Man is walking through the office building with a big smile plastered on his face.He passes by some cubicles and sees a man with his head on the desk.
???:Hey Y/N,why so glum?
Y/N:Coffee.Last minute assigment.Need sleep.
???:Geez,you look awfull.Have you slept well?
Y/N slowly raises his head and turns to look at the calendar with a weeks worth of red Xs across the dates.
???:Yikes.Hey,I think I know how to help you but its a secret.
Y/N:If its one of those people who heal by transfering postive energy-pass.Theyre as useless and fake as fortunetellers.
???:No,this is the real deal.Go to this address and take this.
He handed Y/N a green romb looking metal thing with a red button on top and a paper with address.
Y/N:Whats there?
???:Ah-ah,cant say it here.Too manny ears.Just go there by eight oclock tonight and youll be as good as new.Ill cover for you.
He started walking away before Y/N could ask what was he gonna cover for.Once the shift was over,Y/N drove to the address but it was just a big building with not nearly enough of windows.He walked up to the door and knocked on it,only for a small window open on the doors to show a pair of eyes.
???2:Who goes there?
Y/N:Um,Im Y/N L/N.A collegue of mine told me to get here.
???2:Do you have a proof?
Y/N:Only thing he gave me is this thing.
Y/N took out the green romb but accidently pressed the button.The sides of the romb moved outward and another piece protruded at the tip.Now it looked like a metal version of a origami turtle.
???2:You can pass.
Doors opened to show a Lewodoan with a beard.He stepped to the side and moved his arm to the side to show Y/N the way.After he entered,the marsmalowy alien closed and locked the doors before following after Y/N. Soon they made it to what looked like a small rocket,about the size of vertical bus.
Y/N:What now?
Lewodoan:Now you enter.
He led him to the machine doors and Y/N could see that the insides contained a vertical car seat and a screen.After Y/N took a seat and put the seatbelt on,Lewodoan waved to him and said:
Lewodoan:Have a safe trip.
Y/N:Wait,what do you mea-
Before Y/N could finish his sentence,the doors shut and the machine he was in started to shake to life.
Y/N:Woah!What is happeniiiinnngg?!
The rooftop of the building began opening and the fire ignited below the machine.Y/N could see the Lewodoan waving to him as the machine vegan to lift of.In a matter of minutes he had already reached the Earths stratosphere.Once up there,the ship stop moving.
Y/N:Is-is it over?
Only for it to go into hyperjump.Y/N could feel his skin being pulled back and his mouth wide open as his cheeks flew back.He was like that for several minutes before it began to slow down to the speed of a common bus.The ship changed the direction and landed the same way it lifted off.Once the doors opened,Y/N fell out on his face.First thing he notices that his face was on the softest grass imaginable.He looked up andsaw he was in a idyllic world of lush,green,grassy,rolling hills,speckled with tall,willowy trees that swayed in the gentle breezes.
???:Exuse me.
Y/N looked up to see the owner of of the gentle,pleasant,soothing and female voice.It was a faminine looking,slightly humanoid turtle with green eyes.
Y/N:Yes?
???:My name is Grace,Im a Geochelone Aerio.Welcome to Aldabra.
Y/N:Aldabra?
Grace:Yes.Our planet is the single most peacefull place in the universe.No crimes,no prisons,just harmony.It is for that reason that we opened our planet to other like minded beings and offered to ease their pains or stress.But we cannot let anyone here so we must take necesarry procautions.
Y/N:I see.
Grace:Please,come with me.For the duration of your stay here,Im going to be your guide and help you any way I can.
Y/N:Right now I just want some sleep.I had a busy day today I my friend recommended me to got to,this place I guess.
Grace:I understand.I'll take you to your room,just climb on my back.
She got on her legs and fins as confused Y/N got in top of her shell.
Y/N:Now what?
Grace:Hang on.
She turned her limbs into three propeller wings and started flying.
Y/N:Woah!
While she flew Y/N could see many more visitors enjoying their times and relaxing around.Besides the vegitation,there were numerous architectural structures all over the planet.Considering they made such works of art without any fingers to speak of is mind boggling.They soon got to a big but very wide wooden building that had a style of a feaudal Japan.She landed before the building and led him to an open room.There was a small bed and a table with a smoking cup of tea.
Grace:Please make yourselves comfortable.The tea is made from the same grass my people ate since the birth of our race.After a nights rest youll be brought breakfast and your stay here can begin.
Y/N:Than good night and see you tommorow morning I guess.
Grace:Yes and good night.
She closed the door and left.Y/N took a seat on the floor next to the small table and started drinking tea.Moments later doors opened and a female Aerophibian with a towel clinging to her body entered.
Female Aerophibian:Huh?Isnt this the room 24B?
Y/N:No,its 2A8.
Female Aerophibian:My apologies.
She left the room and the last Y/N saw of her was her short tail poking from under the pillow that clinged to her thin body.
Y/N:Maybe this place wont be so bad.
Timeskip morning
With few rays of the bright as sun in its zennith finding their way though the vindow oh the room,the fell on the still sleeping face of Y/N.He stirs a bit but eventually wakes up.After slowly opening his eyes he notices a green blurry object above him.When he rubbed his eyes it was clear that the object in question was Grace,staring down at him.
Y/N:Ah!
Grace:Good morning.Have you slept well?
Y/N:Um,yeah actually.Best sleep of my life to be honest.
Grace:I am glad to hear.Ive brought you your breakfast fro the day-grass and salt soup.
Y/N:You shouldnt have.
He then looked at the samll table with the steaming bowl of dark green soup.
Y/N:No,you really shouldnt have.Exuse me but,is all the food on your planet grass related?
Grace:It is.We ate it for as long as our species moved on land.It provided us with everything we need.Nests,food,nutrition and when burnt ilumination.
Y/N:Ah,I see.Thanks for the breaksfast.
Grace:You are welcome.
Y/N began eating and noticed that the soup had just the right ammount of salt.He also noticed Grace was still in his room,sitting opposite of him.
Y/N:Is there something else you need?
Grace:Just waiting for you to finish.After you do,Im taking your for a morning meditation.
Y/N continued to eat his soup and trying his hardest to ignore her staring at him the entire time.Even if she seemed to be the most harmless species he encountered or saw.
Y/N:Im done.
Grace:Good.Take these and follow me outside.
She handed him a small collection of light green spheres with spiky exterior.
Y/N:What are this?
Grace:Dried grass balls.You can snack of them for the duration of an enire day.They may not be filling but the taste seems to be popular with the visitors.
Y/N decided to take one and put the rest in his pocket.It was actually crunhy like chips and had a similar taste like fried onions.After he saw her slowly walking away he followed after her.When they got out,he expected her to fly them to their destination like last time yesterday.Instead they just kept walking under warm sun and against cold breeze.After a while of walking up and down the hills,a single tree came into the view.
It wasnt very tall but it offereed a lot of shade.The sat under it and Grace closed her eyes and opened her fins to the wind.Y/N didnt really see much point in it but sat down next to her anyways.After closing his eyes for a while,he opened one to look at Grace sideways to see if she moved.Seeing she didnt he just sighed and tried to meditate.In short,it was very boring.Nothing happened and the only sound he hears were the wind in the treetop as well his and Graces breathing.Besides that...nothing but boring...Yawn...silence.
Timeskip
After a while Y/N was snoring soundly while sitting with Gace standing above him.She tapped his forehead with her fin tip,waking him up.
Y/N:Huh?Is it over?
He stands up and rotates his upper body to stretch up.
Y/N:(Yawn)A nap after a walk really does feel nice.Whats next?
Grace:Take of your clothes.
Y/N:What?!
Grace:They would just make you cold later.
She began walking past the tree and in all his confusion,Y/N followed after her.Turns out that downhill was a river.
Y/N:Oh,were going swimming.Why didnt you say so?
Grace:I didnt?
Y/N was bit confused by her question but she probably just forgot.After he saw her walk into water and began to float on her stomach,he hid behind the tree and took off everything but his underwear.Taking a quick look to see if they were still alone before runing and jumping into the water.
Y/N:Ah!Its cold.
Grace:You will get used to it.Just swim and relax.
After shaking for a while he started to move forwards to catch up to Grace.Then he tried to spread his limbs to let himself be carried by a river.
Grace:Are you relaxing?
Y/N:Oddly enough,yes.
Grace:Please hold your breath and close your eyes.
Y/N:Why?
Grace:Trust me,it is for your relaxation.
Y/N:OK but I dont understamph!
She put one fin over his mouth and the other over his back.Then she submerged him under water,causing him to trash about.
Grace:Stay still.You must relax and steady your heartbeat.
He grabbed the fin holding his mouth and pushed it away.
Y/N:(Gasp!)You could have give me more time to breath in first.
Grace:I am sorry.Please tell me when youre ready.
Y/N:OK,Im gonna take a deep breath and three seconds after I stop tallking you can do that again.Got it?
Grace:I understood.
Y/N took a deep breath and after waiting for three seconds she lowered him under the water.With enough air to keep himself calm,Y/N could see the bottom of the river clearly.It was like a miniature expediction of sorth.Calm,soothing,just watching the ground beneith passing him bye as water brushed up against his skin.But he also felt Graces fin moving up and down his back.Almost like caresing.
When Y/N started to shake from the lack of oxygen,Grace pulled him up and carried him on his shoulder to the land.
Grace:Please stand up.
After he stood up and shook himself,Grace span and blew any trace of water of him.
Grace:Now put on your clothes and we can head to the main buildings dining hall.
Y/N:Theres a dining hall?But why did I eat breakfast in my room?
Grace:Breakfast and dinner are smaller meals that rake a lot less time.Lunch take us a lot more time and gives the visitors the chance to talk to one another.
Y/N:I guess that makes sense.There must be hundreds of different species here.
Grace:We had 54 species upto know.Around four to six new species a week,give or take.
Once Y/N was fully dressed up,and acknowledged that he was talking with Grace in his underwear seconds ago,Grace flew him back to the main building.Leading him to the dining hall she showed him to two empty seats and sat next to him.Looking around,Y/N saw that other Geochelone aerios were sitting with the visitors they were assigned too.He also saw that there were two long tables with more than twenty chairs on each side and a two Geochelone aerios serving something in the soup plates.One per each row.But they were slow and there were a lot o visitors to go through before him.
???:Hey,2A8?
Y/N followed the sound of the voice to the female Aerosapien from yesterday, now fully clothed and sitting right across him.
Y/N:Hey um,24B right?
Female Aerophibian:Yes,what a small world.There aren't many humans here.
Y/N:I see.I'm Y/N,I work as a tech support.
Female Aerophibian:Yikes,no wonder you're here.I'm Ace by the way.My job is to assigning aliens to their human hosts.But right now it seems like I'm working as a poorly payed dating service.
They shared a laugh and continued to talk.While they talked,the food got to them and Y/N saw that for lunch they had a vegetable stew.Grace saw how close they were getting and felt a tad bit jealous.She lowered her gaze and placed her fin on Y/Ns lap.
Y/N:What are you doing?
Grace:Apologies.Some of the food fell on your lap and I was mearely cleaning it.
Y/N:Couldnt you just use a napkin or something?
Grace:This was faster.
Ace:Shes right you know.Hey,after lunch Im going for a walk and yoga.Whats your schedule for today?
Y/N:I dont know?I just follow Grace around.
Ace:Must be your first time here then.
Y/N:So,do we go for a walk after lunch too or?
Grace:No.Today you have sauna,mad bath and massage left.
Ace:Ooh,get Tyler.Hes an excelent masseuse.
Y/N:I think Ill pass.Are there female masseuses here Grace?
Grace:Yes,but you can get who ever is available at the moment.
After the lunch,Grace led Y/N to the sauna chaning room and gave him the direction for after.
When he was only dressed in the towel he entered the sauna and was hit by a wave of heat.
Y/N:Phew,cant belive some people do this every day.Guess theyre used to it by now.
After he sat down he heard a knock on the doors.
Y/N:Occupied.
Door began to open and while Y/N was in the middle of pronouncing the word occupied again,he froze in the middle once he saw that the person entering was Grace.
Y/N:Grace?!What are you doing here?
Grace:Im joining you in the sauna.People in small places can always use company.
Y/N:Not when theyre wearing this little clothes.
Grace:But we went swwiming together.It is no different then that.
Y/N fought hard to come up witha a good argument she would listen to but couldnt think of one before Grace made her way over to him and sat right next to him.
Grace:Are you enyoing it?
Y/N:Not really.Just sweating like crazy.
Grace:Just relax.Control your breathing and youll get used to it.
Y/N:If it only werent so hot.
Grace thought it over for a while and touched her chest part of her shell.Since it wasnt a part of her like ski it was cooler.She grabbed his shoulders and layed back with him on top of her.
Y/N:W-what are you doing?
Grace:Cooling you with my shell.Just relax.
Y/N was blushing from being in such close proximity to a female but it was really helping.Even the holes in her shell started to blow a light breeze.
Grace:Better?
Y/N:Y-Yes...
He tried turning his head to the side but he knew she was staring right.Hes not used to being stared down by an attractive girl.Especially is she rarely blinks.After sauna and a shower to wash away the sweat,Y/N was put on a pair of swimtrunks as Grace brought him to a mud bath room.The only other people there were Isosceles Right Triagle Vreedle who picked a smaller bath that wasnt too deep so her long legs stuck out,and a member of Thunder pigs species with a long red mane.
Y/N:Are you sure this is sanitary.
Grace:Yes,its very healthy and soothing.Containg minerals like sulfur,zinc,magnesium and bromine it can suck out the toxins from the skin.
Y/N:Doesnt that mean they have to change the mud after every use?I made up my mind,Im not going in mud.
Grace:Dont be shy.
She lifting him with her fins under his arms in the air.
Y/N:Woah,what the.Let me down.
Grace:Im doing this for your own good.You came here to relax and youre sounding tense.
Y/N:No,no,no,no!
She didnt listen and held a strong grip on him.She walks down the small stairs and they both entered the mud bath up to his neck.
Y/N:This is so wierd and uncomfortable.Like melted gelatin.
Grace:Then stay still.
She moved her fin down to hug his body which pushed some of the mud past his stomach.He shoke athe the feeling of moving mud,like chills went up his spine.
Y/N:How long to we have to stay like this?
Grace:At least ten minutes.
Y/N:Great...
Grace:Are you alone?
Y/N:What do you mean?
Grace:Do you have a significent other,or a soulmate?
Y/N:No.I spent most of my time working and I take any ammount of free time to rest.Sometimes I cant tell the difference between yesterday,the day before that and so on.Everyday I work like an ant then come home to eat and colapse on my bed.Sometimes I wonder how would it be like to be in a relationship.To have someone take care of me.
Grace:And you want that someone to be that Aerophibian female you talked to.
Y/N:What?No,we just talked.She does seem nice.Why do you ask?
Grace:No reason.
After the ten minutes passed they got out of the mud.After Grace blew the mud of both of them with her wind,Y/N saw Isosceles sending him a kiss on their way out.A sight that confused him greatly.Soon it was time for the last activity for the day.The massage.Y/N was laying on the table face down with the towel covering his behind.He heard the doors open and was broken from his train of thoughts.
Y/N:Whos there?(Gulp)Tyler?
Grace:No,its me.
Y/N:Grace?You give massages too?
Grace:Were obligated to help our guests in any way we can.If you stay till next month,you can be a guest on a Lewodoan wedding.
Y/N:I actually dont know how long will I be here.
Grace:Since you didnt make a reservation and this is your first visit,you can only be here for few days.A week at most.
Y/N thought how he needs to intentionally go here next time to spend more time within a specific period.He was alarmed when he felt something cold drip on his back.
Y/N:Whats that?!
Grace:A special oil.It will warm up over time and make you feel like your skin is as fluid as water.Than the nerves absorb the nutrients that will make you sleepy.Its good to get these massages as many days as possible at a time.
Y/N:OK then.Do what you must.
Y/N shievered as Grace spread the oil all over his back with her big flat fins.
Grace:Tell me about yourself.
Y/N:Theres nothing much to say apart from thing I told you earlier.I wanted to be a system engineer when I grew up but people at the interviews thought there were more qualified people than me.Since then I was stuck as a tech support for almost my entire adult life.I didnt have many friends as a child,mostly the few I went to kindergarden with.But even they difted away with their new firneds.What about you?Any drama in your life?
Grace:My entire life was spent just like life of any other of my species.Swimming,grazing,discussing philosophy and flying through the air.We never had crimes or evildoings.
Y/N:Sounds like paradise.
Grace:It is.Most of my friends and relatives had found their soulmates.Im waiting until the moment that I meet someone.
Y/N:Im sure you will.Despite your forwardness,youre a nice polite girl.Any guys would love to be with you.That feels great.
Grace:You really mean it?
Y/N:Of course.Im gonna really miss this place when return to Earth.Is there a place I go for the rocket or?
Grace:Everything will be explained on the last day.
Y/N:OK then,until then.
Timeskip five to six days later.
It was finally the day of departure and Y/N never relaxed so much in his entire life.It would,at this point,be redicolous to count how many times was the word relaxed used.
Y/N told his goodbyes to Grace,Ace and Isosceles who jumped into the mud bath with him after putting on her orange bikini at one point.She said she comes to this planet when she wants to feel pretty and not blow up because of her fathers plans.Y/N made it to the rocket for Earth and took a seat.The doors were about to close when something flat and green got in the way.Doors opened enough for Grace to enter,after which the doors closed on their own.
Y/N:Grace?What are you doing here?
The rocket shoke to life and was preparing for lift off.
Grace:Im coming with you.I talked to Ace and she said she will take care of the papers.I will live with you as my host and as such,get a break from your job.
Y/N:But how?
The rocket shot of and was exiting the planets biosphere.
Grace:Now you can get that massage every day of your life.
She sat on his lap facing him with her fins at the sides of his head.
Grace:Just relax.
She pressed her non-reptilian lips against his as the screend began to darken with only image left was shaped like a turtle.