Curiosity's Entrance [FINISHED]

[Randamu]

The sun had just set and only a dim glow of a clouded moon could be seen. The street lights lit up the streets of Central as a light rain sprinkled across the ground. Inside of a shadowy alley stood a figure, shivering from the coldness of the rain.

"Where am I? What is this place?" The figure steps forward a bit to get a better glimpse of his surroundings. "I can't even recall ever walking here..." The figure was a very confused and lost young teenager with fuzzy cat ears and a tail. He seemed to have no memory of anything at all.

Utterly confused and helpless in his situation, he decided to wander out of the alley. He took one step out of the alley and was immediately crashed into by a girl who was obviously in a rush to get out of the rain. She was carrying a rather large pile of books in her small little arms that were covered by a mere jacket.

[Sheska]

This was just great! It was raining and she had an armful of books. After her day off Sheska had Stopped by a book store. She just couldn't help it. What was she supposed to do with the rest of her day off if she didn't have anything to read.

On her way back to her little house that was crammed with books it had begun to rain. It was only a light shower but it didn;t take Long for her to be soaked. All the books were going to get ruined! she began to rush Through the streets while dodging excess dripping from the sides of buildings. If she could just make it in time! Just a little more and she could save them all!

As she rounded a corner Sheska ran straight in to someone. The books tumbled out of her arms and fell to the wet street. "Oh no!" She sank to her knees in despair. The poor books They were all soaking wet now. Cut down in the prime of their lives! She hadn't even had a chance to read them yet.

"I'm sorry!" She realized that the reason the books had been dropped was that she had run in to someone, and she quickly got back up. "I'm so sorry! I wasn;t watching where I was going and!" As she said this her arms were waving frantically but she froze as her sentence cut short. The person that she ha run in to had cat ears and a cat tail. That wasn't normal.

"A-are you............. a-a-an Alien?" She blinked in a shocked way and she had frozen with her hands still in the air.

[Randamu]

He stood up after having fallen into a small puddle on the ground. Slightly wet and still shocked by the sudden impact of a girl and her books, he was puzzled by the question he was just asked.

". . ." He stared at her with a dumbfounded look. He was obviously confused in every possible way. "An 'alien'...? Whats that?"

He noticed the girl standing there still with her arms up and with a questioning expression spread across her face. Was he an alien? He wouldn't even know what and alien was in order to answer that question. For all he knew, he may HAVE been an alien.

[Sheska]

Slowly Sheska lowered her arms. Well it was definitely obvious that he wasn't human but what he an alien? If he didn;t know what an Alien was... but then again and Alien wouldn't think of its self as an alien would it.........

It was then That the mousy girl remembered her books that were currently laying on the damp ground. "THE BOOKS!" She scrambled to pick them up before any more damage was done. "I'm sorry Mr.Alien I didn't mean to bump in to you and now I'm being really rude but if i don't pick them up they'll get ruined." She said all this in one breath and finished picking up the last of the books. the pile easily went above her face so she peered around the books at him again, her glasses almost falling off.

[Randamu]

He stared at her as she piled the books up, one by one. When she was finished he stood there for a moment to think.

'Hmmmm... Perhaps I MUST be an alien. This girl sure seems to think so. I wonder if this means that my name is actually 'Mr. Alien' instead of Curiosity... 'Mr. Alien' seems like a rather distastful name if you'd ask me. But I suppose you can't choose your name can you.' He rubs his chin while thinking.

He looked very out of place at the moment... part being that he had cat ears and a tail ... but also because he seemed completely lost and almost empty-like as if he had no history or memory (which he didn't). He basically just looked awkward and alone.

[Sheska]

Sheska continued to look at him from behind her books..... He looked very confused "umm..... you wouldn't happen to be lost or something?" Did aliens have cat ears and tails? She had never heard of any that did. But then again how would anybody know. But if he was an alien would he really be so confused?

The books were threatening to fall again and the rain kept on sprinkling down on them. The droplets stuck to her glasses and made it difficult to see.

[Randamu]

He too wipes some of the rain from off his face. By this point, the rain was beginning to fall faster.

"I..." Before he could even finish his next word the rain began to downfall and he was soon dripping wet. He shouted over the, now loud, downpour, "I'm sorry miss... But is there anywhere that we can go to get out of this rain?" He put his hands above his head as if to block some of the pounding rain from hitting his face.

A street light nearby began to flicker, and then suddenly turned out. Shadows now cast upon them in the harsh rain and the little alley way now seemed like a very unpleasant place to be speaking.

[Sheska]

Sheska squeaked as the rain began to our down on them harder. She tried to shield the books from the onslaught but almost dropped them.

"Yes! My house is only a couple of blocks from here!" She started to rush in the direction of her house. The tower of books teetered but remained upright as she dashed down the street. After the first few steps she looked back to see if the 'Alien' was following.

[Randamu]

Yes! the 'alien' was following quite dilligently in order to retreat from the harsh rain. As he ran only a few steps behind the girl, he stepped right into a large puddle and nearly fell face first.

"!!!" He gasped at the immediate shock of the freezing water on his feet. 'Greeeaaaat... now my feet are soaked... Confusion and wet feet aren't the best pair. '

He slowly stepped out of the puddle and realized that the girl had already gotten quite a ways ahead of him. He quickly picked up pace and caught up to her.

[Sheska]

Sheska hurriedly led him to her small house. It took a lot of time and luck to get the key in the door with out the books falling but eventually she managed. "Here it isn;t much but its dry."

She brought the giant stack of books inside and set them down. They were all wet...... "this is just great..." She sighed nothing else could possibly go wrong today. And then as if to prove her wrong the stack of soaking wet books fell over and hit another pile of books which also fell. "oh no! I can;t believe this!"

[Randamu]

He flinches as a large pile of books falls in front of himself. His eyes survey the small little room packed with books before asking,

"Why do you have so many books? Do you really have the time to read them all?" He looks down in the ground and sees a book about alchemy. He momentarily spaces out before snapping back to reality. 'Alchemy... why... why does it hit such a low chord for me?' He looks back up at the girl. "I hope this isn't rude, but what is your name?"

He steps lightly and carefully away from the doorway to escape the cold chill that blew in from the crack in the door. He tried his hardest not to step on any books, but miserably failed and slipped on a book about... chickens? Yes chickens...

[Sheska]

"uhh yes actually I have read them all... well except these." she gestured to the new books. Actually that wasn;t quiet true she had read a couple of them in the store before buying them and the rest of the books.

Sheska watched as he took in the books.... she was still trying to decide if he really was an alien. "oh no thats not rude at all. In fact I should have introduced my self a while ago. I'm Sheska."

No sooner had she finished introducing herself he fell. "oh! are you OK!" she yelled as she rushed forward.

[Randamu]

He looked up at the girl as he layed on a pile of books. He sat up and rubbed his back from falling.

"Yes, I'm fine." He stands up and continues from where she left off. "I would tell you my name... but I can't seem to remember it..." He rubs his chin. "I do remember being called Curiosity though..." He then began to space out again 'But who would have called me that? And why does that name feel so cold just like the word alchemy did...' He comes to his senses.

Fixing his shirt, he looks at the girl, which he now knew as Sheska. An expression of confusion overall was still spread across his face.

[Sheska]

Sheska sighed in relief. It could have been bad if he was hurt... Though the more she looked at him the less she thought that he was an alien..... oh well. she didn't quieter know what he was... "OK well if Curiosity is what you want to be called...." She felt sorry for him he looked so lost. "hey you wouldn;t want anything to eat or drink would you?"

[Randamu]

Curiosity's eyes quickly lit up with joy when asked if he wanted something to eat.

"Would I ever!" He smiles greatfully. Who actually knows when the last time he may have eaten. Even he did not know... "Oh, and Curiosity it is then!" He smile again at the thought of now knowing his own name... or at least what it was going to be now. 'I wonder if she has any pie....'

He could just taste the delicious crisp of a freshly baked cherry pie. His mouth began to water a bit and an even larger grin spread across his face.

"By the way... Thankyou so much for all the help you've given me so far. I know it hasn't been a whole lot overall, but I just figure that any other person would have just walked past a person like me." He scratches his head. "If you hadn't come... I might have been RAPED by some hobo or something!" He shakes his head, "But thats not the point.... Thank you..."