5 A Meeting Long Overdue {Part 1}

Key:

"Talking"

*𝙊𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙨*

'Thinking'

[system]

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"See ya Tadano." I lazily waved, before I turned to open the door.

*𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠*

I walked into the house, the smell of cooked food wafting into my nose. "Huh, guess Maiko got back early..." I muttered to myself quietly.

Heading around the corner, Maiko spotted me, "Hey Clark-kun! I made some Yakitori! I know how much you like it~." She giggled into her mouth.

Woman, please put the plate down. I'm 'boutta go feral for that shit.

I wiped a small bit of drool from my mouth with my shirt sleeve.

She giggled again, before putting my plate on the table and sitting in her seat.

Long story short, it went a little like this;

"UUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOH! THAT'S THE GOOD SHIT!" I mentally yelled, my inner mindscape looking like it came straight from food wars.

...

"..." I was sitting on my bed, having a mid-life crisis.

I turned and flopped onto the bed, my face buried into my admittedly incredibly soft pillow.

"Did... did I just foodgasm?!" I yelled into my pillow.

My mind wandered to the Gacha, and then to the thing I'd been putting off the entire day because I wasn't sure what would happen or if it would work at all.

One of my titles from my Status was [Block-Headed Hero's Descendant]. From what I know of the Shantae series, was that that title was given to someone named Bolo.

...Given the fact my hair is neither purple nor blue, but blonde, I'd just say that he probably got with that Sky chick.

...good for him I guess.

With a mental command, my Inventory opened in front of me.

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𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀: ∞

𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀: 2

-1x Advanced SSLRX Phone [Produced by Nokia™]

-1x Genie Lamp ['Shantae' Series]

-[Empty]

< 𝟎 | 𝟏 >

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I tapped the rather generic-looking Genie Lamp Icon-

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𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀: ∞

𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀: 2

-1x Advanced SSLRX Phone [Produced by Nokia™]

-𝟏𝙭 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙢𝙥 ['𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙚' 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨] (Use? [Y/N])

-[Empty]

< 𝟎 | 𝟏 >

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-and it appeared in my previously open palm in a fancy light show.

"...My eyes burn." I muttered, rubbing the pain from my eyes.

I looked at the Lamp in my hands. It was golden in color, with engravings filled with a more worn and darker orange, a curved handle on the back.

"Apparently this is important? ...𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?" I muttered in frustration.

In the end I gave up thinking that there was some convoluted way to open this, so I rubbed it. Vigorously.

The only thing I got from that was dust. A shit-ton of dust that tasted like wet cardboard. Like that time I drank milk that was close to expiring.

"That-𝘩𝘢-that's a lot of-" I leaned back subconsciously feeling a rising sneeze, "-dust-𝘩𝘢𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙊!" I jerked forward, the lamp falling out of my hand and landing on the floor loudly.

I am so glad this room was sound-proofed by Maiko.

...Although she still hasn't told me 𝘸𝘩𝘺 she sound-proofed it.

When the lamp hit the floor, I heard a small "Ow! That hurt!" come from it, before It started to shake.

Its top popped up and outwards from a plume of twinkling purple smoke, and energy I couldn't recognize but still feel twinkling with light.

But I was concerned with other things...

WHY DOES IT TASTE LIKE PURPLE?!

...It was concerning for me okay?!

"Oh-Yuck! Why does everything taste like purple?!" I yelled in concern.

"*𝙔𝙖𝙬𝙣~*, bu harika bir şekerlemeydi... Bolo? Sen olduğunu?" A bell-like feminine voice called out in a foreign lagnuage.

Yet I understood it... somehow.

I looked up in confusion, staring at the purple cloud. "Um... I'm pretty sure a dude named Bolo was my Great-Great... okay there we're a lot of greats in there, but I'm pretty sure he was my Ancestor..."

And so, Clark Juniper, soon to be Kaito Katou, lied as easily as he breathed.

The cloud then dispersed, flying back into the lamp.

It revealed an energetic-looking woman, with Deep indigo hair, wearing a red belly dancer outfit with golden accents on her wrists, hair, and waist.

She was stunning. The colors fit together too.

She tilted her head to the side, her eyebrows knitted in confusion, "Ne dedi?" She muttered quietly, before her eyes widened and she snapped her fingers.

Y'know, when you think about Genie magic, you expect it to be flashy, elegant, or just downright bright as all hell.

Instead, it was completely bland. Just a little yellow and red shimmer.

She turned her head back to me

She then introduced herself, "Hehe~, sorry about that, You just sounded like a friend of mine, The name's Shantae, Half-Genie Hero! ...Who're you?" She asked.

I stared at her deadpanned, before sighing.

"*𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙝*, My name is Clark Juniper, nice to meet you Shantae. But next time you come out of that," I pointed to the knocked-over lamp on my carpet that was stained purple, "Please don't make an entrance like before. It'll take forever to clean." I said tiredly.

"Sooo~, what did you say when I asked about Bolo?" She asked, floating down to my bed

I sighed again before I repeated myself, "I said that a Guy named Bolo was a really old ancestor, I think he was Turkish... am I part Turkish?"

I muttered the last part to myself.

"Huh?! What do you mean 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳?! He got married but didn't tell me?!" She yelled in confused rage, an unseen temper flaring, before grabbing the collar of my shirt.

"Woah Woah Woah! Calm down!" I held my arms up in front of me, "Who's this Bolo guy anyway? I only know that I came from him!"

She looked me in the eyes before letting go, sighing.

"Bolo... he was like a brother to me, or at least as close to a brother someone not related to me could get."

Her shoulders drooped in sadness.

"I-... I know that as a Half-Genie, I would need to stay and protect for a while. Our lifespans -while not infinite- become incredibly long if we go dormant in a lamp. I made a promise to him, that I would always stick out for any family he would make."

She turned to me again, a small smile on her face, before her eyes flashed determinedly.

"It seems that I would need to keep that promise!" She yelled in a very flashy pose.

...𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠!

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When I first made Clark, I didn't exactly have a voice for him, but when I rolled the Genie lamp (From Shantae specifically) I looked up any characters and their world to see If I could work it in.

Turns out, it would mesh really well.

Then I found Bolo. His voice fits Clark to a T, specifically the Seven Sirens' voice lines.

Bolo didn't have a canonical last name, so I just plopped Juniper right in there. I mean, there were names like 'Risky Boots' and 'Rotty-Tops' so cut me some slack.

PS the words Shantae spoke were Turkish, as I would imagine the language of where Scuttle town was located would be.

Genies come from Arabian Mythology, while Belly dancers originated from Lebanon when an important Arabian family came to Spain.

I think Scuttle town would be in the middle east because climates are almost always changing. Hell, The Egyptian Desert used to be part of the Sea!

Yes, I put effort into my writing, how could you tell?

Uh... Happy New Year?

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