Re:Lyra-Starting Life in Another World (Re:Reader-Lyra Edition)

Chapter 3: Loothouse Roshambo

The trio found themselves now parked in front of the loot house. Their journey had taken slightly longer then expected as Felt began to feel carsick halfway there, and Subaru and her had to trade spots in order to feel better.

The sun was beginning to set in the sky and everything was being illuminated in a hue of orange and pink.

Subaru and Felt exited the car and headed towards the loot house before turning back to see Lyra remaining in the car.

Subaru gave Lyra a tilted head look with a raised brow, and Lyrareplied with a shrug.

Subaru: You're not... you're not coming in?

Lyra: I would, but someone's gotta watch the car to make sure nothing bad happens.

Subaru: I see, well, a look out would be appreciated.

Lyra: That I can do.

Subaru walked over to his window and said in a low voice so Felt couldn't hear.

Subaru: I'll just say it... *sigh*

Subaru’s face turned to one that was rather serious, with a tone of voice to match.

Subaru: If you see a woman with dark hair dressed in black, just drive away, run. She'll kill us all.

Lyra gave Subaru a startled look followed by a serious expression.

Lyra: That bad huh? What's the deal with her?

Subaru: She's the one who put Felt up to stealing what I'm after. If I can't get a deal finalized before she shows up, we'll be in big trouble.

Lyra couldn't think of anything to say. She had no weapons of his own on this trip and probably didn't have good enough fighting skills to defend herself with against most folks in this world.

Subaru and Felt walked to loot house door and disappeared inside.

Lyra moved and parked down the street from loot house. She had retrieved a pair of cheap binoculars from her belongings in the trunk, and watched the loot house from afar. It was around this time she wished she could have some way to communicate with Subaru should she spot anything or anyone suspicious.

Lyra set down the binoculars, and shortly after, noticed something, no, someONE in her rear view mirror.

A girl with silver hair and elf ears. Only this time she was walking down the road, outside of her car and not in the backseat, a welcome change of pace.

Lyra ducked down in her seat, determined to hide from the silver-haired girl should she begin to be hostile. She was positioned in a way that she could still see her side mirror as she passed. She passed without giving the foreign vehicle a second glance. Lyra counted in her head as soon as she was past the car, before leaning back up to peer over the dash.

The silver-haired girl was walking dead on to the loot house. But how could she know where to go when both Lyra AND Subaru had to figure it out? Subaru had said something about a loot house on their drive to Felt's shack, but wasn't Felt the one to suggest going to the loot house in the first place? And who was this woman dressed in black he'd been warned about? How did he know anything like that?

Lyra was puzzled by the order of events, struggling to think that maybe she didn't have everything in line. Shee remembered that she still had been up for more then twenty hours at this point, and what rest he had before was minimal. Perhaps she was just really beginning to become tired?

During her mental monologue, she noticed the silver-haired girl enter the loot house through the front door.

Lyra put her binoculars back up to her eyes to see if she could see inside the loot house, but unfortunately, she couldn't recognize anything of note from this angle.