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As the sun rises over the sleepy town of Lugunica, a variety of souls begin to get ready for the day ahead. A blonde-haired woman stirs her younger brother awake, a certain mean-eyed boy sneaks out of his house to pick flowers, a violet-haired girl and her knight friend start to make lemonade and prepare their stand. All these souls stir awake… however for a certain group of failures, the sunlight is blaring instead of helpful.
“Aghhh- This *Crunch* Sunlight getting in my eyes *Crunch*”
“On that we can agree! This light radiation will harm my pictures of Teacher!!!! OHHHH”
“Why are you blaming the sun for your failure to defend top lane?”
The 3 voices you heard are quite infamous in this small town, each has a certain stigma around themselves that make them pariahs. First, was a ‘rotund’ Cat who you heard crunching on a bag of potato chips. His name is Puck, he is a bum who lives off the money he gets from his ‘mother’ Echidna, who is an even bigger bum, relying on the donations of idiots while peddling the shit they want to hear, or see in the next idiots’ case. Second, was a crusty old man wearing the same outfit he’s worn for the past 10 days. It was Roswaal Mathers, the heir to the illustrious Mathers family, instead of investing his family’s generational wealth into emerging technologies or companies, he invested it into his League account and donations to his ‘Teacher’. By now, he’d squandered so much wealth that he was forced to re-mortgage his family manor and move into a small dingy apartment, his only remaining valuables were his pc, his phone, and the clothes on his back, all to keep buying League skins and donating to his ‘Teacher’. Lastly, there was Pandora! No one really knew what her deal was, she wasn’t on good terms with anyone in the town expect Reinhard, who she claimed killed his grandmother as a part of a business arrangement between the two of them. Nobody except Wilhelm believed it so nothing ended up being done to solve this issue. These three notorious pariahs met inside Echidna’s subscriber exclusive discord server, where they chatted about their shared love of League. One thing led to another, and these three now play League everyday in a discord call from 7pm till 7am.
“Teachersssssss stream is staarting sooon!” Roswaal muttered out, his mind already fantasizing about the possibility of Echidna reading his donation messages.
“So *Crunch*. You’re hopping out?” Puck questions, having finally reached the end of his crisps bag.
“Hmm. I have to attend Sunday Service soon, so I’ll be heading off too” Pandora added.
“Right then, see ya at 7” Puck added, pushing himself up from the chair.
“Seeee you later!”
“See you at night!”
Puck slowly floated across the hallway, making sure he didn’t end up stumbling until he finally reached his destination, a 15 year old fridge Echidna dropped off at his house to avoid dumping fees. The fridge itself was perfectly fine, it was just that Echidna’s hygiene, or lack of hygiene ended up letting mold grow into every corner with black and mossy colours making themselves known well and far.
‘Honestly, I do miss it’ Puck thought to himself, reminiscing on the days he got so into League that he never left his room and only got food from said mold in the fridge.
‘Still, I’ve got Lia now so I have to show at least some form of hygiene’ Puck pondered, as he pulled the fridge door open, looking for any milk cartons to wash down his dry throat. Instead he was met by Lia’s chocolate milk which he obviously couldn’t drink, and a bottle of fine scotch that got accidentally mailed to him over 2 years ago.
‘Really? No good options’ Puck thought, realizing he’d have to walk 500 metres to the nearest corner store for some soda or flavoured water.
“Puck?” A small voice questioned. Causing the spirit to jump back.
“AH- oh Lia. You have to let me know before you sneak up on me.”
“I have a question” Emilia asked, clearly rowdy to get an answer quick.
“Could I… go flower picking with Subaru? He wanted to show me how to make a flower crown” Emilia answered, wishing to get going already.
“Sure”
“Than-“
“IFFFF you grab me some groceries on your way back!” Puck interrupted, pushing his chores onto someone else. “We’re missing Chips, Milk, Eggs, and Butter. So, if you’d be a dear… that be greaaat.”
“Fine” Emilia sighed out, as she ran out the door.
“Take Care!” Puck added, as he waved to a daughter who bolted once excused from the premises.
‘Now what? I could float to Echidna’s place and visit Betty’ Puck pondered as he opened the fridges’ freezer compartment. Inside was a box of microwavable pizza rolls. ‘Orrrr I could make some pizza rolls. Betty? Pizza Rolls? Pizza Rolls! Betty!’ Puck debated, before taking the box out of the freezer.
“Looks like pizza rolls”
“Hey Subaru! Sorry I’m late Emilia added, as Subaru wore a pair of small gloves and cut some flowers to use for the crown.
“No worries Mili!” Subaru beamed at Emilia, which caused a single thought to permeate throughout her mind ‘Cute’. It really was the only word you could use to describe Subaru, even if it came from some unsavoury sources.
“Ha! I knew running an old stream would fool those idiots. Now I can enjoy~” Echidna whispered, while hiding in a bush to spy on a 10 year old child.
“What are you doing”
“I’m watching this black haired youth! You know, watching over his potential, at such a young age it needs to be protected especially against influences from filthy half-elves” Echidna ranted to the man behind her.
“Wait?” Echidna questioned, as her dusty old ass finally realized she had no clue who she was talking to. She turned around and froze at the sight of Police Chief Wilhelm van Astrea.
“Miss. I’m Going To Need You To Come With Me. Now.” Wilhelm declared, barely holding back the rage he felt from the woman who tried to prey on his ‘grandson’ Subaru.
“No, like hell I’m gonna go to jail.” Echidna declared, before jumping up and running a total of 19 centimetres before falling flat on the floor with a *SPLAT*.