So, I haven't completely had a chance to explain the setting to this story. Don't listen to the beginning notes in the first chapter because that was quite short and not very descriptive. xP
So here is the link to a quick info sheet on AJRA (Amerijapandaropesiafrica) based on Future Switzerland.
The reason why you are thinking why some there's a bit of german in this story and all of the streetnames are in german because it takes place in Future Switzerland and I found it perfect for this country to be Fire Emblem themed.
So, yeah, enjoy.
Happy yells broke through the park as his morning alarm.
Sitting up with difficulty, Robin yawned loudly, almost slumping against the side to absentmindedly resume his nap when a knock on the window made his eyes alert to attention.
Oh no. Probably someone called on him, a pure Ylissean with good sense of citizen duty.
But relived at the sight of an elderly man who meant no harm to him, politely signaled for him to slide the window down and remind, "Nicht unhöflich zu sein, aber sie schien vergessen zu haben, auf Ihre Parkzeit eingestellt. (Not to be rude but you seemed to have forgotten to set your parking time.)"
One of those goddamn parking placards.
Sighing in a confused way, Robin continued to stare at the elderly guy, his mouth agape the whole time while creating a strange breathing noise, blue wrinkled eyes politely waiting for an answer.
"Um, I honestly don't have one, sir." whistling through his teeth, he hoped he won't get called on by this nice guy.
Instead the old guy looked around then glanced back at the tactician with advice in his heart, "Yah, okay. I suggest you go to the police to grab to one. Don't worry. They're friendly to everyone including you. Have a nice day."
Oh friendly huh? He almost wanted to laugh while sadness caught him again in his ever frail body.
Thinking back to the parking fine for Cia, Robin thought about fetching one probably at a Kiosk instead of the police station.
The elderly man was nice to him but probably didn't know about the tactician's situation of robbing a grocery store.
And yet again, he wasn't going to run into another parking fine ever again.
Starting up the engine, Robin's mind let loose on a false commandment of making his right foot accidentally slam the accel pad, causing the rear of the Touran to almost run over a lady with her stroller.
The roar of the minivan brought the baby bursting into a cry, the lady already upset with his carelessness of driving a car.
Approaching the front window, she knocked on it abruptly to catch his attention.
"Yes?" he stupidly quired, the lady almost fell into a silent steam of rage.
"Hast du gesehen, mich überhaupt nicht hinter aus !? Sie hätten mich getötet hatte man weiter weg! Headless Jugendliche ohne Sinn der Pflege anderer Menschen nehmen! Sie haben meinen Sohn weinen, und ich habe genug mit diesen bratty Jugendlichen Spaß beim Ausprobieren von anderen Menschen zu machen!" she scolded like a rabid dog in german.
His mouth quivered in nervousness, "I'm sorry. I was distracted. I didn't completely hear the beeps to my parking sensors! Please?"
But the lady continued to throw angry raves onto the poor boy's face, "Sorry, bringen nichts! Wenn du hier bist mit mir zu streiten, ich rufe die Polizei dann!"
"No! No! No!" he halted dead as to what he just said right there, heart melting in fear.
The lady whipped out her phone while keeping an evil eye on poor Robin.
Swallowing in hesitation, he was about to escape the lady's reportings of the criminal found near a city park by slamming on the accel pad, the white minivan wildly straightening itself on the road before he slid the window down and deployed the killer smile, "Sorry! Gotta go!"
The lady almost squished her phone with her bare strong hands while growling in frustation, wildly gripping the handle to the stroller and dashing ahead to follow the car down Bahnhofstrasse. "Warte ab! Er ist entkommen! Das weiß Köter!"
Glancing behind him every 5 seconds, Robin tapped the steering wheel and wished the line moved faster.
Just to make matters worse, he was halted infront of a Tram line, where a green BVB tram loaded up it's passengers and rang the bell, slowly rolling into a sudden rush of speed down the tracks.
The lady currently passed the Kantonal bank where she spotted his white Touran and informed the police guy to step out.
Not another nightmare for Robin.
The station was RIGHT NEXT TO the tram tracks and to where he stood!
"You reported a troublemaker, miss?" the police officer asked, ready with a notepad and pen.
"Yes! He's young, brown eyes, white hair, innocent mutt driving a white minivan that holds number plates from Bionis!" the lady proudly described her prey to the officer who double took on what she had just said.
"The Migros thief? You saw him?"
"Yes! He's halted at the red light right now!" the lady continued to stare at the officer enter a 04 Skoda Octavia and directly follow the white haired robber. That's it. Catch that bastard and teach him a lesson.
"C'mon Ralo." the lady huffed, resuming her walk beside the bank. (What kind of a lady would name thier son Ralo? xD)
When are they done with this already!?
Frustration gripped his heart as he sighed in annoyance, wishing that Reflet was truly never wrong. The city of Pratteln decided to rebuild the three way roadery between the SBB train station, Aquila building, and the small stores including his bank (UBS) due to the tiny space and how it was first constructed in a 'not proper' way. So now he had to wait for the other cars to pass through that arrived from the short tunnel before the curve, counting them in boredom while he repeatedly shook his right leg as if he had to urgely pee.
His mistake of glancing behind him caught the police guy to wave back at him with a cruel smile.
Shit.
He was surely fucked now.
Sweating in nervous inhales and exhales, Robin kept himself calm and obeyed the green traffic light, making sure not to break the speed limit and enter into a mad chase around Ylisse-Land.
With his ears listening to the absent sirens, he passed by the tunnel above the tracks which held a long snake of cargo containers to a halt, a roundabout on Salinenstrasse approached fast as his mind hit a risky but successful insert into the roadery, causing the police guy to mutter a curse while behind a line of cars.
He smiled at his escape and out run with the Prattler police guy. Just a few more and he could finally fly into freedom with his friends.
A quick glance at the fuel tank needle and it still floated above the halfway mark.
Check.
A quick right easy turn got him into cruising comfortably on E25 highway at 100 km/h, relieved at the sight of no traffic jams wasting his time during his escape to Olten.
Crossing underneath the Burger King Auto Grill building (orange with the ugly round shaped see-throughs; similar to the ones seen in IBZ Wirschaft), a quick look at his dead I-Ocean X7 phone brought him to a risky thought of fairly buying a phone charger.
Remembering the hesitating moment of himself stuck at Euro Airport Ylisse, waiting for his girlfriend to arrive home on Christmas Eve was truly a life-lesson for him when he had to cancel his gift plans and hurriedly search for a phone charger at Media Markt, the bluehead stranger already bought his prize at the register, sudden deals between the two got him trading the two said items, joyed to see his GRIFFIN phone charger tangled in his hands.
Unknown to where it was right now, his mind told him to stop by at an electronics store to buy a new charger.
Cutting across the exit towards Liestal (Lees-stall),hurdling over the obstacle to buy a charger was pretty much a challenge for him.
In no way he was using the money he stole from Migros thus letting him think of a way to find a close park or water fountain and dip in for some change.
Or just directly spend the 1000. It was just one blue strip of paper sporting an ugly old guy with a parrot beaked nose who wasn't simply aware copies of himself were being stashed in the red duffel bag.
Approaching another roadery (and giving way to several drivers who glanced at him with an odd look of uncertain aversion) Robin was prepared to cross when a sudden brake in surprise caught a red Toyota Aygo to desperately horn in annoyance and complete it's exit, the driver muttering ridiculous remarks.
Reddened at the mistake of his driving, he told his mind to be more attentive on the road, but the phone charger was already present in his thoughts, his main focus of getting the tool before continuing his way down to Solothurn from Liestal.
A few minutes on Rhinestrasse got him parked around the corner of a huge building, the first floor welcoming him with the sign of Fust, another electronics store that rivaled Media Markt in AJRA.
Perfect.
Stepping out, he almost wanted laugh quietly in surprise.
What an amazing coincidence.
Blue and White Tourans with no rims parked right next to each other.
Now that had to be something special for our tactician.
Sighing, Robin quickly dug into his satchel for some remaining change plus a 10 frank bill he oddly found swimming in the fountain a few days ago.
Unfolding the wrinkled paper, he strongly but gently tugged at the strip, straightening it so that it could look genuine while he used it on the charger.
With the sound of a heavy Novamatic KS cooler being loaded into the rear of an Iveco box truck catching his ears, he gladly disregarded the normal work environment around the building and gladly stepped in, relived to feel the cool AC air slap his face with satisfaction.
Lots of white appliances filled the space while flatscreens were hung in the back of the store, playing out random HD clips of random things.
With the ceiling PA speakers playing out "The Chainsmokers ft. Daya- Don't let me down" while walking over to the nearest shelf on smartphone supplies, his attention caught hot-on in excitement.
Only one last Xqisit Micro USB phone charger rested on the shelf, forever alone from the other surrounding items.
How many wonders is Naga doing for him? It was almost as if the divine dragon was watching him from every move, ready to provide him with whatever he needed.
And thankfully no bluehead in sight this time.
Exhaling in excitement, Robin grabbed his heavenly item and approached the paying counter shaped into a stand alone island square, a tedious chubby framed cashier yawns, smacking his lips and scratching his mustache as he punches numbers into the IBM cash register.
The cashier drawls, holding a hand out. "10.25 CHF."
"On it." Digging deep into his satchel, his eyes fell towards a wired basket full of various videogames priced at a blowout sale of 9.90 CHF.
With his white eyebrows ninching into a confused stare, his heart flipped over in embarrassment.
No one in (New Generation) Ylisse still figured out where they came from thus it was set randomly on sale in the basket.
Almond eyes widening in awe, he spotted the only game he originated from held right in his hands.
A sealed in brand new copy of Fire Emblem Awakening for the 3DS was placed first in line, the original cover art of fish freak Chrom and owl lover Lucina posing in opposite directions.
Swallowing in confusion, Robin hesitated when the cashier politely asked him, "Want that game, too? It's for sale. Only 9 each. Amazing deal."
Didn't this guy know he WAS FROM A DARN VIDEO GAME?
What happened to New Generation Ylisse all of a sudden? Has planet Mira brainwashed them into thinking this was real life?
Just crazy.
The back cover caught more of his attention, "Um, ditch the game. I'm fine with the charger for now."
"As you say so." the cashier finished bagging the item and smiled while holding out his finished shopping session. "All yours."
"Thanks." he returned the smile when it faded into deep pale of shock.
At the same time the flat screens destroyed the moment of a criminal's dream on the phone charger, another Fust worker arrived from the back storage and quickly glanced at the TV, Robin's mind urging him to make a mad dash out of this place.
"Congratulations, your customer made it on the news!" he happily announced as the chubby cashier jiggled his mustache and quickly grabbed the handset to make a quick report, "Looks like he ended up in the wrong store."
Look for an open escape route. NOW!
With a fierce yell, Robin took off running towards the second Fust worker who bumped into him with no time to react while he continued on, the storage filled with many kitchen appliances (Ovens, fridges, washing machines, etc.)
"Get him!" the cashier yelled, alarming his fellow workers in the back to catch the charger thief.
A split desicion caused him to recklessly bump into a washer on wheels, almost tipping over the open 3 ft. platform that towered over the lower area of the store.
Slowly backing away, Robin turned around in fear to see the cashier's friends all staring him down with hate.
"Give it up." the short guy persisted, sucking madly on his cig before throwing out a full breath of second hand smoke into the poor tactician's face.
"What do you mean?" with his foot feeling the end of his fall, he stayed where he was, coughing with difficulty before dealing more with these nasty Fust workers.
The thought then hit him. The bag felt 0.2 times heavier than it should be. Aside from the packaging of the phone charger, he felt a plastic shapethump against his right leg.
I never bought the game I originated from! How!?
Their looks of hatred brought Robin into shedding a few tears, though he was intrigued to fight back with his Levin sword and spell tomes.
That Ylissean hog purposely bagged the game just to get me into trouble! But they don't know exactly about my huge crime. Don't get caught in two threats. Deal with the first one.
"Sorry buddy, you stole the game, you gotta come with us." the huge gumball cashier gruffly grabbed his arm while Robin tried his best to be freed from his strong grip. A little tase from his trusty Levin sword brought the gumball roaring in agony before ordering his fellow workers to catch him.
"Sorry! Looks like I have to go!" Jumping off of the concrete platform brought his feet to land on the roof of a Volkswagen Caravelle van before the driver screeched to halt and remarked a complaint.
Calm down. This is not part of my crime list anyway.
Opening the door to his Touran, Robin quickly climbed in, closing it in a hurry before the workers surrounded the vehicle, their faces roaring raves of complaints through the glass.
Ignoring all of the this, he backed up with no shame of injuring the workers (thankfully not.) and simply made his escape, digging in his bag to grab the game case to Awakening and decide what to do with it.
Since the game was thrown in for free, Robin shrugged and fingers clicked the automatic window, greeting in a buffer of air as he wished both Chrom and Lucina on the cover a good time of saving Old Ylisse from the newspaper loving Grima.
Smiling at the game case rolling over with loud cracks!and finally settled in the middle of the intersection, he proudly watched the front cover and the rest of the case get road killed from the heavy weight of cars moving across Rhinestrasse.
The manual sporting fish freak on the cover fluttered along with the wind, the pages ripped into tiny bits as it rode the wind in joy.
The game card unfortunately was picked up by an Alpha raven, interest sparked it's eyes at the golden shiny contacts which helps the 3DS read the game.
(A/N: Sorry FE Awakening fans, I just had to do it.)
Third stolen evidence vanished into the ground.
Glad to have his phone charger, Robin turned right the way he came from and decided to stop for the night at a small park miles ahead, eyes curious at the micro USB as he hooked it up to the charging port of his phone.
Seconds went by as the Android robot came to life, dancing around his screen before the words "I-OCEAN" appeared thus ending the boot up with a typical lightning battery symbol.
Whew. Now that it's all over, finally relax.
Laying back, Robin thought about reaching Donnel's house, dreaming of himself under the stream of water after his amnesia fiasco, dressed in fresh pair of clothes and settled in for a nice dinner around the lovely table.
A beep interrupted his train of thoughts as a message popped up on his screen, the AweSomE cast chat center still Live.
And to his suprise the last message left from Lucina after they escaped AJRA too.
Hey Robin,
It's been days since our escape from AJRA to Virginia Beach. We're all missing you. It was quite difficult to get rid of everything we could leave behind since my father destroyed Ylisse (blame the religious beliefs) and my mother's crying towards father's stupid attempts to get rid of Naga and make everyone belive in Kalastta, the new koi fishstick god of Ylisse and AJRA. It's pretty stupid on how the exalt of Ylisse is so agnostic yet he wants everyone to belive in some god. A false god that is. That's why I escaped hell and I want you to do the same. We're coming soon to rescue you from the Templaristic works of darkness and don't cry. We all understand your feelings. Just look up to the REAL God in heaven and he'll save you from all of this chaos. We'll talk more about this soon after we save you. Stay safe and may God keep you safe in His hands. :)
~Lucina Fukoro
Sent from Addington Rd., Virginia Beach, Aquila at 05:37 ETC
Sucking through his teeth in joy, he almost tapped 'REPLY' only to halt himself at the thought of no cellular service in the area of Thürnen.
Damn the connection.
Heaving a sigh, Robin gave up by lobbing the phone aside to resume it's charge, his mind racking towards the joyus message Lucina left him with.
He anyway knew Lucina's father was really stupid whenever it came to taking care of Ylisse or AJRA since he was the exalt on both sides. Religion was typically a huge complicated turn in AJRA since there were many different gods and goddesses to choose from (Naga, Grima, Ashera, Anankos etc.) and polytheism was something really huge in future Switzerland.
But stumped at the thought of the REAL God, he tried to think about it.
Naga?
Whoever Kalsatta was, Robin almost wanted to laugh at fish freak's newly made religion known as a cruel joke to our poor innocent tactician.
The REAL God.
He did hear of it once in a small meeting group held at the MMMB headquarters, where the heropon Riki claimed the fan group to be made up of Christian smashers only.
Then it occured to him that it was also a sign of Lucina leaving the devilish Hot Topic Krew and joining the MMMB with a strong belief in Him.
And now it was his turn soon to leave anything behind and follow His name.
Resting his head on the neck pillow, a tear trailed down the bridge of his nose before it splattered into the cotton fabric. Forgiving Naga for the crimes he commit was starting to dawn on him that it was worthless to even call upon this false deity for forgiveness of sin.
Perhaps Lucina is right. There's still time for me to change completely. Look upon God and He will keep me safe.
So, yeah, sorry Awakening fans for making Robin throw the game case and let cars crush over it plus Alpha raven grabbing the game card as 'shiny treasure'
He pretty much had to get rid of it otherwise leaving it behind could get him into trouble.
Plus, the MemeMemeMemeBrigade and the country of Bionis is claimed to be fully Christian in my POV (Thanks MerchantAnna and Princess America for these amazing ideas)
Oh and for fishstick idiot, Chrom and his wonderful creation of Fishtickism- "All hail the amazing Kalastta!"
Kalastta is Finnish for fish.
And yeah, next chapter will let us go back to see how the AweSomE cast is doing.
Falco276 out. xD