Now Neighbors: A Misunderstanding?

First thing in the morning, the two sisters had checked out of the hotel once their breakfast was taken. While the room they had were excellent, and the beds were wonderfully soft, Rosetta hadn't slept properly. She was in a hotel that was apparently enchanted to make sleep easier for those who can't get a proper night's rest, however the fact that she was surrounded by creatures she would have otherwise been hunting down worried her and yet fascinated her at the same time.

Although she considered herself to be similar to them now, it was difficult to feel like she actually belonged. After all, her training was all about tracking and capturing them. In some cases she was even told to... put them down. There was blood on her hands, and so did her sister. It was a wonder how she could sleep so peacefully.

Rosetta had slept in because of the thoughts running through her mind. Aliasse had headed off early to her old landlord and made arrangements for to rent out an apartment. She had gotten her old one, which delighted her. That morning, the sisters checked out and carried their luggage to their new dwelling. Because they needed to hurry when leaving for Manta Carlos, they had brought along some dirty laundry they decided to handle once they were settled. With their limited capital, buying new clothes were, in short, wasteful. And it wasn't like they would risk using credit cards for it.

The next order of business was finding some work, which Aliasse had decided to take responsibility for, which meant Rosetta had to do the laundry. She didn't mind, though she would have liked to see the island a little more, but there was time for that later. For now, laundry had to be taken care of.

After locking the door, she picked up her basket and hurried off to the laundry room. Unfortunately, she was going a little too fast and couldn't react immediately when another patron turned the corner with a load of laundry. She tried to stop, but tripped, ensuring the coming collision. Her glasses were knocked off, but luckily she fell on the laundry, so she wasn't hurt.

And then she heard a familiar voice. You again? Was this someone she met already? Rosetta reached for her glasses nearby and put them on. With her vision once again clear, she realized that she was on top of someone. It was the girl from last night.

Rosetta's brain wasn't sure how to react to this, and so she stayed like that, looking at the girl, then her eyes trailed down to see that she was in sexy underwear. Additionally, Rosetta's hand was on the other girl's breast. For some reason, her brain thought to squeeze it just to make sure. And once it got that confirmation, Rosetta's face turned bright red as she jumped back upright. "I AM SO SORRY!" she immediately blurted out. Her mind was in panic. If the landlady found out she basically tackled someone and groped them, she'd be kicked out for sure!

She didn't freak out? With the clothing she was wearing... was she expecting something like that to happen? Was she begging for it to happen? What the hell was with this girl? Well at least she didn't go off screaming like last night because Aliasse was cautious of her being a pickpocket.

After listening to her, Rosetta remembered what Aliasse said about other people here being aliens from other worlds. That might explain how she was dressed... and also her apparent dislike for clothing... Still, that did little to make Rosetta look at the girl the way she was without blushing and instinctively looking off to the side to keep herself from staring. Rosetta started picking up her stuff and putting them all in her basket. Luckily, she didn't have too much to pick up as most of them stayed in the basket.

"Purpose of clothing? W-well, it keeps us warm for one thing... keeps most of the dust and dirt off our bodies, which also helps prevent infections and viruses. Some use it for style or to show off wealth. Some as uniforms. It has a lot of purposes now that I think about it."

She herself was wearing a plain white shirt and a pair of grey jogging pants. "Some are just comfortable to wear. But... what your wearing... w-well... mostly that's used to... uh... invite your partner for sex... or seduce someone..."

Rosetta would have scratched the back of her head if she wasn't already holding her basket with both hands. She got that this girl wasn't human, or... an 'organic' as she calls it... "Well, you might want to vent heat, but we generally like to keep our heat inside of us. Well... most of the time at least." There were plenty of days during the summer where she wished she could just go around naked. And to be honest, she had tried that before in her room, but she worried to much about someone walking in, or someone banging on her door in a hurry, so it never lasted long. And she couldn't shake the feeling that someone might have been watching either.

"Oh, yes of course!" she said in reply. She had an idea where the laundry room was, but since she had someone to show her the way, she might as well follow and... uh... not stare.

"Doesn't it... you know... get... stinky after a while? I mean, if you're short on cash, I can understand, but..." She shuddered at the thought of how long those pair of panties were being worn. "T-tell you what, I'll take you shopping for some underwear. My treat. I can't bear to think that you're only using one pair, whether you think it's dumb or not."

Don't excrete fluid and waste? But still, wouldn't bacteria stick to clothing, no matter if you did either of those or not? It's not the most hygienic thing to do. Thankfully, she accepted the offer, so once they were done, they could go out and do just that.

After being lead to the laundry room, Rosetta found it to be spacious with plenty of machines to use. From the looks of things, they weren't neglected either. She picked a machine and tossed the laundry in one by one.

"Oh... yeah, last night," she said, looking back up to the... hmm, was she an android? She spoke like she wasn't an organic being, and those.. umm... ports on her back looked like something from a sci-fi show. "I'm really sorry about that. The trip here was a little tiring, and I guess we were a bit too cautious at your expense. My name's Rosetta, Rosetta Ryley," she stood up and extended a hand towards the other girl.

"The girl with me then was my older sister, Aliasse."

Processors? Yup, definitely an android. When she would hear her real name and a short history, Rosetta lost all form of doubt of this. "Hunter... Assassin?" she repeated, nearly whispering it. "I... suppose we're not that different. Ah, I... W-well anyway, it's nice being formally introduced to each other."

Oh no, she almost told her about how she was a hunter as well. Aliasse had done so well in keeping that out of conversations. Even when the two of them would talk about it, they had agreed to keep it vague, in case someone was listening. If people asked, they could just say they worked as private security, which lined up to what they had done before they left.

"Yeah, unfortunately nothing's free. My sis is actually scouting out some places for work. She used to be a security guard at the school, but I think she's going to be spreading out a bit this time."

Rosetta put the last piece of laundry into the machine and turned it on. Soon, it softly rumbled as the clothes inside were tumbling in rising water and soap.