Samantha sort of wished she was back in bed, curled up between the warm blankets as she enjoyed a nice game of Kaiju Battle and smacking people around with a giant angel. Diana wasn't having any of that, though, and forcibly dragged her out of bed. Sammy was glad for it, though, as she could finally see the tall buildings and colorful houses that made up Augusta, taking in the bright sun on her fair skin and the sounds of kids squirting each other happily with water guns. The warm weather gave her a chance to wear her rose shirt and some shorts, too!
As the duo were walking, Sammy turned to Diana and asked, "So, where are we going, anyway? School doesn't start until September, doesn't it?"
"Who said we're going to school?" Diana huffed. "No, we're going to find out about this big monster outside of the city limits!"
"Isn't that..dangerous?"
"Dangerous if you don't have a guide. The fey don't really bug us much. But really, listen! I heard that it was like a giant, blue, pink polka-dotted snake with stupidly pink petals around its three heads! It can spit out acid and use their petals as buzzsaws, and they even have long, sharp teeth! I wanna find out more about it from one of the local psychic hangouts- Oh, here we are!"
Diana stopped in front of a small corner shop, pulling Sammy to her side. Sammy looked up at the sign above. "Nature's Cafe," she read aloud. "Is this really a hangout?"
Her friend didn't reply. She only took her in with a playful grin playing about her lips.
When she stepped in, it was hard to take in everything at once. Sammy could hear a coffee grinder crushing coffee beans into what she always thought was coffee dust. She could smell the coffee brewing, see the coffee be poured into a happy customer's cup. That wasn't all, though: all the decor was all the shades of brown you could imagine, with plenty of plants and flowers to complement. There were even a couple of paintings of people picking coffee beans from coffee plants in the field.
The only thing that managed to snap Sammy of her facsination about everything in the shop was a quiet, "May I help you, ladies?" She turned towards the source and found the barista, cleaning up the machines and glancing over at the duo with curiousity sparkling in his brown eyes.
"Carlos, dear!" Diana replied, making dramatic, sweeping motions towards the counter, as if she were a ballerina on stage. "Please, please bless us with coffee, so we may stay awake!"
Carlos narrowed his eyes. "You say that every time you want more than just coffee, Diana."
"I do?"
"Yes, you do. Who's your friend there?"
Sammy froze. Wait, he was asking about her? What about her? "Well, uh, I'm Samantha Goddard," she said meekly, avoiding eye contact.
"Not the talkative type?" Carlos asked, giving her a worried look.
"No, not really.. Sorry." Sammy thought hard as to what she could do to avoid talking about herself, then pulled out her Game Girl Advance and started playing Last Legend V.
The barista watched her carefully for a little bit before starting to pour Diana a cup of coffee. "So, what did you come here for, Diana?"
Diana fluttered her eyelashes and smirked. "I came here to know about that three headed Kraken the psychics are all abuzz about. You know the one, don't you?"
A sigh slipped through Carlos's lips. "You, too? That's the fifth time this week. I know about it, enough to say that it's stupid for you to even try to see it. Its strong enough to crush a man's bones, and hungry enough to tear a man to pieces."
"But its all pastel colored, it can't be that threatening!"
"That's how it decives people. It looks so stupid, it can't be a threat! Then it gobbles the naive people up before sinking to the bottom of the Feywild Lake. No, wait, better way to explain it: The fey look cute and cuddly, but then you realize that they're responsible for half the deaths of anybody without enough brain cells to run the hell away when they're up to no good. Even Siren nearly killed me, and would have done so completely on accident if I didn't have good earplugs on!"
Diana puffed her cheeks up in indignance. "Well, I just want to show my new roomie the sights and sounds of the Feywild, and what better way to do it than to show her-"
"-a goddamn monster that will shorten her lifespan within a matter of seconds," Carlos snipped back. Sammy could have sworn that the coffee cup he poured the dark brew in floated into Diana's hands, albeit a bit shakily. "You're better off introducing her to the locals."
Samantha tried hard to focus more on her game the more intense the argument got. She was so close to getting to the Wavey Crystal with her team of Yellow Mages when Carlos stared at her again. When she started feeling uncomfortable, she asked, "What do you want?"
She didn't expect him to say, "How far in the game are you? I'm actually at the Blaze Crystal, fighting off ther Fiery Giant."
"What team are you using?" Sammy asked, a surge of excitement running through every inch of her body. "I'm doing something nuts and using all Yellow Mages!"
"Huh. I'm guessing you beat the Last Legend all Yellow Mage challenge? Mine is just a Monk, a Knight, a Yellow Mage, and a Blue mage. Do you need any help?"
"No, but thanks! Seriously, though, this team is weak as all hell, but just you wait! They're gonna be spammin holy spells like there's no tomorrow! Boom boom, mothafucka! Messed with the wrong mages today! Even ol' granddady mage gonna beat yo ass!"
Sammy had to be careful not to bounce off the walls, giddy as could be. Another Last Legend lover, at last! Was it destiny? Was it fate? Wait, there wasn't a difference, was there? "What other games you play, broseph?" she asked, knocking Diana out of the way as she zipped to the counter. "Come on, help a sistah out!"
Carlos smiled back at her before closing his eyes and holding his chin in his hand. "Lets see... Sarah Sisters, StarBound, Half-Death, Gang Castle-"
The chubby girl couldn't help but squeal, hands sparking in glee. "GANG CASTLE'S MY FAVE, DUDE! WHO YOU PLAY AS?"
"Speedster, clearly. Nothing more satisfying than bonking someone on the head with a frying pan!"
"Pleaase. Healster's the best if you make him right. Needle surprise, bitches!"
Diana tapped Sammy gently on the shoulder, although she didn't make eye contact with her. "Lets not get carried away here, Sammy. We should get going." Without letting Sammy get in a word of protest, she dragged her out of the coffee shop.
Before she was completely out the door, though, Sammy said, "I'LL SEE YOU LATER, CARLOS!"
When the door shut, she couldn't even hear what Carlos was saying to her.
"Trust me, Sammy... We'll be seeing each other sooner than you think."
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