Tavern

Rebecca and Happy had just made it back to town, as Rebecca is talking to tavern keeper.

Rebecca: There was a human out there! *slams the counter* A boy! I thought only machines were living here in Granbell.

Mitra: Oh, you must be referring to Shiki.

Rebecca: His name's Shiki? That weird guy?

When she said that, Shiki pops up behind the robot lady.

Shiki: Yup, and this is Mithra, the tavern keeper.

Rebecca and Happy: *both screaming* (O_O)

Shiki then points to another machine that's dressed in a brown suit, purple bowtie, and black top hat...and a mustache, and another who's carrying a basket with bread and other foods.

Shiki: This is John, the tailor, Annie, the cafeteria lady.

Shiki then shows them another with a green hat and cloak, and with a big smile.

Shiki: And this right here is my friend Michael.

Michael: Nice to meet you.

Rebecca: Oh, wow. So you all know each other?

Shiki: *smiles* Yeah, of course. All of us are friends!

The two looks at the scene in awe before Rebecca giggles.

Rebecca: Maybe he's not such a bad guy.

Happy: I agree.

Ezra: Yeah, he seems cool, once you get to know him.

Rebecca: *surprised* (0_0) Ezra, where'd you come from!?

Ezra: I was behind you the whole time.

Rebecca: (-_-) You really need to stop doing that.

Ezra: *smirks* No promises.

Shiki: Hey, Ezra, who are they?

Ezra: Ah. *places a hand on Rebecca's shoulder* You see, this lovely lady is name Rebecca. *motions to Happy* And the talking cat you wanted to eat is name Happy.

Shiki: Gotcha! Rebecca and Happy! Can we all become friends?

Rebecca: *blunt* I need some time to think about it.

Shiki becomes gloomy from Rebecca's answer.

Mithra: Calm down. You're our first visitors in a hundred years. Let's celebrate!

*All cheering*

(Cue montage)

From that point, everyone in the tavern starts having a party as piano music is being played. The four of them enjoying the food given to them, with Shiki dropping over some more food Annie brought over, though Happy mistook it as Shiki looking at him again. It the cuts to Rebecca, this time in a dress given to her.

Rebecca: How to I look, Ezra?

Ezra: You look...beautiful.

Rebecca blushes and smiles at his answer. They all the toasts each other's drinks.

Happy could also be seen dancing with a robot dog. All in all, everyone is having a good time while Rebecca is recording it on her cube. But unbeknownst to them, a machine archer could be seen watch from outside before leaving. However, the only who saw him...was Ezra.

Ezra's thoughts: What's that about...?

The castle

Inside the castle of Granbell, the archer from before is kneeling before what appears to be the king.

Archer: Majesty, it's about the boy and the girl.

King: I know... The time has come. There's no other choice... I know you're there. You can come out.

The archer turns around to see someone was standing behind him.

Archer: You...

Back at the tavern

Rebecca: *slurping some pasta* So what were you doing with that cat?

Happy: Are you still eating?

Shiki: I was repairing him. He's been acting up recently, for some reason. But when I tried to fix him, he went all "boom" and stuff.

Rebecca: That's not a sound I'm familiar with.

Shiki: Where do you guys come from, anyway?

Rebecca: Blue Garden. I'm guessing you've never heard about it, though.

Shiki: Nope, i haven't. But it's my dream to go out and visit other places some day.

Rebecca: You mean you've never left this island?

Shiki: If I left, then no one would be around to repair the machines if something went wrong. *yawns* I'm gonna go to sleep now, okay?

And like that, Shiki falls asleep...after crashing through the table.

Shiki: *snoring*

Rebecca: Is he a narcoleptic? 💧

Happy: That poor table. 💧

Rebecca: *crouches down* Ugh... *to the machines* Is it okay if I give him a haircut? His hair is bothering me.

Mithra: Fair point.

John: It is rather unkempt.

Michael: We don't know much about human sensibilities.

Rebecca looks at Shiki.

Rebecca: Oh...

Michael: I bet you're wondering what a lone human is doing here.

Rebecca: *gasps* Do you have a mind-reading program?

Michael: You see, Shiki is special.

Rebecca: In what way?

Michael: Ten years ago, the Demon King brought a child to this island.

Rebecca: *confused* Demon King?

John: Rather a machine who played the role of one.

Michael: He's broken now, however.

Mithra: I don't know where he found that child.

Annie: But he took care of him as if he were his own.

John: The boy became attached to all of us. We couldn't just abandoned him.

Michael: And he helps us by doing repairs.

Rebecca: So I'm assuming that Shiki wasn't able to repair the Demon King?

Michael: Correct.

Happy: Hey, where's Ezra?

Later at night

It's now night, and Rebecca and Happy are in bed, with Rebecca doing some editing on the videos for their channel.

Happy: *sleepy* That was a lot of fun, huh?

Rebecca: Yeah. And we've got lots of videos to boot. I'm positive they're gonna get us a ton of views. I'll start editing the footage.

Rebecca then hears the door open and looks to see that it's Ezra.

Rebecca: Oh, Ezra, I didn't noticed you were gone earlier.

Ezra: *shrugs* I was just going for a walk around town, seeing all the sites. Anyways, how are the videos?

Rebecca: *smiles* They're great. I'm almost finished with the editing.

Ezra: Neat...

Ezra then looks at Rebecca and has a smirk on his face as he sits on the side of the bed.

Rebecca: *confused* Ezra...?

Ezra: You know...I didn't mentioned it, but that dress... really complimented your butt.

Ezra then proceeds to slap Rebecca in the buttocks, earning a yelp from the young woman.

Rebecca: *shots out of bed and faces Ezra* E-Ezra, what the--

Ezra cuts Rebecca off from what she was about to say when he plants his lips on hers. Rebecca was taken aback by this, but she accepts it and kisses back. Their tongues swirls in their mouth while kiss. After a few minutes of making out, the two breaks off the kiss, with only a string of saliva connecting them, and they stare at each other with lust in their eyes.

Ezra: So... Wanna finish this in the bath...?

Rebecca: *nods* Yeah...

It cuts to the outside of the room, where downstairs, Michael and the other machines are standing there, looking up from below... But something seems different about them.

To be continued