-bang
-bang
-bang
"I told you to be easy on the doors Gretsa!"
She stopped banging on the door.
"Gretsa?"
"Ding. Dong. You got a delivery."
"Thats better..."
"...and I also told you to stop saying..."
"..."
"...hah..."
"...just..."
"...place him on the table."
Anu turned around to look at the corpse.
"So, who's the unlucky soul?"
"..."
His eyebrows fell.
"Are you serious?"
Anu looked up.
The doors swung shut.
Gretsa was gone.
"..."
They were alone now.
They stared at each other.
"..."
"..."
"What did you do now?"
Park couldn't talk.
He was mangled in several areas.
-pop
A bone set itself back in place.
"I swear she would have flourished in the interrogation division."
"..."
Anu was silent for a while then his eyes lit up.
"Actually, now that you're here..."
His shadow fell over Park.
"You too?"
"Don't worry you'll be fine."
A blade gleamed in the light.
"I've always wanted to try this for a long while now."
A tear fell from Park's eye.
...
"They remind me of a certain cat and mouse."
The doors flew open.
"What y'all doing?"
She was one step in and within seconds she was airborne.
-bang
"What's this?"
Ella was stretching the black gunk between her fingers.
Her whole figure was scattered on the floor.
"Ugh it's all over."
Anu spoke up.
"Just go shower before this all takes a wild turn."
Anu was looking at Ella who was already smiling.
"You know it almost looks like..."
"AND wash that brain too while you're at it."
He sharply interjected.
"Some help?"
"Pwease?"
She pleadingly stared at Parkie...
PARK!
I meant Park.
...
Huu.
...
So, PAAARRRKKK got to work and helped her back on her feet.
She fell on him.
"Oops. Sorryyy..."
She was all over a sudden slightly excited.
She was greedily eyeing him.
"Please help me get to the bathroom."
Her breath was all over his face.
"U... Uhm Ok."
Park was getting a little excited too.
"I'll be back Anu."
Anu was in the hallway.
"So where are we going again?"
Both parties were a little bit triggered.
They began to walk, Anu closely trailing behind them.
Midway Ella's hand started trailing down.
"HEHEYYY!! ELLA'S HAND REAL SLIDY!!"
"Want me to help..."
"NOOO!"
They both shouted and looked at each other.
Park cleared his throat.
"Ahem!"
"I... I mean I got this."
Park was ready to risk it all.
The bathroom was already within reach.
Immediately the door was in their sights, they dashed in and locked the door behind them.
Anu heavily banged the door wanting to be let in.
"I'm going to scream."
"Yeah! Me too!"
"..."
"..."
The banging stopped.
"I felt left out."
"..."
There was a short silence.
"I'm sorry."
"You may continue."
After a short pause.
The knob moved.
Once...
Twice...
Then a vigorous movement began.
"Anu! I'm telling you to stop!"
"Anu left a long while ago."
"..."
"Gretsa?"
"In the flesh."
"..."
"Where did the dog go?"
"I just passed him a while back."
"He was really mad. Saying something along the lines of "he'll get what he so dearly wants"."
"Oh! Ok."
"..."
"So, what's up?"
"Nothing much."
"Ok maybe there's one little thing I wish to ask."
"..."
"Is someone in there with you?"
Park shrunk.
"Uh... pnoe hwy?"
Park rushed to clasp Ella's mouth shut.
But it was too late.
"Fucking Mutt."
Ella threw Park aside.
The door flew open.
Ella smacked the bathroom wall and fell down unconscious.
"Well look who we have here..."
Gretsa looked at Park.
"Thank you, Anu. I owe you big this time."
"Enjoy yourselves."
"Enjoy who! where! which! how!"
"You know I've always wanted to."
"Wanted to what?"
"Ok now someone wake me up!"
Park rushed to where Ella was.
He examined her.
She was knocked out cold.
Gretsa shut the door behind her.
"I always kept asking myself what she had that I didn't have..."
"I need to get help."
Park brushed past the advancing orc and approached the door handles.
With a tug he opened the doors.
"What is this?"
There were stars all over. The hallway was gone.
"Is that Earth?"
The big blue ball was right below him.
"...you even went to the extent of using those wonderful nails on me..."
"No! Not like this!"
"...and I said that I must repay the extra kindness that you had shown me..."
"You'll break me woman!!!"
"...don't ignore a lady when she's talking to you."
Park felt a tight grasp on his shoulder.
Park was really thinking about jumping ship.
"I mean it's a long drop but..."
Park took some steps back in.
"...I can do it if it means getting out of this nightmare."
The distance was making him dizzy.
The grip on him loosened.
"You know what?"
Gretsa whispered in his ear.
"Go for it. I'll help you."
He was pushed into the starry abyss.
"AAAAAAA...."
His voice trailed further and further as he plunged into the depths of space.
"...AAAAHHHHH..."
He landed on something cold hard.
He opened his eyes.
"Stop screaming."
"You're fine."
"HUH!!!"
Park could not believe it.
He was back in the bathroom.
"Want to go at it again?"
Park dashed for the door.
"Enjoy yourself then."
He tried it once...
twice...
thrice...
He always wound up back in the bathroom.
"You've had your fill yet?"
Park sat there.
His face a wash of utter despair.
"Ok then."
"Let me just close this."
She took a set of keys from her pocket and locked the door.
Gretsa turned to look at Park who was shaking near Ella.
"Look who's shaking in excitement."
She licked her lips.
"It's just you and me "Parkie"."
He grabbed a shower faucet as he tried to get up.
Hot water blasted out from the nozzle.
This gave him an idea.
With newfound hope he took the hose and sprayed all over Gretsa.
He only got a mocking laugh in return.
"You can't escape this."
Her face poked out from the rising wall of steam.
Park hit her face with the hot water.
"See..."
She caressed her face.
There were no burns.
"...nothing."
Park slumped in defeat.
The orc's hellish laughter was all that he could hear.
He then looked up...
...through the rising steam...
...he saw it...
...something long and thick dropping from her waistline...
...he said his last prayers...
...then she pounced on him.
...
"Why isn't he still awake..."
"A... AAAHHHH!!!"
-crack
Park's head connected with something furry.
Anu stumbled back clutching onto his nose.
Park quickly surveyed his surroundings.
He had beads of sweat all over.
He felt his face for a long while.
He was back.
He cried tears of joy.
"What happened?"
He mumbled to himself.
"You passed out."
Anu set his crooked nose back to normal with a loud crunch.
"I was only trying to give you a cut, but you misunderstood."
"Guess Gretsa shook you real good."
There was a sting. He winced in pain.
"Also, there may be a few nicks here and there, but you'll be fine."
"..."
"Now onto the main reason as to why I brought you here."
"There is going to be a burial."
"Tomorrow."
"...and do you know what I don't have?"
"The bodies."
"Correct."
"..."
"So, you want something like this."
One of the dead bodies walked into the light.
{Shadow has been activated]
"Or this?"
Another walked into the light.
And many more.
The missing bodies were now in the room.
"Are they enough?"
Anu was surveying each and every single one of them.
"Down to their finest details."
"They'll do."
{Shadow has been deactivated]
They all vanished into dark mist.
"Always full of surprises."
"So, when shall I have them?"
"Immediately after class..."
"At three?"
"...which now I'm actually late for."
Park donned his uniform and exit the morgue.
"..."
"..."
Anu heard it down by the reception.
"You healed up pretty nice buddy."
"So where are you off to in a rush?"
"Class."
"Which one?"
"Wards and Curses..."
"Ah! The pink nail one."
Gretsa said in a low menacing tone.
"Gretsa wait..."
"Happy studying..."
"GRETSA WAIT!!"
"What?"
"I'm just getting the door for you."
"Oh!"
"Thank you."
The door creaked open.
There were footsteps.
"...and have a safe flight."
"I knew it..."
-whoosh
"..."
"Every time I hit that punk my stress fleets away."
"..."
Anu pitied him.
"That kid's going to be Gretsa's sandbag till she dies."
...
"And that makes it 51."
"Where's Park..."
Park placed both of his arms to guard his face.
-boom
Gretsa heard a crash in the distance.
Birds flapped across the sky.
"Rate me five stars kid."
"...now that Park's here..."
Park was plastered on the wall. He was in a daze.
Greydale ticked something off.
"...52."
He loosened and fell on the ground below in a heavy thud.
"Great! Let's begin."
"..."
"So how do we brush off the pink nail curse?"
Park groaned.
"Could you do it more quietly young man."
"..."
"Where was I?"
A hand shot up.
"How to brush off the curse?"
"Ah yes!"
Greydale continued.
"Basically, in a sense it's a "Fight fire with fire" scenario..."