"It seems spring has come for you, my friend!" I suddenly heard an obnoxiously loud voice coming from outside the tent.
I saw my friends head peek in from the outside. He had a wolfish grin before saying
"Gah, you lucky bastard!" He yelled before walking inside
"How am I lucky? I got roasted alive last night!" I grudgingly scolded him
"No, no, my friend. While being roasted alive is painful. Being treated by a beauty is more than enough to compensate for your suffering!!!" He passionately stated
"Though...She does seem a little old for you, but who cares! Women dating younger men was part of the trend even before everything went to shit."
Ignoring George's yammering, I sighed in relief as George and Jason seemed to be ok.
But what's going to happen now?
"Where's Jason?" I asked
"Ah...He's with a friend he apparently had during his school days."
"I see. Have they asked you anything?"
"Yeah, 'How we got here' and 'What happened to the alien'."
"We were able to skip out on the verification process, thanks to Jason's friend." George also said
"...I see"
Three people walked into the tent at this moment.
"Yo! Princess, glad you're awake." Jason said after walking inside.
"Glad to see you're still as annoying as ever." I responded to him
"Sorry to intrude in your warm reunion, but, it's urgent I ask you these questions." A middle aged man suddenly said
He was tall, around 6'0 or 182 cm. He had short cropped black hair, the standard military-ish style hair. He was wearing a gray military jacket and pants with mud brown boots.
There was another man beside Jason. He was tall, around 6'2 or 187 cm. He was handsome (Not as much as me of course *hmph!*) Had short dark brown hair and wearing the same clothing as the former.
"Questions? Is it alright for you to do that with people overhearing? I asked
"I just need your statement so we can compile it with the other two. I want to get this over with." He sighed
After answering his questions, he left.
"Incredible! You guys are really awesome."
The man named Jake said loudly
"Yeah, I'm sure Mark getting roasted really left an impression on you" Jason snorted
"It did!" Jake answered
"I mean getting roasted...I'm sure feels really bad but the fact that you're still alive and awake after only sleeping for 7 hours is really impressive." Jake explained
'So he's one of them' I thought
Just speaking to him told me everything I needed to know about him.
He is most likely the type to strong-arm everything and is also blunt about everything. My favorite type of person to befriend.