Part 2: Sweet Brother of Skeed
Lyude was sparkling with bits of sugar, which he realized with shock when he looked at himself in a mirror made of the same.
"Gahh, so much sugar. I haven't had sugar at all since Vallye and Skeed forced me to eat that Mira chocolate bar... by... shoving it down my throat..." Lyude recalled with discomfort. "Now, what just happened at the fortress? Ah... I seem to remember a good bit of it... I accidentally flushed the toilet that had the magnus in it in my hesitation, and as it turned out it was actually a Chronos Blow and not an Aqua Burst, so when it got unleashed deep in the pipes it stopped both time and the water from moving, creating too much weight in one area of the narrow pipe, thus making it break and fall across an electric barrier, which disrupted the current of electricity and actually amplified the amount of energy in the barrier, and then the magnus slipped out of a break in the pipe and touched the electricty, creating a power surge and ultimately an explosion. Furthermore, I have no idea how I know all this."
Suddenly, the phone (which was colored like a candy-cane) rang. Lyude looked around for someone who could answer it, but didn't find anyone else in the home. After it rang three times, Lyude answered it himself.
"Erm... hello?" he said.
The voice of an Imperial Soldier replied, "Yo, is this Vallye's residence?"
Lyude trembled slightly upon hearing the Imperial Soldier, but replied calmly "No, this isn't... This residence is somewhere in Mira."
"Oh... Well is this Vallye?"
"U-um... N-no, this is Lyude." he answered, and almost smacked himself for giving away who he was. Surely the empire would be after him if they realized where he was now.
"Oh. Ok, sorry, wrong number. Good day, sir." and then he hung up.
Lyude was shaken, but relieved that the soldier was an idiot.
"Wait... I do I really sound like a girl?" he asked himself.
Furthermore, why was he in such a crazed place as Mira? The answer was to be revealed when the milk chocolate door opened.
Lyude gasped. "Y-you!"
"Yes, me. Now come on or I'll drag you out!" snapped the voice of none other than Skeed.
"But... why are you-" "Not now, Lyude! Come with!"
"W-wait! Let me get my magnus first!"
"Ugh, fine..."
And so, Skeed was forced to wait for his little brother to find and sort his magnus, which took a while, as he was at a rather high class.
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In the meantime, things were not blissful at the Imperial Fortress.
"Durnit, durnit, durnit, durnit!" Fadroh grumbled, looking at the damages. "Durn soldiers and their crap clogging up the pipes! Honestly! Melodia, remind me to get a better pluming system!"
He then looked up and saw a girl with blond hair, her wings and staff drawn.
"Oh, you want to fight now, do you, missy?" he asked amusedly.
"Only if I have to..." Xella replied, pulling out a magnus...
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Once Lyude finished gathering his magnus and packing his things nicely, he followed Skeed outside. He was somewhat nervous as to what his brother, who, as far as Lyude knew, hated him, would want him to see. He dared not ask. Besides, Skeed did not even have his gun with him. What was there to worry about? ... Maybe strangulation, maybe getting punched into a concussion, maybe getting his throat slit by a magnus... But there was no way Skeed could shoot him.
Anyway, the two went out to Mira's port, where a glistening ship floated in the wind. It wasn't very large, and didn't look like it would fit more than two or three people inside. Skeed entered first, and slammed the door shut as soon as Lyude entered.
"Don't touch anything," the older one demanded.
Lyude sighed. It's not like he intended to.
And so, the two were off. Skeed sat at the controls, while Lyude sat in the back. He unleashed a magnus of custard pudding, and ate silently.
"And don't make a mess back there!" Skeed added.