the tapestry of her life, and be a moment worth remembering. After a while of having fun, Taliyah stopped their trip when they were in the outskirts of Piltover. Her hair was messy with the wind of their trip, but nothing compared to Cid whose hair was even messier being longer than hers. She laughed before approaching, offering a hand to help him deal with it.
"How come you keep it this long; wouldn't it be easier to cut it off?" She asked while helping him undo small knots with her hands. She found her answer in the form of a chuckle.
"Ah, I often think the same, it just became something I don't mind that much. People seem to like it too." He spoke as Taliyah hummed, she did enjoy the feeling of her fingers through his hair. Said thoughts made her blush before thanking the great weaver for making her taller than Cid who couldn't see through his hair to her blushing face. Meanwhile, he also found himself blushing at the personal contact Taliyah was having with him.
Both the stone weaver and the therapist were having thoughts of the other, not knowing the other seemingly shared them. They found an odd sense of interest, an odd sense of kinship between fellow travelers who were still trying to learn their own roles in the world while they kept seeing how vast it was. They wanted to learn more of the other. By the end both were chuckling, for different motives, agreeing that maybe it was time to get something to eat, neither of them had gotten something to eat before their meet.
The pair kept going on about their day, learning of the other, chatting and having fun. Cid showing some of his simpler talents. Like sketching.
"Come on let me see!" Taliyah playfully tried to reach the piece of paper Cid kept behind a menu on the place they were eating.
"Not yet. Be patient." He spoke with simple mirth, truth is he was already done. He was just enjoying their playful game.
Taliyah had managed to understand the drawing was done. So she decided to be a bit playful herself. If he was going to be like that, she would also be like that. But why try to move a drawing, when she could move the whole earth? With little effort and focus, Taliyah managed to move the stone surface below Cid chair and push him against her.
The result was a confused guy ending up in the arms of a taller girl who managed to snatch the drawing. Smiling and blushing at it.
"Ah… I don't think I look that good." The drawing was a portrait of Taliyah, extremely similar in looks. The fact that she could tell he was seeing her in such a light only made her feel better about deciding to take the trip to Piltover. A teleport spell wasn't fun, but it was proving to be worth it.
Their day kept going. But like all good things it was coming to end, through fun, laughter, and enjoyment their day went flying by. Cid was walking with Taliyah towards a zone where they had mages who could use the teleport spell, Taliyah needed to go back to her own people in Shurima. Cid found himself feeling a sense of selfishness, wishing she could stay more. But he relented against those feelings. Instead of choosing to do something else as the pair walked to see the night sky.
"Hey… I had fun." He spoke, it wasn't a secret. But it felt better to admit it outright in the open. Taliyah herself seemed to understand the feeling, as the pair walked, she took to approach his side and hold his hand, linking it with hers.
"I had fun too…" She spoke, making use of her height to avoid the look of the guy next to her. She wanted to say something else. But she thought it would feel rushed if she were to say it.
So instead both kept walking in silence, holding hands until Taliyah reached her destination. She turned to look at Cid with a smile.
"I had fun." She spoke again, unsure of what else she could say. Put her in a fight against the monsters on the void on the desert of Shurima and she had plenty to say. But what was she supposed to say in such a situation? This was new. Both of them were exploring new feelings today and she knew it. She was sure he felt just like she felt.
But she relented on those feelings. Instead, walking forward and enveloping the shorter male in a hug. The hug was tight. And Cid found himself returning the hug.
"I had fun too…" He quoted her own words as Taliyah relented the hug. Walking all the time while turning, seeing his figure still standing there. Before she entered her destination, she spoke, while showing her back to him.
"I don't feel like saying goodbye. It sounds too final… so, how about, see you later?" She waited for an answer. Only to hear a chuckle and turn indignantly to the source of it to find Cid trying to cover his face as he spoke.
"I… I like that… see you later, Taliyah of the Nasaaj." He spoke hoping the darkness allowed his blush to be less noticeable.
"See you later, Cid." She spoke, turning to hide her embarrassment as she left. A flash of purple later, and Taliyah was gone from Piltover, back on the desert, standing on a platform near some mages, running out of the place before summoning a board of stone to move around the desert, all the while screaming about her excitement.
That night the echo of her scream pierced the desert, a scream of excitement and laughter.
Cid meanwhile walked back to the hotel, to his room. Only to be presented with the image of Neeko dressed in what looked like a winter coat. Normally he would ask, instead, he just let himself fall to the bed, grabbing a pillow and screaming against it.
Neeko was curious about what caused such a reaction. Cid was so focused, he didn't notice they had a guest in their room. A small doll returned to her human form after hearing Cid scream.
"Why is she screaming?" She asked Neeko who only shrugged, choosing to poke Cid to find out what happened.
CUT!
Well this was something as said before, just for fun, take it as you will! See ya soon! Stay safe all of you!
