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Fox of Spades
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Tartarus:
Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt. The pager on his belt was going crazy, but the grim reaper ignored it all, choosing instead to narrow his eyes at the man before him. Hades was... to be frank, an idiot. The Greek God might have had power and status in the underworld, but Grim couldn't bring himself to respect the man, his idealistic views, or his horrendous decision making skills. Balance was dying and the holidays and those Greek party animals were lost in the realm of the living. The situation was bad enough on its own and Hades had made it even worse with his "bright" idea. Sending Ash and Ember to find the holidays, what on earth was he thinking? "Balance is sick enough already. Are you trying to kill the old man?" He snarled.
Persephone placed a hand on Hades' shoulder before her red eyes flitted towards the grim reaper. "Ember and Ash can handle themselves, Coffyn. They're not children, just let them help you." She eyed the pager the reaper kept by his waist, every second or so it would let out another beep and she noticed how Grim would wince with each new notification. "You're overworked enough as it is. Balance is sick and Chaos might be on the loose, but you have a job to do and if you let things pile up," Persephone frowned. "Things will only get worse."
Grim leaned back into his chair before slamming his fists on the table. The stoic mask he often wore had shattered and he sat there with a thousand thoughts on his mind. A woman had jumped off a bridge in Russia, a man had gotten into a car accident in Vietnam, a child had died Puerto Rico and he was horribly behind schedule. He let out a defeated sigh and made a mental note to ask Laura for her help when he got back to the underworld. "Fine, do whatever you think is best. Hades, what exactly did you tell Ash and Ember to do?"
The Human Realm: Outside Roland's House:
"I think it's them!" Deceit chirped as she pressed the binoculars to her face. She was hidden outside of Roland's house, crouching behind some bushes with Greed and Pride. "Yup! It's the holidays! There's April Fools and Friday the 13th... Birthday is there too!" The girl continued naming them one by one, the sly smile never leaving her face. "Oooh, there's so many of them! Chaos is going to be so happy."
"The more the merrier," Greed groaned. Lying in the bushes and spying on a bunch of pansies was grunt work and it was the last thing he wanted to do. Why couldn't Choas just take them with him? Greed's head snapped up and he looked to Pride with a slight smile. "How about we hit that night club in Germany instead? Chaos won't know we're gone and we can come back and mess with those holidays later."
Deceit was too busy looking through her binoculars to pay the two men any attention.
"Come on, what do you say, Pride? Booze, babes, the works. After such a boring day, we deserve a drink—the hell was that for?" Greed glared at Deceit and at the binoculars she'd used to whack him in the head.
"One of them is looking out the window," she chided.
The Human Realm: Inside Roland's House:
"The more the merrier," Greed groaned. Lying in the bushes and spying on a bunch of pansies was grunt work and it was the last thing he wanted to do. Why couldn't Choas just take them with him? Greed's head snapped up and he looked to Pride with a slight smile. "How about we hit that night club in Germany instead? Chaos won't know we're gone and we can come back and mess with those holidays later."
Deceit was too busy looking through her binoculars to pay the two men any attention.
"Come on, what do you say, Pride? Booze, babes, the works. After such a boring day, we deserve a drink—the hell was that for?" Greed glared at Deceit and at the binoculars she'd used to whack him in the head.
"One of them is looking out the window," she chided.
The Human Realm: Inside Roland's House:
"I swear," Independence Day hissed. "I saw something moving in the bushes. Ferris, you saw it too, right?"
"Um, that squirrel?" April fools asked.
"Not that squirrel." Tyree looked dumbfounded. "I think I saw someone there."
"I don't know, Tyree." Ferris rubbed the back of his head somewhat awkwardly before peering out the window once more. Independence day had been insisting the same thing over and over again for almost an hour, but none of them had seen anything and Roland had specifically told them not to go outside for any reason. "I mean, I see bushes and grass... and there's a large rock over there. It kind of looks like a tortoise."
Tyree rolled his eyes. "You saw it, right, Alice?"
Halloween was sitting on Roland's couch with her feet propped up on the table. She'd found a bag of potato chips in the pantry and was scarfing them down nonchalantly.
"It might be a giant spider. Maybe a monster with five heads." A devilish grin crept up her face as she turned to focus on Nina and Ferris. Both of them were always fun to spook.
"Haha, very funny, guys." Tyree returned his attention to the window and hoped Roland would return soon. He had a bad feeling about this. Actually, he had a bad feeling about everything. Then again, he was probably still a little hung-over from New Years' party.