we want shoes [tutorial]

Allotta looks up - and man, that's weird, Kekoa is pretty tall, so - and meets the gaze of the guy she just bumped into. Allotta is pretty short, it made the big boobs even funnier, but she isn't some meek little child!

"Why don't you watch where you're... not going! Ha! Skinny!" Finnegan Fjord would be able to see Allotta visibly pat herself on the back for that super sick burn. Her chest was puffed up with pride which just made her whole visage look more obscene.

The Sobble had completely ignored them both and was busy trying to get inside the house.

Noticing this, Allotta decided that this guy wasn't worth her time anymore, perking up as she noticed the quest arrow pointing inside.

"Oh! This is the place I was looking for! Out of the way, bean pole, I'm getting my EXP!"

About the time that Finnegan Fjord notices her feet, Allotta wiggles her toes. Little embers glow faintly around them, giving her feet a sort of holy halo around them. Like, the people who made this game put a whole lot of detail into the feet. Loving detail. A creepy amount of detail.

"Not as good as that mouth! Shoo!" Allotta didn't even know why she was here, just that she needed to be here.

That was when the system decided to helpfully sync the two of them up as partners for this quest, since they had both been talking and doing the same quest. Forced collaboration!

The name 'Finnegan Fjord' hovered at the upper right corner of Allotta's vision, showing a green bar with his health and a few other small tidbits of surface level information. Finn would be able to see the same about her.

"'Finnegan'?"

"Shoes?" It's only now that Allotta notices her own barren feet. She also takes a peek at Finnegan Fjord's. This man was showing his ankles? Whore behavior. He needed BANNED.

"Hey!" She squawks, indignant, and then follows Finn inside. "At least I know what I'm about!" As if that is any defense at all for her very lovely and well thought out name.

The digital mother is amusing to Allotta. Her own, non-digital mother wasn't like this at all. She would have told them to 'shut the damned door!' in her gruff voice and then grumbled as she looked them over. Of course, where he's from, you have to worry about giant, poison centipedes getting in the house and not just the cold air. It was, like, a whole other priority.

"Can I have my EXP now?" Allotta still doesn't really grasp what this quest is even for, which will no doubt annoy her new partner.

Allotta just gave a grin back at the look Finnegan Fjord gave her, not intimidated by his beanpole ass at all. This was digital space and she could take a punch. There was also a thrill from being a bit naughty after having to act like she was some shining, perfect guy all the time down at the station.

"Maybe you should get the stick out of your rump." Stepping inside, Allotta glanced around the digital space. Homey, clean, and cute! Just the kind of place you would expect a digital mom to keep. There were even mementos on the walls, dozens of picture frames that showcased her hundreds of children. Each frame rotated every few seconds to show off a new person. Allotta wondered how long it would take to spot herself.

"Oh, shoes! Thanks, mom!" The implications of being psuedo-siblings with Finn was lost on Allotta as she stepped forward, having tuned out most of what their vital NPC mother was saying. It wasn't Mom's fault, this digital child just had some listening issues was all.

Taking the shoes, she held them up before... they vanished into a puff of pixels, a marker lighting up on her character screen. Sure enough, a quick tap and the shoes materialized on her feet, perfect fit.

Where Finnegan Fjord feels nothing looking at the mass of polygons and pixels, Allotta does feel a bit bad... Finn might have had a shitty set of parents but Kekoa sure didn't! He'd be pretty steamed up with himself if he left his mother looking so sad.

So, he goes to give the digital effigy a quick and hard hug before she exits.

"Bye, mom! I'll call!" Could they call? Maybe? Well, she'd try.

Either way, she dashed out the door, hip checking her 'party member' as she went by.

"You're not bad enough for my throat, loser! See you!" A raspberry and a cheeky finger gun with a wink, then she's off- bouncing and running off somewhere else.

When Allotta is far enough away, her party icon vanishes.

Sadly for Finn, this won't be the last he sees of her.