Abnormal Norman 11: Another Day

Abnormal Norman 11: Another Day

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Three days after the FlimFlam incident

Be female citizen in city

>Walking to work like always

>Walking past the appliance store, televisions showing news of two masked vigilantes fighting crime

>Another tv shows the orange masked vigilante swinging from a rope in a van chase

>What a bunch of attention whores

>Going through an alleyway, you feel as if someone's following you

>You were right. Someone's trying to mug you

>"HAND ME THE MONEY AND YOU WON'T GET HURT!" yelled some hobo armed with a rusty knife

>Before you can act, a masked orange man jumps from the roof and lands on the mugger

>He then knocks him out in one punch

>After that, he turns his attention to you

>"You okay miss?"

>You look at him with such contempt

>"WHAT? YOU THINK BECAUSE I'M A FEMALE I CAN'T HANDLE MYSELF"

>The masked man backs off, saying "n-no, that's not-"

>"YOU CAN'T KEEP THINKING I'M WEAK BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN!"

>A crowd appears to the alleyway, looking at who's shouting

>"YOU CAN'T OPPRESS US, MALE OPPRESSOR!"

>"Look madame, I just simply..."

>Before the masked man could explain his "fault", people are already gossiping in the background

>"omg, how sexist"

>The masked man jumps and climbs by jumping from wall to wall

>You raise your fist and shout "CHECK YOUR PRIVILIEGE, MASKED SCUM!"

>The masked man had already  reached the rooftops when you yelled

>You looked up, and though to yourself

>"That guy does have a pretty nice ass"

 

THE NEXT MORNING

NEWSPAPER COVER STORY: SEXIST MASKED MAN FORGETS TO CHECK PRIVILIEGE AFTER SAVING AN OPPRESSED WHITE WOMAN

>Sigh

Be Norman

>Eating your breakfast with the family that barely gives a notice everynight

>"Norman...do you seem...different?" asked your father

>"Uhh, yeah. I've been working out..."

>Your two parents smirked at each other

>"So who is it" they asked

>You nearly spit your cereal

>"It's nothing like that. I'm just starting a healthy lifestyle"

>"OH COME ON" said mother. "Surely you're also trying to look good for a special someone..."

>"Come on, mom"

>The whole family lets out a good laugh, something you haven't felt for years

>Walking to school, you thought about what Rarity would have thought if she sees your new and improved body

>As you thought about it, you remembered that your small night time escapade across the city beating up small time crooks had been sensationalized by the media

>"Purple would be disappointed in me"  you thought to yourself

>You broke her promise, but then again, at least it wasn't a Pinkie promise

>Lord knows what Pinkie does to those who break that

>Maybe she takes them as her slave...being Pinkie's slave...

>...being forced to eat sweets while being...tortured...

>Your mind is wrapped in perverted thoughts as you walk down the street

 

SCHOOL HALLWAY

 

>"WHAT IS THIS?"

>Purple shoving the newspaper over your face

>"...a piece of paper?"

>"Norman! I can't believe you broke your promise and continued to risk your life!"

>"Alright, Alright! First off, calm down and keep your voice down. Second, it was completely Brad's idea"

>Feeling guilty over pinning everything on Brad

>"...okay, it was my idea too"

>Purple expresses disappointment, putting her hand on her forehead

>"Look Purple, if it helps you feel any better, we were the ones who saved Applehat's family from bankruptcy"

>Purple looked at you, and you told her the whole story

>"So...Lyra's in this thing too?!"

>"Yeah, apparently she found something from the meteor too"

>"How?"

>"I can't explain. She said she kept having dreams about a meteor, and some green guy in a suit. Come to think of it, it's similar to mine!"

>You grab Purple's arms, telling her

>"Look Purple, if there's anyone in this school who knows something about the weird and the creepy, it's you"

>"What?"

>"Look, you said you were from a land of talking horses and unicorns, right? Maybe you could study this and find out where, or how we could be rid of this curse!"

>"Purple thought about it, and said

>"W-well I need to test it without a host, and it will take time. How will you survive for the day?"

>"Well, I think I won't die in 5 hours!"

>Purple was reluctant, but for a good friend, she's willing to do it

>"Thanks, Purple"

 

LUNCH TIME, SCHOOL CAFETERIA

>Sitting in an empty table, waiting for your harem of multicolored women

>Lyra comes in and sits at your table

>Her face shows sleep deprived symptoms. Her eyes still has darkness under their lids

>"Hey...trouble sleeping?"

>She just sits there staring at you for a few seconds

>"uhh...Lyra?"

>"...sorry. I'm just...thinking"

>You comfort her, telling her that Purple agreed to give her time to help find a cure.

>"She's gonna test the ring out, and, if we're lucky, she'd find a cure in less than a week"

>"...wouldn't that mean you'd stay with her for everyday?"

>"Pretty much"

>"Where?"

>"Probably Fluttershy's house. She has alot of science equipment that she uses for her animals"

>"Guess  your hero days are over...huh?"

>"That, I don't know."

>Lyra eats her food lazily, due to her lack of sleep from the visions

>"So Lyra...how are the visions?"

>"A mix of life and death. Sometimes random things like spectating some guys jerking off on their chairs"

>"Must be pretty traumatizing"

>"It is...you got a pretty nice cock too"

>"W-what?"

>Lyra just laughs while drinking her yogurt

>"O-oh, it's a joke...right?"

>"Maybe..."

>Lyra just gives out a wink and you both laugh at it

>Octavia comes in

>"Good afternoon Lyra"

>"...oh hey Tavi"

>Octavia looks at you

>"Your face looks a bit red"

>Lyra did talk about your junk...it was awkward and embarrassing

>"It's...nothing"

>You never actually got to know Octavia, aside from the fact that she's the school's top leading musicians.

>Octavia pulls Lyra from her seat and converses with her in whispers

>Luckily your super hearing can hear most of what they're talking about

>"You mind telling me why you ran off in the middle of a storm a few days back?"

>"... I had to do something...important"

>"You know, I could have given you a lift"

>...alone"

>"Lyra, what are you hiding? You can tell your good friend about this"

>"Maybe...but not today. I already have a lot on my mind"

>Lyra gives a shiver, obviously trying to repress awful memories of her visions

>"Well, maybe we could hang out later. No good friend of mine will go through the whole day in a bad mood"

>"Trust me Tavi, nothing you... could do to cure me of a bad mood. Only Norman could do that. Speaking of...which, I'm hanging out with him later for an experiment...or something"

>Octavia looks back, you just smile and try to look less guilty on eavesdropping

>"Are you two dating?"

>"No"

>"Then what's so special about him? He doesn't even look like a musician, more so someone who knows how to play a harp"

>"...sorry Tavi. That's just my special...secret"

>Lyra dozes off into sleep, standing in the middle of the mess hall

>"sigh"

 

AFTERSCHOOL HOURS

Be Octavia

>Lyra's been acting weird lately, and the only lead you have is Norman

>You caught up with him going home

>"Norman, right?"

>"Octavia?"

>"I need to ask questions about you, about her"

>"About who?"

>"You and Lyra. Are you two dating?

>Norman pauses for a moment

>"What, no!"

>You walk away for a moment, confused by all this

>"Look, we're just good friends, Octavia."

>Something doesn't add up. A few weeks ago, Norman and Lyra barely talked to each other, moreso know each other

>Now they act like they're best friends with a deep dark secret

>They probably had a one night stand...or Lyra was impregnated...or-

>You turn back to interrogate Norman some more, but he already walked away

>You turn your head in all directions, looking for him

>You saw him, and now you've decided to follow him, secretly

>If that guy knocked up one of your best friends, he'll receive a beating, or be fed to Fluttershy's pets

>ALright, off we go

 

(Cue the montage of Octavia stalking Norman)

20 minutes later

>"HEEELP" said a man

>You got distracted for a short moment

>Looks like something's happening, better stay safe

>...

>Dammit, lost sight of Norman

>I could have sworn he went through here

>Suddenly, a shadow passes by

>You pay no attention and proceeds to go through an alleyway

>He must have come through here. There's no other way

>Sneaking by, you peak by the edge to see a man getting beaten up

>"PLEASE, I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING...ANYTHING"

>They don't stop, and kept on kicking the guy

>This isn't a good place for a young girl such as yourself, you better le-

>A masked orange man comes from the rooftops and lands on one of the muggers

>He proceeds to beat them up in an agile way

>Jumping from wall to wall, kicking and spouting one-liners

>He looks incredible. That flow, that smooth flow, kicking and jumping

>"...Are you seeing doubles? You might want to check em", "...Even my grandma can punch better than you", ..."Who taught you how to fight?

>The one liners were cringing, but he looks pretty cool

>Finally, the gang was knocked out, thanks to the masked man

>"Oh god, thank you, thank you" said the beaten up man

>"Just doing my job...my unpaid job"

>The masked man runs off and freeruns up the rooftops

>He must be that vigilante you've seen in the newspaper

>You though he was a hoax, or a myth even

>Wow, he was ... DAMMIT, I LOST NORMAN'S TRAIL!

>You walk off, disappointed

 

Be Norman

>Arriving by Fluttershy's house

>You enter, and looked at the door you destroyed*

>[spoiler]As seen in Issue #1 - Dan [/spoiler]

>"Purple, you there?"

>"Norman! Come look at this!"

>You join Purple in the living room with Flutters, looking at the Television

>TV Announcer: AS YOU CAN SEE, ANOTHER METEOR HAS ENTERED THE ORBIT AND IS ABOUT CRASH LAND IN OUR CITY...AGAIN. STAY TUNED FOR MORE, LATER

>Purple looks at you, asking "You think it's the same one?"

>"It is"

>Another voice in the room!

>Everyone looks behind to see Lyra, still looking bummed as usual

>"Lyra?"

>Lyra looks at you, explaining

>"It's in my vision, it has the same thing inside. An artifact."

>"S-Should we go look for it?" Flutters asked

>Lyra shook her head

>"Too late for that. Someone already found it"

End of Chapter 11