"Mines? how many?" asked Lieutenant Azuri.
"30 something, probably 30 or more, we just raided 1 mine so that makes 29 or more" answered Wadu with a smile.
"Don't laugh you dipshit, you dump all this in my jurisdiction, i hate explaining myself you know!"
"Wheww, since when did my nephew get the balls to talk to me like that!" laughed Wadu.
"I am a woman.... i don't have balls" Azuri replied.
"Really? you only looked like one.. hahaha!"
"*haaa* you're too much for an early morning coffee Uncle, refugees are one thing but I have a bad feeling something is escalating in the dark!"
"Don't worry about it, Au'khawm is coming soon."
"We don't have enough spaces inside, hmmmm... But we always do leave the gates open.. gates.. gates?... " suddenly Azuri realized and asked a hopping important question, "How'd you get inside the border?"
"Don't tell me you dealt with the Dang'tu?" asked Azuri with a face of worry.
"Uhhh---Halhazar, there's a narrow pathway likely made by a behemoth!".
" What? when was it made?"
"Ask the red boy over there!" Wadu pointed at Al, the latter busy caring for the needs of the villagers, Wadu in awe with Al's caring nature whilst he still seemed like a tantrum addicted kid.
"Go ask the kid, where's the path way from Sloan to Halhazar and send Ruckus and some groups to close it" Azuri gave an order to Hemi - who complied with, "Ma'am!".
" Huuu-That's a nice piece!" said Wadu staring at Hemi's behinds.
"Uncle?!!! perv!" bickered Azuri.
"Is it always this lively?" Zudi raised a question.
"There's people everywhere!" said Marcus.
"I can smell her" said Bartholomew quietly, his nose gave a gentle sniffed at the air, 'Lilac' he thought. He took a deep breath and said,"Let's greet them a good morning!".
The squad finally reached their destination, their future holds a long and intense training session.
The spring air resumed it's reign over Trânna, the four members of Fun inc. arrived at Guards-Hold once again.
"We should've went to the merchant's guild!" said Szlick who was brooding.
"No! that comes later, we're already late for the meeting" said Lucy.
"Why is the pretty little clumsy liar the leader? I thought I was the leader" said Lu - brooding with Szlick.
'Pretty' Lucy's mind noted the compliment - with a blush, "I'm the manager, and I know what's best plus look around they're digging the ground for apu Elone's peropero thingy, the Guild will be busy in these type of days" explained Lucy.
"Sakooooo~" cried Lu which makes her slight discontent in calling Lucy disappear, Lu acted like a baby, the assassin very well saw through his pathetic act but nonetheless she complied, with open arms "there there master, come here" she said, Lu crept close to her and shoves his face between her chest, Sako dumbfounded -' this intimate out in public' a shy thought, but she felt a strange tingling sensation filling her from inside, then she slowly felt a hard throbbing sensation in her thigh.
"Public indecency!" shouted Lucy, thrusting him sideways on his head, away from Sako.
'Strange... how is he effected by that?' Szlick wondered, seeing Lucy brushing Lu's head aside.
The grounds in a series of lines were dug up nearly everywhere.
Elone's peropero was now under construction.
Lucy guided the three towards the outskirts of the town in search for their granted land for a guild building. The north of the town stayed almost untouched, a place void of any human activities, the northern side has vast trees and a lake where the river that ran through the town settles and escaped from there towards the east.
"Who are we meeting anyways?" Sako asked Lucy.
"The proteges of Elone himself" said Lucy.
"They better be great at making a house, since they're so important" Lu still salty.
"Such a grown baby" replied Lucy.
Finally they arrived, the quiet trees , the outskirts was of pure nature blessed. They saw the lake which holds a tranquility in conjunction with the rest of the scenery, the perfect blue of the sky and the lights of the sun reflected like a mirror, small waves from the breeze makes it seemed like fairies dancing. The lake huge in proportion to the surrounding holds many -awe- for people to see, - fishes, lotuses and an island of sorts stood in the middle, 'A perfect place for a house' Lucy thought.
"Ah! there they are" she exclaimed with a joyful tone, her face was happy and they wondered why.
"Apu Elone!!!" Lucy called out to an old man.
"Huhu-If it isn't Lucy and...." he leaned sideways looking at the rest.
"So those are your friends?" he said.
"Yes, I'm so Happy to see you" said Lucy.
"Huhu- where's Pay? my god son!" Elone asked.
"Well! he's doing his job from the morning,he didn't even say goodbye"
"That kid is a handful huh?"
"Yeaa! anyways as you might've heard, I am now a manager... Tada!"
"Should I be proud or sad, I've invited you two, many times to work for me but you always said no and when that Dekadora gave you a job you accepted it!!! I'm sad... hmph" replied the old man, comically-intentionally acting like a baby.
"You look like old man Nux!" said Lu out of the blue, Interrupting their conversation.
"Oh! Pu, this is Lu." Lucy introduces Lu.
"Nux?" said Elone.
"Are you him?" Lu asked again.
"What's it to ya!" the old man replied, his white eyes hold knowledge and hinted that they know and saw something.
"He was with me for sometime when I was young in the jungle" said Lu.
"Jungle?" Elone confused.
"He meant Halhazar" said Szlick, helping Lu out in explanation.
"Who're you?"
"I'm Szliiiiick Jahgger, Mr. Elone" replied Szlick, extravagantly.
"Szliiiiick?" Elone imitated Szlick, "That's quite a verbal name, Szliiiick" Elone laughing.
"It's just Szlick and I'm Sako, nice to meet you." Sako with a bow.
The old man gawking at the plump chests of the cutie "It's nice to meet you too,..... before anyone says something, I'm old and small, so I can only stare at someone up...to....here" his eyes fixated at Sako's chests.
"Puuu!!!!" Exclaimed Lucy.
"Huuhuhu sorry sorry, where was I?!"
"Nux?" again said Lu, this time he was face - close , eye to eye with the old man.
"Nux!? I know the old fool" an answer from Elone, rubbing his slightly bearded chin, grasp the seemingly nonexistent attention of the Null-man.
"You're not him? Sorry sir" Lu apologized. Leaving the rest to wonder 'he's strange'.
"Nux is an old legend my boy" said Elone."He helped me too when I was young, now look at me.. Huhu".
"Is the heat getting to you Sir?" asked Lu.
"What? you think I'm insane twerp??...*Haaa*.. I'll tell you later, let's get this over with, those bozos way over there don't even know how to dig properly!" Elone refereed to the people digging the ground for his peropero wires.
"Fun Inc..... it's hard saying it! blahh anyways... fun inc. allow me to introduce you to the crew"
said Elone.
"What crew?" asked Lu.
"Building crew Master" Sako answered.
Elone pointed towards two people standing looking at the lake, "Two's a crew?" Szlick asked with awe.
"Yeah.. Amazing right?" answered Elone.
"Lads come here!" he called out to the two.
A big boy - extremely huggable and round, fairly tall he stood with almost the same length at Szlick his face had the kindest - smooth chubby look Lucy said she ever saw, with a big wide smile complementing his kind and calm demeanor.
"Wow man! you look awesome!" Lu said, "What's your name bro?".
Lu got no reply accept a couple of hand gestures, " Is he?.. are you a ninja?" Lu asked with gleaming eyes - strange for a man with pitch black eyes.
"What's your name Ninja?" he asked again but the other mouth close, still with a smile and still with the same ninja like hand gestures.
"I think he..... " said Szlick but interrupted by Lu, "What's your fucking name and open your damn eyes already.. it's rude!!" with slight spits escaping from his mouth - Lu ranted.
"He's Post and he said sorry I can't talk" said a short skinny boy coming out from behind the big Post. The boy donned a short and simple ponytail tied high, whilst Post has a short hair. The boy nudged his glasses and stood face to face with the rest.
"So... I?... I am sorry ninja!" Lu bowed with an apology.
A couple of gestures again by Post and the other boy said, "It's okay, you're awesome too, struggler in the dent"
"Whoa! guys.... guys.. the Ninja knows me" said Lu proud.
"And you are?" asked Sako.
Her question met with Post doing another couple of gestures.
"I'm Huncho, we're twins Huncho and Post Malone" said Huncho.
"Malone... Elone... oh I see" said Lucy. Elone just laughed through out, "They're a spectacle right?" he asked Lucy who nodded and said, "What's with the gestures, I've never seen those".
"What do you expect, they're my protege, they make their own gestures"
"That's so cool" exclaimed Lucy.
"Wait Pu. His left ear is missing?"
"Yea, they have a tragic childhood, I saw them near Hugh Village and I simply took them in without a thought.. much like someone I know" said Elone teasing Lucy.
"So the big chubby Post can't talk and the smaller Huncho can't hear?" asked Lucy.
"Yup! They're a perfect twin, tragically ironic but they are strong and smart Lucy, they remind me of you two sometimes"
"Puuu, you're making me teary".
At the other side, Lu tried the gestures, he immediately got along with the twins. He did a couple of gestures, particularly similar to a ninja's, Lu make a sign of boar, monkey and rat which actually almost meant something.
"Alright Lads!", " Get to work!" shouted Elone.
"What??? already? we're having fun Pu Elone" Lu like a child complaining his short play time.
Then a hand gesture from Post and Huncho said, "Yeah! Sir 5 minutes."
"GET TO WORKK!!" shouted Lucy, wild angry eyes, "You come here" pointing at Lu.
"Be careful about that girl boys, she might look cute but she's a demon" whispered Lu.
Post made his signs and Huncho replied, "Post said she really is cute, though but me? I don't like girls at all, blehhh!"
"Right on lil bro" Lu holds his fist down which was met with a bump from the twins, with smiles they end their fun interaction.
"I can't tell if master is a man kr a boy sometimes" said Sako, wondering.
"He was living alone in the wild, maybe this is a growing up story for him" Szlick said.
The group headed closer towards the lake and there they saw piles of fruits, a harvest enough to supply every houses at Guards-hold, "So Dekadora told me you can choose anywhere in this area and since I know Lucy from the back of my hand... we'll be making a house in that island" said Elone pointing at the perfect little island in the middle of the lake
Post and Huncho, the latter with his small stature sat on Post's shoulder, "Huncho said I'll show you all something amazing"
"Yeaaaa-- that's my bro right there" Lu looking at Szlick, "You hear me? Bro?! you won't even call me bro! bro, but they call me bro" bickering at Szlick.
"What's up with not calling you bro! bro?"
"Ahah! you said it, Hey .. hey Post! He said it" Lu called out at the twins.
Lucy sighed at the sight of Lu and his childish antics, "This is what I'm dealing with?!".
" Master's so cuteee" exclaimed Sako, totally enthralled with Lu's every actions.
"Alright! Fun inc. stand back a bit and watch the show" Elone announced the start.
Post with gestures and Huncho said aloud, "Miss Lucy's design will take your average builder days to build but ladies and gentlemen your new home coming up in only 5 minutes!".
Huncho jumped of Post's shoulder and the latter heads towards the materials - he stick his head forward and a silver coloured liquid like substance came out from his mouth - the liquid completely covered the fruits, and they turned into scrolls - Post then completely swallowed the fruits turned scrolls in his mouth, he gestured and Huncho said, "Ready?" with no further wasted moment he did some hand signs which read "let's go".
much to the approval of Lu.
Post spat out some scrolls - he does some hand signs again, " what what what?" excitedly asked Lu, "it's the same thing" answered Huncho, "I thought you were deaf?" dumb Lu asked Huncho.
"Yeah but I can read your lips big bro"
Huncho's answer gave Lu a heartwarming experience.
"DID YOU HEAR THAT SZLICK??? LUCY?" said Lu with tears, "These two are angels, they called me bro even when Szlick doesn't, they are good good people... unlike you liar and un bro" he shot a verbal assault at Lucy and Szlick, "Except for Sako, Sako's always nice with me" he added with a smile leaving Sako proud-her eyes like a pincer it thrusted at Lucy.
Lu's words brought cringe to the two but at the same time they had an expression of understanding the poor lonely child from before - with smile they took his verbal assault. Sako too she more and more felt more affectionate towards her childish yet smooth - other-wordly complex master.
The scrolls that Post recently let out in accordance to his hand signs, when they touched the water they slowly formed a bridge made with wood and cobblestones - perfect and with no flaw at that.
The party were all in awe.
A mere 10 seconds to make a sturdy perfect bridge.
The group headed on towards the end of the bridge which stood at the island, "Wow Post, amazing!" exclaimed Sako.
"This is liiiitttttt!, lil bro" Szlick with a slight dance.
"He said it again, Victory!" Lu yelled, "Agh! so childish" Lucy shaking her head, "Huhu a lively bunch!" remarked Elone.
At the island Post and Huncho walked around after a moment or so Huncho signed at Post the latter did the same but with different signs for a reply, "Miss Lucy, the island is big, in approx it's 7040 square metres, so do we build the house bigger or the same size with a wide yard?" Huncho asked.
"Uh... I don't know" answered Lucy, "What do you think guys?"
"Whatever you want, manager" said Szlick. Lu wasn't even bothered by it, Sako too as her eyes are glued at Lu.
"Do it slightly bigger but also we want a wide yard"
"Yes Sir Miss Lucy!" said Huncho and signed at Post.
"5 minutes guys!" said Huncho.
The group stayed back a bit and Post did the same technique, this time the scrolls were many a number, this time however some of them stayed afloat and some stood in the ground - after a moment spent in arranging the scrolls - Post does his signature signs and then the scrolls turned into a basic foundation of a house - however slowly.
"Amazing, so what's his powers Sir Elone?" Sako asked the old man, "I'm curious too" said Szlick.
"Well it's hard to explain, Post has the ability to eat and recreate, uhhh those fruits turned scrolls earlier served as materials that he can later spew and make anything he wants, the size dictates the speed"
"Ohh! so bigger slow, smaller fast?" said Lu.
Yes nodded Huncho.
"Hey lil bro, I can stay under water forever, wanna see?" asked Lu excitedly.
"Wow really?" with the same expression Huncho asked.
"Yea! He's a null-man right bro?" said Szlick, which leave tears of joy at Lu's eyes.
"I'd like to watch Post but now is the time for action... Sako?" Lu called her out. "Yes?" she replied, "Don't miss me too much" said Lu sly - and he looked at Lucy , "You too liar~"
With a *hmph* Lucy turned away.
"Tell me when he's done.... here I go!" Lu jumped down the lake.
"Is he really gonna be alright?" asked Huncho.
"Lu's a beast, don't worry about him" Szlick answered Huncho who knelt down looking at the lake.
"Huhu you're a lively bunch Lucy, how long were you planning on Introducing me to your friends?"
asked Elone with a smile.
"Wha--? Puu we've known each other for like only 3 days?!... 3 or 4 days"
"Whattt???.... really?"
"Yup Mr. Elone - it's strange but the dumb beasty boy be like magnet, he simply attracts" said Szlick.
"Master is strange, mysterious... I'll always follow him" declared a determined Sako.
"Yeah like they said.... these two too, we've just met but it's like something that you can't see.... somrthing?!!!!! I don't know how to say it.. hehe" rumbled Lucy, rubbing the back of her head.
'Nux, it seems whoever you helped are always extraordinary huh?, where and what exactly are you anyways?' wondered Elone.
The building now on the verge of being halfway done and unbeknownst to all - a silver robe dressed old man with white beard gazed at the group and said "Elone, Lu..... Gegegege..Grow you fools!".
Suddenly Elone heard a gentle chime but no one else seemed to notice it, same goes for Lu even underwater, a sound - a chime of tranquil harmony that ease the mind of all worries.