Sister Iris

❝ᴮᵉ ᶜᵃʳᵉᶠᵘˡ ˢʰⁱⁿʳᵃ⁻ᵏᵘⁿ, ᵗʰᵉ ᶜᵃᵖᵗᵃⁱⁿ ⁱˢⁿ’ᵗ ʰᵉʳᵉ ˢᵒ ʷᵒʳʳʸ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳˢᵉˡᶠ ᶠⁱʳˢᵗ!❞ ᴬ ˡᵒʷ⁻ˡᵉᵛᵉˡ ᴵⁿᶠᵉʳⁿᵃˡ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰⁱˢ ᵒⁿᵉ ˢʰᵒᵘˡᵈⁿ’ᵗ ᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ᵗʳᵒᵘᵇˡᵉ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉᵒʳʸ, ᵇᵘᵗ ⁱᵗ ʷᵃˢ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ʷⁱˢᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳᵉˢᵗⁱᵐᵃᵗᵉ ᵃⁿʸ ˢⁱᵗᵘᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ.

A quizzical smile appeared on his face. Did he hear wrong? A sun god? Yes, he surely must have heard wrong for the only god of sun he knew was actually Amaterasu, a goddess.

“Ah, thank you! I do hope the gods listen and give me their protection in every one of my journeys.”

ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵉᵃˢᵗ ˢʰᵉ ᶜᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵈᵒ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰⁱˢ ˡᵘᵐⁱⁿᵉˢᶜᵉⁿᵗ ˢᵒᵘˡ ᵃˢ ᵃ ᵖʳⁱᵉˢᵗᵉˢˢ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵃⁱᵗʰ.

          the moment he spots her, he goes rigid with fear.  the pleasant, sunny expression he once wore evaporates all at once & he’s left trembling in the presence of a certain girl.  the fact that she’s nearly a foot shorter than him seems to do nothing to ease his anxiety, as he can hardly stand to look directly at her.  when he speaks it’s with trembling lips that he utters a bizarre request.  ❝  u - um  …  I’m not trying to come onto you or anything, but  …  th- those clothes  …  could you take them off ?  ❞

      ❝ᴱˣᶜᵘˢᵉ ᵐᵉ...ᶜᵒᵐᵉ ᵃᵍᵃⁱⁿ?❞

      Nothing made sense. It rarely did, when he was involved. One second, he was trying to remove his defective Eldritch-puppet-nun from twitching out and tumble over the railing, the next, he took a wrong step and materialized in an entirely different place.

     “Huh?”, he mumbled in response to her request, sounding equally distraught and confused. Squeeze, squeeze…well, upon further assessment, her thighs felt fleshy and plump. Definitely not clay. And she was capable of speech and not just otherworldly gurgles. Pretty cute too, but let’s not get sidetracked.

     “Ah, shit- you’re not- this isn’t- er. Ahem.”

     Quick, he had to come up with an excuse. And maybe settle her down too, before it came off as sexual harassment…With the deadpan of a man who was pretending to know what he was doing, he took a few steps away from where she was originally placed, aiming to set her down elsewhere, though he never really did go through with it. He was too busy playing it cool.

      “A rat. There is a rat running around. You, uh- wouldn’t want to catch something, right?”

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      ᴬ ʳᵃᵗ?

ᴵˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ʳᵉᵃˡˡʸ ʷʰᵃᵗ ᵗʰⁱˢ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ʷᵃˢ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ? ˢʰᵉ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵍᵒᵗ ˢʷᵉᵖᵗ ᵒᶠᶠ ʰᵉʳ ᶠᵉᵉᵗ ᵇʸ ᵃ ᵖᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗ ˢᵗʳᵃⁿᵍᵉʳ ᵇᵉᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵃ ʳᵃᵗ?

     ᴴᵁᴴ?!

❝ᵂ⁻..ᵂᵃⁱᵗ ᵃ ᵐⁱⁿᵘᵗᵉ, ʷᵃⁱᵗ, ˢᵗᵒᵖ! ʸᵒᵘ’ᵛᵉ ᵖⁱᶜᵏᵉᵈ ᵐᵉ ᵘᵖ─ᵃ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉ ˢᵗʳᵃⁿᵍᵉʳ ᵐⁱⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘ, ᵇᵉᶜᵃᵘˢᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵃʷ ᵃ ʳᵃᵗ?❞ ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵘᵗᵗᵉʳˡʸ ʳⁱᵈⁱᶜᵘˡᵒᵘˢ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᴵʳⁱˢ ʰᵃᵈ ᵉᵛᵉʳ ʰᵉᵃʳᵈ, ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰʸ ᵉˣᵃᶜᵗˡʸ ʷᵃˢ ʰᵉ ˢqᵘᵉᵉᶻⁱⁿᵍ ʰᵉʳ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰᵃᵗ!

❝ᴵᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵖᵘᵗ ᵐᵉ ᵈᵒʷⁿ ᵗʰⁱˢ ⁱⁿˢᵗᵃⁿᵗ!❞ ᴴⁱˢ ʰᵉᵃʳᵗ ᵐⁱᵍʰᵗ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵇᵉᵉⁿ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʳⁱᵍʰᵗ ᵖˡᵃᶜᵉ....ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ, ᵇᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ʷᵉʳᵉ ᵈᵉᶠⁱⁿⁱᵗᵉˡʸ ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ʷᵃʸˢ ᵗᵒ ᵍᵒ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵗʰⁱˢ. ᴬⁿᵈ ᵒʰ ᵍᵒᵒᵈⁿᵉˢˢ, ⁿᵒʷ ᵖᵉᵒᵖˡᵉ ʷᵉʳᵉ ˢᵗᵃʳⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇᵒᵗʰ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉᵐ. ᴴᵒʷ ᵉᵐᵇᵃʳʳᵃˢˢⁱⁿᵍ!