Muses O' Doom
Episode 07: Fun at the Lake
It had been about a week since the 'Chibi Incident', and the Studio was by now fully cleaned and functional. It had taken quite an effort, after the mess that Ieva's previous muses had left the place in, but fortunately Scar and Envy were such great muses that it all evened out. The trio had gotten quite good at transposing; in other words they could create things out of thin air, but only while inside the Studio. Scar had been a bit uneasy about this at first, understandably, until Ieva had assured him that they weren't really creating it, but more like 'summoning' it out of the junk pile. One aspect of this that Envy particularly enjoyed was that Ieva could bring in things from her universe for them…namely food. Even though Envy technically isn't required to eat, he liked the way the food tasted. Although there was one incident where Scar, unknowing of the consequences, had eaten four whole boxes of Pocky at once and had soon afterwards become so incredibly hyper that he had run around the room with a gigantic smile on his face, his right arm crackling with red light, and going 'WHEEEEEEE!'. That one had taken a while to sort out, especially since after the shock of seeing this had worn off, both Ieva and Envy had been laughing so hard that they could barely move. Anyway, back to the present.
Ieva ran out of her room, stopping in front of Scar and Envy, "Hey you guys, guess what! I think I've figured out how to do something really, really cool!" she was practically hopping, she was so excited.
"What?" Envy asked curiously.
"Y'know how I can transpose stuff from my universe here? Well, I think I can transpose you guys from here into my universe the same way!"
"Really?" Scar sounded interested. He didn't question how this worked; he'd given up on trying to figure stuff like that out.
"Will there be more of that 'pizza' stuff you brought here the other day?" Envy's eyes shone at the prospect.
Ieva grinned, "Oh, there will definitely be pizza."
"Then count me in!"
"Okay," Ieva smiled and began explaining, "Just close your eyes; I'm the one who has to do it."
They closed their eyes. About a minute passed, at which point Envy spoke up, "Ieva, we're ready…"
"We've been here for about thirty seconds, Envy. I was waiting to see if one of you would notice, but I guess not."
They opened their eyes to see that, rather than being in the Studio, they were standing in the middle of a slightly messy bedroom. Ieva was looking the same as she always did, which surprised them both slightly. They thought that they remembered her saying that she looked different in her own universe.
Ieva sighed, "Yeah, I know. Looks like I can't actually bring you to my actual universe, but I did kind of bring you halfway. This place is exactly like my universe, only it's imaginary. I don't really know how to explain it…but at least here, my parents won't completely flip when they see you."
"Okay…" Scar blinked, not quite getting it but figuring that he didn't need to.
"Where's the pizza?" Envy questioned, looking around the room.
Ieva laughed, "I need to order it first, Envy. No instant transposing here, I'm afraid. I'll be right back, so you guys just stay here."
Several Minutes Later…
Ieva walked back into the room to see a rather amusing sight. Envy's hair was being attacked by an incredibly obese brown and black tabby, while two other cats rubbed against Scar's ankles, mewing insistently. Neither muse seemed to know quite what to do, and the looks on their faces were so comical that Ieva began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Well, my cats like you guys. That's a good sign," she grinned and went over to the cat that was attacking Envy's hair, picking it up and cuddling it, "Lightning, you silly, Envy's hair isn't a toy! Oh, and Scar-san, they want you to pet them!" she called over to the confused Ishbalan, "And my parents say that it's fine if you both stay for a bit. Especially for tomorrow."
Scar looked up from the cats, "Why? What happens tomorrow?"
"We're going waterskiing tomorrow! And all sorts of other fun activities that entail being dragged across a big lake by a speeding boat!" Ieva beamed.
Scar visibly paled, and his eyes got all big, "W-what? Ieva, you know I can't swim!"
"You've been getting lessons, though."
"I've barely learned to float on my back!"
"Oh, it'll be fine, Scar-san. We'll all be wearing life jackets," Ieva smiled. Before Scar could protest further, the doorbell rang, "Oh, that'll be the pizza! I'll go get it!" and she ran off again, coming back with the wonderful, wonderful food. Envy practically dove on the box, opening it quickly and beginning to almost inhale the contents.
"Envy, leave some for us too! If you're not careful, I'm going to have to start calling you Gluttony…" Ieva scolded playfully.
"Eh," Envy shrugged and pushed the box over so that it was reachable.
Ieva got a piece and grinned excitedly, "Anyway, so this is going to be really fun! I've never been before, but my brothers have and they say it is."
Scar still looked a bit nervous, "I'm going to die…"
"Awww, you'll be fine, Scar-san."
The next day dawned bright and sunny. After a brief scramble to find swim trunks to fit both Scar and Envy, they all piled into the car. 'They' included Ieva, Scar, Envy, Ieva's dad, and the two oldest of Ieva's little brothers. After about a twenty-five minute car trip, during which Scar and Envy were especially fascinated by both the car itself and all the tall office buildings they were passing, they arrived at the lake. They checked in at the registration desk and were led to the rental boat.
Scar noticed a large, colorful, floating disk attached to the back and questioned curiously, "What is that?"
"Oh, that's for tubing, Scar-san. We're doing that first, I think. I've never done it, but I've heard that it's fun," Ieva smiled, then went to talk to her dad about something. Less than a minute later she returned, with a slightly horrified expression on her face.
"What's the matter?" Envy asked.
Ieva looked up at him, "All we have is Coppertone sunscreen. I'm allergic to Coppertone sunscreen," her tone turned frantic, "I'm going to burn like a lobster if I don't wear sunscreen!"
"Hahahahahaha! Loser!" the older of Ieva's brothers, Stephen, cackled and pointed. Even though he was two years younger than Ieva, he was about half a foot taller than her. She held firmly to the claim that he was the most obnoxious being on the planet.
She glared at him, "Shut up, Greed."
Envy's head swung around, "Greed? Where?"
"Oh, no, not the real Greed. I just call him that, 'cause I'm crazy and go around naming people after characters that I think fit them. Like, Alex over there is Mustang," she pointed to her other brother, who was short and actually did kinda look like a mini-Mustang, only cuter and more puppyish.
"So who are you?" Scar asked while digging through a large crate of life jackets, looking for one that would fit him.
"I'm you. Don't ask me why; I don't quite know myself. My friends just started calling me Scar," she shrugged and went to get her own life jacket. It wasn't long before the group was in the boat and on their way. Then, once they were out of the No Wake zone, Ieva's dad gunned the motor. The look of surprised terror on Scar's face was absolutely priceless. Eventually they got out into the main part of the lake; since it was so early in the morning, they were they only boat out there.
"Okay, so we're going first!" Ieva said happily, jumping into the water and starting to pull the 'tube' away from the boat. Envy jumped in to help, but Scar hung back, staring at the water with more than a little trepidation…until Stephen gave an evil grin and shoved him over the side. In his surprise, Scar accidentally inhaled some lake water and spent about a minute coughing while Ieva shouted dire threats at her brother. Eventually though, the three of them managed to get on the tube, with Scar on the left, Ieva in the middle, and Envy on the right.
"So, what exactly do we do now?" Scar questioned.
"We hang on, and the people in the boat do everything in their power to fling us into the lake," Ieva replied.
"WHAT?" Scar's eyes got all big, but it was too late to get off now. Ieva's dad gunned the motor again, and the ride began.
"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" went Ieva.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" went Envy.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" went Scar.
Ieva looked over at Envy, then looked over at Scar, then looked back over at Envy…and Envy wasn't there anymore. Then the tube hit the edge of the wake, and since it was now overbalanced, it flipped into the air, sending both Scar and Ieva flying. All this happened in less than a second. Ieva and Envy paddled over to Scar, who was looking after the boat that was fast moving away as though leaving them stranded in the middle of the lake.
"Why aren't they coming back?" he said with a quiet kind of nervousness.
Ieva patted his shoulder reassuringly, "Don't worry, they'll turn around in a second and come back for us."
She didn't notice as Envy slowly swam up behind her with an evil grin on his face until it was too late and he'd pounced on her and dunked her head under the water with a loud, "Ha!"
She came up spluttering before turning around to see the Homunculus swimming away as fast as he could, "Envy you are so going to get it!" she waved her fist, and thus a chase began, eventually degenerating into a splash-fight between the two of them. Scar sighed and climbed onto the boat, which had by this time come back.
After a few more tubing rounds with various combinations of people, although Scar flatly refused to go again, it was time…to water-ski. Ieva's brothers went first, one after the other, and it was quite amusing to watch them attempt to stand up. Then it was her turn, and after about ten minutes chasing one of her skis while wearing the other one, she finally managed to get them both on and grab hold of the rope. She actually did get up on the skis for about five seconds before leaning too far forward and basically winding up in a headstand position. Everyone else was amused. She was not. Then Envy went, and he did better than everyone so far; he actually managed to stay on for about half a minute before the tube attached to the back of the boat ran into the rope, jerking it and sending the unfortunate Homunculus flying through the air. Then it was Scar's turn; he did well getting the skis on and standing up, but when he fell over he didn't let go of the rope.
Ieva, who was spotting for him, waved her arms and shouted, "Scar-san! Let go! Let go of the rope!"
But apparently she wasn't heard, as Scar continued to cling to the rope as though his life depended on it. Now, one of the main reasons why one is not supposed to do this is because being dragged over the surface of a lake at high speeds is very painful. Fortunately the boat stopped fairly quickly, and the rope was pulled in with poor Scar still attached.
"I am never doing that again, ever," he gasped out once he was back on the boat.
It was then generally decided that they were done for the day, and so after going back and retrieving the skis from the lake where they had fallen off Scar's feet, they drove the boat back to the marina and turned in all the rental stuff. Another car trip later and they were back at Ieva's house.
"Can we go back to the Studio now?" Scar asked Ieva, who was currently having fun blow-drying Envy's hair. True to her prediction, she also had quite a sunburn and was covered in aloe lotion.
"Yeah, sure, I'm almost done," she replied distractedly. Fifteen minutes later she'd finally finished, and soon the trio was back inside the Studio. She turned to them happily, "Didn't I tell you we'd have fun?"
Meanwhile, in a forest near Dublith…
A bright light flashed, and when it was gone there was a large Horde of angry-looking teenage girls standing where there previously wasn't. They were muttering amongst themselves, and as one they moved towards a large, Victorian style house standing in a clearing. Out of the house walked an old, grandmother-like woman, who stared at the Horde of girls curiously.
One of them spoke up, "Do you know where we can find a person named Dante?"
"That's me, dear," she smiled the kind of smile that looks nice at first, but at second glance really isn't very nice at all.
All of a sudden Dante found herself being chased through the forest by over a hundred screaming, psychotic girls, all shouting as one, "KILL DANTE!"
Don't feel sorry for her.
End Episode 07
A/N: I'm so sorry this took so long! This is kinda low-priority compared to my other stuff…-sweatdrop- I hope you all enjoyed it! And yes, this did actually happen over the summer…well, most of it anyway.
Envy: Don't forget to tell them about the Halloween thing!
Oh, right. Ahem…since these take a while to write, I don't know if there will be another one (there probably will, but maybe not) in between now and the Halloween special that I've been planning, so I'll announce this now. Because I love you all, anyone who wants will get a (very) brief cameo in that episode (and it will actually happen this time)! Scar-san, Envy, and I will be trick-or-treating, and I'm thinking that we can run into other people like you guys while we're running around in the dark. So, if you want to be in it, just post what you want to be dressed up as (preferably with detail), and if you want to be with anyone else (for instance, if you have muses of your own, other than Scar-san or Envy).
Scar: And the thing about me not being able to swim…that concept is part of Ieva's own little fanon. She doesn't know if it actually is canon, but she thinks it makes sense.
Yeah. Anywho, for anyone who doesn't already know, there's a stupid new rule about not being able to answer reviews, so I can't. Please do keep reviewing though, because I love getting them so incredibly much. If you want to ask a question or you want an answer or something, you can always email me!
