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| - I groan as the morning light meets my eyes. And so begins a new day. A day where the sun shines through a crack in the curtains right in my face, mind you. Luckily, I had the foresight to just drink one glass of Thornax beer, yet a small hangover still managed to catch up to me. But not "Mary". She's peering down at me, cheery and spry as ever. "Tsukumi and Kaixin are already downstairs, so hurry up, ok?" I nod and make a shooing motion. Already, I'm tempted to just close my eyes and sleep the headache off. And I gasp. I'm... I'm too late. Oh. Wow. "Mornin’, Xaedan!" The Sonics Toa nods. I frown. Huh?
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| - I groan as the morning light meets my eyes. And so begins a new day. A day where the sun shines through a crack in the curtains right in my face, mind you. Luckily, I had the foresight to just drink one glass of Thornax beer, yet a small hangover still managed to catch up to me. But not "Mary". She's peering down at me, cheery and spry as ever. "Tsukumi and Kaixin are already downstairs, so hurry up, ok?" I nod and make a shooing motion. Already, I'm tempted to just close my eyes and sleep the headache off. "Xaedan!" "Mary"'s voice floats from the kitchen. "Kaixin's nearly ready with the breakfast, so come on out already!" All pretenses of a peaceful morning, and indeed all notions of sleep, were instantly ejected from my brain. I bolt up to my feet, wide-awake. This is bad. This is so very bad. I still remember what happened last time when I ate Kaixin's food. I think I nearly died from the mother of all food poisonings. I have no wish for a natural disaster to occur so I heed "Mary"'s so-called "advice", nearly sprinting in my own home. And I gasp. I'm... I'm too late. "Nooo!" I roar. Charging through dining room, I make my way to the table where a figure with a white blanket over his head sat slumped, unmoving. With pounding heart and rapid breaths, I whip the cover off. I brace myself for the worst. Could it be a victim of Kaixin's cooking? Had she finally crossed the thin line between cook and murderer? Oh. Wow. It's just a hungover Tsukumi. I hope she did eat some of the Toa of Ice's food and died. I replace the blanket. "Mornin’, Xaedan!" "Uh, Kaixin, why are you wearing an apron?" I ask tentatively while staring at her. "Consider me your personal chef, ok?" About ten seconds later, "Mary" was desperately trying to stop me from throwing myself out of the nearest window. "Let me go, let me go! I'd rather commit suicide and die with honour!" With a sheepish look, "Mary" apologizes to Kaixin who just simply shrugged and continued working on whatever culinary disaster she had started earlier, humming some cheerful tune that really did not go with this deadly scenario. To me, she hissed, "What are you doing, Xaedan? Stop being stupid!" I would have continued to wriggle out the window if it weren't for a white-and-black clad Toa standing there, quietly observing. She’s on the small side, lightly armored, and with a Faxon. Two blades are strapped to her upper arms. "Huh? Who's that?" "Mary" asks. She lets go of me and I tumble out the window, landing on my head. "Ow, ow! She's Amea, the Toa of Sonics. Amea, this is "Mary", as you probably know already." The Sonics Toa nods. A thought suddenly hits me, and I take the time to count with my fingers. There's "Mary"... Kaixin and Tsukumi... and now Amea. I frown. "Why are there always girls in my house every morning?" I thunder. Seriously, it was becoming a pain. The window closes. I blink. Huh? Tsukumi, apparently over the alcohol, waves from the other side, the correct side, with Amea who follows suit. Whenever did she get inside? Oh, and that's not all. The Toa of Water is dangling my house keys less than a meter away from me. "Hey!" I holler. "Let me in! It's my house!" Tsukumi shrugs while Amea cups a hand to her ear, signalling she couldn't hear what I said. "You're a Toa of Sonics! I know full well you heard!" I scream indignantly to no avail. They walk away. "Get back here you two! This is a criminal case! It's grand theft estate! It's a violation of my unalienable rights as a person!" Tsukumi snaps the window open for a split second and yells back at me. "Maggots don't have rights!"
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