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Post by Advix on Apr 10, 2013 22:35:00 GMT -5
Solala woke up early the next morning, stretching her coils to find Malik still sound asleep. She was surprised to see him still in bed, he was usually good about waking up before her, but she smiled all the same. It seemed he had really tired himself out at work the day before. His construction company was very busy now, and even working part time, it was physically demanding to keep up with the deadlines. Solala wrapped herself around him, and kissed his lips. There was something so cute about the way he slept, and he moaned as she embraced him. But she needed to start the day. She left her fiance in their circular, nest-like bed and grabbed her bathrobe. She slithered her way to the bathroom, passing Raiga no Kyuu as he lied casually on the sofa, overlooking the mattress that was laid out for Lea. She had trouble telling if he was awake or sleeping. When she closed the bathroom door behind her she began to remove her robe, but stopped herself. Part of her had a strong hunch that there were cameras in the bathroom. In fact, she guaranteed it. Arlin had granted the apartment to her, he undoubtedly left some of his spy toys about. However, part of her wanted to have a little fun with that idea. She was fairly certain her boss would be recording it, but since when was he not? She began strip herself slowly, playfully, covering herself in a taunting fashion. She was banking on Arlin watching her. She wanted him to watch her and know that this was as close as he would ever get to her. After having her fun, she pulled aside the curtain to her lamian style tub and-
"OHMYGOD!" She stumbled back in a fashion that only a sleepy lamia could, and scrambled to cover herself with a towel. Sitting in a pool in the bottom of the tub was a red gooey slime which she knew to be Lea. Curious, Solala looked about the room to find that Lea's clothes were nowhere in sight. What in the hell was Lea doing in the bathtub? And why was she... "naked", for lack of a better word? Solala filled a dixie cup with water, and poured it on the puddled slime girl.
"Lea, wake up."
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Post by Greed on Apr 10, 2013 22:56:04 GMT -5
-Lea-
It may or may not have come as a shock when the water was harmlessly absorbed into the slime girl's body, but it was certainly enough to make her jump, take shape, and splatter her back on the wall. Honestly, she was confused. Was she in the bathroom? Why was Solala naked aside from a towel? And why was she as well... well, it was an odd way to describe it, but it was all she had. Looking rather embarrassed, Lea's upper body sank back into the puddle filling the tub as she finally worked up the nerve to say something.
"W-why am I in the bathtub?" A fair question, honestly. Hadn't she forced herself to fall asleep on the couch? It had... kinda been hard to stay on the couch though. What the hell would you even call that, sleep-puddling!? Had she just... melted out of her clothes or something?
"... I have so many questions, and all of them are beginning with why."
-Arlin-
"God dammit."
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Post by Advix on Apr 13, 2013 0:56:20 GMT -5
Solala could only smile and sigh at that comment, and she threw another towel towards Lea so that she could "cover" herself. "I guess there is still a lot about your body you don't know yet." Solala slithered closer toward the tub and rested her back against the wall, facing Lea. "So, um... how did you sleep?" Solala was grasping at straws. Part of her felt as if she had invaded someone's room, but it WAS her bathroom, which was NOT a guestroom. But it wasn't Lea's fault that... the more Solala thought about it, the more confusing it became. But there was one thing that she was keen to keep in mind;
She wanted Lea to feel safe.
"...Lea, I'm sorry for disturbing you. I know this is my bathroom, but... well, this wasn't the kind of thing you should have waken up to. Granted, it's probably better I did than Raiga, Yuro, or Malik. Still, I'm sorry. Do you want me to leave? ...Actually, I might as well, considering-" The bathroom door suddenly opened a crack, and an arm appeared to toss Lea's clothes into the bathroom before closing the door just as suddenly.
"I don't know what kind of fun you're having, but try not to have too much of it without these. You're welcome." Malik's footsteps could be heard as he walked away and back into the bedroom, drowsy and wanting to fall back asleep. Solala could only look at the soggy clothes lying on the floor.
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Post by Greed on Apr 13, 2013 14:04:13 GMT -5
-Lea-
Lea could only look at the clothes on the floor with Solala, as she looked over the rim of the tub. There was a long, awkward sort of silence, the kind where no one knew what they could possibly say; after all, there was nothing in the world that could make what Malik had just said less awkward.
All that while, the towel Solala had thrown at her remained firmly on her head. And then? She kinda cracked. A smile, actually. And then a chuckle. And then, finally, full-blown laughter.
"D-Did he... haha... Just s-say... what I thought he said!? Oh gods, bwahaha!" It was a nice break from the gloom that had been hanging over Lea the last day, truthfully, "Oh wow... you got yourself a... guy. That's for sure."
-Arlin-
"... Malik. Why do you do this to my poor brain, I-"
-Lea-
"Haaa hahaha.... hihi" Lea wiped under her eye, as though she'd been laughing so hard she was crying, perhaps just out of habit, as a hilarious, and perhaps slightly worrying, realization came to her "...I hope I wasn't the only one that got the forced mental image of us making out from that, was I?"
-Arlin-
"GOD DAMN IT."
Somewhere in Grand Divide, a fairly nice desk just got thrown out a window.
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Post by Advix on Apr 15, 2013 17:20:29 GMT -5
Solala couldn't help but burst out laughing along side Lea. "Oh no, p-please don't even joke, that's a phase of my life I have no desire going back to!" The lamia laughed hysterically for a good while before settling down and turning back towards Lea. "You know, it's a good sign when after you think things are so down and bad, you can still find something to laugh long and hard about." She gave Lea a warm, sincere smile. "There's still a lot life has in store for you, I know it. And as long as you can laugh like that, I know you'll be fine."
(This is not a new life you have been born into. There is no "former life" from before you were victimized. This is but another chapter in the same book that started the day you were conceived.) Lea couldn't help but remember the words the masked old man spoke to her.
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Post by Greed on Apr 16, 2013 10:36:47 GMT -5
-Lea-
Lea finally calmed down, leaning down to pick up her clothes. Her body making literally no sense to her aside, it was nice to know that she still had a sense of humor, all things aside. She had never been the type to dwell on things, honestly, so... she had that going for her, at least. He mind wandered for a moment, back to what Raiga had said. Maybe... that was true. Maybe.
"Hehe... well, thanks, Solala. And, um..." Oh. Half of her body was still in the tub. As she formed her legs, she had to work a bit to drag the rest of her along with her before her legs collapsed again. She had to really work to keep those together...
"... suppose I'll have to get used to that eventually, too. And...." As Lea was about to exit, she looked at herself in a proper mirror. It was a little shocking, even still. Her red, translucent body flowed smoothly as she moved, and looked herself over. Her clothes, though...
"... I'm going to need some waterproof clothes or something so I don't just soak through them. I doubt anyone else would care but..." Lea shifted nervously, half-heartedly trying to cover herself, "Being a walking wet t-shirt show isn't exactly something to aspire to..."
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Post by Advix on Apr 17, 2013 0:45:39 GMT -5
Solala struggled to find the right words to say as Lea mentioned her need of a new wardrobe. "Er, well... considering how... fairly unique you are now, I think your choices are between being a walking wet t-shirt show and becoming a perpetual bikini model." All of a sudden, Solala put her hand to her mouth as she tried to contain a fit of laughter.
"Hihihi! You could become a fashion model for all of the latest ponchos! Hihi, okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I really shouldn't poke fun, but the idea of you... on a runway... twirling about in a poncho... Haha! Ooooh, I'm a terrible person..." Solala finally managed to settle down, and turned her head back towards Lea. "...You know, who says you have to wear clothes? I mean, think about it. You could take this as a chance to break away from a social norm. There's this man I know, Mr. Green. He has this little android girl with a full metal frame aside from her face. Half the time I run into them, she's wearing some kind of outfit, and the rest of the time she's wearing nothing at all. I think you could get away with it. All you would need is a waterproof pocketbook so you can carry around your wallet, and you're set! You could buy one of those anywhere."
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Post by Greed on Apr 17, 2013 12:33:38 GMT -5
-Lea-
She literally couldn't stop laughing throughout Solala's playful teasing; the idea of her as a bikini model, or poncho model was as amusing as it was absurd. Really, who would want to see her of all people like that!? But then... naked?
"A-A-A-Ah.... I-I-I-I.... " Her body was already strange enough as it was, and the last thing she really wanted to do was to show it off like that. The lack of anything really... private made her worry kinda silly, but even still. Infact, her embarassment was finally showing, as it almost seemed like she was heating up... was she... boiling? Lea certainly didn't seem to notice.
"Th-that's a bit much for me, right now.... m-maybe the poncho idea is a good one... o-or this is fine too. Y-Yeah..."
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Post by Advix on Apr 17, 2013 17:37:51 GMT -5
Solala rose alongside Lea, and wrapped an arm around her in her embarrassment. "Yeah, you're right. It's a little too soon for you to just adopt that kind of lifestyle. Gods know I don't have the kind of guts for that. We'll buy you some wind breakers, rain jackets, and some bikinis, just so you aren't going commando." Solala gave Lea a slight squeeze of support as she stood next to the slime girl, before taking the towel still on Lea's head and letting it drape around her gooey neck. "You're going to make it through just fine. You'll probably have to retake your senior year with Yuro, but hey, if you can do it once, you can do it again. ...Hmm... You could save a lot of money by forsaking clothes, though. I'm teasing, I'm teasing."
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Post by Greed on Apr 18, 2013 0:22:15 GMT -5
-Lea-
Oh god. Well it had been no surprise with everything that had happened, but she had completely forgotten about school.
"Ah... right. School. That's still a thing.... oh boy." She was probably going to go to school in Malen from now on, but even then, would she fit in? There wasn't exactly anyone like her there... or anywhere, as far as she knew. After all... she had been the first one to survive Kross' crazy experiment.
It was odd, thinking about that psychopath again. Because even after he'd forced her to watch her vomit up her own melting heart, and recite what she felt back to him... he didn't scare her nearly as much as Boa. He had been more... refined, for certain. Hell, he hadn't really cared that she had been out and about before when she broke through his pod. In a strange sense... his kidnapping of her had kinda saved her life. To say nothing of his collaboration with Boa, but...
She was thinking too hard about this. And she was getting hungry. It was odd, because she had no stomach, but she just knew, somehow, that she was hungry.
"... Haha. Um, well... I'm kinda hungry now, so... um, I'll just leave you to your shower now." Lea exited to the room, desperately trying to keep proper legs formed as she did, "And, um... thanks for that, Solala. I think I needed it."
Meanwhile, a fly sat motionless atop the mirror...
-Kross-
"Excellent. She's adapting rapidly, and she seems fairly stable. That unconscious movement was quite interesting as well..." Kross was quite pleased with the way his "field experiment" was going, that was for certain. He had compiled copious amounts of information, gathering samples from the surroundings, and through visuals, all with the help of his inconspicuous flying cameras.
"That boiling... such an interesting phenomenon. Perhaps..." It wasn't quite a smile that crossed the scientist's face. More like... a particularly interesting thought. There had been a sharp spike in the girl's temperature until right before the lamian woman put her arm around her. Perhaps... that wasn't a random occurrence. Perhaps, with the proper, minimal prodding... what an interesting thought.
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Post by Advix on Apr 19, 2013 1:27:56 GMT -5
"Anytime, Lea," Solala said to the slime girl. As Lea exited the bathroom, Solala dropped the towel, and climbed into the large, lamian bathtub. Though, not without being mindful enough to cover her breasts. "...You're a sick man, Sir. Peeping in on a traumatized victim of a heinous crime. I can only imagine what your mother would say." Solala smiled slyly as she let the water run hot for a while, and in no time at all the bathroom became a steamy sauna, fogging up the mirror, and Arlin's cameras. "Hmm, there, the water is just right. Ooooo~... Hihi, I'd take your hand out of your pelvic skirt, Sir, before your secretary walks in on you," she teased her boss.
Meanwhile, as Lea left the lamian bathroom- "Your mood seems exceptionally well," Raiga spoke up. He was reclined on the couch exactly the same way Solala had left him. It was only now that he shifted to stand up. "You also seem to be in need of nourishment. Your humours betray you," he explained. "Can you cook? If not, I'll be willing to do so. Pay my blindness no attention. I have all the senses I require for such a task." As he stood up, there was something reassuring about the old masked man. It seemed that in his own way, he too was in an a good mood.
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Post by Greed on Apr 19, 2013 13:06:40 GMT -5
-Lea-
"I... can cook, but I don't want to make a mess in their kitchen." It wasn't really something she could help, honestly. She kinda... dripped. A fair bit.
"... not sure if getting a bit of myself in the food would be good for anyone else too. Probably not." That did raise a good question in Lea's head. Was her body toxic to other people? Or... would that compound Kross used on her... ugh. That was messed up to think about. She had to think of something different... perhaps....
"... Yuro isn't up yet. Shouldn't we get him up?" Was that a good idea? What time was it anyways?
-Arlin-
"... heh."
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Post by Advix on Apr 19, 2013 23:07:37 GMT -5
"Yuro is wandering about the streets," Raiga answered. "He left not too long ago. He hardly ate a bowl of cereal before we had... a discussion. If it weren't for the shard inside him, I wouldn't bother concerning myself. He simply has no regard for what I tell him. Now as for you, let us see what Miss Vrak has in her refrigerator." To Lea's surprise, Raiga nonchalantly removed his mask, and tied it to the black belt that held his hakama up. His face was pale and thin, and his eyes were colorless and off-white. Though, oddly enough, his numerous wrinkles were notably shallow. He was clearly old and tired, and yet there was still a strange hint of youth to him. It seemed that he was far from dead. He walked over to the fridge and opened it up, smelling around.
"Hmm... Potatoes. Yes, some starches and carbohydrates should do your body well. Ah, yes of course. Your body will need much protein in order to properly disperse the nutrients. Milk and eggs, yes, and the lipids should help you retain your form as well." Raiga seemed to know what he was doing as he searched Solala's fridge for food to make breakfast with, guided all by his nose and sense of touch. Though, perhaps it was not so surprising given how fit he was. "I may need your help after all. Find me some vegetable oil. Plastic and glass bottles hinder my sense of smell. Smelling each bottle in her cupboard would take an unreasonable amount of time."
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Post by Greed on Apr 21, 2013 0:27:18 GMT -5
-Lea-
"Uh, sure..." Lea opened a few of the cabinet doors, looking for the vegetable oil. It was actually surprisingly quick, given that not only could her arms stretch quite a ways, so could her legs. It was certainly a whole different type of mobility from being human.
"Found here, here you go." Lea undid the cap, and placed it on the counter. If it was easier for Raiga to smell, then he would get done faster. She certainly wasn't opposed to milk and eggs, but... she sorta felt that her appetite was a little more than that.
"I could... really go for some bacon too. And sausage. S-Sorry... this body is kinda strange." Being hungry now was certainly... a different feeling. She had to say that.
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Post by Advix on Apr 21, 2013 23:13:54 GMT -5
"Yes, of course. Although..." Raiga seemed to stop and think. "Do you still have teeth? You mentioned before that the slime melted even your bones. If you're teeth shared the same fate, then how will you chew solid foods? Bah, no matter, I'll simply dice the meat for you. Though, I suppose this means you'll have to blend fruit from now on. Digesting solids whole is highly inefficient." Raiga moved quickly as he spoke, preparing a meal large enough for four people. For a blind old man, he was quite the multitasker.
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