The morning hangover I

And so, the friends who were siting on same table at 'not so suspicious' cafe restaurant; went silent as they look at the 'Vocaloid' type Robo-maid Savii 2.0 with forced trade smile on her face. She was trying to not be so obviously the 'tricky one' here, as she lead the party through this adventure. "Oh my, there were clearly some statements that can lead into confusion. But, I assume that the question you all have in mind is something like: 'How is this reliable to our cause? Otherwise those are nearly a random stuff, right?' Well, I nearly can tell that from this point, the thing will get spiced up."

Newdori, Roxxan and even Fizzi had they own thoughts on mind, as one after another state they mind.

"You mean something else that the woman's at the wedding celebration party started a 'Kaiju' [alien sea monster] sect and has collecting Lollies as sacrifices in order to feed the beast?"

"Why I have a feeling, that suddenly I shall not worry about me, to be marked 'the bad one here', when a 'bigger bad one' are already present? We must not forget that our friend has been victimized."

"Hello~o! I am still here! Don't you dare to pull a prank, about me be replaced by an impostor who just waits for the right moment to make a deadly strike!"

As the adults acted too weird or sour for the taste of certain kitten, the little one picked up a cover on sugar jar made from porcelain. Then by using a spoon he start launching a sugar cubes (normally usage for tea or coffee) into the faces of the present adventures to awake them from a clear nonsense discussion. The group dint reacts to more than half of the hits, even when Fizzi made a praise comment about how skilled is the 'Calico' in handling of the spoon.

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The only one who reacts fully and answers the call for attention was of course Savii. "Yes, dear Young master, we don't forget what we must do here. We just have the need to sort all of the information's we gathered to this point. You sure understand that, right? But for that, to be done right without any hasty decision, we shall finish this video record session." And the maid pressed the play button on the next part.

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[Proper supervision = missing]

As the video started, the scene was morning economic class cafeteria or something similar to that, situated at the stadium area. Several characters from both teams and local stuff were there to grab something to eat. It was going on slow and peaceful mode as there has been seen a lots of sleepy yawning's.

Fizzi, as he enters that place, was (again) followed by the camera girl on duty and he aimed for a diner table with four seats. On which, two of his friends, the (black-red priest) Newdori and (dark sister of Vronica) Roxxan have already siting on theirs chairs unexpectedly peacefully and next to each other.

As Furtrap take the third seat on other side of the table, he looks across at his two companions. They were like 'stoned hard' with eyes wide open, eye pupils tiny as pears and marks from lack of sleep showed under the eyes. "Hi~i, guys."

Both of them looked like they have a lot to think or deal with it, after a heavy night. And they answer him not enthusiastically in union. "Hi~i, Fizzi."

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The withe furry observed as the two just sit there motionlessly and don't touched whatever they had on plate. They just stared lifelessly into the void. So he got curious. "Are you two okay? You seems like you two went through something too extravagant for someone taste. What happened?"

Just mentioned 'What happened?' triggered they response on Newdori and Roxxan forcing the duo to flinch on spot. They both starts talking fast, through each other in clearly cower mode of excuses. "It was fine." "Totally fine."

"Nothing happened at all." "Totally nothing wort of mentioning happened."

"Everything was normal." "Nothing unnatural newer occurred at all."

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The Furtrap was suspicious towards them, but he let it go. "Okaaay… Then where is Vronica?"

The two start laughing awkwardly, as to try to cower something. "She's cool. Totally fine." "Let's we say, she said, she need a sometime for herself."

"No need to worry about her." "She will definitely appear. Some time."

"Anyway, how went you night, Fizzi?" "Yeah, where's 'yours' Kurama chan, Fizzi?" They tried very hard to change the discussion from them to anything else.

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This time it was Fizzi who laugh awkwardly having hot potato in his paws. "What to say?... It had been an eventful night?…" He clearly struggle to find what to say. "We had wonderful late night dinner... Too much happened while we 'talks' together about everything and nothing. It was… Not even that worthy to mentioning… Something that happen there or anything else... B,- but at morning as we was leaving the room, she was called to something urgent. So, she said that I shall go ahead and she will join us when she will be free. A~and there we are."

The two was too eager to agree as they slow down. "Yeah, nothing wort to mention happened. That's is how it shall stay, for all of us."

"Shall we make the suggestion to not talk about it? Like forever?"

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Theirs discussion sounded like they were cooking some conspiracy. "Are you referring to the agreement of not telling anything to family about what kind of wild fun had one on festival? Something like what happened on musical festival stays at musical festival. Or something likes that?"

"Exactly! What happened on hotel room will stay at hotel room."

"I agree to that deal. So~o? Are we cool?"

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The trio was exchanging a few words or nods of agree to this plan, just to said something. But soon the words worth for this conversation was eventually depleted and silence occurred on their table.

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As the silence continued for a certain time, the Furtrap eventually break it. "So~o…. We are screwed, is that so?" [in a difficult or hopeless situation; ruined or broken]

It was like dropping the heavy weight of tension as Newdori sighed. "Yeah, pretty much."

And the Roxxan melodically tried to sound as if it was a funny joke. "Not for the first time.♪"

And they again went silent.

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This silence continued for a while where they just sit there and stared at the table.

But this gloomy tension was crushed the moment when Kurama suddenly appeared right next to the trio siting on table. When someone on this morning, at last expected a 'rising sun' to arrive, it was the 'deeps of night' that falls on them. Or more precisely it was the fox's dark aura, which has giving a hint that she is in a bad mood. In her hands she held like a two too small kittens furriers as if it was some obvious evidence. She dint waited for greetings and nearly barked at them. "Can you explain yourself?!"

All three of them flinched and then both side of the table exchanges a silent glances waiting for the other side, to make they move. But as they keep silently sitting like pined on they chairs, whit an expression of a miscreant caught in the act, none of them give her a more that a glance.

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So, she sighed and placed the two kittens on table until she sits itself next to Fizzi.

On second glance one can think that both of the little furry balls have been born recently. But the kittens looked a kind of familiar, with a spice of darkness, demonic, royalty, and strong faith. No, they kind of looked like one was Roxxan kid and the other Newdori's.

But those two adults looked palled as they glanced at the two little fur-balls.

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The fox was unpleasantly tap with her finger, until she decide to rebuke them. [lecture them] "Seriously, how irresponsible from both of you! Shall I ask what were you thinking, when you left the newborns on your room? Had you been thinking, that you can just leave them for a while? That they will be okay, until you return from breakfast? That is a wrong idea! When they are this young, they must be been under surveillance. Have you two, no sense for yours offspring's at all? Or from the start, the two of you don't have any maternity instinct? If you don't know what to do and panic, then the only think you shall do, is simply asking 'me' for advice."

The two flinched again in clearly 'Oh shit!' facial expression.

But it was Fizzi who was missing a major point on what's was going here. "Wait for a second! What do you mean by that? Did they bring some of your kinds on theirs room? Are they been tasked to watch over someone? Those two?? Or I miss a notice, that something supernatural was going around?"

Newdori make a super weird forced laugh. "Definitely, there was something supernatural that occurred during last night. But to answer you question Fizzi: No, we dint bring someone on room. We don't even want to go on room. They just locked us into the same one. Then as far I remember some crazy stuff was going on, and on the morning those two pop up out."

Even the girl was sweating. "Indeed, magic 'BC' is not something that shall be possible to bypass by some not crazy stuff. I am clear on this!…" The moment she say it, she realize the opposite and cursed in useless defiance. "Dang!"

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This time it was the Fox who was missing the string on conversation and give them a questionable look. "About (What?!) on this flat land you two are talking about?"

While Fizzi just sit there and watch them, making a half silent comment about 'Flat world?' on with one his best friend in same manner asked him if he ever was at the 'Abyss at the end of the world'? Witch was accurate reference on how the priest and princess were at the end of available options.

But still Newdori tried to negotiate about they situation. "Madam, as far as I thought about it, if you wanted to just force us to adopt some of you children's that are under yours supervision, then yours method is nearly flawless. At last on terms of laws. You clearly got us on that. But we are not idiots to just sit there and accept this method with peace on our minds."

"Dear 'Madame', the trickery in yours 'shenanigans' is clearly a top level and I sincere praise you for that. But it had a numbers of small flaws, that snowballing up high. Normally, someone cannot get attached to something that do speed run from conception at late night, to bird at next early morning. There was just nearly none effort from my side to get attached. I have a very well prepared plan that you have dared to intervene in."

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Kurama make on her face a really dummy expression as she just doesn't get it. Or, she just only starts to get what those two was talking about. So she retract her thoughts. "Wait for second! When I think about it, you two clearly are not a family type. So, I suppose that there is a lot of space for general misunderstanding. Then please, let me rephrase of what I want to say." She makes short inhale and exhale, before she went into school teacher mod. "Listen up! What I running is not an orphanage, so I will be not trying to hung up any of my children on someone else neck. Do you understand this fact?"

She looked at them, and after they silent node with their heads she continued.

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"This time I went around to avoid any unintentional mistakes, when I lightly checked the character sheet of those kittens to see who are they parents. That's why I know for sure that is both of you, even when one had the names swapped. But to contradict each other, what you two described here is clearly out of normal. Nearly on same level when I was informed about some conspiracy nonsense theories that were going around for the few last days." As she sighed she looked away in nearly random up direction as she not looking at anything. "Normally one will think that is a death wish, for conspirators to hide on play sight in the moment of the big reveal. Especially when I can in single grand move, blast everyone here into dust. But considering you folks being those 'Whiskateers' who had this silly records of doings good deed no matter how small or big... and the fact that, expect certain individual moments, you don't seem to be a bad group. When you just do more than trying to help others or do what is right when it was needed… Then I can assume someone else is behind this mess, and just trying use coincidences of this hasty event into his evil doing. Or in the most dummy case just misbehave when miss-using the opportunity, witch leaded to this pile of mess." It was seemed that she's already moved her attention from them to something else. As if she can from there see stars on sky through the ceiling. (Or she used a clairvoyance to observe some places.) "So what's going on here? Has someone from elders messing with this 'Because they can.'? Or someone new, is showing his horns too early for this stage?" She starts thinking very deeply about something, in order to crack this case as some kind of genius detective.

But her fresh husband was worried about some part of her theory that she just describe to them. "Kurama, can I ask you something? What have you mean by that 'grand move'?"

Instead of her, it was Newdori who wake up from being nailed into his chair. But this time he dint even yells at his friend, for lack of awareness in this type of things. "Dam it Fizzi! It shall be obvious for me, when I practically know you for this long, but still-- Tell me! You dint bother to check her core stats, or at last her level, dint you? She's so 'Over-Powered', that she is practically a true 'monster tag' here. Or did you don't get my message when I call her highness?"

Of course even the dark cat-girl have some words for him. "Fizzi darling-- She can be the 'Boss class' for a 'raid dungeon', a final boss who in free time plays low to get at last some fun at beginner's town without make the place go panic or cease to exist. During invasion [raid] she can clearly play the rescued hostage girl that will accompany the invaders as theirs guide towards the castle. Only when the challengers hit the empty throne room, only then she will reveal itself in her true colors, when she sits down on the empty throne as his true owner. Then she will make a 'big move', throwing to everyone face the fact, that she from beginning don't needed any guards to guard her. But I don't blame you for putting at first place checking up her other features than her powers levels. She must be hooked on fact that you dint play any trick on the 'queen in disguise' and treat her as the others. Or more precisely dint care at all."

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The withe furry sweated cold sweet a little, making a weak comment that he think she is a teacher at some school and it was just a teacher aura.

Meanwhile a messenger Loli ask for Kurama attention. She hand over a paper note to the fox lady.

As the gold blonde read it, she frowns. "The cops report from searching the assigned hotel room dint showed anything important. Or significant that shall explain your story. The only think that shall be highlighted are the drink bar… Huh?" She gives a confusion look to the data on the paper she holds. Then she turned the paper to checked the blank back side of the note if there are some additional data to explain what see just read. But there was none, so she returned to the front side and with her fingers nail, she tried (to clean?) some supposed mess on that paper. She thought that there is some dirt that cause that certain value to be misread. But, there was no mess, dirt or cover-up to remove and reveal the new and correct data. So her eyebrow twitched in hint of annoyance and she glanced at Newdori and Roxxan as if they were an idiots. "Can you two explain me (Why?!) are you ordered so many of (Those!) potions? What have you been thinking?"

But those two was on defense. "Madam, what are you talking about? We just drink that funny juice in bottles that was there on reach, and we dint order anything as far as I know. Heck, we been locked there!"

"Well, as far I reflex, there was enough juice on the place already, to fill us up. I drink only that, even when I still feel thirsty. But as he said, I to dint remembering that any of us called for something or something was arrived as delivery."

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The fox gives up on getting angry on those two and for now just want to know what going on. "Do you pulling my leg, or you two are experts on 'not giving a damm'? This certain potion is costly enough to be limited VIP only and only one per person. And you are trying to say that you drink more than one, during a single night? Are you crazy? There's no tell what it will do to your body. Not to mention that there is some mathematical error on how many was delivered to that room. We even don't have that amount on storage."

He sounded like if he was pushed against the wall. "Hey! I don't know what you trying to put on us. I don't think that the refrigerator was opened by once. There was this big fancy crate full of bottles with fruit juice in our room. We dint bring it there, it tasted funny, but we had been drinking just that. Those were obviously a juice bottles so we dint questioned an obvious distraction for our thought. As we been drunk, we give up on fact that some crazy stuff keeps happening to us even when we was on lock-down. So there was no space to grasp what's going on. Or to even think about it if drinking that stuff is bad or good."

Only mentions of the crazy stuff force Roxxan to blush in hint of (panic?). "Yea, yea, what he said."

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But Kurama Face-Palm herself. "Are you telling me:... That you two,... drink an entire crate of 'all-purpose juice' potions… like if it was a just a beer bottles… and you two not just don't know what it is, what it do,... you even dint care about what has happening? Did I get that right?" As her hand slid down she stared at them. "Not just 'Why are you still alive?', I can't even explain 'Why you are still sane?' after taking so many."

Priest was on this uncompromising advocate. "Hey! For our defense, as we had been a drunk as hell, locked together in the same cell, we kind off just flow with the events."

But Roxxan realize something ominous that makes her withe pale. "Wait! That was a 'Polyjuice'? The 'all-purpose juice'? Oh my… Well, that explains a lot by then. Wait! That means what happen last night was not 'drunk imagine stuff', illusions, hallucinations or wet dreams???"

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The fox give them this unladylike 'Are you two serious?!' stare.

But Newdori turns toward the princess 'questioning her' / 'reminding her': 'What she talking about? They made an agreement that nothing happened.' On which she tiled her head so much in confusion, that it nearly seemed that certain puppet toy loses some strings on her neck joint.

On other side of table Fizzi was getting inpatient. "Friends, friends!-- What are you talking about? What is this 'all-purpose juice'? What truly happened?"

But both demons as they answer, recited a certain mantra in unison with hint of desperation. "What happens on hotel room, stays at hotel room."

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[Notes, theories, and misleading explanations.]

-Monster tag/ trait - character that's normally un-defeatable, until: 1) Heavy preparations have been made. (Intel and knowledge about that character…) [Know you opponent as you know yourself. Then you will not lose a thousand of battles.] 2) Opponent has anti-monster trait or equipment and skills with bonus against this concrete type. 3) Or stats of challenger is simply too high, and allow him to fight equally or higher. 4) Numbers, tech and cooperation of challengers are enough to overpower the monster. [Raid]

-In this age, the term monster is used mostly to field creep or opponents on adventurer route. Eventually used as an insult to hatred or despicable person. Or in general for characters that are simply: not humanoid, not pet, and are dangerous, deadly, mystical, wild, or just ugly. And for that demanded to be slayed by hero.

-Kaiju - Ocean giant monster like child of kraken and Godzilla, but with goal of destroying surface civilization to make living space for his masters.

-Shenanigans - secret or dishonest activities, usually of a complicated and humorous or interesting type: Maybe, a devious trick used especially for an underhand purpose. Or, tricky or questionable practices or conduct —usually used in plural. Or, high-spirited or mischievous activity —usually used in plural.

-Boss class in Raid dungeon. - In MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer On-line Rolle Play Game) there is event 'Raid' for guild or alliance. Monster there have huge bonus on stats, including the bosses. The difficulty is boosted to the level that its need a good cooperation of entire team, divided to specialized group, plus the number of participants is limited. These events have huge final reward, but its long, harsh, time consuming, marathon full of total defeat. Participating in raids is costly on material and supply preparations, and only the last boss has the key to treasury. Not mentioning that adjusting tactic on overall strategy on freshly acquired Intel is the key to victory. To increase difficulty even more, the final boss often change his attack patterns when his HP drop to low, often getting new stage boost to mock the challenges, while he tries to VIPE them out from board, ruining their collective hard work. Someone, will send them to spawn with wink and jiggles, or diabolical laugh.