-Break room, afmghost Industries-
"I still don't get why this is being put in the next chapter," Jinx whined, playing a card on the discard pile. "This isn't even relevant to the story!"
"The writer wants it in, anyway," Poppy answered, placing a card on the discard pile. "He told us to do something amusing to tide the audience over, and give documentation of it to him."
"Tide the audience over?" Lulu asked as she drew a card. "Why doesn't he just give them a cupcake?"
"It's a figure of speech Lulu," Lux answered, placing a card on the discard pile. "He wants to entertain the audience enough so they will be satisfied as he goes on vacation."
Janna drew two cards in silence.
"Speaking of satisfied," Veigar taunted. "The color is blue."
"DAMMIT SHORT STUFF!"
Jinx was red in the face. She was torqued.
"MY DAY IS RUINED NOW!"
"It's just a card game," Veigar said, trying to calm her down. "Now draw four."
Jinx reluctantly picked up four cards. She did not want to lose to the newcomer.
Poppy played a blue 5, Lulu played a green 5, Lux played a green 8, and Janna played a blue 8.
"Uno," Veigar declared, playing a blue skip.
"F*k," Jinx declared. "Somebody make sure it isn't blue!"
Everyone else played their cards, keeping the color red. Veigar played his final card, a wild card.
"You may be the master of evil, Veigar," Jinx said. "But you merely won a stupid card game!"
She stomped out of the room.
"Is she always this whiny when she loses?" Veigar asked Lux.
"She doesn't win well, either," she answered.
"And people say I'm nuts," Lulu commented.
Janna looked up from her writing.
We are so going for ratings, she thought.
Yep, I'm going on vacation next week. Between me figuring out where I'm going with the story and the vacation, I will be unable to publish new chapters for a while. It felt wrong to not give you something beforehand, even if it is nothing more than (poorly made) comic relief. That said, I hope you found some enjoyment out of this joke chapter.
Shoutouts:
Guest or Grim Reaper: You make a very good point. I actually did some editing to change that. Now instead of it being a relationship just like that, Veigar only sees Lulu as someone who he owes a life debt (even he has a sense of honor). He has feelings for her, sure, but he just doesn't know it. Lulu, however, will continue being in love with Veigar because, well, she's Lulu.
My brother: He suggested that I try the third person from now on. I think it works, so it seems only fair that I give him a shoutout. I don't know how he'd feel if some random strangers start sending him requests, so I'm going to leave him unnamed.
With that, stay tuned in a couple weeks.