Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers or any of its characters. Software Sculptors does. How sad…
Author's Note: Yes, this will have a plot! In a loose sense. Eventally. Beware of cuteness in this chapter, in massive amounts!
Ramblings of the Doomed
Chapter 2: Kopiis and More Headaches
The next morning, Rezo was woken up early by the sound of loud pounding on his door. He threw on a fresh robe and went out to see who it was.
A little girl's voice greeted him when he opened the door. "Hi, I'm Lina, I read your ad in my sister's newspaper, and I can do magic, look! Flare Arrow!!" the girl said, all in one breath. Rezo quickly extinguished the flames on his robes and turned his face down towards her. By the height the voice was coming from, this girl couldn't be much older than nine years old.
"Err… That's very good, but… Umm… I think I may need someone who can read a little better," rezo said, trying to be polite.
"Grr…. I'm THIRTEEN YEARS OLD! I CAN READ JUST FINE, BAKA!!!" the indignant Lina screeched.
"LINA!!" a loud, older voice came from farther away, "You'd better not be bothering Aka Houshi-sama! If you don't go home right now, I'll make you sorry!"
The little girl let out a tiny wail of terror and Rezo heard her run away sobbing, "I'm sorry, Sis! I'm so sorry! Please don't hurt me!!!"
"Please forgive my little sister for her rudeness," the older voice said. "I'm Luna Inverse. I came to respond to your ad in Sairaag's paper. I can see as well as anyone, and no one's better at magic than I am."
Despite Luna's obvious power, Rezo didn't like her at all. He had a feeling that if he weren't so old, dignified, and powerful himself, he'd be running away just as fast as Lina did. But he also didn't want to be rude to this frightening girl.
"Oh, thank you very much. I haven't had many applicants yet. If you'll just leave your name and address with me, I'll get back to you about it," Rezo said, managing to keep his voice calm.
"All right," Luna said, and she wrote down the information, handing the piece of paper to Rezo.
"Thank you! Sayonara," Rezo said, shutting the door behind her. He breathed a sigh of relief, going back to his room and tossing the paper in a corner. Before he had fallen asleep last night, he came across a possible solution to his copy problems. It was the hair part that had to be improved upon. So Rezo traipsed back down into his lab. He fished in a jar and pulled out a small knife. He cut into his wrist, letting a few drops of blood fall into the copy chamber. He healed the cut and turned the machine's power on full blast and the timer for five minutes. As the machine whirred and rumbled, Rezo waited impatiently. With something as exciting as this, it was hard to wait for even five minutes, but he managed it somehow.
The second the chime began to ring, Rezo threw open the door of the machine. A familiar sound met his ears. Hundreds of little footsteps and giggles rushed towards him. He frowned. "More mini copies?" he wondered aloud.
The little voices slammed to a halt. "Copies?" a tiny voice to the right of him said.
"Kopiis?" one still in the back of the machine asked.
"Kopiis! Kopiis!!" They all murmered excitedly to each other. Then they all burst into shrill giggles and ran away.
"The blood guaranteed that they wouldn't disappear immediately, but I guess they do need the full time to be the right size," Rezo mused to himself. He could still hear little giggles coming from all over the lab.
Just as he was considering how to catch all the little self-names 'kopiis,' the doorbell rang. Rezo went upstairs, smoothing his hair into place.
He felt a great deal of power coming from the other side of the door.
"Hello..." said a light, uncomfortable-sounding female voice tentatively. "I read an advertisement in the newspaper and it said to come here. Are you... Aka Houshi Rezo?"
"Hai, I am Aka Houshi Rezo," Rezo said. This girl wasn't scary like Luna, but she was very powerful.
"Oh! It is an honor! I am Filia, a priestess of the Fire Dragon King, and --" she was cut off with a strangled gasp.
"Is something wrong, Filia-san?" Rezo asked.
"There... is some great evil here!" Filia cried panicking. "It's stronger than any mazoku I've ever heard of! It is... as strong as Cephied!" she wailed. Rezo's head suddenly exploded with stabbing pain. As Filia ran away shrieking, Rezo quickly pushed the door closed and staggered into the kitchen to make himself some tea with lots of herbs in it.
"Why is this happening!?" Rezo groaned. He drank the tea and dragged himself into bed to try to get rid of the pain.
Rezo had forgotten that he had left the door to his lab open. If he had been more alert, he might have noticed the sound of lots of little Rezos giggling as they pulled themselves up the stairs. If he hadn't been in such pain when he left the kitchen, he might have noticed that some little kopiis were merrily sneaking past him into the rest of the house. But he was writhing in agony in his bed, so he never noticed when hundreds of tiny kopiis set up residence all over his house. A few of them slipped out an open window, but most of them stayed in the house. Some of them stayed upstairs, but a greater percentage returned to the basement. They all found little places to live, under, behind, and inside of things. While Rezo slept off his most recent bout of pain, he gained an infestation of happy, mischevious little kopiis.
*Japanese for Beginners*
Hai - Yes
Sayonara - Goodbye
Aka Houshi - Red Priest
Arigato - Thank you
Thanks for reading! Please please please tell me what you think so far, and if I should go on! Arigato!
Author's Note: Yes, this will have a plot! In a loose sense. Eventally. Beware of cuteness in this chapter, in massive amounts!
Ramblings of the Doomed
Chapter 2: Kopiis and More Headaches
The next morning, Rezo was woken up early by the sound of loud pounding on his door. He threw on a fresh robe and went out to see who it was.
A little girl's voice greeted him when he opened the door. "Hi, I'm Lina, I read your ad in my sister's newspaper, and I can do magic, look! Flare Arrow!!" the girl said, all in one breath. Rezo quickly extinguished the flames on his robes and turned his face down towards her. By the height the voice was coming from, this girl couldn't be much older than nine years old.
"Err… That's very good, but… Umm… I think I may need someone who can read a little better," rezo said, trying to be polite.
"Grr…. I'm THIRTEEN YEARS OLD! I CAN READ JUST FINE, BAKA!!!" the indignant Lina screeched.
"LINA!!" a loud, older voice came from farther away, "You'd better not be bothering Aka Houshi-sama! If you don't go home right now, I'll make you sorry!"
The little girl let out a tiny wail of terror and Rezo heard her run away sobbing, "I'm sorry, Sis! I'm so sorry! Please don't hurt me!!!"
"Please forgive my little sister for her rudeness," the older voice said. "I'm Luna Inverse. I came to respond to your ad in Sairaag's paper. I can see as well as anyone, and no one's better at magic than I am."
Despite Luna's obvious power, Rezo didn't like her at all. He had a feeling that if he weren't so old, dignified, and powerful himself, he'd be running away just as fast as Lina did. But he also didn't want to be rude to this frightening girl.
"Oh, thank you very much. I haven't had many applicants yet. If you'll just leave your name and address with me, I'll get back to you about it," Rezo said, managing to keep his voice calm.
"All right," Luna said, and she wrote down the information, handing the piece of paper to Rezo.
"Thank you! Sayonara," Rezo said, shutting the door behind her. He breathed a sigh of relief, going back to his room and tossing the paper in a corner. Before he had fallen asleep last night, he came across a possible solution to his copy problems. It was the hair part that had to be improved upon. So Rezo traipsed back down into his lab. He fished in a jar and pulled out a small knife. He cut into his wrist, letting a few drops of blood fall into the copy chamber. He healed the cut and turned the machine's power on full blast and the timer for five minutes. As the machine whirred and rumbled, Rezo waited impatiently. With something as exciting as this, it was hard to wait for even five minutes, but he managed it somehow.
The second the chime began to ring, Rezo threw open the door of the machine. A familiar sound met his ears. Hundreds of little footsteps and giggles rushed towards him. He frowned. "More mini copies?" he wondered aloud.
The little voices slammed to a halt. "Copies?" a tiny voice to the right of him said.
"Kopiis?" one still in the back of the machine asked.
"Kopiis! Kopiis!!" They all murmered excitedly to each other. Then they all burst into shrill giggles and ran away.
"The blood guaranteed that they wouldn't disappear immediately, but I guess they do need the full time to be the right size," Rezo mused to himself. He could still hear little giggles coming from all over the lab.
Just as he was considering how to catch all the little self-names 'kopiis,' the doorbell rang. Rezo went upstairs, smoothing his hair into place.
He felt a great deal of power coming from the other side of the door.
"Hello..." said a light, uncomfortable-sounding female voice tentatively. "I read an advertisement in the newspaper and it said to come here. Are you... Aka Houshi Rezo?"
"Hai, I am Aka Houshi Rezo," Rezo said. This girl wasn't scary like Luna, but she was very powerful.
"Oh! It is an honor! I am Filia, a priestess of the Fire Dragon King, and --" she was cut off with a strangled gasp.
"Is something wrong, Filia-san?" Rezo asked.
"There... is some great evil here!" Filia cried panicking. "It's stronger than any mazoku I've ever heard of! It is... as strong as Cephied!" she wailed. Rezo's head suddenly exploded with stabbing pain. As Filia ran away shrieking, Rezo quickly pushed the door closed and staggered into the kitchen to make himself some tea with lots of herbs in it.
"Why is this happening!?" Rezo groaned. He drank the tea and dragged himself into bed to try to get rid of the pain.
Rezo had forgotten that he had left the door to his lab open. If he had been more alert, he might have noticed the sound of lots of little Rezos giggling as they pulled themselves up the stairs. If he hadn't been in such pain when he left the kitchen, he might have noticed that some little kopiis were merrily sneaking past him into the rest of the house. But he was writhing in agony in his bed, so he never noticed when hundreds of tiny kopiis set up residence all over his house. A few of them slipped out an open window, but most of them stayed in the house. Some of them stayed upstairs, but a greater percentage returned to the basement. They all found little places to live, under, behind, and inside of things. While Rezo slept off his most recent bout of pain, he gained an infestation of happy, mischevious little kopiis.
*Japanese for Beginners*
Hai - Yes
Sayonara - Goodbye
Aka Houshi - Red Priest
Arigato - Thank you
Thanks for reading! Please please please tell me what you think so far, and if I should go on! Arigato!