The unorthodox pattern of the walls called to me, as the outlandish ornamentation of the room brings but an impertinent thought to the taste of its owner. The walls were endowed with inexplicable writings, with imitated letterings appearing around in an irregular fashion. There were red streaks of paint splashed mercilessly against the writings, appearing to attempt to imitate the same nature of dried blood. What made it so overbearing and ridiculously horrid to look at, was the cute little soft toys that were thrown around the room with cutesy little ribbons tied onto each and every one of them. It was eerie, disgusting and totally off the theme of the room. The floor felt...soft? As I looked at it, it was covered in fluffy, ineffable and empyreal cushions. They were nice to the touch and rather comfortable to be on, but it was completely off from the dark and gruesome nature of the walls, wasn't it? The room was dimly lighted, but I couldn't help but notice a bed with curtains and a beautiful chandelier hovering in the middle of the stone-based celling.
"Welcome!" I hear a light-hearted voice, sounding high-pitched and cutesy in this damnable atmosphere. I was bounded by my hands behind my back with my body thrown to rest on the nice and comfortable cushions. "You don't have to be so shy! I know you're in a girl's room for the first time in your life and all..." the cute little voice continued to echo around the room, as the disgusting mismatch of the entire place created goosebumps all over my body. I thought it was a place created by a sick psychopath with a love for soft toys. "Oh, you're still bound up! my bad, my bad" I felt the rope that tied up my hands loosen, as well as the rope around my ankles. Only then did I realize that they were the same exact pink ribbons tied upon the soft toys around the room. "Where am I?" I asked. The ribbons didn't seem to have some sort of mechanism to them, meaning that it was highly probable that it was with the use of telekinesis. "You're in my room! What do you think of it? I decorated it myself!" the voice sounded extremely proud of her accomplishment. "Its..." I hesitated. What would happen if I were to lie here, what if I pissed her off?
"Come on, just be honest!" the female voice squealed in delight. "Yeah, be honest...ahem" I heard another male's voice. "Shut up Gabe!" the female seemed to be talking to the male named Gabe? "Well, it's pretty...unique it's like I'm in a room of..." "a sick psychopath right?" the male voice cut in. "Yep yep" I instinctively agreed. "You guys are so mean!" I heard the sound of an angry female, as I felt a slap on my face. It was a slap, not telekinesis. I could feel the touch of the hand as the impact came. "Show yourself Gabe!" she shouted in anger, as I could hear the laughter of a male's voice. These people, they are...invisible. I was sure of it.
"What is this place?" I asked as I stood up. "We're in my room of course!" the female voice said with pride. "No, I don't think he meant that" Gabe laughed. "Well, let's just say, we are in a pretty secure spot...but that's not the main point is it, I believe what you would want to know, is who are we?" he spoke. "Hey guys, I got breakfast from Queen's!" I heard the sound of a door open, as the wall directly ahead of me opened up, revealing stairs, leading up to what seemed like the insides of a wardrobe.
"Yay!" the female voice shouted, and revealed a young looking girl with golden hair, as she jumped at the man with blonde hair that appeared.
"..." Gabe remained silent.
"Oh, Gabe, are you doing the whole mysterious thing again," the man asked casually. "Hurry up and introduce the new member, the food's going to get cold," he said, as he sat down and ate on the floor with the cute little girl. I know this doesn't really mean anything, but I couldn't help but notice that the little girl had rather large breasts.
Gabe appeared to have given up, as he showed the form of the man who greeted me this morning. "I'd have to apologize for the rather crude meeting this morning" Gabe stated, as he bowed his head. "Well, it was supposed to go normally, if not for somebody who decided to show her love for tying things up" Gabe sighed. The girl in question tilted her head, unsure of why Gabe was glaring at her. "You want some?" she offered a single french fry from the packet in her hand. Gabe sighed once more.
"So, let me introduce us, I'm Gabe, that's Lily and John, obviously this isn't our full names, but that's what we'd prefer to be called. We are an organization that takes unauthorized property and return it for a price. In short, a thief's thief or any other criminal organization" Gabe began his explanation. "Anyways, we only choose a selected group of people, mainly those that can turn invisible, as you can tell" as an example, Gabe disappeared in front of me. "And also, those that we deem worthy. We were there when you rescued that girl from that factory, it was mainly by chance anyways" Gabe guaranteed it.
"we are the invisible guild!" the girl, Lily, happily declared in the background.
I'm really late for work, aren't I? Why am I always getting caught up in these kinds of mess? Seeing as they weren't hostile, I figured that I wasn't in any danger. "What time is it?" I asked, seemingly out of the blue. "Wait..." the blonde man, John, checked his watch. "Its 6.30 a.m." he answered.
I immediately cast an illusion of invisibility. "Sorry! I'm late, I'll join this guild and whatever as long as there's money to earn!" I declared as I left for the stairs. The wardrobe that was shown ahead led me to the insides of a popular luxury fashion store "Invisiblin", I was in the storeroom. They usually focus on the sale of designer clothes, shoes, and other apparels. A single shirt could cost up to as much as a few tens of thousands. They were a notorious startup that devastated the market with their 'ultra-premium' quality goods with their famous ones being the bulletproof blazer that was known to be comfortable to wear.
I was on the first floor of the shopping mall I frequent. Running as fast as I could, I embraced the cold winter morning as I reached the convenience store as the clock struck 7.
"You're late..." the manager stared at me, as he saw me being out of breath. "Sorry!" I bowed. "Whatever, just get going," he said, as I joined a certain brown haired girl in the fight against the early morning rush hour.
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As the final boss was defeated and the world came to peace, Elly and I stood at our counters as I found myself staring at the newspaper man across the street once again. Today, he didn't seem to have many customers. "Hey" Elly started the conversation. "Have you heard? The manager said that because of the overwhelming business, his planning on opening another store in the city!" "Really? That quickly? It's barely been a month since he opened this store" I replied. "He said that a great man must take great risks! Or something like that, I'm not really sure..." she answered. After that, the atmosphere became stale, there wasn't anything much to talk about. "Has your mother tracked down the 'angel' group yet?" I spoke, breaking the ice. "Uhmmm, she said that there were some complications? Something about fighting against the internal strife in the city or whatever she was ranting about hahahaha...." she let out a weak laugh. If I were to guess, it would be that while her dearest mother was ranting to her, she could only pick out some of the content while doing her best in pacifying her.
"So, what was your deal with Raelynn and those other girls?" I asked, inquiring about her situation."That's... well, it's not a really pretty story to talk about...and it's pretty stupid" she muttered. "Well, if you want it to be a secret, fine" I probed deeper while pretending to have given up on it. "Eh? ah no no no no, it's not really a secret..." she panicked. "hmm?" I made a questioning sound.
"Well, it was the summer of middle school..."
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A girl in her youth was humming to herself, as for the first time in her life, she was invited to go to the beach. The beach! A wonderful and unimaginable eutopia for young people to play...for those who have never been there, it was envisioned as such. She never had many friends, all those that had approached her were only attempting to break her out of her shell. Once they did that, they never really talked to her again. She never really clicked well with others. She was just a normal, bashful girl who never really left a lasting impression on anyone. When interviewing her classmates, they would merely say that "she's okay, a good and quiet girl..." and such would be the responses. For the first time in her life, she might make actual friends.
Having been brought to the beach by Johnathon, the popular guy in the class, she was well received by his clique of other popular people. Maybe out of the kindness of their heart, or by the sheer enjoyment they received as they teased this particularly pure girl. She was innocent, so much so that even the girls of her same age would hug her and call her cute. With such mix feelings of wonder and curiosity in her heart, the girl who was naive by nature was brought to the beach as she blushed from the fact that most of her skin was exposed to the naked air. A white bikini with drawstrings left her with an inapprehensible reaction that was one for the taking as she walked out to greet the half-naked bodies of the guys. She covered her face as her blushing behavior took the hearts of the guys, especially that of a certain popular one.
The jealous looks of a girl by the name of Tiffany who sneaked glances at Johnathon from time to time, noticed him doing the same to a certain shy girl. She was furious, brimming to the edge with resentment. At the end of the day, as the group played with fireworks by the beach, a few guys called out a few girls alone. A premeditated plan that the guys have been working on. A single "I'm sorry" stood out among the others, as Johnathon had his heart broken on that summer day. Tiffany, who was once rejected by the one she adored, exploded in hypocritical rage. With her clique of 'bad' students that included Raelynn, the days of the bullied students became an urban legend at the end of their term in middle school. From the vandalism of her table to calling her out after school, it wasn't long before Elly managed to move out of the city with the change in her mother's job. Having been found out by Johnathon of her horrible acts, Tiffany was expelled from their clique and her bias anger for Elly peaked, swearing to make her life hell when she should ever see her again.
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The story was pretty much as plain as I speculated, it wasn't really anything remarkable. As Elly ended her story there, she blushed as it was as if it was created by her teenage fantasy, having the popular guy fall in love with her and all the drama after that. "I guess that's that" I replied, seemingly uninterested. "See? I told you it was stupid" she sulked. Stupid or not, having been able to go through that and making peace with her aggressor, showed that she had 'something' within. Petting her on her head, she stared at me. "What are you doing?" she inquired. "I have no idea myself" I replied. As a certain group of students walked into the store, they looked towards us and jeered. "Get a room" they complained while teasing. Elly merely tilted her head in the same fashion as a certain golden-haired girl this morning. "Why?" she wondered out loud.
"This girl.. she's so bold!" they replied, astonished.
"Wait a minute, wasn't there a black-haired girl as well... this guy, what a beast...." "Player, disgusting" "She's being fooled!" the group of students with their uncouth comments openly slandered me right in my presence. It was at times like this that I begin to forget that they were around the same age.
Just as I wanted to regard them on their misinformed judgement, the door opened once again, a familiar man walked into the store. Gabe. He headed for the drinks section, as the students held their breaths. I came to realise that him and all the other members were extraordinarily gorgeous. He bought a single can of brewed coffee, as his mouth muttered "10pm" as he made the purchase at my counter. "I end at 11" I sighed as I replied. He was insistent on his cool and mysterious demeanor, as he exited without saying a word.
"Your friend?" Elly asked. "Well... not really" I replied. "His friend but not really, could it be?!" the girls began to gossip among themselves, as the guy's faces turned green among the students.
"Hey hey Elly come here" the female students beckoned. "No she isn't."I pulled her back to her counter. To think that these students were about to step into the point of no return just a few days back... It's almost astounding that they can just forget about that incident. On another note, did they win the tournament?
"Don't you guys have things to do other than bug the cashier?" I lamented, as the students spent the time talking while the occasional customer came and left. They purchased a single can of coffee, as they treated the place like a cafe, talking about the various things in their lives and gossiping about various nonsense. "The kidnap demon" about a humanoid demon who would ask if it was your name. If he's right, both him and you will dissappear. "Bad santa" a story about santa claus stealing instead of giving. The angel and thief's guild were a common mention, but not much was to be said about them. Eventually, the students found their leave, they wasted their entire break in a convenience store. I'm not really sure what to think about that.
Night came, as I took my leave. The vast and empty night sky laid out above. Not a single cloud drifted in the skies. I headed for the 24-hour shopping mall, with only a few fast food chains open.
"Turn invisible" I heard a whisper next to me. It was Gabe. Doing as told, I saw a secret door open, as "Invisiblin"'s shutters popped opened like a door in the middle. I entered and closed the door behind me. Heading for the storeroom, I entered the wardrobe and closed the wooden plank acting as a door behind me.
"You're here" there were 5 others in the room, two of which I don't recognise. "Let's begin"