Clicking his tongue, Add examined Elsword, who was currently sleeping peacefully on the bed. The redhead didn't look like someone who would be more insane than Add was himself, nor did he look like some omnipotent being.
Quite frankly, he looked like a small human boy.
Sighing, Add stepped out of the small tent, nearly running into a furious Infi who was fuming while muttering something about a 'blasted Raven.' "You alright, Infi? It looks like you swallowed an entire sack of fire powder." Infi glared at him, red eyes gleaming with annoyance.
"No, I'm not okay. My fucking roommate knows what the hell is wrong with me, and what does he do? He runs away and leaves me to figure all this crap out myself! That bastard!"
Add raised an eyebrow, taking a slight step back, away from the spitting mad redhead. "You've got some weird psychic power-thing too?"
Infi's upper lip curled as he snarled at Add. "YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS TOO?! THE HELL, IS THE WORLD CONSPIRING AGAINST ME OR SOMETHING?!"
Several hasty explanations and solid, nasty punches later, Infi had finally calmed down, albeit with a newly bruised rib, a slightly swollen cheek, and split skin all along his knuckles (He had fared better than Add, who had a lovely new black eye, which swelled until it was almost closed. Add was going to have to drink a healing potion later just to get rid of it). "So you're saying that you were talking to Knight when he went all 'I-know-everything-about-you' and pulled out some sparkly magic mirror that made you look into the past?"
Add nodded, gently brushing his white hair out of his face, his thin lips pressed into a scowl. "Pretty much."
Infi snorted. "There's something fucking wrong with the Sieghart line, I'm telling you. Knight's a magical girl wannabe who pulls out random balls of light and looks into your mind or past or some crap like that, and I'm some freak who knows the future before it even happens!"
Add raised an eyebrow. "If I hadn't seen Knight's little... display earlier I would've thought you're insane."
Infi snorted, tapping one of his bruised knuckles to gauge the amount of pain they would give him. "What d'ya mean by that?"
Add deadpanned. "Infi, in the few short hours that I've known you, I've learned that you over-exaggerate everything. I tend to play down anything that sounds like it ends in an exclamation mark."
"I've never exaggerated before!"
"Is that an exclamation mark I hear? Playing it down as we speak."
Infi punched Add in the shoulder - hard. "You're a good-for-nothing bastard." Sending a killer, borderline psychotic smirk in Infi's direction, Add casually stretched his arms above his head (On the inside he was trying desperately to not cringe and hold the arm that Infi had punched).
"Aren't I? No worries, little psychic freak. We're both on the same page." Snorting, Infi rolled his ruby eyes, folding his arms across his chest.
"Touché. You're not too crappy of a companion, Nasod-stalker. Of course, anyone's still better than you!" Add lifted an eyebrow, one mauve eye twinkling mischievously as his lips curled into a combination snarl-smirk.
"Mistress Eve and Mistress Eva are simply too good for the likes of you to comprehend. And you do realize I'm going to play that down and assume that you don't care who you're talking to, right?" He folded his arms, staring down Infi before blowing a stray strand of white hair out of his face. "That definitely ended in an exclamation mark."
"If you assume you're making an ass of you and me."
"It's my job."
"Fuck you."
Add laughed. "We should probably find something to do, or your sister's going to kill us for slacking off."
Striding over to stand next to Add, Infi pulled a healing potion from one of his many pockets, tossing it to Add. Add caught it effortlessly, uncorking before taking a swig of the slimy red substance, grimacing at the bitter taste. Walking on ahead, Infi didn't bother to look at Add as he spoke. "Please, Elsa's obviously too caught up in her own personal drama to fucking care about what the hell we're doing. As long as we don't 'interrupt the soldiers' while they're busy drinking booze and trying to hit on Velderian women, she's okay with us doing pretty much anything."
Laughing bitterly, Add took a preliminary glance around the camp, seeing that not many soldiers were actually doing work, the majority of them lazing around as they ate, drank, and played cards. "I can see what you mean," he said dryly. "They don't seem to be a very bright bunch of people, either..." As if to prove his point, a soldier slammed his cards down on the table as he stared intensely at another soldier.
"Do you have a four?"
The second soldier snorted. "Dude, we're playing poker, not Go Fish." The first furrowed his eyebrows, slapping his cards away in annoyance, letting them flutter to the ground. He folded his arms angrily, childishly kicking dirt and dust over the cards with one scuffed black boot.
"Fuck."
A shining silver-and-red sword impaled itself in the middle of the rough wooden table, sending its occupants flying, totally unprepared for the surprise attack. Add glanced at Infi through the corner of his eyes, smirking as he saw him relax his hand. He had presumably sent a burst of mana flying towards the table, allowing it to manifest in the form of a sword.
Infi didn't bother them a second glance as he continued to walk around the camp.
Rolling over in her bed, Ara was immediately greeted by the sight of Eve, already immaculately dressed - hair brushed and everything - staring down at her. Shrieking, Ara rolled out of the bed, her head colliding painfully with the floor. "Ouch! What the El, Eve?! Why the hell were you watching me sleep?!" Eve raised a delicate eyebrow, motioning to Ara's previous place on the bed. Staring at it, Ara looked back up at Eve, confusion scrawled all over her delicate features. "What about the bed?"
Eve sighed, running her fingers through her silken tresses. "That's my bed." Ara returned the impassive look, only to have it marred by a bright pink flush.
"W-What the hell're you talking about?! That's my bed!" Eve sent her an inscrutable look, before motioning to the thick orange-and-black comforter Ara had tossed onto her own bed - the bed opposite to the one she had woken up in. Ara flushed darker. "You probably moved it this morning to make me uncomfortable! Didn't you?!" Panicking, Ara wrung her fingers - how in the name of Lady El did she end up in Eve's bed?!
"You're right." Ara's head snapped up, ebony locks mussed and tangled.
"WHAT?!"
Eve calmly nodded, carefully styling her hair using a portable mirror. "I need several reactions from humans in accordance to the situation they are in for a psychology project. Thank you for your contribution."
Ara's eyes flashed as she stood up. "EVE! HONEST TO LADY EL, YOU HAD ME SO SCARED THAT I ACTUALLY-" Eve cut her off, a wicked grin spreading across her normally stoic face.
"I lied." Cantering out a hip, Eve's diabolic grin grew. "You sleep walked over to my bed, pushed me out, and climbed in. I also hid all of your clothing as revenge."
And then Eve ran.
She ran faster than Usain Bolt, getting out of the tent in record time. It was a good thing too, because Ara was pissed.
REALLY pissed.
"EVE!'
It was too bright.
Way too bright.
It was like the morning sun was trying to murder her poor eyeballs.
Why was it so bright?
It should be illegal to be this bright in the morning.
Yawning sleepily, Aisha trudged into the small army kitchen, flicking on the coffee machine. It rumbled, beginning to brew the caffeinated beverage. "I didn't think you drank coffee," an overly bright, cheery voice said. Turning to face Rune, Aisha rubbed her eyes.
"I prefer not to live in the sleepy land of the deluded souls who don't realize that coffee is the sacred elixir of life. At least until noon." Rune snorted, carefully tying one of his thin ponytails with a strip of clean white cloth.
"Coffee isn't that great, it's all bitter and disgusting." Shrugging, Aisha removed a white ceramic mug from a cupboard, pouring the steaming drink inside. Chewing on her bottom lip, she pulled out a little package of cream and sugar, dumping it in the coffee before stirring it vigorously.
"Coffee's great for when you pull all-nighters studying." Frowning, Rune took the garbage from Aisha, disposing of it in a plastic garbage bin, watching with interest as Aisha took a sip of her coffee, sighing with relief as the caffeine began to take effect. He really never understood why anyone liked it, it tasted like shit (in his opinion, of course. Rune had quite a big sweet tooth, although not many people knew this), gave you headaches if you stopped drinking it or drank it too fast, and kept you awake late at night.
Flicking one crimson ponytail over his shoulder, he started wrapping the ends of his second one. "Whatever floats your boat, I guess. You mind grabbing me a bagel or something?" Nodding, Aisha, still only semi-awake, began to walk out of the tent. Raising an eyebrow, Rune gently placed his hand on her shoulder, stopping her. "And where do you think you're going? Narnia?" Flushing slightly, Aisha immediately back pedaled, nearly tripping over her feet.
Laughing, Aisha rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. "I guess I'm still a bit brain-dead with sleep... Sorry about that!" Rune half-smiled, inwardly chucking at the way the purplenette's hair fluffed out.
"Nah, it's okay. If you want to go wander around in the barren wasteland of a camp out there in search of a bagel, be my guest."
Half-snarling mockingly, Aisha took another sip of her coffee. "Well excuse me for being tired..."
Affectionately mussing Aisha's violet locks, he chuckled as he found himself a bagel. Pouting, Aisha tried to flatten her hair. "Sounds like you couldn't sleep. Homesick?"
Aisha shook her head. "Nah, it's more that there was too much magical tension in the air for me to sleep. How could you fall asleep through all that?! I mean, you're also a magic user albeit of a slightly different variety... You could feel it though, right?" Pausing mid-search, Rune sighed, standing up.
"Of course I felt it. The air's thick with magic, but it's so blurred I can't tell if it's black magic or white magic..."
Raising a purple eyebrow, Aisha set down her drink. "That's all? You didn't feel that massive explosion of magic the other night from Add and Knight's tent?" Rune shook his head. Aisha's eyes widened as she blatantly gaped at Rune, her eyes bulging. "What. The. El. Rune! It was like someone set off a NUCLEAR WARHEAD beneath the camp, and you're telling me you didn't feel it?!"
Rune shrugged, flicking one of his ponytails out of his face. "I didn't feel it. There was a slight disturbance in the El flow, but nothing major." Upon seeing Aisha's flabbergasted expression, he stopped. "What? What did I say?"
Aisha blinked incredulously, her coffee long forgotten. "...You said there was a disturbance in the El flow?"
Rune nodded slowly, one eyebrow raised slightly. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I said that. You aren't deaf, are you?"
Snorting, Aisha smoothed out her purple locks, running her fingers through her hair in a feeble attempt to comb out any tangles. "I'm not deaf, I'm just surprised. The ability to detect changes in and through the El is a rather unusual trait to find in a mage, that's all." She sighed, seating herself on a white stool. "It's probably just something hereditary. Nothing unusual in that." Just as she was about to take another sip of coffee, a very angry Ara came storming in, orange eyes set ablaze, looking hell-bent on murder in nothing but her fluffy orange pajamas.
"Where the hell did you go Eve?! Better yet, WHERE THE HELL DID YOU PUT MY CLOTHES?!" Locking eyes with Aisha, she snatched the coffee out of her hands, taking a large swig of it before spitting it out almost instantaneously. "Bleh, who even drinks this crap?!" Dropping the mug on the ground carelessly, Ara didn't even flinch as it shattered, her eyes scanning the kitchen anxiously. "Fucking hell. Eve will PAY for this!" Snatching up a random knife, Ara cackled, brandishing it as she stormed out of the kitchen tent screaming "DIE YOU NASOD BITCH!", leaving behind a very confused mage duo, one of which was now coffeeless.
Oh. My. El.
Me: As of today, May 3rd, I am celebrating my one-year anniversary on Fanfiction dot net!
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Add: And now onto reviewer replies!
Yami - I never really have anything specific in mind when I write, so it ends up being that hit-and-run comedy style XD I swear, people think I'm insane every time I freak out over a book like that! Because whisks are just that hilarious (I ended up dying while writing that) and innocent Chung WILL STAY INNOCENT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE! Of course Aren has bad luck with everything, he's a perfect punching bag! ...Cannot spoil story... But as for that lat one... NEVER! MWA HA HA HA HA - *chokes*
Blazing - I think you reviewed, I may have just missed it ^^;; Sorry~! I'm currently unable to tell you that, but you're pretty close! Well, the scores haven't increased in this chapter, which, in the world of Rosamanelle, means IT'S TIME FOR A REVERSAL! Thank you very much~!
DevilWolf641 - I think they'd like you, I mean who doesn't like an insane, abusive, bloodthirsty person in their school (Okay maybe not bloodthirsty but you get the point)? Yay torture!
Arrow-chan3 - I'm glad you like it!
Ruby - You're going to have to pay for my surgery because I laughed so hard at your review! Lots of crap needs to happen so I can poke fun of it later and/or in the next sentence XD I wasn't really sure where to go with Ara, so that probably threw me off track a bit... Aren's got to go through a lot more shit before things can ever start looking up because right now him getting beaten into a pulp by inanimate objects and being insulting is one of my running gags ^^ Knight's progressively turning into a kid, he's gonna be a lot more brash later on for sure. Infi will DIE before he gets paired with Aisha, that's for sure. And yes, we need someone to throw in more irrationality into this story! Rune's comeback: Coming in 2023! Ara's busy on an Eve killing spree, she'll be back in 10 minutes. Add'll be throwing out some more brilliant lines like that in the future, so stay tuned! Chung, Aisha, and Rena are going to be put to the side for a bit because they've got no real purpose right now, but when you think the plot can't get anymore confusing, BAM! SUDDEN REAPPEARANCE! Lol Raven's a secret police officer! And yesh, Elsa is OP. Is someone messing with reality? That'd probably be me :3
Kotou Masaki - Thank you very much~! ^^
Lyte - Lol, I didn't think I'd be able to write it in without bashing my head on the keyboard. AND OME I KNOW! I'M SO FREAKIN' HAPPY RIGHT NOW!
Guest - Thank you very much~! Some of the stuff in the humor section is rather funny, though.
Astaria Mel Kanariane - I'm glad you find this so funny! Rune is destined to die of brain cell loss, Knight's gonna beat everyone on the OP meters quickly, and Raven's still at school because, according to Ruby-chama, he's a member of the secret police .-. *warily eyes pie* ...Maybe next time?
Anonymous (Guest): Chpt. 3 - I think I've had enough twins and such to deal with right now! My hands are suuuuper full with characters, but I'll keep that in mind!
Anonymous (Guest): Chpt. 10 - Sorry, that question's already been answered, and the prize was a oneshot, not another pairing for this story ^^;; I'll keep it in mind, although most pairings have already been decided by now.
Kiyo - Don't hit her just yet, because OME Ara's got a lot more important things to do rather than chase you down... AND KIYO! WOULDN'T YOU CONSIDER THAT CHEATING ON DOSHU?!
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Me: Love y'all! Chu~