Choosing Weapons

Jio can feel his heartbeat fast.

One Milliseconds before his eyes opens, his ear can hear a meow sounds.

"Damn it!!!" he can sense that he still in that world full of monsters, burry back his head into the pillow and covering his ear to avoided hearing anything, Jio is now mad but to who?

He just wanted to wake from this dream, nothing else.

"You missed your dinner" a manly voice come through the pillow covering his ears.

Jio ignores that voice and close his eyes too

"even if you cover your ears, you can still hear my voice right?" Yoka sit on the bed where Jio covers his whole body with blanket plus those pillow for covering his ears.

"I'm sorry for biting you yesterday..."

"Of course you are sorry! Look at my lips swollen now!"unexpectedly the talks about biting can lure him out from the blanket, Jio sits straightly staring at Yoka.

"Sorry... go wash up and come downstairs to eat, you haven't eaten anything since yesterday."

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finished washing up, Jio sighing when he sees his reflection on the mirror.

"wake up you fool...." he slapped himself on the cheeks but only sting hurt feelings welcoming his slapped.

Go downstairs to join Yoka and the uncle, his steps stopped right after he saw there are more people in the table, not only Yoka and uncle Ho but also a beautiful girl, wearing white modern Japanese style fashion.

"Oh there you are... come faster" smiling uncle Ho welcoming Jio

"Good morning..." Jio sits beside Yoka and noticed that Yoka and this girl wearing same style of clothes, just different on the skirt and the pants.

"Good morning... enjoy your meals. Our best chefs made this for you" uncle Ho please Jio

The foods indeed look mouth watering, after say his thank you, Jio starts to eat and the taste is so suitable for his taste.

No chatting during meals time. Jio fell into his own thoughts on what is happening to him right now because it starts to feel so real.

His swollen lips

His wounded arm

His hungriness

The more he tries to find the logic reasons of his existences in this world the more headache he got.

"Come to me after finishing your meal okay...Yoka also" Uncle Ho finished eating, he is heading to a room.

Only the sounds of the clattered spoon and players fill in the silent agree uncle Hon left.

Yoka look at Jio who is still in his own thoughts. Yoka can understand what Jio must feel now, so he just silently left leaves only that girl watching Jio blankly played the leftover food on his plate.

"When will you finish eating if you just played them like that?" one more manly voice startled Jio

"Huh? My food, I'm almost finish, eh wait." Jio look around, just him and that girl left in the dining table "You are the one who just talking to me right?!" Jio eyes got bigger from another shocking.

The girl staring back at Jio but not talking

Jio staring back to her eyes also isn't talking

They suddenly have a staring competition now.

"You two can stop now... Jio let's go meet uncle Ho" Yoka come back from the kitchen and stop these two childish.

"Hey man, I just heard her voice... she has a very manly voice! You know that?!"Jio looks at Yoka then back again to that girl who leisurely walking to the kitchen with the dirty dishes

"I know...come on" Yoka patiently react to Jio shocking.

"What?! You knew?! Hey...wait! But she is a he? He is a she?"Jio followed Yoka from behind and once again look at that girl.

And now the girl shouting with manly voice again without turning around to look at Jio

"YOU ARE JUST STUPID!!!"

"Huh? I think I heard that voice somewhere before... but where?"Thinking out loud while keep walking behind Yoka then he remembered,

"THE CAT!!!" Jio shouting and stomp his feet to the floor, it pretty loud enough to startled Yoka

"STOP TALKING!!" Yoka hits Jio head.

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Inside the room they just entered, there are so many types of swords and other weapons. They all looks cool, one of them attracts Jio attention.

It's a huge type of swords inside a big transparent glasses box, impossible for human to fight or just to carry these swords. Medium size blue diamond as half adult palm stuck in the middle of the handle part.

"Wow...what is this place?"he finally is asking out of his curiosity.

"Welcome to the Weapons storage... as you can see, these weapons has their own characteristics and only one will match your character," uncle Ho explaining

"One for me? Why?"Jio dumb-ing saga continues

"Everyone who've came here, The Trapped World, that's how they named this city... you should be guess just by hearing it name. I came here when I was 20, Yoka came here 8 years ago, some lucky to found the way out from here but some aren't just like us...Each person has their own way to come and out from here," uncle Ho telling a long story

"...." Jio astonished, tries to understand uncle Ho words

"You will find your way, don't be sad... we will help you out from here"uncle Ho tapped Jio's shoulder"Now. Things you have to do to start your steps finding your way out from here is... choosing your weapons"

"Choosing the weapon?..." Jio didn't fully recover

Uncle Ho pushed his shoulder to walks around this huge and fancy storage to show gives Jio more options on choosing.

"Now choose one that you think suit or attract you the most..." uncle Ho asks

"The one attract me the most?"

"Yup... it's all up to you but usually the weapon also picked their masters by unknown ways"

"hm...I think I saw one that attract me the most....it here" Jio walking back to where they comes, near the entrance.

"That one! With a blue diamond"

Jio points out that huge swords with blue diamonds on the handling.

Jio's choices kind of shocking uncle Ho and Yoka. They looked at each other surprisingly when Jio points the swords.

"What did you say before? With blue diamond? Where?"Yoka touch Jio's shoulder

"Yes blue diamond...there on the handling can't you guys see it?"

Jio clearly see a shiny blue diamond there but why uncle Ho and Yoka act like they can't see it?