Mythran's Master Of All

Ren turned off the tv when it was time to log back into the game.

“I'll see you in a few hours.” Stella said and smiled.

Ren nodded and put on his VR headset.

“Flow Login Start.”

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Ren woke up in the spare room and Teepo was perched on his chest.

“Good morning, Teepo.”

“Morning, Ren. Did you sleep well?”

Ren shook his head and sat up. “I didn't sleep at all.”

“Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you should take the day off.” Teepo suggested.

Ren shook his head again. “No, I'm pretty sure that Aimus has lots for me to do today.”

Teepo nodded and crawled onto Ren's shoulder. Ren got out of bed and opened the spare room door. The smell of bacon filled his nostrils. It made Ren a little sad, because if Lucy wasn't going to be there for him every day, then this would be the only way he would ever smell bacon again. Ren sighed and went into the kitchen. Aimus was at the table finishing his breakfast when Ren sat down.

“Morning.” Ren said.

Aimus raised his eyebrows at Ren's less than enthusiastic greeting and looked at his wife. Abigail looked just as surprised when she put a plate of food in front of Ren and began to eat as if the food wasn't really there. Ren ate the eggs and bacon in mere moments as if he couldn't taste them and thanked Abigail for the meal. Aimus thought about asking what was wrong, but it was better if Ren volunterred the information. If Aimus pried, Ren might not ever say what was bothering him.

“Ren, we need to make shelves in the new shack and then replace all the lumber we used up.” Aimus said. Ren nodded and left the kitchen. Aimus stood and went over to his wife. “I'll try and see what's up, but if he doesn't take the hint, we may never know if there's anything wrong.”

Abigail nodded. “If I was to venture a guess, I'd say it was because he didn't really meet anyone yesterday at the party.” Abigail said and kissed her husband. “I don't think anyone even introduced themselves to him.”

Aimus thought about it. Abigail was right. Aimus couldn't remember one person that even looked at Ren, let alone talked to him all day... except for himself and Ana. Aimus nodded to his wife and left the kitchen.

Ren saw Aimus come out of the kitchen and went into the new shed. The remaining pelts were stacked nicely in the available space. There was not a lot of room left for shelves.

“We'll have to stack the leather pelts up to the ceiling.” Aimus said when he came into the shed. “It should clear about half the shed for shelves.”

Ren and Aimus got to work and had the pelts re-stacked to fit in a smaller space. They still took up a good portion of the shed, but at least they got the majority of it against the back wall.

“Pass me a plank and the saw.” Aimus said, and Ren did.

Aimus cut a piece off the end, about 4 inches long, then cut that piece in half. Aimus cut the rest of the plank lengthwise. One piece was 4 inches wide, the other 8 inches. Ren handed over the hammer and nails without being asked and Aimus nailed the 4 inch wide piece to the end of the 8 inch wide piece at a right angle, then nailed the two small pieces he'd cut first to the ends, making a shelf.