Tales From Beyond the Gutter

Tales From Beyond New Xenon

     "You know what this could use right now Bianka? Nickelback." The masked man looks around, unable to find the micro-disc of said artist.  Taking a quick glance around his things, he cant seem to find it, nor the case. he did find his gutter punch card, and it makes him disappointed knowing he might not eat there in awhile. "Hey man, I'm trying to learn Texas Hold'em here can you hurry it up?" Vrengda, knowing that he cannot teach her such a game without the ravishingly harmonious sounds of Nickelback, stands up from the card table. "I'm sorry. You won't see me again, but I'm sorry." as he says this, he turns to leave, on a noble quest to find his lost treasure. As he roams the halls of the spacecraft, he tries to think of where he might have left the micro-cd. He checks his bedroom area, within all the containers that hold what little he owns. Nothing. He checks the bathroom radio, seeing if he left it in the cd player. Nada. At this point he's starting to run out of options, peeking back into the room where Bianka is still sitting, now on her phone. She looks up, but he continues his search.

      The echo of his footsteps down the halls reminds him of the void Nickelback could fill, making him ever more determined to find it. He begins to ask around, each member of the ship he can find has no idea where this godly music disc could be. That is, until he remembers. He begins to make his way to the cockpit of the craft, not in any particular rush. As he makes his way there, Bianka stops him, "hey asshole, what the fuck. I've been sitting in there for like, more than fifteen minutes what's taking so long?" Vrengda keeps walking, knowing what he has to do. "I'm sorry. You won't see me again, but I'm sorry." as he walks off, a single tear running down his cheek, Bianka stared back at him jaw agape. His powerful strides move him forward closer and closer to the head of the ship, and it reminds him exactly why he left the disc there in the first place.

     During his travels through space, Vrengda occasionally sits in the cockpit in one of the chairs, just as something to do. Very quickly he realized Chuck, who flies the ship, really only listens to one song. This can get annoying, even if its an alright song. In response to this, Vrengda put in his Nickelback disc in to listen to anything else for once, but that was yesterday and he had totally forgotten to take it out when he left. On his way to the cockpit now, he recalls he did not see Aran, but that's a common enough thing as he still does spend a good chunk of his time with Chuck and Bianka, or in his room practicing his moves and hoping Vrengda doesn't notice when he walks by his room. The sound of his footsteps hitting the floor is really all he hears until he opens the door to the front of the ship, and that's when he sees it. He was correct in this assumption Aran would be with Chuck, but now he wishes he had been wrong, oh so wrong.

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     small flashback uwu

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     Another day travelling through space, just like any other. Aran sits in the cockpit wearing sweatpants reading a manga , taking a break from practicing with his sword. He recently started reading Grey Steward, a manga supposedly inspired by a different manga that existed like, 3000 years ago. Its been quite a fun read, and it seems to be a filler chapter he's currently reading, but suddenly it becomes really intense. Xiel, the protagonist, was walking around their mansions garden when suddenly the statues around them started to fall on top of them. Their loyal steward Debastian swoops in and uses his devilish strength to take the blow for his master, having tackled them to save their live. They locked eyes, closer than they have ever been to each other before, a tension starting to form between them. Aran's face goes tomato red as he realizes what kind of manga he had picked up, and internally debates whether he should continue to read it. He thinks for a second, and decides screw it, people rarely get their hands on physical manga anymore so he might as well not waste it. Time goes on as he reads further into the chapter, and a certain familiar feeling starts to rise within him that he recognizes immediately. He's not surprised, seeing the contents of the book in front of him. He takes a quick glance over at Chuck, feeling a little awkward being in the same room he starts to leave to continue reading in their room. "Friend Aran, are you leaving so soon? Your requested thirty minute break from sword practice has barely reached halfway." He froze in place, not knowing how to phrase the sentence he was gonna say. "I uh... I was just gonna uh,,,,, take a short nap! Y-Yea. Haha."