Tales of a Journey (Private!)

"Hello Monty, nice to see a familiar-" Riri stopped half-way through her sentence as the music started playing again. Riri whipped her head around scanning the area until she saw a glimpse of someone near the entrance of the Knowledge District playing a flute.

"Ummm, excuuuuse meee!!" Riri said as she swam through the crowds of people in the area to get to the person playing the flute, "Can you stop playing for a second?"

The person just looked down at Riri while he played knowing that the fox got his attention and asked again, "Can you pleeeease stop playing that?" He pulled the flute from his mouth before asking in a curious tone, "Why should I if no one can here it?" "Because I can, and it makes me weirrrdd!" Riri whined as she spun around in a circle before bowing before him just as he started to play the flute again.

Flute player: Commission: samusxsnake-love.. by *ChibiBakaNeko on deviantART

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"He's not really a HISTORY historian. He's more like a... person historian that records people's pasts and present," Lizabeth explained as the crowds around them started to slowly diminish as they walked down the street.

 

"This isn't funny!" Riri whined as she flapped her arms around as she walked in circles.

The flute player stopped playing for a second before laughing, "You haven't seem reached a level looking stupid yet. Better yet, you're not going to like this next trick." The flute player started again making the fox girl confused as she then pulled her dress up to show her leggings to whomever was nearby before she yanked them down and tossed her leggings into the crowd surrounding them.

"How could you?!" Riri barked as she was still under the flute player's control as she danced around before she came to a stop standing near him.

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"Well, I guess we can look somewhere else," Lizabeth sighed about to lead the two out of the dead end before something caught her eye. One of the shops at the end seemed to have a hole in the side of the building.
"I... kinda feel like we should go in there," Lizabeth said scratching her head as she beckoned to the building with a gaping hole in the side.

 

The flute player stopped letting Riri scramble behind Kinta in an effort to keep away from the player as he spoke, "Now dear boy, what do you have against a man who's doing nothing wrong but to find his dinner?"

"D-did you say dinner?" Riri squeaked in a scared way while the man flashed her a grin with his fangs barely showing, "I'm sorry but I haven't had anything to drink for a while now, I'm not usually this desperate for a meal." Riri eyed him as she came out from hiding behind Kinta as she glared at the man, "Who the hell are you?"
"My name's Dietrich Scarlett young miss," The man said as he bowed slightly while he tucked his flute away in his clothes.

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"Come on Neli, what could possibly go wrong? Also, we should make sure that Malisa is okay," Lizabeth said as she held onto the young robot's hand helping her through the hole of the building and making sure that Malisa doesn't fall off her back.

The inside of the building was well-kept, there was dozens and dozens of bookshelves lined up against the wall with a variety of colorful-spined books lying upon these shelves. There was a desk near the back wall and a door which could possibly lead to a back room. In the middle of the room was some very elegant yet new furniture lying out in the center.

 

Dietrich had a curious expression on his face as Kinta spoke. "You mean the clingy nutcase? Of course I know her, sadly enough," He grumbled a little making the fox girl perk her ears, "Sadly? Aren't you the one that proposed to her again though?"

"If you guys know her, you must be her grandchild's friends," Dietrich said as he glanced at the three of them before facepalming himself, "Then that means that I'm doomed if she already told you that I proposed to... Never mind me, you guys are looking for your friends right? How about I help you three out? It's the least I can do for trying to get some dinner off of your little fox friend here."

"Yes, that would be nice at the least," Riri said a little wearily of the man, but trusted him enough to the point that he's a relative of their blonde friend.

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"Well, I don't know, I'm going to go look around at the least," Lizabeth said as she pulled Malisa off of Neli's back and rested her on the couch. After doing her small gesture to the unconscious girl, she went to the door in the back of the store and opened it up. She stepped through the doorway before she felt something wrap around her ankle and pull her off her feet.

"WHOALY SHIT!!" Lizabeth screeched as she was hanging in the doorframe by a rope noose around her leg.

 

"Well, I have a sort-of world atlas that could probably track your friends down that way," Dietrich said as he thought of the possible places they could be hanging out at.

"That's better than nothing in finding them I suppose," Riri sighed as she climbed up Dietrich's shirt and sat on his shoulders making the man stumble a bit before he got his ground.
"Let's get to my place so I can pull this atlas up and you three can be on your way," He said as he walked down towards the Knowledge district while he was thinking of other things on his mind.

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"Hey, this isn't funny Ranma! I rather not be hung like a christmas dinner!" Lizabeth squeaked as she tried to pull her skirt up so it didn't hit her in the face, or let Ranma see her panties.
"Hey, did you hear something?" A voice echoed from inside the next room where Lizabeth was hanging in the doorway.
"It's probably just some mice or something." Another voice said as footsteps started to echo through the room as well.
"Ranma, Ranma! Cut me down right now, something's in here!" Lizabeth whimpered as she heard the footsteps getting closer, but to no avail of seeing who was in the room behind her.

 

"Oh, I just keep around here since it's the one place where everyone isn't afraid of vampires since everyone travels from all over to come here to live or trade," Dietrich explained while Riri was braiding his hair as she asks, "If that's true, then why else do you live here?"

"Oh! Well, you know... I just wanted to keep up with my writings with a friend of mine," Dietrich said blushing a little. "What type of stuff do you write?" Riri aked curiously making the vampire sweatdrop as as turned to the moogle trying to ignore Riri's question, "So, you do you think it's odd bumping into people you see in these types of places, or just 'cause maybe you were brought here for some strange reason?"

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"Not really," Lizabeth snapped as she tried to push herself off the ground as she heard someone standing behind her. "Hey guys!" A cheerful redhead said as she stood there with a book in her hand and a bloody tissue to her nose.

"SCARLETT!" Lizabeth said in an aggitated tone making her back up a little before Scarlett waved to Ranma, "Sup Dude."

"What is it Scarlett?" The other voice called in the other room Scarlett was in. Scarlett turned her head down to the hallway and shouted, "Just my friends! Come out & say hi!"

 

"Uh, sure why not," Dietrich said having not the slightest clue on what brought down Kinta's before before he glanced at the moogle, "Oh come on now, there's probably something you believe in!"

"Not to put a nail through your heart here, but our little circle of friends have beliefs that we rather know about, talk about, or need to act out upon," Riri stated as she tied up the ends of the braid in the vampire's hair.

"You're more of an interesting group than a bunch of local psychopaths, so I don't mind what you all think," The vampire retorted as he passed by the local stands & crowds.

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"To put things lightly, I don't know why there is a trap there specifically. Also, I didn't leave Neli behind, I lost her!" Scarlett said helping the heartless blonde off the floor while the blonde looked at Neli curiously, "I'm more afraid on why Neli is acting rather odd lately."

"Odd, like how?" A redhead boy popped out from behind Scarlett in the doorway making Lizabeth shout, "THE GINGERS ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!"

"Now that's plain rude of you miss. Even though you dress in such a diligent manner, you still act like one of the drunks down at the pub," The boy scowled at the blonde as he pointed his finger at her before shaking his head, "Now you're making me act rude out of turn. Anyways, where did my manners go, My name is Florence." "Florence? Isn't that a girl's name, and what the hell are you wearing?" Lizabeth said as the boy looked over at Ranma and smiled slightly, "It's a long story, but before that-"

"Who would you happen to be?" Florence said as he walked over to the brunette with a grin on his face before Scarlett shook her head, "If you're looking for a name and preference, he's not gay Florence."

Florence: Casper_Magica by *ouija-b on deviantART

 

"That's a weird thing to say Kinta," Riri said glancing down at the silver-haired boy from where she was sitting before Dietrich looked at him in a curious manner, "That is an odd thing for you to say, but I'm not one to judge!"

"You really look at things at an easy-going manner don't you?" Riri asked while Dietrich nodded in a proud way, "I'm trying to relax and not stress out these days. I think it makes me lose hair sometimes."

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"You might look like a dollface, but you don't seem my type," Florence remarked as he went around the man to get to Neli, squealing before hugging her like a teddy bear.

"Florence is picky when it comes to men, strangely enough," Scarlett commented while Lizabeth snatched the book from the redhead's hands and opened it up, "What's this?"

"No, don't-" Lizabeth shot a nosebleed before Scarlett finished her warning, making her give the book back to the girl and went to sit down on the couch.

 

"If vampires do something that messes with their health, it can mess them up in some serious ways," Dietrich explained as he stopped in front of a building with a hole in the side of building.

"This the place? And what's with the hole?" Riri asked as the vampire put her down on the ground, "I've been meaning to fix that since Xenlo threw me out of the wall last week."
Dietrich made his way towards the hole as he shouted, "I'm back!"

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"Yeah, a porno on you and Riri," Scarlett snickered while Lizabeth shuddered, "I can't unsee the writings!"

"But you're soo cute!" Florence whined before he heard someone saying "I'm back!" "Hey, it's Die! Oh, wait a minute-" The redheaded boy turned and ran across the room towards Scarlett trying to grab the porno from her, "Put that away or I'll be in trouble!"

 

"Today? Are you sure that you're feeling well Neli?" Riri trotted over to the robot girl putting her hand on her forehead, knowing that this wasn't going to help at all before he ruffled her hair, "Are you certain you're not feeling weird at all?"

"Because I'm screwed since I keep changing the names in the books!" Florence whined as he clearly didn't notice that Dietrich was in the room before the vampire went over to the bickering redheads and snatched the book from them, "If I many steal this for a second."

Florence backed away while Dietrich opened the book and flipped through the pages. "Ah, you and your penmanship forgery Florence. I knew I wasn't going crazy by writing these idiots' names in my book," The vampire sighed in a state of relief before Florence sweatdropped.

"Who's names and what are we talking about?" Riri asked as she clung onto Dietrich's arm like a cat. "Take a look," Dietrich said as he handed the fox the book before going to one of the bookshelves looking through his books.

The fox opened up to a folded section of the book and had a nosebleed herself. "Are you al'right Riri?" Lizabeth asked as she got up to her feet a little surprised before Riri shut the book before looking up at everyone with a cracked smile on her face, "Why the hell am I the hot female teacher seducin' Ranma in this?" "If you have anyone to blame, I blame myself and this man here!" Florence said as he gestured over towards Dietrich's direction.