ARC-0:PARADE OF THE AIMLESS
He was falling.
Wait,wait,wait,wai—no wait he was falling?.
Subaru who was on his way back home from the convenience store was now suddenly falling.
It would be easy to dismiss it as just falling down from staying awake too long,yes but,...if only it was that simple
Infront of him,or is it on top?,was what he could clearly say was a wooden ceiling which easily terminates the aspect of him being on any road side below an open night sky.
He could only glance at these thoughts in a small frame of time with simple recognition of ,falling,wooden ceiling,not where he was before,before screaming out with bursting vocal cords.
Subaru:"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!"
Finally at the point of impact between him and the ground a young feminine voice joined him in screaming.
???:"Kyaa!!!"
Lying on the floor subaru could only grunt out in frustration whilst trying to upright himself.
Though the fall from a ceiling of a room isn't as lethal as falling from any other more known heights,it definitely should hurt alot.
So why is it that he was unhurt?,he figured that it was because of the soft object cushioning his fall.
Wait was that a kya,oh no that was definitely a kya!
Finally understanding the identity of his cusion subaru frantically stood up,whilst apologising he turned back to look at his cushion...to find a blond little girl with crimson red eyes rubbing her head.
Subaru:"i am so,so sorry,i have no idea how i came here and fell on you please forgive me."
While apologising he glanced at her attire and decided to compliment her cosplay,if only to appease her,though it was a bit hurtful to his pride for thinking in such a way towards a child.
Subaru:"i know it's besides the point and everything but you got a nice cosplay on!,but maybe you should change into a little less revealing cosplay since your a bit too young to be wearing things like that."
The aformention little girl looked at him in confusion about his sudden rant and adorned a slight cautious look.
???:"i'm fourteen..."
She mumbled,but the mumbling went unheard by the still ranting subaru
Subaru:"but!,something's missing in here...but don't you worry!,big bro subaru will give you some brotherly advice on cosplaying!,i did it a
bit before and i also watched
many,many,many anime in my life!"
With closed eyes and a raised index finger he sat infront of the blond with a smug look as he tried to give her some cosplay advice.
But as he spoke,he did not notice the frown on the blond infront of him. He was beginning to feel self-conscious now, he hadn't talked to outside people for a good while,But still carried on.
Subaru:"so it wou—"
???:"oh shut the hell up!"
Cutting subaru off the blond girl started to stand up and reflecting her subaru also decided to stand up out of courtesy.
I can't remember the last time i actually worried about courtesy,heh...she doesn't seem happy...i'm screwed aren't i?
???:"i have no clue what you are talking about,Cossu-place?,i don't have a nice place in the first place!,seriously are you retarded!?,these are the slums how the hell is this backwater place nice,huh!"
So she says,pointing towards him with a toothy glare to which subaru held his hands infront in a defensive manner.
I definitely said cos-play not place!
???:"so,'i have no idea' right?,well i might have an idea,but let me tell you it ain't pretty,both why and what'll happen now"
Saying so the blond reached onto her back and with an extremely quick motion pulled out a blade,the spinning knife ended its motion in the position of being pointed against subaru.
Seeing the drawn knife aiming towards him subaru gasped with surprise and fell backwards onto the table.
Laying on the table,subaru noticed a looming presence above him.
And when he looked up at the figure standing above him,he met with a long eyebrowed giant.
Yelping with widened eyes subaru lept forward to escape from the giant man that was looming on top of him.
Only to be met with a knife few inches away from his eye.
Reeling backwards subaru once again fell,but this time on the ground instead.
The giant old man also stood and walked around the table picking up a giant club in the meanwhile.
With both the giant wielding a club that was almost as long as him and was probably bigger than his head and the seemingly young girl with a knife now looking down on his fallen form,subaru could only come to one conclusion.
Before he got here,he felt a little dizzy and thought he was also seeing things..and right after he closed his eyes and opened them again he was here...
Subaru:"was i drugged and kidnapped!?"
Subaru unintentionally questioned out loud his deduction,for which the two supposed kidnappers of his,raised an eyebrow with confusion and curiosity,which subaru ignored completely to continue on with his shocked state by his revelation.
With a gasp subaru started accusing them of their crimes.
Subaru:"Wait!,did you guys kidnap me!? that explains why i'm here!
What are you some cosplay fanatics! i know its fun to be in character but kidnapping some one is too much!"
Both the giant and the child widened their eyes at subaru's proclamation who was backed away until his back leaned on the table behind him.
He was trying hard to remain as small as possible,the girl might be easy to handle but the giant seemed like he was able to crush his head with his hands alone.
Even i didn't have the creative power to imagine me being kidnapped by some cosplay fanatics! and that was probably one of the only things about me that i was actually proud of!
While the old giant put a hand on his chin inquisitively the blond girl reeled back in shock.
???:"Wait!,we didn't kidnap you or anything like that and what is this Cossu any way!,you said Cossu-place beforeand Cossu-play now!."
I said play before and now!
She grabbed her hair and sighed.
???:"And besides,we do stealing,not kidnapping,i might be a little desperate for money but not desperate enough to kidnap someone...i think."
You think!?
And after sighing once more she looked directly into his eyes and started questioning him.
???:"so you don't know how you got here?,the name's Felt by the way."
So her name is felt huh? well i sure as hell felt her character! ha! good one me!.
Wait..that kinda felt a bit out there.....he..he..dear god.
Subaru was slightly mortified by the way he used puns in his mind.
Well i guess its okay if i tell them,they might help me get home.
Subaru was a bit more relaxed after hearing their defensive statement but after hearing the part about stealing he upped his guard again.
Subaru:"yeah,i was just coming from the store after buying some groceries and then i saw some kind of weird digital effect pass through the world,felt abit dizzy,closed my eyes and opened them to me falling on a cute blond girl."
Felt was a bit annoyed at the pun in between the sentence but also slightly blushed when she heard the compliment.
But remembering the weird words he usesd and the description he gave of the occurance before his arrival here,she sobered up.
Felt:"dee-gee-tall?,a-fact? what are these words your using!? Is this some kind of noble talk our slum folk can't understand?"
Felt cutely pouted about not being able to understand what subaru is saying,which subaru found extremely adorable before he fell into a state of shock.
Subaru:"wait slums!? i don't remember the convenience store being anywhere near any slum area!"
Felt:"can—,what are these words!?"
After attempting to understand his words again she gave up and frowned.
She scratched her head and promptly turned towards the old giant standing to her right.
Felt:"what do you think old man rom?"
The giant with long eyebrows—Old man rom also scratched his bald head before answering.
Rom:"i ain't some all knowing old man who can answer every question or anything,but i'm sure this boy's circumstances seem...special,well atleast i think he is a good kid,that's bout to worth somethin right?."
To this subaru raised an eyebrow inquisitively.
Subaru:"what do you mean by special?"
Subaru hearing someone refer anything about him being special slightly enwoked child hood trauma but....the term special connected with the given circumstances gave him a glimmer of hope.
Could it be? did i...
Rom tiredly placed a hand on the side of his head before finally answering his question...and also his doubts to a certain extent if his circumstances are what he thinks they are.
Rom:"i seriously need some booze,no,i don't get enough booze for this."
Isn't it supposed to go like 'i don't get paid enough for this' though?
Rom:"listen kid,this place is called the loot house,our little safe haven."
Rom pointed towards the still grounded subaru who is leaning against the table in a serious tone.
Rom:"i know this sounds a bit far-fetched but this is what i got.
I think you got teleported from what ever place you were at,to this safe haven of ours,probably yin magic."
With that subaru's eyes widened like dish plates.
Teleportation? yin? magic? wait this is seriously no joke!
Subaru's entire form shook,but not from anything one would think,not from despair,fear,sadness or anything of the like.
He shook with excitement.
I got summoned to another world!
He screamed inside the scapes of his own mind,having enough sense in him to not startle the two onlookers infront of him,who looked at him with confusion.
Confused of the reason behind his excited smile.