The night before arriving in the Ilusia Kingdom, Nina sat on her bed with the box on her lap. Tension was rising and falling as she stared at it nervously. A gift from the captain was a rare sight, so that was her excuse for being so tense. The box that held this mystery gift was a small chest with gold designs. Nina lightly tapped her fingers on the sides of the chest. "Hm, I wonder what could be in it. Ah, I don't know if I should open it right away, or if I should just wait till we get to Ilusia,"she murmured to herself. With one more sigh, she finally opened the box and her brown eyes went wide. She squeaked, "It's...a fruit?" Nina picked it up and examined the odd design of the strange fruit. Well, she was hungry enough to try and taste it. Her door suddenly opened and in came one of the other Marines, Chore Boy Beau to be exact. Nina glanced up at him with the fruit in hand, "What are you doing here? Don't you have some cleaning to do?" He frowned at her with a sweat drop on the side of his head and he grumbled, "I was just checking on my fellow chore doer. I'm not the only one that needs to clean. Get your lazy butt out here and help me out!"Beau ordered, but Nina shook her head. In her defense, she said, "I'm on break just so you know. Captain's orders, so bug off you creep." Beau glared at her as she studied the fruit some more, he was interested in what she had in her hands. Instead of stepping out of her room and leaving, he stayed inside and closed the door behind him, locking it. Nina was bounced a few inches into the air when he slumped onto her bed with his musty shoes kicked off. She sighed and gave him a questioning glare, but he ignored it. His eyes were focused on the fruit, but she pulled it close to her chest and had her arms around it as if protecting the odd food. He sat up and inched closer, but she inched away. "What the heck do you want Beau? As you can see, it's mine,"Nina pointed out to Beau. As she was about to put the oddly designed fruit into her mouth, Beau stretched his arms out, one hand hitting the fruit in her hands. Nina was nearly choking on the fruit that was forced into her mouth and began wailing with watery eyes. "Aaah! Nina, I'm sorry! Please forgive me, please, please, pretty please!"Beau begged as Nina was crushed the fruit in her mouth and swallowed it. Her wailing stopped and she took in deep breaths to take in more air than fruit, then she glared with red eyes at Beau, who was still begging down by her feet. "Beau..."she started. The chore boy looked up at her with pleading eyes, but stumbled back when he saw the unforgiving glare. "I-I'm so sorry,"he tried to reason, but found that reasoning with her in the current situation was impossible. He staggered back and out of the door, leaving with a nervous and fearful laugh. Nina sighed and placed her face in her hands. The fruit she had just eaten has been lost in her stomach and she was never going to get it back. Mentally she cursed Beau for his stretching, but maybe it was a good mistake. As she thought angry thoughts, small charges of electricity pulsed through her palms, causing her to stare at them in disbelief. In an instant the charges disappeared when her mind was clear. She thought out loud, "What's going on? Is this really what I think it is?"
"Ilusia ahead! We are finally in the Ilusia Kingdom captain!"A Marine shouted down to the captain and Nina from his post. The captain chuckled and blew a cloud of smoke into the air, "You ready kid? We're heading into the Ilusia Kingdom, so this is where we get to do some real fun stuff. Ahahahaha!" Nina nodded as she stood there next to the captain. She said with a spark in her eyes, "I'm ready!"
sc: 46
Cursed Fruit Mastery: 46/100
"Ilusia ahead! We are finally in the Ilusia Kingdom captain!"A Marine shouted down to the captain and Nina from his post. The captain chuckled and blew a cloud of smoke into the air, "You ready kid? We're heading into the Ilusia Kingdom, so this is where we get to do some real fun stuff. Ahahahaha!" Nina nodded as she stood there next to the captain. She said with a spark in her eyes, "I'm ready!"
sc: 46
Cursed Fruit Mastery: 46/100