First off, thank you for all the favs and follows so far! Second, I'm just about caught up posting the chapters between here and Ao3 so I can update on both sites at the same time now ig. Chapter 4 is coming along slowly because I got wrapped up in college work but I'm almost done w/that

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Wizzer96: They're anthro! More on the 'furry' side than gijnka though

Saturday morning. Trish poked her head into the livingroom. Both Jade and Prisma were sleeping far apart from each other with Jade curled up to the left of the couch, and Prisma sprawled on the floor to the right.

I should make them breakfast. Trish thought, leaving the living room and heading into the kitchen. She checked the fridge and only saw a few eggs, a bag of shredded cheese, half a loaf of bread, half-filled water pitcher, and a few mushrooms. She checked the pantry next to it and found a less impressive stash of ramen packets and salt.

Damn, I should've done groceries earlier. Whatever, I'll just make-do for now. She pulled out a large pan and turned on the stove. They'll figure something later. She cracked and mixed all the ingredients into the pan and added some salt and pepper. Should be half decent at least.

Trish's phone went off in her pocket. She grabbed it and saw Sayua was calling. At this hour?

"Sup dude. You oK?" Trish asked.

Sayua yawned. "I'm alright. Had to wake up early to do a room inspection because SOMEONE kept complaining about the 4th floor."

Trish rolled her eyes and flipped the omelette. "Again? I swear it's like they can't have anything. How many times have they got busted this year?"

"Trish, you know we could lose our jobs if we don't do it right?" Sayua said. "I thought you were through with partying."

"Yeah but it's insane," She turned off the stove and started plating. "I get it, RA and campus rules but it's always 4th floor, always your building."

"And they keep calling me to do it for some reason," Sayua grunted. "It's not like I want to bust them either. But, that's not what's bothering me right now."

Trish leaned against the counter. "What's up?"

"The two humans, they ok? Was I too harsh on the hunter last night?"

Oh boy. "Jade and Prisma? You want an honest answer then I don't know." Trish said. "They're still sleeping right now but Prisma did say some pretty nasty things about you."

"Shit," Sayua said. "I think I came off too strong last night I mean with 'that' get up-"

"Dude, no offence but you threatened her two times of course she's gonna be pissed." Trish pointed out. "Give her a second chance at least?"

A pause. "Alright." Sayua yawned again. "I gotta go back to bed. Talk to ya later,"

The call ended and Trish shoved her phone back into her pocket. She looked up and saw Jade and a groggy Prisma enter the room.

"Oh, good morning!" Trish waved to them "Just finished making breakfast. It's not much but I think it's better than nothing at least. Both of you sleep ok?"

"No," Prisma complained, taking a seat. "Neighbors were loud."

"They always are," Trish said. "They rented that house for the same reason I'm renting this place. Cheaper than dorming, and stuff like that isn't allowed on campus."

Jade and Trish sat down at the table. Prisma started wolfing down her food while the other two took slower, smaller bites.

"I didn't get to ask this last night, but how did you guys get here?" Trish asked.

Jade shrugged. "I have no idea," She answered. "Prisma you got anything?"

"No?" She was taken back. "Don't even remember what happened before that… and now I have to find a way back."

Jade took another bite of the omelette. "Same here. Just got back home for break and went straight to bed because I was tired," She said. "And everything I know about world travel is based on video games and TV so-"

"Wait, video games? Again?" Prisma asked. "What do they say about portal making."

Jade raised a brow. "...Um, what are you suggesting?"

"You could take what you learned from them and build one,"

"Bruh I'm an art student for a reason. I don't know jack shit that and I can't do math" Jade said.

"B-but? I thought they taught you that."

Jade and Trish both looked at eachother, then back at Prisma. "I don't think that's how video games work dude. They're not really an 'all seeing tome of knowledge', just something for fun," Trish explained.

"Then how does she know so much about my world?"

"I think it's just a coincidence. And, I'm pretty sure there's a ton of things that are different, right?" Jade said. "How about this, I say weirdly specific things and you have to tell me if they're true or not there's gotta be something… You have a melynx companion."

"True?!"

"...Your handler's a foodie and gets herself into trouble a lot?"

"Also true?"

"What about, when you first got to Astera the ship you were on got stuck on Zorah Magdaros, and you had to fly the rest of the way there by wingdrake unti-"

"Enough! That's exactly what happened." Prisma cut her off.

"Damn, that's the most specific one I got," Jade muttered.

"...Ok, maybe we can talk about this and how to get back later." Trish jutted in. "um. If you're done with those I can wash them for you."

Jade and Prisma looked down at their plates. Both of them have long finished their omelettes and were left wondering how long they were arguing for.

Hours later, both of them kept to themselves while Trish went back to trying to write her paper. Still no ideas, or anything interesting happening to her… except for them.

Should I? Trish thought. No, we just met. Besides, what if my professor thinks I'm lying and making stuff up? She closed her laptop. I'll give it a few days. Maybe something interesting will happen at work tonight instead.

It's 8pm, at least that's what Jade guessed. Trish had long gone to work leaving the two of them by themselves. Jade found out her phone charger worked with the plugs in Trish's house. Might be useless unless she can get the wifi working, but it's something.

Prisma on the other hand was busy taking inventory on what she had. So far she counted up all her potions, rations, craftables, all of her trapping materials (whoops), and her notebook. She set her scoutfly cage on the table as well which started lighting up the area with dots of blue. Her kinsect on the other hand wasn't anywhere near her… hold on. She looked up and saw it was flying over to Jade, who noticed it and let it land on her arm.

"I think it likes me," Jade said, giving it a gentle pet. "Does it have a name?"

"Nope," Prisma answered, going back to taking inventory. She took out her carving knife and checked it's sharpness.

"What about, Mr. Buggyton?" Jade suggested.

Prisma glared at her "Absolutely not."

Jade sighed as the Kinsect flew off her arm and back to Prisma's side. "I'm bored..," She announced, sinking into the couch. "I was thinking, since we're here and have no idea how long we're gonna be here, I should explore the town a bit. You down?"

"No. Too risky. What if we get caught?" Prisma was quick to reply. She didn't want to say it to her face, but she'd rather be knocked around by a pack of bullfango than spend more time with her.

Jade stood up and stretched. "Suit yourself then. I'm gonna head out. It Trish comes back before me just let her know." She unplugged her phone and walked out of the living room.

Prisma rolled her eyes and went back to reorganizing. She stuffed the potions and a few craftables inside before pausing and thinking, She shouldn't be out alone. The front door opened and shut. As much as she hated the idea, she wasn't going to leave Jade in danger. She shoved one more potion into her pouch and ran outside. Jade was already across the street.

"Wait!" Prisma called out as she ran over. "I'm coming… Just, don't do anything stupid."

Another slow night. Trish wasn't even caring at this point and was sitting behind the counter on her phone. The boss wasn't there and no one else was working tonight so who's to say she shouldn't kick back for a bit?

She looked up from her screen and checked her arm spikes, not even noticing the doorbell going off. They're growing back in again. Maybe next week I'll break them off?

"So, this is a convenience store,"

Trish peered through her arm spikes and at the aisles in front of her. Purple hair, and a little bit of black hair too. They're out?! She put her arm down and watched the two humans head to the back of the store, Prisma lagging behind and looking around the place. Trish stood up. At the same time she didn't say "don't go outside" or anything, just thought they were going to stay home.

"These are… different," Trish overheard Prisma in the back.

"Those are soap pods," Jade said. "Trust me, there's a lot of reasons you don't wanna eat these."

"What about these?" Prisma asked. Trish saw her holding up a chip bag.

"Those are good," Jade grabbed a bag for herself and they started making their way to the counter.

"So, this place is a lot like your world isn't it?"

Jade nodded. "I mean, there's the whole monster-thing that's different but I'd say so. Sup Trish!"

Trish froze up. How the hell was she supposed to respond?

"We were just exploring around town, got hungry, didn't feel like going back to the house, so we stopped by here and… It turns out this is where you work." Jade continued.

Prisma rolled her eyes. "I only came so you wouldn't get into trouble,"

"Please tell me you have the zenny for that." Trish said. Prisma pulled out a coin pouch and put down a few ancient-looking gold pieces while jade pulled out a wallet and a few coins and dollars from that.

"Hate to break it to you, but we can't accept either of those."

"What?" Prisma's eyes widened. "It's zenny right?"

"I only have 2 dollars, 38 cents," Jade pointed out

Trish took a deep breath. "Jade, I have no idea what that means. And Prisma? Zenny here's different." She pulled out a more modern and polished looking coin from the register to compare it.

"How about this, I'll cover it for now?" Trish offered. She took out her wallet and put a few of her own coins into the register. She handed them the chip bags. "You know how to get back right?"

Both of them nodded and thanked Trish on their way out.

"Stay safe out there!" Trish said as they left the store. It was only 200z, no biggie. She sat back down and went back to watching videos.

I didn't give them the house keys…

Trish stood up. They were long gone by now. The last 15 minutes of her shift dragged on and felt like hours. Seriously Trish what were you THINKING not giving at least one of them the house keys! Or at least leaving it out for them… maybe they did find it somehow? That'd mean they went through my shit though… wait what if there was a break in! Dumbass!

As soon as the shift ended and she closed up shop, she grabbed her stuff and flew straight back home keeping an eye out for both of them. No signs. They said they knew the way back right? They should be fi- She winced and fell onto the ground in front of her house, a few spikes breaking off. She pushed herself up and checked herself. Only her arm spikes chipped off. At least she didn't have to worry about them now. She unlocked the door and slowly made her way inside. She looked into the living room where Jade was petting the kinsect and Prisma was sitting on the floor organizing her stuff.

"You guys make it back here ok?" Trish asked. The two of them looked up from what they were doing.

"No." Prisma said. "The chip bag was mostly air."

"Oh, I've seen worse," Jade said.

"And you're ok with that?"

If that's the only thing they're worried about, everything's fine. Trish thought. She checked everything just in case. Nothing's out of place and the spare house keys were still in her drawer so that was a relief. I'll talk to them about it tomorrow.