What the heck is that noise?!?! I thought walking out of my room with this giant pencil at hand. Ava and I each have one, for protection while searching for the source of the noise, it came from the bathroom. I open the door and there I saw Rhys pushing the lever of the toilet.
"What are you doing?" I ask groggly. He turns around startled by my presence.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"Just get out, I need to use the bathroom." He step aside as I went to sat at the toilet. "Aren't you leaving?"
"I want observe on how you mix your potions." He said.
"Oh my God, you don't know what a toilet is do you?" I questioned him.
"A toy-lot?" He doesn't! Should I.. yeah just for fun.
"Leave before I unleash my powers upon you." I held out my pencil and a toilet paper ready to throw at him.
"Wait, I didn't mean disrespect."
"To late." I push down the lever as the toilet swirls. He imidiently leaves and shuts the door. That really worked?
"Just so you know, humans their enjoy privacy in this room and spell mixing is one of them. It can get really nasty." I said to him at the other side of the door. After I'm finish, I went out and faced at him.
"My apologies sorcerer." Rhys apologizes
"It's fine. By the way, you can call me Thyme. Now I'm heading back to sleep, see ya tomorrow." I bid him goodnight and went back to my slumber.
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I woke up the next morning and did my morning routine. After that, I plopped my headphones to make my coffee and breakfast for me and- oh right! It's not just me and Ava anymore. Gahh! I have to feed the Daemos as well. (A/N: outfit on the pic above)
I decided I would make pancakes for breakfast. It was the only food I could find that could feed all of us. I also fed Kayn and Johnny but I realized he doesn't have any Yum Yum's anymore, luckily he likes to eat bread so that's what I gave him for now. Fastforward to when I was done cooking, I see Ava coming out of her room looking rather disturbed.
"What happen to you?" I ask Ava putting down my headphones around my neck.
"I was woken up by this guy," she points at Leif. "And- are those pancakes?"
"Want some?" I placed down her and the guys' plates of pancakes. Ava sits down and eats quietly while the guys look hesitant.
"How do we know it's not poison?" Princey asks.
"Just try it." I told him. "And even if it is, Ava would've been dead." Pierce bravely gives it a try and I swear I saw his eyes light up even with that stoic face he has. He gives me an approving nod and the others try it as well.
After that, the Daemos wants us to assmulate them into our culture. Ava laughs at this, I assume it's because Rhys said 'ass'imulate.
"She mocks us." Leif commented.
"Teach us you human ways. Now." Asch demanded Ava. For some reason, I find them cute, like in a relationship kinda cute.
"If I do that, will you guys leave?" Ava asks.
"Faster that you could imagine." He respond. See what I mean. They take turns saying 'really' for some reason that even I said it once before...
"Silence!" That.
"Killjoy." Ava muttered. "Look when I woke up, I kinda hoped that you guys robed me and left me by now, so I wasn't expecting you guys to actually stay."
"Why would you hoped for that?"
"Because losing a couple hundred dollars isn't worth dealing with the stress of- nevermind." Stress of all of this is being just a hallucination. "Y'all are really into this human thing?"
"Assimulate us now."
"A pair of sorceress such as ourselves, it'll be hard to teach you the ways." Ava tells them in a sorceress-ish tone. "First up, I must use my magic power to conjure you up some human clothing."
"Is our clothing not suitable enough?" Rhys questioned.
"Yes! That is because Ava and I casted a spell that attracted other demons from around the world to one place, it called the convention spell." I told them, playing along with Ava.
"A summoner." Pierce stated.
"They can conjure demons?" Leif asks while Noi awed.
"Uhm, right." Ava leaves to get our piggy bank. Oh right, I haven't put my share in there. I put some money in there as she sets it at the table. Asch grabs it and makes Pierce smash it. Ava gasps as Rhys apologize for their behaviour. I felt bad for him, always dealing with these idiots.
"It's alright, a small sacrifice can be made as long as you guys get to leave as soon as possible." I reassured Rhys. Ava counts the money and says that there's a hundred and seventy dollars in there.
Ava tells them about the mall, later Pierce, Princey and Noi followed her. I told Ava I'd stay behind to watch over Rhys and Leif and reminded her to buy Kayn and Johnny's Yum Yums, Kayn's was running out so might as well remind her before it completely runs out.
I grab my guitar from my room, sat on the couch, and played Catch my Breath. It was my favorite song during my introvert high school years. I saw Leif looking behind me, intrigued by what I'm doing.
"What are you doing?" He asks teleporting in front of me.
"I'm playing a song using guitar." I hummed.
"What's that?"
"You don't know what music or a song is?"
Leif raised an eyebrow. "Is that what you call sound magic?"
"Uhm I guess..?"
"Then I do." Leif nods. "So that thing?"
"Well this thing I'm holding is called a guitar. It's a musical and magical intrument that can calm the nerves of a person, it can make them happy, sad, or relaxed. If played properly and paired with someone who can sing well, it can really lights up the mood." I explained.
"Can you kill someone with it?"
"No silly. What I'm doing is an art of sound being made by harmony, rhythm and melody." I told him and play another song. "Is it soothing to you?"
"Somehow, it is quite relaxing." He answered closing his eyes.
Just as I was about to sing, I saw Rhys come out of the wall. I stood up, guitar at hand, and I asked him how he did it. Rhys invited me to walk through the wall, I was hestitant but went in otherwise. How is this possible? I mean obviously through magic but how?
"Oh. My. Wow. Guys, this is amazing. It looks like a castle." Awestruck I spoke as I saw the magnificent room. The architecture is indeed amazing, fountains, chandeliers, stone walls, tons of rooms, and lots of gold.
"Rhys did you do all of this?" I ask.
"Yes I did," Rhys answered looking proud and pleased with himself. "You said my name."
"Well yeah, what do you want me to call you if you I don't know your name? Dark blue horned smartass?" I joked.
Rhys chuckles looking down at the floor, hurt. "Do you know the others' names? And what's that on your back?"
"Yes. This is a guitar, a magical intrument that can set someone at ease when played."
"Facinating. Could you demonstrate?"
"Maybe some other time, I'm still practicing a new piece.
"It's actually sound that sets you at ease Rhys." Leif commented. "When she plays it feels like I'm in a daze."
"Hmm maybe sound magic can help Asch's temper." Rhys wondered.
"You know I could teach you guys how to play, but it's just going to be the three of us okay." I stated.
"Really?"
"Yeah, just come to me whenever you feel like it." I said. "I'm going to see if the others came back."
I walked out of the wall and saw Ava with the rest of the guys. I run to Ava grab her arm, "Ava! You gotta see this!" then literally dragged her to the wall. Once she compose herself, she look as amazed as I was.
"What do you guys think? Rhys bound the room to the wall here, that way we could feel more at home." Leif said to the guys who entered.
"It took some of my magic so I must use the rest wisely." Rhys stated.
"It's perfect." I heard Asch say. Not long after Ava mumble something about the room and faints.
"Not again." Pierce places her in one of the couches. "Well guys you can handle her right? I'm gonna head back now bye!"
I walked out of the.. wall portal thingy majig. I called Kayn to change the bandaged burnt mark he got. It healed rather quickly but not completely, this just proves that the guys are the real deal demons that have magic. Daemos rather. I have to make an appointment to the vet in some time to get this checked up.
After tidying up with Kayn, Ava suddenly walked out with her cereal box. She placed it on the couter and fed Johnny with Yum Yums. I headed back to my room for my much needed anime binge watching, but stopped by to glaced at Ava pouring cereal into a bowl with a smile plastered on her face. Maybe this might not be so bad after all. A blessing in diguise, or a curse dressed to be a miracle.