Kid

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Neon awoke from his slumber with a kink in his neck. He felt it crack as he managed to sit up. Neon saw Kid, she was on the floor again, curled up with one of the puffiest blanket most likely in existence.

Neon sighed as he stretched his arms, stood up and forced his boots on his feet. Neon stood up to stretch his legs and searched for his coat. It wasn't on the bed. He turned and saw Kid standing; she had put the coat on and the goggles on her head. Each of them was way too big for her, several sizes too long and several sizes too big. It was like she was wearing a very boyish dress. The goggles kept falling on her eyes and she was constantly trying to get them to stay on her head.

Neon raised an eye brow as he snatched them off her head, "please, you and I both know," he stripped Kid of his coat, "only I can get away with wearing tramp clothes."

Kid smirked as he put his coat back on, "what do you suppose we're doing?" Neon asked.

Kid shrugged as she slipped her own shoes on, but when had, she noticed her shoes were untied. She glared at them for a moment before attempting to tie them herself. Neon merely watched, it amused him seeing her try. Eventually a hall-bot knocked on the door and barged into the room, taking the door off its hinges and slamming into the ground. "Hello, my name is Wicks-Bot. I am a personal robot," it introduced. Neon and Kid looked to Wicks-bot and then to the door that was flat on the ground. "Forgive me if I have some glitches. I have been instructed to be both your personal Bot," it informed, "When you are ready we will go to breakfast," the Wicks-bot informed.

With that, Wicks-bot turned around and went through the doorway, not really noticing it had slammed down the entire door onto the ground. Neon and Kid looked to each other in one movement, and then to the door. "Some glitches my ass," Neon stated as he touched the door, "I'm scared for my damn life."

Kid chuckled as she stood up. The two of them walked out of the room and down one of the hallways. Kid was mainly looking at her feet, making sure she didn't trip on the laces.

*

After breakfast, Kid and Neon were taken down several labyrinths of hallways until they seemed to come to the right room, according to the hall-bot. Within it, apparently, was Jason Traveller and Harold Pep. They pushed open the door and walked in.

The room looked a lot like the room on the airship where they formally met Mr Traveller. There was an entire wall dedicated to a window and was practically bare of any furniture except for some lounge chairs and a coffee table. When Neon and Kid entered the room, they saw Jason Traveller sitting on the lounge with Mary sitting on the ground before the coffee table; she seemed to be drawing something. Harold Pep was by the window looking out to the forest scenery.

When they both entered everybody seemed to notice their presence. Mr Traveller rose to his feet and smiled, "well, well, nice to see you two," Jason informed tilting his hat. Neon and Kid walked forwards and eventually sat down in one of the lounge chairs.

Harold smirked as he joined them.

Kid looked to what Mary was doing, she seemed to be drawing a lead, detailed picture of some sort of ballroom with people scattered around in dresses or suits.

"Nice to know you guys decided to stay," Harold informed stretching his arms, "I honestly thought I'd have to send out the tranquilizer wasps last night."

Neon nodded, so they did know they had escaped their room last night.

"So tell us, what have you decided?" Jason Travelled asked, although he knew the answer, it was pretty straight forwards.

Neon sighed, "You already know. We wish to stay for as long as you'll have the both of us."

"But?" Harold could sense it in Neon's voice, they wanted something from this.