Chapter 15:

Let's Play Paranggaceta!

Eliote's Space Exploration

Eliote and Aye are currently in the Bayashi-Chu (バヤシ · チュ) system. While they were flying towards a planet, they received a call from Kata.

-Heyyy!

-Hi Kata, you finally bought a spaceship?

-Yes, I will start to search for your settlement! How is it going?

-Fine and you?

-I'm good! How is Aye going?

-I am fine, thank you!

-Where are you?

-In the Bayashi-Chu system, we are soon going to land on a planet.

-Ah so I'm going to leave yourselves alone, see you!

-Goodbye!

-See you!

The girls just set foot on the planet. It looks pretty similar to floodplains, wetlands and swamps on Earth, but with some twists.

-Welcome to Goydi (ゴイディ), flooded planet.
Weather. Humid.
Remark. Low level of tourism.

-Wow! This planet has some huge trees! Their leaves are orange but it totally feels like a tropical place on Erret.

-Look Eliote, there is a hut in the tree over there!

-Ah yes! You have really good eyes Aya! Let's see if there are some people!

They arrive just in front of the hut.

-Look Aya, there are two people inside!

Two girls. Two sisters. They are the same height. They both have tanned skin with black hair, as seen in the tropical places of Earth. Both her eyes have gray irises, and they have cat ears. The younger sister has a middle-length ponytail, with a butterfly on the left side of her bangs. She wears a tennis outfit that has a sleeveless lavender polo shirt and pleated skirt, with black socks and sneakers. The older sister has short hair and wears red eyeglasses. She wears a light blue hoodie and blue shorts with white socks and black sneakers.

-They seem sad, don't you think?

-You're right Aya, I'm going to ask them why.

Eliote talks to the big sister.

-Hello! Excuse me, but why do you two seem sad?

-Ah... Uh... Hello...

-Yo, we aren't sad, we are just bored!

-Why?

-Well... our favorite pastime of mine and my big sister, we can't do it anymore!

-It's an activity I invented... But Marumi (マルミ) is now better than me at it...

-That's false Paminta (パミンタ)! You are better than me at the strategy behind it!

-Wait, but why can't you play your favorite pastime anymore?

Paminta is now explaining to Eliote why they can't play.

-To play we need the seed of a flying plant, the Parangga (パランーガ), because it bounces well. We didn't find anything else that bounces as well as this seed... Unfortunately, the plant has mutated recently... Normally they fly pretty much anywhere in the sky, then when the seed matures, it comes off the plant to fall to the ground. A certain time after the seed has fallen, it shrinks considerably to gain this bouncing property. Now, this same plant only wants to fly above water, and its seeds don't fall anymore, even when they mature...

-Of course we could play other things, but this pastime is too dear to me, it's my big sister who created it!

Aye reacts.

-That's understandable.

-Ah, the night begins to fall...

-Wait, I think I can help you! I can fly!

-Really?! You will always have a place in my heart!

Marumi is really cheerful.

-Hehehe!

Eliote goes to the shoreline, and sees by herself how big of a plant the Parangga really is! She transforms.

-I finally found a perfect event to show you my last capacity! You saw Eliote's left eye »Antieverything Shield», Eliote's right eye «Scarlet Plasma Shoot» and Eliote sees red «Scarlet Plasma WORLD», now is the time for Eliote is gonna violete you «Antieverything KNIFE». Yes! My shield can't cut, it only sends back matter, but my knife can cut everything solid! It's way more useful and infinitely less dangerous to use than my Scarlet Plasma Shoot! I wasn't able to use this capacity before because it didn't exist, Mom surely added it to my new medal!

Eliote cuts the stick that links the seed to the plant. It falls but Eliote now goes into her left eye mode to create a slide to make the seed roll towards land and not water. Marumi and Paminta are really impressed.

-Will this do?

-Of course!

-Yes, we only need to wait for the seed to shrink. This should take the whole night... Meanwhile, do you want to sleep with us? We only have two beds but two can sleep on the same bed...

-It's okay!

And so they sleep. While Eliote is sleeping, Aye secretly hugs her, she seems really happy. Same thing for Marumi, who secretly hugs her beloved big sister. Awww.

The next day...

-So, did you sleep well?

-That was amazing!

-I feel like I was choked during my sleep but otherwise it's fine.

-Same...

-Well, do we do this Paranggaceta (パランーガセタ) game?

-What?

-It's the name I gave to the activity I created...

-Ah.

-Do I explain the rules to you?

-Without the rules we can't play, so yes.

-We play on the beach... I've put a platform between the two teams so the seed can bounce. We all have a racket that we use to send back the seed to the opponent. To start the game, one of the players serves and must obligatorily make the seed bounce on the platform. The opponent in front must send back the seed while also make the seed bounce on the platform, and again, and again. If the seed fall on the sand of the opponent after bouncing on the platform, you gain one point. If it didn't bounce, the opponent gains one point. We continue like this until 11 points.

-But... That's just tennis with the number of points from table tennis!

-Tennis?

-We have almost the same game on my planet!

-Oh! So we can all play together! I'm gonna bring rackets for you two!

The four characters play a match. This was close but Marumi and Paminta won with 11 points against 9 for Eliote and Aya. That was a good game.

-That was a good way to relax!

-How is that relaxing Eliote? I am exhausted!

-That was so fun!

-Thank you for this moment...

-You're welcome. I think we are going to left now, take care!

-Goodbye! Thanks!

-Thank you... a lot.