Duster and Yokai

funny lookin' squirrel

Duster's POV

I woke up.
"Jeez was I dramatic yesterday. Crying cause of some stupid costume? Couldn't be me." I wondered, while slowly getting up and out of my bed. I then started walking into the kitchen to get myself a nice toast.
Oh yeah. I forgot my toaster doesn't work.
I guess I shouldn't have trusted my friend when they said to stick a fork in it, huh?

Sitting down on the kitchen table, wondering what I should eat for breakfast, someone called me.
Obviously, I didn't answer the call. I knew the person who was calling me very well. In fact, this isn't the only time they've called me. I've been getting calls from them for almost 7 weeks now.
Annoyed by these calls, I put my phone onto the kitchen counter and left the kitchen to go sit in the living room. Whilst going there, I took a quick glance at my table, where I had worked on Yokais new costume, and the window beside it.
Outside I saw a funny looking squirrel just minding it's own business.
"maaaaaaybe I should improve the costume?" I thought to myself.
"I bet I'll find some cool stuff in that sketchy alleyway where I met Yokai! Kind of sad how much trash people just dump there.."

Without even eating, or doing anything else, I went into my bathroom, brushed my teeth, and did my hair. I realized my pink poofy hair was slowly loosing color, which kind of made me sad, but I decided to ignore it and go pick out my clothes for the day.

Later, I got out of my apartment wearing a vibrant green t-shirt and some nice jeans.
I went downstairs, and suddenly felt like I was being watched.

This feeling continued. The feeling of something weighing you down, falling.
uneasy and weird.

Out of nowhere, some butterfly dude came up to me.
"Whats your name?" He asked.
"how about you say hello first? What do you want, kid." I replied. To be honest, I was in a really bad mood and had an unnecessary mad toned voice.
The guy seemed serious now. "I asked what your name is!" He yelled.
"alright alright, jeez. you really aren't nice. I'm... Uhh..." I thought for a second. Why would he want to know my name? I don't think I should tell him the truth. Who knows why he wants to even talk to me. He also seemed a bit familiar, and kind of looked like Yokai.

" I'm uhh... Mary. "
Obviously annoyed by what I said, the butterfly dude pushed me aside, and walked away.
What was that all about?
Moving on, I went to the weird alleyway and started looking through the trash like some raccoon. After a while of throwing around coins, letters, metal pipes and even drawing supplies, I was holding a gas mask, covered in some weird, green goop.
"this looks great. Hopefully Yokai won't actually die from lung cancer or whatever.. Maybe I'll wash it before giving it to him?"

How on earth would you wash an old, disgusting gas mask?

I took it with me on my way back home, or at least the place you'd call my home.
After countless attempts to wash it with a towel, or to use soap to clean it, I grabbed the mask and aggressively walked into the room I kept something very great in. Something absolutely amazing. Something so epic I can't even say it.
"oh boy! I'm about to put a green goopy gas mask that I fished out of a pile of trash into a fucking washing machine!! Sure hope this isn't connected to any EPIC lore in any way at all!! Cough cough!!!" I said, before throwing the gas mask into the machine and shutting the door.

Before going back to bed after this long day, I took a look at the costume again. I felt way more confident about it than I did when I created it.

Looking out the window I saw that the squirrel was still there. I bet it has some sort of nest outside my apartment.
I got into my bed, shut my eyes, and slept.

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