*Table Slam*
"(Elena) S-Si- Sis Ishka?!". Elena in her maid outfit roars out her cry after making the table across the couch shakes once, as her voice spreads across the living room.
(Oh This Isn't Good)
"(Ishka) Yep, ain't that day's the most joyful. Right, Arl?". Ishka looks behind her, facing Me that is behind her back currently.
I, who is receiving Elena's anguish with her sharp glare, is Sincerely cowering behind Rexar and Ishka's back. " (trembling) Y-yes...? Please don't give me that look any longer, Miss Elena-"
"(Elena) No! I want to be called 'Big Sis Elena', Now!". She stands up and approaches us, in which both siblings covers for me.
"Eek!". Being in her reach, i am seconds away of having my ears being beaten.
"(Rexar) Miss Elena, don't you see him being scared? Stop this, please~". Rexar have me protected from her anger.
"(Elena) ... *sighs* (meek) What A Sha~me". Returning to her seat with a dissatisfied look, she sits with one leg crossed.
I stand up as i try to survey if the situation' s clear for me to take a seat. (Such shitty situation is not fit for my wellbeing, God's Sake!)
Sitting on one of the couches, we here are greeting the siblings from the Craftsmiths family.
When i told her my experience in the City of Shaarik, she sighes out, A Lot.
And the breaking point for her is when i told her the calling i'll be using for Ishka.
"(Elena) Whoops! It seems that i need to refill the teas. Please Wait Patiently, as i go on to the kitchen". With a pained yet visibly stiff expression, she puts the cups that used to be full and is now the stains on that very plate.
She rightfully marks her exit with her facing us once more, glaring at Me.
*Door Slam*
"... Hope the bolt's at the door isn't loose at this point.
So, should we go take a look at Mother's room now?"
I feel my shoulders is being hold from Ishka's supple hands, as she massages me from the stress. "(Ishka) To get those damned print-locks off, i'll be there alongside ya"
"(Rexar) Absolutely! Now, Onwards!". Jumping down from his seat, remarkably being dumb enough to not notice that he is just a feet away of smacking the table.
"(Ishka) Rex! What did i tell ya to act Normal?!". She pulls her brother's hair as he is still not calming down.
"(Rexar) OW! OK, Forgive Me Sis! Forgive Me!". As he said that, his hair is let go off from her grip, and she redirects his head to look at her.
"(Ishka) If ya get this on again, i'll make ya be at ease. With. This~". She moves her hands as it mimics how a centipede moves, tickling the air and having her face grin.
Moving away from the bunch, i walk on to the exit while looking behind my back. "Hello? Are you with me?"
Rexar wears a black kids hoodie with a sword and shield logo on the front, and Ishka wears a red winter jacket with it able to inverse to white when you flip it inside out.
The both of them wears their hoodie down, as they simultaneously turns around back and forth before nodding their head. "(Ishka) Be withcha' !"
"(Rexar) Can't wait to see it!"
*door opens*
Walking in the hallways, with every encroaching step we get on to see Mother's private room.
(For so long am i kept away from it, but luckily i have been researching on how to unlock the runes to her door)
"So, how have you two been doing while i was here?". I start up my hand in response to the cold, and blow inside it to keep my body warm.
"(Ishka) Tweaked with Neb a bit, now you can assign him any other callsigns than just Nebulis.
Like Rexar calling it 'Po-"
"(Rexar) Sis! I told you not to tell him!". He pulls the left side of her jacket, nagging.
She pushes Rexar off buy he keeps on going. "(Ishka) What? T'was just a name, after all, right? "
"(Rexar) But still, No Means No~! ". He pulls it even harder.
(What? You' re about to say 'Poopee, Doodee' ?). I grasp my head as i deduct why i can basically guess Rex's calling for Nebulis : 'Heightened Senses'.
Since it raises the bar for All My Senses, including the one that isn't within my, 6th Sense.
The sister turns to face me with a difficult face. "(Ishka) Uhm, Arl? Lil' help, yeah?"
Having know a way to calm down his panic, i look at Ishka's left shoulder that with my 'Keen Eyes', Nebulis camouflaged himself with the color of the jacket. (Smart chump, this thing)
"Neb, Switch Between Shoulders, Please"
"(Nebulis) Will Do, Arl!". Nebulis' voice changes from a stoic and gentleman accent, to a less formal and more casual one.
(That's inevitably going to happen, seeing as the Dwarves most of the time aren't good with formalities but the Giants respects them, so she choose to make it be in the middle of it all)
"(Rexar and Ishka) Eh?". They both look at me, one gazes with curious eyes while the other with cold sweat.
"(Nebulis) Changing position". It floats and reveals it's position as it flies to her other side.
Rexar seeing this, oozes with curiosity filled to the brim and tries to catch it by jumping to it yet Nebulis swiftly maneuvers outside his reach. "(Rexar) Sis... What is that?"
Ishka pushes him as he stares ay me, with a pained expression. "(Ishka) Arl... You know he's going to spread it to all his friend on school, don't you?"
When i put the plan into paper, it seemed like it'll just make way for success but now that i know the possibility of the consequences i made, i froze in place as i drop my jaws. (Ah... Shit)
"Uhm... Oops~ I'm gonna be owing you a favor, i guess~?". I lift both shoulders as i don't really know what answer should i give.
"(Ishka) Ye bet! Hmmph!". Facing away from me with a meek face, disgruntled from my carefree spouting.
(There! That's the reaction i've been waiting!)
I continue to trudge along, wondering Elena's choice of work attire. "Ahem. By the way, isn't Elena too calm with the frosting weather that even i have to double my layer? Achoo!". I shrivel as i wipe my snorts and cleans it with my hands.
Seeing as there's a trash bin nearing us, i flick the yellow and gooey drab, and it goes in deadshot. "(Ishka) Ugh, don't you get me started on how physics and logics just doesn't work with her normally"
I shake my head as i already accepted that fact long ago. "Aha~, and you're going to tell me one of her Job is Paladin?"
I turn to face Ishka with her face a little troubled. "(Ishka) A- What?! You sure are good at joking, kiddo-"
"It's definitely that, and you can't convince me otherwise. Ugh". I tremble as i imagine how Paladins commonly are associated with masochism back when i'm still working on my own desk.
"(Rexar) Huh? You know that even though i haven't told yo-"
Reprimanded by her sister, his mouth is blocked from to speak, currently. "(Ishka) Rex, I Swear To God, if ya don't shut yer mouth...!"
With how their behaviour is that of real blood siblings, always picking over little things their relatives and dramatizes it. (*snickers* Well, they're the closest i'm gonna have as friends, these days)
Reminds me of my Older Brother, hope he's got himself a devout girlfriend when i'm back out there.
I'll be jealous, but better than be concerned him trying to go off from home again)
I happen to be near a transparent window, and i look out the changing scenery.
With the changing season undergoing right now, outside right now is the usual greeneries that is also a little foggy.
Apparently, this very season is also the very season that loads of spirits or otherworldly spiritual beings comes out and sneaks out to greet us mortals.
Coincidentally, it's also the very same cause why the world is going to be shrowded in these kind of white, as they always lets out a little bit of their own souls and when they lingers around, these cold goes around all about to basically everywhere they go, and it'll be some time before they leave like when Winter comes. (Like how sometimes you'd feel cold when there is a demon near your location if i'm not wrong? Felt that once, but i guess my piety just makes it bearable enough for it to vanish)
Having arrived at Mother's front door, i activate 'Keen Eyes' to see the invisible runes that Mother got set up. (Puzzle is... Riddle Me This?)
"Guys, it says 'Riddle Me This :
Coming from the societal industry, is not available the flask that may fill your mind to be full even with all the coals that's left as ashes in this place.
What is my ambition that may bring my hope to reach those that are done with the current age? '
You two had any ideas what this means?"
We all goes in deep for a few seconds, then dozens, until a minute passes. "(Ishka) To Write? "
*Light Beams*
The door lets out light of yellows and greens and blues, making me cover my face. "Agh, My Eyes!"
Opening my eyes, i see both siblings have their expression just fine and is not afflicted like i was. "Why did you two don't have any reaction to this?"
Both turns away to see each other's gaze filled with questions, not knowing what i'm talking about. "(Rexar) Arl... All i saw was just three lights from the door's handle be gone and that's it"
"(Ishka) Yup, ain't nothing breathtaking so far". Both are disinterested in my condition too when i look st them just standing there.
(*sigh* Guess i have to tone down my eyesight later in 'Modification'). Sweeping my eyes from the pain, i hold down the handle as i prepare to make myself be taken away by what's waiting inside.
(Just how good is she to figure out the answer that quick? Oh well, maybe my child brain just isn't affordable enough to make it out first. That, and being a descendant of a Giant doesn't make it any better because of how intellectually overwhelming they are over the others, rivaling the Elves.
This is why smart women's are the hardest to pick up, and i glad i sure did have Sara caught even with her tenacity on the mind games back then)
"Well then, let us go"
*door opens*
Getting inside, i open my eyes and are embezzled by the amount of books that Mother stores goes up to the ceiling, literally.
The shutters and windows in the back of the room are even covered by the many amounts of book case there is, making the lights that are on above us the only liable source for reading each one of them. (Well, i suppose that's not surprising but even then, this kinds of riles me up!)
"So this is a library, huh? Wonder if Mother have a book of kind for unlocking Print-locks?". I stumble around the tables that is not left a single ounce as it is only placed with books and white papers.
(Normally, we'd be having trouble searching up a place like this instead of asking directly, but that's only if needed and we definitely don't currently.
'Keen Eyes')
Lines of texts and icons pops out everywhere i turn around, so i take this opportunity to make use of my other skill. (Not even a day'll suffice, so here it goes.
'Dynamind')
The effect of the skill takes place, and i look behind me to check if it really does its job.
Both Rexar and Ishka stands perfectly still like a mannequin, confirming my suspicion. (*sighs* This'll be a pain in the ass, honestly. But what price i'll pay just to be able to wield those items i looted off of them thugs)
I turn around as i read one text by another, confirming their synopsis that may contain the clue on how to make sure we accomplishes the current task at hand. (Gonna be a while before it's done, sure is kind of hard to not have something that automatically picks up the thing we wants. But hey, where's the joy in getting it done in a jimmy, i suppose?)
. . .