After Faery Tales

Chapter 2

"Come on, I didn't spend my five Gears for this!" An angered speech from a brunette callant as he keep on smashing on the Vending Machine. A girl walk approach him with arms crossed, said "Hans, I have our food, you don't need to smash the poor machine or else you'll pay the repairs."

The boy, Hansel, look at his younger twin, saying "Fine, Gretel" before walk away from the machine. They walk towards to the table with plates full of sandwiches made out of bacon, lettuce and eggs. As they eat their meal quietly, Hansel ask her where their older sister at and replied "Red's on the North-Western Mission Board!"

"Did she eat any thing?" he asks once more and again Gretel answered "She ate before us and try find an assignment for us." Still eating, he thinks about their sister Red; despite not being related to them, they're the only orphans of the Guild and try to find a family with themselves, always help each other even tho they're being little harsh and killjoys to others. Being nine days older than him and her, they earn the title 'The Grimm Triplets of the Guild'; since they're of German descent, "Grimm" means "Wrath" as they are the Guild's wrath manifests as well as being their pseudo-surname.

On the North-Western Mission Board, many people are searching on the wanted posters with either easier yet fewer price and harder yet greater reward; with one of them wearing a peculiar cape. As she pulls out the wanted poster with a reward of 525,000 Gears, she was interrupted by leaning-on-the-board Goldilocks when she said "What's the reward?"

"Locks, please, we're orphans, we have to fend ourselves and need money for food, home and taxes," the figure in red cloak spoke in a harsh manner. "Even if we are ruining your little "fun"."

Goldilocks give an upset frown to her. "Oh c'mon, Red, you don't need to be a killjoy," she said. "Not everything needs to be serious."

In a corner of her eye, Goldilocks saw Jack getting a snack from the Vending Machine. She rush towards him with a greeting as her hand waves.

Back on the wanted poster, it said about an annoying lord named Yohann Augustine who, as the rumor said, oppressed his peasants with strange monsters only described as "... Abominations of flesh, steel and lightning..." as well as possibly having Sororitals as his maids tho they're probably embellished rumors.

All Red's thinking is why the self-proclaimed Advisor of the Deutschland King have thus kind of rumors but it would possible that someone else do it just to get rid of him and won't use live humans or any animal as the base-materials for these "abominations". She has pick the right one and walk towards to the table her younger siblings were sitting at. However, it's not just the twins but also Goldilocks and a boy wearing a small brown cloak. After a little observation, it seems that the new lad was telling a story to her young Hansel and Gretel.

"... At least I didn't get run over by an army of fans even tho I only--"
"C'mon, I said 'a giant is close enough for a dragon', didn't I?" Goldilocks cut him off mid-sentence and softly punch his shoulder. Like she sometimes does with newcomers, Red thought.

"I'm back, guys... Hi, Goldilocks," Red greeted in a soft tone before turning to a harsh one when mentioned the name. "Who's the new Neonate?"

"He's Jacob O'Lochlan, you can call him 'Jack' tho you know his famous title, right," Goldilocks replied with arm over Jack's shoulders and give him a head-rub.

"So, the "second" killer of a giant Abyssal named 'Goliath'," Red gives the bunny ears with her fingers to Goldilocks and by the expression she makes, Red knows she ruined her joy.

"Hans, Gret, come over here," Red calls out the twins. "We have a job to do."

"You know, Red," Goldilocks responded as she leans on the chair with hands behind her head. "At least you can appreciate Jack's discovery; if there were many Colossals, we wouldn't stand a chance without this."