|
Procedure 3:
Different Life and Culture
What am I supposed to do with free time? I’m no longer in a world where monsters
and demons roam about, and there’s nothing for me to do research on.
Though I suppose the ways of these people would suffice. There are no half-elfs
here, and there seems to be a huge decrease in discrimination. I don’t think
there are any of elven blood here, their ears all seem normal.
Everyone is the same race…did hey exterminate all of the elves and half-elves,
or were there none to begin with. For once I’m thankful for the opal mess
covering my ears that is my hair.
What should I do? What is there to explore? What is this place? What is…
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\Raine’s
Anatomy/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
“See? Over there is the Italian Ice stand, and next to it is a bookstore…” Rubyi
explained, pointing here and here, noting Raine’s sudden spark of interest. She
turned to the woman, “Hey! Are you listening to me at all!?!”
“Oh, sorry.” Raine said sincerely, “You’ve just been naming places to get food
recently, correct? It sort of bores me…”
“You should be nicer to me. I let you sleep in my apartment, after all.” Rubyi
pointed a truthful index finger at the now-doctor, once-Professor.
“I know. I’ll find some place today.” Raine said, looking a bit sad.
“No. I’m sorry.” Rubyi said, huffing a bit, “But it’s just fun to tease you,
Raine. You get annoyed so easily. Anyways, over there is a restaurant, and
there’s a diner over there, and some French place is opening up over
there--might be just me but I don’t think snails are too appetizing…--and
there’s the café, oh and look! There’s a java shop over there! Earth has so much
food!”
Raine, by this time, had already let her attention draw back, and as Rubyi
rambled on, Raine remembered how the redhead had also frequently spoke when she
was in the apartment.
*Flashback*
“So this device…” Raine said, pointing at a large black thing with a screen, “Is
it like a projector?”
“No, that’s a ‘television’. People call it the TV as well. I think people record
things then put them on there. But those people must have a lot of money,
because I asked someone if I could be on TV and they said, ‘Yeah, when the stock
market is actually good.’ I think he was being sarcastic.”
“Stock market?” Raine asked. Embarrassing. She felt as dumb as Lloyd.
“Yeah, I don’t know what that is either. But I don’t think we need it.” Rubyi
said, “I can go cook some ramen if you want. Or I could microwave some ice cream
so it isn’t as cold. Oh yeah, I could put some toaster pastries in the toaster
as well.”
Raine had a funny look on her face, confusion crossed with disbelief in all that
was going on, “What? Toaster pastry? Ice cream? Microwave? Rubyi, what you have
just said does not make any sense. What is a toaster? What does it have to do
with pastries? Cream and ice don’t go well together, and a high frequency
electromagnetic wave doesn’t have anything to do with the bad combination!?”
Ruby sighed, “You don’t know much about here, do you?? Well, okay, listen up. A
toaster is this thing.” She pointed over to a silver box with a small lever on
the side, “It runs electricity, as do most things in this world, though I forget
how electricity gets here from a power plant. A power plant is not an almighty
plant, but it’s a place where a mass of electricity is stored and sent
throughout the land to power up all electrically charged things. Okay. Now
anyways, DO NOT DISSECT MY TOASTER! PUT FOOD IN IT! ONLY BREAD AND TOASTER
PASTRIES, THOUGH!” Rubyi took in a breath as she saw the look on Raine’s face.
Scared. Ha. The redhead continued, “You know, ‘toaster pastries’ gets annoying
to say. I mean some pop out of the toaster and are a little tart, so call ‘em
Pop Tarts or something, I guess, but I will call ‘toaster pastries’ TP from now
on! TP sounds fine, wouldn’t you say?” Rubyi looked at Raine.
“I--”
“Okay, yeah it sounds fine.” The girl had cut off the once-Professor before the
half-elf got the chance to say anything, “And the microwave. I guess it might
use microwaves, but it’s used to heat things. Don’t put paper or foil in it.
Okay…the ice cream. Ice cream is made out of milk and cream and other stuff, but
it tastes great. It’s very cold, and if you eat it too fast, you get brain
freeze, which is when your head hurts from eating something cold too quickly? Am
I talking to fast?”
“A bit.” Raine said, but another flow of words stopped her own.
“Well, try to keep up. The TV has a volume control, since noise comes out of it,
and you can turn it on or off, duh.” At this moment, she made a gesture of her
fingers to look like a gun, then pretended to shoot the artificial thing against
her head, “And it has different channels, in case you don’t like what’s on. Oh
yeah, the bath is in the bathroom, a bit up and to the left, and use the dial on
it to make it hot or cold. The toilet’s in there, too. Press the silver lever to
make it flush. Ugh. Also, what else…oh yeah, the Italian Ice Shop in near us, so
that’s good. The hospital’s to the north, and a café is across us. Oh yeah, and
the fridge and freezer are things that keep things cool, put drinks and stuff in
the fridge, and put meat and ice into the freezer. Close the door when you’re
done, or else you’ll let out all the cold air.”
“O-Okay…” Raine stuttered. It was a lot to take in at once.
*End Flashback*
And now, Rubyi was still rambling on about foods and such. The two were walking
down the sidewalk, to the grocery store, a place to buy food. Rubyi noticed some
birds and randomly ran at them to watch them all fly away. She was dressed in
clothes the natives wore, and she had done the same to Raine. Rubyi herself was
wearing a red shirt, which read, “Ruby” in fiery red letters. The shirt wasn’t
up to her neck, which Raine was used to, but instead it was above her chest. It
billowed a bit from below her shoulders. So basically, it was under her
shoulders, but not revealing. (As Rubyi said, “I don’t want people to think
badly of me. Even if it’s stylish here, it’s a bit much for me.”) The redhead
was also wearing some pants which went to the tops of her shoes. They had some
sequins up the sides, and that was all pretty much.
Raine was dressed in a green turtleneck, and her jeans also had sequins up the
side, in a different pattern than Rubyi’s, though. The once-Professor also kept
her hair down, as to not show off her ears. Her shoes were made of leather and
rubber at the bottom, and had some writing on the right sides of them. Raine
didn’t feel like reading it, as it was a word that was just stupid (The
Professor referred to it as a word that was just letters put together, not
real.) beyond belief.
Ahead of them, they saw someone dressed in a black long sleeved shirt that had
no letters on it. He also wore some jeans, which were a bit tattered at the
bottom. He had messy auburn hair, that covered his eyes, and left a hint of
mysterious sexiness to Raine. Upon further inspection, she saw it was someone
she knew. Some that was only known as…
“Kratos!?”
|
