Carbonara and shanghai chapter 4: litsong manok

CHAPTER 4: Litsong Manok

The night I spent with melai was magical, it was one of the most memorable moments I’ve ever had with a girl, and I finally I came out of the shell, I said what I had to say. At this moment, I hope good things would come my way.

When I went home in the morning, I immediately went in the shower. While in the shower, so many thoughts came into my mind, I prayed, “Lord, grant me the wisdom for me to make up my mind..Im confused.”

Suddenly, something came into my mind, I decided if ever daisy would break up with me again, I would end it with her, and I would never get back with her again. Instead, I would try my luck with Melai, I’ve had a big crush on her ever since I met her, and I told her I liked her, so its do or die for me.

2 days later, nursing week was almost at an end with one main event left, the final event was the most anticipated out of all the events being held at school during nursing week. It was the “Mr. and Mrs. College of Nursing 2009” pageant. That morning, 5hours before the event, me and my fellow officers assembled at the Social Hall of our school which was located at the topmost floor of the University’s Centrum. We had to arrange the stage and prepare the awards to be given to the winners. It was crunch time! And something unexpected happened, as I went down and out of the social hall, I saw daisy; my girlfriend; sitting at the bench right in front of me. I immediately approached her.

Me: “oh bakit ang aga mo ata ngayon pumunta ng school?”

Daisy: “Ahh hinihintay ko kasi si anna (her best friend)..Tagal nga niya eh, tinext ko na siya kanina pa.”

Me: “ahh so may load ka ngayon?? Oh bakit hindi ka man lang magtext sakin ha? Hmpft!”

Daisy: “……..”

Me: “Sige hintayin mo na si anna..may gagawin pa ko, inutusan kasi ako..”

I left heartless and down, and wondered why she would do such a thing. I was so mad, I don’t know what to do, and I was staring at nothing. None of my co-officers even noticed that I had a problem. It was maybe because, we were too busy. 10 minutes after we were done arranging the chairs, I went down once again; daisy was still sitting in the bench with her best friend. I approached her yet again.

Me: “Pwede ba tayong magkita maya? Miss na kasi kita eh..kahit saglit lang after ng pageant, daan ako sa inyo.”

Daisy: “ahh ehh hindi ko alam eh..”

Me: “di mo alam?? Bakit?”

Daisy: “aalis kasi ako bukas”

Me: “saan ka naman pupunta?”

Daisy: “may youth conference ang YFC sa tagaytay eh, aalis kami ng 4am..”

Me: “oh 4am pa naman pala, ang gusto ko lang naman magusap lang tayo kahit saglit lang naman..”

Daisy: “hindi ko nga alam. . .”

Yet again, I was disappointed; I walked out on her, and proceeded back to the social hall. While I was busy, I tried to keep a cool head, and thought what I’ve just done. Then what happened next would be one of my most embarrassing moments, or rather inhumane act I’ve seen a woman do to a guy. I went down once again a few moments later, and approached daisy again for the third time around. I held her on her shoulders. Then…

 Daisy: “huwag mo nga akong hawakan, ayaw kitang kausapin!!!”

Me: “edi wag!” (I walked out the same time I replied.)

She screamed at me and chuckled at her friends. She thinks it was funny huh? To embarrass her boyfriend in a hallway filled with people. This was the last straw; I’ve had enough of this kind of crap. Guys, what would you have done if your girlfriend did the same? You’d feel the same as me P-I-S-S-E-D. What the hell did I even do to her? She didn’t even have to do that, right?

The event had started already, I didn’t want to think about what daisy just did to me, and instead, I watched the pageant, cheered on to a classmate of mine who happened to be a contestant at the pageant. I didn’t know who else to talk to, I wanted to talk to melai, but I was out of load. Anyway, 2 hours after the pageant had started, I approached daisy YET AGAIN.

Me: “di ko nagustuhan ginawa mo, sigawan mo ba naman ako sa harap ng maraming tao, sa harap pa ng mga kaibigan mo, ang sakit sakit nun! Tapos tatawa ka? Nakakatawa ba ‘yon? Hindi na nga tayo naguusap lately, ganyan pa gagawin mo. Kaya kung pwede after ng pageant pagusapan natin to.”

Daisy: “. . . . . . .” she couldn’t say anything in front of me.

Me: “ano sumagot ka?! Di ka makasagot ngayon?! Ang lakas ng loob mong sigawan ako, tapos di ka makasalita?”

Daisy: “ di ko nga alam kung pwede tayo magkita mamaya..”

Me: “ako na nga ang pupunta sa inyo eh..”

Daisy: “. . . . . . .”

She acted like no one was talking to her. Hmpft! I walked out on her yet again.

Despite the events that happened to me, something good actually happened, I found where Melai was sitting, I came to her, and said Hi! And chatted for awhile, she was sitting with Laarni and Ralph, so what happened was, Ralph invited me over to the boarding house of Laarni for dinner and maybe a couple of drinks after the pageant.

Me: “sige tara, sagot ko litsong manok. Hehehe..sino ba kasama?”

Ralph: “tayong apat lang nina melai”

Me: “hehehe..nice..sige sige kita kits na lang mamaya after the pageant, medyo busy pa kasi..hehe..

Ralph: “ sige tol..”

Me: “bye bea, see you later, sunduin na lang kita pag pupunta ka na kina laarni ah? Samahan mo ko bumili ng litsong manok..hehehe..”

Melai: “sure why not..”

(to be continued. . .)

Carbonara and Shanghai Chapter 3: Yakap

Chapter 3: Yakap

I couldn’t say what I had to say, I didn’t have the courage to tell her that I really liked her; I had mixed emotions that night. I thought about the consequences if I told her.

It was very hard, I don’t if she would like me back, or if she would lay me off. The bottom line was at least I told her, it was now or never. But still I thought about my girlfriend, and I said to myself “paul, what’s happening? Make up your mind!”

Melai: “ano ‘yong sasabihin mo?”

Me: “Ahh..Ehh..wala, mamaya ko na lang sabihin..hehe..nagenjoy  ka ba?”

Melai: “oo naman, sayang naman di mo naenjoy, kaw nagplano, kaw pa ung wala..hehehe”

Me: “kainis nga eh, busy lang kasi, hustle pa para sa event bukas..haha”

We arrived at Laarni’s boarding house after our conversation; of course I am a gentleman, so I helped her with her things.

When we went inside, she sat at the side of Laarni’s bed, I sat beside, and glanced at her eyes, and so was her irresistible smile. What was running to my mind was “damn, I love her smile”. I just couldn’t take my eyes off her.

Soon enough, we all laid in bed, and like before I had to do something so me and melai would sleep beside each other.

Me: “Bea, pwede bang tumabi sayo? Hehe..hindi naman kita kakagatin eh..hahaha”

Melai: “hahaha..Sure John Lloyd”

At this point, this was the moment I’ve been waiting for, the perfect moment for me to confess my infatuation towards her.

Me: “ Melai, may sasabihin ako sayo, pero sana wag ka magagalit, or sana wag mo ko layuan?”

Melai: “ Huh? Bkit anu ba kasi ‘yong sasabihin mo?

My heart was pounding at the moment, it was like it was about to explode, I breathed heavily and said..

Me: “uhm, melai, lam mo, gusto kita..i like you..di ko lam..i just like you..”

Melai: “Pero bakit? Lam mo namang may girlfriend ka tapos gusto mo ko?”

Me: “yun nga eh..i just couldn’t help it, I really had to say na gusto kita..”

I sobbed while telling her..

Me: “for several months na magkausap at magkatext tayo, sa totoo lang napakacomfortable ko pag ikaw kausap ko, kung tutuusin, naeexcite ako kapag ikaw ang katext ko kaysa kay daisy..sa totoo lang parang naffall out of love na ko kay daisy..taz sa tuwing kinukwento mo sakin ‘yong  tungkol sa manliligaw mo, di ko lam kung bakit, pero nasasaktan ako, nagseselos..actually bago ko pa sabihin na gusto kita..sinabi ko na kina Ralph.”

She smiled and replied “sabi mo lang yun, magiging ok din kayo..”

I was hurt when she said that, but I stood my ground and said..

Me: “ it just hurts to know that I can’t have the girl that I’ve been longing for my entire life..i really like you melai..i just had to say this, I don’t know why, but it feels right..kung wala lang talaga akong girlfriend, papaya ka bang manligaw ako?”

Melai: “di ko alam eh..hmm may girlfriend ka kasi eh”

Me: “I know, im sorry kung nashock ka man sa nasabi ko, pero totoo tong sinasabi ko sayo, I hope kung ano man ang meron satin nuon, sana di parin mawala..”

Melai: “oo naman, we could be friends..”

Me: “thanks bea..uhm, pede ba kitang yakapin?”

Melai: “sige lang..hehe..”

She then took a pillow and hugged it, so I wouldn’t hug her on her tummy, but instead I held her arms while she was hugging the pillow.

Now, if you were wondering, what about my girlfriend? Well, that week was a pretty shitty week (sorry for the language, it only describes what kind of week I’ve gone through that time). We haven’t talked for at least 4-5 days, she says she doesn’t have load, and I understood that. Then I told her if I could visit her, she refused. And before  told melai I liked her, my relationship with my girlfriend was on the rocks, it became boring, she kept on breaking up with me, with shallow reasons, and if not, just for no reason she breaks up with me. I couldn’t even count on how many times my girlfriend broke up with me. So I told myself, this is the last straw, if she breaks up with me, I’m done with daisy. My patience has run out, and I’m unhappy.

So anyway, back to me and melai, when we woke up, I was glad when she woke up facing me. I smiled and greeted her “Good Morning bea”. She smiled back..

Me: “did you have a good sleep? =)”

Melai: “yes I did..”

Me: “yung sinabi ko sayo kagabi totoo yun ah?”

Melai: “opo..=)”

(to be continued..)

Carbonara and Shanghai

Chapter 2: Night Swimming

In my perception in love, I believe in one thing, love comes in unexpected ways. Just like me and melai, I never thought that she and I would end up together. And I had to sacrifice something, for me to get to where I am right now.

Before me and melai were together, we started as friends. I told her to call me Piolo; I know you’re laughing huh? I told her to call me Piolo, just for the hell of it; I meant it as a joke at first, but then, she said, I’ll just call you John Lloyd. And of course I was flattered; in return I called her Bea.

We started texting right after she left the apartment of Laihock.

John Lloyd: “ingat ka sa paguwi Bea.”

Bea: “hehe..thanks John Lloyd!”

John Lloyd: “Kain ka muna bago ka umuwi”

Bea: “opo john Lloyd..”

After meeting her, she never left my mind; there was something about her that imprinted in my mind. Yes, I found her funny, appreciative, and most especially outgoing. One of the traits I’ve been looking for in a woman. It just kept coming on my mind, “sayang naman, may girlfriend kasi ako. Kaya hindi pwede..tsk…”

Minutes, hours, days, and weeks have passed; me and melai, continued talking with one another, she shared her failed relationships stories, her likes and dislikes, her favorites. And I shared my problems with her; most of it was problems with my present relationship with daisy; how rocky it is, and how boring it can be at times. And she would also talk about her suitor, and how great of a guy he was. I don’t know what it is, but when she talked about “this” guy, I kind of got jealous, coz this guy gets to be with melai, and I don’t; I told melai, “this” guy is lucky to have you.

And my dream of having her someday came crashing down. But we still maintained our communication; we were like best friends, “nagkukulitan” as I describe it in a way of how our relationship was going.

After several months of friendship, I was still infatuated by her, and I kind of miss her, coz, I haven’t seen her in a long time, the last time I saw her was after the party of Laarni. I was really eager to see her again. Then nursing week came, I was really busy that week, coz I was an officer of our very own, Student Nurses Organization. Then suddenly I came up with a plan, even though I was busy with stuff for nursing week; I texted up my friends, and told them I would like to set up an outing, night swimming rather. I even texted melai, she even told me, she would go, and she expects to see me soon.

Then unexpected events happened on the nursing week, my girlfriend that time, suddenly stopped texting me, it was days already, and she refuses to see me. As an understanding guy, I kept calm. I was very patient with her. And along with the unexpected events, I was given a big task by the president of SNO; while I was also busy planning with my friends about the night swimming. And of course, the date of our outing has been settled, invitations have been sent to my friends. But unfortunately for me, on the night of our outing, I was called by the president of SNO to help work on an event to be held tomorrow morning, it was rush job..grrrr..My friends flooded me with texts as I was busy on working for the event.

Ralph: “tol san ka na??”

Bea: “John Lloyd, san ka na? Pupunta ka ba?”

I was so pissed I had to be busy that night wherein fact I had to be enjoying together with my friends. But I had to reply.

Me: “tol, sunod na ko, mejo busy lang kasi para sa event bukas..habol ako pre..dyan ba c melai?”

Ralph: “ Uu pre, bilisan mu cren..kaw nagset tapos di ka pupunta..ampf!

Me: “ahaha..uu tol habol ako..”

Me: “bea, sunod na ko dyan maya – maya.. =)”

Bea: “Ok John Lloyd..”

Alas! I was done with what I had to do; shoot! It was 10:30pm already, and my friends were waiting for me. I went as fast as I could to Aleman’s Garden and Hotel, the place where our night swimming was held; as I entered the venue, the first thing that came into my mind was Melai; all I ever wanted to do was sit and chat with her.

Oh boy was I happy? Of course I was, we kept joking with each other, everybody laughed. And honestly, I think we kind of flirted with each other, which was ok with our friends. They even teased us of being together already like “Kayo na ah?” “ayeeee! Ang sweet nyo naman” things like that.

Much to our amusement, we had to call it a night; the swimming pool had to close at 11:30pm, which was really frustrating for me, coz I didn’t get to have much fun, as I would’ve wanted. And instead, I offered Melai a ride in my motorcycle, I even joked her “Ikaw lang isasakay ko no, dahil tayo na diba? Hahaha..”..I guess I was lucky that night, she accepted. As we headed to the boarding house of laarni, where we were supposed to sleep, I had the chance to talk to her one on one. It was kinda romantic, coz I drove slowly so me and Melai could have quality time, plus there were stars. Just think about right timing, I did a hell of a job. (hahahaha)..

Me: “melai, may sasabihin ako sayo…”

Melai: “anu ‘yon?”

(to be continued…)

Ch. 21 - The DotA Ninjutsu

The bathroom door creaked, then it banged shut. Magina appeared with just a towel on. Water dripped from his wet, heavy hair. “Whew, that was refreshing.”

“O-oh!” The startled Mykee had just thrown the notebook back on the bed where he found it. Geez, that was close, he told himself. The assassin might get pissed off if he learned that somebody had been looking through his journal.

“Dude, you done with your GQ?” Ash, who was also startled, asked Magina.

“Hm? Tsk, I don’t want to do any more guild quests. They’re a waste of my precious time,” answered Magina as he stepped into his shorts.

“I’m sick of doing GQs as well. But Empress – she’s always buggin’ us about completing our contribution points on time. Sometimes I feel bad when I decide to skip GQ.”

“…Where is Empress, by the way?”

“Like I’d know! I’ve been with you guys all morning!”

“Heheh. Sorry it took me ages to figure that out.”

“Quit chattering and put your shirt on now! Fast!” Mykee yelled. “I wanna get out of here. This room’s a total disaster!”

WAHAHAHAHA!

Seeing Magina already clothed and ready to go, Ash headed to the door. Mykee came after him, and both of them went outside. The assassin soon followed, but as he walked past the bed, his eyes caught a glimpse of the notebook. Magina took it gently in his hands, pressed the cover as to smooth out the creases, then he buried it under his pillow. After that, he locked the door and rejoined the two wizards waiting for him outside.

They hit the main street that led to Stone City’s center square. The sun was already directly above them, which meant it was time for lunch. Since fighting wasn’t in their schedule for the day, the boys sported casual getups. Magina didn’t have his blindfold. Instead he wore a dark blue cap, a small white cotton shirt and khaki shorts. While Ash was in a black T-shirt coupled with baggy white shorts, Myk preferred a white sleeveless shirt for a top and and yellow pants for a lower garment. As they strolled the hot and dusty sidewalk, Magina drew out a cigarette from his pocket.

“Say, Ash, how do you grow your goatee like that?” The assassin pointed at the short, pointed beard on Ash’s chin. It was short, but it was thick enough to appear like a black wedge under the chin when seen from a distance.

“Just shampoo it every day, and it will grow like grass.”

“Hmmm… Mine’s like a bunch of pubic hair!” Magina stroked his goatee.

“Hahaha. That’s okay. At least a dick’s not growing on your face.”

“What the hell are you saying? We’re about to have lunch!”

“Wahahaha… Hey, what if we get kicked from not doing GQs?”

“It’s ok. Then we can make our very own guild. OUR RULES.”

“Woot. I dreamed about that too… Someday our names will be remembered throughout Dragon Moon.”

“Wew. Remembered for what? For being the first one to die by lung cancer? Bwahahaha!”

“Fuck.”

“Hahaha. What I mean is, we should at least live long enough to watch our dreams come true, right?”

“What are you trying to say? We should quit smoking?” Ash frowned.
 

Magina puffed a long cloud of smoke towards Ash’s face. “NO.”

Mykee was quiet at the moment. He saw how the notebook was valuable to Magina. The first entry that he and Ash had seen contained the assassin’s personal DotA ninjutsu. Mykee had never imagined that such thing existed. Magina’s a badass player and at that point, the wizard thought he knew why. The notebook might just be the secret to total DotA pwnage. But something puzzled Mykee. No matter how important a thing was to Magina, he never handled that particular object as if it was fragile. Maybe the notebook was something extra important to the Anti-Mage. To satisfy his curiosity, Mykee had replicated the notebook back at the assassin’s den with his magic. The one Magina had placed under his pillow was a fake.

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CARBONARA AND SHANGHAI

Based on a true story

Chapter 1: Birthday

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“Tol, punta ka dito kina Laihock, b-day ni laarni eh, may konting salo-salo lang naman, tayo tayo lang..shot na rin tayo!..hehe”

And of course I replied right away, coz I was bored as hell

“Sige pare! Punta ako! Pakisabi na kay Laarni HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sunod na ko diyan, ligo lang ako. .” (Message Sent)

And that was the start of how I met her..Melanie Joy D. Allado..Oh and by the way my name’s John Paul R. Mabutas, people call me YOBAB, JAPPS, JP, MABUTS..

This is our story. . . =)

I arrived at the party around 8pm, much to my surprise I was the only one they were waiting before they could actually start the party. As I entered the apartment of Laihock, our friend, I was greeted by one of my closest friends, Ralph.

Ralph: “Tol, ang tagal mo naman, tara na simulan na natin”

Me: “hahaha..siyempre nagpagwapo pa ko noh..hahaha..Asan na b-day girl? Teka GF mu ba ‘yong may birthday??”

Ralph: “Oo tol, Laarni name nya, halika pakilala kita..”

Me: “Tara”

Ralph: “Laarni, si Japps”

Me: “Oh hello, so ikaw pala ‘yong gf ni Ralph ngayon, cool! Nice to meet you!”

Laarni: “Haha..oo ako nga..Nice to meet you too.”

Me: “Oh ano di pa ba tayo kakain? Hahahaha”

Laarni: “hahahaha..tara na nga kain na tayo”

In my head, I was relieved we were about to eat, coz I was really starving. Laarni actually cooked for her own celebration, there were, Shanghai and rice, hmmm what else? I guess there was adobo; anyway, her specialty was Carbonara, and boy oh boy, I was craving for carbonara for a long time. It tasted great! And I mean really great! It was like in every forkful I had, was a glimpse of heaven. As I was gobbling up the Carbonara and Shanghai, Laarni scolded me. .

Laarni: “Hoy! Japps! Ang dami mo nang nakain..hahahaha..magtira ka naman, may bisita pa kong darating..”

Me: I ashamedly replied “hahaha..ay sorry naman, kala ko kasi tayo tayo lang..”

Before I was done eating, 3 girls came. They were the friends of Laarni and Ralph. Laarni came up to me, and introduced each of the girls to me. They were Kaisy, Joyce, and Melai.

When laarni introduced me to melai, I don’t know what happened, but I smiled so effortless, something must have changed in me when I met her. I was so eager to be close with her. And did I mention I had a girlfriend by this time? I had a girlfriend when I met Melai, and what was going through my mind that night was, “Damn it! She’s beautiful, she has a great smile!.”

After the introductions, I asked them if they could join me in the table, and fortunately for me they did, and Melai sat across the table from where I was seating. I smiled endlessly. And what I did was, I tried to make a good impression by being funny, and I succeeded, melai and her friends laughed hard, as I was telling them stories and jokes as we ate. But what I was really doing, is trying to get the attention to melai, I was sending signals to her, sort of like telling her “hey I like you.” But unfortunately it didn’t work, coz I wasn’t really getting her full attention, I thought to myself, maybe she doesn’t like me.

As the celebration went on, we started to drink alcohol, our brand of alcohol, Emperador and GSM, it was a good night for us to drink, and we celebrated hard as we drank hard. But only one thing came in my mind, I had to do something to get the attention of Melai, so we could be good friends someday. I actually told my friend Ralph and my other friends I like Melai; and I don’t know maybe it was fate, but while we were drinking, we ended sitting beside one another. Which was really good, coz I could talk to her and somehow open up at any topic, and fortunately for me, we started talking, she laughed, I talked to her about my problems with my girlfriend. She gave me advices, she shared some stories too.

The celebration was at an end, when all my friends and I were all drunk, and decided to sleep already and call it a night. When I found out that me and Laihock together with my new found friends, Melai, Joyce, and Kaisy were gonna sleep in one room. I discreetly found a way so that I would sleep beside Melai, and my plan worked, she did lie beside me. Before we even slept, me and Melai were still talking, telling jokes at one another, and much to my surprise she laughed hysterically, it was a good feeling to make a woman like her laugh so hard, I felt so appreciated.

When I woke up in the morning, not so long enough, Melai had to leave already.

Me: “Ay aalis na kayo? Wala na malungkot na ko..hahaha”

Melai: “hahaha..kailangan ko na po kasing umuwi no? hahaha..”

Me: “before ka umalis, pwede ko bang makuha number mo? Txt txt lang tayo, kung ok lang sayo?”

Melai: “Sure…”

(to be continued..)

Ch. 20 - Diary?

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Ch. 19 - How to Use the Teleport Stone

"Errr, so you took advantage of the whole situation and actually came here with a personal vendetta," Mykee recounted as he checked the Chief Aborigine's pulse. The wizard, who also was a student of a health-related course, shook his head after a few seconds to imply that the body he was tending to had passed on.

"Not really," the assassin Lust addressed Mykee's statement. "I knew ever since that my father felt guilty for instigating the avalanche that extinguished the Wild Mules. When he set off to 'sacrifice himself', my mother and I couldn't stop him. He merely told me to grow up without making a similar grave mistake. And I just wanted to hear it straight from this aborigine guy that my dad's a goddamn hero."

Mykee let go of the dead body and rose to his feet. He concentrated on his friend. "But you just learned that yo' father died for nothing. The Chief even called him... foolish? Hmm, it must be shitty for you to hear that. Anyways, why don't you look at the brighter side? The aborigine's face is now a total wreck. There's a snapshot of it  in my cellphone already. I'm gonna upload it for you."

"I love you dude."

"But what about Chaty?!" Morph and Ash asked as they transported the deceased fairy after withdrawing it from the altar.

"Chill!" Lust answered exuberantly. "Just wait you guys..."

"Huh?"

Through a haze of fatigue the assassin quickly initiated a puzzling countdown. "5...4...3...2..."

POOF!

"Holy mother mama! Chaty's body vanished!" Morphed exclaimed as he stumbled away in awe.

"What the ef!" Ash and Mykee's faces were struck with confusion. The bunny on the ground squealed too.

"What're you so frantic about?" Lust rolled his eyes. "That's what we call an auto-resu. Wahahaha!"

"That was a dirty trick you played on us, Lust. I dunno what's gotten into you these past few hours," said Mykee.

The assassin took a hurried sweep around the place then announced: "Lets get the hell out of here by using our teleport stones. The ghosts will be here anytime soon."

Teleport Stone

The teleport stone was a special kind of stone issued to all character classes before starting their journey in Green Scarp. It was relatively easy to use, just a little rub with the fingers, and poof, the bearer would be teleported to his return spot. Return stands, found in every town or city, served as return spots. To activate a return stand, the inscription on it should be copied to the teleport stone using a whiteboard marker. Why whiteboard marker? Because whiteboard marks weren't permanent, thus were easy to smear and remove. 

Teleport Stand

For example, the text "cnongbesprenmo" was engraved on Stone City's return stand. If someone desired to set Stone City as a return spot via the return stand, he just needed to write "cnongbesprenmo" on his teleport stone using the approved marker. All teleport stones came with a user manual. Here's an important part of it:

'Please be guided that the codes which appear on each of the return stands change every 24 hours so keep yourself updated. This is to prevent the abuse of the service through making a list that contains the codes for all the existing towns/cities. The use of the service is limited to only once every 60 minutes. And most importantly, when using the teleport stone, please make sure that you don't rub the wrong place. The writings may be smudged, resulting to an error or a malfunction. Anyone who rubs a blank teleport stone will be teleported to the default return spot, HELL itself (never to return again). So be careful!

The wizards had moved out already, leaving Lust, Morph and the bunny behind. Morph couldn't find his teleport stone while Lust, being the one who assumed responsibility, intended to be the last to exit.

"W-wait! How about Magina? He's still cursed," the monk asked, still searching his pockets and bag compartments for the stone.

"Secure him inside your bag. Be careful out there, Morph. We're still fugitives."

"All because of you." Morpheuz had already retrieved his tele stone, and by that time had also packed up his bunnified friend. As he began to rub he rattled off: "But don't think about that too much."

"Tell me why?"

"Think about how much time passed. Our PK values should be at zero by now." With that said, Morph popped away like a bubble.

Beneath the thin brown fabric mask, the assassin curved his lips into a smile. The rescue mission was a success. He only had to make sure that Chaty was killed by the aborigines so she'd respawn somewhere. Had the chief decided to keep their friend alive to turn to a sex slave, that would be a nastier problem.

Lust felt the small, rectangular piece of flat wood where the word "FamouS" was delicately carved. It was attached to his silver necklace. Soiled fingers started to slip back and forth along the smooth surface of the guild token. After 10 seconds, Lust slowly evaporated into nothingness. It was time to get that well-deserved rest.