Chap 4: Redd Cowries
"Come on! Come on come! NOOOOOOO!" Samekichi yelled as a pixalated charater died on the old dusty screen of the arcade game machine.
"...womp womp,now open up,take your poison like a champ" Man'Owar pulled another small strand of dying tentecal out of his head.
"Is this really the best place for that?" Samekichi took the posion and then looked at the time,it was almost time for his shift to end.
"...you can just vibe with me behind the counter, it gets boring back there"
"No you just have the attention span of a flea" slurping the toxic substance down his throat he made a gagging face and washed it down with sprite. He'd been eating poison like this once a day and slowly but surely his body was getting used to it.
"...come on,go watch the door for me,A group of kids should be banging on it any minute now" he took the drinks off the old gaming console and brought them to the ticket counter.
"Yeah whatever" shaking off the numbness he made sure the door hadn't jammed again,apperently it needed to be oiled. Outside he could see the outline of the island kids when one of them started banging on the glass.
"Mr.'O! Hurry up! These shells are heavy!" A little girls voice yelled.
"Chill,Im opening the damn thing" holding the door out for the kids he counted atleast twenty of them,not even counting the large group he saw in the distance.
"Hey! Shark head! Where's Mr.'O!?" A little girl yelled,stepping on his foot to get his attention. She had a yellow flower themed sun dress on with pink sandles,dark skin with leg length red weaved hair along with red eyes,the color made him flinch.
"Hey! Put your dress down! You're a lady!" Kichi took the shells she had resting in her dress,she'd been using it to carry them.
"...right here Cherry,I see you brought alot for us to do today,splendid!"
"Yeah,you promise you'll show me how to make my own necklace,right?" She pulled out several lines of thin,almost clear string from her dress pocket.
"Hey Man'Owar! The racing game took my money!" One of the kids called from somewhere in the arcade.
"...I'll be back,Cherry be nice" the jellyfish wandered off towrds the racing game.
Leaning against the glass ticket counter Samekichi drummed his claws on the top while he sat on a wooden stool just high enough so that his tail wasnt completely on the ground.
"Hey shark guy,are you gunna eat Mr. 'O?"
He leaned over the counter, "what? Why would I do that?"
"Cause you've got that purple stuff around your mouth! If you try to eat him I'll beat you up!" She puffed out her cheeks,trying to look intimidating.
"what even are you? A pigmi squid?" He sunk his hands into her red,braided hair.
"I am not a squid!" She shook his claws from her self,making the ends of her braids turn back into their original form, "I'm a Lions mane Jellyfish! And one day im gunna be biggerer than you!"
"Oh really?" He laied his head on the glass counter,amused by her offendedness.
"Yeah! So when Im bigger I can beat you up!" She put her fists up and took a few gabs at him.
He pretended to doge, "woah! Thats a powerful right swing! You might break the glass if you aren't careful"
She seemed pleased with his response and looked at her tiny hands,"I bet I can! Watch!" She pulled back ready to punch the thick glass as hard as she could when Samekichi used his claws to catch her hand.
