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PROLOGUE
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Lord Cynic: "Zzz... zzz... zzz... behold! My power!"
Mini Isaac: (sweatdropping) "What's he doing?"
Mini Garet: "Listen..."
Lord Cynic: "I am the mighty Lord Cynic! Hear my belch! BBBBUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPP!!!!"
Mini's: "WHOOOAAA!!!"
Lord Cynic: "Zzz..." *Wakes up.* "That was good..." *Looks around to find the Mini's hanging from an outside tree.* "What're you doing out there?"
Mini Jenna: "Wouldn't you like to know?!"
Lord Cynic: "No, I mean, the window's closed. *Points.*
Mini's: OO;;;;
KEY:
"..." - Normal speech
'...' - Private thoughts
(...) - Normal comments
{...} - Author comments
********** - Flashback
@@@@@ - End of scene
^^^^^^ - Later
~ - The next day
& - Author's pause
+ - Dream sequence
? - Story intervention
Cynic Productions presents...
THE SECRET LIFE OF ADEPTS!
Episode 3: The Mercury Matchmaker!
Chapter 1: Blissful wedding arrangements (Cough)
"C'mon, Ivan! We have to make it through this wind!"
"I don't think I can make it! Go on without me!"
Isaac and Ivan struggled to fight their way through a massive gust. Ivan's hair was plastered over his face, and Isaac was having difficulty keeping his feet on the ground.
Eventually, they were both lifted off their feet, and slammed against a wall. They were soon joined by Garet and Felix, who flattened the 17-year old and 15-year old Adepts. As soon as Garet and Felix collapsed onto the floor, Isaac and Ivan could peel themselves off the floor, and they drifted onto the floor, as flat as pancakes.
Soon, they were joined by a furious Jenna, who was stomping out like an enraged (or demented) T-Rex, a smug Sheba, who wore a sly smirk on her face, and a timid Mia, who was creeping into the room like a timid mouse. Both Jenna and Mia were red in the face: Jenna with anger, Mia with embarrassment. Mia looked at the crumpled Isaac, and after receiving a friendly grin from him the crimson tint on his cheeks grew brighter.
"I'd hate to break up your special moment," Ivan interrupted, "but the dragon is about to explode."
He was referring of course to Jenna, who was towering over Garet. She had a blazing fire in her eyes, and looked set to singe Garet to a crisp.
"Do you think it's funny," she shrieked, "to try and trick me with a stupid prank like trying to read my mind?!"
Felix sniggered in the corner, but his face dropped when Jenna rounded on him, brandishing a handful of notes.
"These are yours, I presume?" she hissed. "I know your handwriting anywhere." She threw the notes at Felix, who flinched slightly.
"Come on," Garet said slowly, getting up. Ivan and Felix followed suit, but Isaac was still staring at Mia, who was returning his stares with shared interest.
"C'mon, Lover Boy," Felix sighed, grabbing Isaac by the collar and dragging him out of the house. Isaac managed to wink at Mia before his head disappeared out the door, and she blushed again.
Jenna didn't take the situation so lightly.
"Let's go," she said, turning towards the door. Sheba and Mia followed, Sheba with a wide smirk on her face, Mia with her head to the sky in thought.
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"I can't believe we got out alive," Ivan said, breathing a sigh of relief. Garet and Felix nodded in agreement, both also grateful that Jenna hadn't fried them into kebabs {"Hmm... kebabs... no, I'm not going there."}.
Isaac wasn't paying attention, because he was plucking petals off a rose.
"She loves me... she loves me not... she loves me... she loves me not... she loves me..." He stopped, looking at the remaining petal. Then he grinned and pulled off half a petal.
"She loves me not... she loves me!" He pulled off the second half of the petal with a wide grin on his face.
"She loves me, she loves me! Oh yeah, she loves me!"
"Oh, for Mars' sake!" Garet said finally. "Why don't you just marry the girl?!"
"Bad choice of words, mate," Felix said grinning, tapping Garet on the shoulder and pointing to Isaac.
Garet and Ivan nearly puked as they caught sight of Isaac's face. His eyes had turned into love hearts, and he was wearing a Yoshi smile.
"Fantastic idea, ol' buddy," he said. "I'm gonna go find her and ask - hey! What's the big idea, Felix?"
"Not so fast," he replied. He motioned Garet and Ivan to continue without him and Isaac and they willingly obliged, shaking their heads.
"Hey, what -" Isaac started again, but Felix put up a hand to stop him.
"Relax, little man. (Isaac frowned.) I'm just gonna pass an idea by you."
"I'm listening..."
"If Mia accepts your proposal, why not make it a double wedding?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean," Felix said slowly, "why not join up two Mars Adepts at the same time?"
Isaac thought for a moment.
"Saturos and Menardi?"
Felix fell down in stupidity.
"They're dead, remember?"
"Oh yeah..." Isaac thought again. "Agatio and Karst?"
"No!" Felix looked set to strangle Isaac, but he stopped and just ran his fingers through his hair. "No... not them."
"Ohhhh... Garet and Jenna!"
"Yes, yes, exactly!"
"So... now how would I go about doing this?"
"Simple, ask the love expert."
"Who?"
"Your girlfriend."
"Who?"
"... the 17-year old Mercury Adept with blue hair."
"Who?"
"..." Felix's fists clenched but he made no attempt to attack Isaac. "The girl you want to MARRY."
"Ohh... Mia!"
"Yes!" Felix said, and the fist clenching ceased.
"Well, what are we waiting for?"
"Let Time take its course," Felix said semi-patiently, and Isaac nodded. "C'mon, let's catch up to the other two."
Isaac nodded again and they started to hurry after Garet and Ivan. But as they ran, Isaac wondered why Felix was being so nice, and what dark secrets he was hiding.
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Isaac and Felix finally caught to Garet and Ivan at the market. They were idly exploring the various stores with no real interest.
"Huff... puff... we... finally found you..." Isaac breathed. Garet smirked. "Huff... what?"
"Oh, we're just picking out a wedding present," Garet replied, and Ivan grinned.
"What did you have in mind?"
This caught Garet off-guard and he stopped momentarily, obviously unnerved by Isaac's unceasing cheerful behaviour.
"What did you say to him?" he asked Felix.
"Oh, just giving him encouragement," he said, smirking. Garet looked at him strangely, wondering what Felix was up to.
"Wow..." Isaac said, staring at a necklace display. Garet, Ivan and Felix walked over to the display to see what he was getting excited about. Garet looked at the price-tag, and he almost fell over.
"10,000! How would you expect to pay for this?!"
"Oh, you'd be surprised," Isaac said, whipping out his wallet and showing his wads of cash. Garet's eyes bulged.
"How did -" he began, but Isaac put up a hand to stop him.
"Garet, Garet, Garet, my misguided friend," he said calmly, making Garet frown. "If I told you, everyone else would have the money, and I'd be left with squat."
"Er..."
"My good man," Isaac said to the man behind the counter, "I'll take that fantastic necklace. Oh, and the beautiful ring on the stand behind you."
The man's eyes twinkled, and he fetched the ring behind him as Isaac counted his money.
"For you, my big spending friend," the man said, "both will be half price. So, that comes to 7500 gold pieces."
"Excellent," Isaac said with a smile. They exchanged money and purchases, and Isaac's eyes glistened.
"Mia will be thrilled," he said in a dreamy voice.
Garet's eyes remained bulged, but he couldn't open his mouth to speak.
"What's going on here?" Ivan asked, knowing Garet would've said the same thing.
Lord Cynic: "Relatively short, I know. Don't worry, hopefully the next chapter will be longer."
Chapter 2 - Mia & Isaac: Vale's Cupids
PROLOGUE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lord Cynic: "Zzz... zzz... zzz... behold! My power!"
Mini Isaac: (sweatdropping) "What's he doing?"
Mini Garet: "Listen..."
Lord Cynic: "I am the mighty Lord Cynic! Hear my belch! BBBBUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPP!!!!"
Mini's: "WHOOOAAA!!!"
Lord Cynic: "Zzz..." *Wakes up.* "That was good..." *Looks around to find the Mini's hanging from an outside tree.* "What're you doing out there?"
Mini Jenna: "Wouldn't you like to know?!"
Lord Cynic: "No, I mean, the window's closed. *Points.*
Mini's: OO;;;;
KEY:
"..." - Normal speech
'...' - Private thoughts
(...) - Normal comments
{...} - Author comments
********** - Flashback
@@@@@ - End of scene
^^^^^^ - Later
~ - The next day
& - Author's pause
+ - Dream sequence
? - Story intervention
Cynic Productions presents...
THE SECRET LIFE OF ADEPTS!
Episode 3: The Mercury Matchmaker!
Chapter 1: Blissful wedding arrangements (Cough)
"C'mon, Ivan! We have to make it through this wind!"
"I don't think I can make it! Go on without me!"
Isaac and Ivan struggled to fight their way through a massive gust. Ivan's hair was plastered over his face, and Isaac was having difficulty keeping his feet on the ground.
Eventually, they were both lifted off their feet, and slammed against a wall. They were soon joined by Garet and Felix, who flattened the 17-year old and 15-year old Adepts. As soon as Garet and Felix collapsed onto the floor, Isaac and Ivan could peel themselves off the floor, and they drifted onto the floor, as flat as pancakes.
Soon, they were joined by a furious Jenna, who was stomping out like an enraged (or demented) T-Rex, a smug Sheba, who wore a sly smirk on her face, and a timid Mia, who was creeping into the room like a timid mouse. Both Jenna and Mia were red in the face: Jenna with anger, Mia with embarrassment. Mia looked at the crumpled Isaac, and after receiving a friendly grin from him the crimson tint on his cheeks grew brighter.
"I'd hate to break up your special moment," Ivan interrupted, "but the dragon is about to explode."
He was referring of course to Jenna, who was towering over Garet. She had a blazing fire in her eyes, and looked set to singe Garet to a crisp.
"Do you think it's funny," she shrieked, "to try and trick me with a stupid prank like trying to read my mind?!"
Felix sniggered in the corner, but his face dropped when Jenna rounded on him, brandishing a handful of notes.
"These are yours, I presume?" she hissed. "I know your handwriting anywhere." She threw the notes at Felix, who flinched slightly.
"Come on," Garet said slowly, getting up. Ivan and Felix followed suit, but Isaac was still staring at Mia, who was returning his stares with shared interest.
"C'mon, Lover Boy," Felix sighed, grabbing Isaac by the collar and dragging him out of the house. Isaac managed to wink at Mia before his head disappeared out the door, and she blushed again.
Jenna didn't take the situation so lightly.
"Let's go," she said, turning towards the door. Sheba and Mia followed, Sheba with a wide smirk on her face, Mia with her head to the sky in thought.
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"I can't believe we got out alive," Ivan said, breathing a sigh of relief. Garet and Felix nodded in agreement, both also grateful that Jenna hadn't fried them into kebabs {"Hmm... kebabs... no, I'm not going there."}.
Isaac wasn't paying attention, because he was plucking petals off a rose.
"She loves me... she loves me not... she loves me... she loves me not... she loves me..." He stopped, looking at the remaining petal. Then he grinned and pulled off half a petal.
"She loves me not... she loves me!" He pulled off the second half of the petal with a wide grin on his face.
"She loves me, she loves me! Oh yeah, she loves me!"
"Oh, for Mars' sake!" Garet said finally. "Why don't you just marry the girl?!"
"Bad choice of words, mate," Felix said grinning, tapping Garet on the shoulder and pointing to Isaac.
Garet and Ivan nearly puked as they caught sight of Isaac's face. His eyes had turned into love hearts, and he was wearing a Yoshi smile.
"Fantastic idea, ol' buddy," he said. "I'm gonna go find her and ask - hey! What's the big idea, Felix?"
"Not so fast," he replied. He motioned Garet and Ivan to continue without him and Isaac and they willingly obliged, shaking their heads.
"Hey, what -" Isaac started again, but Felix put up a hand to stop him.
"Relax, little man. (Isaac frowned.) I'm just gonna pass an idea by you."
"I'm listening..."
"If Mia accepts your proposal, why not make it a double wedding?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean," Felix said slowly, "why not join up two Mars Adepts at the same time?"
Isaac thought for a moment.
"Saturos and Menardi?"
Felix fell down in stupidity.
"They're dead, remember?"
"Oh yeah..." Isaac thought again. "Agatio and Karst?"
"No!" Felix looked set to strangle Isaac, but he stopped and just ran his fingers through his hair. "No... not them."
"Ohhhh... Garet and Jenna!"
"Yes, yes, exactly!"
"So... now how would I go about doing this?"
"Simple, ask the love expert."
"Who?"
"Your girlfriend."
"Who?"
"... the 17-year old Mercury Adept with blue hair."
"Who?"
"..." Felix's fists clenched but he made no attempt to attack Isaac. "The girl you want to MARRY."
"Ohh... Mia!"
"Yes!" Felix said, and the fist clenching ceased.
"Well, what are we waiting for?"
"Let Time take its course," Felix said semi-patiently, and Isaac nodded. "C'mon, let's catch up to the other two."
Isaac nodded again and they started to hurry after Garet and Ivan. But as they ran, Isaac wondered why Felix was being so nice, and what dark secrets he was hiding.
^
Isaac and Felix finally caught to Garet and Ivan at the market. They were idly exploring the various stores with no real interest.
"Huff... puff... we... finally found you..." Isaac breathed. Garet smirked. "Huff... what?"
"Oh, we're just picking out a wedding present," Garet replied, and Ivan grinned.
"What did you have in mind?"
This caught Garet off-guard and he stopped momentarily, obviously unnerved by Isaac's unceasing cheerful behaviour.
"What did you say to him?" he asked Felix.
"Oh, just giving him encouragement," he said, smirking. Garet looked at him strangely, wondering what Felix was up to.
"Wow..." Isaac said, staring at a necklace display. Garet, Ivan and Felix walked over to the display to see what he was getting excited about. Garet looked at the price-tag, and he almost fell over.
"10,000! How would you expect to pay for this?!"
"Oh, you'd be surprised," Isaac said, whipping out his wallet and showing his wads of cash. Garet's eyes bulged.
"How did -" he began, but Isaac put up a hand to stop him.
"Garet, Garet, Garet, my misguided friend," he said calmly, making Garet frown. "If I told you, everyone else would have the money, and I'd be left with squat."
"Er..."
"My good man," Isaac said to the man behind the counter, "I'll take that fantastic necklace. Oh, and the beautiful ring on the stand behind you."
The man's eyes twinkled, and he fetched the ring behind him as Isaac counted his money.
"For you, my big spending friend," the man said, "both will be half price. So, that comes to 7500 gold pieces."
"Excellent," Isaac said with a smile. They exchanged money and purchases, and Isaac's eyes glistened.
"Mia will be thrilled," he said in a dreamy voice.
Garet's eyes remained bulged, but he couldn't open his mouth to speak.
"What's going on here?" Ivan asked, knowing Garet would've said the same thing.
Lord Cynic: "Relatively short, I know. Don't worry, hopefully the next chapter will be longer."
Chapter 2 - Mia & Isaac: Vale's Cupids