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Zaid has a minion!
I'm the Flaming Guy
I'm the Flaming Guy
Zaid
Legacy Name: Zaid
The Reborn Clawsion
Owner: Amane
Age: 15 years, 6 months, 3 weeks
Born: September 6th, 2008
Adopted: 14 years, 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Adopted: January 5th, 2010
Statistics
- Level: 92
- Strength: 222
- Defense: 26
- Speed: 22
- Health: 20
- HP: 20/20
- Intelligence: 61
- Books Read: 53
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Centrifuge Master
I couldn't sleep at all. The HQ walls... they're thin. I'm pretty sensitive to noises, so I just couldn't get to sleep. Not any weird noises, just y'know, creaky building sounds and stuff.
I decided a walk was in order! Late night walks are the best, after all. I went to grab my coat (not that I really needed it) but couldn't find it. "Where'd I leave it this time?" I took peeks into some of the rooms I'd been in earlier that day. It wasn't in Xalsir's, I didn't need to take it off to melt half of his weird equipment.
No luck in Katima's place either. She kicked me out too fast.
Last stop, Amaden's room.
The door was already partially open. I still figured he was asleep, but to my surprise he was sitting on the edge of his bed, head in his hands. I snuck a look at his face as silently as possible, he looked... I dunno the word. Not terrified... Well, something was wrong, I had to guess. I hesitated but spoke softly to him. "Amaden, you... alright?"
He snapped his head back and shot me an awful glare. I wondered if he was gonna punch my lights out, but his face calmed, thankfully. "Oh... it's you. What are you doing here? It's late."
"I was trying to find my coat. I looked in other rooms with no success, thought I'd check here... and look! There it is." I grabbed it off the chair I'd flopped it on and threw it on quite gracefully, if I do say so myself. "Do you... want me to go? You um... looked pretty distressed. Somethin' wrong?"
"No... nothing. Can't sleep, that's all." He turned his gaze back to the wall. I dunno how I knew, but he was lying about something. Not that I was gonna bother him about it, but...
"I was about to go on a walk just outside the building. Wanna come with? It might clear your head." He didn't move for a minute, but finally stood up and nodded. "Grab your coat if you get cold easily." He scoffed at me. "I don't."
We made our way outside. The air was practically dead. Dry as hell with a few rare cool breezes were all we got. Only a couple stars were visible, too, blinking in and out between the clouds.
"You know," Amaden started, "Before you and I really met, I'd been by that circus of yours." Startled, I looked at him. "You did?! Huh..." "Yeah, a few years before, in fact. I saw you arguing with a girl, I think. Long hair."
"Ohh... long hair or like, LONG long hair?"
"It was piled on the ground a bit."
I sighed. "That was Carra, then, when we were a... thing." Amaden glanced sideways. "Girlfriend?" "Mhmm. It didn't last long. None of my relationships have. They always find somethin' about me they can't stand."
"How many...?"
"Four or five. Girls just don't like to hang around me for long periods of time. Katima aside! She punches me instead of checking me out, though."
A silence fell between us after Amaden didn't laugh at me being funny. What a grump! Someday he'll loosen up, I hope. "So what about you? Any lovely ladies in your life?"
"No."
"...Oh. Guys?"
"What?!"
"Heyyy calm down, just a simple question!" The look on his face was priceless. Almost... embarrassed? No way.
We continued walking. The air lightened up a little, and the clouds parted, allowing the strange lights in the sky to look down on us. "Isn't that that... place?" I pointed at the largest of the lights. "You have to be more specific, Zaiden."
"Y'know, the one that boy came from! Rainbow hair kid? Gale's sister's dude!"
"The Prism Castle? I believe so."
"Xalsir keeps talking about looking for one of them. A Prism, I mean."
Amaden frowned. "Who cares? Xalsir is a fool. He can look all he wants, none of them are interested. At least I doubt they are."
I let the quiet come over us again. Sometimes I have to wonder what Amaden's goals really are. He wants to change the world... who doesn't? His motives though, I wonder how innocent they are? He doesn't seem like the "~I just want a better world~" type. Something changed him, something to make him pursue this, and someday, I wanna find out what.
"...Zaid?"
"Huh? Oh, what? Sorry I was thinkin'."
"Thanks."
I raised an eyebrow and eyed him. "For... what exactly?"
Amaden smiled slightly. "Everything."
"...?! N-no problem...?!?" I sputtered out. What was he trying to pull, making me nervous like that? Geez!
I get bad feelings sometimes, thinking 'hey, what if he's nuts? what if he ends up really hurting people?', but... when he says things like that, surprises me, I just stop thinking future and stick with the present. He's a good guy, I know it. Maybe he's a little hurt, and maybe hooking up with Commander Gale's rag-tag party of weirdos isn't the best idea in the long run, but eh! It's gonna work out one way or another. I'll stick around for it all.
We walked back in 'cause the sky clouded over again and we decided it looked more dreary than the HQ. I thanked him for joining me on my dumb little night walk. He nodded in response. "It did clear my head a little..." he mumbled, almost to himself, it seemed. "Sleep well, Zaid."
"You too!" I smiled at him. I went back to my room.
Everyone else thinks he's so serious, one of those cold, calculative guys. He really isn't! This night was proof of that, and there's been more before this, too. No one else ever seems to get that...
...Strange. Maybe he is loosening up after all... but only in front of me? Well, how about that!
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Pet Treasure
Metal Workers Kit
Rainyday Tropical Sunglasses
Wooden Bead Necklace
Seductive Red Button-Up
Low Red Cummerbund
Oh! Naturale Ailuridae Jeans
Red Gladiator Sandals
Hazel Jailbird Bangles
Blingtastic Rolecks Watch
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