"Here we are" her hands gently trail on my hair, still a bit messy. But I can't even see a hint of blood in all traces of my hair.
Damn.
She did awesome work.
"And we're now do-!" EXPLOSION! VIOLENCE! POWER! CHAOOOOOS!
ARRRRRGHHHHH "YOU BETTTTTTTRAYED ME!"
Mousy slam her way inside the bathroom. Slamming the door in so hard it thunk against the white non descript wall with a heavy thump.
What the fuck?
I lift my head up. My hand coming behind me to support me as I turn to the side to see Jenna face.
As shocked as I am.
Great.
I push muself into a sitting position again. And put my spear back in my inventory.
I was really scared alright.
Annie take three big steps forward. Heavy. Well as heavy as she can with her small stature.
She act like a sumo. But forward. Raising her legs high up and slamming them down, heel first. Stomping forward. Her shoulders wave behind her as she does.
Like...mcgreggor?
3 steps later, she stop. Do a turn on herself. Slide on the water we left here, and point her finger at me.
"YOU!"
My hand come up. And similar to her. I point at myself. "Me?"
A small voice come from my right "Him?"
A glance reveal Jenna pointing at me and staring at Annie too. WHY IS SHE POINTING!?
WHY AM I POINTING!?
"Yes you." She walk around and do some shadowboxing? I think. It looks ugly. Maybe that's a dance. Then she stop breathe heavily and point at me again. "You betrayed me"
I blink, three hundred times.
Three HUNDRED times.
"What?"
She continue, nonpulsed by my question. "DECEPTION!"
This tone...is this?
"DISGRACE"
I fuckin knew it that's the lion king.
Pushing myself up, slowly but surely, until I stand up and tower over her. My mouth move, at the same time as her mouth move again
"Evil as plain as the scar on his face!"
"EVIL AS PLAIN AS THE SCAR ON HIS FACE!"
My eyes roam over annie shoulder. AND MOTHERFUCKING JENNA IS WAVING AT ME FROM BEHIND HERS!
WHEN DID SHE CAME HERE!?
"You both look fine so...uh" she wave at me. Annie ignore her, completly, as she keep walking and pass behind annie to leave "goodbye?"
"DECEPTION" Her turn
"Disgrace" My turn.
"HE ASKED FOR TROUBLE THE MOMENT HE CAME!" Her turn.
"I don't know the rest of the lyricsssss" My turn.
"ARGHHHH!" She apparently fucking crash out as I don't know the lyrics, twirling around for a while before stopping. And.
Calmly.
Keep speaking. "Betrayer."
Alright. Let's think about this carefully. My hair is clean, still wet and sticking to my body. I am shirtless and injured.
And I just sang a disney song.
Conclusion?
I have no fucking idea.
Therefore I cross my arms and look down at her, nodding with supreme confidence. "Of course."
She nod back "why?"
Not even A SECOND comes out after she talk. My next words come out before she even have the TIME to close her mouth.
"No idea."
Jenna come back from behind Annie again, and speak up. "Oh...and uh." She look between us and focus on me. "Ludger, let your hair dry naturally. With the..." She wave her hands around "air, that's good for you"
A thumbs up is her answer.
And Annie voice is sound just after.
"It's because you cleaned your hair. Without me."
I blink and look at her again "whaaaaaaat?"
Is she doing a tantrum right now? "Your hair is MY area of expertise! You told meeeee you'd wait for me!"
Did I? When?
Like a responsible man my finger point behind her. At jenna. "I meaaaan, she helped me so she's at fault too"
Jenna fucking dissapear when I say that. Annie don't even look back.
Tsk.
Plan 1 failed.
Next plan. "I told you that my hair was your area of expertise?"
Pretty sure I didn't. She answer confidently though, no hesitation. Almost shock me. "Yes!"
Checkmate. "When? Tell me exactly when and what I said"
She stop. Her eyes widen. Arm going up, shaky. Exageradly shaky. "This. This. This. This is GASLIGHTING!"
Ah. It is.
"Tsk she noticed."
"I CAN HEAR YOU!"
"tsk she heard that."
Time for plan 6272627.
Waaaaaaaait? Is this gaslighting if I'm just pointing out the truth? I NEVER SAID THAT!
My hands come up in a fake calming gesture "alllllright alright alright. I have another argument"
She stop. Completly, one hand coming up as if she was sipping tea.
"Very well, I will listen to you dear. feel free to tell me all your arguments, I have all the time in the world."
My eyes look at the invisible furniture.
"It is with complete faith in your explanation that I shall sit.
She sit, on said invisible furniture.
And it's crazy, follow me well here. Because she mime pulling a chair. And then.
SHE SIT DOWN!
On the chair.
The invisible chair.
She fucking falls on the ground ass first.
"Go ahead dear. My ears are for you, I shall listen and judge like an intellectual."
"Yes, like an intellectual. As this what I am. Right now, sitting on the ground of this bathroom, my pelvis hurting more than I ever felt in my life"
She look around, arms spreading wide. "Right now. I can feel it. My power. My smarts. My victory over you. It does not matter what you are readying"
Her eyes go back to look at me, pointing a finger at me. "You are a strong opponent. Of course. I will admit it. And that is why I'm here."
She tap the ground.
"Sitting. Suffering. feeling the water here staining my pants."
"This is why I'm here. So that no more blood is shed. Let's have open arms instead." She open her arms, again. "While you are busy plotting I am here. Sharp and ready. Listening to you, readying myself to hear all of your counter arguments and dismantle them with ease."
....she can actually talk well...
"So go ahead"
She lift her cup of tea, the invisible one. And wave it at me, inviting me to go ahead.
"Say whatever you wish my dear. It will not stop the unstoppable, I shall pickpoint the errors in your arguments and assure myself and flawless victory."
And she take a small sip.
Did...she just burned herself? By acting?
That's.
Wow.
Impressive.
"Thanks you dear. My next argument is that you're calling me dear, and I'm an 18 year old shirtless, covered in water. In a bathroom, you knew I was here and slammed yourself insi-!"
"Heeeeeeey! My friend! Let's not be hasty alright alright!" She jump up.
She's the one doing placating gestures now.
Well that essay was for nothing alright.
I won.
"I meaaaaan" my fingers come up, rubbing the bottom of my chin. MUAHAHAHAHHAH I POSSESS THE POWER NOW! TAKE THIS! GROOMING CHARGES! "I don't knoooow. Sounds mighty dangerous, I may just need to report you to the nearest police station..."
She put both hands behind her back and sliiiiiide forward.
Litterally. She use the water.
When she's in a strange half flexed leg pose in front of me. She free up one of her hands, the right one. And present something to me.
"Looook. We can make a deal." In her hands, two hairties. Two blacks.
"I saw that..." She wink and give an upward nod at my hair "you had some...hair trouble?"
Sounds predatory.
Ohhhhhh wait that's why she slammed inside!
Still playing along, I look down at the hairties and shake my head "sounds weird as fuck you know? A deal to avoi-!" She bring out a blue hairtie from her other hand.
I grab them all.
"Deal."
Before she can do anything else. I turn, and moonwalk out of the bathroom.
Infested and parasited by chaotic energy.
Leaving me completly awed by what the fuck just happened.
Three hairties richer.
And more importantly, feeling even better after my small crisis I had.
Relying on people I like to help my fucking MENTAL BREAKDOWNS, Isn't a good idea, but still.
I need to admit.
They're really good at it.
She remind me of someone.
They remind me of someone.
So again. Ignoring the low feeling in my gut. Ignoring the voice of my father speaking about how fast we're getting close. I leave.
Am I forgetting something?