Days had passed since then; Blanche tried her best to train Rachmaninoff and brief him to at least a glimpse of what’s happening in her life. On an abandoned warehouse that manufactured pork and meat not long ago, Rat was the one who found the place, said he worked in that place for a while before he found a much higher wage range in a day. He said that the owner went bankrupt and one time a loan shark visited him on the warehouse and swore to gouge his eyeballs if he didn’t pay his debts in the month they set, no other employees wanted to stay with him after that and the month they stipulated came and three men didn’t hesitate to gouge his eyeballs even after he cried and scream when he’s still alive. Because of that story, no one wanted to rent this place after, it went abandoned because people believe the soul of the dead owner haunts this place. Blanche sighed and pinched the bri

"Moss this is Rat, a rat, Rat this is Moss, an old man." Blanche saw how Rat's expression get crumpled as she instructed them to shake hands. "What a way to introduced me," Rat mumbled under his breath as he shook his hand with Moss who smiled and diligently accepted whatever Blanche introduced him to. Rat never left Blanche's side even though the manager of the coffee shop was eyeing him, giving him the certainty that every second he spent slacking off will be deduced two-folds on his wage. But fear not, Rat's confident with Blanche that she's a type of girl who take a swear with her words. If he's deducted double on his salary, Blanche would pay him triple than that. Because as what Rat observed, she's uncomfortable with the sudden visit of the old man called Moss, her shoulder was tensed and she keeps on putting her hands together under the table. Rat could also sense how her mood shifted from being sarcastic to sweet.&nbs

 “We only have limited time, are you ready?” Blanche repeated with worry in her voice. Rat’s slicing onions with a butcher’s knife with such mastery and skill, and as if he didn’t heard Blanche from the second time, he turned on the stove and sauté his chopped onions and minced garlic in a pan. The yummy smell didn’t take too long for the whole room to take. “Rachmaninoff.” Rat stopped and watched the spatula fall from his grip. “Blanche.” Blanche crossed her arms and rested the side of her body on the door frame. “Oh, so now we’re saying each other’s name.” Rat turned to the fridge and Blanche heavily sighed. Blanche became worried as soon as she gave him a suitcase full of money the other day on the abandoned building. “This is going to be your payment, you could take i

“Hent, you recognize me now?” It took a few seconds for Hent to reboot, her processor was a bit louder than usual, Blanche could here her CPU running. And it looked so difficult for Hent, because of her other parts still missing, her skin, the narrow fissures, hair and ears, it looked like she was just a standard robot now. After getting her out of the organization, Moss, Rat and Blanche together with Hent went to the abandoned building. The curse place was the perfect hiding place for them, no intruders dared to step out because of the circulating ghost rumors, and no one dared to speak or point on the abandoned building. Seems like people really put the curse in this to the highest level. It’s a cool thing that Rat worked many jobs and have known this. Blanche is not afraid of ghost, she doesn’t believe in one, one could only believe when you first see i

 As Ace went on to his car with Dog on the passenger seat, he blew air from his rolled-up window and whispered if that’s the thing that his mother wanted. Ace gave it to Alas. Ace’s always the one who gave, Ace protects his brother, Ace loves him, Ace… For years, he has the job of protecting his brother, he had a camouflage and worked at a comedy bar as a jester so that he’ll have a flexible schedule because when Alas needs his help, he shall be there for him no matter what. Because he’s the next leader, the heir to the family, he shall be protected, the family shall put their focus on Alas and trained him to be the next leader, that’s why he always have to do something outside and inside the country, he always have men that observed his surroundings and keep him away from harm, a henchman that would go wherever he wanted him to go.