Hello there guys! Welcome to chapter 8.
Sophie: She's planning on changing POV in this chapter, so look out for that one!
I think this chapter will be based mostly around Ivan, or, half Raguna and half Ivan, who knows? *Shrugs*
Raguna: Would it be in vain to ask what will happen?
Pretty much, haha!
Ivan: Anyhow:
"Speaking"
Thoughts
((Telepathy)) ((Telepathy))
Raguna and Ivan: Let's start this chapter!
Wait!
Ivan: What?
Disclaimer…
Raguna: Right!
Sophie: My charge doesn't own anything except for the plot of this story. I feel like I said that differently…oh well, you guys know the drill, right?
Chapter 8: Rules Laid Down!
Last chapter: With that last thought, Raguna went out to do farm work and walk around town. Who knew? Maybe he'd bump into Micah and Kyle along the way. The day went one with Raguna getting a fishing rod and trying to fish, selling the fish, buying seeds, more farming, and talking to Matt. All in all, it was a pretty good day, which would be true if the feeling of foreboding would leave Matt and Raguna alone!
Raguna walked around town a bit more and stopped at the plaza. He sat on the bench and began to think of what had happened the other day.
That monster and the logo of the organization…I don't want to get Ivan into this mess but, if it continues to happen, I'm going to have to tell him sooner or later…
Raguna closed his eyes and tried to relax after his day of work.
They're coming after us again…can't they give us a break? I wonder how they'll get to us this time. They can't just kidnap us since we're pretty known in the business world. It would create chaos if we were to just disappear. Then again, we're not known in this kingdom's business world.
Raguna heard some footsteps approach and he kept himself from tensing.
"Ossu!" A voice called out and Raguna opened his eyes.
"Ossu." Raguna replied and relaxed, since there wasn't an imminent threat waiting to happen. The people that had approached were Raguna's best friends, Micah and Kyle. (AN: Ossu, greeting in Japanese between close male friends.)
"What's up, Raguna? Just chilling?" Micah asked.
"Yeah, I had nothing better to do." Kyle and Micah stare at Raguna with the 'I don't believe that one bit' look. Raguna sighed and looked defeated.
"Alright, I was thinking about the organization. They attacked Ivan and me in this plaza a couple of days ago." Raguna explained.
"Really? They're at it again!?" Micah asked, stunned.
"Yeah."
"Speaking of Ivan, where is he?" Kyle asked.
"Trouble sprouted back at his home and he had to leave." Raguna said.
"Trouble? Why do I suddenly feel a feeling of dread in the air?" Kyle asked.
"It's not dread Kyle. It's more like…uneasiness." Micah corrected.
"You've got that right, Micah." Raguna agreed.
"Did he say what sort of trouble it was?" Kyle asked.
"No, and it's not my place to know." Raguna gave Kyle a pointed look. "Besides, I'm not part of his family, so I don't have a right to know either."
"He's right Kyle, Ivan's family is his concern, not Raguna's." Micah added.
"Talking about families…Will we ever find ours?" Kyle wondered.
"I don't know." Micah and Raguna said.
"Question; How are you guys here? I thought you were back at our kingdom." Raguna asked.
"Our? More like yours, Raguna." Kyle said.
"None-sense, you guys put in the same amount of work I did into re-building that kingdom. What I find funny is that the other kingdoms have no idea of our existence." Raguna retorted.
"Anyhow, yes, we were in the kingdom but, we decided to talk to the mayor of this town." Micah said.
"We took one of the teleportation cars but, once we got here, it threw us out and we landed on the ground. The car stopped suddenly which is what caused the sound of the crash." Kyle explained.
*Sigh* "I worked so hard on those teleportation cars and made them as simple as possible so that anyone that has our kingdom's card can use them." Raguna looked at Micah and Kyle, "So, do I get an explanation on how you messed up the teleportation system that the cars have?" Raguna finished.
"We don't really know how to explain that one…" Micah said.
"Great." Raguna deadpanned.
"Anyway…Want to hang…" Kyle was cut off by a voice behind the trio.
"Hello there Kyle, Micah, and who might this be?" Raguna looked at the newcomer that talked and slightly tensed. It was the mayor, the one who supposedly knows a leader from the organization that the trio escaped from.
"Oh, hello there Mayor Godwin, this is an old friend of ours, we were just catching up with him." Kyle cryptically said.
Oh, I feel the trust…I don't think they're going to trust me anytime soon. I can't fault them for that though, since the root of the 'no trust' problem seems to rely in me knowing the leader of the organization they mentioned to me. The kid they're talking to seemed to have tensed when he saw me…I wonder if he has the same theory that Kyle and Micah have. The problem with that is that…I think the kid lives here…There were two new residents and he didn't come with Micah and Kyle, which makes it bad because he wouldn't trust me…and I'm the mayor of this town, not a good match at all. Godwin thought.
Raguna stared at the Mayor the whole time. I can't believe this; I live in the town of one of the people that might have ties with the other organization. Well, I can tell that Kyle and Micah put their mental shields up. We tend to let them down when it's just the three of us. We also let them down with other people we trust but, we still keep our guard up, even around them.
"My name is Raguna, it's nice to meet you Mayor Godwin." Raguna said, respectfully. Not really nice though, would love to be anywhere but here, right about now.
"Oh, you're the guy that moved into Mist's old farm, aren't you?" Godwin asked.
"That would be me, yes." Raguna responded.
There was a moment of silence between them, Micah and Kyle started looking back and forth between them, as if waiting for something to happen.
"You know the leader of the organization?" Raguna asked, cutting straight to the point.
Ah, so I was right, he does have the same idea as Micah and Kyle. Probably thinks I will try to do something to him.
"Yes, I do, but, I don't share the same views as they do. They think that the people should evolve into more powerful beings but, I'm content with just being who I am and watching everybody thrive to do the best they can. Without those values, Kardia wouldn't be what it is today." Godwin explained.
Raguna looked down slightly at the hand that had his bracelet, which was glowing a bit but, only he could see the glow. You see, there's an interesting gimmick to the bracelet, when Matt is in the room with the bracelet connection; the bracelet had a slight glow to it, when he wasn't in the room; it would just have its natural shine. It was really hard to tell the difference between each one of the 'settings', for lack of a better term.
((What do you think Matt? I believe he might be telling the truth. I'm not feeling anything except honesty from him. It's pretty hard to fake that.)) Raguna thought to Matt.
((Yes, you're right; it is hard to fake the feeling of honesty. He may be telling the truth. I'd say, "Give him a chance" but, it's your choice Raguna. If you think you can trust him, go for it. If not, tell him where to go.)) Raguna could FEEL the amusement that flooded the link and accompanied the last line.
"Do you mind if I ask why you guys dislike that organization?" Godwin asked, hoping that he wasn't crossing the line.
"Now wait just a second, what gives you the right to…" Kyle was cut off.
"I believe he was asking Raguna, not you, Kyle." Micah admonished.
"What is it with people cutting me off!?" Kyle started to rant, Micah keeping him distracted from the talk Raguna was having.
"That, Mayor, would be because they're a bunch of idiots that like experimenting on people that they abduct from their homes." Raguna said, mysteriously.
The Mayor stood there, blinking at Raguna, until the words finally registered.
"They do WHAT!?" Godwin exclaimed, disgusted that a person would do something like that to another person.
"Experiment on people they abduct." Raguna replied, enjoying the look of horror on the Mayors face. The feeling of hate, could he really be against the organizations ideals? He did seem pretty horrified at the thought of them experimenting on other people.
"Raguna, since you are going to stay in Kardia, I would like to talk to you. Get to know each other…" Godwin trailed off, the "So you don't have to be afraid of me" part, not needing to be said.
Raguna gave the Mayor a searching look. "Alright, but, I've got some rules: 1) Don't come less than 10ft near me. 2) We will not ask questions that are too personal. They may still be personal but, nothing of the past of the person, unless said person starts the conversation and is okay with the other asking questions. 3) You will follow all set rules, if you don't, you can imagine that all following meetings and conversations never happened. 4) Feelings of the people will be taking into consideration. So if one of us feels uncomfortable, that person will be given their space. 5) We will both treat each other as equals. 6) The only reason that you can surpass the 10ft distance mark would be if something is wrong with the other person and you want to help. 7) All talks will be in an open space, like the plaza, or at the farmhouse. 8) No trickery or manipulation will be involved, if there is, the effect will be the same as rule 3. 9) There will be NO screaming, if there is, same effect as rule number 3. 10) If either person feels the need to add a rule in future, it will be talked between the people involved, and if it's agreed upon; it will be added, if it's not agreed upon; there better be a good reason. If the reason isn't good enough, meaning that, the person that wants to add the rule was able to fix the problem the other person had with the rule, it will be added. If the person that's adding the rule can't fix the problem the other person has against it, the addition of the rule will be negated and it will be like it never happened." Raguna said, laying out the rules. "Do we have an agreement, Mayor?" Raguna inquired with a 'No-joking-around' look on his face.
"Those are a lot of rules, but I accept none-the-less." The Mayor agreed.
"Good, I'll write up a form with the rules, which will be signed by us both. If either of us declares that one of us broke the agreement and give good enough evidence of what the other did, in which case it would be a memory shown on a memory viewer, the form will automatically destroy itself, letting us know that the agreement is over and done with." Raguna explained.
"We can talk about it first before accusing the other, right?" Godwin asked.
"Of course, I will add that as the 11th rule: 11) Any disagreement will be talked out first, before accusing the other of something they might have unintentionally/unknowingly done. If the disagreement can't be resolved, then it is up to the person if they want to accuse the other and end the agreement." Raguna added the rule. "Do you still accept all terms and conditions?"
"Yes, I do." Godwin said soundly.
"Alright, I'll write up the 'Agreement From'once I get home. I'll then give it to you so that you can read over it and we will then sign it. I will also make some 'Agreement Reminders' that will have all the rules and conditions on it, so that we can view them whenever we want." Raguna said.
"Alright." Godwin agreed, he was secretly surprised though. That ability to think up rules that fit the situation and the way he worded it, makes it seem professional. These types of agreements are business level agreements and sometimes even Royalty do agreements like these. He did this one with little to no problem. He knew that I wanted to help him feel less afraid of living under my laws, so he made his own rules for the two of us. Though, some of the rules seem to hint at something from his past, like the no shouting rule, manipulation rule, and the no less the 10ft away rule. Then he knew what the organization was doing…could it be that the organization did something to these three kids? If they did…Godwin let the threat float around. He didn't know why but, he was feeling sort of protective over the three kids, especially Raguna. He credited that to the fact that he cared about the people in his town, Kardia, and Raguna was a citizen of said town, though he also couldn't help but feel that there was something more to it than just caring for the people of Kardia.
Raguna saw that it was getting late and excused himself. He offered Micah and Kyle the option to stay at his house until they left and, of course, they readily agreed. Kyle ranted a bit about why Raguna would do that, even though Kyle thought that the rules had been magnificent.
"Kyle, my dear friend Kyle, you are forgetting the most important rule that we made." Micah teased, thankfully stopping Kyle from ranting again.
"What rule would that be?" Kyle asked, confused.
"Rule Number 1: ALWAYS trust Raguna's judgment of a person, place, or thing!" Micah said. Micah and Kyle started to laugh while Raguna rolled his eyes.
((I dare say that they're right.)) Matt said with a chuckle.
Oh c'mon! Even Matt is taking their side on this one. Raguna thought with a bit of a chuckle.
2,791 words, that must be my longest.
Sophie: What happened to Ivan's part?
That will come up next chapter I believe, since I already have the idea, the chapter SHOULD be up sooner. Again, I said SHOULD. This chapter turned out longer than I thought it would be, so I had to stop at the end of Raguna's part. Sorry Ivan.
Ivan: It's alright, it was fun to see how Raguna truly acts though.
Raguna: Don't worry Ivan, I have a feeling that someday, you will be able to actually see it yourself.
So questions: I tried to put some humor into this…Did you spot it, if so, which line/lines made you laugh/chuckle/giggle/snort/ect.
Also, rules, What do you think of the rules? They do have some hints to Raguna's past, can you spot them? Ding, I feel like a "Can you spot the difference" game. Do you have any questions about the rules?
What did you like about this chapter? Any questions for the story in general? I won't bite you if you ask questions!
Leave ideas for what questions the Mayor and Raguna should ask each other, because I am stumped on that one.
Speaking of the Mayor and Raguna, what do you think about these two? Their sort-of starting to appear, relationship? What do you think of the Mayor in particular, his feelings towards Raguna hint at something, what could it be?
Ossu: The way I used it is the form of "Hey, man!" but, it could also be used as "Hey, dude!"
I think that's all, enjoy the rest of your day guys!
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