~NRK~
"Repeat yourself!"
"The name's 'Neil', Neil!"
Naruto crossed his arms and raised a brow at Science-Neil-
"Naruto, I swear to God, if you applied a fucking prefix to MY NAME-!" Science-Neil began to say.
"What? No…" Naruto lied through his teeth as Sasha sat on his shoulders and plucked some of his hairs. "Of course not, Neil. It's just, you do realize that people can have the same name, right? Hell, Neil Armstrong?"
"Oh, you know my great-granddad!" Space-Neil said with a grin, sitting on the floor with a warthog baby in his arms sniffing at his cape. "Neil Armstrong Jr! Reporting for duty!"
"Wait, what?" Erin blinked at him in confusion, squinting her eye, before her phone was in her hands and her finger flew over the buttons.
"That's bullshit, there's no fucking way," Max said flatly. "How in the world would we know Neil Armstrong's grandkid? It's nonsense."
"Hmm," Space Kid considered his words. "... Nope! It's real. My uncle's even an astronaut!"
"There's literally no way that's true," Neil said with a twitching eye. "I can't believe you!"
"Well, I can't force ya!"
"Goddammit, Space Kid!"
"Alright, hold on, there's literally an easy way to solve this," Naruto said as he shot Erin a look. "What's it lookin' like, Erin?"
"... Crazy as it sounds? He's telling the truth," Erin said as Neil's jaw dropped when she showed them her phone. "Look~."
There, in an article, showed a familiar-looking kid in a fake space suit, standing next to two individuals.
"It's true!" Preston said in awe while Meredith blinked in disbelief. "You've great ancestors!" He said to the grinning Neil on the floor.
"Yep," he said simply while other Neil slumped. "But, hey, you can keep being called 'Neil', Neil, I like Space Kid!" Space Kid declared as the scientist, by his own admission, groaned while Max snickered.
"That's crazy! We know famous people!" Nikki said in awe. "A zoologist and an astronaut! Oh! Is anyone else famous?!" She asked the group and Edward shrugged.
"My father's in the military," he admitted. "Lieutenant commander, even, he is the golden sheep of the Pikeman name."
"Hmph," Snake shrugged. "Mom's a doctor."
"Oh! My uncle works in a candy factory!" Dolph declared with a smile as the Campbell Campers' heads snapped to him. "Ya! Usually-"
"Easy there, Dolph," Naruto chuckled nervously as Sasha grinned with enough of his 'hair products'. "Let's not say things that'll get ya in a bind."
"In a bind? Oh, yes, idioms can be a bit difficult for me, at times."
"It's what it is. Now," the blonde boy petted the patiently waiting Obunta, her piglets either standing on her back or sitting blankly by her forelegs. "Obunta brought her kids and we should probably give 'em a bunch of attention."
Erin grinned along with Tabii as they crouched down and pet a couple of piglets who 'strut their stubby stuff'. "Totes adorbs," the tallest Flower Scout giggled a bit as she smoothed out a single hair on a piglet's head. "You'll be combover ready in no time."
"Hmm, Baby Waddles," Tabii gasped, eyes enlarging at the obviously a bit dumb warthog. "O.M.G. If I didn't know Garden Mother would want to eat your cute little toes, I'd totally bring you back with us!"
"Why is it that damn near all the leaders of these camps are some kind of criminal?" Naruto asked Sasha flatly as she tucked her things away.
"I don't know a thing," she said with a grin, patting his shoulders.
The boy rolled his eyes but kneeled so she could get off him without trouble. "I'm honestly too nice sometimes," he muttered before chuckling as Snake smirked. "Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. Well, since we're here, might as well double-check some things in the back patch."
"Hmph," Petrol nodded and Naruto led the way as most of the others played with the piglets, Obunta following the two with a pep in her trot, Sasha grinning as she pulled out a multi-tool and grabbed a basket off the wall. "... Hmm?" He made a weird sound as Naruto snickered.
Opening a door in the back of the tree house, they walked down a stone pathway that led across a small bridge over a river. On both sides down the way, sat four big patches of vegetables with carrots, potatoes, strawberries, and an herb garden.
"Hmm~" Sasha zeroed-in on the red fruit while Petrol breathed in the air, looking at peace. "Yes!"
"Alright, you girls and Tabii did some awesome work, thanks, Sasha," Naruto said as he walked down the way, the normally self-absorbed girl too caught up in her berry picking to respond. "Alright, Obunta, let's get you some radishes," he chuckled as the warthog mother of five snorted in excitement.
It was maybe ten minutes of obsessed eating from all four before the others came out to see where they were.
"Veggies," Space Kid said with a grin, a piglet standing on top of his fishbowl. "Ooh! Berries!"
"Back off! Flower Scout property!" Sasha said as she hissed from within the berries bushes, Tabii and Erin hurrying over. "Pack up, girls! We're taking these back to camp for jam!"
They picked with scrutiny as Max blinked at Naruto currently feeding Obunta cut-up radishes.
As in, he raised his knife hand before cutting the vegetable with precise chops like some kinda bullshit karate kid.
"Ooh!" Nikki grinned, a piglet in her hair, before rushing over and grabbing a cut-up piece of radish. "How's it tasting, Pokey?!" She asked her piglet, taking him out of her hair and hand-feeding him some radish.
The piglet's tail wagged and her heart soared.
"Huh," Neil raised a brow at Naruto's chopping skills. "I thought you were a boxer. Well, Pikeman said you had a boxing career."
"And he does," the boy-in-question said as a piglet sat by his feet, a small sash over its body. "As we said, Naruto is a physical marvel, due to some connections through our commander, he's been able to participate in tourneys for the sake of money and spreading our brand. Once again, he's quite brandable," Edward as Harrison blinked.
The magic boy came over with interest. "You don't happen to have experience with cutting people in half, do you? Because I've been practicing on that magic for a while," Harrison asked with a cupped chin.
"Harrison, what?" Naruto sweatdropped as Obunto ate without stopping. "I don't want to hurt people who aren't expecting to be in a fight with me. I don't chop people in half."
"Hmm, well, I was just curious."
"So, you built all of this, too?" Meredith asked as she observed the stone walkway with interest. "You're not a carpenter, by any chance, are ya?"
"Well, I mean, we did make all this so if you're looking to have some materials spruced up, I'm ya boy."
"We'll work on that, there's a couple half-pipes I've been dying to use but Gwen calls them 'safety hazards'," she groaned as he smiled nervously.
"Ered… what state are those half-pipes in?"
"... Okay, so, just follow me on this."
"That's not encouraging."
"They're fine, Naru, they just need some smoothing out and a bit of varnish," she said with a casually sailing hand.
"How broken is it?" Naruto asked Max who shrugged.
"I'm pretty sure it used to be a big-ass guillotine, don't know what the fuck Campbell does up here but I try to ignore that," he said flatly.
"Max, chill, it's not that bad," Ered said as the small indian stared at her in disbelief.
"Are you crazy?!"
"Daring."
"T-Then, maybe you could help with my castle!" Nerris asked the blonde who blinked before shrugging. "Castle Nerris is in need of a bit of a touch-up," she said slowly after some thought. "I-I did fix the dungeon but, um, we took on a lot of water."
"It rained, didn't it?" Nurf asked without missing a beat.
"U-Um! The torrential tribute of the skies wasn't… nice that day."
"Yeah, it's what I expected."
~NRK~
"Honestly, Gwen, it'll be nice to have some more help here outside of Naruto," David said as he looked at the ad in the newspaper. "Maybe, we'll get someone else fun!"
"Eh, I'm fine with our Japanese Wonder," Gwen told him as she finished wiping the table. "Speaking of conflicts with the Japanese," she muttered as Quartermaster passed the window outside with a look of determination in his eye. "So, uh, how long will it be until we have to deal with that guy and Naru getting into a fight… again?"
David stopped, blinked, and smiled nervously.
"U-Um, w-well, maybe Quartermaster has gotten it out of his system?" He asked shakily as she shot him a look that said it all. "W-We'll probably have the new person keep an eye out, right?"
Gwen considered the option. "Well, it's a good thing we're unable to be sued for several kinds of trauma… alright," she muttered before shrugging. "All I know is that we need to keep Naruto in high regard, especially for when the CEOs wanna see him again."
"Oh, they love him! I'm sure it'll be just like last time."
"Well… I guess it won't be so bad if it's that simple."
~NRK~
With everyone's stomachs filled, and the animals given their daily counting and affections, the group of teens, pre-teens, and kids walked back to Camp Campbell with a few forest critters along for the ride.
Naruto walked in the front, listening to the squirrel king substitute's words and actions.
"I see, I see…" Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Hey, Max?"
Time for his plan to be sprung into action! "Yes~?" The small boy grinned casually. "What? Is the royalty not as good as it could be?" Oh, he was waiting for the right opportunity!
"Hmm, no, these guys said you were there when an attack happened on their king," the taller and older boy said, cupping his chin. "The real king's still alive, thank God, but he's hanging on by a thread. Do you know who did it?" Blue eyes snapped to him and Max saw a gleam in them that put him on edge.
"H-Huh," the look made him a bit unnerved. "Fucking, no, I don't associate with no fucking monsters," Max lied, shivering a bit, while the squirrel king on Naruto's shoulder crossed his arms before sighing. 'What the fuck?' Had he just… cowed him? Like a bitch with just a look?!
Five more squeaks and Naruto nodded. "I'll take some good healing salve to him in a bit," he said to the squirrel who nodded before hopping off, his scepter tied across his back. "Whelp, I know what I'm doing after the welcoming party."
"Your powers never cease to amaze," Edward said, cupping his chin as the sash-wearing piglet kept following him. "You see, Jasper, my friend here is quite well-known in your circles," he said casually to the piglet.
Jasper the Warthog oinked before waddling on, Nikki snickering as Pokey sat in her hair again.
"It's not like we all don't seem to have some of that 'power'," Naruto snickered as Barry the Capybara carried Sasha on his back, following along without a hint of issue. "Right, Sasha?"
"Shh," she hushed him, looking demure while doing so. "This connection is for private matters only, Barry, don't tell him anything," Sasha clued in the animal beneath her.
The large rodent made an acknowledging sound and she nodded.
Erin chuckled while Tabii grinned, the two's piglets following behind with little bows at the bases of their tails.
"It's the Disney in all of us," the Namikaze said. "So," she clapped her hands. "What's on the menu for the Summer?"
"Does he cook, too?" Nurf asked.
"Hah!" Tabii and Naruto laughed at that. "Nope!"
"Ah, I see. Well, back to dealing with the prison food."
"... You're talking about the Quartermaster's food, aren't you?" Naruto asked with a groan. "God help me, if I can't cook, that guy can't even consider putting a ladle into soup. And I don't trust what's in whatever messed-up soup he's making."
"... That's fair," Neil shivered. "Seriously, how in the world did that guy get a job… anywhere?" He huffed as Space Kid tilted his head.
"Space food's a lot more enjoyable than ya think," he said as the taller boy hummed.
"I mean, in the grand scheme of things, space food wouldn't be the worst thing known to man… that's reserved for our camp food."
"Right-o!"
"Though, when it comes to cooking, the Flower Scouts are the best at it with Petrol following up," Naruto told them as Sasha raised a brow at that.
"Hmph, I'll concede that point, at least," she muttered as Petrol crossed his arms with a knowing look. "Honestly, Naru, we do need to make sales!"
"Hmm," Naruto folded his arms behind his head as they made it back to the 'Tag Area'. "I'm not sure, if I could I'd join both teams but that's not happening," no Kage Bunshin in this lifetime.
Unfortunate, really.
"It'd be to all interests if you decided for this year," Edward said as Snake nodded.
"Being indecisive simply hurts everyone," the short boy shrugged as Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "Eh, it's the first day," he smirked as Naruto shot him a thankful smile.
"... Hmm, I guess he's right," Tabii said. "I mean, among all else, we've got all of Summer to figure out how to make profit."
"Things are gonna be fun!" Nikki grinned wildly. "I wonder what'll happen tomorrow?!"
"Knowing our luck, nothing good," Max said even as his mind was awhirl with thoughts. 'How? I-It's like he just scared the shit out of me!' But Max didn't fear no fucking one, much less some blonde weeb.
Yes, he would keep calling him a weeb despite all his bullshit! He needed something over the blonde right now and that small insult was the only thing giving him peace!
Still, back on his thoughts, Max's eyes narrowed on Naruto's back before Muack found her place beside him, the animal's gaze full of some odd emotion.
'... Is the fucking platypus JEALOUS?' What in the world had happened to him?
Animals had enough mind shit to give a shit about someone not paying them that much attention?! Was he insane?!
Ered, meanwhile, cupped her chin as she carried her skateboard. 'His pad had such wicked grooves,' it'd be amazing trying to do tricks on them, much less how refreshing it was with the amount of odd terrain. 'How'd he do it?' Her mind went to the blonde directly.
The past five hours had been curious, intriguing even, if she felt like using less cool words.
'That much respect from all of them,' it wasn't that Ered was shallow, she believed.
She just enjoyed her own idea of the world. It wasn't wrong to see things through such a lens, yeah? They spoke about it all the time on TV being a good thing, so…
The respect Naruto garnered was something she could really get behind. Respect got you into places, it proved you were an existence to be revered, and, on another more personal upside, it proved you were pretty cool and mattered in some way.
Despite thinking like that, Meredith wasn't full-on narcissistic about it, she just thought it had a big part in the world and meant it should be given some attention.
'Like our newest Boy Wonder,' huh, maybe he was a bit right, earlier? Not completely but he certainly proved he was cool. 'Hmm, I'll need to see more of his skills in action before I even consider giving my name,' Ered smirked.
Time for some assessing as Neil might say.
Sasha hummed as she looked up at the afternoon sun. "Thank God for personalized skin cream," she muttered. 'Honestly, he's always so… like this,' she thought with a bit of a huff, some red on her cheeks.
Her younger childhood friend had always been like this, weird. He was so different from what she understood about the people of the world seemingly every day.
Whether it was, at first, thinking he was a jock in middle school, he'd been the nicest to the nerds.
When she thought he was a hippie, she found he was a fighter.
When she thought about his looks, couldn't have guessed he was a five-way race baby.
It honestly confounded her whenever they hanged, Naruto's ability to work with machines but be 'innocent of the internet' was no shortage of amusement but utter disbelief for her.
And how kind he was left her feeling odd at times when he was around. Who was this genuinely nice? She knew his mom, dammit, and that woman, while beautiful and forever the goal Sasha aimed towards, could be the devil in a sedan when she wanted to.
"Hmm," she closed her eyes in thought. 'It's the same as always,' Sasha shrugged.
Naruto was simply a unique existence even amongst her social circles.
And she wouldn't say she disliked that part of him.
~NRK~
The hours came and went, Naruto having enjoyed his 'welcome back' party, saw to tending to the squirrel king, and figured out the 'issue'.
'God, I'm going to kick his ass,' Naruto's eyes narrowed as he laid down in the open area of the camp. 'Seriously?! How does he keep getting back up?!'
Naruto had fought Quartermaster on more than five occasions and, despite his distaste of the man, the bastard was tough when he felt like it.
God, he almost reminded the blonde of a cockroach, in senses and robustness, but that might be too much credit.
'How freaking old is that guy?' That question forever eluded him.
The first time he met him, David's answer had been unsure.
The fourth time, Campbell had been unsure.
Even Gwen! Who got nosy into everything! She didn't know!
'Oh, man, I think I need to stop worrying about that dude,' Naruto huffed as he found one other body laying beside him in her own sleeping bag. "Enjoying the stars, too?" He asked the person, eyes closed.
"They can be interesting," Erin said as she snuggled into her sleeping bag. "... Ready for the star counting?"
"Count away, E-Rin."
She grinned.
~NRK~
The following morning, Naruto cleaned up and came out to face the day.
And found two new people there in front of the lunch hall cabin, speaking with David and Gwen.
The two counselors didn't look bothered by these two, likely due to some odd effect of the universe.
Why, might you ask, did Naruto find that odd? Well…
Because the two talking to the two counselors were damn near their clones?
'What the heck?' Naruto stared in disbelief, hurrying on over with Muack slinking out of a bush and jumping onto his shoulder. "Muack-chan… I might need your help in the future," he whispered to the platypus who perked up before her tail wagged. "Hehe, thanks."
Making it over to the lunch hall, the four adults turned to him, two with smiles.
And the other two with 'smiles'.
Muack growled a bit but Naruto's calming hand had her relaxing.
"Well, well, well~" The Gwen look-alike spoke in a sing-song, crouching down to his level with 'a smile'.
Having blonde hair instead of Gwen's own brown hair, light blue eyes in place of Gwen's purple, and a pale-red nose, the copy wore what had to be a light pink nurse's blouse tied with a white belt with the peace symbol on it, some light pink shorts, and some knee-high light pink boots, she observed him oddly and set all the blonde's alarm bells on 'DANGER'.
"Yooooo~?" Naruto greeted back slowly, minding his tone. "Um, yo? Gwen-nee-chan, what's going on?"
"Oh, Naruto! Well, meet Jen," Gwen said with a smug look and crossed arms while Naruto's look of disbelief barely controlled itself, the two 'copies' perking up at his name. "She's a traveling caretaker."
"And this is Daniel!" David introduced his look-alike who shot Naruto a look that had the reincarnated shinobi's eyebrow twitching. "He used to run a camp all of his own!"
"Oh, pashaw, it's no big deal!" Daniel said as he crouched down with Jen. "And, you, little mister, are quite famous," he said with a big smile as Jen nodded eagerly. "Why, we've heard all about your exploits and feel your Light is something many couldn't do without!"
Daniel was similar to Jen in that his only real differences with his 'real to Naruto' self was his blonde hair, his light teal eyes, and his darker-colored nose.
Wearing a white polo, white slacks, and white boots, the man's form leaned forward with his arms wrapped around his knees.
Naruto was officially weirded out. "... Sup?" He played it off easily, looking to all the world like an innocent grinning young teen. "I mean, I don't know why they're here, you two," he said with a smile to Gwen and David.
"Well, since Campbell left a bit more money than usual, we were able to hire more help, thank God," Gwen said, smile breaking to reveal her relieved expression. "Trust me, with these two around, I don't quite think we'll be getting into too many hi-jinks."
'Nee-chan, I feel for you, seriously,' Naruto knew whatever he'd have to do would be breaking her happy bubble but it was for the best. 'How do I handle this?' He thought, stepping back from the crazily grinning new counselors. '... I need to meet up with Eddy and Sasha-'
"Hey, Gwen?" Jen spoke up with shining eyes.
"Yeah?" Gwen answered.
"Do you think we could speak at length with this young man?"
Gwen raised a brow at that before remembering Daniel's earlier words. "Huh, I guess your reputation precedes you," she told Naruto who grinned nervously.
Oh, his life sucked, it seemed.
"Well, what can I do ya for, Daniel-san, Jen-san-?" Naruto began to say before being shushed awkwardly by Jen who grinned.
"You can just call me 'Jen-ojou', it's fine, you'll get used to it!" She said with excitement.
'Okay, this one's officially worse than the other guy!' And Daniel hadn't even spoken all that much but creeped the blonde out. "W-Well, I mean," Naruto considered his options. "... So, Jen-ojou-san."
The clearly crazy woman looked excited by his words while Daniel smiled cluelessly.
They were both in on their little joke, it seemed.
"Hmm, though, hold on you two," David smiled. "You should see the other campers! Why, it'll be like a little parade!"
The way the two's heads turned gave Naruto enough of an 'out'.
"Alright, actually," he smiled charmingly and the two weirdos were immediately transfixed. "I have some friends from the other camps, wanna meet 'em?"
"Of course!" The two said like they'd received presents.
In the form of children, so you can imagine how that made Naruto feel.
"I guess you guys are gonna be busy?" Naruto asked Gwen and David as he walked backwards with a shrug. "Alright, take your time, I'm sure things'll get… interesting," he said slowly, vanishing into some bushes.
He disappeared from sight.
~NRK~
He rushed to the cabins, form a blur before he skidded to a stop by the girls' cabin.
Naruto knocked on it urgently and waited, feeling Ered, Nikki, and Tabii's signatures moving about.
When the door opened, he raised a brow at Ered wearing a black robe and a sleep mask.
"Yo?" She asked, lifting it off her face to see Naruto before she jumped a bit. "W-Whoa, uh," Ered rubbed the back of her head.
The door closed in his face and left Naruto staring in disbelief.
He knocked again and was answered, this time, by Nikki in some white pajamas.
"Yo, Naruto! What's it this time?! Can we go on an adventure?! Ooh! Ooh! Make me your-" She began to say.
"Nikki! Please! Listen to me!" Naruto hissed out with a look around. "Okay? I need to tell everyone to be careful around the new counselors Gwen and David hired."
"Hmm?" Tabii leaned into view of the doorway, eyes covered by cucumber slices. "Cuz? What's up?"
Naruto explained the situation to them in hurried breaths.
"Okay? So, these two, I don't trust 'em, not a bit," he said as Muack muacked. "Even Muack is saying they're bad news. Trust in animals in this kind of thing," Naruto said seriously as Sasha came out with a yawn in a fluffy pink bathrobe, Barry the Capybara asleep at the side of the cabin.
"What~?" She asked with a groan. "Naru! It's too early for this kinda excitement! We already had to purify every part of this dinky cabin, I'm tireeeeddd~"
Naruto sweatdropped. "Look, just mind my words, I gotta go and tell the guys," he ran off, leaving a swirl of leaves in his wake.
"Huh, I wonder if Neil will have a chart for this!" Nikki wondered in excitement as Erin peeked out.
"Someone say something about 'charts'?" She asked, plucking a cucumber slice off her combover.
~NRK~
Slipping into the last of the boys' cabins, Naruto found most of them brushing their teeth.
"Guys!" He shouted, getting a jump out of the room. "Bad news!"
"The camp's gonna keep running for years?" Max asked as he stretched in his yellow shirt and blue pants, finished with his teeth. "Because I feared as much."
"No-One, that's not a bad thing, Max," Naruto corrected as the short boy growled. "Two…"
He explained the situation to them and Neil choked, the nerdy boy dressed in some plaid pajamas.
"C-Come on! Already?! It's eight in the morning!" He yelled in horror.
"Look, all I know is, I gotta go and find Eddy and our troupe to solve this. Just… just be careful around those two," Naruto rubbed his neck. "Maybe you'll luck out? They seem… way too interested in me for no good reason," he groaned before heading out. "... Wait, Muack-chan," he said to the platypus.
"Muack," she quacked.
"You need to keep an eye on Gwen and David, I don't trust those guys to not pull any funny business," Naruto said seriously, pulling a bit of jerky out of his pocket. "Do a good job and I'll have more jerky for ya."
Her tail wagged before she ate it gently, getting a chin scratch and head rub before he put her down.
He threw the others a 'peace sign'.
"I'm off."
The boy left like a hurricane, leaving the boys to their machinations.
"Fucking, of course, some bullshit comes to the camp the moment he arrives!" Max growled before going to a bunk bed and grabbing his hoodie. "Fucking stupid ass weebs," he muttered.
"So, w-what should we do?" Preston asked, tugging at his white t-shirt's collar. "If Naruto's right, we're in for trouble!"
"Why not just get the authorities involved?" Neil asked as Space Kid came on by with a piglet in tow. "If nothing else, and Naruto along with the animals find them suspicious, this might be a good enough reason to call 'em."
"Does anyone even have a phone?" Nurf asked. "Besides, they're two people, we could just body 'em!" He declared as Max scoffed.
"What if he's just being a dumbass? You guys trust him way too easily!" The Indian groaned. "Besides, why wouldn't he just attack them?"
"Because that'd look bad?"
"W-Who cares?! If he thinks they're trouble, kick their asses and move on!"
"Mmm, I don't think that'd work here," Neil said. "Besides, how do we know these two aren't like Naruto?" He asked as Max shot him a frown. "I mean, what if he can't tangle with them?"
Max's eyes widened in horror at that idea.
"T-That's stupid, he's just a dumbass!" He said, very nervous all of a sudden. 'There's… t-there's no way!' Max couldn't believe it.
Despite how much he hated it, Naruto made an impression. One facet of said 'impression' had been that he didn't really fear anything, as fucking stupid as that was.
So, why was he not approaching the problem like this?
~NRK~
As the kids began to congregate by the mess hall, they spoke on their 'newest-returning' camper's words, worries, and warnings.
"If Naru's feeling like that, this must be serious," Tabii frowned as Sasha wore a look of apathy and Erin looked nervous. "What do you think these guys are actually like?" She asked Neil.
The science boy looked confused as he stared at her. 'Wait, what the… She's not pestering me with dating stuff?' Neil was now very concerned. "W-Well, from how little time we've spent with Naruto, I don't think he'd make false warnings. Your cousin seems like the prankster type but he doesn't seem like someone who'd joke about this unless it had a good payoff for everyone in the end."
"Oh, man, you read him like a book!"
Neil looked bashful while Max looked at the two in disbelief.
'The fuck?' There was no way that NEIL AND TABII were currently having… a decent conversation?! "That fucker's ruin the natural order," Max realized in horror.
"Hiya, kids!"
The group froze at the voice.
It wasn't one they were familiar with but carried similar tones to… Gwen's voice…
They turned their heads to see Jen coming out of the forest with a grin that immediately set most of them on edge.
Sasha stared, eyes wide and blinking in disbelief. "... Fuck, we should have paid for attention to Naru," she realized as the unnerving woman made it over to them.
~NRK~
I hope everyone likes these twists.
Yes, Daniel AND Jen are here. Not just our not-so-favorite 'favorite' cult leader but our, similar in nature, obviously-one, demonic worshiper.
With Jen, I'm kinda zeroing-in on her personality and quirks, ya'll saw a bit of it already, she's like Daniel in a sense. Her 'real self' dialed up with horrifying 'jutting points' in her personality that bases itself on her darker core.
Jen's a weeb, a dramatic, lover of misery and drama, and more. We'll see how this goes.
I hope this ends up going somewhere well.
Ciao.
~NRK Out~