Day After Day After Day After Day-

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Fur brushes shoulder, then it's quick to move away again. The rabbit grows instantly tense and those citrine eyes dart away. Did he notice that easily..? Man, we really have lost our touch, huh?

“..N-No, I dunno what you’re talking about..” Jax mumbled.

One ear is turned slightly towards Caine's direction, showing that she was still listening..

At first she tries to appear uninterested, though any one would know the rabbit could up and leave easy if they wished it. But alas, instead, the bunny stays right where she currently sat.

"...What ya, uh...doing?" Jax asks.

"Just some lazy doodles, helps me think."

He answers, tilting his note pad a little so the curious rabbit could get her 'peek'. He was in the middle of drawing yet another bee, this one a bit more realistic than the usual cartoonish version he tended to scribble.

..Helps him think huh?

Guess they could relate a little.. it was always easier writing stuff down to remember. Jax blinked, peering in to see the little doodle of bee sketched onto the paper, it makes a small smile creep up a little. Well shit, she couldn't even find the urge to poke fun at how good it looked..

A cheek now rests against his shoulder slightly, and the rabbit wondered what else the other was drawing in this note pad.

"Oh, shush. She has the talents of a fully fledged comic and manga artist. I just like to try and draw me an insect or two."

But he does flip back a page and show off more of his doodling.

"Hmmmmm, no idea? I know what I would've made the informant be, but since it's random I don't-"

Caine begins to tell her as they walk into the crowded starting point for the adventure. But he never gets to finish because there's an attention grabbing blast of laughter and cheers. At the center of which, is indeed some sort of wolf man.

"That's right everyone, your boy Phily is back here for one last quest! And looking for some adventurers to join me for the ride!"

Caine just stares for a few seconds before he's side glancing Astrid,

Best be quick before an NPC raises their hand or paw to take the quest. Awkwardly shuffling through the crowd, giving a quick look back to make sure Caine was following, Astird raised her hand as she managed to squeeze through a trio of gummy-crocodiles. She didn't give it much thought. No one here seemed to fit the typical RPG style.

'We'll join!'

And with that to grease the wheels of their introduction, the adventure began!

All in all....it wasn't a bad one. The randomization meant that things were as much of a surprise for Caine as it was for Astrid. Allowing the AI to actually get that 'adventure experience' he'd never really had before. Especially since he basically stuck to his "bard" role, refraining from using his greater powers to insta-solve any problems or puzzles they came across.

Then there was the obvious holiday-maker spots. Large monuments of someone clearly important to the city and the towering city hall itself. 'Never been in there,' Alexis commented to herself. When they reached the school, a teacher waited at the entrance, making sure the students stuck to the dress code whilst they either put their bikes away for jumped off the school bus.

Life. Real Life. In a way that Caine had never seen before.

A bustling city like so many others, it's inhabitants following their familiar routines. Birds chirped, cars honked, and most didn't spare a second glance to the school girl who had her phone held up and close to her.

Caine goes silent and practically still as he watches it all. Digital eyes wide and focused; hungry. Awed. Cataloguing.

".....it's beautiful." He murmurs up to her when Alexis checks in on him.

"Uh huh. Uh huh."

He's nodding, writing everything down so he can be sure he's taking all the information accurately.

"Got it, got it. There's room besides the Carnival Grounds to put a corral-horse farm thing, so you don't even need to go to one of the worlds to care for it."

"Come on, touch me."

"I'm a love-hungry man."

"Living easy, loving free!"

"Honey, I ain't that naïve."

"She told me to go to hell."

"We'll set the world on fire."

"Oh, baby, I ain't got much."

"I'm on the highway to Hell."

"Tell me, who can you trust?"

"I'm gonna walk all over you."

"Paradise ain't far from there."

"If you want blood, you got it."

"Baby, I've got my eye on you."

"Asking nothing, leave me be."

"I know what you're looking for."

"'Cause you're much too much."

"Don't say that you love me, too."

"Nobody's gonna slow me down."

"Ah, you're the one I've waited for."

"How'd you expect me to believe?"

"Nobody's gonna mess me around."

"It wasn't the first, it wasn't the last."

"I was so satisfied deep down inside."

"I'm on the way to the promised land!"

"Was that a noise outside the window?"

"Don't need reason, don't need rhyme."

"No doubt about it, can't live without it."

"Take a chance with me and give it a try."

"And, there, you thought you'd seen it all."

"Remember those nights we spent alone?"

"My friends are gonna be there, too, yeah."

"Ain't it a shame to be shot down in flames?"

"I'm gonna give you just one more chance…"

"Take off the high heels, let down your hair."

"You're the meanest woman I've ever known."

"This damn woman's gonna drive me insane."

"Too much for my body, too much for my brain."

"So, gimme the stage, I'm gonna steal the show."

"She's like a lethal brand, too much for any man."

"Oh, she had the face of an angel, smiling with sin."

"Done everything I'm gonna do. The rest is up to you."

"You don't feel the steel 'til it's hanging out your back."

"Wish I knew what's on your mind and why you're being so unkind…"

"I've seen a million girls. Ain't one of them got what my lady, she's got."

"Smiling face and loving eyes… But you keep on telling me all those lies."

"Too scared to turn your light out, 'cause there's somethin' on your mind."

Fur brushes shoulder, then it's quick to move away again. The rabbit grows instantly tense and those citrine eyes dart away. Did he notice that easily..? Man, we really have lost our touch, huh?

“..N-No, I dunno what you’re talking about..” Jax mumbled.

One ear is turned slightly towards Caine's direction, showing that she was still listening..

At first she tries to appear uninterested, though any one would know the rabbit could up and leave easy if they wished it. But alas, instead, the bunny stays right where she currently sat.

"...What ya, uh...doing?" Jax asks.

"Just some lazy doodles, helps me think."

He answers, tilting his note pad a little so the curious rabbit could get her 'peek'. He was in the middle of drawing yet another bee, this one a bit more realistic than the usual cartoonish version he tended to scribble.

Right. Good thing they're all digital here-

"Right! Let's take a look around and find any convenient signs or NPCs that should lead the way to our quarry!~"

'The local tavern will have everyone.'

Why was there only one tavern in these places? No idea. Might just make things easier. But, then a thought crossed Astrid's mind and she turned to Caine after walking into a very crowded tavern full of heroes and rogues.

"Hmmmmm, no idea? I know what I would've made the informant be, but since it's random I don't-"

Caine begins to tell her as they walk into the crowded starting point for the adventure. But he never gets to finish because there's an attention grabbing blast of laughter and cheers. At the center of which, is indeed some sort of wolf man.

"That's right everyone, your boy Phily is back here for one last quest! And looking for some adventurers to join me for the ride!"

Caine just stares for a few seconds before he's side glancing Astrid,

The AI promises, at top volume.

"Hnnnn.....that does put a damper on things...."

A beat.

"Well! You're in luck! The dealer I know is selling the car for only 1,997 KROMER! An unprecedented low value!"

"Chocolates?! What kind of crummy wage deal did you agree to-?!"

She starts, before switching over to Salesman with a clearing of the throat-

"Uh huh. Uh huh."

He's nodding, writing everything down so he can be sure he's taking all the information accurately.

"Got it, got it. There's room besides the Carnival Grounds to put a corral-horse farm thing, so you don't even need to go to one of the worlds to care for it."