NerveGear Comes To Graal

Chapter Three

Well, I did promise them a group hug that one time.

      A rush of people, people she recognized, came to greet her. Er, suffocate her. Fluffs didn't know who she had her arms wrapped around, her eyes closed. Everyone was talking at once and she thought she could recognize everyone. They had skyped earlier to get to know their voices, and she would've been glad to stand there forever listening to them.

    

      After a few moments, it got quiet and it wasn't so warm- the group hug had fallen apart. Except for.. She looked up, and blood rushed to her face.

   

      "Get a room!" Potato gagged, poking Fluffs' shoulder playfully.

        

     "H-hulloo.." Fluffs murmured, the rest of the world disappearing.

     

      "Haider.." Dalt hugged her even tighter, and she could hear the slight shyness in his voice. It made her smile. Hugging him was warm, and made her toes tingle with happiness. She shut her eyes and squeezed him, slightly on her tip-toes.

  

   Her mind and insides: Mush.

      All too soon, Potato pulled her away and launched her into a conversation with Jordan, Splashy, Kay, Channel, and Banana. They were rapidly talking about their 'Abilities' and she found no difficulty jumping in with them, mentioning she wanted to check out the sparring places. She tried to ignore her flushed cheeks, and resisted the strong urge to look behind her and glance at Dalton, who was talking with the other guys.

      Suddenly, Jordan said, "Guys, Frank talks!"

      Fluffs lost no time in saying, "So does Walter!" And she brought him out, causing some very rude words to be thrown at her.

      She faced Walter to Frank, and the black cat eyed the cow with distaste. "Frank...fancy meeting you again."

      The cow scoffed. "Still a jerk, I see." Frank...was a girl?

      "Shut the (Oh C'mon, Walter) up, Dairy Queen. You know the reasons for my 'jerkness', as you call it." He rolled his eyes.

       "You could try, to warn them." Frank raised a brow.

      "And you can't? You know whatll happen!" Walter meowed accusingly.

       At that moment, Fluffs realized the chatting guys had come and joined them to check out what they were circled around.  

      "The f-" Dantes mutter was cut short by Frank, who shrieked;

"DANTE!" And threw herself at him, to hug him. "OH IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO TALK TO YOU AND HAVE YOU HOLD ME, ME AND JORDAN LOVE YOU SO MUCH BUT SHES A BIT SHY AND-"

      Blushing profusely, Jordan snatched Frank away and covered her mouth with duck tape. Dante himself looked slightly flustered, and it was comical on a face usually as serious as his. The couple couldn't meet each other's gaze, and Frank was struggling wildly.

    Then Channel quietly said, "Channel Jr. fell asleep earlier..." When everyone turned to look at her, she turned a bit pink and looked down at the ground shyly. Skittlez came up behind her and put an arm around her shoulder. She seemed to relax after that, and we all agreed silently not to bother her. Fluffs put a scornful Walter into her backpack.

        Deciding to strike up a conversation, as was her specialty, Fluffs said, "So whats with these abilities?"

 

      Honoka answered her question by saying, "Its a bonus thing, to make the game more interesting for action lovers. Theres this whole new quest thing set up..read the news, it explains it well."

        They all started talking, surprisingly not interrupting each other, and Fluffs took the chance to take a seat at one of the tables and read the news. It was cool, she took out the news and pressed a refresh icon on its corner and this section popped up;

"Hello, Graalians one and all!

You may have been wondering, Whats with the changes?

Well, for those of you who enjoy a good MMORPG,

here's what we've got!

•New Quests

•Different ways to earn graalats

•Better PK and Spar experiences

•Abilities of the mind, magic, blades, and more!

If you really wanna know all the boring details and such, click this link;

http//graalonlineclassic.com/boringdetails"

      "Splashy tells me you wanna check out the sparring?" Fluffs looks up at the familiar voice, flushing slightly when Dalt sat down beside her.

      "Y-yea, I did.." She murmured, putting the newspaper away.

      "Wanna go check it out? Dante and Honoka are having a huge debate as to why beanies are or aren't gay." He rolled his eyes slightly, amused.

      "Let's, it'll probably end with a fist fight." Fluffs laughed slightly, feeling more at ease. She led the way out the entrance, and was instantly bombarded by the guild spam. She rolled her eyes. "Same old, same old."

     It didn't bother her though, its was nice. Like it was nice how the sky was blue above their heads as they walked, and it was nice that they held hands while walking, and random ladybugs flew by.

Nice.

Let's check out sparring!