The luminescent pearl floated gently above Stephen's outstretched palm. Strangely enough the side facing Lucas seemed to glow an even brighter sea-blue than the rest of the orb.
"Where did you find it??!"
Lucas questioned incredulously as he continued to stare at the pearl. The {Heart of the Ocean} was by no means a one of a kind but it still remained very rare. Just like any other pearl, theoretically more could be produced by natural means. But the chances of that happening were so low that even him getting struck by lightning whilst wearing a sky-blue bikini and doing the Macarena was a more probable event…
Actually scratch that..
Chances were just too low for Lucas to consider finding another, so he knew he had to get this pearl by any means possible. Civil means were preferable but pilfering the pearl was absolutely fine too.
"The thing is, I actually got this by complete accident! I had made a hobby out of scuba diving on the weekend to keep myself busy, y'know?."
"Now, a number of |PLAYROOMS| have always slipped through the government's radar, especially those at sea. And I always made sure I was never near one as I was in no way capable of defending myself against the monsters and criminals that roamed their waters."
"These unevaluated and unregulated
PLAYROOMS| , to this day, remain the prime hunting grounds for us Vigilantes and criminals and their bunch."
"But funnily enough, I got this little treasure not when out fighting, not that I could , but rather when I was out scuba diving!"
"I happened to run into a fight between two aquatic
BULLIES|!"
"Now even weirder than that, was the fact that neither of them had brought out even a single
POSSY| with them!"
"And as expected, a clash between titans was exactly what happened! A clam as big as a killer whale and a Sea horse of equal size had the water churning in chaos as they fought! Whirlpools, hurricanes, tsunamis and even underwater geysers all came into play as their fight continued!
"If not for both of them being so focused on trying to turn their counterpart into some delicious fresh sushi, I would've been left sleeping with the fishes quite literally! Heheh…see what I did there."
Stephen continued to splatter saliva all over Lucas's face as he continued to narrate his fortuitous encounter. With his arms waving about, gesturing with his hands and even acting out some parts, Lucas was left feeling mentally exhausted.
Finally, with enough foreplay to leave a man dehydrated, Stephen got to the meat of the matter.
"Well the fight went on for about 6 hours! I was seriously considering leaving, after all, my sphincter muscles aren't Hercules."
"Though as anticlimactic as it sounds, in the end, both of them died, the sea horse died instantly by having his head severed while the clam shut itself close aber his "victory" and then…bled to death. It was a really…poetic the way in which the clam just accepted the inevitable and waited for his death.."
"With both of them dead, I realised it was time for me to go into action. Especially since Patricia; my boat was demolished during the fight!"
"The seahorse was easy to deal with. Spatial rings are after all an artifact that no decent Awakaner would ever lack with it being mass produced and all. Now the clam on the other hand was a tougher nut to crack(heh) as it wouldn't budge open and it's shell looked as though it would take me months to wear it down!"
"Fortunately, I had just the right artifact I needed on me to solve this problem. Though in the end, I got the pearl but in turn I lost that artifact since it was a single-use type. Here, this is all I have left of it. I kept it as a trophy to remind of my awesomeness."
Stephen pulled out a screwdriver as he was speaking. The screwdriver looked rusted and was left broken into two pieces but the weird engravings on it were enough to convince Lucas of it's preciousness. With the dilation of his left eye, he got the info he needed as his ability went into play.
{PEEPING TOM'S TREASURE} (Expired)
A master blacksmith and master pervert created this tool and many more of its type to help him on his "endeavours". Later on Mr.Tom was immortalised through the legends of his perverseness as the "Peeping Tom". This being one of the prime tools he used, had also strengthened as his legend grew. A hole of any size can be created in any material obstructing your perverted eyes using this. The bigger the hole, the longer it will take. This artifact refuses to work on living beings and will break after one use.
"…"
"Wait wait wait! I know this looks bad and all, but it's really just a coincidence that both artifacts I showed you were perverted! You can't tell me that you have not a single perverted artifact, can you?!"
"Uh,No…"
"HUH?! Bu-but..you….AHH whatever! Don't you want to know what I want in exchange! Change the damn subject already. Case closed!"
"Ok…so what do you want? I have to warn you though, being too greedy with me would truly unwise.."
"Oh..uh..sure man. See, I don't really need much. I want just a single tiny itsy-bitsy thing. Nothing serious. Really cheap too! It's als-"
"STOP! Get to the point already."
Lucas could feel his head throbbing even though he wasn't even drunk. A shower and some shuteye would really do wonders for his mental well being. Glaring at the pretty young man, Lucas could already feel his patience start to wear thin.
"Um sure. I would like you to take me in as your student!"