Chapter 6: Rafisol: Little Talk by kirbymanx/huskynator

F2 - "Hang Out Room"

Amitie and Ally shared a table in the Commons Room looking at Ally's smartphone. "See?" Ally told pointing at the image on her phone. "Rudy used to be ridiculously small next to Woefie."

"Wow, you're right." Amitie looked on in amazement. The two were talking about their favorite show. "That version looks so old. They used to look like that?"

"Seems like it." Ally scrolled up on the fan wiki. "Woah!" Ally flinched a little at what she saw.

"What is it?" The blonde friend wanted to know what made her fellow cheerleader widen her eyes.

"Rudy Husky debuted 35 years ago." Ally pointed at the episode in the bio.

"For real? Geez, how old does that make this show?"

"I know Blaffie had several reboots. And I have no clue how Rafie caught up with all of it." Ally looked at the table next to her at the window. "Hey, Sis!"

"Hm?…" Ally's stoic twin halted her conversation with her friend to turn to her sister.

Rafisol
Miss Unemotive and Inexpressive

"What is it, Ally?" She said in her usual unemotive and dry voice.

"Ami and me are talking Blaffie." Those six words Ally spoke may give one the impression that it piqued the interest of the stonefaced sibling. Ally smiled. "Wanna join? We're clueless compared to you."

The introverted one of the Hearthwell twins was about to wordlessly join them, but she stopped in her tracks to address her friend at her current table. "I know you don't care about Blaffie, but do you care to join me, Silv?"

"Sure. Probably not gonna pay attention though." Arle's twin, Silvana, already took out her phone and earbuds.

Silvana Nadja

#2 Nadja Twin

"That's okay." Rafisol stood up and joined her sister and Amitie on the opposite side of the table.

Silvana joined sitting next to her. Being polite enough to give a second friendly hello to her younger cousin, Amitie, and associate, Ally, since first entering the commons room before putting in the earbuds and booting up her Gugubbit raising simulator app.

"What were you talking about?" Rafisol leaned over in curiosity.

"Not much." Ally admitted with a sheepish grin. "Just wanted to give ya a chance to talk about your favorite show."

Rafisol leaned back. "I wouldn't say it's my favorite."

Ally smirked. "Really, Rafie? What do you like more than Blaffie?" She asked rhetorically.

Rafisol mumbled something but it was inaudible.

"We're like surprised at how long Rudy existed." Amitie tried to break the ice as she usually did to the other Hearthwell.

"Oh, well no reboot has gone by withou-"

"Ally!" A fifth person called from the room's entrance for the girl he called for attention.

"Oh Hiya, Mr. Riskuma!"

The Squirrel Bear(?) strolled to the group of girls. Amitie waved hi. Silvana was too busy playing with her virtual pet to bother saying hello. And Rafisol turned to look behind her to see their teacher. "I wanted to discuss your matchmaking plans with you. But am I interrupting something?" He politely asked. Not being able to read the latter girl.

Mr. Risukuma (Computer Coding/Dating Site Owner(/Chemistry))

Herald of Love

"Well…"
"Kinda."
"Yes."
Ally, Amitie and Rafisol respectively said more or less at the same time.

"Then I'll leave you girls be." He then pointed his paw from his folded arm position at Ally. "We'll talk later over on Verse." Everyone's favorite social media platform. Right as the manimal(?) went for the halls Ally stopped him.

"Wait, you're a fan of Blaffie right, Risukuma?" His student and fellow love believer's question perked his Squirrel(?)/Bear(?) ears(?) perked up(?). He turned back around.

"He is?" Was Rafisol's reaction to it.

"I am." He affirmed. "Why do you ask?"

"Because we were talking Blaffie. And only you and Rafie know enough to chat about it."

"No, we weren't." Rafisol spoke in a blunt tone.

"Oh, I'd gladly converse about Blaffie. Been a fan since I was a pupcub. Taught me why cults are bad. It was such a progressive show. For its time anyway." He shrugged. "Can't deny most reboots after the one I grew up with are superior. It was a very toy driven show back then. Still is."

"Great!" Ally made Amitie and herself scoot over to make place for her favorite teacher. Risukuma sat right next to Ally and on the opposite end of Silvana.

"Ah." Silvana waved when she noticed someone joined them. Risukuma waved back.

"Ally. I don't wanna talk about Blaffie." Rafisol protested.

"Wait what?" Amitie exclaimed. "You moved to this table to chat about it." Ally gave her sister a glare in mild disappointment and concern.

"Raf." Silvana took out an earbud, faced her friend and looked her in the eyes. "You're being a bit hypocritical. If you're passionate about anything it's this kids show."

"It's not for kids." Rafisol instinctively replied.

"Just try and chat with him." Silv urged. "Do it for your sister." She nudged her head.

"More importantly do it for yourself." Ally said. "You don't want to be as lonely as Harpy is, do you?"

Rafisol kept quiet.

"He's probably watched as much as you. Why don't you try and be friends?" Ally asked.

Rafisol visibly caved in to their demands. "Favorite arc?" Suddenly out of nowhere, her best friend Silvana gave her a pat on the shoulder with a smile signaling she's proud of her. And Ally did too. If nothing else, that felt good to the poker-faced girl.

Amitie's smile was whatever.

And Risukuma's smile(?)… It should be clear who Rafisol likes interacting with by now. Ally and Rafisol despite being twins, or perhaps because of it, are total opposites. They love each other, but they have the opposite amount of people they can or want to interact with.

Rafisol is the twin who prefers to be alone and not have small talk. Generally preferred listening to being talked to.

"The original turtle 5-parter." Risukuma answered. "You kids have no idea how cool it was that there was an alternate dimension where Blaffie, Rudy, Lef, and Woefie weren't Huskies but Turtles."

"Get real!" Amitie said in awe. "I love the Turtles!" Amitie pulled out her phone. "What episode, Mr. Ris!? And what season!?" She asked rapidly, she can't wait to see their original incarnations.

"Somewhere late Season 1, I think." And just like that Amitie rapidly went to a streaming service to put them on a to watch list. "Not only were 5-parters a big deal back then, but it was also one of the most exciting that incarnation ever got." The fuzzy teacher explained to Ally and Amitie more so than Rafisol.

He went on to explain: "It is such a great microcosm of the ideal of the show. That being the message of the importance of self-defense. The two teams were goaded into fighting each other by Captain Cuddles. And they eventually did. But not before antagonizing each other in any other way possible before the misunderstanding was cleared up. I am a sucker for love and friendship on the battlefield."

"Oh!" Ally grunted. "Me too! I've gotta see that love in action!" Now Ally pulled out her phone and added that version on her watchlist.

Rafisol smiled, soon she'll have another conversation topic with her sister. 'Now only if he could convince Silvana.'

"All this about a show about stuffed animals?" Silv said in mild disbelief in a tone that deflated her friend.

"Indeed."
"Yes!"
Uh-uh!
"Yes…"

"Hm…" Silv moaned. "Okay? So Raf. Your turn. Got anything to say about this… turtle arc?"

The quiet girl clicked her tongue. "No."

"Liar." Silvana's immediate response did sting Rafisol harder than she expected.

"Well." Risukuma got a refresher course on what Rafisol was like. And she's not easier to talk to outside of the class. "I'll see you pupcubs in class tomorrow." He got up and left.

And now that left Ally, Amitie, Rafisol, and Silvana.

"Ami?" Ally turned to her cheerleading buddy.

"Yeah, Ally?"
"I left some love letters in my locker I still need to deliver. Can you get them for me?"
"Sure, but why me? Can't you do it?"
"Please?"
"Okido!"
Amitie chirped as she went to fetch them with Ally's keys.

And now that left Ally, Rafisol and Silvana. The former and the latter felt the middle's tension dropping. Both of which who were not Rafisol raised their concern.

"Raf, Mr. Ris is like one of the coolest teachers. The only thing that's holding him back is that he's a massive weirdo. But you can trust him." Silv spoke in a sisterly manner.

"Silvie is right. Take it from me, he's 100% genuine. If you wanna talk Blaffie, he's your guy." Ally spoke in a different, more comforting sisterly manner.

"If there's someone you can let out about those cartoon dogs, it's him."

Rafisol had heard those kinda speeches time and time again from those two. Not always the same subject. But it was the same sentiment.

Make some friends.

"S-Sorry..."

Authors' Notes:

HUSK: A little tribute to my stuffed friends who've been withering away in front of my eyes my whole life. Been meaning to immortalize them in some shape. You can guess what my username is based on, though there was no Huskynator in them, that was a result because I quickly needed an account name for something without numbers in it. I guess this is the best way. An 80s show with tons of reboots. That said this chapter feels like a mistake, but I do think it's an important piece to link unlikely characters together in the future.

Also, I love having crafted the last name: Hearthwell for Ally and Rafisol.