"Wake up Albert!" Mélusine said waking him up.
"Ugh… Come on, one more hour." Albert said groggily.
After school yesterday he and Mélusine went to Akihabara, and he bought what she wanted. It was an expensive trip.
When they returned Mélusine got to building the models Albert bought her.
"Look! Look! I finished the Gundam Snow White Prelude with metal composite!!"
She held aloft her fully painted and built Gundam.
"That's pretty cool."
"Now onto the other ones!" She looked around the room and placed it on a shelf when a problem came about."… Hey, can we get a bigger place? There isn't room to display my Gundam."
"Hmm…" Looking around Albert did feel it was a bit cramped in here, granted it was a single person apartment and most of the room taken up was from Mélusine hobby. "I'll see about it." He went and got a burner and left the apartment. "Click! 01010111 01100101 01100001 01110000 01101111 01101110."
"What's the report?" Herod said.
"Nothing much. I have today and tomorrow off while the school gathers and organizes the Scouting Reports."
"I see. Good to know. Anything else?"
"Just that I want a bigger apartment."
"A bigger one? You got into a hobby or something?"
"I am sure from the bank statements that I have been getting into kit building. So I want more room to display them."
"Fine by me, anything in particular you want in the new apartment?"
"Same as the apartment I have here, nice, and quiet. With little people to complain."
"Hmm… You know if you're up for it there are cheap abandoned Japanese homes in your area. You could buy one and renovate it."
"And how much do they cost?"
"Practically free. Just that the moving of trash cost an arm and a penny."
"Not like I don't have money."
"You have your budget, work within that."
"My budget is 6 million US dollars."
"I'm not your accountant."
"Your my handler."
He didn't reply for a minute on that.
"I'll send you the listing later today. Bit busy with some stuff. Click!"
"… Hm. Guess I'll just watch movies or something."
Albert decided to spend the day indoors, he got the laptop and began to watch movies with Mélusine. The movies were ones he overheard from his classmates and Herod over the time he had been his handler.
Later that night.
Ring-Ring!
Click!
"01001000 01100001 01101110 01100100"
"Hello handler, what's up you got a home or what?" Albert said watching an old western.
"We got you a place, a house by the sea."
"That sounds nice."
"Not when a tsunami hits."
"Any homes in the mountains or something?"
"There is, you want one?"
"Yeah. I like my privacy."
"Then I'll send you the details then. I suggest finding a job until the month is over."
"That much huh?"
"Yeah, but at least that house is pretty big. Make sure you take all your shit, makes it easier on buying new furniture."
"Alright. Also do you know any more movies with guns? The Dollars Trilogy was pretty good."
"Oho~ Well ever heard of John Wick? Or even The Raid? Maybe even Old Boy? The Korean one not the American one, the actor was good, but it can't compare to the Korean one."
"Are they old movies?"
"Well… yeah I mean it's been a hundred years or so since they were released."
"Hm. I am shocked how much media was lost during the last 100 years."
"Yeah well it happens when society suddenly gets super powers."
"Did they ever figure out how it all happened?"
"Uhh… no. Sorta just chalked it up to evolution."
"Hm… By the way are you done with that business you had today?"
"Oh that, yeah. Just getting more resources."
The next day he got the information and had Mélusine go and check it out while Albert packed everything.
"I'm back Albert!" Mélusine said coming out of her Spiritual Form. "Ooh! You really packed everything neatly huh!"
Mélusine looked around to see everything packed up in boxes.
"Alright you take the more sturdy stuff I'll carry the delicate stuff." Albert said.
They spent the day moving and organizing their stuff, which wasn't a lot. The home that they moved into was about 3 to 5 minutes away from the city. It wasn't that big of a deal for Albert given that he can just run, and it gave him and Mélusine some privacy to train without people noticing. It was a two story home with a attic.
Night time. Mélusine's room.
"There!" Mélusine said having placed her built models up. "They look presentable and cool! Don't you think so Albert?" She turned to him, proud of her work.
"It's nice, but it's even better that you have your own room."
Her room was in the attic, one needs to pull a on a string and climb up the ladder to get to it. It was perfect for her as no one would accidently open a door and see her room, the windows are also covered so no light can pass through so Mélusine could spend the night however she liked while Albert was asleep.
"I am a bit salty I can't sleep with you anymore."
"We live under the same roof? Doesn't that count for something?"
"… I guess. Oh lets go watch more of those movies! Do we have enough popcorn!"
"I am pretty sure we do."
"Can we watch Top Gun again!"
"Fine."
They went down to the living room which was bear with only two pillows on the floor and the laptop on a plastic crate.
"We need to get a big tv." Albert said pushing play.
"Maybe we can steal it from some criminals? We can also take their money while we're at it!"
"Oh~ I like that idea. I'll just jerry-rig some stuff to get a working police scanner."
"Let's go right now! We can go on a little shopping spree!"
"I'm down!"
They get up and was they open the door and walk outside they could smell the scent of petrichor. Rain was coming so they couldn't take anything back without it getting soaked.
"… Damn." They shake their heads.
"Maybe next time." Albert said going back in.
"Such a shame."
They go back inside and close the door, spending the night watching movies until they fell asleep.