9 Time to know this world

The seven initially wanted to introduce themselves and complete their lunch as fast as possible but their stomach had other plans for lunch. The seven ate quickly but they ate much more than they usually do. The seven knew the reason behind them munching on food more than usual was because of the tedious and tiring journey they were on since last night. But only Leo noticed that the second reason for the seven's munching was because of the difference in the quality of the vegetables and meat they were eating. It was clear for Leo that this world hadn't used any kind of chemicals for growing them.

"Thank you for the food." The seven completed their lunch together and stood up after nodding to each other confirming that everyone's done eating. The gang of seven made their way to the boy's room after they bowed to the partially stunned staff and family who witnessed the seven munch down ridiculous amounts of food.

"Hey you lot, remember to cook around twice as much from tomorrow." Matt chewed on the food slowly as he stared at the group of seemingly ordinary teens who ate twice as much any normal man would.

"Roger that, boss. I am glad you gave us a heads up to cook more otherwise we wouldn't have had anything to eat right now." The cook's eyes followed the seven just as Matt's and every other in the room.

The boy's room had two double-decker beds beside a rather large window for a relatively small room and resembled rooms used by students when they go on school trips back on earth. Leo leaned against the wall beside an open window which was letting in gusts of wind, cooling down the room just as good as any air conditioner on earth while the other six sat down on the beds on either side.

"The air feels nice, right?" Leo said slowly as he turned towards the window witnessing the busy day of an unfamiliar city in a strange world.

"Seriously Leo, the weather, that's what we are going talking about?" Ian looked at Leo with a perplexed and a half angry face.

"No, we are not. I was just thinking about how different this world is from ours. The air, the freshness in food and many things which I don't even know how to describe."

"This world isn't as simple as ours. You guys do understand that after seeing all we have seen in a day, living here with our limited knowledge would most probably cause certain death for us in the future." Leo's eyebrows knitted together as his face turned as serious as it could which in turn made the faces of the rest to turn serious as well and this time it included Erina's as well.

"We need to know everything a normal teen in this world would. All the common sense of this world, we have to know it one way or another."

"But how do we do that Leo? We can't just ask people around the city to teach us some common sense." Reeva asked sarcastically before slowly resting her head on Aiko's shoulder.

"That's the tricky part, Reeva. Let's try and go around the city in pairs and ask people what things they consider as common sense in this world."

"And if they ask us why we are asking them all these things then what are we supposed to say then?" Aiko shot a gaze at Leo as she asked him the obvious question.

"Tell them we are trying to figure somethings out. Tell them it's some kind of research or some kind of data collection for writing children's books or something else."

"Erina, rather than going out and asking people around, I want you to get some information from Lily cause you seem to be close to her already. Just tell Lily you want to remember childhood stories if she asks you why. Everyone else be careful and try not to get lost in the city. If you guys are okay with my plan, we should get on it." Leo walked slowly towards the door before looking back at the rest of the group who turned to see each other's faces before finally nodding at Leo.

"Let's head out then. Clint, you are with me, we will go straight into the city and try to find out more things by witnessing how the core of the city is. Aiko, Ian pair up and go towards the left of the Inn and ask people around while Reeva and Sai go to the right." Leo opened the door and led the pairs down the stairs as he explained some things while Erina made her way towards Lily.

"Little Lily are you free?" Erina approached Lily slowly who was reading a book.

"I am, Erina big sister." Lily put down the book before she flashed her cute signature smile and hopped towards Erina folding her hands behind her back.

"What is it that you are reading little Lily?"

"This is a book my mum used to read out for me when I was younger." Erina was confused for a minute after hearing Lily's answer. If she remembered right, Lily's mother was mute. She wanted to pry deeper but remembered how important it was to know about this world first.

"I see. Lily can you tell me all the stories your mum told you from when you were a kid. I want to listen to them all again and remember my childhood too. Will you do that for me?" Erina flashed her own signature smile while refraining herself from asking Lily about her mother's inability to speak.

"Mmm...I will and I know right where to start." Lily nodded at Erina before they walked towards the girl's room where they continued their stories.

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"Rex!" A sudden shout alerted a young man alone in a big room who seemed to be in his early 20's. The young man had blonde hair and a very fair skin tone while the man who shouted seemed to be around the same age as the other but had dark hair and a fair skin tone.

"Please tell me you succeeded Alan?" Rex shot up from his chair seemingly very unsettled as soon as he saw Alan who shouted out his name as soon as he entered his room.

"Well...I got good news and bad news. I recommend we start with the good news." Alan said slowly as he laughed awkwardly looking at Rex.

"Oh god! I have a feeling that you are going to add a ton more work for me. Go on, tell me in whatever order you want to." Rex said slowly as leaned back on his chair.