Chapter 9 ~ Early driplets

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A man sits in a large office chair tapping his foot repeatedly ,his hulking frame almost consumes the chair he sits in , his suit is bright white ,his neck tie, his shoes and the cane in his left hand all white to match , his flowing hair and full beard are no exception, but are more of a rich silver color. His long white coat that completes the look has a heavy grey fur collar that really compliments his beard. He gets up with poise and presses a button on his desk,then goes off to stand at the skyline view from the glass curtain wall behind his desk. The office was so high in the skies that clouds could be seen floating around outside the window. The skyscraper was a work of art,a building so tall yet having a spiral form that tilted as you approached the very top. And at this top ,the man endowed in white spent his days.

Soon a secretary walks into the office, "you called for me 'Allfather'?" he says with a slight bow, not lifting his head without a response from the man in white. "Yes I did," the man in white said as he adjusted the diamond ring on his right thumb,one of many rings that sat on his fingers. "you know Micheal, I was just fine enjoying my wealth and life you know..." he continued,walking back to his desk and picking up a pen ,which was of course also white "...but ....in a shocking turn of events, yesterday the divine flowers bloomed in a way that could only mean one thing.....". He paused as he shook the pen then sighed as he threw it carelessly on the floor and took out another from his drawer. "...it seems that the grey lily itself has resurfaced out of nowhere" he chuckled as he took a sticky note and wrote something on it ,then handed it over to the secretary "my coffee order" . The secretary nodded and looked up at the man in white "anything else sir?". The man paused for a bit "yes actually, we shouldn't waste time now , if your boy is still on vacation tell him to stop fooling around,I have work for him to do" he adds, then signals with his fingers telling the secretary to leave, the secretary obliges ,saying nothing and leaving the office .After the secretary left he turned back to his window wall overlooking the entire city "Now if I was a divine flower where will I hide?".

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Remi woke up feeling heavy and nauseous "what happened,did I get hit by a bus ? Why am I so tired" he complained as he stretched and tried to grasp his surroundings. "Oh cool it seems I'm back to normal, finally"he remarked touching his neck as he realized his lower pitch masculine voice was back, he was no longer female, but something else was wrong. He looked around the room , he had never been here before and why was he wearing these strange pajamas. They were a size too small and obviously not for a man to wear.

"What the- I don't remember any of this" he said as he looked around , spotting the only thing familiar to him in the room, the pink backpack he took to school as Rei. "This is weird ,I better get out of this place" he took the backpack and went to the first door he saw, luckily it opened and led outside ,he took the elevator and left the building, he didn't worry that he had a pair of women's pajamas on, he just had to get out of there. As remi bolted out the building , the concierge at the entrance desk from the previous day stared quite confused who that could have been ,he was nosy but not nosy enough to care about this so he shrugged and went back to his work ,he wasn't doing any work, he was idling.

Remi stopped the first taxi he saw, passerbys stared at him as it wasn't everyday you see a guy in women's nightwear and no shoes on. Remi got in the taxi as quickly as he could, hoping no one recognized him *how did I get in that house,what was I doing yesterday again? *He thought as he tried to recollect events of the previous day.

*Oh yeah I was with those guys, maybe I followed one of them home to crash for the night. That makes sense* He concluded to himself and nodded quietly ,crossing his arms and closing his eyes...... *That makes no sense!!! Why will I change clothes in a random guys house?!*

Remi pulled at his hair as he tried as hard as he could to remember what happened the previous day. "You alright there kid?" The taxi driver asked as he couldn't ignore the frisky passenger. "Yeah yeah I'm alright" remi said and cleared his throat to seem more composed. "You are going to pay .....right?" The driver asked, now doubting the sanity of the passenger,he didn't want to judge earlier, but a young man in ladies clothes and no shoes on, was surely out of place. "Of course I'm going to pay, you think I'm some homeless person?!!" Remi retorted feeling insulted by the driver's insinuation. "I hope so" the driver responded and focused on the road, remi scoffed and decided to keep his 'thinking' more contained.

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Chara was dragging her feet as she made her way to work,she wasn't one to slack off, but occasionally it was a pain to have to work on a Saturday. *I've been trying to call remi all day since yesterday and he hasn't responded, I hope he didn't get into something dumb*. She thought as she scratched her head, dragging herself to the store.

" I'm telling you, I didn't escape from a psyche ward!!! Just let me go up for one minute and I'll prove it!!" A strange individual seemed to be in a heated argument with a taxi driver,flailing their arms around as they complained to the driver. Chara looked across the street to observe the scene "another one of those homeless people trying to get free rides huh, wait what is he wearing?" She stopped and squinted as she noticed the strange fellow had no shoes on and purple silk pajamas that obviously weren't his,and hair which looked like a birds nest , "Why have there been a concerning number of crazy people on the streets these days?" she commented to herself then sighed and went back to scrolling on her phone. "Wait remi?!!" she did a double take as she realized who the 'crazy person' was. Chara bolted across the street to help her friend, "Remi what's going on?" She asked as she arrived at the spot of the commotion. "Oh my goodness thank god..thank you, chara help me" Remi said relieved to see his friend,"this man won't let me go, this bald old man!" he reported as he pointed to the taxi driver, placing his finger so close he could poke him in the eyes. "Oi!! I'm not old I'm just 35" the taxi driver snapped back ,"you didn't say you're not bald tho!!" Remi shouted as he pointed at his head to show the driver what a full head of hair looked like. chara sighed and decided to step in on this mess, "Remi behave yourself" she said in a tired tone then stepped between him and the driver, "I apologize for my friend sir,I think this is all a misunderstanding, he actually lives here" she said and nodded towards the building they were in front of "but if you don't trust him then I will pay the fee for him so we can all go about our day" she added as she started to check her purse for money. Remi and the driver just stood watching her,the only person who acted like an adult in the situation,"how much is it ?" She asked remi ,who gestured the price with his fingers instead of just saying it. "The crazy kid ,look at him" the taxi driver commented as he waited for his money . "Who is crazy?" Chara suddenly stopped checking her bag and looked the taxi driver dead in the eye . "Your brother or whatever the hell he is" the driver responded then shook his keys, asking for the money. "Wow and I thought remi was the rude one " she commented as she handed the man the money, deciding to let it go. The snatched the money and went back to his car ,as he started the car and was about to drive off ,he smugly added "and keep him in the ward this time" then spat out the tobacco he had been chewing the whole time unto the sidewalk. Chara who was about to start a conversation with Remi heard the drivers comments and turned around. "You piece of sh-" she didn't complete her sentence as she reached over ,put her hands into the car and started dragging the man out of his seat. "No no chara calm down , let it go" Remi rushed over and started pulling chara ,who had the driver in a death grip by his shirt, the driver screamed for help , flailing around, chara was shockingly strong,and the few people outside that morning on the street started to notice the chaotic scene ."Wait wait! What the hell?!" The driver panicked and tried to step on the gas ,but chara pulled him so hard ,he came flying out the window and hanging on to the car by his feet , the driver broke into tears "please I'm sorry , please you evil kids please just let me go" he pleaded as he hung on for dear life ."why did you insult my friend you old man!!!? Huh?!!" Chara yelled and gave him a smack on his bald head, "ow!!!! I'm not old I'm thirty fi..iiive" the driver retorted while in tears at this point. "Chara please stop, youre assaulting the man " remi whispered and pleaded to her as he still struggled to pull her off the driver. He never remembered chara being this strong and this spontaneous, he better not ever get in trouble with her,he thought as he kept trying to pry her off the helpless taxi driver.

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"They just let us off with a warning" chara replied with a deadpan face, "yeah but now assault will be on my criminal record, this ruins my celebrity life you know" Remi replied while dusting off the pink bag he was still holding and still wearing the pajamas which were now slightly ripped at this point. "You look like a homeless person I'm sure your fans will notice that if they saw you now before they saw your criminal record", Chara said and rolled her eyes "besides we didn't get any charges, it wasn't assault I never hit him,and he agreed to drop the case any further after we paid him" she added scratching her head "...so we have a clean record" . "For now, if you go supernova on anyone like that again we won't even be arrested, we'll get executed" Remi mumbled. "What am I a troll that eats my victims??!" Chara said and then sighed loudly "so what actually happened why are you in a dress?" She asked as she took a tiny lollipop out her pocket and ripped it open . Remi eyed the candy in her hand and replied "I don't know to be honest I followed some guys to play games and remember waking up this morning in a strange house dressed in these" . Chara's eye widened and she spat out the lollipop onto the floor "you followed random guys home?!!!" She asked with a loud concerned voice.

"I didn't follow them home I just remember waking up in ' A ' home", Remi said completely unstressed by the implications or rather unaware. "You idiot" chara said and smacked him on the shoulder "are you ignoring the freaking mammoth in the room?" . Remi rubbed his shoulder "well ow, what's the big issue?".

"Girls don't follow random guys home, they even gave you a change of clothes, where is your uniform,did anything happen?" Chara asked as she stood in a wide stance with one hand on her waist and the other scratching her forehead,now switching to an 'angry mom' mood. "Oh yeah... uniform,look nothing happened I'm sure I just had a sleep over, I'll ask about it on Monday or something" Remi said, still not seeing any weight in the situation. Chara sighed "you don't get it do you , I think you should get a drug test ,maybe they put something in your body" she said , "drug test? Dude those are just some guys I played games with" Remi brushed off Chara's worries "besides I'm a guy again so it doesn't matter, they'll never see our good friend 'Rei' ever again,let's go home I'm feeling hungry" he started walking down the stairs of the police station entrance . Chara stood for a few seconds thinking if she really shouldn't worry then followed Remi . "My boss is going to kill me by the way" ...."why?" ...."I was supposed to be at work this morning you idiot"..."not my fault you committed a crime and got sent to jail"....."we did not get sent to jail!!!!!"

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Arloh woke up to find that Rei was gone, he wondered where she could have gone, leaving her shoes and uniform behind. He was a bit worried and decided he would report a missing person's case if he didn't see her in school on Monday. As he went around cleaning up after putting her uniform in the washer he noticed a hairpin on the floor, it was a dark purple with a single white flower design on the top end it was a bit large to not notice if someone had it on, and had a rather sharp point for a pin, he picked it up and studied it for a bit, maybe it belonged to Rei but he never saw it on her hair yesterday, he shrugged and added it to the bag he kept her shoes in. He went to his balcony and stood for a bit ,taking in the fresh air then his phone rang.

It was an unknown number but he picked up anyways, "Arloh,how long will you keep avoiding the Allfather, ..." The voice from the phone wasted no time getting to their reason for the call. "...Something big is happening soon and you better decide now if you will take this opportunity and get back on the allfather's good side or keep messing around" Arloh didn't say a word to the voice on the phone,he hung up ,put the phone in his pocket then went back to enjoying the morning breeze.

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