Cadenza: Veritas
Chapter 14: Switch
What exactly does Anjy mean by Brandon taking her place? You decide to ask her precisely that.
"He found me… and took my place…"
"We can always talk about this when you're in better shape. Allow me to take care of you first."
"Master took me to a warehouse… few days ago. He…"
"It's okay, Anjy. You don't have to force yourself."
"Please… please... save Brandon. He'll get hurt…"
"I have to make sure you don't have any serious injuries, first."
"We don't have time!"
"Anjy. You're my patient now. You're my first priority. We will get to Brandon once you're stable." Bella looks at Anjy carefully. After a while, she tells you and Anjy to stay put and wait before she runs back to the car. Speaking with Carlos for a few moments, you see him stir and take something from beneath the driver's seat. Bella returns to you and Anjy with a large first aid kit, tending to Anjy's injuries. Albeit laboured, she manages to lift Anjy once she had patched her up and disinfected her wounds, taking her to the car. She carefully seats her in the back, beside Carlos.
"What happened to her?" Carlos is about to lay a hand against Anjy's shoulder, when Bella swats him away from outside. She then enters the passenger door adjacent to the driver's seat, sitting beside Grace.
"Carlos, do you have any extra clothes?"
"Yeah, sure. Grace, can you open the trunk? There's a lever you can pull to your left for that."
"Can you lend Anjy your jacket for now? She might catch a cold."
Taking off his jacket, Carlos drapes it over Anjy's shoulders. She gives Carlos her thanks and places the jacket over her lap, saying that her legs feel chilly. He gets out of the car for a moment, and swiftly returns with a non-coordinated set of clothing - a fuchsia henley and shorts that seem to be more at place in Peka-Boo than in Lower Ziara.
"I hope you don't mind that the clothes don't match. Sorry that they smell like an old cabinet. It's all I have." Carlos hands Anjy the clothes.
"Thank you, stranger. Please tell me where I can return the clothes once I have washed them."
"Keep them. I don't know why I kept those clothes in the trunk when I could have left them here at the back. I knew they'd come in handy some day."
Anjy puts the shirt and shorts on herself, thanking Carlos once again.
"Do you feel better now, Anjy?"
"Yes."
"Just stay here in the car when we get there, okay?", you hear Bella say.
"I can't just sit here and do nothing while Brandon is being--"
"It's surprising. From your break-up until a few days ago, you hated him so much."
"It's not his fault. He didn't know that I'm his stepsister, just like I didn't know about our relation to each other."
"Wait, what?!"
"That's why I broke up with him. Incest is disgusting! When we were still together, he was okay…"
"Did you even tell him that you're related to each other when you broke it off with him? I think not."
"Yeah… I just assumed he knew about it and got really angry at him. He only really started to become a major jerk ever since he got involved with the psychotrauma centre in Centropolis, which was after the break-up."
"Well, that Wayne guy seemed really nice, but something about him was off, the last time we met."
"That's because he has been manipulating people the whole time!"
"What do you mean?"
"Does it make any sense for an alien refugee to create an organisation that hates aliens? Think about it. Everyone who steps foot into that psychotrauma centre comes out worse than they originally were!"
"Brandon's hatred seemed like he was pulling it out from something deep-seated. I never even realised that he's just like you, because I'm not the one who brought him to Subeta."
"Then, who did?"
"Grace, aren't we leaving yet?", asked Carlos.
"I can't drive if people are talking, remember? It ruins my concentration."
"Okay, I'm sorry."
Grace turns his head around to look at Anjy. "Do you know where the warehouse is?"
"I'll lead you to it."
He then turns his head to face you. "It might be dangerous to accompany us to the warehouse. Carlos, do you know of a place where we can safely leave our companion in the meantime?"
"Yeah, sure. You can stay in the spare room of my house for now."
"He found me… and took my place…"
"We can always talk about this when you're in better shape. Allow me to take care of you first."
"Master took me to a warehouse… few days ago. He…"
"It's okay, Anjy. You don't have to force yourself."
"Please… please... save Brandon. He'll get hurt…"
"I have to make sure you don't have any serious injuries, first."
"We don't have time!"
"Anjy. You're my patient now. You're my first priority. We will get to Brandon once you're stable." Bella looks at Anjy carefully. After a while, she tells you and Anjy to stay put and wait before she runs back to the car. Speaking with Carlos for a few moments, you see him stir and take something from beneath the driver's seat. Bella returns to you and Anjy with a large first aid kit, tending to Anjy's injuries. Albeit laboured, she manages to lift Anjy once she had patched her up and disinfected her wounds, taking her to the car. She carefully seats her in the back, beside Carlos.
"What happened to her?" Carlos is about to lay a hand against Anjy's shoulder, when Bella swats him away from outside. She then enters the passenger door adjacent to the driver's seat, sitting beside Grace.
"Carlos, do you have any extra clothes?"
"Yeah, sure. Grace, can you open the trunk? There's a lever you can pull to your left for that."
"Can you lend Anjy your jacket for now? She might catch a cold."
Taking off his jacket, Carlos drapes it over Anjy's shoulders. She gives Carlos her thanks and places the jacket over her lap, saying that her legs feel chilly. He gets out of the car for a moment, and swiftly returns with a non-coordinated set of clothing - a fuchsia henley and shorts that seem to be more at place in Peka-Boo than in Lower Ziara.
"I hope you don't mind that the clothes don't match. Sorry that they smell like an old cabinet. It's all I have." Carlos hands Anjy the clothes.
"Thank you, stranger. Please tell me where I can return the clothes once I have washed them."
"Keep them. I don't know why I kept those clothes in the trunk when I could have left them here at the back. I knew they'd come in handy some day."
Anjy puts the shirt and shorts on herself, thanking Carlos once again.
"Do you feel better now, Anjy?"
"Yes."
"Just stay here in the car when we get there, okay?", you hear Bella say.
"I can't just sit here and do nothing while Brandon is being--"
"It's surprising. From your break-up until a few days ago, you hated him so much."
"It's not his fault. He didn't know that I'm his stepsister, just like I didn't know about our relation to each other."
"Wait, what?!"
"That's why I broke up with him. Incest is disgusting! When we were still together, he was okay…"
"Did you even tell him that you're related to each other when you broke it off with him? I think not."
"Yeah… I just assumed he knew about it and got really angry at him. He only really started to become a major jerk ever since he got involved with the psychotrauma centre in Centropolis, which was after the break-up."
"Well, that Wayne guy seemed really nice, but something about him was off, the last time we met."
"That's because he has been manipulating people the whole time!"
"What do you mean?"
"Does it make any sense for an alien refugee to create an organisation that hates aliens? Think about it. Everyone who steps foot into that psychotrauma centre comes out worse than they originally were!"
"Brandon's hatred seemed like he was pulling it out from something deep-seated. I never even realised that he's just like you, because I'm not the one who brought him to Subeta."
"Then, who did?"
"Grace, aren't we leaving yet?", asked Carlos.
"I can't drive if people are talking, remember? It ruins my concentration."
"Okay, I'm sorry."
Grace turns his head around to look at Anjy. "Do you know where the warehouse is?"
"I'll lead you to it."
He then turns his head to face you. "It might be dangerous to accompany us to the warehouse. Carlos, do you know of a place where we can safely leave our companion in the meantime?"
"Yeah, sure. You can stay in the spare room of my house for now."
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