(Sorry for the wait, guys, but I think my new angle on the HM universe is
going to be worth it. This is a bold step for any writer of a fic, so I
really need to know if you like where it's going. What am I talking about?
Read on, my friends.)
The next morning, Jack woke up but remained in bed. He was completely exhausted from what had happened the last day. Not only that, but Miro and Kate continued to yell at one another late into the night. It kept pretty much everyone awake. Jack mumbled something incoherently, and he heard Nami mumble in response. With some effort, Jack began to speak in an audible tone.
"Mmnk... You awake?..." He asks sleepily.
"Unnnmm... I dunno, you?" Nami replies.
"I dunno... When'd Miro stop yelling?"
"Maybe... three hours ago."
"What's the time now?..."
"I dunno... about 10."
"Oh..." Jack says, yawning. "Miro home yet?"
"I dunno..." Nami replies. "Maybe one of us... should open our eyes... dibs out."
"Aww, man..." Jack groans. "I don't have enough energy... I'll cramp up..."
"I said dibs out."
"Ugh... fine." Jack says, slowly prying open his eyelids.
"What do you see?" Nami asks.
"I see... a roof..." Jack replies, noticing it through his bloodshot, half- closed eyes.
"Oh... well, at least we know we still have one." Nami says. "Since that belch Miro made, I hoped that he didn't peel it right off..."
"He dissolved Gustafa's place..." Jack says. "Which is icing on the cake, I think..."
"Jack, turn your head." Nami says. "We still have to see if Miro's here..."
"Ugh, I have to do everything..." Jack groans before arching his stiff, sore neck to one side.
"What do you see?"
"I see... your face."
"Oh... How do I look?" Nami asks.
"Tired." Jack replies, yawning. "Baggy-eyed and messy-haired and emotionless and... pretty much what you looked like when I married you."
"Oh, how sweet..." Nami says before forcefully kicking Jack out of the bed, who landed on a stray building block he had forgotten to pick up for the last few years.
"Auuugh... my back, my back..." He groans, getting his tired, stiff, and now aching body off of the ground.
"Now go see if Miro's here." Nami orders, her eyes still closed. "I need my beauty rest, just like you said."
Jack began to grumble "No amount of rest could-" But he is cut off by a surprisingly solid down pillow contacting his face at close to mach 3.
"I'm going, I'm going..." Jack says, spitting out some feathers before trudging to the door leading to Miro's room.
Opening the door quietly, Jack finds Miro standing quietly, looking out his window. He seemed to be in a daze, like he was thinking deeply about something.
"MIRO!" Jack yells, hoping that it would snap him out of it. And so it did, making Miro jump onto his bed and face Jack.
"...Oh, it's only you." He says, sighing in relief. "Uasually when someone yells my name out from right behind me it's... bah, never mind. ...Oh, jee, you don't look so good, Dad. You need some sleep?"
"Don't make me hurt you." Jack says in a very I'm-not-kidding tone.
"Err, right." Miro says with a nervous smile. "Sorry, I forgot about that..."
"How could you forget about arguing with Kate at a loudspeaker volume for FOURTEEN HOURS?" Jack asks.
"Well, I guess..." Miro begins, looking back out the window. "My mind's somewhere else."
"What?"
"I've been thinking..." Miro says, his eyes glazed over in thought. "Of... leaving the farm. Making a name for myself somewhere else."
"WHAT? Miro, we need you here-"
"Dad-"
"You're the next generation, if you go, the farm will be totally abandoned when your mother and I go-"
"Dad-"
"Plus we need you here right now, you're the quickest at watering and you're a great fisher, too, and besides, we don't have sprites to share the work like in those bigger towns-"
"DAD!"
"Huh, what?"
"Think about it," Miro begins. "With me not here, there won't be anyone here to continue the family farm line, right?"
"Yeah, that's the prob-"
"And what does that mean for you? You'll need a child here, right?"
"Right..."
"And without me here, how do you get another child into the farm?"
"Adoption? ............Miro, you're brilliant." Jack says, smiling.
"I thought you'd agree." Miro says. "Now... I think I'll be going." He walks to his bedside and picks up a rucksack.
"Wait a second." Jack says.
"What?" Miro asks, turning to him. "You want to say anything else?"
"Yes. You and I both know that Nami is not gonna let you go that easy." Jack says. "I can do this for you: I'll give you one day, 24 hours, to get as far out of here as possible. After that, we'll be coming after you. If we find you, you'll have to come back home. If you've made a name for yourself before we find you, as you say, then I'll let you go."
Miro smirks slightly. "Who says you'll find me?"
"Trust me, I will." Jack reassures him with the same smirk. "...Well, what are you waiting for? The clock starts now. Go."
(This is it, the beginning of a new story! Well, not really a new story, so much as a new adventure within the story, like a mini-story in the story, only bigger... err, you know what I mean. Anyway, Miro's adventure and Jack's persuit will take up a lot of chapters, for what I have planned. And remember, PLEASE give out reviews, I need your opinions!)
The next morning, Jack woke up but remained in bed. He was completely exhausted from what had happened the last day. Not only that, but Miro and Kate continued to yell at one another late into the night. It kept pretty much everyone awake. Jack mumbled something incoherently, and he heard Nami mumble in response. With some effort, Jack began to speak in an audible tone.
"Mmnk... You awake?..." He asks sleepily.
"Unnnmm... I dunno, you?" Nami replies.
"I dunno... When'd Miro stop yelling?"
"Maybe... three hours ago."
"What's the time now?..."
"I dunno... about 10."
"Oh..." Jack says, yawning. "Miro home yet?"
"I dunno..." Nami replies. "Maybe one of us... should open our eyes... dibs out."
"Aww, man..." Jack groans. "I don't have enough energy... I'll cramp up..."
"I said dibs out."
"Ugh... fine." Jack says, slowly prying open his eyelids.
"What do you see?" Nami asks.
"I see... a roof..." Jack replies, noticing it through his bloodshot, half- closed eyes.
"Oh... well, at least we know we still have one." Nami says. "Since that belch Miro made, I hoped that he didn't peel it right off..."
"He dissolved Gustafa's place..." Jack says. "Which is icing on the cake, I think..."
"Jack, turn your head." Nami says. "We still have to see if Miro's here..."
"Ugh, I have to do everything..." Jack groans before arching his stiff, sore neck to one side.
"What do you see?"
"I see... your face."
"Oh... How do I look?" Nami asks.
"Tired." Jack replies, yawning. "Baggy-eyed and messy-haired and emotionless and... pretty much what you looked like when I married you."
"Oh, how sweet..." Nami says before forcefully kicking Jack out of the bed, who landed on a stray building block he had forgotten to pick up for the last few years.
"Auuugh... my back, my back..." He groans, getting his tired, stiff, and now aching body off of the ground.
"Now go see if Miro's here." Nami orders, her eyes still closed. "I need my beauty rest, just like you said."
Jack began to grumble "No amount of rest could-" But he is cut off by a surprisingly solid down pillow contacting his face at close to mach 3.
"I'm going, I'm going..." Jack says, spitting out some feathers before trudging to the door leading to Miro's room.
Opening the door quietly, Jack finds Miro standing quietly, looking out his window. He seemed to be in a daze, like he was thinking deeply about something.
"MIRO!" Jack yells, hoping that it would snap him out of it. And so it did, making Miro jump onto his bed and face Jack.
"...Oh, it's only you." He says, sighing in relief. "Uasually when someone yells my name out from right behind me it's... bah, never mind. ...Oh, jee, you don't look so good, Dad. You need some sleep?"
"Don't make me hurt you." Jack says in a very I'm-not-kidding tone.
"Err, right." Miro says with a nervous smile. "Sorry, I forgot about that..."
"How could you forget about arguing with Kate at a loudspeaker volume for FOURTEEN HOURS?" Jack asks.
"Well, I guess..." Miro begins, looking back out the window. "My mind's somewhere else."
"What?"
"I've been thinking..." Miro says, his eyes glazed over in thought. "Of... leaving the farm. Making a name for myself somewhere else."
"WHAT? Miro, we need you here-"
"Dad-"
"You're the next generation, if you go, the farm will be totally abandoned when your mother and I go-"
"Dad-"
"Plus we need you here right now, you're the quickest at watering and you're a great fisher, too, and besides, we don't have sprites to share the work like in those bigger towns-"
"DAD!"
"Huh, what?"
"Think about it," Miro begins. "With me not here, there won't be anyone here to continue the family farm line, right?"
"Yeah, that's the prob-"
"And what does that mean for you? You'll need a child here, right?"
"Right..."
"And without me here, how do you get another child into the farm?"
"Adoption? ............Miro, you're brilliant." Jack says, smiling.
"I thought you'd agree." Miro says. "Now... I think I'll be going." He walks to his bedside and picks up a rucksack.
"Wait a second." Jack says.
"What?" Miro asks, turning to him. "You want to say anything else?"
"Yes. You and I both know that Nami is not gonna let you go that easy." Jack says. "I can do this for you: I'll give you one day, 24 hours, to get as far out of here as possible. After that, we'll be coming after you. If we find you, you'll have to come back home. If you've made a name for yourself before we find you, as you say, then I'll let you go."
Miro smirks slightly. "Who says you'll find me?"
"Trust me, I will." Jack reassures him with the same smirk. "...Well, what are you waiting for? The clock starts now. Go."
(This is it, the beginning of a new story! Well, not really a new story, so much as a new adventure within the story, like a mini-story in the story, only bigger... err, you know what I mean. Anyway, Miro's adventure and Jack's persuit will take up a lot of chapters, for what I have planned. And remember, PLEASE give out reviews, I need your opinions!)