WOOOW! IT'S ALL A SUBSTAT GAME!? INSAAAAANE!
I litterally throw my water bottle high in the air, reflecting my mental state with actions. Annie eyes focus on my projectile.
Staring at it, eyes following, from down in my hands.
To up in the air.
It goes pretty far.
Really far.
So much that it almost reach the sun, well artificial sun."...damn" damn annie, yes indeed.
"Damn indeed" she stop for a second, still focused on the water bottle. I'm focused on it too to be honest.
My hand twitch on my knee.
"Indeed?" Yes indeed.
CAN'T I SAY INDEED!? "Yes."
My voice is much calmer than my mental one.
Funny.
My hand that was twitching on my knee jump up. A serpent in hiding. Just jumping on it's prey, crushing the smooth plastic-like material of the godly water bottle.
A water bottle with infinite amount of water is godly, I don't want to hear anything else.
"I mean, that's kinda malfoy shit to say indeed"
Rubbing my eyes with the water bottle in my hand "why would it be only malfoy shit? This fucker is rubbing on me" she blink and snap her fingers, probably to say that he's rubbing on her too.
But I don't let her answer more than that.
No I don't.
"But, that's not the real question"
"It's not?"
"Yes it's not"
"What is the real question then?"
"Why are you on my bed?" she stop for a second on my right, shifting on my bed. A fucking housecat I swear. "It's comfy" my head turn like a robot, straight angle to look at her bed "yours is litterally the same"
She bite her lips, roll her eyes, and rub her temples.
Classical thinking position
"Uh..."
Great answer.
"Whatever" rubbing my eyes again, A flash of some random science trivia about how dangerous it is to rub your eyes flash in my mind.
So I stop.
And look in front of me instead. We're alone on my bed, malfoy is in the bathroom, got to showering. Jenna is outside, in the watchtower, practicing her bow skills.
She actually practice a lot with it, proud of her.
And balrow is sitting and relaxing like an old man on his bed, just lack a balancing chair.
"Sooooooo, why did you do that?" She start the conversation again, since when mouses are social?
Wait are they?
"Did what?" my hand twirl the water bottle in my hand
"threw the water bottle"
Like a laser pointer, my eyes zero out on the water bottle.
"oh, this?"
Ignoring my feelings I give a bullshit reason.
"Because I had a theory, it didn't work." She look at me for 3 seconds before answering.
"I took 3 whole seconds to figure out what may have been your theory and I didn't get it"
Alright, I can't let that pass.
"Did you counted that?" Her face look like a kid caught stealing from a candy jar "maybe..."
Damn, well, whatever. It's not like she could really figure out what was my theory.
It was a secret one after all. And it was a bullshit answer too.
It was just about the substats, my theory is probably wrong.
I don't have enough information to be sure.
"So what was the theory?" Hearing annie, I throw the water bottle up again. Waaaaay lower.
"Just wondered if the sun was a lamp or some shit" again, bullshit.
The truth is that I wondered if I would feel less powerless by throwing something high up.
It helps, a bit.
Maybe even get more information about the sun, while I'm at it?
Ah, information.
I'm starving for it.
I don't like not knowing something.
I don't like it at all.
"Oooooh! Maybe, maybe it's a light!" Turning my head to look at her "no it's not, that's a ridiculous idea" she turn her head to look at me "well you tried it, so you're ridiculous"
I didn't try it for real though? "No you"
"Mirror"
"I break your fucking mirror with a rock"
She stop and move her entire torso toward me, big smile on her face.
"That was cheating"
The bottle of water dissapear back in my inventory.
Didn't noticed it.
I take some piece of clothes out "I'm a cheater" her eyes trail on my hand as it grab the cloth mid air "wait what, that's cheating!" Blinking in confusion, I twist the piece of clothes in my hand "I just told you I'm a cheater!"
She grab my blanket, lift it up, throw it back down. "That's...not how it work!" WHY DID SHE DO THAT!?
My eyes are focused on the piece of clothing, our banter is calming me more than this to be honest. "Why wouldn't it?"
She focus on my finger twisting on the cloth too "cause. That's like..." The piece of cloth dissapear. "cheating?" She follow "cheating!"
Just take it out already.
"But, like, I told you. I'm a cheater." She start speaking up again but before she can, I take out my spear.
"CHEATING IS CHEATING!"
Reflex engrained, my hand close out around the shaft of my spear.
"BUT I'M A CHEATER!"
She start doing some random shit with her hands, while looking at my own hands, probably wonder what I'm doing.
"SAYING YOU'RE A CHEATER IS CHEATING!"
My hand close hard against the wood, I point it forward. Toward nothing. No one. The blood in my veins is...
"BUT I'M A CHEATER!"
She throw her hands up. "BUT SAYING THIS IS CHEATING!"
The blood in my veins is....normal.
Really normal. My grip isn't hard, it doesn't feel like my tendons will break.
There isn't any unnatural warmth. It's fine.
My title isn't influencing me, I'm fine.
She look at me, expecting the loop to continue. The small smile on her lips show it.
"Annie, you're a funny girl you know that?"
She stop. Blink. Her hands get back down, her smile a bit confused.
"Uh....is that a preparation for a roast?"
A small chuckle escape me, didn't notice that. My hand is light around my spear.
I don't want to growl.
I don't want to eat boar.
I'm barefoot right now, but I'm pretty sure my shoes would be comfortable.
"It's not. You're funny."
Feeling like it's not enough, I continue.
I was scared. Throwing bottles at the sky.
I was scared. Taking bits of clothes and manipulating them, just to feel in power again.
And the bitch just come here. Squat in my bed. Start acting like a crazy goblin and I finally manage to take this spear out and test it.
"I like that about you."
She look even more confused, eyes squinting and all.
"You're preparing something"
My own smile is growing at her suspicion. "Me? Never"
She stop for a second, just stare at me. And after a while, decide to believe me.
She should, that's the truth.
Turning around, mousy start moving around, haughtily. How can I describe that? Well, do I even need to? Her words are enough "uhuh, yeah yeah I know, I'm litterally the funniest ev-!"
She realize that there is a big flash on her face and shut up.
A big light that just appeared. Lightening up her fac.
She turn toward me.
Slowly.
Her own phone. the one that just came out of my inventory is filming her. Just as she's acting like an arrogant blonde gal straight up from a disney movie.
"You betrayed me"
Shaking my head, I keep up my filming. "Always believe your first instinct."
Well, this and she shouldn't just put her phone everywhere.
Seriously? Just beside you? On my bed?
And why do she even take it out anyway? There isn't any wifi!?
My hand is still steady around my spear.
And as annie start exploding in betrayal, my lips curl up even more.
Look, even if my compliment was the truth, I need to maintain an image you know?
Just can't let her go without some bullying.