I walked out of the house and headed down the street when I felt something on my ear. I took my headphones off and pulled at whatever it was, and looked at it. It was a fish hook.
Me: A fish hook?
???: Hey, Orange~
I turned around and saw someone who I could barely remember. It was an Octoling with the basic armor and pink tentacles. She even wore the same shades as other soldiers.
Me: Who are you?
???: You don't remember me?
Me: If I did, I'd know your name. Unfortunately, I do not remember you.
???: You... don't remember me? I thought a pervert like you would remember Serina.
Me: One, Pervert? And two, No. I can't remember a Serina.
Serina: Well, Mike told me to come get you. They're having a cookout at noon today.
Me: Wait. Serina? The Octoling who stabbed me with a broken bottle?
Serina: You're still holding that against me?
Me: No. I just... remembered that.
Serina: You JUST remembered that? Oh wait. Infinite told me about that.
Me: Yeah.
Serina: Why do you have blood on you?
I looked down at my hoodie. It was stained with blue blood.
Me: I cut myself on something.
Serina: It does seem that way. Now, come on. It starts at noon.
She started walking away from me. I ran up to her and followed next to her.
Me: What starts at noon?
Serina: A little cookout, remember? I just told you this.
Me: Oh. Welp, I forgot so easily.
Serina: I guess a year in the grave did something to you, huh?
Me: It's already been a year? It feels like 11 months.
Serina: Either way, it's the middle of March, so it's been a year and two months.
Me: That long ago?
Serina: Yeah. That's quite a long time.
Me: I can't believe it's been that long since I did that to myself. And to everyone else.
Serina: Believe me. It's felt way longer. Mostly because I've been worrying about Spletzer for a while, Mike and I decided to do IT, and the NSS has officially disbanded because nobody there needs to help with Octavio anymore.
Me: Wait. You and Mike did IT?
Serina: Yeah. I'm actually 9 weeks right now.
Me: Oh my god. Congratulations on it.
Serina: Thank you, Orange. Now, don't go telling anyone about it. I want it to be a surprise.
Me: Sure. Now, who's all going to be there?
Serina: Let's See... Callie, Marie, Mike, us two, Meggy, and Zero.
Me: Zero?
Serina: Infinite.
Me: Okay. Now I'm confused. Is it Infinite or Zero? The values can't be both.
Serina: Well, he's called Infinite by us, but his real name's Zero.
Me: He trusts you with his real name, yet he doesn't tell me it.
Serina: We're close, but we aren't TOO close.
YOU ARE READING
The Crystal Of Darkness
Adventure(Sequel to Once Human). It's been a year since Orange had taken his own life at his hands. Infinite had a crazy idea to try and bring our hero back to life again, and it works. It soon seems detrimentally clear that all all is not well. Orange has s...
