Sometimes the little girl wondered why the sky looked so weird, not that she knew how the sky should look. For all she knew it was totally normal to have red lights going on instead of normal stars!
But then again " They don't go out..." it got annoying after a few minutes. Maybe she shouldn't let her big brother get away with those shenanigans of his... She still couldn't believe he got her like that with his little prank of letting a "Wounded soldier" keep working.
Now it all made sense and she should have known better!
It still kinda made sense to let a veteran of war work, and she kinda liked that particular ant. That one always made sure no other ant could get wounded like himself after all. She even saw it fend off the attack of one centipede a few times!
Granted that centipede was also mechanical and it probably also worked for the same boss as the ant...So it might have been staged...
But it was a good fight nonetheless! "They overreact anyway..." mumbled the little girl while sitting on the sofa in the living room and grabbing the remote "...might as well watch TV..." one couldn't play in the garden with all the chaos outside after all. They might get antsy if she was going all over the place. So for now she would watch TV.
She was a big girl too! So she would be magnanimous! Not that she wanted to see her favorite cartoon of the Saturday mornings or anything... Of course that had nothing to do with it...And good thing she was so magnanimous! It was about to start too! She almost didn't make it in time for the opening!
So with haste, she commanded "Prepare the yumyums and wawas!" and so in the kitchen, one could hear the rustle of a thousand brave soldiers (Ants) preparing the best of snacks (Mostly potato chips) in the best of tableware (a couple of plastic bowls, momma didn't let her use glassware after they broke one of her favorites). Followed by the commanding tone of ancient evil working for the good of mankind(centipedes) going to the end of the world for the best of beverages (It was soda) placed upon the most sacred grail (A kiddie cup and a plastic pitcher for refills).
For her part the little girl was singing to the tune of a kids' song (Dancing included) and didn't pay attention to the small fight behind her while the mechanical ants and centipedes were trying to get their yumyums and wawas in place "Welcome to magmo's world!" said the voice on the TV, a weird flesh-colored puppet with purple eyes was waving from the screen. "Welcome ~," said the little girl to the screen.
It was a really weird puppet "Today we will learn of Chtulu!" said in a happy tune the puppet "Do you know about Chtulu?" asked said puppet.
To which the little girl answered "No?" how could she know about someone with a weird name like that, the only person with a weird name she knew was Mister Pig.
And almost as if the puppet knew "Repeat after me fgdgdfgdcthulhu!" in an almost kind and caring voice the puppet said.
Of course, the little girl tried to say it too, but sadly her tongue wasn't that nimble to imitate the puppet "You can do it! Repeat after me: fgdgdfgdcthulhu!" but the puppet was if nothing understanding.
So the little girl tried it a few more times to no avail, she almost managed to do it, if not for being distracted by a message carried by a mechanical ant "No summoning elder ones right now, trying to convince the old farts to turn off the alarms right now you brat! " said a holo projection of her big brother. So that was that.
For now, she would comply..."Fine big brother..." and she would answer as such to her big brother "But you better manage to get them to turn it off before sleeping time...." said the little girl to the holo screen before the mechanical ant went on his merry way to deliver the message to her twin brother.
Somedays she didn't understand why he liked to go outside their little heaven, she understood why momma had to go and work, that's what good mommas did after all. But why would her brother do that? They had everything they wanted here. He even had one PC wired into the outside, so he could work from his room too!
What's the point of having your own room across the hallway if you don't use it after all?
But she was getting distracted "It's okay, you will get the tone right!" at least Magmo understood her just fine. He was like that "And remember, Chtulu will always look after you, and if you look into his eyes, he will never let you go !" such a caring being was that Chtulu fella. She would ask her brother about him at dinner.
But for now, she would just enjoy the show for what it was. A good Saturday morning series.
She should do something for her brother, he did get them a new TV for the living room after all. And the little fellas always knew what to get her for snack time. They even got the best yumyums and wawas!
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Even if they fought civil wars and such on their little shafts, at least they never fought new wars on the canopy of her tree after they built that mansion...It was for the best to get them a place to stay and rest after a rough day of work. Even if that place had to be above her tree, but then again. There weren't that many ventilation shafts big enough to accommodate all the construction work and places that those little fellas needed.
"I wonder when will brother and momma return...." But even while surrounded by so many friends (Mechanical insects of all species prowling in the walls, floor, and ceiling) she still felt kinda lonely some days "It's still better these days though" better than at the beginning of her life on this house at least.
And what a nice house it was indeed. A central tree served as a pillar in the middle of the house. Four fully furnished bedrooms on the second floor (Hers and her brother were on the far end of the hallway), she wasn't sure why Teacher Vivi needed one here though. But she would allow it only because her momma worked with her, and if she was to stay at night she would need one room. So it was okay for them to have the rooms on the other end of the hallway.
Her momma still didn't let her near her study or library, so she could only enter 2 rooms of the hallway. Even though her brother could go into the study...They were twins for god's sake!
They had the same age and he was allowed into the study!
Why wasn't she allowed then? This was plain favoritism!
Granted she couldn't help, and she didn't understand half of what they said in those weird meetings they liked to have.
Even if Grandpa would show them to her from time to time it was just weird wording and weird paintings. Still wasn't sure why they wanted to have those meetings. Or why they wanted to look like that in the beginning. In her humble opinion, Mister Pig looked better as a pig, and with each day that went by her opinion was proven true. Momma and Auntie were fine like that. But why would her brother would want to look like that in the beginning?
That was beyond her. Even though his soul was so bright and shiny! That appearance didn't do him justice!
"W̴̛̙̲̳̹̫͓͇̺̯̫͇͓̐̈́̈́̒̿̋̾̇̾͘͝ė̵̫̗̫͑̈́̓̓̈͂̂̋͂̾͐͛̑̕ ̵̲̥͖̗̱̾̾̏̀͋́̕͝ͅc̵̨̡̨̯̖̦̼̟̩̙̯̒͜͝͠͠͠à̸͉̰̙͔̪͓̜̭̖̹̳̙͇̦͗͋̿͝n̶͉̗̰̞͗̈̽̌͗͌̏̀̀̕͝'̶̧̟̫̭͔̹̜̞̅̌̂̐͘͝͝ẗ̶̨̩̪͓̱͎̺͉̉̂ ̷̧̧̝͇͎̭̖̪̬͓͓̪̭̈́k̴͎̳͕̆̓̌̾̈́̂͛̀͒͑̀̃e̸̻̓͌̅̓̽͝͠ę̸̢̧͙̟̱̬͚̫̙͇̊͋̑p̵̧̡̡̭͖̼͓̖͍̙̥͍̯̹͗̅̄̿̈ ̷̖̠̦͎͈̬̭͝h̶̢̰͍̺̭͓̥͍͎̪̽̉̂̍̌̽̿̅̓̔i̴̳̲̼͉̼͓͖̹̤̲̱̩̦̾͊͒̓͛̓͗͆͆͌̌̄͘͝͝ḿ̶̟͔̜̹́̄̌̒́̚͝,̷̨͈̱̳̟̥͊͗̄̍̓̀̉̆͊̊̒͒̿̀͘ ̵̨͇̼̥̙̫͍̝͓͉̯̺̤̞̏̎̎̿̏̂̐͒̚ŗ̵̨̝͕̻̟̱̮͕̮̮̗̬̄̄͑̓̍̉̔̕ͅẽ̸͔̣̝͎̄̋͗̊͑̽͐m̶̛̛͉̏̾̈́̒̇̓̐͌̓̏̅͊͝ȩ̶̢͓͇̪͕̹͇̳̺̝̔͊̈́͋͋̄̓͗̎͋͂̀͠b̵͎̜̮͙͓̬͖͔͊̄̉̚é̴̱̭͉͕̍͂͠r̸̡̯̼̗͔̗̦̙̪̹͕͇̘̳̘͆͗̿͐́͊ ̵̱́͂͋̈͌̎́̽͠͠͠t̷̫̹̮̬̫̭̽͛̿͆͛̓̀̓ḧ̷̢̨̖̟͖̝̖͍̠̦͙̮́̏ä̵̙̪̀̔͝͠ṯ̷̛̗͌̄̒̀́͑̇̍̈́̈́̿̋͊̐ "
And of course, Grandpa would always come to annoy her when she was having a good time! "I know Grandpa, you don't have to come around every day just for that" and she knew why Grandpa thought like that.
But she had faith in her twin brother! He was smart, and he shined so brightly! Even if he was a little mischievous some days...She really liked him and his gifts more than anything!
She wouldn't admit it if momma ever asked... And Auntie never asked, but she would tell her at dinner that she liked her brother more than her anyway!
But that might make momma ask her who she liked more...She would say that to Auntie before going to sleep.
Yes, that would be better "That's all for today, Magmo will now go to sleep..." said the flesh-colored puppet on screen. Right, she was watching TV. "Better get ready for brother's return!" said the little girl while running towards the second floor "Alexa's Sparkling jump!" shouted the little girl while doing a couple of little jumps, in the middle of each jump she made a little spin for a grand finally of...jumping a little higher and grabbing the cord for the stairs into the attic.
She missed her old tree house, but having a house with a tree in the middle had its own magic too. Even if the trunk of said tree was only visible in the living room as decoration... She still liked the cozy feeling it brought, not that it mattered right now, she had stuff to do!
Like searching for her brother's old holopad that she had stashed here while he wasn't looking!
She was sure it was somewhere along the old albums of photos from their old forgotten days in school. Not that she even went to school. But since it was normal to have old albums stashed in the attic, her attic had those too. With a few old plushies that she used to love (even though she never saw them before, she knew she loved them since that was the setting of a good little sister).
"Here it is!" and there it was, an old holopad. She knew it was her brother's since it had that weird yellow bird on the back. Also because it had a photo of his favorite streamers on it, some kind of alchemist and a weird exorcist...? She wasn't sure about who they were. But she was sure they must be fun to watch.
AND SHE WAS GETTING DISTRACTED AGAIN!
It must be Grandpa's influence...She might have caught on to her. "Start Phase 2 of the Amazing Alexa & Alexanders epic plan to save the day!" said Alexa to the holopad.....and so the holopad did absolutely nothing. Was this thing broken?
I̸̡̡̼͕̙̩̩̙̳̲͍͇͙̦̐̓̍̃̐́́ ̴̺̱͙̯̣͉̟̻̩͈͇̭̎̽͛̀̌̽͌̔͜͝t̸͚̝̽̓̀͗͆̍̊̌̆̔͝ǫ̴̨̢̠̟̲̟̣̲̠̘̰͎̜̉́̂̀̉̅͗̾̾͆͘l̴̩̰̣͉̗̩̆̒̂̾̉̀̓̓d̵̡̡̺̜͓͓̪̥͆̇̇͂̇̉̊̃͗͊̎̉́̕͜ ̴̨̧̢̘͓͔̺͖̘̭̖̼̥̾͂͑͂͘y̷̡͓̖͉͖̖̮͈̰̲̹̔̂́̒́̕ọ̶͚͉͚̦̈́̈́̃̈͌́̚u̸͍͌̃ ̵͇̻̰͚̣̻̳̓͒̈́͌̃̌̈́̊̐͘̕͝ì̸̬̼̲͕̱̝͕͈̰̈́́͐̈́t̵͈̦̎͑̆́̿̐̒͊̂́̀̓̕͘ ̶̨̢͎̼̦̟̞̝̀̐̈́̒̈́̔ẅ̷͓͇̻͔̫̬͓̗̳̬̗̝̖́̑̋̓͌̔͘͝͠ͅą̶̥̤͙̺̩͚̜̼̝͕͋̑̐̕ş̸̡͋͐̋̄͛̌̅͑͆̇̀͌͘͘̕ ̴̟̹͔͔̜̈̇͊m̷̧̲̬̮̱̞̟̔͂̂̀͋͑̕͝ͅe̴͚̞̟̙̎̈̾̂̑̎̈́͝a̸̡̢̢̢̺̣̮͔̺̮̤̗̐̋̾̚͜͠ņ̸̨̝͉̪̪̟̬͚̩̱̞̓͗̌͊͜͝ḭ̷̙̭̲̘͇̰̩̄͋͗̓̈́̃̂̇͑͐͝͠n̴̛̛̹̥̗̼̘͂͂ġ̷̨͉̻̠̥̤͇̜̞̙̥̟͐ͅl̷̢̨̬̼͚̳͎̦͔͕͈̻̃͝ȅ̶̻̬͈̞̖̭͖̤̟̥͔͙͔̀̀̇̾̈̀́͐̋͆͝s̶͈͂̇͒̓́̋͛̾̏̓̇̚s̶̖̺̲̱̼̰̬̖̱̝̬̆̂̆̏͐̉͑̐̏̿̚̚ ̸̜̥̫̱͚͓̬͉̺̬̌̽̀̿͗̇͛̅̑̾̒̓͘͝ͅć̶̛̲͙̼̗̟̠̲̫̟̍̐h̸̢̧͓̠̖̟͔̩̙͇͎̏͌͂̒̏̈́̊͝͠i̷̘͍͆̂͗͆͗̀͋̎̚l̶͚̙̦͙̳̭̻̙̬̹̱͐̊̇̑̿̔̇̿͗́́́̀̚͠ḓ̶̘̤͔̰͕̜̭̜̪͈̳͛́͗̚͜͝ͅ.̵̞͇̣͍̘͐̓͜
"Said the weird voice of Grandpa again. But Alexa wouldn't get disheartened for this momentary fail" said the little girl while grabbing the old holopad and throwing it against the wall, one could almost see a glistening red frame glitching for a second when the holopad hit the wall. She wouldn't be defeated by this! She had worked really hard(Not really) on this with her twin brother! (Alexanders did most of the work...)
"Let's see if you like it when I start showing my real power then Grangran!" said the little girl in defiance, defiance to the world!
Defiance to the powers to be! "One could almost see her eyes burning with determination (And maybe a blue ethereal flame) !" One could almost even see how her air was undulating as if a current of wind was blowing just in the right direction to give more gravitas to the situation.
"Psst...A little more strong the wind..." whispered the little girl to a certain injured mechanical ant that was controlling one smart fan... But the little girl would not let the bad positions of fans controlled by mechanical ants damp her will! No sir!
Not even if Grandpa was adamant about his 'Big plans for the world at large' and such nonsense!
She wasn't really sure why Grandpa was so adamant these days, she didn't come around when she was sleeping in that cot, nor when she was under the stars...Didn't come around when she got his first room in the tree...Nor when she finally managed to get a second floor. And now she came when they had a house...
Ţ̴̨̭͈̣̝͍̣̙̩̇̀͌̈ḩ̶̳̣̬͕̻̲̣̆̈̊̏̆̌͗̏̏͌̄̓̐͛ẹ̷̩͈͗̈̄̈́̉̔̄͘͜͠ ̴̡͕͔̰̰̦̦̞̪͑̓͐́͒̿̀̽̒̇͊͜͜͜r̶̡͓̳͖̹̥̹̟͕̊̇͐͑̀͆̊̈̌̂́̚͜͝͠e̶̠̼̫̝̼̘̲̾̈́͊͝ͅa̵̰͗s̶̛̮̽͗̑͊͗͝o̶̹̜̯̳̰̯͍͒̿͐͒̉́͌n̵̺̽̍̚ͅ ̶̡͔͕͈̣͉̂̈́̇̿̈́̈́͂̾̚̕͝I̷̺̯̝̎͋̂͌͘̚ ̸̨̱̜̫͙̹̖̰̐̓͐͗̅̅̇̽̀̂̽͑̽͗̐ą̸̢̤̞͇̫̱͈͕̻͙̼͍̌ͅm̸̖̟͗͠ ̸̖̠̻͈̟͉̭̪̓́̀̓̿͆͊͜͜ͅͅh̴̬͓̰̫͇̯͎̟̰͆̂͑͗͗̃̀̑͐͋͋̐̕̚͜͜͝ͅͅͅe̴̢̛̤̺͎̩͍̣̫̳̩̹̝̓̇͜r̸̛̛̳̞̲̺̜̓͑̈́͂̂̒͗̅͗̑̾̚ē̴̠ ̵̨͕͉̫̪͍̫́̐̐̉̌̐̚ǹ̶̨͙̜̻̖̰̞̪͎̯̺̇̀̾̉͆̀ȏ̷̧̥͙͉̻̳̹̹̰͛̇̽͑͂̀́́̌́͠͝͝͠w̸̫͕̆̃̏̈́̕ ̶͇͙̝͕̥͕͗̐̈́͊̾̆͠i̴̥͎̥͖̖͎͊s̶̛͉̖̱̰͛̽̒̓͌͐͂̇̏́͒͠͝ͅ ̶͍̪̦̦͓͎̮͙̓͂͂͊̀̀̎̏́̓̐̂̐̆̕s̸̰̗̫̗̣̻̽̔̈́̉̎̉̏͛́̈̕͝i̷̧̱̟͕͙̪̰̱̞̮̦̦͐̒̄̈́ͅm̴̢̹͕̍̅̾̈́͆͂͝p̸̱̈́͗̓͋̐͝l̸̯̺̳̥̺͈̉̇̊̒̌̽̈̊̀͂̌e̵̖̠͈͇̗͊̈́̑̓̉̆̎͊͆.̶̹̪͒̿̏̌̍̊̋̚̕ͅ.̶̟̇̌̂̇͛.̶̮̙̹̜̳̩̻̣̪̻̇̀̍̿͆̒̊̂̐̍̕̚͘͜
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Said Grandpa before showing her something that she never had seen before, and the little girl didn't know what or how she knew this wasn't the usual thing that she was shown before.
And for some reason....she didn't like that weird not-holo screen that didn't want to go away.