Dividing The Spoils, Enforcing Order & Claiming A New Girl. Introducing...

"Uh, Roman?"

"Hmmmm... What is it Knives?" He asked while looking over the swag. He was trying to pick out one of the Characters to pick. Truth was some weren't exactky to his tastes... and he didn't really want one either. "It's hard to decide."

"Hard to pick just one?" She asked a bit dejectedly.

"Nah. That ain't it," he said. "I already got you so I don't really see the point or want another."

"Really?" She asked smiling her spirits picking up.

Roman nodded still considering. "Yep. Really, really... but as the "Leader" everyone wants me to pick one. So..." he smiled getting an idea. "Hey here's an idea. Want to help me pick one?"

"What?" She asked her eyes doing that comically surprised round thing again. "But... I don't... How would I...?"

Roman smiled. "Easy. Here look," he pointed his finger to a Malty S. Melromarc from Sheild Hero, Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones, Regina from Mean Girls and a Heather from Total Drama Island. "These four? They're all "No go" for us. They're all pretty terrible people with terrible personalities and few redeemable traits beyond their looks. Some people like and get off on that sort of thing but that doesn't particularly appeal to me since you and I will have to live with them. I'd rather we were happy at camp."

Knives smiled and nodded. "I'd like that too! Sooo... what about the guys?"

Roman grunted looking at two male characters. A pre Davy Jones William Turner and some handsome guy ironically from that Lost island show whose name he'd never gotten... not that he cared, it was just ironically funny the guy was trapped on an Island again. "Not my cup of tea at all and some of the ladies will probably want them... but, uhh... I mean if you "wanted" one of them, we could-"

"Oh! N-No!" She quickly said shaking her head and her hands held out infront of her in tital rejection. That was definitely NOT what she wanted or WHO she was interested in right now! "You dummy...," she muttered to herself not sure if she meant her or him... or both.

"You say something?" Roman asked.

She shook her head. "Just saying not me. If you aren't interested then I'm not either!"

Roman smiled a bit relieved. "Ok. Alright then."

"Hey, Roman," she said finally working up the courage to ask him something that she'd been dying to. "Don't you have... like, I dunno. Like maybe... A Character waiting for you back home or something?"

Roman nodded and smiled. "Yeah. I sure do. A dog since childhood. But they didn't let anyone bring their Characters to the Island."

"A dog?" She asked hopefully and holding her hands up to her head like a pair of canine ears. "Like a bow wow, woof woof dog? Not a... person Character playing a dog ir one with doglike traits?"

Roman nodded smiling at her impression. Why did everything she did have to be so stinking cute? "Yeah, that's right. Just a dog though they're really an exceptional dog. I could've had another one later on when I got older but when my parents asked what I wanted I said I'd rather have the money. See even then I was working hard on building my portfolio, you see?"

Knives nodded, though she really didn't. She smiled though as she did understand that she was his first real person Character... and that made her special and very happy! "Okay! So what about these others?"

Roman nodded pointing. "Some of these others have better personalities and/or are useful. Monica here is a cook but then so am I, Misaki is a maid and has some other impresive skills, Gabrielle here is a bard and playwright and a sort of Amazon which could be useful and then there's-"

"Her," Knives said pointing at a short pink haired girl with twin tails sitting with her knees tucked up to her chin, then at Roman's hair streak. "You guys match!" She said, thinking to herself, *And She's not as sexy as some of the others, doesn't seem like a fat ass hipster and she doesn't seem slutty so she isn't likely to try to steal him from her!*

Roman blinked then pointed at Knives hair. "You do too, you know?"

"What?" Knives said touching her hair then pulling out one of her knives to look at her reflection. "Awah! So we do! So cool! When did that happen? It looks... good!"

Roman chuckled. "Since when I got you out of the pod! Hahaha! I can't believe you hadn't noticed with all the swimming around and such!" Knives flushed but was very pleased and busy checking out her reflection. "Anyway she's not a bad choice as she's supposedly a genius. Alright, looks we'll be keeping you then Saya."

The Highschool of the Dead, Saya Takagi in question frowned up at him. "Hooray... Lucky me," she said sarcastically. "Don't do me any favors."

"You don't think so?" He asked her.

She scoffed adjusting her glasses covering her strikingly reddish-orange flashing eyes. "Definitely. I've been watching you. Sorry but getting stuck with a wannabe villain doesn't exactly thrill me, you understand?"

Roman shrugged. "Hero... Villain... Depends on what side of a story you're on doesn't it? Sorry but this isn't some cartoon for kids. Things aren't just "good" and "bad", black and white. It's a big wide world of mostly grey we find ourselves in and everyone has to muddle through somehow."

"Well that's certainly true," she said staring at him. "Still I'm just a Character. What choices do we actually have? Sure my world was a mess but I don't think my circumstances have improved much if at all. So sorry I'm not exactly thrilled at the thought of being your "property". Just a pawn in some sick and twisted gameshow," she snarked in that same irritable tone, her snaggle tooth fang peeking out.

Roman smiled. "You may not have as many options but you have still got choices, Saya." He knelt and put a hand on her shoulder. "You can decide to be happy about coming with us or you can decide to be sad and mopey about it. You can decide to be angry or maybe, just maybe, you decide to give it a fair chance. Find out what your situation actually is before you prejudge it. It's all on you... I don't know what your life was like before but I'm guessing it also had it's fair share of adversity and challenges too? So what do you say? Want to at least give us a chance or a try?"

"Do I really have a choice?" She asked her eyes meeting his with a keen gaze.

Roman nodded. "You sure do. But whether you decide to be pissed off, surly, sulky, sad, happy or glad... you are coming with us. Whether you choose to accept it or not. That's your current choice."

She held his gaze for a long moment before sighing and Roman noted the corner of her mouth lifted ever so slightly. "Well at least your honest about that. Hmpf... Fine. I'll accept it... For now."

Roman nodded and stood and Knives had recovered from checking out her reflection. She felt good about this. Saya didn't seem flirtatious and even if she was as a short, cute Asian girl like herself they were on equal footing. Saya probably wasn't going to try attracting Romans attention away and she didn't outshine her in cuteness.

Knives shook her head. She really didn't like thinking like that but after Scott and Ramona she was wary. She should try to get along with her new partner now that Roman had so generously let her pick! She extended her hand offering to help Saya up. "HI there, Saya! I'm Knives and that's Roman! Let's try to get along, okay?"

Saya rolled her eyes but took the proffered hand. "Fine, whatever. At least I can look forward to not getting passed around or gang ****. Still not sure my situation is better than dealing with zombies." She stood up and gave a slight smile as she also accepted the truth of that situation too. "So I guess I do owe you for that. Thanks, Knives... uhhm... What? Why are you staring at me like that?!"

Knives swallowed. Before with her knees tucked up to her chin it had been hard to tell... but Saya was gorgeous! She not only had a cute (when she wasn't frowning or scowling) look but a short slender body with nice tone to it that was just short of athletic and- "Boobs," Knives said looking at Saya's very impressive chest filling out her shirt! That combined with lean legs stucking out of her shorts, a trim waist and what seemed to be a rather full butt she could be a model if she were just a bit taller! Knives could deal with the rest on equal ground but that killer rack had her girls outgunned! She had completely miscalculated. Saya was a sexy shortie!

"Hey!" Saya said crossing her arms over her sizable chest. "D-Don't stare like that! I expect that kind of behavior from him!"

"Sorry," Knives said meekly dejected. "I was just... surprised. I, Uhm... just... how big are they, Saya?"

"B-Baka!" Saya Takagi shouted angrily to cover her embarrassment. "What's with you guys?! I didn't give you permission to call me by my first name!" She snapped though why did it make her feel good? *Oh! That's right,* She thought. *Even my friends didn't use my first name when they all used each others... at least until I insisted on it. But these two right from the start...* she sighed. "They're F's if you must know and believe me they're a pain! I would be a much better swimmer without them. Stupid mom and her stupid huge breasts. Why did I have to inherit that?" She muttered. "Speaking of stupid parents who names their kid "Knives"?"

Roman smiled. "I got other business to attend to. You girls try to play nice and gather Saya's things from the pile, okay?"

"Ok!" Knives said giving him a thumbs-up. She was trying not to stare at Saya's chest directly though she did wonder how she "stacked up" against Kim. Her friend Kim's usual outfits hid some pretty impressive curves. More? Less? She wasn't sure. "My dad's really into weapons. And see? Roman calls you Saya and he's your owner now so it's not a big deal. Let's grab your stuff before it gets claimed or divvied up. Only take your stuff though. Oh and before I forget you're very welcome, Saya! I'm glad I picked you!"

Saya huffed and they walked over to the pile and Saya started digging through it and handing her things to Knives. "Fine, I guess. Here's my backpack. Ugh. They dumped out my stuff on the ground! Dammit. Here's the bottom but where's my top?! Soooo...?"

Knives blinked. "So... what?"

Saya rolled her eyes and almost called her stupid but bit her tongue. That Roman guy, her new "owner", had said to "play nice", and he wasn't far off as he dealt with his lackies. She knew her situation might not be any better than it was. Best to try not getting on his bad side. "So you and Roman...?"

Knives still didn't catch on. "What about me and Master Roman?"

Saya's eyebrow twitched in irritation. Was this girl really dense or what? Probably some dumb fuck bunny. "That's just it you idi- Ahem. Just how many times did he **** you to break you and make you like this anyw- Waah!"

Knives had thrown down Saya's backpack frowning at her. Infact she looked super pissed which surprised Saya. "Take it back!"

Saya was startled. "W-What?! What did I say?"

Knives stomped her foot. "He didn't "****" me. Not once! For your information Roman has been really good to me! Better than good! Wonderful! So. Take. It. Back... Now!" She demanded.

"Ah! Alright!" Saya relented taken a back at the change in the seemingly pleasant before Knives. "I didn't know, okay? I'm sorry I got it wrong. But you can't blame me for assuming. How was I supposed to know?"

"No," Knives said she calmed down a little but was still angry. "You're wrong. I can blame you! It isn't nice to assume something like that of someone you don't know!"

"What are you an idiot?" Saya snapped back forgetting that she was supposed to be trying to be "nice". "Of course it's reasonable to assume that! Look where we are! Look at what we are!" She said pointing to her own collar. "We're slaves, stupid! Worse we can't even resist our so called "owners" thanks to these stupid things! Look at how some of these guys are looking at the others! What do you think is going to happen? They're going to go off and play house all nice like and pretend to be boyfriends and girlfriends?!! That's delusional!"

She finally found the top to her bikini... and just looking at the small frilly and somewhat daring pink string bikini embaresed and pissed her off. It was pretty much the definition of micro. Infact she was pretty sure there was as much fabric in the dumb girly frills than the swimsuit itself now. "Look at this thing! They could have at least let me have my swim club swimsuit I wore over and over but oh no! They had to give me this thing that I wore one time! One time! Not that stupid Takashi had even really looked at me in it! Not like the other girls!" She grumbled then stuffed the skimpy sexy next to nothing swimwear in the pack. "That's what this whole place is about. Survival Island? Don't make me laugh! Might as well call it what it is! "Watch-Primes-Subjugate-Sexy-Men-And-Women-For-Fun-And-Profit Island", because that's what it is! You're deluding yourself if you think otherwise. And here's another wake up call for you little Miss Knives! Even if your precious "Master" treats you well and nicely he's still playing this twisted game, signed up for it infact, which makes him complicit in every twisted thing that happens here which makes him a pretty sick and nasty person! And furthermore-"

*Slap!*

• Meanwhile-

"All set?" Carlos asked seeing Roman walk over.

"All set," Roman said with a nod as he tapped at his bracer. "I'll take Saya Takagi and I'm releasing my claim on any of the others now. Since I'm taking Saya I'll only take one share of the tokens and goods from the split. Later on down the line we'll want to set a base "value" on certain Characters but I say we keep it like this until everybody has one of their own. Also anyone who doesn't get one of their own now gets first pick among them later. Once everyone has one we'll make the change going forward."

"Sounds good, Jefe," Carlos said.

"I'll say!" Burt grinned. "And us officers get first pick right?" Seeing the others nodding he clapped and rubbed his hands together looking at Malty and practically licking his chops. "Oh hell yeah! You know who I'm claiming!"

Roman chuckled shaking his head as Carlos also shook his head and said, "You got really bad taste, you know that right?"

Burt grinned and shrugged. "Yup. I do! But you also can't feel too bad about what you do to a bad bitch, you know? Uh, no offense."

Darlene laughed, grinning. "None taken! And I think we all know exactly what you meant! Give her hell!" She gave Burt a clap on the back as everyone else in earshot laughed. "So we're valuing a character as a single share? Meaning as an officer I can claim say Turner then and still collect a half share of booty?"

Roman grinned and nodded. "Absolutely. If that's what you want?"

She nodded and licked her lips looking at the William Turner in question. "Oh, yeah! I'm gonna pound that pretty boy blacksmith!"

There was more laughter at that. Carlos marked them down as claimed and who by on the tally sheet. "I'm still trying to decide. Monica's pretty hot but I'm thinking Gabrielle is the one." He frowned. "Oh before I do there's one little problem, Jefe!"

Roman sighed. "Oh now why do I not like the sound of that? What went wrong?"

Darlene and Burt were both frowning but nodding too. "We caught someone attempting to hold out," Darlene said.

"We got 'em tied up," Burt said smiling grimly. "But we figured we should wait for you before we dealt with it. Figured you'd want to make a public "trial" example. Should we do it now... or after shares are handed out?"

Roman frowned his mouth tight as he mulled it over. "No. We deal with it now. Afterwards people might feel lenient and they're going to want to celebrate and that'll cloud judgment. Any friends they might have might try to go easy on them or bribe others to do so. We do it now and they'll feel better after getting their share and the punishment will already be done. Let's get this over with."

*Slap*

Carlos whistled, burt chuckled and Darlene smiled and nodded adding, "Looks like your girl is settling the other one in her place! Good for her! Mmm... She's got spunk! Delicious!" She sees the others looking at her and laughed. "What? I like guys and girls, you know!"

"You do? Balls, that's kinda hot!" Burt said as Carlos facepalmed.

Roman smirked. "Well we do now!" He looked over towards Knives standing over Saya and called out. "Everything good over there?"

Knives nodded, smiling and giving him a wave. "Everything's fine!"

Roman nodded. "I like that Saya... but I can tell. She got an attitude problem... and If I had to guess someone just got a small "attitude adjustment" as my old man would have called it." He nodded again more grimly. "Speaking of slap downs let's get ours over with. Game faces on."

Darlene whistled loudly with her fingers to get their newly formed bands attention as they milled about. Carlos spoke up. "Okay settledown and listen up! El Jefe has words for us!"

Roman smiled at the gathered men and women. They weren't a huge band... yet. But this was the start of things. Like earlier it was important to not only make an impression but see that their "laws", that they'd all agreed to and signed under in their book like actual "Articles of Piracy", were carried out. Swiftly and efficiently... and be seen to be carrying them out on the groups behalf. "Ladies... Gentlemen," he said with a smirk and the ruffian Primes ate it up and snickered.

"I got a couple things to say and I'm going to try to do it nice and quick so we can get onto the main event... the divvy of the spoils!" He said and that drew more laughs and even some cheering.

"First things, first!" He said spreading his hands out wide. "Congratulations! You all did a fine job! We managed not one! Not two! But three scores tonight! Granted none were "huge" or "the motherload" but added all together this is a hell of a nice start! You all worked very well together considering the short time and I want you to know that I know why that is!"

"It's because we got ourselves a good an' clever, Boss!" Someone said and Roman smiled as there was a lot of cheering at that. The crowd was in a good mood. It was important to keep that going and even build upon that!

"Thank you, thank you. I wish I could take the credit but that's not why! It's because of you," he said pointing all around them. "You worked hard!"

"Yeah, we did!" Burt shouted and others cheered in agreement.

Roman grinned. He had them now. "And you fought even harder!"

"Hardest bunch of bastards and sonsabitches on the island!" Carlos quipped loudly and people laughed and cheered again.

"And most importantly you followed the plan!" Roman said clenching his fist. "Together!"

"Followed together as one!" Darlene shouted and people shouted it back.

"Trusted in each other!" Roman shouted.

The crowd didn't need any prompting anymore. They shouted, "Trust in each other as one!"

"And together? We were victorious!" Roman boomed.

"Victory together! Together as one!" They shouted a couple times. Then something unexpected happened that Roman hadn't planned for...

"Roman!" Someone shouted. "Roman's Legion!"

Than someone else shouted it. Then several more until the whole band was repeating it. "Roman's Legion! Roman's Legion! Roman's Legion!"

Roman blinked. It was like he'd said before. There was power in a name, An idea, and that was something that was unkillable. Undefeatable... and as inaccurate as calling themselves a "legion" was, it was damn catchy! And much better than "Guardians".

They were a small overglorified band of bandits, raiders and pirates... but it was a start. A start to something bigger. And likely a bigger start than other groups had in only a few days. Momentum was a palpable thing in that moment! They'd grown from two to four, four to ten, ten to twenty two... and they'd keep growing! Twenty two today... maybe twice that tomorrow! And on and on until they were an actual legion! Today scraps... tomorrow the island!

"Together!" He shouted raising his fist. "Victory together!"

"Victory! Together!"

"But!" He stood still now and raised both hands until the cheers died down and then held that silence, looked around holding all their gazes. "But... Only together," he said lowly. "Apart, we... you and I... are nothing. We are only strong when we stand strong united. Together. And for that to work we must have trust in one another. For without trust, we cannot unite together. And if we cannot unite together as brothers and sisters then we cannot win." He held up his hand. "That's why I'm sad to say... tonight... someone has broken their trust with us."

There was outraged cries and he nodded along with their anger. "I know. I feel it too! The Hurt! The Betrayal! But here, in this lawless land, the only laws are what we make for ourselves! Even here! No... especially here! Laws that keep us strong! Keep us together! Laws we all agreed to in our Articles and signed our names too! Our pledge to each other freely given among free men and women! And what are those laws?"

The group started saying as one the simple laws they'd come up with and agreed to under Roman. "We don't lie to one another. We don't touch each other's property without permission. We don't attack each other and settle our grievances honorably. Dereliction of one's duty is dereliction of the group. We don't steal from one another."

"There!" Roman said holding up his hands and shaking his head. "That's it. That's the one! We don't steal from one another. Why? Because Stealing from one of us is the same as stealing from all of us! Brothers, sisters... I'm saddened to say tonight someone tried to steal from all of us."

There was a general clamor amongst the group but looking around everyone knew someone was missing from the group and there were dark faces full of anger at the betrayal.

Roman waved his hands in a shushing motion and when things died down he continued. "I know. I know. The good news is they were caught. There was a reason we had everyone going on the raid give an accounting of their tokens and valuables. We all did it. Me too. Hell I went first! No exceptions in the census... and this is exactly why! Someone tried holding back and getting away with giving less than they had gotten. Tried to conceal so they could keep more than their fair share. I know some of you didn't like doing that... But that's exactly why the system works! It makes it so no one can get away with it! So no one can steal from us..." he smirked. "Well not for long anyways! They got found out pretty damn fast!"

There were some chuckles and nods, murmurs that it was good that their simple system worked and that whoever the idiot was who tried to steal would pay dearly for it.

Roman continued. "So the good news is they forfeit their share! That means a little more for everyone. More than half of us will have new Characters along with other spoils in just a little bit... and for those who don't get a Character of their own this time out? You go to the top of the list for consideration next time! Until then you can use your extra spoils you've gained to "negotiate" amongst each other as you see fit!" He winked and the Prime men and women laughed. They knew what he meant. Surely some with Characters might be willing to "rent them out" for appropriate consideration. "But that's between each of you to figure out for yourselves! Remember the law about property now! But first..."

Burt marched the bound transgressor out before their fellows. In the small group, even though they hadn't been together long, just about everyone knew who they were.

"I don't like playing judge at all!" Roman said. "Leaves a bad taste in my mouth, if you catch my meaning?" he winked and laughed and there were more than a few laughs and chuckles of agreement. They were a bunch of scoundrels. "So let's do this quick and have the bad business done with and get on to the good stuff!" He said to cheers of agreement.

"We've already taken everything of worth from him," Roman said. "All his possesions have now been added to the take. But he still wronged each and every one of us. Still we'll have due process! Is there anyone among you who wants to speak in the accused defense? Step forward and say your piece freely! There will be no punishment nor ill will from anyone for doing so."

There was a lot of head shaking and dark looks and muttering... but no one volunteered to speak in defense on the accused behalf. Roman still paused and let the silence go on for a long moment before, "Does the accused have anything he wishes to say to the company at large?"

Burt loosened and took the gag out of the man's mouth. He glared at Burt who simply smiled brandishing his axe. "You gonna be my executioner then?"

"Nope," Burt said smiling. "But if you don't get on with it I might change my mind, asshole! So hurry it up! I got me a bitchin' hot date tonight!" Several people chuckled and one even shouted congratulations to Burt which he waved to.

The man turned and glared at Roman before spitting in his direction. "Fuck you!"

Roman shrugged. "Sorry to disappoint but I decline... You ain't my type and I got standards!" Which drew even more laughs and jeers.

The man faced the crowd. "I only done what we're all here to do! You can't blame me for that!"

There was booing and some folks even threw things until Roman made a settledown motion. "Please, none of that... yall might hit poor Burt!" There was more laughter and Roman continued looking at the accused. "Anything else or have you finished your piece?"

The man scowled. "Fucking pirates!"

Roman nodded. "Accurate. Very well... Ladies? Gentlemen? His fate... is in your hands now!"

Burt gave the man a push into the waiting angry mob. What followed wasn't pretty as they turned savage and began deriding, then humiliating and finally beating the man until his bracer gave the warning signal that the unseen judges had "terminated" him from the game and a pod was coming to collect him.

Romans bracer made an alert noise and he checked it. He'd been given a few more achievements. Chief among them "The Man Who Would Be King", "Someday I'll be King of the Pirates!" And "Same Thing We Do Every Night, Pinky... Try To Take Over The World!"

He smirked. "Maybe so... Maybe so..."

---

"You... You hit me!" Saya said touching her cheek. It smarted.

Knives shook her head. "No... I slapped you. You were being a bitch. There was no need for that. I know I'm somewhat naive sometimes. But I was trying to be your friend... and Roman probably will too if you let him." She shook her head again. "He doesn't make the rules for how things are... Only how they will be. He's never **** anyone to my knowledge and I don't think he will. He say's he's not good at "fairness" but... He's always been more than fair to me. Fairer than many men I've known. You shouldn't judge people before you get to know them. You don't have the right anyway, Saya."

"Everything okay over there?"

Knives saw Roman looking her way. His expression wasn't one of concern though. He was smiling. She got the impression... that he was proud of her for some reason.

She smiled and waved back. "Everything's fine!" She shouted before turning back to Saya. "I want to try being your friend, if you'll let me, and Roman probably will too. But... I trust in Roman. More I love Roman! If you want to bad mouth him, please don't do it to my face. You can call me "stupid" and "idiot" even though I'm not and I'll take it and any other nastiness you want to dish out... but I won't stand by and listen to you say those things about others, least of all Roman. He... h-he..." she wiped away a tear. "I think he thinks bad things about himself sometimes. He doesn't come out and say it, but the way he says stuff? I get that impression so... so..."

Saya sighed. She'd done it again. "I... I won't say I'm sorry about the things I said... not yet. Because I don't know. But..." she paused before nodding. "I sometimes take things too far. It's... a bad habit. I'm... kind of a prickly person, if you hadn't noticed. And sometimes I say things that are... are..."

"Kind of mean that you don't really mean?" Knives asked.

Saya pouted. "No. I'm not a tsundere, or anything!" She denied then blushed because that's totally what a tsundere would say. "I say things that are... a bit blunter and harsher than I intend them to sound. I kind of have a... difficult personality that makes me hard to get along with sometimes. If I..." she paused then shook her head. "No, when I... act like a... like a... a..."

"A bitch?" Knives asked and before Saya could get defensive and prickly about it she hugged her. "I'm sorry I said that to you. I understand if we can't be friends now, Takagi."

Saya sighed... then smiled just a bit. A true friend calls you out sometimes but still sticks by you. "It's fine. I was being... kind of a bitch. Thanks for being honest with me. I haven't had a lot of people in my life with the guts to call me out. It's... always refreshing when I meet someone willing too. And keep calling me, Saya, okay Knives?"

"Ok, Saya!" Knives said squeezing her. "I'll keep trying to be your friend!" She kind of reminded Knives of Julie Powers... only with less swearing. A lot less actually.

"Uh, er... Ok," Saya said. She didn't exactly excel at the whole "making friends" thing either. She hadn't ever had many back home... But here she had even less so... +1 potential friend wasn't terrible. "Okay, Knives. *Awkward cough* So... want to let go of me and start over helping me find my things?"

"Yes!" Knives said then looking over. "Somethings going on. Let's hurry and then go watch."

They quickly gathered up Saya's few possessions and watched the "trail" unfold... But their reactions to it couldn't have been different.

"See?" Knives asked nodding. "Roman's got a plan and it's starting to bring a law and order to this place! He's a good-!"

"Villain," Saya sighed. "It's like a bad light novel title or something. "That Time I Got Taken To Another World To Become Part Of A Harem And Help The Villain And His Girlfriend With Their Bullshit Pirate/Bandit Lord of the Flies Conquest Of An Island Nation" coming to a bookstore or anime streaming service near you... Fuck my life." She facepalmed then sighed. "Sorry, Knives. I did it again."

Knives smiled. She'd sort of apologized... it was progress. "It's not that bad. You'll see!"

Saya sighed. "Really? Because I'm kind of betting the opposite... but I guess we'll see. I'm stuck with it now."

[Roman Stark Knives Chau and Saya Takagi

Will Return In

Bring Home, Getting to Know & Settling Saya

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