Fandom Monster Musume Nextgen: Growing Pains

[Orange Soba]

Asuko straightened her uniform collar for the fifth time that morning as she took a deep breath and looked at herself in the mirror. It was her first time wearing a proper school uniform, tailored to suit a lamia, so she was naturally a little nervous. She took a couple of deep breaths and cleared her throat. It was the first day of classes at the Memorial Okayado Academy for Mixed Species, a brand new school constructed with the explicit  purpose of educating human and extra species together under the same roof. It was an unheard of social experiment, but a necessary one. Since the days of the 'cultural exchange' were over and extra species were being allowed to live in human culture without the need for host families, the younger generation of extra species, if they were to fit in, would all have to be educated the same as human children. While extra species were initially greeted with curiosity and fascinated acceptance, it wasn't long before the reality of having to accommodate such diverse needs began to set in. Tax dollars were funneled into refitting buildings to be extra-species friendly. Politicians and lawyers were busy updating policies and procedures to include extra-species. Building codes had to be updated and refined. Extra species represented an enormous and costly challenge, so Asuko was quite justified in feeling more than a little nervous. She had to make the best of this opportunity, or humans would just come to distrust extra species even more.


She opened the door to her room and straightened back her hair, fixing it in place with a headband. It was against school dress code to wear excessive jewelry, but thankfully, her lamia 'snake eye' hair clips were permitted as they were a cultural accessory. She slithered out to the hallway, holding her bag, just about to head downstairs when she realized that she wasn't wearing her glasses. Yep. Pretty nervous. 


(Leaving Asuko's post pretty open-ended in case one of our players does want to stick to the idea of playing her brother. Feel free to make establishing posts of your own and we'll hurry things along to meeting at the school.)

 

[Nextdoor]

"Hello?"


"...Hello?!"


"Erebus, is that you?"


"Y-yes, grandpa." Erebus help the phone with his shaky and sweaty hand tight. The boy curled up his body a little bit more while he laid his body against a dirty wall in a deserted alleyway.


"Granpa...I..." Erebus tried to speak, but the words were stuck in his throat. He could already hear his heart drumming in his ears.


"Erebus, I though we had already come to a decision on this one......" The voice in the phone already knew what is on his mind and cut in.


"Erebus...Listen, you...are you...and you have to live like a normal person too. You can't just escape and shut yourself in from the outside world forever more..."


There was a moment of silence as Erebus listened to the familiar voice in the phone, repeating the things he had said to him for the thousandth time like a broken record.


"I want you to learn to blend in with humans and your kind too, and open yourself to the world out there..."


"Erebus, please. Do this for me."


"I...understand, ganndpa...I-I will go......" Erebus somehow already know how this will turn out at the end, now that he actually felt that his attempt in trying to convince his grandpa to let him stay at home stupid.


The boy slowly lifted the phone away from his ears, and signed deeply. 


The boys gazed up to the sky, he couldn't help feeling lonely and helpless for he was heading to the "battlefield"- Memorial Okayado Academy , all alone.


"W-what if...it happens again......" The boy mumbled to himself.


"It would be...alright...right?" The boy did some self-consolation as he adjusted his sunglasses and his gloves for a little. The boy slowly stood up and dusted off, pulling the black hood over his head as he reluctantly walked away slowly and headed to the school with heavy footsteps.


As he walked, something blocking the way in the middle of the alleyway caught his attention, as he walked towards it and kneeled down beside the object and inspect it...


It was a dead black cat.


"Good sign huh? Haiz......" The boy gave sighed deeply again and carefully picked up the lifeless body of the black cat. The body is still warm, it may be freshly dead.


"Will things...really be, okay?" The boys looked at the dead black cat, deep in thought.


"I am sorry, poor little thing...I really am..." 


"Let's find you a beautiful and serene place to sleep, shall we?" The boy carried the black cat's body while he tried to turn back and walked away.


A sudden vibration from his phone soon stop him, it was a message. He took out his phone and checked.


[Don't be late for the first day of school. Be strong! Love you! From:Grandpa]


"M-Maybe after school......" Erebus frowned as he read through the message.


"I promise..." He hid the cat's corpse in his hoodie as he turned to head to the school again.

 

[Orange Soba]

Before Erebus could make a proper decision, his phone rang again. On the call display, a number he had come to know. It was from MON. 


"Hey kiddo, don't move from where you're at, okay? I'm comin' to get ya! Yer family asked me to make sure you were actually GOING to school." came a familiar voice on the other end. It was of a well-known, long-time MON operative, and just about the only person he knew that wasn't afraid of him, Agent Zombina. When Erebus' species was discovered, it took a very long time for even first contact to be established; in fact, it was MON that gave humanity its first glimpse of the basilisk species, and Zombina, who naturally as a zombie was immune, was the mediator. Other undead types were called in to become basilisk social workers, but Zombina took a special interest in Erebus. 


"I've got some stuff you've gotta put on for today, the how's and why's and all that boring crap. Short story is, the bigwigs won't let you come to school without some insurances, and this stuff is pretty cutting edge. Hopefully it won't be too uncomfortable for you. You gonna be good and wait for me this time?" she asked.

 

[Nextdoor]

Ah...of course, grandpa......


What a pain in the ass......


Erebus eyes darted around as he listened to the voice in the phone intently, he phased out for a bit for the sudden "order" he received.


"Well, sure." He answered nonchalantly.


"Not like I have a choice......" He mumbled at the end. Feeling more grumpy now for the news he received.


"Urg!!!" The boy sat down on the ground and laid against the wall, staring at the blank space as he laid there lazily.


To be honest, he almost wished that Zombina would never show up, and he could just hide here in this corner of his own forever......


@Orange Soba

 

[Orange Soba]

It didn't take long for a black van to pull up near by, the door sliding open to reveal Zombina in her usual black suit and shades. Agent Smith was now Director Smith, and Zombina, as the one with the -least- judgement and work ethic, was given Smith's old position--mostly because she was the only one who even wanted it. She sprang out of the van and hurried over to Erebus' side, grabbing him by the arm and hauling him up over her shoulder. 


"Come on, mopeypants. We've got to get you set up for school!" she said, zipping back into the van and shutting the door. Thankfully, the van was set up to be a mobile support unit, so Erebus had room to stand. 


Zombina quickly took out some items to show him, smiling in her usual good-natured way.


"So, we've got a selection here, you've got some choices to make. Both sets have their pros and cons, but you've gotta choose -something- or this schoolyear's gonna be sunk for ya." she said, very glad that Erebus' Japanese was good enough for him to understand her despite her thick Osaka drawl. 


"On the one hand, we've got this set. Remember Google Glass? Same kind of deal, only the lenses filter out your death stare. Downside of them is that they're smart glasses. If you try and take them off with warm bodies around, it'll send a signal to MON right away and it'll sound an alarm warning people to get away from you... so... don't take them off unless you're at home." she said, and then showed him some arm bracelets. 


"These are the things I don't like about this particular set. These are the companion accessories, and what they do is measure your emotional state. If you get too excited or your adrenaline levels get too high, these cuffs will inject a sedative into you and again, issue an alarm to MON. Whether you're under attack or someone's antagonizing you or you've lost your temper, the reasoning behind this getup is to basically avoid a case of an extra-species accidentally killing someone... which could be bad for all of us. Hell, even I'm not exempt." she said, giving Erebus a big, toothy grin to show what she meant.


Her teeth were clearly synthetic to prevent even the possibility of a zombie bite.


"I still keep one on me though, for old times' sake." she winked, jingling a little trinket around her neck. Opening it, she showed that she had one of her own teeth inside.


"The other set isn't nearly as high tech but it's not very comfortable either. It includes a full body mesh suit to wear under your clothes that keeps your death cloud contained and some contacts that do the same job as your glasses, but are a lot harder to get out of your eyes and are pretty difficult to see through. Like, you'll be incredibly near-sighted... so you either go high tech and comfortable, or non-electronic but uncomfortable." Zombina explained.


It was then that she noticed the bulge in Erebus' jacket.


"What's that?" she asked, and made a face. "Not another dead animal..." she said, and when she saw it was a cat, she looked pensive. 


"mmnnnnnnnngh..... give it here. I guess another cat won't hurt..."

 

[Nextdoor]

"The other set isn't nearly as high tech but it's not very comfortable either. It includes a full body mesh suit to wear under your clothes that keeps your death cloud contained and some contacts that do the same job as your glasses, but are a lot harder to get out of your eyes and are pretty difficult to see through. Like, you'll be incredibly near-sighted... so you either go high tech and comfortable, or non-electronic but uncomfortable." Zombina explained.

Erebus listened with an expressionless face as Zombina spoke, eyes darting around aimlessly as usual as he listened. 


"Any set will be fine...as long as it keeps everybody safe...and no one would ever get hurt around me......" Erebus answered as he lowered his head. 


"But I couldn't go with the second set if it would affect my sight..." 


"I mean...I wouldn't be of any use to grandpa if I ever became a burden to him myself, I still need to take care of grandpa, you know."


"He couldn't walked on his legs, and if now even I became half-blind......" Erebus frowned a little as he spoke.


"So I would have to go with the first set, I guess." Erebus answered while he kept his head down, eyes staring at his feet. 

It was then that she noticed the bulge in Erebus' jacket.


"What's that?" she asked, and made a face. "Not another dead animal..." she said, and when she saw it was a cat, she looked pensive. 


"mmnnnnnnnngh..... give it here. I guess another cat won't hurt..."

"NO!!!"  Erebus retracted his body from Zombina and curled up his body, hugging the black cat's corpse tightly in his arms.


"I-I mean... please...no..."


"Zombina, I couldn't let you have it, I made a promise...I am sorry." 


"I am responsible for this...and I will have to protect it to the end...If this is the mess I made...I will have to clean it up properly for myself..." 


That is what I always tell myself......


@Orange Soba

 

[Orange Soba]

Zombina rolled her eyes and lightly smacked Erebus upside the back of the head.


"Knock that Linkin Park crap off, would you? You -deserve- social interaction and a quality education as much as anyone else." she said. 


"I've been watching out for you since day one, and I fully expect you to make some friends and impress your teachers and make the most of this opportunity. Keep being a wet blanket and next time I'll have Lala-chan come and get you. You two can try to out-grimdark each other." she said as she threw an arm around his shoulders and with her other arm, took out her zombie tooth.


"Now gimmie the cat. I'll fix it up and take it home." she leaned in close to whisper.


"I've already got three zombie cats, what's one more? Just keep it to yourself. Can't let it get out I'm making more zombies or Director Smith will have me demoted to meter maid." 

 

[Nextdoor]

Erebus looks at Zombina, his eyes squinted a little as Zombina wrapped her arms around him, blushing a little from the caring words of Zombina. He was glad to know that there was someone there to support him for what he was about to do, but still, he was uncertain whether he had made the right choice or not. 


"Y-You are not going to eat it?" The boy looked at Zombina and the dead cat in his hands as Zombina mentioned about turning it back to life, he thought that Zombina was going to to eat the corpse when she asked him to hand over the cat to her, which explained his dramatic reaction. 


The boy scratched his chin, feeling a little embarrassed for his dramatic reaction just now.


"Promise me to take good care of it, okay? " The boy hesitated for awhile before he handed the the dead cat to Zombina in a very ceremonious way, knowing Zombina well enough, he knew that the black cat was in good hand. 


"And...thank you......" The boy mumbled as he looked away from Zombina.


@Orange Soba


[What a surprise!  Originally, the dead black cat was going to be Erebus's comical mascot eventually too. XD]

 

[Orange Soba]

Zombina gave a big, toothy grin to Erebus as she promptly stabbed the cat with her tooth.


"No worries! Plus, only undead can really keep undead pets. You know how cats are, you wouldn't want to get scratched or bitten rubbing their tummy and then turn into a zombie too! I mean, not that being a zombie is all that bad, though you have to get used to the smell of embalming fluid. And having to sew yourself up or finding new body parts is a pain. On the upside, zombie cats will eat anything--rotten fish, week old meatloaf, not like we really NEED to eat, it's just feels good." Zombina explained as the cat in her arm started to move and then opened his eyes, stretching out like he had just woken up from a nap. Then, after a cursory glance at Erebus, headbutted him affectionately and then settled back down in Zombina's arms, closing his eyes.


"Huh. Well then. I guess you're in luck. Looks like this zombie cat's as lazy undead as he was alive, and he likes you. You could probably take him, if you really wanted... but that's for later! We've got to get you suited up so you're not late for your first day of class or your grandpa will lecture me for another three hours." 

 

[Nextdoor]

Watching the cat being brought back to life, Erebus smiled as he tried to pat its head.  


As Zombina mentioned about suiting up and going to school, Erebus was starting to get nervous and uncomfortable once again. His body twitched a little as he nodded, agreed to be suited up. He was not sure what to expect, but he kept having an unsettling feel in his gut.

 

[Orange Soba]

Zombina noticed Erebus' change in mood and patted his shoulder.


"You'll get through it. It won't be as bad as you think. Always remember we're taking the first steps, here. It's not gonna be easy, but if we all work hard, humans WILL come around to accepting us. I mean, I used to be human, don't forget! We're slow to change but we get there eventually." she said and then got to securing the bracelets on Erebus' arms.


"Remember, don't take these off unless you're at home. The GPS in these suckers know your home address and if you try and take these off outside of your house, MON will be alerted and sent over to you. Also, you'll have to tell them when you're going to be exercising so they'll bump up your acceptable heart rate limit, and they'll warn you if your adrenaline levels get too high. Here comes the pinch." she said, and closed the bracelets over his forearms. There was a little burning sensation for a moment that went away.


"Alright, now the glasses." she said, giving them to him. She brought out a little tablet that showed what Erebus could see.


"Your heads-up display should be working now. You'll be connected to the internet at a 3G speed and you can access all sorts of information, just try not to read and walk at the same time." Zombina smiled a bit.


"If you want to switch to the non-powered stuff, just let me know. I'll be right by to get you set up." she said, looking at him in his school uniform. She suddenly grabbed him and brought him into a tight hug. "You're a brave kid, Ere-kun. Don't let anyone make you feel different, mkay?" she said, letting him go. 


The zombie cat rubbed around Erebus's legs as his glasses flashed up the time, giving him a warning that he'd better be off to school.

 

[Nextdoor]

Zombina noticed Erebus' change in mood and patted his shoulder.


"You'll get through it. It won't be as bad as you think. Always remember we're taking the first steps, here. It's not gonna be easy, but if we all work hard, humans WILL come around to accepting us. I mean, I used to be human, don't forget! We're slow to change but we get there eventually." she said and then got to securing the bracelets on Erebus' arms.


"Remember, don't take these off unless you're at home. The GPS in these suckers know your home address and if you try and take these off outside of your house, MON will be alerted and sent over to you. Also, you'll have to tell them when you're going to be exercising so they'll bump up your acceptable heart rate limit, and they'll warn you if your adrenaline levels get too high. Here comes the pinch." she said, and closed the bracelets over his forearms. There was a little burning sensation for a moment that went away.


"Alright, now the glasses." she said, giving them to him. She brought out a little tablet that showed what Erebus could see.


"Your heads-up display should be working now. You'll be connected to the internet at a 3G speed and you can access all sorts of information, just try not to read and walk at the same time." Zombina smiled a bit.

"I will try my best to not cause any trouble...though I am really not sure about this..." Erebus inspected the strange glass and bracelet for a bit as he listen to Zombina, he could certainly feel the pressure now that all of thous high tech gadget was on him, and he was officially under the monitor of MON. He felt rather unprepared for the change. 

"If you want to switch to the non-powered stuff, just let me know. I'll be right by to get you set up." she said, looking at him in his school uniform. She suddenly grabbed him and brought him into a tight hug. "You're a brave kid, Ere-kun. Don't let anyone make you feel different, mkay?" she said, letting him go. 


The zombie cat rubbed around Erebus's legs as his glasses flashed up the time, giving him a warning that he'd better be off to school.

"I-I..." Zombina sudden hug caught Erebus by surprise at first. Erebus smiled as his lips pressed together, his eyes was starting to get teary, but he tried his best to hold it back and stopped the tear from slipping down his cheeks.  


"U-Um...anyway...I-I have to go......" Erebus said with a hoarse voice as he hurriedly rushed out of the car before Zombina would notice that he was tearing up, dashing out of the van straight away as Zombina let go of him. Shutting the door behind him, he ran off to a random direction, he just want to get away from the van and Zombina at this point.


Erebus stopped running as he was from a safe distance from the van, tears starting to uncontrollably flow down his cheeks, at least now he was safe from Zombina's sight, or else he would be so embarrassed that he would never be able to face here again. Erebus tried to wipe away the tears before anyone noticed that he was crying. 


"Thank you for always be there for me...Zombina-san." He mumbled to himself. 


"......"


"......"


"Crap...I totally left my bag in the van." 


@Orange Soba

 

[Orange Soba]

It didn't take long for Zombina to catch up to Erebus and hand him his bag with a cheeky grin and a couple of choice remarks to make his cheeks red. 


The heads-up display on his glasses made it impossible for him to get lost, and before long, he was standing in front of the gate to Okayado Memorial Academy. There were already students filing into the school, and he was nearly bowled over as a huge oni girl barreled her way through and missed him by inches, thinking she was late. She was promptly halted by a teacher and scolded for her recklessness at her size. It wasn't just humans who had to be on their toes in the school. 


There was a large gathering of students on the campus with only a small portion actually going INTO the school. It seems that before classes could start, the faculty wanted the extra species to meet their human helpers first.


Erebus was in a line of extra species all waiting their turn to be introduced to their helper that shuffled forward with the usual murmurings, though Erebus himself was getting a lot more glances because the number of extra species males were in pretty short supply compared to the females, much to the delight of much of the human male student body. 


When Erebus was called up to the table, his human helper was already there looking at him.


(I'll let you decide their gender, nationality, and appearance! Have fun with this!) 

 

[Orange Soba]

(OOC I wasn't going to FORCE anyone to play with a partner, I was just heavily suggesting it, and if nobody was going to play humans, I was basically just going to play any characters who were missing myself. The nice thing about this RP is that anyone new can jump in without consequence. Even if the others who answered the interest check come back, I'll be able to handle the load as long as there's fewer than 6 players. If somehow the RP population grows bigger than that, I'll have to either ask some folks to fill needed roles or allow some to just assume their human helpers are bad at their jobs, or, inversely, their extra species assignments are avoiding them.)

 

[Orange Soba]

(This RP can go either way, either following different characters with different perspectives OR group RP, it depends on the players' playstyle. The general story will, however, follow along with events that will help to push the plot along and keep things from stagnating. There will also be RP-changing events along the way to play against. After all, this WILL follow along a school year which will end, and also end the RP.)

 

[Orange Soba]

(Yeah, one human helper per monster)

 

[Illusionus]

The large wheels of a wheelchair roll along the sidewalk and up along the curb of a nearly barren street, save for the few cars parked here and there along the curbs edges. The boy occupying the wheelchair quickly moves forward to clear the small bump of the dip in the sidewalk. Once he steadies himself, the boy continues along the sidewalk reaches a large, open gate leading to the brand new Okayada Academy. "Okay then. First day of real school." He takes a phone out of a pocket on the side of the wheelchair and types a message into it and sends it off before placing it back into the pocket. 


The boy stares up at the large building as he wheels himself toward school. As the wheelchair approaches the school entrance it bumps into the base of a small staircase leading up to the main entrance. "Ah!" The boy gasps and quickly grasps onto one of the wheels and one of the arm rests to steady himself. After quickly looking around to see that nobody had witnessed his blunder, he makes his way over to the ramp built along the side of the school. He waits for a minute after reaching the top of the ramp, staring at the large doors to the school, thinking about what might await him inside. 

 

[Nextdoor]

Erebus was still not to use to staring at people, his eyes were constantly shunning away from people while he crossed his arms just to feel more secured while waiting in the line. Erebus sat down as he was summoned to the table. A Japanese girl with eye catching messy silvery blue hair tie in a long ponytail was already there looking at him with her sky blue eyes (because anime) . Erebus peeked at the girl with his peripheral vision and swiftly looked away, he tried his best to not make any eye contact with her. A particular interesting assessor that the girl was wearing is a red choker on her neck, which looks fairy odd overall, although it goes pretty well with the girl's pink jacket.

Spoiler

[I honestly don't know how she should look like, so I look up some ref.]

 

[Orange Soba]

@Nextdoor


The girl tilted her head to one side and then smiled in an uneasy way. It was plain to see that she was a little uncomfortable, but was doing her best to stay polite and on-task.


"H-hello. I'm Kasai Aiko. (Last name, first name, of course) It's my pleasure to take care of you this year." she said, giving a stiff bow to him. 


"You are... Erebus-san? I hope we get along." she said, giving the standard polite Japanese greeting for peers. She was a bit more polite than she really needed to be, but she had heard stories about extra species, and while it wasn't known to most of the extra species students, the human students who were 'volunteered' to be human helpers were given 'classifications' of extra species, and Erebus, unbeknownst to him, was classified as an 'euclid', (Yes, throwing a little SCP in there for funsies.)  a classification given to extra species with abilities or properties that could be unintentionally harmful to humans, and it was made known to her that Erebus could potentially kill without meaning to, despite the safety devices. 


The fact that Erebus was avoiding eye contact with her also put her on edge. Was he not friendly? Did she offend him? Did her hair look weird?! 


@arcaneSentinel


It didn't take long for the mermaid boy to find the crowd gathering at the main entrance, where the extra species were being assigned helpers. As he made his way over, one of the teachers made his way over.


"Hang on, hang on." he said, stopping the mermaid man. "First impressions." he added, fixing up the collar on his uniform quickly. The mermaid man's uniform was different from other extra species who didn't have legs, specifically the girls. He still had a skirt-like bottom, but it was much longer and looked vaguely like shrine robes. The collar of his uniform was tricky too, designed to allow his gills to be exposed while still conforming to school standards. The buttons that kept the outward flare near the top open were finicky and kept coming partially undone. 


"There you go! Yes, very sharp! You'll be getting into line 2B, over there." the teacher said. Despite his gym teacher/military school aesthetic, his smile was a lot more laid back and friendlier. 

 

[Illusionus]

"Oh heh."The boy chuckles a bit as the teacher helps him to fix up his school uniform. He had never really worn anything like this so it was a much different feel from what he was used to. "Thank you." He smiles up at the man once his outfit had been fixed up to his standards.


Once the teacher had finished, the boy begins his journey over to the large cluster of extra species that he assumed were part of line 2B. He sits behind a fair amount of others waiting to be assigned a helper, occasionally inching forward as the line in front of him slowly gets shorter. 

 

[Nextdoor]

"H-hello. I'm Kasai Aiko. (Last name, first name, of course) It's my pleasure to take care of you this year." she said, giving a stiff bow to him. 


"You are... Erebus-san? I hope we get along." she said, giving the standard polite Japanese greeting for peers. She was a bit more polite than she really needed to be

The battle had begun the moment the boy sat down at the table.


Deep breath...Deep breath...you are not going to hurt anyone......


Erebus head instantly went blank the moment the girl opened her mouth, it was inevitable that panic soon filled his head as the girl initiated a conversation, it was his first time to ever have the chance to speak with a stranger face to face after all. In his world, it had always been just Grandpa and Zombina, it will only be natural for him to be driven by panic. It will definitely take sometime before Erebus could get used to this, now that he had been put...no, "pushed" into this whole new world.


What should I do now...what should I do now...she just talked to me...and now I am expected to be replying her......


Erebus had zero control on his brain and didn't know how to act at this point. He straight up turned away from the girl and looked away, assuming that she was invisible, he wished he could just dig a hole and hide in it at the spot, and the urge of wanting to escape this conversation started to slowly dominate his mind.


Beads of cold sweats started to form on his forehead as Erebus tried his best to made his trembling hands and legs less obvious to be noticed.


Now its official to Erebus that those "intensive training" that grandpa put him through was a complete waste of time and energy.


No...the conversation videos didn't help at all...and the "talking to dummies" or "talking to yourself  and self-motivation in fort of a mirror like a total loser" stupid training certainly didn't help too except for making me feel extra dumb and pathetic about myself...yet grandpa was so confident and put me through all of thous training of his, bluffing about nonsense and expect me to be a social expert..."Thanks" Grandpa...


I am doomed...


Just when Erebus was thinking about a plan and excuse to escape the conversation, a screen pop out in his field of vision.


A message form grandpa?! H-how did he......


Erebus faked a move to adjust his glasses and tried to read the message. Erebus had no idea how the glasses work, but he somehow managed to open the message with pure luck. 


[From Grandpa:]


[Don't wet your pants yet kiddo! Here are some notes and instruction for ya to follow in case you panic and forgot everything that I taught you. I even got some pre-written lines for you! Love ya! *a continuous series of cool emojis*]


Way to go grandpa! Ah!!! You are a life saver! But seriously is it really necessary to use that much emojis...Now let's see...... Erebus faked a cough, secretly exulting at grandpa's perfect timing while he turned his eyes to peek at the girl again just to check on her for a bit.


Okay, now don't think, don't panic, and let your mind enter a state of emptiness, you can do this......


...Starting off with a pathetic self-consolation...typical me...haiz...No!!! Focus!!! Don't think about anything...don't panic...and follow the instructions...


[...Body language and eye contact are important, when facing her, you should...]


Erebus turned and stared at Aiko's...chest, as he couldn't bring himself to stare at one's eyes like the instruction said, but it would be better than nothing he thought. He then forced an awkward smile across his face. Although it may not be fully visible under his glasses, but his half-closed eye lids due to him struggling to keep his eyes open when staring at someone made his expression turned out to be extra suave, and it almost seem like he was squinting his eyes while he stared at the girl's chest, which in fact...was quite accurate in terms of what he was doing apparently.


[...greet her with a fun opening line with something like...]


"Urm...Hey, cutie."


"I didn't quite caught your name back there, so could I just call you mine?"


"You could call me "Fireman", mainly because how I turned the "whores" on."


"So the school allow smoking? Cuz you'r defnitely smoking...hot..."


[...Don't forget to...]


Erebus wiggled his eye brows for a little.


"Oh, and let me guess what are you."


"You must be a magician, cause when I look at you, all the people around you disappears."


"Or...you must be a banana, cause you definitely look "a-peeling"."


[...now laugh even if she has no reaction at all before it's too late!!!....]


"Ho...ho...ho..."


[...and next...]


"Oh, don't worry, sugar cube, I'll treat you like my homework, slam you on the table and do you all ni...w-hat!!??"


Wait a minute...something is not right here......


[Side note: Sorry, I retyped this thing in a very bad mood, the internet error cause my hours of work to be gone just like that.]

 

[Orange Soba]

@arcaneSentinel


As the line got shorter, a sudden surge from behind happened just as a few extra species were paired up successfully. Instead of being jostled or hurried along however, he found himself gliding forward as someone behind him pushed his wheelchair. 


"Don't want to miss your turn!" came a pleasant voice from behind him.


Asuko had made her way to school and was waiting for her own human partner. She took it upon herself to help out a fellow legless extra species who was likely just as nervous about the whole thing as she was. Even moreso, having to rely on ramps or the kindness of strangers just to get around. The surge ended just before either of them could be seated, and the two were having to wait behind an extra species who was clearly panicking as he attempted to make introductions to his human partner.


Given that she and Satori were going to be stuck waiting for a bit, she decided to introduce herself.


"I'm Kimihito Asuko." the lamia said, tilting her head as she examined the wheelchair. "Geez, you did pretty well to get here by yourself with this." she said. "Especially if you had to take a train, you'd be packed in like sar... ummm..." she said, almost blurting out a really bad and insensitive pun.


@Nextdoor


Ahead of the two, Erebus was struggling, and as he struggled, Aiko became more nervous as well. When he abruptly got up and turned away from her, she clenched her jaw and looked more and more worried. His emotional state started to go into the danger zone. His heads-up display told him to calm down or he'd get a dose of sedation. When Aiko noticed him staring at her after he turned back to her, she looked confused. She didn't have much of a chest, and it was largely covered by her jacket. She took it off, wondering if he was glaring at her for covering up her uniform, and folded it neatly in her lap. 


"Ummm, p-please, sit down. Is your Japanese not good? My English is pretty strong." she said, trying to figure out what to do to help him. Not only did she not want to fail at being a human partner, but she didn't want to make him upset and cause problems, not on their first day.


"I'm just here to help you. How can I do that?" 

 

[Nextdoor]

(Oh @Orange Soba, do you know that Erebus actually said all of that out loud to Aiko without thinking? If she listened to all of them without freaking out...This girl rocks!!!)

 

[Illusionus]

(@Orange Soba I'll get my post made tomorrow. I have to sleep.)

 

[Orange Soba]

(Oh @Orange Soba, do you know that Erebus actually said all of that out loud to Aiko without thinking? If she listened to all of them without freaking out...This girl rocks!!!)


Oh, I didn't understand the formatting. Lemme change my post some.