LIKE I PROMISED! SAAAAAAAAND SCULPTURE CONTEST JUST 4 U! ;)
"Aaaaaand time! Declared Lisette the cat-bybrid human as she returns the stopwatch to the creepy cat-obsessed butler."
At the sound of the stopwatch at its final tick all the game contestants stepped away from their finished sand sculptures. In this game there were three groups of two that collaborated together on their sculpture. Adriel and Luca being the first pair to finished bounced up enthusiastically and victoriously high-fived each other with pride.
"WEEEEEEEEE! WE'RE FIRST TO FINISH! WE WIN ICE CREAM!" The half-blood angel and demi demon chimed childishly in unison. They did a remake of Luca's previously caught shark, a piece of bright red fabric was tied to a wooden stick was stabbed vigorously through its head read the awe-inspiring words: 'Grell the Shark.' Upon the sight of a crappy version of 'Grell' laying straight on his stomach with a driftwood shark fin sloping awkwardly on his back, a pair of cracked shells that were ASSUMED his glasses and bloody red seaweed for hair was to name A FEW of 'its'...special features.
'Ew.' Everyone beside the proud creators thought in disturbance.
Grell shockingly screeched both offended and furious. "Y-YOU CALL THAT ME? Where's my sex appeal? And what kind of bland pose is THAT (pointing to the dead version of himself) meant to show? DEATH? Ugliness? I even posed for you as a mermaid and yet I am thanked with THIS...! THIS UNDIGNIFIED BLOODY PILE OF-"
"What's 'sex appeal', Grandma?" Asked Adriel innocently with her short, wavy white hair flowing with the tilt of her questioning, naïve head, awkward silence ensured for everyone including the unnamed third rate background people until...
"WHAT I AM!" Alois proclaimed haughtily as he stuck his tongue out and pulled under his bottom eyelid using an index finger.
"Don't be so full of yourself Annoyance!" Alice snapped with a vein popping as she swiftly punched the giggling blonde in the face. Everyone casually observed the scene of Alois getting punched so hard he rocketed into the sky and crash landed into the depths of the ocean, never to resurface again... That may be an exaggerated overstatement.
"You're Highness!" Claude suddenly stripped out of his uniform down to his black bathing suit underneath and dove into the see to save the bastard in distress.
"Ah, so THAT'S why he insisted on bringing the life boat." Ciel sweat dropped.
Alice slapped her sweating forehead with the palm of her hand with such passionate frustration that her face palm put even Ciel's face palming reaction to VISCOUNT DRUITT'S sudden appearances to downright shame. "Tch! Being paired with ALOIS of all people to make sand sculptures...I ask him what he wants to make and every time he smiles and says 'Let's make ten or more babies!~' I swear, THAT BIPOLAR SADSTISTICALLY IDIOTIC SCHEMING BASTARD PERVERT SONOVA-"
"...No offense Miss Alice but your punch was WEAK." Lucian commented after hearing her rant an endless list of insults of the 'one with many names'. "Allow me to explain what went wrong, *cough* You have failed to meet my high expectations about your previous attack, it lacked the following factors: pain, heart-break, vengeance and...DEEEEATH! For that *BEEP*to say he wants to make ten or more babies with MY MISTRESS! He reeeaaally wants his *BEEP* ripped off doesn't he?~ THEN AS A HANDSOME, NICE AND CARING YOUNG MAN I'LL *BEEPING*!"
"Restraint." Sebastian reminded soothingly in a calm tone as he yanked mercilessly at the chains that bounded Lucian's shackled arms together. From the forceful restraints Lucian swore in shock and was practically DRAGGED across the burning summer sand back to his original location. THE EMO HOLE IN THE SAND
"Hmmmm..." Lau drawled while leaning slightly to take an observant stare at Alice and Alois's sand sculpture. "It amazingly resembles *BEEP* doesn't it Ranmao?" The mentioned Chinese girl nodded quietly in agreement with a dead pan look. Alice wore a face of confusion mixed with doubt. Doubt of her own creation, though it was Alois randomly adding things to it while forming its shape as she collected seaweed for the bottom half.
"Lau, you're mistaken!" Bard retorted with arms crossed in a dissatisfied manner. "Can't you see it's a *BEEP*?"
"I highly doubt that." Corrected Sherylin furrowing her brows together in high concentration and deep thought. Alice sighed in relief, at least SHE (the shipping queen and dearest family friend of the Nightrave family) had common sense and dignity. "It's *BEEP* for sure...but I suppose not EVERYONE has seen it...YET. But you should know what I mean when you look closely at THAT end but if you look over THIS end then it's...*mumble mumble*"
"It's *BEEP* cross with *BEEP*." Thompson informed. Dead pan
"True." Timber stared. Dead pan
"I see it now." Canterbury stated. Dead pan
"Who taught him THAT...?" Ciel asked. Dead pan
"H-His Highness has an...active imagination..." Hannah defended. Dead pan
"After seeing THAT our sand castle is nowhere near its league..." Ciel turned to Finny and explained to the dumbfounded gardener.
"What's this *BEEP* they keep mentioning?" Lizzy walked over to the crowd and asked Sohma with pure naivety as Adriel (who's an 8 year old androgynous child)
"I...DON'T...KNOW...?" Sohma replied blankly, the Indian prince stepped away from the sand elephant that Lizzy helped decorate. "Do you know, Agni?"
"..." Angi remained silent the whole time as to avoid defining *BEEP* in such a way that even THEY could understand. In order to make it clear he simply answered. "The Gods shall enlighten you at the coming of age..."( In other words: You'll know when you're older. MUCH OLDER)
Suddenly a message owl landed on Sebastian's right shoulder, a rolled piece of parchment tied securely to its scrawny leg. Sebastian slid the message off and began reading its contents, his crimson eyes widened in mild surprise and his mouth agape but slowly reformed into an amused smirk after he finished reading it. "My Lord, Tanaka sent the message owl and has informed me that we must return to the mansion immediately for unfinished business that MUST be dealt with. What shall we do?"
"Tch. Pluto again I presume?" Ciel sighed imagining all the apocalyptic damage Pluto would proudly show on display to the world as he waited anxiously for Sebastian's return. "Fine, we shall return to the mansion." With two purposeful coughs to clear his throat Ciel spoke loud and clear. "MY SERVANTS!"
"YES MY LORD!" Answered the the Phantomhive servants in sync including Sebastian who assembled them into a line formation. Maylene, Bard and Finny all saluting at perfect timing like the trained soldiers they are.
"I order you to thoroughly clean up Pluto's mess once we're back. Slacking and 'accidents' will not be tolerated!" Ciel ordered maturely with a dynamic pose involving him dramatically pointing his cane into the distance and stepping up on Grell's sprawled out body. (he was thrown by Luca who lifted him high into the air in the water from the previous chapter)
"Eyarghk!" Grell spluttered in pain feeling his spinal cord cracking. "I. AM. NOT. M! I. AM. S. FOR. THE. LAST. TIME. IN. MY. BLOODY. LIFE!" The red head screamed from underneath his foot.
"I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!" Luca and Adriel both sung in childishly high-pitched tones.
"Very well. 2 minutes, give me 2 minutes and you'll get ice cream." Sebastian complied professionally, everyone gathered around expectantly with wide eyes of wonder except Claude who glared in wonder. "Then I shall begin!" With that said at supernatural speed he revealed all the tools, utensils and fresh ingredients such as ice and cream (minor details~) and demonstrated his demonic skills in cooking, every dramatic move pulled off with supreme skill that left even Ciel slightly impressed. JUST SLIGHTLY. The same cannot be said for Lucian or Claude who were scowling in defeat throughout the improvised cooking show. "Finished!" Sebastian smirked with satisfaction. "A refreshing selection of ice cream from marble chocolate to tropical, you may have the choice of any of the toppings manufactured by Phantom Company that's specially provided for this occasion. Phantom Jelly Beans! Inspired by the jellyfish of the sea! Comes in various taste-stimulating flavours! To be sold in every Phantom store unless they're sold out, limited in stock. Phantom Jelly Beans the splendid summer sensation of the seven seas~"
"Claude! Claude! Buy me that when we get back!" Alois drooled in craving, the dependent blonde snuggled up to his guardian demon as he was carried princess-style who was a stoically drenched Claude.
"..." Claude wore an exhausted dead pan. God knows how far Claude had to swim at demonic speed to a drowning spider in water. Then make it back to land and the first thing he sees is the BITCH'S *EDIT* DOG's butler having a cooking show? Delightful
It was only a few hours after the insane trip to the beach, with everyone packed up and returning by carriage, their remnants of energy, excitement and tension was released and left at the lonesome beach, sandy white shores covered in footprints, body prints and face prints as the pristine blue waves takes credit for the abandoned sand sculptures which it feeds the sea in forms of sand grains and beach litter.
EVERYONE RETURNED BY THEIR CHOSEN TRANSPORTATION BACK TO THEIR RIGHTFUL MANSIONS, TENTS, DIMENSIONS, HOLES AND SUCH:
All the guests changed back to their original, more fitting clothes and heartily bidding each other farewell lasted as long as it took to separate a certain CLINGY obsessive reaper from a certain HOT demon butler. The only ones that were requested to remain at Ciel Phantomhive's mansion was the Queen's Cat and Spider that is Alice Nightrave and Alois Trancy. All of them changed back into their daily uniform/dress/suit/booty shorts. Of course Claude and Lucian stayed true to their duty as a butler/guardian of their contractors much to Sebastian's annoyance for both cases. Claude being a suspicious shotacon after his young master's soul and Lucian being an insane teenage demon lacking in the many, MANY things such as common courtesy, professional approach, perseverance, intellect just to name the few expectations they EVERY BUTLER SHOULD HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. Unlike any of the other demons Lucian was an absolute failure as a demon-in-human-form who has an immense amount of inhumane energy and an unstable state of mind (let's blame it on demon puberty...)
The Nightrave servants Miyuki the ninja maid, Gianni the ex-mafia boss chef, Shalbriri the occultist gardener and Sherylin the 'Shipping Queen' were torn between leaving their unprotected, unguided and unstalked mistress in the company of an all-men's business meeting beside Alice of course, WHO'S A GIRL even if she IS as flat as Alois, or Ciel, or- you get the similes...and torn just by staying back knowing they'll be get Alice annoyed...VERY ANNOYED that she could beat someone up over it. Let's say once you anger a tsundere you'll have Hell to pay.
"Well that's the end of the fun for us, until next time 'lil squirts!" Jarris the ferret-hybrid ex-thief toothily grinned sheepishly with arms hands behind his head and elbows sticking out symmetrically on both sides.
"MEN DON'T FRET WHEN THEY PART WAYS. I JUST WISH WE COULD STICK AROUND A WHILE LONGER...KERO.." Mandy the manly frog man amongst men had teary eyes but never once and never will shed even a milliliter tear.
*Bonnie's sketchbook* -Thank you, it was a pleasure enjoying a day at the beach with everyone!- Bonnie the mute rabbit-hybrid shyly smiled behind her travel sketchbook and flipped the page revealing another message. -Mister Alois, please tell your triplet servants to stop harassing me.-
At that Alois smiled and nodded. "Uhm! I promise!" That's a lie and you know it, Alois Trancy doesn't MAKE PROMISES.
"Hehe, seems like I got over my fear of crowds after everything that's happened though I can't say the same for Drocell. Geez, he's a stiff as ever!" Bridget the steam punk loli mechanic exclaimed contently with a teasing smile.
"My lady, though you were joining everyone you never once started the conversation and most of the day you stood even stiffer than I did." Drocell countered automatically in monotone response. In reaction Bridget blushed and stammered like a broken record before stiffly freezing on the spot like a porcelain doll.
"And I thought to myself, what a petite doll you are whenever you're overwhelmed." Drocell added as he leaned down to her childish height despite her young adult age equal to his. Oh how much teasing he'd do to his new master now...
"To repay the favor for giving us a great time, if there's anything you need our help for me and my crew will happy to help! Insisted Lisette while expertly performing a handstand."
"Very well. Says Emily." Snake talked for his snakes. The Phantomhive servants have come to bid farewell to the last of the guests. "And also, Goethe would like to say something. Says Webster. Travel safely and I wish you the best of luck in your Bestia shows. Says Goethe. Sayonara mina-san. Says Wordsworth. Lisette, I'll always be waiting, so don't play around with any boys while I'm not there by your side. Says Dan. I give my regards to everyone else on their way out. Says Oscar. We may need your assistance very soon in the future, staying nearby will best benefit us both. Says Bronte. Bye bye, seeya soon my new friends!~ Says Keats."
"Hahahaha! Lisette laughs cheerfully. Then Snake, what do YOU want to say?" With playful eyes lit with amusement the teenage cat girl pounced in the personal space of Snake and leaned her twitching cat ear towards his gaping mouth that couldn't process his human language. "Aw Snake, don't be shy! You can whisper in my ear so no one else will here!~" That was the breaking point, right then and there at that very moment Snake felt an inner, foreign urge to stir. Strange and awkward as it was: He wanted nothing more than to bite her ear. And not in the aggressive 'STAY THE *BEEP* OUT OF MY TERRITORY!' bite that led it to be poisoned by snake fangs (not that he had any) It was the inner beast, craving bite of insatiable hunger because damn it, her ears looks so delicious and bite-able...take it the wrong way or another you'll never know...
IN THE OFFICE:
Sitting in his posh office chair wearing a calculating scowl the young Earl gazed intensely at his collaborative business related partners. "About this 'business'..." Ciel began, his black-blue hair overshadowing his facial features in darkness, impersonating a scheming genius about to explain his next strategy of world domination, well no surprise there. He has THE Sebastian Michaelis as his right hand man after all.
"Excuse me Miss Alice, I have unfinished business to deal with..." Lucian cut in. Alice nodded slowly, avoiding the stares of the other demons and contractors in the Ciel's study room. With fast, purposeful strides the demon butler left the room leaving the posh room filled with reflective silence and intense mood . It was until Lucian proudly strode back into the room in all his elegant and professional fashion. QUITE, elegant
"How was it?" Alice questioned with a dark, calculating expression.
"I scored high on the can. Full flush!" Lucian informed with a straight face.
...The cue for awkward silence...
"No, that's not it!" Alice hissed angrily, as a reward for earning first place in taking an epic dump he got a victorious kick in the ass.
"She means THE OTHER BUSINESS." Ciel corrected stoically, the resounding smack of his cane hitting the ground both disgusted and impatient.
"Oh yeah." Lucian nodded, changing his shining grin to a dark scowl. "I. DISPOSED. OF. ALL . SHIT."
"I'm not even sure what the bloody Hell you're talking about anymore, Lucie." Alois muttered in disgust and somewhat admiration.
"A-hem! Tell us the bloody business already Ciel!" Alois ordered impatiently while rocking back and forth on the hind legs of his DURABLE, IRON WOOD chair. There's a reason for his 'custom-made chair' which Sebastian specifically ordered all the way from a professional carpenter. One of the reasons being: Alois breaks everything that Ciel lends to him right after use. Why? It's a certain blonde's bipolar disorder, don't underestimate him. Any average bipolar would leave you violated. But Alois would leave you one eye-less, rolling in shit AND violated...WITH HIS TONGUE. That takes skill...in Alois's case. Minor details~
Ciel took a sidewards glance at Sebastian, as if communicating telepathically the master and butler came to a mutual understanding. Sebastian passed an elegant envelope addressed to the Queen's Cat, Dog and Spider to Ciel. The official waxed seal was sliced apart by the shiny, sharp hand knife Ciel casually held. "Yes, coming back to that. Another mission from the Queen..."
"Suspense..." Alice muttered while sweat dropping as she watched Ciel SLOWLY unfold the letter. Suddenly she jumped from her seat to her full short height and slammed her hands onto the wooden desk. "You're freak'n killing me here!"
"Manners Miss Alice~" Alois scolded mockingly. Alice sharply glared demon swords at him. "Oh *BEEP*, no girl DARES look at me that way...she's so bloody cute glaring at me with such passionate hatred it burns..." The possibility of Alois going M just went up by 20%. Or so calculates Claude.
"This time the Queen has given us a mission to investigate a case of an 'orphanage' that's been reported of serious fraud and involvement in the underworld activity but currently no evidence has been found. I have already thought through the possible intents and ulterior motives of the anonymous reporter for 'suspecting' a WHOLE ORPHANAGE of being illegal. The Queen heard of the recent incident and is deeply concerned regarding this suspicious matter meaning this is when we come in. Moreover we have no limits for this mission, we can take all the time necessary in order to achieve something and besides there are many things I want to have confirmed given this chance. Coming back to incident, the orphanage found out that they were 'falsely reported' saying it's an 'unjust and illogical accusation' as well as 'an insult to our establishment and beliefs' and ended it as that hence their freedom from accusation, the police can't do anything more after working on it when the entire orphanage has rioted against them. The Queen suspects there's more to this incident in the darkness than brought to light...who is the anonymous reporter and what were their intentions? Is the orphanage hiding something sinister? Are the police truly that incompetent as to give up, free them of suspicion and choosing to ignore the accusing report? And so on. It is our duty to investigate deeper in this case and confirm truth, protect the innocent and banish all evil that threatens the Queen's righteousness." Sebastian had left halfway through and returned pushing a tea trolley during early evening. The demon silently placed and poured tea into classic-English styled tea-ware. "Hm...this smells unfamiliar. Sebastian, what tea is this?"
"Bubble tea, my Lord." Sebastian replied smoothly.
"Bubble tea!~ I wonder how it'll taste..." Alois stared hypnotically into the mysterious depths of his tea cup with great curiosity as if on the other side was a whole new world.
Ciel sipped his tea royally. "Back to business once more, we will get accepted by the orphanage and investigate secretly."
Alice momentarily ignored her tea and settled into her seat, prodded her elbows on the opposite end of Ciel's desk as if to mirror his pose. Entwined her fingers together and rested her chin over them. "And how do you suppose, Ciel Phantomhive. Do we effectively achieve that?"
Ciel countered her long, hard and serious stare with his own and slowly a smirk appeared on his scheming face. He learns from the best that is Sebastian himself. "We have done this before. Recollect what little memory you have back to our first strategy that was key to solving the Kuro Academy student targeting case." Alice diverted her stare to gaze distantly into the past only to look back and give him an innocently clueless expression.
"My mind drew a blank card from there." Alice replied intelligently. In other word: I'm sorry for being stupid Ciel-sama for I have failed to remember something so damn insignificant.
Alois's eyes widened in realisation he was smiling excitedly at the same time he clapped his hands in anticipation "OLE! I remember! So you mean we'll..."
"Yes." Ciel nodded.
"We'll use Alice as bait again!" Alois exclaimed.
"Your Highness, that was improvisation." Claude corrected.
"WHAT?" Alice yelped.
"GENIUS! Hang on..." Lucian mumbled. A demonic aura slowly gathering...
"We'll go undercover. That's what my Lord meant but perhaps we'll use Alice again when the time comes." Sebastian informed.
"Oooh! Another mission!" Adriel beamed in excitement, the half-blood angel popped out from under the desk. "Weee! Family trip!"
Ciel drew back into his chair in shock. "You were under the desk the whole-" He got cut off.
"I WANNA GO! I WANNA GO WITH ADRIEL, BIG BROTHER AND GRANPA CLAUDE!" Luca begged with fake tears, the demi-demon leaped out from behind the curtain. Ciel face palmed for more reasons than one.
"Since this is one of the few non-life-risking missions the Queen has sent us on this occasion for the two this will serve as a learning experience for them to see how we, the butlers of the Queen's Cat, Dog and Spider whom are professionals collaborate and succeed." Claude reasoned logically, glasses shining momentarily.
"GRANDPA CLAUDE...SHARE US YOUR WISDOM!" Both Adriel and Luca with glittering wide eyes stared in wonder at their 'Granpa' dearest. (note: they have already established the Family Game in which Claude is Grandpa, Grell is Grandma, Alice is Mother, Ciel is Father, Alois is Brother, Lizzy is Sister, Paula is Older Sister (fits her character) Pluto is Dog and Sebastian is Cat. While Lucian is Uncle, Hannah is Aunty, triplets are Cousins, Phatomhive servants are second cousins with the exception of Tanaka who is Great Grandfather. The Nightrave servants are third cousins, Sherylin is Godmother, Agni is Godfather (right hand of Goood!), Sohma is Godbrother ('son' of Agni), Undertaker is Family Undertaker (always there when someone in their brutally family die~), William is Family Doctor (a professional aura), Ronald is Family Player (wonder why...), Bestia are Family Entertainers and of course Adriel and Luca are Siblings ('children' of Alice and Ciel)
"And you're suggesting WE go undercover again, this time as orphans? Tch! What a drag this is turning out to be..." Alice sighed, bowing her head before the epic trouble plotted out by yours truly (ME, ohohoho!~). "But I SWEAR BY ALOIS'S LIFE that I am NOT GONNA WEAR A CORSET OR HEELS! 'Cause he'd blackmail me that way..."
Alois pointed to his butler with a confident voice of a master's authority. "Claude, prepare our cosplay!"
"Again with the otaku terms..." Lucian muttered.
MISSION BEGINNING:
The demon butler, their contractors and the immortal duo advanced by foot towards 'St. Crossthorne's Orphange'. The orphanage had similar architect to a small Church's and was fundamentally built using stone white bricks, rough black roof tiles and intricate flower frieze bordering the arch windows and the mahogany wooden door. The delicately planned front garden landscaping consisted of leafy vegetation, lush grass an ancient trees and rainbow flower splendour. It was tranquil to say the least but not even words could describe this scene...the scene of Alois trampling recklessly throughout the now ruined garden, mercilessly mowing down everything in his destructive path while giggling manically like a yandere that's snapped upon seeing such a disgusting piece of shit...
"MUST. DESTROY. EVERYTHING. GAY. IN. SIGHT... EHEEHEEEHEE!~" The insane blonde clapped his hands with disturbing glee while brutally kicking over a mosaic pot plant of daisies as if it was Hannah's face. Which led to Alice punching Alois square in the face in return and without another word proceeded to DRAG, yes DRAG THE Alois Trancy to the welcoming open door of HAPPY FRIENDS~ But was momentarily stopped and pulled into a sudden group huddle involving Lucian, Ciel, Sebastian, Claude, Adriel, Luca herself and Alois (who she kept a firm grip on from wreaking havoc upon everything and everyone in his violent bipolar stage) Alois wasn't struggling, in fact he was quite enjoying the attention he was receiving.
"GROUP HUDDLE!...Okay stick to the plan! We're gonna bust into the facility undercover as orphans, to avoid suspicion as intruders one of the butlers will be the one to claim he saved the 'orphans' who're Cecil (Ciel), Anise (Alice), Jim (Alois), Lucas (Luca) and Adrianne (Adriel). Together you'll meet the founder aka. BOSS of the orphanage, NO ONE I repeat NO ONE but US and US ONLY know about the case, since the orphanage is under secret investigation and suspicion unbeknownst to them. If they knew of our true purpose God knows what lies and trouble they'll repay us. And remember to say you're new if anyone asks! Understood? Good!" Everyone in the secretive group huddle made eye contract for a silent moment as if communicating telepathically and each nodded, Lucian smirked at his amazing leadership. "And so, the dramatic, supernatural, action, mystery, comedy fun...BEGINS!"
COMMENCE UNDERCOVER PLAN :
"Danananana!~ BEAR MAN!~ BEAR MAN!" Racing down the corridor at break-neck speed appeared Luca wearing a brown bear rug over his head, the hide of its fur back waving behind in the wind as a hero cape. "I am the Queen's Bear!" The exhausted caretaker lady was desperately chasing after the hysteric trouble runt calling out 'STOP THIS INSTANCE!', 'YOU SHALL RECEIVE SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR THIS!', 'THAT'S OUR TREASURED DONATION FROM A LORD THAT PASSED AWAY!' and many other random spewing of threatening words that no one bothered to take into consideration, Luca leaped onto the nearest unoccupied sofa (which was probably donated) and used it as a spring board to leap high dramatically and pose heroically in mid-air. "MWUAHAHA! NEXT, I SHALL STEAL ALL YOUR PRIZED POSSESSIONS!"
The orphanage founder who was also a VERY ANGRY old man popped a vein at the last provocation. "THAT. IS. IT!" He roared into the faces of the orphans undercover, shining globules of flying spit shot into the air over a metre distance. "EITHER THAT CHILD LEAVES OR YOU LEAVE WITH HIM!"
5 MINUTES LATER:
A gloomy, dark aura warped the area surrounding the Queen's Cat, Dog and Spider, their butlers and the havoc wrecking duo that is Adriel and Luca. They all kicked out of the orphanage, retreating and were now highly suspected of having ulterior motives thanks a certain bipolar's bipolar little brother.
"This officially shits crap." Lucian released an annoyed sigh that was held in since the moment they stepped into the facility.
"We bloody screwed big time! Hehehe..." Alois optimistically giggled while mercilessly grinding his fists into Luca's dull skull.
"IT HURTS! IT HURTS YOUR HIGHNESS! I'm telling Alice!" Luca cried in pain. Too bad Alice was already dazed in failure to realise the 'brotherly bonding' that Alois was forcing Luca through.
"NOOOOO! If we fail this case then what'll happen to us? What'll happen to ME? My company Nightrave Furnishing is already in tough competition with THAT company! And high class society is already underestimating me! (Just 'cause I'm an innocent, young girl!) With the way things are...! I can't afford to give up! No not yet! WE WILL SOLVE THIS CASE NO MATTER WHAT!" With that said Alice clenced her fist with burning resolve. "DEAR FATHER, MOTHER AND ALL MY DECEASED RELATIONS IN HEAVEN, HELL OR PURGATORY! WATCH ME STRIVE TO LIVE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST!"
'Interesting...' Claude inwardly smirked in amusement at the strong will of Alice Nightrave.
Out of nowhere Lucian appeared beside him and CASUALLY COMMENTED IN A LOUD AND CLEAR VOICE. "Aaaah~ I'm the luckiest demon IN THE WOLRD to be contracted with SUCH AN AMAZING GIRL WITH AN EQUALLY AMAZING SOUL, right? Hehe. Too bad she can't EVER be contracted with ANY other demon but ME! After all...WE'RE. SOUL. MATES. BOUND. BY. FATE. Isn't that right CLAUDE. ALICE AND I ARE INSEPERARABLE BY THE WILL OF SATAN."
"Well said Alice." Ciel nodded approvingly. "Persistence isn't a bad thing." At that Alice sweat dropped, 'That pirate midge called me persistent!'. "Everyone, listen. This case is FAR from over, since plan A failed we'll move onto plan B."
"What's plan B?" Alois asked in confusion.
"Plan B...stands for Plan Bestia." Ciel answered adding suspense to the actual plan yet to be detailed. Alice and Alois both swapped puzzled looks and together stared at Ciel as if he's an idiot claiming he'll rule the world using nothing but a ruler. WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!
"But Ciel, plan A doesn't stand for INFILTRATION, UNDERCOVER OOOR SPIES." Alois pointed out wittily, exposing Ciel's contradiction of what Plan A and B stands for.
"As far as I have privately researched, this orphanage often has visiting children's entertainers to cheer up the orphans. And as you know, from our last case regarding Bestia which happens to be a travelling entertainers group that frequently visited us after stopping at a nearby town. Also, they joined us at the beach which WE organised. That's proof that they've taken an interest in making friends with us therefore we'll take advantage of their feelings and them conveniently appearing before us we'll use them to our advantage. We'll simply ask them to unknowingly play a part in this case with the excuse 'If Bestia's here to entertain the orphans and get close to them on good will for us we'll help repay your debts!' From there we could even have THEM do the investigating in our place. See? They do what they do best: make people forget their worries by means of entertainment and helping us to buy us time to secretly investigate while our butlers will control the outcome of the case in the darkness since they have a far less chance of infiltration as us." Ciel explained strategically, everyone followed the explanation.
"It's believable...but why make an excuse to trick Bestia? What point is it to keep the real purpose of them being in this case from them? And what's this? 'TAKE AVANTAGE OF THEIR FEELINGS'? That's so manipulative, degrading and DISHONEST! Ciel, you disappoint me! They should at least have the right to know what they're in for! FOR ALL WE KNOW THE ORPHANAGE MIGHT BE FREAK'N FULL OF LAW BREAKERS THAT ONLY WE CAN DEAL WITH." Alice retorted with burning passion, her striking exposed violet eye glared sharply into the deep blue of Ciel's. Her mouth twitched into a disapproving scow and brows furrowed.
Alois was clapping, Sebastian was smirking, Claude was stoned, Adriel was surprised, Luca was grinning while Lucian was whistling. Whistling in a way after hearing someone unexpected owning someone undefeatable, Ciel's defeat indeed, now if only she punched him in the face she'll be crowned Queen of Conquest. Well she already defeated Alois (by beating him regularly up as a taste of his own sick medicine with physical abuse) and now she defeated Ciel (by knocking him off his high throne using nothing but verbal abuse) The power of the justice-believing tsundere prevails.
"Manipulative, degrading and...dishonest?" Ciel repeated with a sheer shocked expression. But taking advantage of people and lying were his two strongest points besides maintaining a poker face, the fact that he just got scolded shook him. Moved him even, not even Sebastian scolded him, at least not at THIS level. 'Did you just...? Hehe...seems like you've finally risen against me. What's more, a GIRL? And to think ALOIS was the first.'
"This is strictly a top secret case which the Queen entrusted only us to know and US ALONE." Sebastian reminded faithfully.
"I know! B-but STILL!" Alice stammered with her waving fists.
"That's enough!" Ciel ordered with his cane hitting the ground. Making his move towards her, invading her private square WITH HIS ALMIGHTY, FEARED WEAPON IN HAND.
"Oh shit, NOT THE PIMP CANE..." Alois sweat dropped, so did everyone else but Ciel and Alice who had NO IDEA what she signed up for. Everyone in Ciel's world are nothing but pawns, players in his game in which he can control and obey his orders as the master of chess. What he disliked most was overpowering pawns that he couldn't manipulate. Alois and Alice were two such people who were the masters of their own game. A pawn lost, a rival gained. Queen's idea of collaborative missions for the three didn't mean they'd be making friends, in fact they'd be making enemies.
Ciel: Of ALL people...a violent, foul-mouthed, short tempered, tom-boy, indelicate, SHORT-
Alice: S-s-short...? YOU! *vein popping* YOU'RE JUST A FEW CENTIMETRES TALLER! IT'S 'CAUSE I HATE RISKING BREAKING MY ANKLES IN HIGH HEELS! ...n-no I'm not paranoid...
Ciel: Annoying, back-talking, self-centred-
Alice: That's it! CIEL PHANTOMHIVE, THIS IS WAR! You're cold, indifferent, dominating, evil, merciless, cross-dressing-
Ciel: HARD HEADED, TENACIOUS, OVEREMOTIONAL, RECKLESS, ONE-MINDED, TSUNDERE-
Alice: EMO, STOIC, CONFUSING, STINGY, ARROGANT, STUBBORN, UNDERESTIMATING, BUTLER-DEPENDENT, SELFISH, SWEET-OBSESSED AND BY THE WAY! MY CHARACTER SURPASSES THE STEREOTYPICAL TSUNDERE, IDIOT!
Everyone watching: I-it's the sign of the apocalypse...
Ciel: ...denying.
Alice: I'm NOT denying YOU'RE lying! And if you have THAT many insults about me then you must know me really well to go full on!
Ciel: I don't, you're just too honest with everything but your own weaknesses which are: relationships, intimate situations and 'innocent' animals and children (referring to Adriel and Luca). Hence, you are denying your feelings of affection. *all said with a poker face like a Phantomhive*
Alice: W-what would YOU know you jerk! *blushing furiously*
Ciel: LIKE. I. SAID. You're tsundere-
Alois: AND moe!~
Alice: OTAKUS! I'M SURROUNDED BY OTAKUS!
Adriel/Luca: What's 'or-tar-koo?'
Sebastian: You will find the term 'otaku' commonly used in the Japanese culture, in other words, USE. A. DICTIONARY. AND. PLEASE. STOP. ASKING. ME. ASK. LUCIAN.
Adriel and Luca stare expectantly at Lucian who sweated under pressure.
Lucian: I...don't...know...?
Claude: Cease this unnecessary dispute and on with the case... *sigh*
Alois/Ciel: WHO ARE YOU CALLING OTAKU? IF IT'S ANYONE IT'S THE ONE DOING THIS FANFICTION!
Adriel/Luca: FORTH WALL BREAKEEEEEEEER!
(0_0) Woah, i never know when to stop...CUZ IM CRAZY LIKE THAT!
So i in the end i stuck with the plot's Queen's case arc~ BUT the OTHER idea i got from a CERTAIN AWESOME FANFIC-FREND gave me this other idea that im inspired by 2 write that fic as a chap shortly l8ter after this case is solved! No spoilers...4 now.
HELLO MAH AWESOME READERS, REVIEWERS, FANFIC-FRENDZ, STALKERS, LIKERS, HATERS AND CO: REIVEW THIS CHAP 2 MOTIVATE ME INTO UPDATING QUICKER 4 U!
Did i eva mention how fanfic changed the REVIEW BUTTON TO DA REVIEW BOX? Just typing it out cuz its a heck lot easier 4 reviewing when u can't b stuffed 2 click on the button! Like me, YES im one of those people who read fanfiction, luv it and wait 4 updats but mostly neva b stuffed 2 review...ehehe, u know those times...