Whilst everyone in the City of Fintan was living their best life, dancing in the sun, splashing about in the newly built pool, and just generally enjoying themselves, no one noticed two people enter. It was common for Fishy to have memorised peoples faces and names so he didn't get in an awkward situation, but, as he was resting by the side of the pool, he was approached by two people he didn't know.
"What is all this?"
Two girls stood at the edge of the pool with Fishy looking up at them whilst he laid back. One of them hid behind the other who looked unamused at what she was seeing. Her straight dark hair, that was tied into a ponytail, absorbed the burning sun whilst the other girl hid her hair with the hood of her dirty brown jumper. Despite the heat, she wore thick clothes that covered all skin on her body, whereas the girl in front, seemed to have more common sense as to what to wear on a hot day. However, it seemed as if the bottom of their jeans were covered in mud.
"Nice clothes…" Fishy complimented noticing how close they looked to clothes from his world.
"Thanks… who are you, pervert?" The front girl had a fierce tongue.
"My name is Fishy…" He smiled through the pain. "I'm the head of this city, and you are?"
After hearing his position, their moods changed. The girl behind stepped forward and bowed without saying anything but the older one stopped her and pushed her behind.
"I'm Robin." The front snake-tongued girl said. "The person behind me is my younger sister, Callie. She's only 10 and I'm 16. You better not do anything strange, perverted fish."
The two sisters walked away as if they were going to explore the village, leaving Fishy to recover from the sudden bombardment of insults. He swam up to Clara, who was beside the pool-side bar and asked her about the two girls, to see if she had any information.
"I saw them just now when you were speaking to them." Clara said, "I guess they are just walking through."
"Perhaps you are right."
"I can spy on them." Ziu appeared from under the water, causing Clara to jump out of her skin and slap him.
"I felt your magic…" Fishy said, disappointing Ziu. "But that does remind me, I did want to create a spy team for intel gathering… but I think you should leave this one. Something tells me that I should be the one to investigate."
"Understood." Ziu collapsed down into the water again and disappeared. His presence erased to most when he was completely submerged.
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After getting out the pool and drying himself off, Fishy started following them. He had to get changed to stop them from calling him a pervert but during his investigation, he found nothing of interest. The two sisters walked around the city as if they were any old tourists.
It was common for people to pass through but something about the two of them caught Fishy's interest.
It didn't feel like a coincidence that the first thing they did when they entered was approaching him.
"Can I help you two?" Fishy appeared out of nowhere as they were at one of the stalls that sold Cowsaur kebabs. Callie jumped behind her sister who protected her with her arms wide, ready to fight.
"I'm not going to hurt you…"
"How do we know?" Robin asked, her fists tight and ready to swing.
"Because you've walked around this city. I'm sure you've noticed that no one here will hurt you."
Robin released her fists as she told Callie that Fishy wasn't going to hurt them.
The siblings stood next to each other where the similarities showed. Callie may have had shorter and lighter hair than her sister but it was quickly becoming as dark as her sisters. Both of their green eyes also pierced through Fishy's soul.
"So what are you two doing here?"
"We got lost and are looking for a place to stay for a while until we can get moving again."
"I understand, we have tons of places that you'll be able to stay at."
The girls were still sceptical. An unknown city that wasn't on any map would seem strange to anyone, but they had been in the city for an hour and had noticed just how kind it was. Everyone smiled at them even if they didn't smile back. They were given free food on arrival for no reason. And they were even able to get free housing until they were ready to leave.
"Ok… we'll stay."