[center][h3][color=f7976a]The Doujin Girl[/color], [color=springgreen]The White Mage[/color], and [color=f26522]The Deviant[/color][/h3][/center]

It was an average day. Well, fairly average anyways. The Magus games were in full swing, or at least the first part of them were. A treasure hunt! It sounded exciting, very exciting! Especially to a certain blonde haired girl who was happily walking in an up-beat manner next to a rather skinny fellow with glasses. She’d absolutely love to go on something like this, though she wasn’t interested in the treasure. She was more or less interested in the possible creatures she might find on such a mission! So many things she could catalog, take samples from! Things she could [i]cut[/i]…[i]dissect[/i].

But of course, she’d take her time. Rushing things was bad, and lead to people messing up! Yes yes, patience was a virtue indeed! Besides, she’d need to convince Graham, her bestie to go with her! It’d be no fun alone, after all, and Graham was perfect for a little…entertainment!~

[color=f7976a]“So, Graham!~”[/color] She asked, turning to face the boy next to her as she started walking backwards with somewhat uncanny skill. [color=f7976a]“What are we doing today, bestie? I’ve got some research I need help with!~”[/color]

The boy in question drudged slowly forward, following the invisible leash that the blonde beastie had wrapped around his skinny little neck. Dark bags lay underneath bloodshot eyes that lazily scanned the path before them. Yet another terrible night at the lovely Liseranna Academy. And what a surprise! It was all thanks to that nightmare before him. As if on cue, the girl turned to face him, and like always, Graham jumped a little. Even after two years, he was still constantly on edge around her. Of course, who wouldn't be? Suuure, she looks all sweet and innocent, but...GAH! It was so frustrating! No matter how far she pushed him, he couldn't push back. Not unless he wanted his guts to take a one way trip to sidewalk city. A second flinch hit him at the sound of her vile, vile, sick, nasty, disgustingly evil voice. It took him a moment to process what she had said, and although he opened his mouth, nothing came out. Graham never was much of a morning person, but damn was he feeling rough. Stress, probably. Hell, he also felt as if he were coming down with SOMETHING, which, y'know, was just the fucking icing on this shitcake. 

Huh? Why was his night so shitty? Well...the third wheel was just about to explain that.

As the girl had her one-sided conversation with Graham, Lukas lazily cocked his head back at Meredith, his eyes rolling like bowling balls down an alley. Of course, this wasn't anything new to Lukas as she was always up to weird antics that encompassed mainly Graham. Since the Magus Games were in full swing, he would need to cut down on the slack a bit, and display what honed skills he had alongside his companions. Squinting at the two as he walked beside them, he piped up to interject as a way to assist the bespectacled boy, in hopes that he might possibly have some courage this time.

[color=f26522]"Er, Meredith..."[/color] Lukas spoke loosely, without a care in the world to the girl walking backwards. [color=f26522]"You're kinda forgetting I'm here too; plus, it's the Magus Games! We honestly shouldn't be goofin' off right now beautiful..."[/color] The boy sighed as he took in the sights, glancing away for a mere second before returning his gaze. [i][color=f26522]Alright, fifth girl down for the day...[/color][/i]

Despite his daze, Graham still managed to sigh and shake his head. Lukas was...desperate? Determined? Hell if Graham knew, really. But after two years of flirting with anything with tits and being impressively unsuccessful, he couldn't help but think that the guy actually got off on getting shot down. In a way, Lukas was the fucking Picasso of terrible pickup lines. Watching him work was...well it was like watching two trains crashing in slow motion. You know it's terrible, but there's just no looking away from it.

[color=f26522]"You know, like breaking into Grahams quarters and sleeping with him per usual,"[/color] Lukas stated as he sarcastically coughed, covering his mouth with a tight fist. As he began clearing his throat, he let out a whistle as he finished hacking. [color=f26522]"Apologies, I think some dust tickled the back of my throat love..."[/color] Hopefully that bought enough time for Graham to response and maybe tell her to bugger off this time? Hopefully...

And there was the bombshell! The root of Graham's insomnia. Meredith, despite having her own perfectly comfortable bed, INSISTED on sharing his. Though sharing was probably a bit generous. No matter what kind of barrier the boy constructed, she managed to tear through it and occupy roughly 95% of the bedspace. Graham wasn't even sure how that was even possible. They were small people. He strongly considered the possibility that she used her freaky-deaky magic to expand her body JUST for that nefarious deed. And last night? Well, she decided that that last five percent of bed looking pretty tasty and...well, just took it. Poof. Graham ended up sprawling onto the floor with a crash. And being the idiot that he was, he just went with it.

Little known fact: the floors of the dorms in Liseranna Academy? About as comfortable as gargling broken glass.

[color=f7976a]"Ehe, but he's so much fun in bed!~"[/color] Meredith replied to Lukas, giving him a grin. [color=f7976a]"And I never goof off! I'm being serious! This research is part of the Magus games! Kinda. Who knows what kinda fun, interesting, [i]dangerous[/i],"[/color] She seemed to emphasize that word just a bit. [color=f7976a]"Creatures we could meet! I must catalog them all! And as my assistant, Graham must help me! And you can too if you want, Lukas!~"[/color] She giggled, doing a twirl as she started walking in the direction she was looking. [color=f7976a]"Who knows! Maybe we'll run into a giant spider or something! Or maybe it'll be a snake lady you can flirt with!~"[/color]

The girl seemed entirely too enthusiastic about the prospect of meeting some odd creature.

Lukas could only stare, his mouth slightly agape as the girl twirled and twisted her words around the poor kid. He could only let her ramble on, contradicting herself to a pint as she asserted her dominance over Graham. To top it off, she treated this like it was a game! Games are fun and all, but dying here is cheap and has consequences from what he has noted. [color=f26522]"With that attitude, I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up in body bags, whilst at the mercy of Miss Rolanda,"[/color] Lukas grumbled as her hyperactive, overconfidence beamed through.

Of course, that wouldn't matter, because safety was overshadowed by the sheer facet of documenting every known beast and jumping around like a kid dosed with high amounts of sugar. Of course, there was mention of a snake lady by this eldritch abomination disguised as a hottie which caused a sneer, followed by a scoff. [color=f26522]"Meredith..."[/color] His voice was rumbling, swinging low as a baritone before leading to the grand finale. [color=f26522]"I'm a guy with standards,"[/color] the boy brazenly puffed out his chest brazenly. [color=f26522]"Unless that snake lady is any thing close to beautiful (while having an awesome bust (but that's a plus), and has a charming personality... wait... you're talking about Lamias aren't you? In that case..."[/color]

FOCUS LUKAS! Don't think about the seductive, busty Lamia as she draws you in... smothering you and putting you into marshmallow heaven while whispering sweet nothings into your ear...

And then he was lost to the erotic fantasies inside his head.

Oooh, Lamias. She had read about those, but never had seen one before. She'd love to get her mitts  on one! Or at least, the body of one! She'd love to study their  physiology, anatomy, and well, everything about them!~

Graham was dead to the world. Or was. A few moments passed...and...

The redhead's reddened eyes shot wide open. What the actual fuck did she just volunteer him to do?!! Graham began stammering gibberish, unable to form a coherent thought, let alone a sentence. THE MAGUS GAMES?! OH HELL NO! Not with Meredith. Not ANYWHERE NEAR THAT BEAST! Sure, Graham was not the biggest fan of the games. For some reason, he wasn't the biggest fan of life-threatening magical shenanigans. Go figure. Really, any way he could skirt around it or just coast through it with as little effort as possible, he'd take it. But Meredith...that sadistic chica would crack her whip and dedicate her life to making the experience as dreadful as possible. A lone tear made an escape down the tortured boy's face.

If in some previous life, Graham did something so horrible as to deserve such a fate...well fuck that guy. Fuck that guy and the horse he rode in on.

[color=springgreen]"Gi-giant spiders? Those aren't really a thing...right guys? Right? ...guys?"[/color] he managed to blurt out at last. Looking first at Meredith, then to Lukas, and back to the blonde menace, eyes full of terror.

[color=f7976a]"Ehe, who knows! But I'd love to find out!"[/color] Meredith replied, doing another twirl and starting to walk backwards again as she spoke. [color=f7976a]"It'd be fun! So many things I could learn from one!~"[/color] She gave Graham a toothy grin. [color=f7976a]"And don't worry, I'm not gonna let one eat you~"[/color] She might use him as bait, of course, but that was an entirely different matter. [color=f7976a]"That's my job, ehehe~"[/color] Judging from the tone of her voice, she may not have been joking.

Graham simply hung his head in defeat. As sad as it was, this was probably the closest thing to a win that he'd find. Might as well accept it now rather than fight against it. It would make whatever was left of his tragically short life much less stressful. Meredith wins. Again.

Lukas snapped out of his trance, reentering reality with a dozed mind... before realizing he was drooling a bit. Whipping the saliva off his chin, he resumed his stalwart and solemn position as he looked at the reclusive soul, cowering per usual at a frightening aspect. Defeated, from watching Graham unable to muster up even the Triforce of Courage within, shook his head and frowned while staring sympathetically at the kid. He mouthed windless words to the unredy red-head, beckoning him to tell her off. It was difficult to give positive support, especially since Doujin Girl could easily interject at any plausible moment.

Rotating his head back to Meredith, he spoke his piece, interjecting some logic into this whole mess. [color=f26522]"I'm pretty sure that huge, hairy spiders are a thing... honestly, it isn't far out of the world of fantasy for such a creature to exist... but..."[/color] Lukas' hand shot up, his finger pointing upwards, piercing the heavens... at the side of his head. [color=f26522]"Why do you feel the need to document these creatures; I mean, I'm pretty sure most of the things you've found [i]have[/i] been documented somewhere."[/color]

To be fair, Lukas made a good point. In a perfect world, it might have even swayed the blonde tyrant. But this is not a perfect world and logic was just doomed to fail. Graham knew this. He knew it well. But hey, props to Lukas for trying it anyway. If he wasn't stuck between these two stubborn chucklefucks, he might even find the whole thing funny.

Cocking his eyebrow up, Lukas could only... chuckle? Groan? It was difficult to say how he reacted to the last statement as he had a mundane glare plastered on him. [color=f26522]"Considering the fact that you want to observe things that are unmolested, you really are keen on molesting the kid (and every [i]other[/i] victim you come into contact with)..."[/color] Lukas grumbled as he stared at the floor, reminiscing on his first encounter with Meredith, and the myriads more. He shuddered a bit, recalling one of the times when she tried to actually dissect him...

Why did Graham and him have to put up with such a ludicrous yandere?

Meredith stopped in her tracks upon hearing Lukas' words. The blonde gave him a grin, their faces suddenly merely inches apart as she placed a finger on his lips to shush his silliness before replying. [color=f7976a]"Why not?~ Oh sure, sure, they've been documented before! But not by me."[/color] She removed her finger, taking a few steps away from Lukas. [color=f7976a]"There may have been things people missed! Things I can improve on! And maybe one of these days I will discover a new species of something!"[/color] That seemed to be all she had to say on the matter of why she wanted to, though she didn't have a reply to Lukas' last comment and merely continued to walk in front of the two of them.

[color=f26522]"Yes, yes, because one day you're going to discover that arachnids actually have nine legs instead of eight; what an [i]amaaaaaaaaazing[/i] discovery!"[/color] His voice pierced through, a smile erupting on his face as he retorted with an amazing weapon that was sharper than his four blades - sarcasm. [color=f26522]"I'll be honest here,"[/color] Lukas continued, still using the same, lenient voice from earlier, except this time a little more... friendly? [color=f26522]"You're pretty good at a lot of things like being physically beautiful, but you might need to tone down your fetish for discovering and rediscovering creatures... before dissecting them ten seconds later. You gotta focus on the [b]big[/b] picture - we need to complete our task at utmost haste so we can enjoy what we do most later!"[/color]

Tapping his chin, he began to ponder on a couple of things they might do, before snapping back into the fray with ideas on hand. [color=f26522]"Like hitting on attractive women, indulging in the ecstatic delight of slicing animals and aware beings alike, and a certain someone telling someone else to stop harassing them in so many ways possible."[/color] Leering at Graham, he bestowed the torch to the lanky young man, hoping he might seize the opportunity and catch the Casanovas drift.

If not, he may be back to square one as usual. Being a good friend is rough at times...

Graham shook his head and looked away from his unusual companions and their...bickering? Flirting? Sure, let's go with one of those. Their little group had been walking for some time and now they were...at the school's entrance. Why were they at the school's entrance?

Grrrrr...

He stopped in his tracks while the other two kept walking. Had he eaten yet? Uhm...no. No he had not. At all. Meredith just sort of woke him up and started dragging him around. [color=springgreen]"Uhm...hey guys? Where are we going, again? I'm starving here."[/color] he whined, holding his belly with his hands. Honestly, he wasn't as hungry as he was dead tired. Even if it was just to stop the group for a few moments while they berated him, the dude just needed a breather.

[color=f7976a]"We're going to the city for food, obviously!~"[/color] Meredith replied to Graham. [color=f7976a]"Can't have an adventure on an empty stomach, and I haven't eaten yet either!"[/color] The blonde stopped walking as well, turning around to face Graham as she reached into her clothing. After fumbling around for a few seconds, she pulled out an apple and tossed it towards Graham. [color=f7976a]"There ya go."[/color] She grinned. [color=f7976a]"That'll keep you alive until we get some food. Annnd possibly give ya enough energy to run if we run into one of those giant spiders, eheh~"[/color]

Graham was caught off-guard by the apple flying towards him, but it was his chance to finally redeem himself after years of athletic failure! He shot his hand out to where he thought the apple was going and...

No dice.

It bounced off his hand, rather painfully really. He fumbled with it for a moment before finally securing it. Not a pretty catch by any means, but it at least didn't hit the ground. He'd give himself a D+ for effort. Now as for the apple itself, Graham did question whether or not to risk it, but then his stomach did the whole growling bullshit again. It was either risk potentially dying due to poison apple, or absolutely die when Meredith's little field-trip inevitably blew up in their faces. He brought the apple up to his mouth, breathed on it, rubbed it on his shirt before taking a bite out of it. And to his surprise...it was...just an apple. Huh.

[color=f26522]"Maybe if someone didn't cling on to someone all morning, you two wouldn't be starved [b]and[/b] frittering our time away."[/color] Lukas shot a dirty look at the eccentric girl, still bouncing around and speaking of creatures that left a look of indifference on his face... before watching her toss an apple to the young man. [color=f26522]"I don't know whether to applaud you for being considerate for someone elses health, or absolutely stunned you somehow procured food somewhere with your inordinate ah-[/color]

Wait... was that.

Girl near the gate, blonde hair, dressed wonderfully (though modestly), has an air of beauty about her, and has a nice bust!

Babe spotted, 12'o clock, port side. Scrub the decks and bring the best you out Lukas! A buxom beaut is in sight with a loli by her side! Target locked, time for this ship to board another and... fraternize with the cargo. Hopefully she has great cargo other than looks, as her physical attraction is a plus if she does. [color=f26522]"aaaaction! Well, I guess going out to eat right won't be such a bad idea; double dates are always nice!~"[/color] Lukas eyed the girl ravenously; he was sharp, crisp, and ready with now brighten eyes and a confident smile. A predator to prey, if said predator wanted to flock and mate with prey. It seemed he didn't give a damn about contradicting himself, especially with [i]that[/i] dame a couple of meters away.

[color=f26522]"How about we invite that chica over there, heh,"[/color] Lukas grin grew, winking to the duo as he jabbed a thumb into the air at the girl by the entrance. [color=f26522]"I bet she would be great, great company, wouldn't you two agree?"[/color]

And once more, the boy became deluded, swimming in a sea filled with his own fantasies.

Meredith turned, eyes following Lukas’ until they landed on the two girls herself. A wide grin formed on her face. [color=f7976a]“Ooh, she does look like wonderful…[i]research[/i] material!~”[/color] Meredith giggled. Well, another [s]test subject[/s] friend wouldn’t be bad at all, would it?

While the other two were plotting out how to ruin the day of the poor, unfortunate soul that just so happened to catch the perv's eye, Graham just happily enjoyed his apple...or he was. Until...

[color=springgreen]"Mrmph...Mrere'd mroo mreet mris mrapple?"[/color]

[color=f7976a]"Oh, I grew it myself!~”[/color] Meredith replied, hopping back over to Graham. [color=f7976a]“Delicious isn’t it? A little radiation can make things taste a [i]lot[/i] better!~”[/color]

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