Back to back on quest, the group had successfully attained ten fruits, and they were about to quit. Well everyone but Corey. "We were almost cooled alive!""I thought freezing to death was bad, but the stinklanai's we're worse!""Three weeks in Huna, for what? A fruit that comes with a middle aged man?! I had to beat that mother fucker into the fruit. Because that's what I'm supposed to do! He cried! And crapped himself! Iriel is going to eat that?!"Corey rubbed his head. He had just woken up and all the women were ready to give him a full lecture about the mission they did not like. Which, to Corey's credit, was every single one of them. If they didn't take a break, he would never get any rest. Hell, even Yumiko had something to say. "I might not be the brightest, but I did not fancy having my fur all sticky with dusticles. It took me four weeks to remove them. I almost got an infection."Corey yawned, and continued to rub his eyes. "Yes, I remember. I was the one to help you rem
"You dad is what?!""My dad is close. Corey, we have to stop. We have to say hi. I'm sure he must have picked up my scent too. He's probably expecting me to come home." Yumiko grabbed Corey by the hands, she pleased with sombre eyes.He wasn't sure what response to give her. Her father might not be to keen on meeting him, and from what Corey heard from NewAge he would have to fight the man to be able to keep her. "What happened to the vacation? Don't you still wanna go?""Of course I do. But this is family. He'll chase after me if I don't stop to say hello. To introduce you and my friends. Plus I miss my home. The cold mountains, that won't kill you. And the small clan my father runs. Please Corey, let's stop. We can leave after seeing him..I promise."Saying no would make him feel bad, and Corey didn't want any sort of guilt. Not the kind most people would think. He would feel guilty for not feeling guilty. With a sigh, and pinch of his nose, Corey complied."Tell Mikayla to stop w
Corey sat amongst the chief's table. Next to him and his three wives. The rest of the clan were spread out. Celebrating the most ridiculous festival ever. Gengar In One Piece. He didn't understand until one of her mothers explained that Yumiko got lost so many times, they had to make a festival out of it to celebrate whenever she returned in one piece. Healthy, and alive. That was the very height of their lives. He had to silently think about how many times she must have gotten lost. Corey was happy she did end up on a trafficking chain, or sexually molested. She was too easy to deceive. If he were her father he would be wary of ever letting her out of his sight. He would also be extremely grumpy towards anyone who came within her proximity. "So Corey, tell us about yourself." Baba asked, he watched his people dance. Yumiko was amongst them. The group could see she belonged. Their dance was every different, and mostly something beast kins would enjoy. Some were fighting. Tumbling
When Corey returned to the camp, things were a little odd. The women gave him worried looks seeing his messy hair and the twigs of tree sticking out his clothes. The dash of red on the side of his ribs. They rushed to him, asking what happened. But Corey didn't know how to explain it. He was attacked by a dark female knight? Was very vague. It made no sense to him so how could he explain it. This dark knight lady hadn't disclosed why her queen wanted him dead. And she proved that she could infact kill him. But she didn't.Did she not want to start something with the beast kins for killing on their land? Or was she planning to kill Corey in a more gruesome way?Whichever one it ended up being, Corey told himself it wasn't something he could prevent. NewAge had not warned him about the lady, and even if the system had, Corey would have ended up the same way. His brain was a mess. He had a feeling in his gut that this woman was bad news, but he was also not entirely worried about it.
"The prized what of a what?"Mikayla huffed, the cold air revealing the steam of her breath. "Okay, maybe I need to describe this better. But please put that down.""She won't even know that I took it." An idea was slowly forming in Corey's head. If the knight ever attacked, he could use this. If she would track him down, just for this heirloom, then she obviously wouldn't want it to be shattered. "She- well it doesn't come with a tracker. She would just assume that you took it. But but Corey, it's not a good idea to tamper with the Ace knights." Mikayla looked, left and right. Then she snatched Corey's hand into hers and dragged him away from the forest. She pulled him all the way to his cabin and slammed the door shut. There she paced back and forth, biting her thumb. Corey placed the heirloom in his inventory while she was busy in her own thoughts. He rolled the jacket off his shoulders, and tossed towards the single arm chair in the room. Corey fell back on the bed and waited fo
Morning came slow, as if it wanted to give the group more time to rest. But some people tended to wake up before the morning sun. Corey was up early, sleeping for so long was never how he programmed his body. He had gotten dressed, packed and cleaned up his cabin by the time he heard the soft rampant tap to his door. Yumiko came in without waiting for Corey to let her, seh jumped onto his bed moving up and down as it bounced.."Good morning." Corey greeted the hyper kin. She rolled around, messing up the bed he had neatly fixed. Seeing as she was the chief's daughter, he said nothing. The man wouldn't complain if he found out who left his cabin like this. "Morning Corey. Do you wanna have breakfast with the rest of us?" Corey grabbed his small bag, throwing it over his right shoulder. Then he nodded, reaching down for Yumiko's tail. Corey lifted her off the bed, something about her rolling on it was getting to his head. He placed Yumiko on the floor before straightening out the mes
Half way through the day, Corey got an idea. He told Mikayla he would return with something for her to eat and drink. The sun was hot, and she sometimes forgot to eat something or rest her legs while sailing. Corey stopped by the kitchen, the woman he was looking for was there. Mincing up some vegetables. She wasn't alone though. Pamela was discussing something he didn't bother to pick up on what the topic of their conversation was. "Corey, you hungry?" Misha tossed her hair over her shoulders so she could see him clearly. Her fingers didn't stop mincing. working the knife with excellent precision. "I need a snack, and water for Mikayla. The weather got too hot and she made a coughing sound twice."Pamela gasped. "I'll go get an umbrella so you can give it to her.""Thank you."Corey waited until the engineer was out of the room before he crossed the distance kept between him and Misha. "I'll make her some sandwiches. Anything else?""Yes, I need you to make something for me. You
"This is so fucking cool, Corey.""I had my doubts but you really pulled through.""They serve drinks in the funniest looking cups.""The view is…. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing the view is. It's something you just have to see to understand.""Cresten sent up our itinerary, and my god- Corey!""I wish there was a spot in the city for Greta, she would have loved to see this."Corey blinked at the sharp lights stinging his eyes. He thought that giving the ladies a vacation would stop them from breaking into his room and waking him up to talk. But he was clearly wrong to think such a thing. He had only slept for an hour, he could t seeell. He went to bed before any of them and they had told him they were going to explore. He should have known they would give him their feedback. He glanced around, the circle of faces formed around his resting body. Corey just wanted to ask what deity was watching over him. If he does something wrong, these girls will wake him up to chew h