Generation 1: Chapter 1: A Rude Welcome
The year is now 2032, Edward Baxter is now 18, a real adult now. He decided to spend the night of his birthday at the local nightclub with a few friends, including his weirdly dark and creepy looking friend, Igor Ibbotson. It appears Igor doesn't have the courage to talk to the equally weirdly dark creepy looking girl at the club and needs his pal to work as his wingman.
Edward approached the girl for his buddy.
"Ey yo, my pal over there has been trying to work the nerve up to ask you out." Edward said, breaking the ice. "You should totally give him a shot."
The girl turned around to see creepy Igor sitting at the bar behind her before finally responding.
"Okay." said the Girl, leaving it as simple as that.
Edward went back to Igor to tell him the good news.
"Guess who's got a date with the creepy girl in the shadows of your dreams!" Edward exclaimed.
Igor showed his appreciation to his friend "Thank you so much Edward. You have done a great service for me."
Edward continued questioning Igor "But tell me, you look like you could get any girl here. Why do you want the creepy girl who's always hissing and growling in class?"
Igor just kind of chuckled sinisterly before responding "The less you know, the better, my friend."
With that, Igor suddenly turned into a bat and flew out of the bar with his date doing the same.
Edward just stood there after Igor had cleared the building before letting out a giggle "Oh that Igor, what a quirky fella!" he said before heading back to the dancefloor.
Edward was out partying all night and didn't return home until the wee hours of the morning. As he entered the home he saw his Dad standing at the dining room table with a birthday cake.
"Sup" Edgar said, "I made a cake."
Edward groaned at the sight "Can't you at least throw me a party?"
"You're lucky you're getting a cake. The DJ gig hasn't been going too well." Edgar responded with disappointment in his voice.
"DJ? I thought you were an Art Critic." Edward snapped back.
"I have dreams too, kid! Now blow out your candles!" Edgar barked back at his son.
After eating the cake, Edward sat on the couch with his Dad as the two spoke.
"So tell me, have any plans now that you're an adult?" Edgar enthusiastically asked his son.
Edward just kind of shrugged before saying "Well I intend to find a job so I could move out eventually."
Without skipping a beat, Edgar responded "Well, how about now?"
Edward had to process the moment for a second before he could speak "Excuse me?"
[i]THE CITY OF SAN MYSHUNO![/i]
Not this nice, city in the sky, Metropolis though. I'm talking about this area where you're likely to get shot.
Edward walked into his new musty smelling apartment building looking around at what he has to work with.
He simply looked around at the furniture that was left for him (which is nice of the landlord in all honesty) before saying "Well at least I have a TV."
Edward simply walked over to the piano and said "I'm going to make the most of this!" before cracking his knuckles, and performing a flawless rendition of Moonlight Sonata.
12 seconds later there was an angry pounding at the door.
"It is 3:30 in the afternoon, some of us are trying to sleep!" Said the angry neighbor.
Not being one to turn down the opportunity to meet a new neighbor, Edward welcomed Raj Rasoya into his apartment!
Who of course wasted no time at all showing Edward that he is not a cool dude.
Edward wiped the juice off his face before spouting back "I don't know if this is how people in San Myshuno greet each other, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave!"
A little while later, Edgar came barging in unannounced. It appears he wanted to visit his son.....only a few hours after kicking him out.
Only for him to be greeted with Edward's new roommates.....The Rat.
"Son.....I don't know if you noticed this yet." Edgar explains "But you have vermin in here."
Edward shrugged it off "Yeah, I was thinking of naming him Ringo the Rat." The first rat didn't bother Edward, but he certainly got shocked at the sight of more and more rats coming out of the wall.
Knock knock, here comes the new neighbors welcoming Edward to his apartment!.....Oh boy, Raj is back....and he brought his mother.
"Eek, you have rats in your apartment!" Geeta shrieked.
Edgar grumbled at the comment "Well let me see what your place looks like before you criticize my son." he said, defending his boy's place.
Edward sat down on the couch with his new neighbors and noticed his neighbor, Jesminder Bheeda sitting at his piano instead.
"Why are you sitting over there?" Edward asked curiously.
"Not enough places for me to sit, this doesn't bother me." Jesminder calmly explained.
Jesminder, being easily the nicest neighbor to visit today actually made real conversation with Edward instead of judging him.
"So Edward, what do you do for a living?" Jesminder warmly asked.
Edward was happy to answer her question "Well, I was hoping on getting into Politics. That sounds like it might be fun."
Geeta scoffed at the comment "You? A Politician?" She scoffs once again "No one would vote for someone who lives with rats."
Edward immediately fired back "Well you'll be dead in a few years so we'll see who's laughing in the end." Edward said, with in fact, no chill.
Then for some reason Raj just picked a fight with Edgar. Literally no reason, just straight up attacked the man.
"Go for the throat Raj!" Geeta shouted "Don't show weakness, bring the Rasoya family name some honor!"
The fight went on for entirely too long before Edgar finally threw Raj to the ground and was declared the winner.
"Yes before you ask, I was a professional boxer for a week before becoming a DJ." Edgar said, wiping off his knuckles.
Edward of course made sure to thank the Bheeda's for being friendly today. At least he has SOME good neighbors.
Then of course apparently this was all too much for Raj as he grabbed his chest in pain, before dropping dead from a sudden heart attack.
As Geeta cried for her son, Edgar got up and started cheering.
"Heh, yeah! That's what you get for ruining my son's welcome wagon!" Edgar cheered, his cheering being drowned out by Geeta's crying.
Didn't expect the Grim Reaper to be introduced in only Chapter One, but here he is in the flesh to take Raj Rasoya's spirit to the great beyond.
After all the commotion was over, the guests headed home after a successful (depends on how you view it) welcome wagon.
"Boy that sure was a blast!" Edgar shouted as he entered the hallway of the apartment.....Followed by more tears....
Edward just looked around his apartment building and waved to his guest "Well thanks for showing up to my welcome wagon!"
"Hey hey, don't mention it! Was an honor to be here!" The Grim Reaper exclaimed before leaving with Raj's soul.
To be Continued.
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