Joy and Death
Chapter 7
*Slenderman POV*
He was about to mentally kick himself when the girl laughed seeing his jagged smile. Most that he remembered where too intimidated by this. "Damn, you don't see that everyday." She was grinning ear to ear, like someone else I knew. This caused me to smile even more as well. "You aren't intimidated?" He asked her. He watched her face slip from it's upturned state a little. "No, because if you wanted me dead you would have taken your chance then when I was bloody and vulnerable." Slenderman inwardly smiled. "Very observant…" the little one on the bed shifted into a more comfortable position. He had drifted into his thoughts a little, was I really that year now? A wretched grumbling noise tore a hole in his thoughts, causing his attention to turn to the human-no, humanoid in the very least, he corrected himself. He noted that one of his brothers had placed a silver domed tray in front of the woman as soon as she'd turned her head. Her face had turned a startling shade of pink he didn't think she was capable of. *Well played brother.* Slender replied to his brother that had snuck the tray on the bed. When she turned to find it placed there, Slenderman felt the amusement with the woman run higher. She looked at it astoundedly before saying "Thank you." He watched the woman poke around at the dishes underneath, and they both got a nosefull of scrambled eggs. Slender tried not to show his disdain from the smell. The woman who sat there simply looked as if she was half comatose, practically drooling. "Do you mind if I-?" Slender groaned inwardly. Yes, he minded. But he wanted to stay and talk more. "Of course we don't, we wouldn't have placed it there if we minded so." Slender said. "Thank you. And wait, you said 'we'?" Slender scrunched his eyes closed in an effort to quit mentally kicking himself. The woman was too clever for her own good. "Yes… others…" he admitted. She had removed one of the lids. "Oh…!" Slender was about to ask what was wrong now, but one look again at the woman said it all. She took a forkful of the eggs and squealed, kicking her ankles into the air a little. Slender stared at the girl, wondering if perhaps she was going to be alright or not. "It tastes awesome!" the woman squeaked. *Touché, dear brother.* Slenderman said to his brother again. The smugness of his one brother escalated while the others simply smiled on the sidelines. "You may tell me more later if you wish, but just one more question?" The woman smiled. "You were going to ask my name weren't you?" Der Ritter sat there, simply astounded. "How did you know?" The woman leaned forward carefully from her food, a mischevious smile on her face and she winked at him. "Call it a girl's sense." Slenderman sat again, in stone-like surprise. Confusion waved over him. What on earth… "Oh yeah, my name as you wanted, right?" the girl asked. "And your name is?" Slender pressed. He watched as she lifted a whole pancake up by her fork and nibbled on it's edges. Gods, why the pancake? He begged. He passed a hand over his nose, casually trying to cover it. "My name is Viola. Good to meet you mister." He smiled at the familiar nickjname that she had unknowingly used. With that, he stood. "It's nice to meet you, Miss Viola." He said. He was pleased to finally get a name from her. "We can continue our discussions later I hope?" Slenderman asked her. Viola looked at him, a smirk on her face. "You don't like the smell of human food do you?" He stared at her. Once again he was dumbfounded. "You are a gentleman to withstand so much, I can tell it revolts you. Go then, and I will be more than happy to speak with you later." Slender only nodded at this wise and observant woman. On top of that however, had he really been that obvious to her about his disdain to the human food? He disappeared out the door before nodding once. He clicked the door shut behind him. What an amusing lady! He thought elatedly.
*Viola POV*
I smiled to myself, I couldn't have been happier with how that had gone by. I peeked underneath more of the domes, then removing each one. My smile was followed by a creeping blush, I felt it crawl up my cheeks. No matter how hard I try to scowl, I couldn't. Now the stupid blush would be there for a hour and a half! I'd managed to locate a pot of tea sitting on a plate under the last dome I removed. I groaned as the sweet tea made my blush even more imminent. Anything that's sweet will make me blush. I continued to nom on pancakes and eggs until I was satisfied, clearing the large platter to a bedside table. There was a sudden knock at the door by the time I had just poured myself a second cup of tea. "Come in!" I sang in a sweet saccharine voice. I was greeted by five heads poking out from the doorway inside. It looked like a cartoon almost, five heads stacked perfectly in a line above each other. I couldn't help it, I giggled at the five white heads that greeted me. "Trender, you're standing on my foot!" One complained. "Oops, sorry!" another said. "Well now," I said with mock sternness. "Are you going to introduce yourselves to me?" I leaned back on my hands, legs still crossed comfortably. The one that had been called Trender giggled and skidded into the room, followed by his four other brothers. "I'm Trender", said the one who'd been stepping on his brother's feet. He bowed gracefully, a foot behind the other. He straightened himself, and I could see he wore a dark blue suit that shines like only velvet can shine. A black tie finished off his attire. The four brothers moved from the doorway, standing beside their brother. "This is Offender." Trender gestured to a different one next to him. This one was wearing a black overcoat, no shirt. Pants of sorts covered him from the waist down, thankfully, she added to herself. To top it off, he wore a small black hat on top of his head. It also appeared that she was the only one, looking at things. He'd been checking her out too. She smiled, taking it as a compliment. A different brother stepped forward. "My name is Enderman. Ender for short, should you choose to use it." Ender had a slight icy tone to his voice. I ignored it cranking my charm to the max, and replied in my sweet saccharine voice. "Pleased to meet you Ender. Call me Vi or Viola, whichever pleases you more." I couldn't help a slight blush rising to my cheeks as I said it, and I grumbled inwardly. However, I had the effect I desired. Ender looked away, trying to hide his own blush. This one wore a dark green suit, and a smiled, looking at the barely seen swirly patterns in it. Trender winked at me, and another brother stepped forward. I turned and stared at a suit I felt was so familiar to me, yet not so.
