In this chapter: Miranda and the tiny city on her desk attempt to communicate with each other while the other roommates get to know one another.
Day 1 – Ashton City- 3:36pm Miranda’s Room
After the feet of the one called Miranda returned to the underside of the desk, Major Matheson ordered the plan to try to initiate contact with the colossal woman. Captain Sellers herself would see this operation out and boarded one of the military helicopters. As Captain Sellers was boarding, Miranda spoke, “I’M MIRANDA, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU LIKE GOT HERE, BUT I WILL TRY TO FIX THIS, FOR REAL.” The sound of her voice echoed across the city, it was quieter than before, but still loud, it set off a few car alarms around the area closest to her mouth, her words sounded like a goddess speaking from the heavens above.
Sellers was a tough woman, but she was nervous for what seemed like the first time in her life, she ordered the choppers to take off, a few dozen lifted off the ground and found their flight formation above the city, they had to take a few civilian choppers from the airport to set the operation up. Sellers got on the short-range radio to fill everyone in, “Listen up, what we’re doing today is something I never thought we would be doing, but now is the time to suck it up, our situation is beyond comprehension, but we need to do this so we can-“
“AWWW… YOU ARE ALL SO CUTE, I WISH I COULD TALK TO YOU LITTLE GUYS, I HOPE I DIDN’T LIKE HURT ANYONE EARLIER” Her goddess-like soft voice spoke again, interrupting Sellers, the soldiers could feel the choppers shake a little making them increasingly on edge.
“Fuck! Where was I; we need to do this so we can negotiate some kind of peace, force is our last option, the plan is to escort myself and Alpha squad close enough to her left ear, I know it sounds crazy, but it’s all we have right now. Understood?” Sellers said as she got a few high energy responses, but the soldiers seemed disheartened. The pilots lined up their birds about eye-level with the goddess' sky-blue eyes.
“Uhh, ma’am, I think she sees us” one of the pilots said over the radio
“I fucking hope that’s a good thing!” a solider shouted over the loud hum of the chopper.
“Okay, this is it, we’re only a few miles away now” Sellers said.
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Day 1- Miranda – 3:40pm
Miranda saw what she assumed were helicopters coming towards her eyes, she didn’t know what they were trying to do, but she wanted to remain still. She looked over at where she placed her finger down earlier and looked at the crushed neighborhood, "It was so small, and I was just seeing if it was real, right? I hope nobody was there…" she thought. Then she remembered the skyscraper she tore out of the ground. "Oh no… those specks that fell out were people..." Miranda almost had a breakdown and leaned back in her chair, forgetting about the choppers. The 25 helicopters adjusted their course and started to make full speed to her left ear.
Miranda recovered for a moment and saw the helicopters gathering away out from the left side of her face, she tied her hair back in a bun creating a gust of air when she swung her left arm up, one of the civilian choppers couldn’t take the shift in wind and went crashing down on the chest of her bright blue shirt, Miranda didn’t notice. Miranda kept her head still and waiting for a few minutes for the choppers to make their move, she kept peering at her phone on the ground hoping nobody would try to talk to her until she figured this out. Suddenly, she heard the tiniest squeak of words in her left ear.
“My name is Captain Sellers, we don’t ----- hurt you, please tell the city your intentions, we don’t want ---- use force. Please communicate with us ----- as possible. We will find a better way to talk ----- Please do not ------ the city or its people. This is your only warning. Please remain still as we------ your ear” the choppy voice said.
Miranda heard a few words skip out, but she got the gist. She very softly giggled to herself, "hurt me? I don’t think they could" she thought. Miranda sat still for a few minutes again while she waited for the voice to leave the rim of her ear, she was in quiet contemplation as to what she was going to tell the city next. In a moment of pure distraction, she reached her left hand up and scratched her cheek. Her left hand blew through three choppers killing everyone inside, the massive wall of tanned flesh was the last thing they saw as the choppers exploded on contact. Two choppers caught a gust of wind that was too powerful, and they began an unsolvable spin out.
One chopper exploded against her neck just above the collar of her shirt, the other tried to abandon their bird, two men got out, and only one of them had a parachute. The soldier without a parachute fell splattering against her black athletic shorts miles below in what seemed like an endless freefall, the solider with his parachute deployed just below her massive bright blue chest, he was so close he could see her nipples protruding through her t-shirt, the soldier only had time to guide his chute to the empty space on her chair between her enormous smooth tan thighs. He didn’t last long as Miranda shifted her weight on the chair, the massive wall of her left thigh came at the solider like a tidal wave of skin, he put up his hands in the measliest attempt to save himself, but he turned into red paste under her skin that she would wash off in the shower later obliviously.
Miranda felt confident enough to speak to the miniscule specks again. “I’m here to help, I don’t want to hurt anyone, okay? I will bring you supplies, please find a better way to talk to me, maybe my phone?” She said as she saw the helicopters flying away, but she saw less of them than earlier. "Huh… weird" she thought, she didn’t even think about if she destroyed them or not. Miranda told the city her phone number and hoped they could find a way to talk to her. She heard the front door open again and a crinkling of grocery bags.
“We’re back!” Jessica’s muffled voice shouted from behind the closed door.
“Oh shit”, Miranda said in her normal voice sending out minor tremors across the city. “I’ll be back, I promise” she whispered, Miranda got up from her chair and left again, she locked her door and put her key in her bra.
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Day 1 - 4:00pm Ashton City – Miranda’s Room
Captain Sellers ordered her chopper to move away from the ear, she saw 6 choppers go down just moments ago, the crudely attached loudspeakers fell off the bird crashing onto the girl's shoulder below. The remaining helicopters were just a few hundred yards away from her when they heard a feminine and subtle giggle, it was one of the most terrifying things the soldiers have ever heard. They were about halfway back to the base when they heard her overpowering voice speak again, “I’M HERE TO HELP, I DON’T WANT TO HURT ANYONE, OKAY? I WILL BRING YOU SUPPLIES, PLEASE FIND A BETTER WAY TO TALK TO ME, MAYBE MY PHONE?” The city hoped and prayed she was being genuine in her words. They heard her say her phone number, the engineers back at the base were already working on some type of transmitter device.
Ashton City heard the front door open again “WE’RE BACK!” The voices were muffled, but the sound waves could still be felt slightly. The city collectively lost some morale, “there’s more of them?” they all realized.
“OH SHIT! I’LL BE BACK I PROMISE” They saw the girl, Miranda, leave the room again hearing the door lock behind her. It was time to plan and adjust for the city.
Day 1 - 4:00pm Grove View
Jessica and Ana returned with tons of bags of things and food; Lacy came out to introduce herself to everyone again. Ana looked down at Lacy and noticed her different colored eyes, but she didn’t say anything, trying to be respectful. “Holy shit your eyes!” Jessica said, Lacy combed her black hair down over her light brown eye when she heard Jessica.
“It’s pretty rad, right?” Lacy said sheepishly.
“I guess” Jessica said kind of snarky.
"Oh boy, this bitch is going to get on my nerves" Lacy thought already. The roommates started to collectively set up the living room and kitchen, making small talk and laughing. They made plans to go to dinner later to celebrate, they were all excited to get out of their drab clothes and to change into something that didn’t match manual labor.
A few hours went by, and Miranda was so focused on not going into her room and setting up the rest of the apartment. The other 3 split up and got their rooms looking nice. Jessica had the biggest closest by chance and laid out her massive collection of expensive high-heels and sandals. She hung up her fancy blouses and more revealing outfits in the overhangs, she loved dressing up and looking good. Anastazja laid out a rather plain and flat white 7’x 10’ rug that spread out across most of her floor between her bed and bathroom. Lacy was busy hanging up band posters and making sure her camera equipment survived the move. The sun was starting to set, and the roommates agreed to shower and get ready for dinner…