Episode 1, Part 1, Season 1: Meeting Loana
*Danny Apartment; Day 1; Early morning*
"I won't!"
"Leva be damned! So what is your solution for that then?!" Loana brought his attention from his phone to the window that led to the tow truck outside his apartment. Danny stared in the middle distance as his Gen N Sharagin was getting repossessed. Smirking down at the 'tall' four foot and eleven-inch Goblin, "Oh, well, my plans included a lot of walking anyways. Listen--"
"No, you listen!" The tone of her angry pacing was ruined by the soft jangling of her tungsten metal rings. The matching colour wraps on her bust and arms left nothing to the imagination. Her curves were hugged by the leather straps where her countless alchemic vials were held. Sadly, her chiding cut so quickly to the heart of the matter that his ogling was cut short, "Every time that even the slightest bad thing happens to you, then it turns out that there are several other things just as shit!"
There was a beat while Dan fixed his outfit of a loose-fitted pair of black sweatpants and a black-fitted shirt. She seemed to have yet to notice to shiny P&C camera that was around his neck, so he played along, "Alright, I have terrible news, bad news, and good news. What do you want to hear first?"
"Fuck sake, what the terrible news? I have bad news too... Ugh..." She groans before sitting her bare ass on one of his barstools. Danny scanned his apartment while Lo got herself more comfortable. Neglect was sprinkled in every bit of this place, from the pile of dishes, the mountain of clean/dirty clothes mixed, and pieces of paper with scribbles decorating the walls like a prison cell. Danny sighed before searching the kitchen for anything to eat, "I am in twelve Whole deep to the Fools. They going to want their money in a week."
All it took was one side glance to see the colour drain from her decadent, chartreuse green skin to understand how deep in a mess he was. One Whole was roughly a standard two weeks' pay, but living off a Whole for such a time was impossible. 'Ana was silent, so Danny continued, "We also cannot stay here. I have some heat from this camera that I stole. Plus, it isn't like the Fools don't know where I live; paying them off and changing that would make my life easier."
"Wait, what? You stole a fucking camera?! Why? What the hell have you done with the ten Whole?" Danny's Demonkin companion squeaks were hard to take seriously at the best of times, but doubly now that he had the answers to all of her questions. Today, he was confident that his good news would change the entire vibe of the conversation, so he milked it was all it was worth. Munching on the jar of olives that he found in the back of the fridge while chasing it down with Queenslayer Vodka. Loana rolled her eyes while crossing her arms under her leather-strapped chad bust. A dark blush crept its way on his pale skin at seeing hints of her dusty brown nipples. Unabashedly looking at her hairless, squeaky clean sex that was exposed for all to see. This made the short stack's patience wear thin, "Dude! This is serious. Can you quit perving out for five seconds?! If this place is gone, then I'll have to stay at the Rustic Cafe with that creepy spider bitch. What is the good news?!"
"No."
"Excuse you?"
"What is your bad news first?" There was something about her earlier phrasing that made his heart sink. After two years of being friends with someone, there were words that he began to associate with trouble, such as 'Rustic Cafe'. It was a hole-in-the-wall bar where she worked as a bouncer. Dan always got a sense of death from it for whatever reason. Loana rubbed her temple, spitting out, "I couldn't afford the rent for my place."
"Your girlfriend kicked you out?"
"Shut up. I was going to ask to stay with you for a week, but..."
Her words were emphasised, with the apartment's lights flickering off for a solid second but kicking back on to tentative life. Now is a good time to mention the silver lining, "It turns out that there are benefits to being friends with a King." Loana let off a sharp gasp at what Danny assumed was this news while he continued, "They offered to pay off my loan to the Fools if--"
"We go on an Expedition! Not this again, Danny, please."
"I been training, hitting the gym, and I knew about this a month in advance--"
"Show me." These two simple words were enough cause him to stop his boasting momentarily. An Expedition was a trek into uncivilised, wild lands to study the types of monsters that live there. Last time, he underestimated the strength of the mamano and lost everything. Dan extended a palm towards her before invoking his Purple Flame. A mystical deep amethyst ball of Flame hovered and toasted his palms. Making both the Flame and the camera disappear with a simple flourish of his hand. His gobbo fuckbuddy red eyes widen, "Don't get too excited. It is a pretty worthless Flame I got here."
"Worthless?! It is a hell of a lot more useful than the mountain of fuck all you used to bring."
"Love that energy because all I can for now do is make pitfalls. It depends on where I am at how much that I can manipulate the--"
"Pitfalls?"
"Like holes in the ground that you cant--"
Loana interrupted him with a healthy punch right in the gut that Dan could barely brush off. Hoping off the stool before motioning to Danny, "I know what a pitfall is, smart arse. I just don't think that is useful in the slightest, love."
"It is like you don't listen to me. I have been practising with my Flame Weapon, and I am itching to tango with someone who isn't holding back." Then, he noticed that Loana had been leading him to the bathroom throughout this exchange. Sensing the mood change with the sway of her nude hips to wiggle out of her straps. Careful to not damage any of her volatile vials, which gave him plenty of time to enjoy the lewd bounce of her curves and hardened brownish nipples, "An Expedition is just as much about fucking as it is fighting. Let's shower, and I'll give you a crash course. I am guessing you already made up your mind on this?"