The plan is almost complete. Only a few more steps were necessary for the ultimate prank to take place. Or at least Elsword's idea of the ultimate prank. Every year since he was 5, Elesis would do something arguably cruel to him on this mischievous date. However, this time he didn't forget to make preparations for revenge. They were staying at a small inn in Belder, preparing for their next adventure, and for once it seems that Elesis has been distracted with something else that doesn't involve torturing him.
He already had the idea, the day and the hour, the only thing he needed was to get Elesis away from her room long enough to set his trap up. He thought about inventing some excuse to drive her away for the evening but that may make her suspicious. The best strategy would be to ask someone to take her away. But who?
Aisha wouldn't have any problem talking her way through it, if it weren't by how bad a liar she is. Not to mention that she may betray him. Raven is likely to not want to have anything to do with the whole thing and Rena may even scold him for asking that. So his last resort was to ask Eve. The only problem is that he doesn't know if the Nasod and his sister would get along well enough to spend the evening doing something. Anyway, it was his best shot. He located the Nasod alone in the inn's tavern. Unlike every other patron, she wasn't drowning in beer, but instead was reading something on one of her blue holographic screens.
"Hey Eve! What are you up to?" He casually asked, taking the seat in front of her. He saw her eyes peeking at him through the blue monitor before answering.
"Monitoring the temperature of my drones after maintenance," Eve answered. Her voice was as direct and indifferent as always. It wasn't a conversation that Elsword could just step in, so he quickly directed it the way he needed it to be.
"So… are you free this evening?" He said, trying the waters around the favor he needed to ask.
"After I finish this task, I'll be unoccupied for the rest of the day, yes."
"Then… Can I ask you a favor? Could you go somewhere with my sister?" He said. He just realized that he hadn't thought of any plan for them to do.
"Did she tell you to ask me?" Eve questioned. Elsword found the answer quite strange since he was expecting her to either reject the favor or ask for something in return. In any case, it gave him a few more seconds to think of something.
"Humm… no, I just want my sister to relax before we travel again. You know she tends to go overboard with training and stuff."
"I think the amount of training that she does is adequate for someone of her physical form," Eve dismissed the excuse, looking back at her screen. Elsword was starting to panic, however he also noticed that Eve hadn't said no yet.
"A-Anyway, would you do me this favor? Please?" He begged. Eve finally closed the holographic screen and looked at him straight in the eye.
"Fine, but just this once."
Elsword finally sighed in relief. He didn't know why, but he felt like Eve was easier to convince than expected. In any case, he just had to wait until they left and set the trap.
The plan that he concocted was inspired by different pranks he had to endure from the past. Entering his room to have a bucket of cold water fall on him from the door. Waking up with his face covered in permanent marker. Being stained by something that wouldn't go away in a few days or having a lot of people laugh at him after his pants fell off in public are the kind of things that Elesis would do in the past. The plan for today was a good combination of disgusting prank, public humiliation and hard-to-clean stuff.
The first ingredient was a bucket of eggs. Not only are they smelly, but also sticky, perfect for ingredient two: a bucket of chicken feathers. Elesis will be covered in feathers and without a way to get them off herself without having to walk into a bathtub, which conveniently enough this inn doesn't have.
But the embarrassing combination of items wouldn't be enough. Someone like Elesis could easily dodge a bucket falling from the top of her door. Not to mention he would need it to happen twice. His plan was far more complex. When they made the reservation for the inn, Elsword made sure that Elesis would get a bed with a canopy. He had been observing his sister long enough to know her patterns. Every time the redhead arrives at her room after a long day outside, she sits on her bed to take off her boots and lay down. It was her most vulnerable moment. He would prepare a booby trap on the canopy to drop the buckets on her while she's looking down. However, rather than letting the stuff fall on her, he decided to use something that he took from Aisha's backpack a day ago. It was a small rune that produced a bang when primed. Not enough to hurt someone, but more than enough to propel the weird mixture into Elesis' face. He almost felt bad for the inn's staff for ruining the sheets with his prank, but it was well deserved.
He spent the evening preparing everything, feeling confident in his plan, Elsword went back to his room. He wouldn't be able to see the exact moment, but as soon as the bang sounds, he would be there to laugh at her. Taunting Elesis to chase after him was also a part of his humiliating plan.
Finally, he heard Elesis' voice in the corridor and soon enough her door unlocking. Elsword held his breath and waited for the bang. For a long minute, there wasn't any sound coming from her room, but then he heard it. Elsword sprung from his door and ran into Elesis' room with his mocking finger already raised. Except that he quickly saw her standing next to the door totally unscathed. And what was more worrying was the fearful expression in her face as she stared at the person sitting on her bed. It took Elsword a very long second to realize what happened when he saw a pair of golden eyes across a layer of egg and feathers quickly turn into dark red orbs. A menacing presence started flooding the room and his instinct told him to run.
"E-Eve… why are you… I mean, about this…" He said. The Nemesis was already raising her hand, but it wasn't to slap him. Instead he saw her black drone prepare a long spear that he quickly guessed would end sticking out of his rear. Elsword's blood froze for a second before his sister turned to him and whispered:
"You better run dude."