1 A call from the abyss

Chloe – "Mr. Layperil?"

It was a call in a tone that could be considered tender with a hidden coldness that brought me to reality, I was a bit spacing out because of what's happening right now. Right after winning the annual mechanic fare, I was hailed as a campus genius thus becoming the primary target of being a project partner in Astral physics, so to be "fair", the professor made me draw a "fair" lottery. The result being Chloe Suriela, given that all the names inside were hers. She was the campus princess and also someone I was attempting to avoid.

Chloe – "Hey! can you focus for a bit?"

*She was like an abyss, the more I look the more I feel being pushed up while I'm trying to sink but the more I try to turn back the more I feel being pulled down while I'm trying to float. The moment I admit that she'll never be mine was the moment my whole being wanted to get her, the more I want her the more I lose hope but the more I turn myself away the stronger my desire for her. An abyss created by my mind that's keeping me so far away but always a step too near.

I was not able to make heads if I want to talk to her or just treat her like a project partner. So I just started to ask her about the second most important person for me.

Micheal – "So Loe, how's mom?"

I asked her this question to help me maintain where I am and not succumb to the abyss, this could be a chance to have a decent conversation with her after I run away 4 years ago but the moment when she heard this her agitated face became scornful.

Chloe – "Please focus on the project plan at hand and "Mr. Layperil", is it common for you to call someone else mother "mom"?"

Micheal – "No matter what, I still owe her 14 years of my life."

Chloe – "Well, her role as a guardian is fulfilled ever since you ungrateful bastard disappeared suddenly to prove your "independence" right?"

Micheal – "We all know why your family adopted me and it's the same reason why I ran away, and we all know that mom already forgave me but what I wanted to know is how is she doing right now."

Chloe – "Then why don't you ask her yourself on the Astral?"

I suddenly felt heavy inside but I can't do anything about it. I was not able to keep my temper so it and it might've been shown on my face because her scornful look became one of worry and she spoke in a meek voice.

Chloe – "Sorry I-I wasn't intending to get personal-."

Micheal – "Doesn't matter to me, you were right I should find my way to ask her myself rather than troubling you with it."

Chloe – "I mean if you I'l-."

Micheal – "You're right, what's the project again?"

Chloe – "Anything, I'm sorry if you want I'll do-"

Now that I remember, I had a spare finished project in my apartment. Back then I thought I wasted my precious time working on that project because I was exempted by the professor due to winning the competition. I never thought I could use it.

Micheal – "I already have a finished project prepared, I just need you to do some revisions, review and your modifications then we can pass it 20 days earlier than the deadline."

*Now that I already told her we don't need to waste time I'll just pretend I already calculated the situation so that I could control the lead of this talk. Once I did it I can prevent her from saying anything I don't want to hear...

She was stumped, her previous look of scorn became meek and submissive when I suddenly stood up. I was about to walk away but I suddenly have the urge to say something to look cool but I only remember some historical lines and phrases from novels and movies, well whatever.

Micheal – "I might not be the same as you people but I'll never accept pity as a reason why I was still alive, that's why I am piling up these achievements so that if ever mom comes back at the very least I could prove that promising that she'd still be my mom is worth it."

Well, it felt awkward for a 21-year-old trying to prove he's worthy to call someone's mother his mom.

Micheal – "Let's be sensible adults here and let bygones be bygones, I know your upset because someone intentionally partnered up us for this project to let us have some time to talk with each other."

*Then here comes my bullshitting for being a calculative person.

Micheal – "I know they somehow will find a chance to get in touch with me because of my recent actions and my presentation of talent. You're the only person that can directly talk to me and astrophysics was the only course we both attend. I know your grandfather wouldn't let go of this chance to use you so I already completed a project in so that in case."

*Well, I hope she doesn't realize my bullshitting though, if I somehow messed up she would be mad at me, she'd just have another reason to argue with me again.

Chloe – "Well I already told grandpa that you'll never change your mind but he insisted that I might convince you, I knew it was a lost cause but I did this for another reason..."

*Oh, that old man still wants me to work for them huh..., wait for another reason?

Micheal – "Is your reason related to mom and dad?"

Chloe – "Mom and dad wanted to at least see you and I want."

Micheal – "Did they already return?"

I was getting excited about the news about mom's return when she suddenly replied.

Chloe – "No, but, within a month an astral gate is confirmed to open for at least 3 months and.... mom and dad will be crossing and I wanted-."

Micheal – "Oh, since they'll arrive at that time it's possible that they could attend our graduation, seem like mom is in good health huh."

Chloe – "Yeah and, Ummm, sorry about what I told you earlier and-."

Micheal – "Don't worry about that, I too wanted to apologize for my rash behavior. It's already been 3 years since I was able to talk to her."

Chloe – "I'm sorry too, for accepting grandfather's request to convince you to return. I-I-"

Micheal – "Don't worry about it, that old man would've done it himself if he was allowed to but I know he is too afraid to lose face so I think it's okay."

*I know that letting her finish that sentence is something that I shouldn't do. I wanted to go away now, I wanted to go home and go to sleep until mom crosses the border. So I started to turn my back and walk away. If I hear the truth of her departure from her mouth now, I might not be able to hold myself.

Micheal – "Loe, I'm going home now, I still had some important things to do so, bye!"

Chloe – "Wait, I-I-I need to tell you, I-I la-."

I already entered the hover-car, started it, and shouted before I went away.

Micheal – "Just tell me next time! this is an emergency I can't miss."

*We're always been like this, at first we're going to argue then we'll settle. It started from the day I ran away, she never missed a chance to argue with me but ask how I am in the end but I always end the conversation as to not make myself suffer more. Even if it just lasted a few minutes, our talks were like a brief moment of heaven. But I know that I shouldn't indulge in those moments, because I and in hell where if I let her stay longer I will only suffer more. Just let us end it in peace, I just want to end it this way for today at least.

When I reached outside the campus I immediately contacted Guts. I wasn't able to wash off the burden I feel because of the truth I am trying to escape from so my voice was kind of cold.

Guts – "Yo! Boss-."

Micheal – "Adrian, what time's the party gonna start?"

Guts – "You seem agitated, Boss is there anything that's bothering you? If you have some problems maybe I could help you,"

Micheal – "Well yeah, I need someplace to put a girl tonight, if I bring another woman in my apartment I might be marked as a suspicious person by the cops."

Guts – "Haha boss I can find some high-quality hotel for a cheap price, I'd send it to your recommended course you should go there on 9 for a discount. So boss do you have your eyes on the big sister or the twins?"

Micheal – "Why can't I get both?"

Guts – "Boss! I thought you don't like twins?"

Micheal – "Well, I never experienced foursome before."

Guts – "Haha, boss how about me? Can you share at least one of the twins? Don't you feel guilty screwing the whole family alone? I thought we're in this together, it's kinda kinky to fuck a family together with a sworn brother you know?"

Micheal – "Nah it's my congratulatory celebration."

Guts – "Boss we already had that yesterday. Green said it starts in 2 hours, she was somewhere with a friend right now."

Micheal – "Got it."

Guts – "Wait boss at least one of the two-."

I immediately ended the call after knowing when the party starts. I drove for a while until I arrived at my apartment.

*At least I can release some stress later... 2 hours, maybe I could test run for some time.

Origin world, that's the name I came up with for the game I created. Why origin? It's because this world will be the origin of the satisfaction that will fulfill my desire, yeah lame reason but the O letter in origin is great because the chassis is circular. I installed the origin system in the nerve capsule and triple check the 100% stable compatibility sign before laying down in the nerve capsule.

ORIGIN: Welcome

Micheal – "Origin any improvements?"

ORIGIN: Learning updates The system learned to apply TETRAHYDRONAL PHASMIC MOLECULAR THEORY into the following:

SUMMONING MAGIC SYSTEM I

SUMMONING MAGIC SYSTEM IX

WEAPON CRAFTING SYSTEM VII

WEAPON CRAFTING X

MAGIC CONSTRUCT I

MAGIC CONSTRUCT II

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......

*I waited until I see the update that the Origin system reports, what is this update? Simple, I was applying real-life theory, real-life Physics, Astraphysics, Chemistry, and Prientiology. As for the origin? How can it learn these things? It's because of a crystal that both my blood grandfathers worked 90 years of their own lives trying to utilize, sadly when they are finally able to create a system inside that crystal my grandfather from my father's side died.

*This system was later on improved by my other grandfather and my own father but my grandfather died and my father went mad because my mother died in the astral together with my grandpa. This Origin, the work of 1 and a half-generation of geniuses were only usable by people related to my mothers' lineage Mednaya or my father's lineage Ostrir and I am the only one left from both the family.

*This abyssal stone can contain a civilization's worth of data but never be filled, it contained inside everything that both families' findings, information, knowledge, blueprints, secrets, and even DNA structure. It also contained other knowledge from foreign families, ancient records, and other information that the whole Mednaya was able to gather. Father made a wheel-like chassis for it to be able to access the data inside using a nerve capsule but when he found out what's inside he immediately tried to go on the astral. No one knows what he saw inside because no one can access it due to the restriction of being blood-related. Even I didn't know what's inside made him like that, even though I was able to create a virtual world using it.

ORIGIN: Project: MY OWN WORLD 99%(See learning updates)

AI Application project: AWAKE 100%

AI Application project: AWAKE(1) 100%

AI Application project: AWAKE(2) 100%

AI Application project: AWAKE(3) 100%

AI Application project: SEX 100%

AI Application project: SEX(1) 100%

AI Application project: SEX(2) 100%

AI Application project: INSTINCT 100%

AI Application project: INSTINCT(1) 100%

AI Application project: WORLD 100%

AI Application project: WORLD (1) 100%

AI Application project: WORLD (2) 100%

AI Application project: WORLD (3) 100%

AI Application project: WORLD (4) 100%

AI Application project: WORLD (5) 100%

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I checked all the systems and found it embarrassing how much effort I spent on the sex system.

*But what's the point of virtual reality without it? I checked other miscellaneous systems then rechecking everything and spent at least an hour on it. I was about to start my 2nd recheck when I heard a notification.

NOTIFICATION: A message from Guts

Guts – "Boss you're not gonna believe who's here right now, forget about the big sister or the twins, there's a goddess here. Hurry up and come, I don't want to spoil the fun."

*Goddess? Did Reliah come? Did I think she already went away last year? well, I don't think guts would spill the bean if it is her because nobody had any idea where she went after she suddenly disappeared. Well, I think checking the system function update is already crossed off the list so the last thing that I need to test is the gameplay next time. I'll just head there right away, that's all then.

Micheal – "Bye origin."

ORIGIN: FAREWELL

After getting up I took a bath and immediately head to Green's house after. It took me quite a while before arriving at a big brick house inside the jungle of concrete. I found a place that has the least density of people to park my hover-car. When my vehicle landed, people were looking at me. some stares filled with scorn others filled with admiration as if I did something unusual.

*Hey hey, this isn't the first time you saw me jumping down the hover before it lands right? Why look at me like that?

Chloe – "brother?"

A sound like a small continuous ripple that never stopped until it created gigantic waves in previously still waters of my soul. A word so simple yet bears so many complicated dangers in my mind. A simple word that put the indestructible wall that separated me from heaven.

Chloe – "I knew you'd be here, Ca-can we- can we talk- b

I suddenly grimaced. It's a sentence that came from a voice that I was recently talking with before I went home, it was Chloe. Her voice, her tone, her eyes, and her smile, it's as if inviting me somewhere. A place where I will never be able to escape, if I accepted this invitation I might be on a path of no return now, it's like a sort of call that I already answered but was still hesitating to speak with.

Chloe – "B-brother?"

When I turned around I saw the same brownish red hair, the same freckled white skin, and the face akin to the sky.

*Yeah, It was the call from the abyss.

Chloe – "Brother? a-are you angry at me?"

*And the abyss was acting very odd, and why is she here?

She looks as if she did something bad and will cry anytime. She was acting like a kid who broke something and trying to hide what she did.

Micheal – "Loe? Why are you here?"

Chloe – "I was inv-"

*Now I know what's odd about her. Some people were slowly walking towards her, and I saw a man holding 2 cups and of what I assume alcohol of some sort, with another man and a beautiful woman holding a cup of their own.

Micheal – "tsk tsk tsk."

Chloe – "I-I-"

Micheal – "Silly girl, so you drink now huh?"

Chloe – "But-but-"

This time three people finally arrived beside her. I pointed at the cup held by the guy that has two cups.

Micheal – "Is that yours?"

Her face was showing signs of panic, she remained silent as if to prove that it was hers, but strangely even if she drinks a cup or two she shouldn't have been acting this weird so I suspect something's a miss so I asked her.

Micheal – "Who gave those drinks to you?"

She was about to speak but the guy who was holding 2 cups stepped forward and yelled.

Scum – "I did it!"

Chloe – "No it-"

Before Chloe was even able to finish her word, I already grabbed the man's shirt and punched him. He was shorter than me, I have better body composition and he seems to be in the influence so I have confidence about our power difference. I was able to land at least 3 punches until Guts saw me and immediately run towards our direction while shouting at me.

Guts – "Hey! Hey! Stop!! Boss, brother, mast-"

I let go of the knocked out bastard, I smelled a familiar scent from the alcohol that was sprayed on me so I wiped my shirt and confirmed the scent. Suddenly an awkward punch hit my arms, and I was about to retaliate when I saw a girl wearing something like a lab coat.

Green – "Yeah! I invited you but,- you can't- just-hurt-anyone..."

I looked at her eye to eye and all of the frustrations I have, starting in the morning until now. All of it was shown in my glare and the girl who looked at me straight in my eyes suddenly felt something creep inside her mind. This woman was a respected alchemist who was able to concoct almost no side effect party drugs to boost people's mood. She gained respect in the campus on the "green smoke" incident where a failed experiment produced a cloud of smoke that has a paralytic effect, being a part of the Prientiologist family had a natural resistance to such effects. She dragged and carried the incapacitated students. Whenever she walks out of the building she was surrounded with green smoke thus becoming the Green ghost. I was reminded about her so I tried to remain calm as much as possible. Green ghost looked like she regretted her lame punch and slightly look panicking while asking me.

Green – "Um... what the hell happened here?"

Chloe – "B-brother she was the one who gave me the-"

Guts – "Boss calm down, we cou.. - wait did she just called you brother?"

Before they even have the chance to finished speaking, I grabbed Chloe's hands and pulled her away while heading to my hover. The people surrounding us were dumbfounded watching the princess being pulled away by a pissed off villain, nobody made a sound until Chloe started crying. Green ghost being a quick wit she is tried to condemn my action.

Green – "Hey! You can't just punch someone and kidnap another at my party can you?"

I sneered and looked at her, she looked like she was either ready to pounce at me or run away. I just realized that I may have grabbed Chloe's hand a bit too rough so I let go of it, I faced green and I was about to retort when Chloe walked towards the hover by herself and made everyone dumbfounded once again when she retrieved something inside her wallet and used it to open the door. Everyone was surprised by the fact that Chloe had a key card for my hover-car. But I was hurt, it was a pain that brought back a memory of the day I ran away. At the very least her action brought me back to being sober. Once again I faced green ghost and tried to salvage my forgotten retort.

Micheal – "Well, after protecting somebody from potentially being drugged for sex, then I believe I had the right to beat up the culprit who did it."

Green – "What drug? We've been friends for years you know I'll never let that-"

Micheal – "Why don't you check that cup then,"

After finishing that sentence, I pointed at the girl who was with the bastard. I knew there was something added to the drinks due to the strange smell coming from the alcohol that was sprayed on me. I was able to identify this drug used because I am very familiar with it. it's a kind of drug that is normally can be hidden with alcohol, it has effects akin to amplifying current emotion. But the damn bastard doesn't even care about the amount to the point that the smell of the drug was pointed at me even though it's only sprayed on my shirt. Green ghost was agitated and asked me once again.

Green – "H-how can you be so sure about that?"

Micheal – "SHUT UP!! Do you doubt that I don't know what my drugs smell like?"

It was a drug I created to try quenching my desires so that I can intensify my own emotion but it only backfired, it was the drug that gave me a reason to befriend green ghost so that I could get materials that other alchemists can't trace. I sat at the hover-car and checked the crying Chloe sitting beside the drivers' seat. She was holding her key-card, the card that she forged in the past when she found out I was planning to run away. Back then she sneaked inside the hover-car and tried to convince me to stop what I was doing but I just pulled her away and left her in the garage.

Micheal – "You were drugged and you weren't able to realize that."

Chloe – "So-sorry."

Micheal – "Just sleep there or something..."

Chloe – "Sorry, sorry..."

Micheal – "Just shu- tsk, just stay quiet okay? You shouldn't have come here."

Chloe – "Sor-"

Micheal – "IT'S OKAY! I already told you to just stay quiet, just don't make any sound, it's just, I trusted that place but it seems it wasn't safe there."

Chloe – "I-"

Micheal – "It's not your fault, it's just that I was pissed off because I know what that drug can do."

Chloe – "But my body-."

Micheal – "It could affect both Metra and Astra, you can't deny its effect. It was a complicated drug that specifically designed to enhance emotional reaction, it's double edge though. But these broken versions of the drugs mainly focus on making the victims horny or submissive. How many cups did you drink?"

She just stared at me. She looks in-between being unease about what I said and being worried about her situation.

Micheal – "Hey, answer me, how many-"

Chloe – "I- it's- I think just one..."

It was only one, well, by the looks of it, Astrahumans are way better at resisting mental influences so I guess she can fight off the effect. After she answered that, there was quite the time for an awkward moment to pass by.

*Fuck me! I was so mad I wasn't even paying attention to what I'm saying anymore. I'm telling her to stay silent then asking her a question. Well, I believe it was because it's quite some time since I lost my cool.

Micheal ��� "Why are you there?"

Chloe – "I-I was invited by Rachel."

*Well of course! Fuck me! Green ghost was the only one who could invite you because she's the only one allowed to invite guests, now it's even more awkward. I need to let this conversation flow or it's going down now.

Micheal – "Well, it's kind of strange that you accepted her invitation. Did you got bored or something?"

Chloe – "No, it's..."

Micheal – "Oh yeah, there's some rumors you two have been getting closer lately"

Chloe – "Yes, it's because we're going to cr-"

*Oh....fuck...shit... No... no.. no... Escape, I need to bend this talk somewhere. She shouldn't answer that.

Micheal – "Hey, are you hungry?"

Chloe – "cross, I-"

Micheal – "If you're not then I'll go straight to your apartment."

Chloe – "I'm hungry."

Micheal – "Okay then you should just take a nap for a bit, I'll order some food."

Chloe – "Okay..."

She went silent for a while. I reached a nearby drive-thru, bought some food, and drove in the direction of her apartment. I gave her the food and she immediately ate it while I ate the snacks I bought for myself. We didn't get that far when she suddenly spoke in a meek voice.

Chloe – "Um, brother?"

Micheal – "Oh, I thought I'm Mr. Layperil?"

Chloe – "No, I was just trying to pick a fight last time."

Micheal – "Well you're a little sober now and we normally don't call each other brother and sister so what's up with you now?"

Chloe – "Can't you just let me call you that? Treat it like I'm still on the influence, at least just for today."

Micheal – "I'll try."

I turned my gaze at the front of the hover after the weird conversation, both of us remained silent for a while when she suddenly said something to me.

Chloe – "Um, brother?"

Micheal – "Mm?"

I just nodded giving her confirmation that I will be listening to her but inside my mind, I was slowly breaking down. I was hurting inside but I know that remaining silent at this moment will be my greatest regret. I know letting go of this chance to talk with each other would kill me slowly but talking to her while having the gist of what will happen is like welcoming my hell. Even she cannot say anything straight right now, It felt like we both know that not speaking would make whatever connection we had fallen apart but, we also know that speaking could destroy whatever is left. She looks as if hesitating before speaking with difficulties.

Chloe – "Brother I-I"

Micheal – ��If it's something you don't want to say then don't force yourself."

Chloe – "No, it's just that I wanted to ask you, on our graduation can you-."

Micheal – "Spend time with you?"

Chloe – "Yes and...ca-can you at least act like we're still making a project?"

Micheal – "What? Do you think people would mind it if you kept sticking on me? After calling me brother in front of so many people you're afraid they'd think I'm hitting on you?"

Chloe – "No, it's- I just wanted to- can we at least be friends? I mean having this war then peace interaction is good and all. but, I'm tired of it, you're right, I needed to grow up, I needed to accept that it wasn't your fault for running away, I don't know how to approach you if I accepted that you won't return to me. If I completely accepted that you don't give that much importance to me, I don't know how can I still have the same conversations or treatment with you."

Micheal – "For god's sake it's already 4 years, and we're still having an interaction. If that can't be called friendship then what's that? You know, I always treated you like a weird friend that's always forcing me to explain the reason for all my actions. A weird friend that always treats me like a debate partner whenever you feel like wanting to argue what's good and bad about me."

Chloe – "Brother you-."

Micheal – "Loe, to be honest, I wasn't really comfortable with that call. Can you refrain from calling me, brother? For the sake of not confusing people. Especially those women in your building, because there's someone that has a messed up fetish like that there."

Chloe – "Well everyone knows we can't be relatives so no one would ever believe me even if I announce it, and if they doubted my key card then I'll just say that we know each other for some time."

Micheal – "Hell no! It's better for you to just say that I'm your brother or something, telling that you know me for some time is like telling them that-."

Chloe – "What? I'm one of the girls who know what your bed sounds like?"

Micheal – "It's not like my bed can talk and, I'm not only known for being close with women you know? I created most of the illegal gadgets and machines around underground, almost half of those broken drugs are also based on my creations, if you kept sticking with me even for a day you'd either be a slut, an addict, or tech dealer."

Chloe – "I heard from the rumors that you only victimize clean girls? They even said that you'd only take someone if they haven't had any for at least a month."

Micheal – "Yeah and now people would think you're already a victim, Hey! Why always make me sound like a criminal and why'd you even bother my nightlife that much? You'd always make an argument whenever I spent some time with someone? You'd always got something to argue as if I never made anything right."

*Yeah, I am talking bullshit and she was just entertaining it, we know that this is just a way to delay the inevitable but I'm already satisfied with this, at least for now. We both know talking about something that'll completely dissolve our connection would be the worst thing to happen right now, though I know it'll happen soon at least I want to have a somewhat decent conversation.

Chloe – "It's not like I care about what you do with your life but those people you use would most likely be regretting their life choices after spending a night with you."

Micheal – "Whoa, you think I'm someone that'll make people regret their choice? You don't know how much they crave for me, I'm like a rare delicacy you know."

Chloe – "Well yeah, sometimes weird foods are a rare delicacy."

Micheal – "Huh, huh-."

I just thought of a rebuttal that I usually use for picking up girls when I realized who I was talking to. I was thinking of what to tell her while making a difficult face when she suddenly giggled but immediately turned serious and asked.

Chloe – "Don't you care about how those girls feel? It's not like they would normally have one night stand with anyone. Well unlike you, that treats sex as a past time, I know someone that treats it something like medicine. some people just wanted a connection with others, some people just wanted to pretend their loved by others, not everyone is like what you think they are."

Micheal – "Well, you think I treat everyone as a dispensable tool? I take care of them you know? I also know their circumstances, I know about how they feel lonely-."

Chloe – "And so you would take advantage of it? I know you are capable of that, at the very least you did so many things to prove that you did take advantage of their situation. It's unsettling to know that you became someone like that."

Micheal – "Well, what's truly unsettling is that you were always able to know whenever I spend time with someone. You were right though, sometimes they just want someone to accompany them, so it's not like when I picked up a girl it always leads to sex, sometimes we'd just have some sort of date or something. I'm not someone that would take advantage when people are down you know? And if I'm picking up people I want them to be as sober as possible before getting them to their most "optimal state" so that they will never think they made a mistake even if we do "it" or just have a friendly time."

Chloe – "So this "optimal state" is where the alcohol and drugs part comes in?"

Micheal – "Hey! Do I look like I need to drug people? Those things I made was for personal use, those bastard alchemists were only able to imitate my formula by taking chances based on the materials I was purchasing in the market, now I might need to go resupply in the market because of what happened to Green's party, tsk tsk tsk."

Chloe – "It's your fault for being over-reactive though."

Micheal – "It wasn't an overreaction, I was frustrated too. I thought too highly of green's place because she was a decent person, she had this protection for the female populace by preventing any sexual advancements or harmful drug, but she invited those bastards that tried to drug you. Of all the people they would try to get their hands with, they chose the pearl of the campus. The second was the fact that the drug that almost got you was the broken version of mine. Lastly Green invited you but she left you-."

Chloe – "It was my fault, so please don't blame her... she gave me one cup and, I thought it was a bit awkward drinking together with her close friends so after I finished my cup I excused myself for a bit, then a guy approached me saying green ghost sent me another cup. We chat with each other for a while but I felt a little strange after drinking the second cup though, so after I finished it, I went outside the house for a while, I thought I already hit my limit but, I never thought I would be victimized...."

Micheal – "Well, if ever you feel strange in any drinks on parties you should always head to someone you can trust or at least call someone to pick you up."

Chloe – "What? So when I get drunk I need to call you or something? You think I need someone to babysit me whenever I drink?"

Micheal – "No, what I mean is you need someone to talk to whenever you feel something strange or your drinks. Getting drunk is okay but getting drugged is something else."

Chloe – "That's enough of it, I'll never attend those parties again."

After saying that she whispered something I want to forget.

Chloe – (it's not like I'd ever had another chance to do so anyway)

*So,... no matter what bullshitting I do, we can't run away from this talk.