Private Finished NebulaR Meets the Neon Moth

Oh good, he could react. The description of his body refusing to follow his orders by staying still was like a horror movie. It caused Nebula to visibly shiver at the idea. She wasn't sure what she would do in that situation. She didn't want to think about being in that situation at all.

But Neon moved on, so Nebula tried to do the same. She wondered who Izumi was, but she decided it wasn't an important question to ask right now. She was more interested in the tricks Neon had to show off.

"O-M-G, that's so cool! It's like looking in a mirror, but better! Unfortunately, you can copy my looks, but you can't copy my great personality." That sort of thinking kept Nebula from becoming offended or annoyed when someone shape-shifted to look at her. They may have gotten her looks down, but there was more to her than just that. They couldn't replicate it all.

"I don't get how you just 'spawned' here. That sounds awfully convenient. Out of all the places to spawn on Earth, you spawned in the place where you wouldn't break the Veil. Er, continue to break the Veil. Your existence in the game must've been very close to that."

If Neon didn't turn into a white fox and return his voice as quickly as he did, Nebula was going to have trouble keeping the bubbling annoyance rising up inside of her from exploding. She wasn't sure what she would do. Probably yell at him. Honestly, she was never sure what she was going to do when she got really annoyed. It all sort of... happened. And then she usually regretted it.

"That's the fun of the island," she replied with a chuckle. "Tanukis and kitsune becoming friends. Gods and demons dating. It's like that."

But Nebula was more interested in the Veil thing. She wasn't simply pointing out the unlikely coincidence for fun. It was part of a genuine hypothesis she had as to why Neon came here. "Don't you think the scouts brought you here? You said you were wandering the hallways... What hallways? I think there's a good chance you were brought here on purpose."

"Ah, I'm sure if you went to the administration office they could help with that. The scouts work at the school from what I understand. They must have some information on who brought you in." That seemed like the logical conclusion to her.

Neon brought up a good point, actually. So far, Nebula was leading the conversation. Taking, but not giving. It was about time she spoke some more about herself.

"Moving on, I'm Nebula Sprite of The Perpe—Oh, wait, I already did all of that. Yeah, just Nebula Sprite."

A cocky smile spread across Nebula's face. So he didn't think about that option when he first came here, but she did? She was adapting to island life quite well, then. Her smarts were something to be admired.

Unfortunate she couldn't brag about that. Neon wanted to know about her court, something she had to explain all the time. "It's my court. Y'know, fae court. A place a certain group of faeries live. Our court focuses on inspiring humans to work hard, urbanize, and industrialize. We would never have something like The Crafter Tower. For us, that's too easy of a way to get fixed."

"More like a kingdom or a very large city with many smaller parts to it." She was tempted to use the term "state" but that felt weird for whatever reason. "I think if the Veil wasn't a thing we would still stay hidden. We want humans to work hard. We wouldn't want them seeking us out and making us help them."

Neon's story did manage to get a chuckle out of Nebula. Escort missions were a pain for sure. "But, yeah, escort missions are almost always awful. That one sounds impressively terrible. Bet they were purposely trying to make it hard to force players to keep playing or use their real money to buy upgrades to help them. Seems like nowadays games are too focused on the money than the experienced." A tired, sad look came across her face as she let out a sigh. It was sad helping out those who didn't care at all for bettering their art. All they wanted was to get rich quick.