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Chapter 64: Chapter 64 How I met Your Mother

After a full ten minutes of horn investigation Kat was getting a bit bored. Which was rare for someone like her who could find the joy in relaxing just about anywhere and understood the meaning of patience extremely well. This was however getting stretched nearly too its limit with Callisto. She hadn't said anything or done anything new in the past 5 minutes. Callisto would carefully tap a spot on Kat's horns wait for anything to happen and then repeat the process.

"Um Kallisto? Don't you have anything better to do?" asked Kat

"Nope" said Callisto continuing her ongoing investigation of Kat's horns.

Kat was stunned. She hadn't expected someone to just outright admit they didn't have anything better to be doing then poking her with a stick to see what happened. *Is she serious? How could she possibly be learning anything new about my horns after the first hundred taps?*

"Would you perhaps like to do something else?" asked Kat

"That's two questions in a row" said Callisto "But I guess I'll answer anyway. Your body is extremely fascinating. It seems to break the laws of this universe, or at least I suspect it does. And I can't help but wonder what purpose each piece serves. Actually I guess I will ask my question, is there anything else you got when you became a demon?"

"Yes" said Kat *Two can play at the stupid answer game if you really want Callisto.* 

"I suppose I deserve that one. Well go ahead then, I surrender myself to your questioning" said Callisto who, contrary to the statement she was surrendering, was in fact still investigating Kat's horns, though she moved on from minor taping to running her hand along the edges.

*What do I even ask? I hadn't really prepared questions unlike Callisto seems to have. Is there really anything I want to know about her? I mean, I guess it's actually a matter of which questions not to ask. The room already brings up several but I want to know more about her as a person if possible.*

"Please tell me the story of how you and Vivian met" asked Kat

"Well, before I answer that I'd like clarification. Do you want to know how I met Vivian or how Vivian met me?" said Callisto

"Is there a difference?" asked Kat

"Why of course there is. I knew of Vivian's existence long before she ever knew of mine. I'm not sure which you'd prefer but they are both interesting enough tales to tell. Both with Vivian in the staring role of course" said Callisto

"Well, let's go with whichever one happened first then" said Kat

"Excellent let me set the scene" said Callisto running over to grab the chair for her computer desk she wheeled it behind Kat to let her sit down. Spinning the chair around once Callisto jumped back and began.

"So, for the first story we will have to be how I met Vivian. As I said I knew of her existence before mine, which I thought would imply it happened first? But anyway I'm already getting distracted by minor inconsistencies.

"It was a day of moderate temperature. Perhaps some would say it was too cold, but an equal number would say it was too hot. Of course none of this mattered truly because the school had air conditioning running. It was the first class after lunch, and it was woodwork. Vivian and I were the only women who actually chose to take it. I already knew how to cook and sew so I thought I'd do something useful with my time.

"Vivian on the other hand just seemed to think it would be more fun than anything else, or at least that's what she tells me. It was the second week of term and already she was causing problems. We were younger than, fresh out of primary school so people were starting to get to that awkward teenage phase.

"I actually quite safe in the woodworking class, I didn't look as immaculate as I do now. Back then I had horrible acne and tried to wear a nice scarf to cover it up. Of course I know now I just looked like the lunatic who wore a scarf to school everyday but that's in the past. Anyway, that coupled with my underdeveloped build and the fact I was sick the first two weeks meant that nobody had really noticed I was a girl.

"This meant that to the rest of the class Vivian was the only female present. The only one that shouldn't have been there in the eyes of most the class. Luckily the teacher didn't count among those numbers, but it was the start of term and they hadn't had to confront any students to directly yet, so everyone was trying to toe the line.

"The issue came when we were instructed to mess around a little with the carving tools and make something to show our parents. We were recommended to keep it simple, like carving our names into something or if we were feeling really adventurous to try and carve a scene into a block of wood.

"Now Vivian, Vivian took this as a challenge, so when the wood slab was provided for us instead of carving something minor like a normal person, she went into a flurry of movement, shaving bits and pieces of wood here and there. It was at this moment I'd stopped working on my own project just to watch her. The speed and accuracy that she managed to carve was astounding to my young self and even thinking back on it I doubt I could match the energy she displayed after learning woodworking and practicing it as part of my job.

"Of course before long I wasn't the only one watching Vivian carve, eventually it was a class wide event. Everyone had pretty much given up on completing there own work on time if it meant watching the spectacle Vivian had created.

"Quite some time passed. Even the teacher was enthralled with her. It wasn't until Vivian finally stopped moving did the spell finally break. Now at the time I didn't know how long it had been, I only later found out we'd watched her carve this thing for over half an hour. After a minute of silence the teacher finally asked 'Vivian, what did you make' and she replied with that big bright smile on her face I'm sure you already know 'I made the world's greatest toothpick because I have lunch stuck in my teeth'

"You could hear a pin drop in that room. Here was this kid that we'd just watched carve up a storm with a passion and fire that nobody would argue was fake. And it had all been for a toothpick. Yelling and cussing rang out throughout the classroom. The kids accused her of being a show off, most of them said stuff along the lines of 'this is why girls can't do woodwork' and other such nonsense. Even the teacher looked quite irritated with her, but then he seemed to catch something out of the corner of his eye and he slammed his hand down on the desk

"He said 'Enough class. I said to make something simple, and Vivian seems to be the only person who even tried. Look at you all. You just spent the last half hour watching a girls first attempt at woodworking without trying anything yourselves and instead of congratulating her on being the first to finish something, you scream at her. Not only is what she made complete, it is also functional and useful. I'd give her full marks if I was grading this assessment now sit down and think about what you've done'

"Now I wasn't harassing her like the others. As much as I wish to say I was trying to defend her that would be a lie on my behalf. But no, I was sure she'd made something better, and when I saw that strange look pass over the teachers face I knew the others had all missed something. So I stared at her hands trying to figure out what she'd done, when I saw it. Vivian had carved a beautiful flower. The only problem of course was that it was carved into the desk and not the block of wood she'd been provided which she'd actually knocked off the desk when she went to grab her tools.

"I don't think anybody ever noticed that carving, and I also learnt the desks in the woodwork room are made from spare timber and easily replaced so as to avoid accidents not quite like this one. When I noticed the flower missing the second time, we had class I was actually a little devastated. It was such an amazing work, I was upset at the idea it had been destroyed. Yet I was the fool, the teacher knew that it was special, because if you looked closely, the front of the teacher's desk had been modified. It now had the carving of a flower slotted into the front with the edges trimmed well so as to look like a continuous piece of wood.

"No one else ever commented on the flower the teachers desk now held. I like to think they noticed, but I'm not sure they really did. It really was an amazing sight. It wasn't the best-looking flower you'd ever seen. The technique was sloppy, the edges weren't carved symmetrically, heck there where chips in the edges in a number of places as well. But that didn't matter to me, or clearly the teacher. We had seen the passion that led to it's creation and it was breathtaking to behold.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Vongrak Vongrak

Vongrak's self destructing fun fact: For my older readers I'm going to be leaving you some extra information over in a few authors notes. Those extra details will be removed after some time to keep up the suspence. The first one is free, the challenge involves chapter 91

Edit: I don't know why this chapter went up early, but it has. No great concern, it's only 3 hours but I don't know why it happened

Chapter 65: Chapter 65 Check This Out!

"Wow, I. Wow" said Kat rather stunned at Callisto's rendition of how she met Vivian. "She sure seems to be good at everything. You said that was her first attempt at woodworking?"

"You are somewhat correct in your assumption Kat. Vivian much to some individuals surprise is not in fact good at everything. Cooking for example, I wouldn't trust her anywhere near a kitchen if it's for anything more than heating food up. She'd disagree but I think it's just that she killed off her tastebuds enough times they were willing to accept anything" said Callisto

"In regard to her woodworking proficiency, well, there are indeed some things that Vivian seems to just take to without much effort. She told me it was her first time woodworking and I'd believe her considering her distaste towards lying to people. Which I do find amusing considering that she enjoys playing tricks on people and misleading them almost as much as I do" said Callisto "Now I do believe you owe me two questions"

Kat nodded in response as Callisto continued "So, I suppose I'll make use of them both somewhat together. Have you gained any sort of abilities from becoming a demon and what are they?"

"So that's your two questions?" asked Kat. Callisto just stared at her in response with her mouth in a thin line.

"Right…" said Kat "Well I've gained a calming aura that I can extend, and I've learnt how to manifest my Demonic Flame, but I think I'm supposed to be able to do something with it"

"Hmm, well please inform me about this calming aura first if you can. That seems a bit more interesting to me" said Callisto

"Well" said Kat, slamming the full weight of her aura into Callisto. To Kat's surprise she hardly even stumbled in response. Huh? I thought I'd gotten more powerful? I'm pretty sure I used more power than that time I nocked Major over…

"Oh, now this is fascinating" said Callisto slowly moving her hand around and examining it from multiple angles "I can't quite place my finger on what this does exactly, I feel mostly the same but, hmmm…"

Callisto looked steadily around the room, letting her eyes resting on different items before moving on never lingering on one thing for long. Kat was somewhat puzzled watching Callisto carry on her various examinations. I don't think that I've seen a reaction like this before? What is it actually doing to her?

"I think, my ideas seem to flow a bit smoother. Hmm, no that's not quite it. I'm less tightly wound, I think. My body isn't screaming for me to do something other than stand across from you. This is a strange feeling" said Callisto as she rolled her shoulders forward a few times.

"Huh, that's quite a different reaction to what most people have" said Kat

"Hmm…." Said Callisto humming "Guess I'll use my other question on that, what sort of reaction have other people had?"

"Well, everyone else seems to experience a general feeling of comfort. And there was that one person I dropped to the floor with it accidentally" said Kat

"Huh, I guess I can see how you reached the conclusion that's what it does, but I think your aura is more profound then that. I'd have to do some more testing but it's hard not being able to reach into anyone else's mind for answers, so I guess I'll leave this one for you to test some more."

"You make it sound like I should go around experimenting on various people I know to see what there reaction is" said Kat

"Yes" said Callisto

"Right…" said Kat intentionally moving her eyes to focus on the floor and the very interesting grey carpet instead of Callisto for a moment.

"Would you be willing to continue your tale of how you met Vivian?" said Kat

"I have concluded the full tale of how I met Vivian, though I do suppose you are talking about the time in which I believe Vivian to have met me?" said Callisto Kat nodded in response

"Well, in that case I suppose I shall begin to regale you with my tale. This event took place a few weeks after the woodworking incident. If you recall correctly, I mentioned I wore a scarf to hide my acne at the time. Well, maybe a month or two into my high school life to my immense satisfaction and amazement my acne was actually clearing up. For the first time in a grand number of years I didn't feel like a walking lightshow.

"Now, I did not achieve the graceful looks I now have for quite some time, but I had at least mustered the courage to abandon that dreadful scarf I wore all the time. Much to my discrediting it wasn't even a good scarf to begin with, so to my surprise everyone, and I mean everyone recognised me by that scarf. It was so bad that nobody actually recognised me.

"I hadn't even been sick for quite some time, so my voice was back to normal, but I guess that was the voice that stuck in everyone's heads even after I recovered. So instead of fading into the background now that I wasn't a lunatic wearing a scarf, I was instead the centre of attention as the weird new girl. Yes, I was still crazy even without my scarf, but I guess there was nothing to be done about it.

"Anyway, there was this group of girls, five of them if I remember correctly, lead by these two particularly nasty characters. Jannice and Lauraine. You'd think I'd set there house on fire, which I later did by the way, with the way the treated me and I couldn't escape them"

"Wait hold up. You set there house on fire?" asked Kat aghast

"That's a separate question. Do you want me to continue my story?" asked Callisto to which Kat shakily nodded her head.

"Right so where was I… Jannice and Lauraine. So I'd moved most of my activities to the library during lunch. You weren't allowed to eat so quite often I'd skip lunch, but at least teacher supervision was near constant so they didn't have the chance to pull any of there nastier stuff. The only issue was on this particular day, the teacher librarian in charge had called in sick, or at the very least they weren't present in the library.

"So, like any good scum of society when presented with a golden opportunity to ruin someone's perfectly good day they managed to find this little fact out. Which means someone told them, because those unintelligent fools never would have set foot in the library otherwise, plus they darted straight towards me like they knew where I was.

"So here's this group of five, beelining for me straight across the library and everyone else knew something was going down. A few people left so as to not be involved, most stepped back to watch from a safe distance.

"So Jannice and Lauraine stand in the front of their little group right in front of my table. Lauraine picks up one of the books I was working on and starts flipping through it. Now it wasn't anything incriminating just my English homework I'd finished earlier, but I've always written in this ridiculous flowery script. So she says to me 'Gee, this book sure was written funny, reckon I should take this home and investigate Jannice'

"Who responds with 'I dunno, Lauraine, I've heard the author is a piece of trash' or something to that effect. Anyway after some more insults I never really cared to remember one of them decided, can't remember who, that it was a good idea to take it from me. So they were about to leave with the excuse of checking out a library book when Vivian comes in from the side.

"I expected her to reason with them, or perhaps admonish them for their poor behaviour. But nope she pulls out this massive tome of a book, hardcover, at least 800 pages, probably more like 1,200 and she slams, the thing right into Lauraines' head who in turn smashes into Jannice. Never had I seen 3 stooges so stunned by her appearance, and as Vivian swung in she'd said 'check this on out creeps'

"Oh, the sound, it was a brutal crunching sound, I'm pretty sure one of the girls had their skull cracked that day. But guess what, it didn't matter because not a person spoke of it. The school never addressed it after the fact, clearly no students ever told on Vivian, and we surprisingly didn't hear anything from the parents.

"But after that slamming Vivian said to me something I'll also never forget. 'Why did you put up with these guys? You're so much cooler than them' before walking away, slightly bloody book in hand.

"Best part is, I heard a rumour, though I never could confirm it, that the parents of those girls knew about the incident and kept quiet as well, some people even went so far as to say Vivian was payed to do it to teach them a lesson. I doubt it though, she wouldn't take money for something she was going to do anyway.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Vongrak Vongrak

Vongrak's CHEER: I HAVE ITALICS. I'm so glad to finally have these implemented. I'll probably be going back and changing everything in book 2 over to italics and bold but I'm not sure about book 1. I probably will do that as well

P.S, if it was unclear I am talking about chapter 91 of this book last authors note. It hasn't been released but it has been written

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