MCSM: A Rather Ridiculously Ravishing and Romantic Anthology

The Quest - Part II

THE REDDEST ROSE

"Well, yeah. I figured we both had to get through this, so I had to drag you all the way." Jesse responded to Lukas. "How long was I out?" He asked before Jesse replied "About an hour or two. Didn't actually do too much damage. Hopefully Jesse (F) still finds that face kissable after we get back" to which Lukas sniggered.

Back to the main subject now? The Reddest Roses could only be located in one tiny concealed spit of the meadow. They were said to have been deeply reddened by unknown chemicals in the streams of the meadow. "Hmm, no Reddest Rose on this map. Looks like we'll have to find it then." Jesse said in an annoyed voice, but Lukas had switched back to dreamy-boy mode. Jesse was the one thing in his mind and she kept it occupied.

It bores a huge hole in my heart to see you dead...
Oh, I feel kinda bad that I could never express how much I truly love you...
Your lips are so velvety smooth, and your touch is so enticing...

"...so I suggest you skim the east for... are you even LISTENING?!" Jesse felt livid knowing that he explained for minutes and all Lukas could think of is his sweetheart. 'You keep going like that and you won't even have a sweetheart! I suggest you get moving or we can never return in time!' Lukas scoffed, then began to check the East Meadow while Jesse rolled his eyes and began to skim the West Meadow.

"That's literally ALL he thinks about. My little sis. Grah! It's so frustrating trying to keep him on track. All I ask is for him to search the eastern area and instead he's all 'baby I love you' when he should know that- AAGH!" Jesse's scoffing ended when he noticed that he had tumbled down a hill into "Oh crap! A spring!" He did eventually tumble down into it, dousing him in hot spring water which glimmered in the sun.

Jesse climbed out and pulling himself together, he returned to the main task, but was instantly cut short when "Um. Er. Gotta go!"

"He just never understands me. I love her to the brink of exploding, and he tells me to stop! Obviously, he's just jealous that I got a sweetheart for a girlfriend and he's got... he's got... Petra!" Lukas was busy droning on about how he thinks Jesse is jealous (not knowing that the two are siblings). But he stopped when "Ow! My nose! Did I hit something?" Lukas hadn't noticed that he ran into a power wall, which kept the boundaries between the land and the Great Sea safe. "No roses, no opportunities to express affection. *sigh Wait, wait a minute. Is that... Uh-oh I gotta hide NOW!"

They collided into each other in the middle of the meadow, both perplexed. "Did you see- How could it- Then how could- But how?" Lukas appeared as if he had literally seen himself in the flesh. Jesse appeared as if he had been shrieked at by a banshee. Either way, both were confused, they both claimed that they saw "Did you see... us? We looked older, and we were both partnered with them, but it looked... off." It seemed to them that the romance between their partners had disappeared, and it frightened both of them.

"I'm not letting this false prophecy control my life. No! I simply will not allow myself to be separated from Petra by this vision!" Jesse said firmly. "You got that right, I'm not letting this block my love for her! Not in a million years will I be torn apart from her heart!" They were both determined to elicit from this course, they loved them too much to see this come to life. "We gotta keep looking for this garden, it can't be anywhere far, can it?" Lukas was shocked to notice that "Uh, Jesse? Wasn't that where the path was? And was that there before?" Jesse turned to notice that what they have been looking for had been under their nose all this time.

The Reddest Rose Meadow was before them. The roses were incredibly red, it pained Jesse to know how his eyes could detect so much red. There were only two roses in the meadow, but Jesse turned suspicious when he noticed that "Hmm. Looks like two people were here before us, and plucked two of these amazing blooms." It was known to Jesse that reddest roses could take up to 50 years to produce its lipstick-red tint and its highly unique scent.

"Oh my. That's... that's violently red! And my gosh... its smell, reminds me of fresh cinnamon, sweet mountain air, and something I somehow recognise every time Jesse is near me." Lukas thought, he knew that whatever the final smell was, it reminded him of a whiff he caught when his sweetie was near him. "That's odd. I smell sweet smelling salts, newly-printed paper, and I also smell something I thought I sniffed when Petra and I were huddled in that nitrous cave." They carefully picked the roses so that their tint isn't drained, and preserved them ever so carefully in their inventories.

"Right! Roses - Check. Next stop - Chocolates!"