Chapter 14: Group Introduction
Jacob woke up after who knows how long. The first thing he did was to pick a fight.
"Goddess of Lust or should I say, Aphrodite." He didn't dare to yell out loud, only whispering though the animosity in his voice was obvious.
Goddess of Lust changes her username to Aphrodite
Aphrodite sends a message
"Hey! I didn't know this would happen! I didn't expect my influence to be so prominent."
"Ugh, I don't know whether to thank your majesty for gracing me with her present or to slit myself with my axe."
"And I'm guessing since you're Aphrodite, then God of War would be Ares."
God of war changes his username to Ares
"How'd you know?"
"I'm not from this world, remember? Hah, it's going to be so awkward once I walk out, and I haven't brushed my teeth in ages." Jacob reluctantly gets out of bed, does what little he can to tidy himself up, and walks out the door.
Jacob walked down the now lit hallways and entered the center room. There were 3 new faces crowding around Marinette and Dylan. Jacob didn't immediately make his presence known to the chattering folks; he instead observed for a while.
There was an adult-looking man and woman, seemingly in their early twenties, but what caught his attention was the child clinging on to the pink-haired succubus.
What's a child doing here? Regardless, he took in the appearances of all the new characters.
The adult-looking man had, messy, jet-black hair that fell just above his sharp, intense eyes; a strong, angular jawline; a slightly tanned skin tone and piercing gray eyes that just exuded hostility. Better not mess with him.
The woman had silky, waist-length auburn hair that shimmered like fire under the sunlight; plump, cherry-red lips; high cheekbones and mesmerizing emerald-green fox eyes.
And the kiddo was utterly adorable. Soft, fluffy light-brown hair that framed her round cheeks; big, sparkling hazel eyes full of curiosity; a cute button nose; tiny freckles sprinkled across her nose bridge.
This band of misfits had one thing in common and that's for sure being attractive as fuck. Jacob even felt a bit insecure about his top tier appearance.
"Cough cough, ahem." All eyes were now on him.
"Is he the new guy?" The gray-eyed man spoke up.
"No shit." The auburn one replied.
"I wasn't talking to you jackass!" He glared at the green-eyed individual who had her mouth curved up to a smirk.
"Settle down guys. This is Jacob, the new addition to our gang." Immediately they shut up as Marinette spoke up. The little girl hid behind Marinette, still clinging onto her and fully ignoring Jacob, ouch.
"Hi, nice to meet you all" Jacob plastered on his best friendly smile.
"Nice to meet you too~ My name is Emma." The auburn girl announced, giving her own smile before mercilessly shoving the guy next to her.
"OW! Watch where you're hitting you blind hag." He rubbed his sore shoulder before continuing. "...I'm Rowan."
"Uh, nice to meet you Rowan. Who's the kiddo?"
"I'M NOT A KID! I'm 12-years old, clearly not a child!" The not-child yelled out, huffing as she further dug into Marinette.
"Oi, quit being bratty and introduce yourself." Dylan scolded.
"Hmph, I'm not bratty. This is why nobody here likes you, idiot." The kid responded.
"Hey!" Dylan wanted to continue but stopped at Marinette's glare.
"Hah, sorry for them. This girl here is Elaina and she's a bit…shy around strangers. Don't take it to heart, Jacob." She quickly clears up.
"No worries, she reminds me of my little brother. He was always on the shy side, constantly following behind his sister" Jacob lets out a melancholic sigh.
"You have siblings?" Marinette raises a brow.
Jacob's smile fades. "...Not anymore."
"I'm sorry for your loss"
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"So Jacob, has Mary showed you around yet?" Emma breaks the ice.
"Uh, not really. She showed me the portal thing though." Jacob replies casually.
"Great! I'll show you everything else then~ Follow me!" Emma bolts away but quickly gets yanked by the shoulder.
"I'll come too, I want to get to know Jacob as well." Rowan admits.
Emma rolls her eyes.
"I guess you can follow along then. How about you Laylay?"
"I told you to stop calling me that! And I won't be coming along, bleh." Elaina turns her head away, her arms crossed.
Emma grabs Jacob's arm, dragging him along with excitement while Rowan can only shake his head and catch up to them.