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Bang! Bang! Bang!
You knocked on Kristen’s apartment door, hoping your best friend opened the door soon. Kris had recently moved to the New City a month ago, and today was the first-time you had the chance to visit her. You looked around, wondering if you had the correct address. Nothing is worse than knocking on a door, just to find out you have the wrong one, and pissing off said owner of the home. While debating on whether to walk away or not, the door finally swings open, and Kris rushes out and hugs you.
“You’re finally here! What took you so long Boo?! You were supposed to be here half an hour ago!” Kris squealed in excitement.
“Hey Kris, Happy early Birthday,” you gasp as she drags you into the apartment.
As she shuts the door, you get a good look at her new apartment. Although she’d only been there a month, it already looks well lived in. Clothes are strewn around the living room, and you can hear heavy metal pouring out of the TV. The living room has a couch sitting in the middle, with a large chair on one side and a love seat on the other, facing the large TV. Pictures and posters were placed on various walls and tables, giving the room a warm feeling. Well, as warm as you can get with Kris at least. The kitchen was to your right and looked immaculate and well stocked, this is unsurprising though, she always did enjoy cooking.
“Sorry, I got a bit lost on the way in. This city changed a ton since I was last here. Plus, you know parking around here’s a bitch, right?” you reply.
“Don’t hate on New City! It’s been sooo fun! And everyone here has been so welcoming!”
“Really? Even with the Edgy ass monsters that look like they can, and will rip you to pieces?” You tease.
“YES! I’ve even made friends with some of them through a babysitting job, you gonna start lecturing me on how I need to stay away from them Mom?” Kristen sneers, glaring up at you.
You snicker as you roll your eyes. “No. Did I expect you to make friends with monsters after a month? Not really. But am I surprised? Fuck no! You’re the only bitchy pain in my ass I know that WOULD make friend with monsters so quickly.”
“Good! Now come on! It’s already 6 and we need to clean up and change. We’re meeting a couple of them at a nightclub and bar called Grillby’s at 9 PM, and we need to look like sexy bitches,” She says looking at you, striking a sexy pose.
“Hahaha. Whoa there, slow down. One, I am NOT going to fit in your clothing, and two, you did not warn me, so I don’t have any. Plus, I refuse to show that much skin.” You pause. “And anyway, you know I not that comfortable in clothes like that. Can’t I just wear what I’m in now?” you look at Kristen with the best puppy eyes you can muster, which isn’t much.
She doesn’t even spare you a glance as she drags you to her room. “No. For my birthday week you WILL wear sexy clothing!” She finally glances at you, looking sheepish. “Plus, I may or may not have brought you some clothes that I knew would fit.”
“You’re joking.”
The look on her face tells you she’s not, and you decide to accept your fate. “Fine, but I have veto power and I can choose the color.”
Kristen grins at you like she’s won the lottery. “Yay!”
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You look at yourself in the mirror, pausing at the drastic change from what you had been wearing previously, a loose t-shirt, a large baggy jacket, baggy pants, and tennis shoes. She even made you change out of your sports bra for gods sake! After an hour of haggling with Kristen, you finally had an outfit that you both agreed on. You now wore a deep maroon, high neck shirt that hid your cleavage, but was tight enough to show off your breasts, and a loose black short skirt that reached mid-thigh. You had both agreed on a pair of short black heels so you could dance without hindrance.
She had also decided that she was going to do your makeup as well, and ignored any complaints you’d had. Your normally makeup-less face now had a light layer of cover-up, and your eyes had heavy eye-liner, making them pop. She had chosen a vibrant red-orange eye shadow along with some copper tones that made your grey, blue-green eyes pop, and added a natural colored lipstick that slightly darkened your lips. Your thin, light, shoulder length blond hair had been much easier to deal with. Kristen had allowed you to mess with it as you like. You had chosen to part it on the side rather than down the middle, and put it up in a high ponytail, leaving down bangs on one side. This allowed you to at least kind of hide your face if you needed to.
I would almost go to the point that I might look kinda sexy. Almost. You think to yourself.
Looking over at Kristen, you notice she’s finally finished changing, and she looks hot. She finally decided, after another hour and a half of going through her closet and trying to pick out the right outfit, and having to try on a multitude of different combinations, on an outfit. She’s wearing a tight halter top with displayed her ample cleavage, and a short skirt that just barely reached below her butt. She had chosen 3 inch heels for tonight, which brought her to a whopping 5’6, which was average at best. Her caramel colored skin didn’t need cover-up, but she had applied thick eyeliner and black eyeshadow, making her chubby baby face look mature and sexy. Kristen is short and heavy set, but despite being, she eludes an air of confidence fit for at least three people. Her tight clothing showed off all her assets, and the black went well with her caramel colored skin, her curly hair left down on the right side, showing off the shaved side of her head.
“Damn, you look hot Kris,” you mutter after you give her a once over.
“Aw, thanks Bae! You do to!” You snort and roll your eyes.
“We’re supposed to be there at nine, right?” You look at your watch. “It’s already 8:30, how long does it take to get there?”
“About 15 minutes walking.”
“Walking?! I could just drive you know. It’d be so much faster. ”
“Nope! I am drinking and parking is hard, so we are walking! Plus it’ll be so much more fun!”
You sighed, and huffed in frustration, glaring at your best friend.
“Fiiine”
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The night was warm as you made your way through the streets of New City. The stars, through glittering, are still being drowned out by the last rays of sun at it set over Mount Ebott, and by the moon rising behind you in the east.
It’s the middle of summer already, and you realize it’s been just over 1 year since the Monsters had crept out of the mountain, led by a small ten-year-old child. They claimed that they had been under the mountain for over 1,000 years, though humanity had long forgotten their existence, instead turning reality into stories made to keep children from misbehaving. They certainly looked the part, with dark clothing, sharp teeth, and malicious looks. The stories that came from the Underground did not help, the horrors of below, a terrifying world where it was Kill, or Be Killed, and Mercy was nothing but a mere passing dream.
When they appeared, the world was in uproar. The military had quickly built a quarantine around the mountain, and the Monsters stayed there for another 6 months while the Queen and King of Monsters, Queen Toriel and King Asgore, and the child, Chara, who had appointed themselves the Monsters ambassador, met with the government, trying to get rights for Monsters, as well as fighting for the right for Chara to stay with their adoptive family. This process was relatively quick, since the Monsters had brought with them a good quantity of money. This sped up the process, amazingly, within a year Monsters had full rights and Chara was left with the King. But there was a catch, Queen Toriel was required to stand trial for her crimes, as she had killed 6 children. Although they couldn’t get her for the murder of all the children, she was still sent to jail for some of the more recent murders.
You shivered at the thought.
When the Monsters were finally allowed to move into the city, most people moved away, terrified that the monsters were going to kill them all. Some people had stayed, and others even moved in, excited that Monsters existed. The Monsters themselves all were loaded, and although many humans had wanted to give them less than what their gold was worth, the monsters had proven themselves smart and terrifying. You laughed at the poor fool who thought they could get away with they could be racist or cheap and try to cheat the monsters out of their money. Many of the monsters moved into the multitude of empty apartment buildings, other ended up building their own homes at the edges of the cities in gated communities that were very well guarded.
“Hey Boo, Wha’cha thinking about?” Kristen asks, shaking your shoulder. “I’ve called you several times now, you’re being more of a space cadet than usual. Are you okay?”
“Hm? Ya, I’m fine. Jus thinking about when the Monsters appeared. It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since they came out from the Underground. I also realize that I’ve never actually MET any monsters.” You look at her, shaking your head to free yourself from your thoughts.
“I’ve only heard stories, and Yes, I know that everything needs to be taken with a grain of salt, especially since most people are complete morons. . . But I’m still worried.” You look at Kristen. “You know, the normal me stuff.”
Kristen leans over and gives you a hug. “Don’t worry Boo, you’ll be fine. You know I wouldn’t introduce you to anybody I didn’t trust.”
You hug her back and poke her side eliciting a squeak from her. “Kristen, that is not a comforting thought. You trust people waaay too easily.” You snort and roll your eyes.
“Hey! Don’t poke my squish!” Kristen pouts and covers her sides as if it would protect them from you.
Grinning you look at her. “Don’t worry Kris, I won’t mess with your squish. . . Much”
Kristen huffs and walks a bit faster.
“So how much further is this place? I swear we’ve been walking forever, and all I’ve seen is more housing.”
“Don’t worry, it’s just around the next block. You’ll now when you’re there, you’ll hear it. Grillby opens up the basement as a nightclub on some nights and the music is amazing. You’ll have so much fun!” she walks a little faster.
“Wait, you mean the owner is named Grillby, and the bar we’re going to is named Grillby’s?”
“Yup.”
“Okay, and so, the guy has a bar and a dance floor? Wow, I swear he’s catering just to you Kris. It seems right up your alley”
“Mhmm” Kristen grins and has a mischievous gleam to her eye.
“You’re going to make me dress up in this for your birthday aren’t you.” you whine, shoulders slumping. “Kriiisten! Whyyyyy?”
“Aww! You know me so well!” Kristen croons as she turns the corner. “I’m doing this for your own good. It builds character and you look fiiine. Now stop whining, we’re here.”
You’re speechless. The street is bright, and there are monsters everywhere. You knew that monsters came in a variety of different forms, but you had no idea that there were so many different looks. You also didn’t realize how large most monsters were. Look around, the smallest is a few inches taller than Kristen, looking to be around 5’5. Though they all seemed to have places to be, an occasionally shot a glare at anyone who got too close. You could kind of tell who was stronger by the reactions of other monsters. Stronger monsters moved around with relative ease, with other monsters moving out of their way, while weaker monsters slipped through the crowds and avoided eye contact at all costs.
The street itself has a wide variety of businesses ranging from the bar, Grillby’s, which is on the left side of the street, to clothes stores and a bakery farther down the street to your right called Muffet’s Bakery. As you get a closer look at Grillby’s, you realize looks like it’s a high-class bar in the front, but there is a long line of monsters and people winding around the side of it leading to a door with a scary (but adorable) looking dog monster in cool lighting occasionally pouring out of the door when people entered or left. You can hear music from where you stand, weaving through the street and thumping in your chest.
“Wow Kristen.” You breathe out. “This is incredible. I feel like a kid at a Halloween store! Except, you know, more realistic and not pathetic costumes and whiny children.”
“Knew you’d like it! The monsters are pretty awesome. They are grouchy at times, but they’ve already become like family!”
“Family? Really?! I mean, I know that you're pretty open and welcoming with new people, but isn’t far too soon to be calling them family?”
“Elara, stop worrying. You’ll understand when you meet them” She complained as she walked past the line and straight up to the monster. “Now come on, let’s go in!”
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