From Cardboard with Love

by oppopopo

Life is hard when you wake up and don't even remember your own name. Tougher when there's a blue maniac with a god complex chasing you around. But you know what a girl can really count on? A Cardboard Box! Yeah, she knows Boxes aren't supposed to move on their own, be sword-fighting geniuses, or be on a 'secret' mission. But it's all part of a Box's charm!

7. Chapter 7: Did we miss the plot?

Chapter 7: Did we miss the plot?

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Sapphire Ridge

A black haired Spheromancer, Shizuka, the woman on whom Lea was based, lay on her back staring at the ceiling with a frown, "hey… I have this funny feeling that we just missed something big."

Her brother, Satoshi, looked up from his monitor and turned to her with a frown, "now that you mention it… I do as well."

They both pondered what it could mean, before shrugging and going back to their business.

Only a few days later when Shizuka would go to the Vermillion Wasteland, seeing it devoid of any and everyone and the Tower creaking and looking like someone had punched box shaped holes in it, she realised that she'd missed the plot.

"W-What the hell happened here!"

Blast!

And at her shout, an angry explosion rocked the streets making her stumble and hold onto the wall. And a regal voice boomed with ancient vexation,

"For thousands of years we lay dormant!" The Blue Man descended from the sky with a glare, "who dares disturb our slumber-!" The man spotted Shizuka staring back at him with bewildered eyes, and his own eyes went wide in panic! "B-Box-girl?! Noooo!" He roared and flew away with a blast, "w-we will not be played like a damn fiddle!"

"G-Gautham, what the hell! Come back and tell me what happened!" And with that, Shizuka gave chase, running behind him and demanding answers.

"S-Stay away from us! S-Such a lust for revenge!" The Blue Man blinked as he received a DM, and opened it with a snarl wondering who dared think they could DM a god, "WHOOOO?!"

Satoshi blinked back from the DM screen, "ah, you're role-playing. I'll call back later."

Bonk!

And in his inattention, the Blue Man slammed against a wall and fell back to the ground with a groan. And then his eyes bulged and he choked, as Shizuka took that chance to jump atop and straddle him with a glare, picking him by his robe and growling in his face.

"Hey, I'm not done with you-!"

"N-Noo! We haven't recovered yet from last time!"

Satoshi stared at his sister talking about not being done with a man who was pinned under her and who whimpered and begged for mercy. He cleared his throat and added, "Shizuka, you are a big girl, and I respect that. But could you please not show me your escapades?"

Shizuka blinked, realised what he meant, and then jumped off the Blue Man with a shriek, whipping a glare at Satoshi, "B-BROTHER!"

While the Blue Man caught his stomach and groaned in pain as Shizuka had kneed him in her haste to jump off him. He whimpered to himself,

"W-Why are we still here? J-Just to suffer?"