“Oliver… Put on some gloves and grab that end of the bed.”
“Okay.”
Thick black gloves appeared on Oliver’s hands and he grabbed the bottom of the twin-sized wooden bed. Klein picked up the head and the two men easily lifted the bed out of the room. Even though Emerald, Ivy and Peridot were still crying, they quickly followed them out. Jade struggled to turn around and keep up with everyone, feeling like the world around her was speeding up rapidly.
Continue reading“Go away, Oliver!”
Klein shouted from the downstairs bedroom near the front of the house. He wasn’t wearing his fancy Plague Doctor outfit. Just a simple surgical mask, next to his wife Emerald, who was wearing a black dress and a similar white mask. Her eyes were bloodshot and she had tears streaming down her face as she held the hand of the rickety old man who was lying on the bed.
“Dad, please… Not yet. I’m not ready yet.”
“Heh-heh… *Weeze* Emy… It’s… It’s time. Before… I can’t speak anymore. *Cough~!*”
Continue reading“Oliver!” Jade shouted excitedly and turned away from the sunny window. She was still a head taller than the boy, but both of them had clearly grown quite a bit. Especially Oliver… His white hair was tied back into a ponytail and his pale face was partially obscured by a graying black beard. At least his eyebrows were still black.
“You said you’re hungry? What do statues like to eat?”
“Uh… I don’t know?”
She smiled awkwardly and looked out the window again, “I like… I think the sunlight feels good. Nice and warm. But it’s not enough. It doesn’t give me enough energy.”
Continue reading“So you decided to work for those bastards again anyway?”
When Oliver came home later, Peridot complained at the dinner table. The two of them grew quite a bit in the past year. With the boy reaching about 155 cm and the girl still a bit taller at 160 cm. At least their skin was relatively clear thanks to the medicine bought from Klein next door. Unlike most of the teenagers around Verde that had horrible acne, lesions or rashes.
“I’ve saved up way too much ore and crystals now. We had to build a whole other shed just to store it all. I don’t want my yard to disappear and I can’t just stop Mining. It’s more than just a job to me.”
Continue readingBy the time they got dressed and went out to check on the situation, a ‘big crowd’ of a couple dozen people were gathered in front of a green brick house. It was right next to Verna’s place. The Herbalist Shop.
“Uncle Grun, what’s wrong? Is Myrtle okay?”
The tall and muscular man looked down at Oliver with a frown, “Myrl… Well, see for yourself.”
“Thanks for helping me out today, Peri.”
“I’m just worried about you, Ollie.” The tall blonde-haired, green eyed girl pouted, “I always knew the company was scummy, but I never thought they’d do something this evil.”
“I’m not surprised.” Oliver looked at his living room that had a few holes in the walls and floor that still needed to be fixed. At least all the blood and mud was cleaned up though. That crossbow and the bolts were given to Forest as an early birthday present.
“I just didn’t think Jessie and the others would wanna kill me… What the hell did I ever do to them, anyway?”
“They’re just jealous. Obviously.” Peridot sneered, “Jealousy can make people do crazy things…”
Continue reading“You’re the little thief! You were pissed off yesterday and even threatened me! So you came back later and robbed our vault!”
“I didn’t rob shit! Lying thief! Give me back my money and jewelry!”
A gas mask appeared on Oliver’s furious face, followed by a metal hard-hat on his head. The man with the crossbow pulled the trigger immediately and the bolt bounced off the helmet, ricocheting over into the wall. Then the other man rushed over with a shortsword!
“You’re trying to murder me?!”
“No, no I didn’t! Don’t lie! You’re the one that started using magic first!”
“Shut up, you dumbass!” Jessie went inside the house and closed, then locked the door behind her, preventing some of the anxious people outside from interfering.
Continue readingI casually doodled a general outline of the Continent of Kresvalia… Yes, it does look similar to Australia. Yes, it is located in a similar corner of the ‘Earth’ as Australia. But obviously it’s not really Australia. Most of the story thus far takes place in the tiny eastern corner of the continent, so there’s no real reason to go into great detail about everywhere else. Honestly, this is the first time in a long time that I drew up one of my half-assed maps… But a map really doesn’t need to be so fancy, right?
“Damn it!”
*Thud!*
“Mmmn! Shit!”
*Thump-thump-thump!*
“ Aaaah!”
*Paaah~!*
When he finally got home and finished a long bath, Oliver was still furious. So he set up the heavy green sandbag in the living room and started wailing on it with all his strength. Eventually he got completely exhausted and ate dinner, before heading back to bed with an upset stomach and covered in sweat. He didn’t even have the energy to think about the fact that the statue on the right side of the bed was laying on her left side.
“Goodnight, Sis…” He laid down on his left side, then the right, unable to find a comfortable position. Eventually he ended up sleeping on his back.
Continue reading“Hah~! Hahahah~! Yes! I win!”
When Oliver woke up the next day, he turned over and found that Marble Mother was nowhere to be found! Even Stone Sister was still laying face-down and in the same exact position as before. Except for the slightly longer little black hairs, it was just a normal statue.
“Don’t worry, Sis. That crazy woman is gone now. You’re safe.” He patted the ‘girl’ on her cold hard back and got out of bed. Rested and excited to go work in the mines again!
“Verna’s parents won’t make another trip back to Kale Town until next week though. We’ll probably never see your Marble Mommy again. By the way, why was that specific statue so damn haunted? All the others didn’t move around nearly as much.”
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