Fate is an unstoppable force, it is a string that guides us to our true purpose, no matter what you do, it all ends the same
"where am I.."
The sounds of a crying woman echoes throughout the empty void, following the voice, she sees a silhouette of a woman, on her knees crying, holding a soul
"excuse me? uhm.. are yo-" before she could finish, the silhouette turns to look at her and lets out a deafening scream
Fearful, she runs away but the ground below her suddenly disappears as she falls, before hearing a voice whisper "..tell me, what is your purpose.."
She slowly opens her eyes only to be greeted by a blinding light seeping through the leaves of a tree, as she gets up she looks around
"where am I..?" feeling the ground around her, she gets a sense of nostalgia "this place.. feels familiar"
Over at the distance she sees a small village, before she could get up, she feels something wet on her hand, Her head snapped to the side as she sees a slime slowly making its way over her hand
"AAAHH WHAT THE HELL IS THAT-"
"oh that? its a slime"
She turns around only to find herself face to face with a young woman with pointed ears, An elf with Jade eyes the color matching her pointed hat along with her outfit
"Haii~~" The elf happily greeted the stranger
Startled, she jumps back, quickly losing her balance and tumbling down the hill
"Oh! uhhh, wait" using her staff, the elf smacks the slime
"Shoo, shoo! Go bother someone else!" as the slimes bounces away in fear
she quickly makes her way down to help the stranger, she points her staff at her
"I'm really sorry for scaring you, my names Jade" she gives her a soft smile, the end of her staff starts glowing
"W-WAIT!" she braces for the attack but realizes her minor bruises slowly fades away
"huh? oh, hahaha! why in the world would you think I'd attack you?" Jade puts out her hand
"oh.. sorry.." she grabs her hand as Jade helps her get up
"soo... name?" while dusting off the stranger
"oh, uhm.. Konnie"
Jade looks at Konnie with her eyes slightly widened "oh? Konnie? thats a nice name, so.. what brings you here?"
"I.. dont know, I dont even know how I got here, I just woke up under that tree"
"huh.. now that I think about it, How did you get here? usually people go through the lost woods and I get notified of their arrival, but you... I didnt even know you were here"
"wait, then how did you find me?" she looks at Jade with a slight confusion
"oh, I was behind the tree picking up slime residue for Red" she shows Konnie multiple jars of different colored slime
"Red..?" looking at Jade with even more confusion
Jade chuckles "just follow me"
not really having a choice, Konnie figured out that its probably best to follow this complete stranger that she just met
upon arriving to the village, everyone greets Jade, and with all this attention Jade's getting, Konnie moves closer to Jade, trying not to stick out as much, Jade looks beside her
"hey uhh.. are you okay?"
"not sure-"
Jade figures out that Konnie might not be a social person, so she decides to walk a bit faster so they can get to Red's shop
upon arriving to Red's shop, Konnie notices alot of fabric floating around, with needles moving on their own, stitching clothing
Jade suddenly shouts "REEED! I've got the slime you ordered"
Konnie flinches a bit and hears another voice from upstairs
"Coming!" a woman wearing circular glasses with scarlet colored ponytail hurries down stairs
"thank you so much! for delivering these, I wasnt expecting th-" she notices Konnie looking at the floating fabrics in awe
she leans over the counter "oh? and who are you?"
"her name's Konnie, she's the new girl" Jade pats Konnie's head, messing her hair a bit
Red laughs and fixes Konnie's hair "helloo, names Red, if you need any clothing fixed, or made, I'll be here day and night"
"so anyways, uhm, I was wondering if she and I could-"
Red instantly cuts Jade off "no, you cant sleep in my place"
"eh? why not? my house isnt fixed till next week"
Red looks at Jade with her eye brow raised and with a slight sarcastic tone "and why do you think it got destroyed?"
"pfft, who knows-" Jade looks away slightly embarrassed
"sigh.. why me specifically? why can you ask Camie?"
Jade leans over the counter and whispers "I mean.. your place is a lot better, plus you have an extra room right..?"
"you know those rooms are for Touma and Akane"
Jade begs and grabs Red's hand "PLEAAAAASEEEEE LET US STAAAY"
Konnie quickly turns and looks at Jade surprised and a bit embarrassed
While Jade loudly begs, Red looks at Konnie and thinks about it for a minute, and hesitantly agrees "FINE! just dont break anything!"
Jade pulls her head up with tears and snot "really?"
a floating towel cleans up the tears on the counter "for ONE night"
"make it two"
"dont push it" Red looks at Jade with an annoyed look, "okay" Jade smiling at Red
A few awkward moments pass, with Red still being a bit unsure of her decision, she notices Konnie looking around, at the same time she notices Konnie's clothing, looking a bit rough and torn
"sigh.. I'm gonna regret this" Red mumbles under her breath
"fine, I'll let you two stay for two days or more, IF you let me make Konnie an outfit"
and without hesitation, Jade happily nods "DEAL!"
"Great.. Now go out and find another set of purple slime while I take Konnie's measurements," Red orders, waving Jade toward the door, leaving the shop and Konnie inside
Red sighs and grabs at her cluttered workspace. "So, where are you from?" she asks while rummaging through drawers
"hm? oh, uhh.. I'm not really sure-"
Red stops a bit and asks "you... dont remember?" she asks softly, peeking up at Konnie.
"I.. don't really remember, all I remember is I had this dream where I-"
Konnie's voice trails off, unable to piece it together as the conversation cuts short a few silent seconds pass by
"ah- found it!" Red's voice cuts through the quiet atmosphere as she lifts the measuring tape from behind a table
She stretches it between her hands, snapping it lightly "now lets get to work"
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