Ah! The door!
Big, spacious, and completly not in my mind right now.
Maybe focus would be a better word? Yeah, it's not my focus right now.
Why?
Well, let me say it like that. No matter how cool it look, how the big entrance leads to a barely lightened up room, way too big compared to the reward in it.
No matter how malfoy is looking around it, me and him in the lead, as I answer his prodding with lazy answers more and more people notice.
Well. No matter what. I can't really seems to be able to focus on it.
And the reason why is exactly because of that.
"It is quite dark don't you agree Ludger?"
Malfoy speak, and I answer. "Yeah I guess"
Jenna give me a small look from my left, eyes wondering if my lazy tone is because I'm tired.
Malfoy doesn't give up and prod again, talking more than he ever did before. "There is a small glint forward. Do you believe it is wise to go forward? It may be our reward"
And I answer. "Yeah I guess"
Annie look at me from jenna left. Hand comming up to nervously play with her sleeve. Bad ambience for sure.
Worse? Balrow is still staring at me from behind.
WORSE THAN THAT!? Malfoy fucking nod like everything is more than normal and we keep walking.
No social sense I guess.
Or maybe that's just me being a bastard. But I can't help it.
I litterally can't. I'm slowly poisoning the relationships I tried so hard to build but I can't seem to care.
Between the whole system throwing them at me. Their reactions. And worse of all.
Malfoy. Fucking. Misunderstanding.
I just can't help it.
So here we are, walking in silence, getting closer and closer as I feel balrow stare digging in my neck.
A small nervous laugh. "Yeah...yeah, kinda dark around here" horrible try from mousy to bring the mood up.
It didn't work.
What the fuck am I doing? Am I acting like a child right now?
But what else can I do? Damn I don't even know why I'm angry at him. But I am. This I am, I think it's because he idolize what I hate about me?
Something horrible block my chest, it makes my breathing hurt. A simple reminder of why I'm avoiding the answer.
No-nononononono I think it's because he idolize the title, yeah, the title. He's not idolizing any part of me because that's not me.
So yes. That's all. That must be the reason.
"It's...dark yeah." Jenna answer annie, not leaving her alone in the silence.
And so we're here.
Walking.
It's weird right? I know it's weird.
Nothing to say.
It's boring.
Just. Walking. While all of them kinda try to launch a conversation again that doesn't land.
Annie seems to be the most impacted by that, she definetly tried hard to bring everyone together.
And it's breaking in front of her.
Well, I am the one breaking it. Usually I help.
She's probably confused as fuck.
Jenna is just worried, like usual, she's probably finding excuse for me in her head right now.
I can just see it. In her side glances as we get forward, closer and closer to this reward.
Probably saying I'm tired. Everything will be fine tommorow. Just an oddity, nothing bad, nothing else.
Balrow is STILL fucking staring for a reason. Don't even want to talk about him.
And Matt-Malfoy.
And Malfoy is at my right. Speaking up. To me more than anything.
I answer him with randoms delayed hums.
He doesn't pick up the problem. No. For him, everything is fine, and the guy that understand him the most. His pal. Ludger. All based on a misunderstanding, a MISUNDERSTANDING, is just chilling with him.
My feet carry me forward, eyes glinting up. Seeing the reward.
Almost by instinct now, to distract myself from the weirdness. I desire to see everything about it.
About it's hilt. And the smooth deadly metal.
[Rapier:]
Yep, that's a Rapier alright.
Fuck. Should have inspected the weird binnary error too. The one that always pop when we enter a door, the one I'm pretty sure I'm the only one I can see.
My head come up. Looking almost in slowmotion at the others.
I give a glance at everyone.
Everyone.
Not a single one is excluded.
Am I really doing this? I just told myself I'm sick of those dumb choices? Of doing dumb ridiculous shit because of my feelings.
Am I really doing this?
It's a struggle. Truly it is. To find a middle ground between those horrible coils and my title.
A small plan form in my mind.
It's already done when malfoy take the small steps forward. Jenna and annie trailing behind, closer to the sword. Small curious faces.
It's here. It's ready. The problem isn't knowing how to do it. It's doing it. It's convincing me to do it.
I can feel shit so that's fine. I'm just making a plan, a normal plan. Just a normal plan, like usual.
Urghhh.
Whatever.
My hand come up. High! Extremely fucking high before shoving itself toward the new sword.
No one but balrow see it.
"REALLY!?"
Everyone shift and look back at me. Now everyone see it.
They all look at me, with different measures of whatthefuckisim.
"HE GET A SWORD AND I" my hand dig the necklace off my chest, pushing it forward over my shirt instead of under.
"I GET A FUCKING TEETH COLLECTION!?"
Let's see if that work.
Jenna blink first, looking behind at the sword, and then at me again.
Malfoy is after, looking at the sword, and then at the necklace. He put his hand on his chest, pushing it up like some kind of bird. "Ah yes. It looks like the system know who deserve the best rewards."
My head snap at him. Pointing him like he's some kind of evil being. "Best rewards!? BEST!? We didn't even got the best one! And you get a fucking sword!"
Mousy look at us playfighting. And get less fidgety, finally back in the bath. She skip toward me and whisper way too loudly.
"Told you the system is rigged. Let's steal the sword from malfoy. Come with me" she lift her hand for a handshake, eyes glinting evily.
"Join the dark side...bully malfoy"
Malfoy give her a glance but before he can answer, jenna, who did my whole inspect quest with me speak up.
She's squatting in front of the rapier that's deep into a some sort of wood receptacle. "At least it's not a magic sword"
Malfoy turn his head. One hand raised high toward jenna. "Ah. You see? You got a magic necklace and I got a normal sword. You got a better item"
My eyes trail on annie hand. Eyes squinting. That kind of handshake sounds evil as fuck. That's why I bring my hand up. And shake it.
HER EYES LITTERALLY GLINT!
Not waiting for a second as we shake our hands, she turn with this grimlin like smile toward malfoy.
"A bettttter one? Ludger can barely feel the necklace it's useless"
GREAT ASSIST! A finger point at the blondy "YEAH! Just what she said!"
He raises both of his hand in defense and take a step back "Wait here. Are you teaming up to bully me?"
Annie answer before I can. "NEVER!"
His eye twitch as he point at our handshake. We're still shaking hands actually. "Then pray tell. What is this?"
My focus almost get taken by balrow, wait did he just stop staring for once?
And my focus is taken back by mousy answering "Just two friends shaking hands!"
"Do you believe I do not have ears?"
Before they fight at two again, I insert myself.
"If you do. What did we said? Say it, exactly"
Mousy eyes widen at my words, recognizing my ultimate technique.
GASLIGHTING!
Malfoy eyes widen too, and jenna head turn from observing the sword. Point at me.
"Gaslighting!"
We three look at her. Balrow touch the swort hilt.
Malfoy answer first "Jenna I would oh so love more he-!"
We both point at him.
"WHAT DID WE SAY!" "Answer the mouse!"
He turn back to us. A small smile on his face. "This is harrasment, I shall call my lawyer"
And this continues for a while.
The mood coming up.
It worked.
"THE NECKLACE IS USELESS IT DOESN'T COUNT!"
Annie is happy.
"It's not that useless, truly, it's magical"
Malfoy is just as before, now just not ignored.
"It's useless, litterally. I can't feel shit. You know it. I know it. Bad necklace."
"BAD NECKLACE!"
Jenna is too. And balrow even stopped staring at me.
For a while.
Now he's staring again...
Whatever, I stopped the relationship for detoriarating.
Even if I need to play a small role that's worth it.
Those feelings will come down, I know it. I just need some time to think, that's all, everything will be fine.
Won't it?