Chapter 4: Secrets and Questions

Location: Mark's house

Cupa POV

I opened my eyes only to see I was falling, falling into a void of nothingness with only a bit of light shining from above. It was disappearing as I continue to fall into the void of nothingness, I tried to reach for the light but it started to slowly fade. I hear the whispers of the fear that lives inside of me, keeping me locked, isolated, trapped with no escape as fall into endless doubts. Doubts of myself that reply in my dreams of everyday. The little hope of breaking the prison of my own fears. The prison that keeps my inner self locked up and only to come out a few minutes.

As I continue falling into the void and losing the light from above. I see a light above the void started to suddenly slow down and I felt like I was falling a little bit slower…..

*dream ends*

I woke up and sat up straight from the bed with the morning sun out the window behind me. Roy was on my left side of the bed sitting in a chair with his head on the bed still asleep. I started to blush and tried to look away from the sleeping Roy but I slowly turned my head back to the sleeping Roy. Why do I feel slightly different when I am alone Roy. I just met him yesterday but yet I act slightly different around him. I swiftly hid underneath the blankets on the when I started to hear the door open. Thanks to my creeper silent movements whoever walked in didn't see or hear me. I was blushing as usual underneath the blankets and I then heard the sound of scissors and a waist measure.

Please don't let it be Lisa…..Please don't let it be Lisa…. I thought to myself repeating it. I met Lisa on my first days here in this world and she is a psychopath when it comes to gossip or clothe designing. Lisa is

I sat straight up as if I just woke up I turned to see where the sound was coming from. I looked around the room and saw Lisa on my left who just noticed me with scissors, bunch of different color wools, a waist measure, and a half naked sleeping Roy on the floor…..WAIT WHAT? I gave Lisa a blushing and a shocked face.

"Wha….Wha….What are you doing!" I asked in a shocked tone in probably my loudest voice, which is as loud as a normal person talking.

"Oh forgot you were here, I am doing Roy a favor." Lisa said like nothing is happening.

"Your….your….your doing him a favor by raping him while he is asleep?" I said still in shocked.

"Oh no, I am just making a new set of clothes. His clothes where tore, half burnt, and filthy so I threw them out. It didn't matter since they were the beginning clothes. Were you jealous when you thought I was raping him? Lisa asked with a smirk on her face.

"Na…na….na…. No." I said blushing intensely and still shock from the half naked Roy on my left. I hid half my face under the blanket to try and avoid further more of our conversation. I wanted to run like always but I had a feeling I should stay.

"Okay I will stop before you make a run for it, let me just get this last measurement." Lisa said as she started to measure Roy's feet. This was a new one of Lisa's abscission of clothe designing? After Lisa left for the door she forgot to do something important...

Roy's POV

My body seems cold I thought, still asleep because I was still tired from yesterday. It seems too cold. I opened my eyes and saw I was looking at Cupa who was hiding the bottom of half of her face underneath the blankets and was blushing intensely.

"Good morning Cupa." I said smiling at her

"Ro….Ro….Roy your…your." She said not even finishing her sentence. I gave Cupa a confused face and sat up straight on the chair. I sat there for a minute looking at Cupa confused of why she is more distance than usual until I looked down. I was standing in front of Cupa half naked in my gray boxers.

"what the..WHY AM I HALF NAKED!" I shouted wondering why the reason I am half naked. I looked around the room trying to look for my clothes but they were no where to be found. I looked at Cupa who was completely hiding underneath the blankets now. The door flung open and Mark came into the room.

"What are you yelling for Ro….." He paused when he saw me half naked and raised his only eyebrow that is visible because of his emo haircut.

"I don't even know why I am half naked." I tried telling Mark I just woke up like this.

"Be right back." He said in his usual cold voice. Shortly he came back dragging a complaining a Lisa on the ground by her right arm.

"Let go of me, I want to finish the new clothing I am making for Roy….oh yea I forgot that you were still half naked." Lisa said realizing that she forgot that I WAS STILL HALF NAKED.

"You did crazy things before but this worst out of all the things you did. I know you are a clothes designer but can you make them like a normal person?" Mark said with no emotion.

" I can't wait I got to get to work as soon as I can." Lisa said now pouting on the ground still being dragged by Mark"

"Just finish Roy's new set of clothes quick." Mark said letting go of Lisa as she started to dash out the door, through the hallway and into her guest room.

"Mark do you happen to have a robe or towel or SOMETHING? I asked, still sort of pissed from waking up half naked.

Mark summoned black leather pants into his right and tossed it to me. Well at least it is something. I quickly put the pants on and sighed hoping I don't meet any more people like Lisa who won't strip me down when I am asleep.

"That will do for now until Lisa finishes your clothes. I will be making breakfast now, I ask me if you need anything." Mark replied as he started to leave the room.

Mark left the room leaving me and Cupa in the room. Cupa slowly came out from the blankets to see if Mark left. Cupa seemed more close to me than any else in this house even though We just met yesterday. I looked out the window above the bed and saw the morning was still fresh, so I decided I should start my day.

"Hey Cupa it would probably be good to start getting ready for the day. I will be helping Mark with breakfast." I said

"O….o….okay." Cupa relied stuttering and sitting up straight on the bed.

Come to think about it I didn't eat anything since I came into this world. I walked out of the room and went to find Mark. Mark's house was full of weird things on the shelves and some doors were reinforce to keep things in it. I found Mark in the kitchen at some kind of brewing stand with a yellow orb on the counter next to the weird brewing stand.

"What are you doing?" I asked, confused of what a brewing stand has to do with making breakfast.

"Making bacon and eggs." Mark replied concentrated on the weird brewing stand.

"With that? Don't you need to use a pan or some sort?" I asked still confused what the hell was the purpose of that weird brewing stand.

"This is a alchemic chemistry set. It is a form of blood magic. Blood magic can either create life or be the darkest of magic. I am making raw pork and eggs using nothing but simple objects." Mark replied

"Are you that lazy to actually go and find the ingredients." I said

"No, now time to cook it." Mark said as started cutting the raw pork that he made using his alchemic chemistry set.

"Do you need any help?" I asked

"Nope, just feel free to do anything you want but don't touch anything on the shelves." Mark replied.

"Mark can I ask you some questions?" I asked curious of some things that I need to know.

"Sure." Mark replied as he started to cook the stripes of pork over a fire that was encased in some stone box with a glass pane window showing the fire. I can guess that it was a stove.

"How did "Project Infusion" work exactly?" I asked

"That I can't tell you?" Mark said as he flips the stripes of pork.

"Why not, I am really curious about of it is done." I said as curiosity gets to me.

"There are certain people who shouldn't have power." Mark said but in a more serious tone than he usual does.

"Okay…..I will go get Cupa and Lisa. Breakfast seems almost done." I left the kitchen thinking back to me and Mark's conversation last night.

Something doesn't add up. Mark is hiding something important but I don't feel like it is a bad intention either. Come to think about it, know one back in that town didn't ask Cupa for help. If they would know about "Project Infusion" they would have went to her.

I walk to Lisa's room first because I need to get my mind off of this subject.

I headed for Lisa's room first to see if she finished my new set of clothes. I just hope I don't have to walk around with just a pair of pants on all day. As I walk into room I saw Lisa putting a set of clothes on the bed. Lisa noticed me after she laid down a set of clothes on the bed.

"Perfect, just in time to see your new clothes." Lisa said as she pointed to the bed with the clothes.

It was a light gray wool jacket with a black zipper (nothing really special). It came with a plain black "v"neck shirt. It also came with light brown cargo pants that came with a brown colored belt. Finally there was just plain black sneakers. The clothes were plain but good enough to probably last.

" It's plain but it will do. I am just surprised you made this from scratch in such a short time." I said complimenting Lisa's fast working.

"Yup, thanks to my sheep manipulation and clothe designing experience I made it fast but be lucky that I made it plain or else you would have been stuck just wearing pants all day. Now try it on." She replied in a happy tone as she shoved me into the closet and threw the clothes in there with me.

I looked around the closet which was empty and small.

"Do I really need to change in the closet?" I asked standing inside the closet empty closet before she closed the closet doors.

"Yes or do you want to change in front of me." She replied in a flirty tone

"I will take the first option.) I said as I changed into my new clothes in a few minutes. When I finished changing into the new clothes I walked out of the small closet.

"It looks nice on you but sadly it's not a real piece of my skills." Lisa said as she examines her work.

" Can I ask you a question?" I asked.

"Sure what is it." Lisa replied

"Did something happen with "Project Infusion?" I asked hoping to get answers.

"…No, nothing at all." She said pausing for a couple of seconds.

Lisa knows what happened but why is Lisa and Mark hiding something about "Project Infusion".

I they seem like alright people but I should keep my guard up.

I breakfast is almost done. I am going to go get Cupa now." I said ending our conversation.

I thought to myself. I doubt Cupa will answer my questions. I walked towards Cupa's room. When I was about to open the door I heard a lot Boooooom and the door shot towards me, leaving me out cold on the ground with the door on me in the hallway.

Sorry for the long-ish delay. I had to finish this chapter 2 times because it got corrupted and deleted it self. When I rewrote this chapter I made it significantly better than the first. I was stuck thinking through a lot of these things so that was what made me take 3 times longer than expected.