Ghondor Fucks up her throw.
I mean really. She fucks up.
(After Mio's long talk about M's life on the cliff)
"Yes…He can't get away with this." Taion said, this time without adjusting his glasses.
"I'm not feeling…very forgiving, either." Lanz agreed.
"But guys, now we know there's an even bigger bad behind that snuffer." Eunie said, with a face of determination.
"Z…Making someone choose the impossible…? It's so cruel!" Sena was angry now.
Noah looked around to see Mio, and his comrades. They weren't the same as before they were trapped in jail. They were no longer weak or afraid. They were full of strength, determination. Yes, with them, Noah felt that he could do anything. Even defeating Z and the entire Moebius.
"Thanks, everyone." Noah thanked the party, with a nod.
"Looks like yer minds're made up." A small female figure appeared inside the rain. But since it was not the first encounter they had with her, the party noticed her in first glance.
"Ghondor!"
"Heh, finished talking? Took you long enough, especially in this bloody weather. Like, don't you guys have the term 'cold'?" Ghondor said with a smirk.
"Says the lady who's also in the rain with her belly exposed." Lanz returned the statement.
"Oh yeah? Then how about your fiery partner? She's more exposed than I am!" But Ghondor did not lose.
"Come to think of it…Sena, aren't you…actually cold when you're dressed like that in the rain?" Lanz asked.
"A…hahaha…! Nope! All that muscle training really helps here! Hahaha…" Sena replied, rubbing the back of her neck.
"Anyway, back to our talk. Ghondor, why are you here?" Taion asked.
"Oh, yeah, that. I have something to return to you." Ghondor said as she put her hand into her pocket.
"And that is…?"
"This! The key to cloudkeep! Come on, you have to visit the true cat queen, eh?" Ghondor shook the key in front of her.
"Yeah, that's our new goal." Noah said.
"Then 'Ere! This is yours!" Ghondor threw the key to the party.
And THAT's.
When she realized.
She fucked up.
Not just fucked up.
A MAJOR fuck-up.
'Wait, my hand slipped….'
Ghondor fought with her strong fists. So of course she had a great throwing arm. And plus, the weather was rainy.
Everything came together, and it resulted in the key flying towards Mio…
And flying past Mio…
And…
Falling to its doom.
"Mio! The key! It's falli…!" Noah said, in a most desperate look he had ever made, but nope. He was sparking late. The key was already dropping down to the sea.
"GHONDOR! WHAT THE SNUFF ARE YOU DOING!" Eunie exploded.
"Hang on, guys! I'll try to catch it with my Mond…" Taion unleashed his Mondo and sent them in full speed. But…
Gravity won.
"Aaaand…. There goes the key." Sena mumbled.
"And our hopes and dreams." Lanz added. After seeing the key falling to its doom, the couple looked behind to see Ghondor. And yes, she was in trouble. Their party's most aggressive member, known as the birdie Eunie, was actually going crazy right now.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE?" Eunie shouted with her fists curled up.
"I…I…My…hand…slipped…because of the rain…" Ghondor's usual bitchy attitude was no more. She was trembling at the terrifying sight known as the angry Eunie.
"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE THE SPARKING KEY THE NORMAL WAY?! YOU HAVE THE KEY TO THE SPARKING CLOUDKEEP, WHERE QUEEN BIG-EARS IS SLEEPING, AND YOU TOSS THE FUCKING THING AWAY?"
"Hold on, Eunie. You look like you're gonna punch her." Noah grabbed Eunie from the back.
"Yeah, Eunie, calm down. And…do you know what that word actually means…?" Mio said.
"What snuffing word?" Eunie turned around.
"Uh…fuck…?" Mio said, blushing a bit.
"I don't know! It just came out of my mouth!" Eunie said, also blushing.
"Then…why are you blushing?"
"….I don't care! All I want to do is just give this bitch a slugger!"
"Uh…I do know that word's meani…" Ghondor murmured out, but…
"Shut up." Mio stopped her.
"Mio…?"
"Ugh…fine… I won't beat this bitch to death! Then what do we do now, eh? Just wait and die?" Eunie turned around.
"Well…we could try to find it. By using a metal detector or something…" Taion said.
"Finding it…Finding it…Can't we make it quicker?" Eunie groaned.
"Well…we could use a salvager…"
"Salvage…Salvager…?"
"Oh! I get it! Taion! Come with me!" Eunie said, grabbing Taion's scarf.
"What? Wait, where are you taking…"
"Let's go…salvaging!"
"WHAT? HOW?"
"Like….THIS!" Eunie shouted out all of her might and jumped off the cliff.
"Wait! Eunie!" Mio screamed as she saw Eunie and Taion getting far and far away.
"Has she finally gone mad?" Lanz said.
"But look! They're interlinking!" Sena pointed out as the couple glowed in the air.
"And looks like…Eunie took control." Mio said.
"Manana cannot understand! How could friend jump off cliff without thinking?"
"But Eunie have point. If become Ouroboros, salvaging could be easier than swimming naked." Riku said.
"Uh…Mio…what should we do now then…?" Noah asked.
"Welp! Looks like we have no choice!" Lanz said, starting to do some pushups. Sena joined him, too.
"Lanz…?"
"What? You can't enter the water without warming up! Ain't it, Sena?"
"Right! Can't have our bodies being paralyzed!"
"All right then, you ready?"
"I'm the girl with gall! I'm always ready!"
"Let's…"
"GOOOOO!"
Like that, Lanz and Sena left.
Only Mio and Noah remained.
"So…"
"I know what you're thinking, Mio."
"Interlinking, eh? Now you're reading my thoughts."
"Can't help though, especially when you told me all that crazy stuff."
"Well then…Let's go?"
"Got it! Together!"
With that, the six Ouroboros all left.
"What a healthy bunch, isn't it, girl?" A voice said, behind Ghondor.
"Fuck…Bitchqueen, were you listening to all this shit?"
"Nope, just came here for my daily NoahMio."
"Come on, stop shipping real people, goddammit!"
"Well…I'll think about it…But don't you have some other thing to say…?"
"I…uh…"
"The word that starts with an S and ends with a Y."
"Sor…Sorry….?"
"Correct! And follow me."
"Huh…? Why….?"
"We're gonna be diving, too. You gotta wipe your own arse, now get up!"
"Ugh….Fine….."
And that, ladies and gents, and also fellow nopons.
Is how salvaging culture started in Aionios.
It was fun writing this.