(Chapter 3)
"Owwwwww...."
A muffled noise came from the ice cream box as Hacki stuffed his head, now with a nice collection of four lumps on it. "Again, with the OOoowwwww..." He moaned into the ice cream. "Why in the name of dear god Bridgidt do you hit people, Hikari?"
"Reflex action," She quipped back staring sulkily at him as only his tail and wingtips showed out of the box. "People mess with me and they get a few good lumps."
Hacki paused from complaining to raise his fuzzy head out of the box and stare at the multicolored girl. "..."
"You know," Hikari said, turning her head away and trying to look indignant, even though she kind of liked the way the staff felt in her hands now, like getting a sugar buzz without eating anyhting. "When I brought out that spoon I didn't relly mean for YOU to make me into some magic girl rip off. Aren't there other kids, younger ones who DON'T have college and a day job you could ahve given this to?"
"Not likely. You were the one who opened the trunk remember."
"Damn."
"Yes, that's one of the magics.. Oh wait, you weren't talking about THAT kind of dam."
It was Hikari's turn to stare at the little magic creature. She didn't not know why at the time, but he seemed a bit off his feed. "I think I like you better when you're drunk..."
She stood up from her kitchen stool and walked over to the coffee pot pouring a large cup for herself. .o0(Yes... Coffee, maybe that will wake me up from this little acid/heroin trip... Coffee is my friend....) Hikari didn't know if she was hallucinating from some bad woodstock stuff left in that trunk or if she just had studied too hard for that last final and had finally lost what was left of her mind. not like college students have a lot of mind to speak of..
She sighed again and decided to spoon in about 2 tablespoons of sugar into her coffee, before taking a big gulp of the mixture. "Soo... what exactly am I going to have to look for? Some big frilly rabbit with a pretty pink ribbon, face rabid armadillos? Or even better, listen to you blather on all day?"
"You're rather smart-arsed for a preteen." The flying hackey sack spoke sagely.
"Excuse me?! I'm 20 years old you little fluffy tennisball with wings!"
"You sure look underdeveloped.."
*SMACK!*
"Oww!"
"Keep it up with the under-developed remarks and I'll leave you a scar to remember me by."
Hikari pulled the winged thing up to her face. "Now then, the magics I have to get again?"
Hacki squirmed from her grasp and flew up to the upper cabinets, opening each until he found the alcohol. "Well, I can't remember them all at this moment but I can tell you they are probably still in this area.."
"Oh GOODY. Tell me that thing staff can at least do something." Hikari grumbled and leaned against the wall.
*scritch-scritch* A pair of beady eyes peeked out fo the shadows, it's tiny paws scrabbling on the kitchen tile. Hikariw as too busy paying attention to Hacki to notice it as it climbed it's way up to the cracker box on top of the fridge.
"Well there's the rubber magic... it's useful enough to help you capture, though I'm afraid it's a bit weak and cannot fight at all."
"Oh yay, what does that one look like?"
"Usually it's a small rodent, and it's a very friendly and loyal magic at that. I'm surprised we haven't seen it yet."
That was when Hikari noticed the nibbling sounds coming from on top of the fridge. She made a motion to shut up Hacki and motioned towards the noise, whispered, "We gots a visitor.."
Hacki flew over her head as she quietly climbed to the top of the fridge, weilding the staff. She tore the box away from the source of the noise, where two liquidy black eyes stared up at her her.
"Sqw33k?"
"GAH!!!! Rodent!"
Hikari slammed the staff down on the fat hamster who just sat on top of the fridge. Unfortunately things didn't stay that way as the staff bounced right back, and the little hampster began to ricochet around the kitchen slamming in cupboard doors.
"Shiiii-iiiiit!!!"
"Sq333333333333333333333333!!!!"
"Hey you found the rubber magic!!! I told you it was friendly!"
"... Oh go drink yer damn tequila." Hikari threw the flying beast into the alcohol cabinet and chased after the little bouncing ball of orange and white fur. "This is Juuust great... Here little squeakie..."
A blur shot by her face, "Sqw33333333k!" it called as it zipped past and bounced against the floor twice before it shot at her again.
Hikari froze and ducked, just in time to see if fly past her into the living room, her eyes grew wide. "Oh no... not Gram's china!"
She looked about frantically for something to bait it with. "Ooooh little squeakie.."
Hikari picked up the box of crackers and shook it a few times. The crashing noises stopped, then started again. she shook the box again, and a little face peeked out around the corner. "Squeee?"
"Yes, i'll give you a cracker..."
"SQEE!!!"
The hampster took a bounce and landed in the box and looked up at Hikari happily like nothing had gone wrong. "Squeee!!!!!!"
"This is god's way of saying.. Why YES Hikari.. I DO hate you... isn't it?"
She picked up the white and gold rodent by one litt paw and examined it. "I can guess why the call you rubber.. wonder what else I can do with you..." Hikari took a grip on each of the four little paws and pulled her hands far apart.
"Sqee!!" The small rodent squealed gleefully as she stretched it out between her arms, much like it was taffy being pulled.
"This has to rank up as one of the top ten most surrealistic times in my life..uhh.. Revert to your confined form?"
"Sqeee!"
"Could use a little help here hacki...Hacki?"
Hikari squeezed the hampster in one hand and peered into the alcohol cabinet, the small winged things was spayed out on it's legs, grinned and jabbered incoherently.
"Isch likes Is told yash... I told that tharsch queenn *hic* I tolds her.." *thudmp.*
Hikari sweatdropped, as did the hampster. "... I'll mix the jalapenos and garlic with the hair of a dog. You," Hikari pointed at the little ball of fur. "Stay put and out of trouble."
"Sqee." The hampster nodded sagely and curled into a ball.
(an hour and a sober juice later)
"Graaahh.." Hacki Sauku lolled on the floor in pain and agony.. "Graaahhh..."
"The mace will wear off soon and he'll be as sober as a preist on Sunday." Hikari told the hampster nonchalantly. "Until then, lets enjoy the show."
"Squuee!"
"You two are cruel..."
"Nope, just bored."
Hacki stared up at Hikari, somehow not suprised that she found him writhing on the floor amusing. "You were the sort of child who took to tearing the wings off of insects when you were younger weren't you?"
"Nope, I found it more interesting to throw the mice and rats that came in every winter into the fireplace."
At this Rubber uncurled itself and stared at Hikari as well. "Squeee?.."
"No i'm not going to do that with you.. GAh!"
Hacki raised a fuzzy eyebrow. "What?"
"I just replied to this hampster! I'm losing my mind."
"then you're not going to have much left when this is over."
Hacki flew back up to the spot where Rubber had gluttoned itself with crackers, barely even surprised. "You couldn't get this magic to revert could you?"
"Not like this gig came with an instruction booklet."
"Just tap with the staff and say Revert to your crystalline form."
Hikari twirled the staff on her fingers. "Great. mebbe Tomorrow morning I'll wake up and this will have all been a dream.."
"You're not paying attention are you, hikari?"
"Oh I heard everthing, just waiting for denial a memory coverup to kick in. Revert to your Crystaline form!" Hikari watched the small hampster sqeeeze and twist until there nothing left of it except for a white and gold stone no bigger than a quarter. "... And there's the kiss of death. Bye-bye social life...Hello nightmarish second job."
(End Chapter Three)
"Owwwwww...."
A muffled noise came from the ice cream box as Hacki stuffed his head, now with a nice collection of four lumps on it. "Again, with the OOoowwwww..." He moaned into the ice cream. "Why in the name of dear god Bridgidt do you hit people, Hikari?"
"Reflex action," She quipped back staring sulkily at him as only his tail and wingtips showed out of the box. "People mess with me and they get a few good lumps."
Hacki paused from complaining to raise his fuzzy head out of the box and stare at the multicolored girl. "..."
"You know," Hikari said, turning her head away and trying to look indignant, even though she kind of liked the way the staff felt in her hands now, like getting a sugar buzz without eating anyhting. "When I brought out that spoon I didn't relly mean for YOU to make me into some magic girl rip off. Aren't there other kids, younger ones who DON'T have college and a day job you could ahve given this to?"
"Not likely. You were the one who opened the trunk remember."
"Damn."
"Yes, that's one of the magics.. Oh wait, you weren't talking about THAT kind of dam."
It was Hikari's turn to stare at the little magic creature. She didn't not know why at the time, but he seemed a bit off his feed. "I think I like you better when you're drunk..."
She stood up from her kitchen stool and walked over to the coffee pot pouring a large cup for herself. .o0(Yes... Coffee, maybe that will wake me up from this little acid/heroin trip... Coffee is my friend....) Hikari didn't know if she was hallucinating from some bad woodstock stuff left in that trunk or if she just had studied too hard for that last final and had finally lost what was left of her mind. not like college students have a lot of mind to speak of..
She sighed again and decided to spoon in about 2 tablespoons of sugar into her coffee, before taking a big gulp of the mixture. "Soo... what exactly am I going to have to look for? Some big frilly rabbit with a pretty pink ribbon, face rabid armadillos? Or even better, listen to you blather on all day?"
"You're rather smart-arsed for a preteen." The flying hackey sack spoke sagely.
"Excuse me?! I'm 20 years old you little fluffy tennisball with wings!"
"You sure look underdeveloped.."
*SMACK!*
"Oww!"
"Keep it up with the under-developed remarks and I'll leave you a scar to remember me by."
Hikari pulled the winged thing up to her face. "Now then, the magics I have to get again?"
Hacki squirmed from her grasp and flew up to the upper cabinets, opening each until he found the alcohol. "Well, I can't remember them all at this moment but I can tell you they are probably still in this area.."
"Oh GOODY. Tell me that thing staff can at least do something." Hikari grumbled and leaned against the wall.
*scritch-scritch* A pair of beady eyes peeked out fo the shadows, it's tiny paws scrabbling on the kitchen tile. Hikariw as too busy paying attention to Hacki to notice it as it climbed it's way up to the cracker box on top of the fridge.
"Well there's the rubber magic... it's useful enough to help you capture, though I'm afraid it's a bit weak and cannot fight at all."
"Oh yay, what does that one look like?"
"Usually it's a small rodent, and it's a very friendly and loyal magic at that. I'm surprised we haven't seen it yet."
That was when Hikari noticed the nibbling sounds coming from on top of the fridge. She made a motion to shut up Hacki and motioned towards the noise, whispered, "We gots a visitor.."
Hacki flew over her head as she quietly climbed to the top of the fridge, weilding the staff. She tore the box away from the source of the noise, where two liquidy black eyes stared up at her her.
"Sqw33k?"
"GAH!!!! Rodent!"
Hikari slammed the staff down on the fat hamster who just sat on top of the fridge. Unfortunately things didn't stay that way as the staff bounced right back, and the little hampster began to ricochet around the kitchen slamming in cupboard doors.
"Shiiii-iiiiit!!!"
"Sq333333333333333333333333!!!!"
"Hey you found the rubber magic!!! I told you it was friendly!"
"... Oh go drink yer damn tequila." Hikari threw the flying beast into the alcohol cabinet and chased after the little bouncing ball of orange and white fur. "This is Juuust great... Here little squeakie..."
A blur shot by her face, "Sqw33333333k!" it called as it zipped past and bounced against the floor twice before it shot at her again.
Hikari froze and ducked, just in time to see if fly past her into the living room, her eyes grew wide. "Oh no... not Gram's china!"
She looked about frantically for something to bait it with. "Ooooh little squeakie.."
Hikari picked up the box of crackers and shook it a few times. The crashing noises stopped, then started again. she shook the box again, and a little face peeked out around the corner. "Squeee?"
"Yes, i'll give you a cracker..."
"SQEE!!!"
The hampster took a bounce and landed in the box and looked up at Hikari happily like nothing had gone wrong. "Squeee!!!!!!"
"This is god's way of saying.. Why YES Hikari.. I DO hate you... isn't it?"
She picked up the white and gold rodent by one litt paw and examined it. "I can guess why the call you rubber.. wonder what else I can do with you..." Hikari took a grip on each of the four little paws and pulled her hands far apart.
"Sqee!!" The small rodent squealed gleefully as she stretched it out between her arms, much like it was taffy being pulled.
"This has to rank up as one of the top ten most surrealistic times in my life..uhh.. Revert to your confined form?"
"Sqeee!"
"Could use a little help here hacki...Hacki?"
Hikari squeezed the hampster in one hand and peered into the alcohol cabinet, the small winged things was spayed out on it's legs, grinned and jabbered incoherently.
"Isch likes Is told yash... I told that tharsch queenn *hic* I tolds her.." *thudmp.*
Hikari sweatdropped, as did the hampster. "... I'll mix the jalapenos and garlic with the hair of a dog. You," Hikari pointed at the little ball of fur. "Stay put and out of trouble."
"Sqee." The hampster nodded sagely and curled into a ball.
(an hour and a sober juice later)
"Graaahh.." Hacki Sauku lolled on the floor in pain and agony.. "Graaahhh..."
"The mace will wear off soon and he'll be as sober as a preist on Sunday." Hikari told the hampster nonchalantly. "Until then, lets enjoy the show."
"Squuee!"
"You two are cruel..."
"Nope, just bored."
Hacki stared up at Hikari, somehow not suprised that she found him writhing on the floor amusing. "You were the sort of child who took to tearing the wings off of insects when you were younger weren't you?"
"Nope, I found it more interesting to throw the mice and rats that came in every winter into the fireplace."
At this Rubber uncurled itself and stared at Hikari as well. "Squeee?.."
"No i'm not going to do that with you.. GAh!"
Hacki raised a fuzzy eyebrow. "What?"
"I just replied to this hampster! I'm losing my mind."
"then you're not going to have much left when this is over."
Hacki flew back up to the spot where Rubber had gluttoned itself with crackers, barely even surprised. "You couldn't get this magic to revert could you?"
"Not like this gig came with an instruction booklet."
"Just tap with the staff and say Revert to your crystalline form."
Hikari twirled the staff on her fingers. "Great. mebbe Tomorrow morning I'll wake up and this will have all been a dream.."
"You're not paying attention are you, hikari?"
"Oh I heard everthing, just waiting for denial a memory coverup to kick in. Revert to your Crystaline form!" Hikari watched the small hampster sqeeeze and twist until there nothing left of it except for a white and gold stone no bigger than a quarter. "... And there's the kiss of death. Bye-bye social life...Hello nightmarish second job."
(End Chapter Three)