Chapter 7: a little girl talk
Parasoul agreed to give max and squigly a place to stay within her place currently she was leading them to there rooms and it was too fancy for max's taste but he will take what he can take and luckily for both of them there were two beds
Parasoul: I hope it's to your licking.
Max: to fancy for my taste but I'm not complaining.
Leviathan: this reminds me of the days with the contiello family those were good days.
Parasoul: the contiello family?
Parasoul looked closely at squigly and she realized something.
Parasoul: you are sienna contiello I had a feeling why you felt familiar.
Squigly: well I go by squigly but it's good to hear that my family is still remembered by the princess of the canopy kingdom.
Parasoul: well your mother was a Skullgirls so we had to investigate her origins.
Squigly: I guess so?
Max: well sorry to cut the sad mood short but I'm going to bed I haven't slept in 3 days and I want some shut eye.
Parasoul: well I have things to do you two have a good night.
Squigly sat on her bed but she looked at max who was asleep she just woke up from her dead state and she was somewhat scared to go to sleep fearing that all of this was a dream she really didn't like being dead sure leviathan keeps her company but sometimes it would feel better if she had other people to be beside her.
Leviathan: squigly are you okay?
Squigly: well I'm somewhat scared to sleep because I'm afraid if this is all a dream.
Leviathan: well I'm pretty sure that this isn't a dream but I sure can't blame you for thinking that….well what do want to since you don't feel sleepy.
Squigly looked around the room and she noticed that there was a bathroom and she stared at it for a while and she realized that she never took a bath for a long while realizing this she now felt somewhat ashamed but since before she had a limited time to stay alive now she has a chance to take care of her body
Squigly: leviathan can you stay hidden I'm taking a bath.
Leviathan was embarrassed to hear this and he hid himself inside her body to not get in the way
With leviathan out of sight she got up and entered the bathroom for a shower.
Max was sleeping like a baby but the noise of a shower running was waking him up and he got up and he saw how the shower was being used he thought it was squigly he checked the time and it was almost morning he guessed that since she has been dead and inactive for a long time her body must have a lot of things to clean and if he remembers right squigly said that the only way that she and leviathan can wake up is via the Skullgirl which in max's opinion is that that's no way for the poor girl to live since he was awake he decided to go out and by her something he is pretty sure that she doesn't have much in clothes so the least he can do is get her some new ones.
Max decided to leave his jacket behind and told moline to watch over her in case someone attacks sure it's far fetch but max is a target and the Medici might be crazy enough to attack parasoul's place
Moline: I didn't think you care much for clothes?
Max: well she can't go around with just one and im pretty sure that outfit needs a good wash.
Moline: you do realize you are basically calling her nasty right.
Max: oh shut up I'm not being an ass about it I'm just doing her a favor besides the fact that she doesn't even wear shoes surprises me.
Moline: just go before I drop you.
Max: jeez fine.
Squigly was in the bathroom for quite a while she knew that her body wasn't properly clean in decades but she wanted to give herself a thorough cleaning so once she finished she put on her clothes and got out of the bathroom but she didn't expect to see a little girl that might be 12 years but what was odd about her is that she had red eye and her body had scales and the most eye catching thing was the tail that is moving in the bed.
Leviathan who came out of the side of squigly's head he was ready to defend is host if the girl did anything.
Leviathan: who are you?
Moline: easy I'm a friend I'm moline max's little sister.
Squigly: you don't look anything like him.
Moline: well yeah because we are adopted siblings.
Leviathan: while I question that why are you here.
Moline: big bro went out to by some clothes for you. He woke up and he decided to go out and buy something new to wear.
Squigly noticed max's jacket on the bed and she felt a bit of curious about max's story sure that's non of her business but she shared her background so why not his too.
Squigly: moline right may I ask what's the history between you and max?
Moline: why do you want to know that?
Leviathan: well considering that squigly here told max her story we figured it would be fair to share a little bit of yours.
Moline was quiet but she decided to play along she wasn't gonna expose max's background but just a few details won't hurt after all that is her brother's story to tell not her.
Moline: well from what I can tell you is that my brother was homeless for a while and shrine came into his life and she took him in as her son and from that he learned about spirits and he decided to become an exorcist to provide for our mother we aren't in debt but we aren't rich either but max just want to pay her back for being a good mother to him and and become strong to protect our family I decided to come along because I wanted to make sure he doesn't get himself killed.
Squigly and leviathan were touched by this she herself never had siblings but hearing how max became an exorcist just to provide for his family despite not having much financial trouble her respect for max grew but squigly decided to ask about those creatures in more detail.
Squigly: those creatures you called them lost souls right? Can you explain in more detail on what they are?
Moline: like my brother said those being were originally humans who died in many ways and they are either overwhelmed by negative emotions or some just crave power.
Leviathan: I assume that the people in your world are doing everything they can erase these horrid creatures?
Moline: no that's practically impossible.
Squigly: how so?
Moline: spirits are people too they have emotions like humans and they stay around loved ones to protect them from others that try to kill them so we were to do that we would basically start a war this is why humans don't know about this and keep it like that.
Squigly: wait humans don't know?
Moline: of course not humans sometimes do stupid things and you already saw how humans get greedy for power and if humanity learns of spirits they will probably run some crazy expirements with them cultists are bad enough but mobs and others bad influences would do anything to get power.
Squigly could see with what she was talking about her mother was tricked into keeping the skull heart and the Medicis heard about it and they massacred her family for it and the worst part is that whole thing was planned out for her mother to get desperate enough to make a wish on the skull heart and became a monster and her father gave up leviathan to save her from being in her mother's control.
Moline saw how squigly was lost in thought and leviathan decided to ask something about moline.
Leviathan: I don't mean to pry moline but I'm curious on how you didn't appear when we meet max why is that?
Moline: I was in his psyche.
Leviathan: you were in his head?
Moline: yeah it's basically like my little playground when max doesn't need my help I can see what he sees I would have step in if he was facing any problems.
Leviathan: I see but how exactly do you do that?
Moline: me and my brother have a contract it's basically an agreement between a spirit and a human one I watch his back and he moves on with his life.
Leviathan: so you are a lost soul?
Moline: no I'm a pure soul and no not metaphorically that's what i am.
Leviathan: so if I were to guess you are the opposite of a lost soul?
Moline: yup.
But the conversation was cut off when an explosion rang out the building and an egret soldier busted into the room and he sounded out of breath.
Egret soldier: Mrs.squigly we need your help we are under attack!!
Leviathan : by who?
Egret soldier: the Medicis they we didn't expect them to actually attack out of the blue please our princess might need your help.
Squigly: we will help.
Egret soldier: thank you and who's the girl?
Moline: I'm max's sister you Guys go I'll get back to my brother's psyche and tell him.
Egret soldier: what do you mean.
Moline: trust me it's faster.
With that said moline disappeared in white particles and they were surprised but another tremor of the building and they got to running squigly wasn't sure if the Medicis are complete baffons or they really want max dead but she won't let the Medicis take one of her friend away
they got there and squigly saw parasol and her units holding the attackers at gun point but when squigly saw who was attacking her blood that gain back heat was now cold as she saw the one person that took everything away from her and one of the reason she was forced to take down her mother and the one who is the reason she only has one eye.
Black dahlia who was holding an egret soldier by the throat noticed the undead girl and she recognized her and she smiled under her viel.
Black dahlia: well if it isn't the little contiello.