Abnormal Norman 18: Rainy Days

Abnormal Norman 18: Rainy Days

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Be Norman

Morning, Norman's house

 

>The breeze of a cold rainy morning sends a shiver down your bladder.

>The bed's so comfortable, but your bladder's holding you hostage.

"Bah!"

>You kick your blankets away and went to the toilet immediately.

>You haven't pissed for a day. This superhero stuff is killing you.

>Unzip pants, member out. You're pushing the urine out.

>You underestimate the pressure, and with the ring on, your pee destroys the toilet.

"WHOA, JEEZ"

>Bits of the ceramic bowl fly as you piss like a dam releasing water.

>"Honey, are you okay?" your mother asked

"Y-yeah. The toilet just...broke down."

>You exit the bathroom. You're mother's shocked to find the toilet destroyed.

>"OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT HAPPENNED?"

"Uhh, I guess it couldn't handle my shit."

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>Immediately, you rush out of the place and head back to your room.

>*RING RING*

>Someone's calling from your phone. It's Brad.

>"WHADDUP MAH MAN!"

"Brad! Did you and Lyra...take care of the scientist?"

>"Sure did my homie!"

"Great! Where did you dump the body anyway?"

>"Well..."

 

>Meanwhile in the Shimmers residence<

>"What is that horrid sme-EEEEEK!

 

"BUAHAHAHAHAHHA" you laughed out loud upon hearing the story.

>"Listen Norman, you think that was a good idea? I mean, the guy knows about you and Lyra."

"I don't know. Keeping him as a prisoner in Flutter's home isn't an option either.

>"Yeah. Just saying man."

>You end the call and went down for breakfast.

>"So Norman, did you hear the news?" Father asks

"Hmm?"

>"The one with the superheroes and mutants in the city's park."

"O-oh, yeah. I just don't give it much a thought."

>"Really? When you were a kid, you would have given your left kidney to watch Super-Man in real life."

"Well, times have changed. My interests have changed as well."

>"Like taking an interest in that orange gal?

"Dad!"

>"Oh come on, she's perfect. Hard-working, respectful and she's colored like your jacket!"

"Dad, please. You'd lose more money if you keep betting about my love life."

>"I'm not betting money!"

>You finish your bacon and head off outside. It's raining but it's not too much.

>As you walk to school, you hear your parents inside.

>"Alright, pay up. You know the rules."

>"*rassumfrassum*"

 

Canterlot High

>Be entering the school, a bit wet but awake nonetheless.

>As you walk through the hallway, you hear some people talking.

>"Blah blah Nor man blah blah awesome"

>Is this it? Have they finally come to respect you? Have they left their 'lelracist' taunts and have come to call you as awesome?

>You burst into the student lounge. A large group of students by the school's flat-screen TV.

>"Hey look it's the racist!"

>Apparently not.

"Hey guys, what's going on?"

>"It's in the news, Norman dear" Aryan Beauty answered.

>Looking at the TV, the newschannel's having a marathon in praise and criticizing the vigilantes.

>So I guess they were talking about 'Noir-Man' and not 'Norman'. *sigh*

>The normal guys are talking on how cool we were, while the comic book geeks criticize on how we're just elitist mutants fishing for attention.

>Irony strikes like lightning.

>The girls on the other hand, talk about Commander Underwear A.K.A. Brad on how hot his ass looks on TV.

>"It looks so...familiar." one commented.

>Oh Brad...

>Newscaster: AND IN OTHER NEWS, LOCAL SCIENTIST FOUND IN A CANTERLOT HIGH'S STUDENT'S HOUSE, ALLEDGEDLY STALKING A FEMALE STUDENT.

>Scientist 'Squeaky Clean': W-WAIT, IT'S ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING. THOSE TWO VIGILANTES...AND ARTIFACTS...-

>Newscaster: POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE MATTER

>(meanwhile in the background, Shimmers is screaming at the guy)

>You control the urge to laugh.

 

>Look at the clock. 5 minutes till your next class.

>Better prepare. Go to locker.

>Lyra passes by wearing a yellow-green sweater, looking as if she got a good night's sleep.

>"Hey hero, how's it hanging?"

"Hey Lyra, you look like you slept good. No visions?"

>"Nope, not since Brad got this from Vinyl."

>Lyra shows off the necklace Octavia got from the meteor. As she said before, wearing two artifacts negates her powers, or for her, curse.

>You instantly grabbed to it and snatched it from her neck.

>"Hey, what the hell?"

"Lyra, you need to hide this. If Octavia found this, she'd get suspicious!"

>"Speak of the devil."

>Octavia arrives to talk to Lyra. Her gaze upon you gets your spine tingling. She seems to be under the impression that you and Lyra did it last night.

>"Hello Lyra, Norman..."

>You hide the necklace by your back pocket. You feel your ring powering down.

"Hey...Octavia."

>"Lyra, you looked like you've gotten alot better now. Your eyebags are gone!"

>"W-well, yeah. I guess..."

>The bell rings. Lyra cuts the conversation short.

>"Talk to you guys later." she said as she dashed off to her class.

>Octavia then turns to you and pulls you from your shirt.

"GAHH"

>"Listen here, buster. I don't know what you two did last night, but I am certain that you will rue that day if I find her pregnant, you understand?"

"L-look, Octavia, we didn't do anything!"

>"Oh yeah? Then why does Purplewhatshername deny any knowledge of you two going to Fluttershy's house?"

"What!? You're lying. She totally saw us!"

>Octavia gazes with her demonic eyes once more, then proceeds to let go.

>Something caught her eye's attention. Something from your butt.

>Oh shit, the necklace!

>"Say, what's that-"

>Before she could finish, someone accidentally bumps you with the force of a  bull from behind.

>"UHAAA" *donk*

>You and her fall to the floor. Her eyes circle as she tries to look straight.

>You notice her signature eyes, grey skin and blonde hair. It's Derpy Hooves.

"You alright there?"

>She looks a bit stunned, but gets back to reality.

>"Oops, my bad!" she says adorably.

>You help her up by the hand. She blushes for a second before running off to the gym.

>As you look on, Octavia's kneeling, investigating your butt.

>"Hmm"

"Octavia, what the hell?"

>She pauses for a moment, and proceeds to say "Nothing."

>She then walks off to her class. You wiped the sweat from your forehead.

>You then slapped your back pocket to check up on the necklace.

>...

>OH GOD WHERE IS IT?!?

 

Be Rainbow Dash

School Gym outside the school, Training with school varsity

 

"ONE, TWO, THREE KEEP IT UP!"

>School Triathlon is only weeks away.

>Your comrades need to get in top shape for it.

>As you blow your whistle, you check outside the window.

>There they are again. A two scientists in the school searching for something.

>Coach Spitfire comes back to the gym.

>"Good work, Dash. I'll take it from here."

"Hey coach, did the school permit those guys in here?"

>"Apparently so. They paid the school a fortune to investigate here."

"Investigate what?

>"I don't know. I think the meteors or termites."

>sigh

>You walk out the gym for some fresh air.

>As much as they seem to be harmless, you can't shake the feeling that Norman would get in trouble thanks to those two.

>Kinda strange. You took the news of him having superpowers quite jokingly. You knew he was capable of great things but this is...

>The news about Vinyl and Norman was pretty awesome, and worrying. You're among the 5 people who knows of Norman's secret life.

>But that's because of Twilight's blabbermouth.

 

>As you ponder to yourself, Derpy runs like she's in the 100 meter race.

"Derpy slow down!"

>She tries to slow down but the slippery floor makes her slide all the way outside the gym

>"AaAaAhHhH!"

>Derpy stumbles upon the green grass. You facepalm yourself.

>As you look outside, you notice the scientists. They're getting a reading on Derpy.

"huh?"

>The two scientists rush towards Derpy.

>"THE READINGS ARE OFF THE CHARTS!"

>Their equipment seems to be pointing and beeping at Derpy. Dammit, how'd she get into this mess?

>"Uhh" Derpy muttered, confused.

>"Control, we got a good specimen. She's beeping like she's a meteor!"

>"Lady, you're coming with us"

>You butt in to try and get Derpy out of the situation.

"Hey, just what do you think you guys are doing?"

>One of them fixes their glasses.

>"Young woman, I'll have you know that she's is now under suspicion of harboring stolen equipment."

"And that gives you the right to just try and arrest her?"

>[beeping intensifies]

"You know how this works. Get some sort of arrest warrant or some proof that she did steal stuff or I'm calling the guards on you for harassing my teammate!"

>"Hmf." The two says.

>You help Derpy up and escorted her back to the gym.

>"What was that all about?" Derpy asked

"I don't know. I don't like those two. They're suspicious. You didn't steal anything, did you?"

>"N-No! Of course not. I'm not even into science stuff anyhow!"

>You breathe a sigh of relief. You need to tell Norman about this soon.

 

Be Lyra

History Class

 

>Jeez, Norman's such an ass. Taking the necklace.

>Then again, Octavia knows what the thing looks like. It would bring up suspicions if she found me wearing it.

>Look on the bright side, at least you don't have to work with Norman again on another dangerous adventure.

>You have Vinyl's necklace, at least until she wakes up.

>This is what you wanted, right? A way to be normal again. No more visions. Just plain old you...

 

>You look back on the adventures you, Brad and Norman went through. The convenience store, the produce, Vinyl...

>It was at those moments that you felt alive. More than your regular old life.

>Norman didn't want it too, if not for Brad's childlike objectives.

>You look down on the locket. The thing that bothered you for a few nights, now bothers you every night.

>It was confusing. You kept having visions of the thing before you even found it. What would have happened if you hadn't got it?

>Mother would be in the hospital, or worse.

>Norman and Brad probably wouldn't have handled the Vinyl situation well.

>God...

 

>Your thoughts betray you. The thrill of being a costumed vigilante has gotten to your head.

>You don't want to be one, but the ride is just too good.

"Damn you guys" you whisper to yourself.

 

Be Rarity

Afterschool hours

 

>Today is such a fine day, and Norman's looking even more handsome than last time.

>You think about his buff shape, his good posture and compared it from before Rainbow trained him.

>But something else has been bothering you. Your circle of friends.

>They've been keeping secrets. From you, from Applejack and Pinkie Pie.

>Speaking of which...

"Hi-ya Rarity! What's got you down in the dumps?"

>Pinkie, you're the only one who can lighten the mood without apples.

"Oh, nothing Pinkie. It's just that, I've been thinking..."

>"About what?"

"Our friends. Don't you get the feeling that they're hiding something?"

>"Well yeah, but isn't that normal? Keeping secrets?"

"It's not normal if you, me and Applejack aren't the only ones in it."

>Pinkie thought for a moment, before firing her theory.

>"OOH, OHH! Maaaaybe they're planning a surprise birthday party for my little Gummy.

"Pinkie, Gummy's birthday was just 2 months ago."

>"Oooh, or maybe they're planning all OUR birthdays, huh, huh?"

"Pinkie, be serious."

>"Well if you're so worried, why not ask Norman?"

>You thought about it. He does have a crush on you, plus you've always considered him the last honest man on this school.

"Well, alright."

 

>You walk outside the school, eagerly looking for Norman.

"There he is!"

>Norman's chatting with that Lyra person again, only this time, she seems angrier than Applejack finding out she's eaten a pear.

>You hide by the tree to try and eavesdrop. What's with those two?

>As you lean a bit to try and get some info, you see another girl hiding in the bushes next to your tree.

"Uhh..."

>The girl hears you and jumps out from fright. It's Octavia.

>Lyra sees Octavia and briskly walks away from Norman, looking upset.

>Octavia shoves off the leaves from her clothes and tries to catch up with Lyra.

 

>"Lyra, wait! I wasn't stalking you or anything!"

 

>Now that Lyra's out of the way, time to talk to Norman.

"Norman, darling how've you been?"

>"Aryan! Hey!"

>His eyes widen like a puppy eating meat for the first time. This is the perfect time to interrogate him.

"So, Normy, I've been thinking, let's eat out tonight!"

>"W-wait, like a date? Just the two of us?"

"Of course darling. Just the two of us" you say while zooming in on his face.

>"Wow, su-"

>Before Norman could answer you, Rainbow Dash comes in and pulls Norman away.

>"Scuse me Raraty, I need to speak to Norman."

>You lean in to them to try and hear what they're talking about.

>"...IN PRIVATE" Rainbow emphasises.

>Great, more secrets.

>You observe from the distance, watching their facial expressions. They should give you something.

>Rainbow remained serious throughout the whole thing, while Norman looks shocked.

>What are those two talking about?

>Norman gets on his phone to call someone. His face looks worried.

>His call's done. He looks around as if he's expecting someone.

"Norman, darling. Are we still good for tonight?"

>"Sorry, Aryan Beauty. Something came up."

>Norman. Refusing a date with you. Now you KNOW something's not right.

 

>By the distance, you see that Lyra girl again being chased by Octavia.

>"Wait, Ly! I thought we're going to visit Vinyl today!?"

>"I'll visit later."

>Lyra, like a hungry eagle, grabs Norman's arm and heads off running away.

 

>Lyra just stole your husbando!

 

>You look at Octavia. You directly ask her about her and Norman.

"Octavia, right?"

>"Yeah?"

"What can you tell me about her and Norman?"

>...

>"I was about to ask you the same thing."

>You turn around to look for Rainbow but she's already left the area.

>Now you're stuck here with Octavia, equally confused by all this.

 

 

Be Norman

City Alley

>You took off your jacket and changed into your superhero suit.

>Lyra took off her sweater, revealing her favorite green jacket with a few bloodstains.

>As both of you put on your headwear, you look for signs of Rarity or Octavia following both of you.

"Coast is clear."

>"So, you really think Derpy has the necklace?"

"If Rainbow's story is true, Derpy may either have a necklace, or another artifact."

>"Goddammit. We need to find Derpy, fast."

 

End of Chapter 18