Meeting A And His Pokemon

PART 5 A Chat

I woke up in my bed so I decided to have a chat with someone and I knew who I wanted to talk to Seviper had a reputation for being the most stubborn serpent in A's manor. She mostly kept to herself, and I never got the chance to say much to her besides "Hi Seviper! How's it going?" I think she had trust issues with new faces, and I actually understood her position. On the other hand, I really wanted to just chat with her because I honestly found her somewhat amusing in the sense that I heard from certain individuals in the manor that Seviper shared a certain interest that I had. Now, it wasn't the interest that involved getting up close to a predator's innards, but it was a subject that I could literally talk for hours about. I knew that if I could get a conversation going about the topic, we could probably connect a bit better.

I walked up to the door where Seviper made her living space. A small part of me was nervous to even open the door, as Seviper was one of the more unpredictable serpents living in A's manor. Bracing myself, I took a deep breath and turned the knob.

I cracked open the door slowly and called out in almost a whisper-like fashion, "Hey Seviper? You here?"

My heart nearly jumped into my throat as she suddenly appeared in front of me! I instinctively backed up as she got right in my face. Her piercing red eyes were locked onto me, and she was reared up taller than me.

"Woah woah, hey! This is my room! You can't just come in here!" she interjected, obviously annoyed at me.

I immediately went into my apologetic phase, "Sorry! I just wanted to see if you were available today."

Seviper furrowed her brow (or whatever constituted as a brow on a snake) and retorted, "Available for what? If you want to bug someone, Arbok is right down the hall."

Adamant on getting the message across that I wasn't making it a priority to get swallowed, I replied, "I really do want to hang with you, though. I heard you really liked Metal music, and I thought it would be cool to have a conversation about it and-"

"Wait a minute... You? You like Metal?" she asked, slightly amused.

I could tell that she was taken aback, considering how I didn't look like a hardcore Metal fan. I didn't have any piercings, tattoos, or anything that the average person assumes a Metal fan to look like. Sensing that I got a bite, I continued, "Yeah, I'm pretty much a fan of any music as long as it's good, but the Rock and Metal genres are my favorites."

Seviper's tongue flicked in and out as she mulled over her thoughts. Then she gave me her answer, "Hmmm... On second thought... Sure... Come on in."

I breathed a sigh of relief. I was almost worried she was going to stab me with that tail of hers if I really pushed her buttons. However, I could have sworn she spoke under her breath as a passed her. Something along the lines of, "I think you'll come in handy later..." I shrugged it off as nothing, though.

I sat down next to Seviper, but tried to keep out of her personal space. I pulled out my iPod and started searching for albums she may have been interested in. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her pull out an old-fashioned boombox with a cassette player.

"Oh wow! You still listen to Metal with cassette tapes?" I asked, looking at her selection.

"Yup! It's part of the experience," she replied, "So what are your favorites?"

"Whew... That's a loaded question. I have too many to count, but I'd say my favorite Metal bands would have to be Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Disturbed."

Seviper appeared to crack a smile for a moment, "Nice choices. You get into those recently?"

"No seriously! Especially Disturbed! That was probably my gateway into Metal music!"