《Fantastical Stapler》Chapter Firil: Ice Cream
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The first weekend had finally arrived but Firil was all alone on this day. Sincan had said something about Scalin Martial Arts and left, Moris was busy reporting in to his parents, weird considering he never brought them up before and Jake had another client to deal with.
Firil was staying at home but wanted to go out and spend her weekend in a meaningful way.
Firil: "ARRRGHHH I'm sooooo boooorrreeeedd!"
Not even complaining about it made her feel better. She did not want to do something that required hard work as it would go against the sanctity of the weekend.
After much deliberation she decided to go to her favourite ice cream spot in town. It'd be simple and a good use of her time.
She prepared to leave for Ice cream and went on her way. She was walking down the street when suddenly...
WOOOooooooossshhhhhh!
And there went her purse.
Firil: "What the hell!"
???: "Sorry lady but i need it!"
And the mysterious thief ran off with amazing agility. Thankfully, Firil found a Solik nearby . She wondered why the Solik hadn't already taken off after the thief.
???: "Uhh yea sure lemme just your name lady..."
Firil: "Oh, my name is Firil Sheres."
???: "Ok got it Firil Me-Sh-Sheres I uhh mean."
Firil: "Y-yeah uhhehe its uhh an easy mistake."
Firil*: "Godamnit, He's being paid off by uncle."
And so the Solik halfheartedly started going towards the city's SMB(Solik Management Branch). Firil couldn't believe her own uncle was monitoring her so closely. Then an idea came into her head.
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Jake: "You should be more careful out in the open, Firil. Who knows what kind of criminals might pop up here and there."
Firil: "So can you track my phone?"
Firil*: "I'll kill that kid if I ever find him."
Jake: "Of course i can, it's a piece of cake."
Jake used his laptop to find out the current location of the purse which happened to be in the slums. Jake hesitated a little before telling Firil.
Firil: "It's going to be fine. I can handle myself, you don't need to come along."
Jake: "No can do, that's is by far the worst part of town. I'm coming with you and that's final."
Firil reluctantly agreed to let Jake come along with her while they made their way into the location that Jake found the purse in. Walking towards an alley near the place, they hear some people talking.
???: "Now will you please just stop it! I did it, i won the bet now stop messing with me and my family!"
Goon: "Well a deal is a deal. But the thing is, you kind of made several deals technically."
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Firil and Jake take cover and watch the scene unfold as interrupting might cause more harm than good. They see three people surrounding a young man with a familiar purse.
???: "Oh screw off with that. Just leave me alone or I'll call the cops!"
Goon: "Oh yeah, I'm sure the police would listen to a criminal."
The goon pulls out a camera with several pictures of the theft and starts waving the phone around in a mocking manner.
???: "No.....n-no....please....stop..."
Firil*: "Wait what....damn it I can't even be mad at him now!"
Goon: "I'm a fair man so if you do one more thing for me, I'll be out of your hair, alright?"
Firil: "I think he won't be actually."
Firil surprises everyone currently there, including the Solik who was tailing her. Her declaration makes the goon recoil back before gaining his composure.
Goon: "You dumb IDIOT! Would it have killed you to turn the phone off!?"
the thief is terrified and hangs his head low.
Jake: "I'd say he's actually quite smart, seeing as how he lead us straight to the source of the infection."
Jake prepares for combat by putting on some knuckles, his personal self defense weapon. Firil pulls out a small taser and readies herself.
Goon: "Make a run for it!"
The goons exit out of the other end of the alley and spread out.
Firil: "Jake left, Thief kid right!"
They nod and each take off towards their opponents. The hidden Solik is confused but follows Firil anyway.
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Jake follows one of the goons into another alley which has only one exit. A grimace appears on his face as he begins to speak.
Jake: "Sometimes people ask me why I didn't become a doctor. The only answer I give them is that I've got enough tumors to deal with on a daily basis. You don't even need to do this, I can tell. You just like bullying kids."
Jake uses his Second wheel's abilities and a glow appears around his fists. The goon takes his metal pipe and tries to hit Jake over the head with it but fails as he takes a straight punch to the gut. The goon vomits a bit before pushing Jake away.
Jake uses this opportunity to back away and readjust himself. The goon throws his pipe at Jake which distracts him long enough for the goon to try and tackle him. Jake sidesteps and knocks the goon off his feet. He proceeds to pummel him unconcious.
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The thief boy finds another goon in the first floor of a broken down apartment. He lost sight of the man so he tries to stay cautious. Hearing footsteps behind him he turns around and raises his arms which get hit by a wooden board. This knocks him on the ground
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Goon: "Just leave already, You punk!"
???: "Not after all that torment I wont!"
The goon raises the wooden board again to attack but the boy grabs an old sofa for protection. The thief boy throws the sofa at him and kicks him away towards the window.
The goon puts the sofa away and readies his fists. The boy grabs some old dust and throws it in the man's eyes to blind him. Afterwards he drop kicks him through the window, ending the fight.
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Firil chases after the leader and arrives at a construction site where he's waiting.
Goon: ".....he's the one who took your purse, didn't he?"
Firil: ".....Yes."
The leader throws Firil's purse towards her.
Goon: "Well there it is, I returned your bag, like a good citizen. Don't bother us anymore now."
Firil: "...No. Now i know why he was like that. I'll get rid of the cause, not the effect."
Goon: "Normal folks would leave it well enough alone. Shil's the name."
Shil readies himself by taking out a metal bat to fight against Firil.
Firil stays quiet with her taser on the ready.
Shil starts by kicking up a dust storm towards Firil with his bat which forces her to close her eyes. Shil uses trick magic to disguise his sound and starts running towards Firil. Once close enough, Firil disperses the dust cloud with wind magic and aims her taser towards Shil.
The taser makes contact with his Metal Bat which Shil immediately drops. He kicks the taser out of Firil's hands as she yelps in pain. She uses her wind magic in order to throw the metal bat onto a high metallic platform.
Both of them unarmed, Shil performs kicks which Firil has to tank or dodge. The act wears her down as she uses a last resort to slip up Shil's feet. He falls down but gets up swiftly as Firil cannot overpower him in physical strength. Shil eyes the metallic platform and uses wind magic to jump up there. The metal platform has a wet cement pool underneath it that Shil has to avoid. Firil follows him onto the platform where their fight continues. The metal girders shake as Shil's bat strikes them. Firil manages to push him to the other side of the platform with enough magic. Her reserves of bewl are low and shill leans on his arm.
Shil: " *Huff* You..*Puff* a-are one a-annoying *Huff* lady."
Firil: "*Puff* Atleast I'm *Huff* n-not an idiot. *Puff*"
Firil*: "Wind magic isn't only good for small pushes!"
Firil puts her hands to the girders they are standing on and uses her remaining reserves to send one final spell through them, Shocker.
The electricity travels through the ground until it reaches Shil at which point it electrocutes him. This puts him off balance and he falls off the girders onto the wet cement pool. Firil sighs in relief and makes her way down.
Jake and the boy arrive in time to witness the scene.
Jake: "Guess you are pretty strong after all, huh?"
???: "You did it!"
Shil's phone is sitting on the sidelines, broken.
Jake: "And don't try anything funny. We've got two eligible witnesses and video evidence of you blackmailing the kid."
The situation is happily resolved. Firil goes over to the kid and gives him a slap on the face.
Firil: "And don't go around stealing people's stuff, you brat!"
The brat puts his hand over the future battle scar.
???: "My name isn't brat! It's Lotin! What was I supposed to do!"
Firil: "Anonymous reports !? heard of them?"
Lotin: "The Police are a bunch of bad guys anyway!"
Jake: "You really believe that?"
Lotin gets serious for a minute.
Lotin: "Yeah....I wanna be a Solik. Those guys are the real heroes. They actually protect people!"
Firil decides not to tell the young man the truth now.
Firil: "Finish highschool first, maybe then."
Lotin: "Fine..."
Firil takes Jake aside to tell him to call the police instead of the Soliks.
They arrive at the scene to arrest the goons and take the witness reports.
Afterwards, Firil decides to get a treat together with Lotin and Jake.
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Firil: "Reminds me of my childhood, grandpa always used to bring me to ice cream shops. They had the weirdest flavours as well haha!"
Jake: "Sounds like an interesting guy."
Lotin: "I wish my grandpa was as cool as that..."
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Firil makes her way home tiredly. It had been an unexpectedly eventful day. She climbs into bed and just before falling asleep,
Firil*: "Protect people, huh. Maybe uncle Oxe started off like that too, just wanting to protect...."
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Somewhere in The Meyers family mansion in Jonzu( A country in the biggest continent, Golit).
Oxe: "Yes i know, now shut up!"
Some kids walk in to Oxe's office. A dark wood coloured room with some bookshelfs, documents, an antique golden bird whose head has been hilariously replaced with a mime's.
Kids: "Dad, can we play now?"
Oxe: "Umm.."
He looks at his documents and missed calls.
Oxe: "You know what, kids. Yes, we can play now."
He walks out of the office and the sound of a children's movie mixed with popping popcorn can be heard outside.
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