Alaska sat on the the sofa, he emotions churning in a whirlwind at the confrontation with Domane, leaning back to find cushions pushing against her were so comfortable she could just close her eyes and sleep, thinking what to do next she started by removing the respawn point from the sofa with some regrets when she remembered her own virtual bed was never this comfortable.
Standing up she walked to the desk where the captain gave her the mission, the carpet brushed her feet and made her concious to what she was wearing, before Slom issued his challenge she was sunbathing by the pool and she didn't bother to change from her topless bikini throughout the whole ordeal, feeling her face warming up she equipped clothes in a hurry and found herself wearing the suit she bought to pass the message in the outside world, thinking how absurd it was that she had to log off to go to another virtual enviroment without ever leaving her own cube and rig.
"I need to leave him a note" she thought out loud and started to search for something to write with, opening drawers and cabins she saw a lot of books and scrolls, art pieces and weapons strewn all around the room in every nook and cranny, she couldn't believe the amount of weapons he had in just this one room, her search became a game of finding all the hidden objects in the room, forgetting the initial mission of writing the note she walked all over the room with sparkling eyes and uncovered the mysteries around her.
Cabins that only opened when a specific drawer was half closed so a latch would be pulled, the whole room was a riddle and Alaska had to solve it, when she tried to open the door and found it locked she decided it was part of the game, hunting for a key she put all the stuff she could find in neat rows on the carpet and examined the veritable hoard of priceless treasures.
"Ahem" she heard someone cough behind her "having fun making a mess?" she recognized the voice and went rigid, shivers running down her spine she couldn't force herself to move, "I didn't mean to scare you", the captain sounded a lot closer, "I am actually impressed you found all this stuff", he leaned over her and picked up a golden sword "ha" he barked a laugh "forgot I had it", she knew he stood over her shoulder, "could have saved a lot of trouble when we fought the Sirens from Jialla" she heared a wierd chime going off behind her and resonating through the room silencing even her thoughts for ten heartbeats.
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"I love you" she blurted out, "my friend has a folder on you", her mouth blabbed again, "what is wrong with me?" she asked, too afraid to say anything else.
"This sword makes you speak whatever goes on your mind", he answered, "I love you too", added "its also very selfish and likes to embarass people", after a few seconds "now I remember why I locked it away", he put the item back in its hidden cabin, "don't hand it over to strangers Merve" he said another cryptic thing, closing the cabinet and twisting a knob.
Taking control of her body and forcing herself to stand up on shaky legs to face him, "nice suit" he said and handed her one of the rods from the floor, as soon as he let go of it all the dirt from her clothes was sucked into it and everything she wore fit perfectly like she just equipped it "very nice" he added.
"Thank you", she found her voice, "I delivered your message", glad it didnt quiver as much as she fealt, "I won't sleep with you".
"Ha" he barked again, "I knew that", the words still hurt her, "don't worry", he added "you can leave at any time", he looked at the door and his voice hardened "AT any TIME" the emphasize surprised her but it was just a part of his act and she took it the way it was.
"Will you pay me?" she asked finally.
"To sleep with you?" he replied with a crooked smile "don't flatter yourself honey", he scanned her body from top to bottom "though you have the figure I'm not into children".
Alaska blushed a deep red "I meant for delivering your message", her voice hardened at the implication.
"Ah" he sighed "yes", he paused, "I will pay you", he looked at the treasures on the floor, "what do you want".
The words and gesture took her by surprise, any one of these items could buy her a real world apartment, not to talk about whatever virtual real estate or item she could ever dream to get, she looked at the items arrayed on the carpet and dreamed about wielding these legendary artefacts in battle, leading her army to victory over any guild except the richest ones in existence, but none of them made her heart flutter like he did and she didn't know how to tell him what she wanted.