Author's note: So I had a bit of extra time today and managed to edit this chapter pretty heavily. Not sure it reads very fluidly because of all the dang dialogue, but I tried.
It was nice to have Yakko acting a bit like himself for once, but don't get used to it haha... The poor kid's gonna be so broken by the end of this story.
Also! I'm going to be uploading drawings for this and other future stories to my art blog on tumblr. You can find me at "cramping-sugar-hands . tumblr . com" (without the spaces in between)
"... A princess."
"Uh-huh."
He had almost been shot by a princess, he'd accidentally invaded the personal space of a princess, he'd bantered with a princess, he'd questioned a princess time and time again-
"Hey, I see smoke coming out of your head there. If you think too much, your brain will fry" she waved her hand in front of his face to snap him out of it, her eyes a tiny bit worried.
When he shook his head a bit to get rid of the useless thoughts, Rose smiled at him with an eyebrow raised "You don't have to worry about me being a princess. Seriously. Even if the power helps our cause, it's more an insult than an honor with how things are right now."
Their cause- Right, he'd almost forgotten.
"You were going to tell me what's going on, weren't you?"
Rose smiled, the previous tense atmosphere somewhat dissolving "Yeah, I am. It's actually pretty important that you're informed, if you're going to accept my offer later."
Yakko made himself as comfortable as possible in his seat, only turning his head to peek at Nicolas, who had returned to his previous place leaning on the doors. However, the man looked pale as he placed a hand over his heart, inhaling and exhaling exaggeratedly in his honest opinion. Were the pass-watchers really that bad? Maybe Rose would explain a bit more about why everyone was so spooked by them.
The princess - it was weird to think of her as a princess, really - lightly told the mustached conductor to "calm down before you collapse, dumbass", and then the glorious exposition began.
"I guess I should explain from the very beginning, when our previous king was overthrown" Rose spoke, her face calm and collected, even though her eyes burned with ferocity "WarnerStock has had many kings over the years, all of them coming from the royal Warner family."
"Warner?" his voice was surprised "Like our species?"
Rose nodded "It's a very common surname. You'd be surprised how many warners actually have that last name, even though they're from different lineages. I guess our ancestors weren't very creative and just called all of them Warner. In later centuries, when new families came about, new surnames were invented. There certainly aren't the same amount of Warner's as there were before, but there are still a lot."
"Anyway, the royal Warner family has ruled WarnerStock for centuries, but they fell seven years ago."
He frowned. Well that explained why Rose and her sisters were princesses even though their surname was Milers "What happened?"
Rose clenched her fists, clearly angered by whatever she was about to say "There's been... a serious issue for a long time here, so long ago it started a few decades after we came above ground, which is to say, a long, long time ago. Kids disappear right under their parents' noses. It's always been the lower class, orphans, kids from poor families... Kids that might not be missed."
"The search for them has been going on for centuries, but all that was ever found were trails of blood where they're presumed to have been killed. No matter how much the royal family's soldiers searched, they never found them. To this day, nobody knows where their bodies are."
"It happened for so long... People got sick of waiting for results. The poor rebelled, started coming up with conspiracy theories that the monarchy was behind everything... My mother was one of those people."
The train continued moving through the tracks, the angry sound of the engine slightly muffling Rose's voice, as if it didn't want her to speak of such a horrible thing anymore. Yakko was both baffled and horrified, unprepared for this type of story. This was far worse than anything he had imagined.
Rose continued, trying to keep the emotions rumbling inside of her bottled up "My mother Athena, who had been a farmer at the time, along with several other lower-class warners, decided to take the king down. They managed it, obviously. Athena took full responsibility for the revolution and put herself on the throne. Needless to say, people quickly realized that Athena wasn't exactly the best queen."
"The prices spiked and the wages dropped. Most of our small population is starving. There is a very small amount of middle-class, and the higher-class practically doesn't exist. Athena holds all the money, and started to ration seeds for farming."
Again, Yakko felt infuriated. He wasn't even from this kingdom and he felt betrayed. How exactly were they all holding on? It almost sounded like the queen was purposefully killing them.
"What's she doing with it all? She can't hold it in a vault-"
Rose interrupted him through clenched teeth "You'd be surprised. She's terrified of being taken down like our previous king was, so she's keeping them weak and penny-less so that they can't rise against her, or that's our best guess. She doesn't exactly share much with us."
He felt a fire of indignation alight in his stomach, and he opened his mouth to at least mutter an insult to the monarch, but then he remembered with wide eyes that this woman was Rose's mother. He couldn't curse her existence with her daughter right there.
She smiled softly, her eyes sad "You don't have to hold back, you know. I've already cursed her to hell and back for most of my life."
Yakko couldn't imagine himself cursing his parents if he had known them, but he could perfectly understand where Rose was coming from. Instead of accepting her offer however, he continued in a soft voice "So Athena is making the people of WarnerStock suffer... and I assume this is where you and your sisters come into play?"
Rose surprisingly smiled at him for catching on, showing her perfect pearly white teeth "Exactly. We've been working on making a group to go against her for a few years, but so far the only people really working are the three of us. Everyone else who is trustworthy are in on it, but they can't stop their jobs or else the economy will get even worse and they won't have enough to eat."
Yakko was slowly piecing together what Rose was going to ask of his siblings and him... but for now, he gave the girl a tired and annoyed expression.
"You said this place had plenty of jobs and food."
Rose waved her hand dismissively, as if telling him it really wasn't an important detail "I said having three more mouths to feed wouldn't be a problem, and I didn't lie. It's not a problem for us, being princesses and all" still, she seemed slightly abashed, lowering her head and briefly staring at the ground "... You have to understand, we're kind of... really desperate. I promise I've been telling the truth about everything else."
Yakko wanted to roll his eyes, but he felt too much sympathy to do that "... Fine. I'll try to trust you."
Even though she had seemed perfectly calm and collected, Rose let out a small sigh of relief at his words.
"Okay. Great."
Eager to get back on topic, Yakko continued the onslaught of questions "What is it you guys do exactly?"
Rose's face brightened, as if she would be delighted to tell him every single detail about her work. Such enthusiasm admittedly brought a smile to his face "We do all kinds of things. We mostly help people around WarnerStock like I initially told you, stopping petty crimes and all that, but we also periodically take money from the vaults and distribute it to the poor, which is what happened earlier at the station."
Ah, so she had given that person money.
"So you guys are like Robin Hood" after he said it he realized she probably didn't even know who Robin Hood was, but she surprised him by letting out a startled laugh and shaking her head. Maybe they still had some clue about human culture even closed off from the world like they were.
"You're giving us too much credit" her smiled turned sad, hopeless. She clearly wished she could do more "Since it's just three of us, it's not like we can help much. Sure, we have plans up our sleeves and thought up a way to take down Athena, but we can't manage any of that with our low amount of personnel. We'd need more people to take her down."
"And everyone in WarnerStock is either homeless and weak or necessary to the economy?"
"... Yeah. You see our problem."
Surely, the three Milers couldn't go around recruiting people from the streets. They needed fighters, and warners who probably hadn't eaten in weeks weren't exactly going to be of much help. Had the warner population been larger, it wouldn't have been as troublesome to get recruits, but as it was, there were too few people being fed by an even smaller amount of people, and losing even one of the precious workers could mean the absolute starvation of the whole race. No wonder they were having problems.
And Yakko understood why he and his siblings would be the perfect additions to the group. Not only were they healthy, but they weren't working on the economy, and if they were going to eat anyway they might as well make themselves useful. They were smart, they were sneaky, they were fast, they were hard workers. Also, it was beneficial to the three sisters that they had absolutely no idea how this society worked and that they pretty much had to rely on them if they wanted to survive in such a merciless country.
Rose had them in the palm of her hand.
Yet the girl wasn't telling him any of this outright. She knew that he knew, that he was smart enough to realize their situation was bleak from what he had seen of WarnerStock. Instead of forcing the reality of things down his throat though, she was trying to convince him to join them willingly with the sob story of WarnerStock and the need they had for recruits.
Yakko had to admit that in the helplessness of the situation he and his family were facing, Rose's silent pleas were working. It wasn't like they had any choice. They couldn't turn back, and staying alone in the declining economy was like asking for death. However, Yakko knew that if he were to accept the Milers' proposal to join the team, their lives would be in constant danger. They were going to help overthrow the monarchy, not do simple desk work.
So, they either died at the hands of humans, died at the hands of Athena's greed, or risked their lives with Rose, StarDust and Marilyn. It seemed like a pretty obvious, although horrifying, choice.
He had just asked the voice its opinion on the matter, but it wouldn't answer. Either it had as much of a clue as to what to do as he did, or it was too busy thinking things over and couldn't tell him anything yet. He was betting on the first one.
"... Hypothetically speaking, if we were to join this little group... What would we be doing, exactly?" he knew he was already giving Rose a flame of hope just by asking that, but Yakko, as worried and claustrophobic as he felt in such a situation where he had absolutely no other choice, couldn't feel bad about getting her hopes up. He might as well say yes right now and get it over with, he was just delaying the inevitable.
Like he had expected, Rose's eyes lit up like a child on Christmas as she explained "Oh, well, that would be a whole other thing. You see, first we would have to figure out what area you three are best at, then train you on that field and give you general knowledge you'll need for the line of work. It would take some time, but we would do some smaller missions while doing that to get you used to how things work, like delivering money in secret or going to buy some supplies. Simple stuff, really."
"Then, when the moment is right and we feel like you're ready, we would go do some actual work. Steal stuff, win over with favors the few warners that help Athena, the works. We would gradually move up the ladder, and when we have enough powerful allies and the nuisances have been dealt with... Then, we strike."
The princess' eyes narrowed as she let out a dark chuckle "Athena won't know what hit her. She has no idea the people working against her are her own daughters."
Yakko had a feeling he could grow to like Rose. She had this ferocious look in her eyes he could appreciate, and she had huge ambitions. Her faith in herself and her team was actually winning him over without even showing him anything that could ensure that there would be good results. As of yet, he had no reason to believe that Rose would lead them to anything other than an early demise, but she was making him believe her with just words. She sounded like she knew what she was doing.
Hell, what she was saying sounded rather fun, if dangerous. A bit of adventure every now and then was definitely his cup of tea, regardless of how wary he was. His only problem so far was that he would be exposing his younger siblings to such danger willingly. There... wasn't much he could do about that.
Ignoring the upsetting thought, he smiled "You sound very sure of yourself."
"I am. We've been at this for four years and so far nobody has ever even come close to catching us" her words held promise, but something else was tugging at his mind.
"You... do have a plan for what will happen to the kingdom once you take Athena down, right? Without some kind of ruler, WarnerStock will probably descend into chaos."
Rose suddenly became serious, but there was still a small smile tugging at her lips "I'm surprised you're thinking so far ahead, but such a mindset would definitely be a good addition to the group."
Honestly, he couldn't help but feel a bit of satisfaction at the praise.
"To answer your question though, yes, we do have a plan. It could take a long time to actually do it, so we'll need to work on that while we do our different missions."
"What did you have in mind?"
The blonde rose an eyebrow at his suspicious curiosity, but didn't say anything because she knew he didn't have any ulterior motives. If he was going to go through with this he should know what he was going to be dealing with, after all.
"Well, we were thinking of finding the previous king's children, if they're still alive. People are desperate enough that they'll take the kids, knowing they're blameless in whatever conspiracy they think the monarchy was on. We were mostly hoping to get the direct heir to the throne, Elias Warner, to rule WarnerStock. Unfortunately, nobody knows where he could be, and even if we were to go about finding the queen and have her rule instead, she's also missing. Hell, the king's own body was never found. There's a rumor going around that some crazy cultists took their bodies and burned them as 'revenge' for their children's murders, but I doubt that's true."
Yakko sighed and passed a hand through his hair in exasperation, although nothing really had to be done about this yet. What a mess "So we're searching for Wally. Multiple Wallys."
Rose's face scrunched up in confusion at the analogy "Who's Wally?"
Oh. So they didn't know everything about human culture. What exactly dictated what they had knowledge of and what they didn't? Importance?
Curious, but he was digressing "Nevermind, it's a popular human puzzle game."
- Hey, Yakko. -
Had he had the ability to hear the voice for a shorter amount of time, he would have jumped in surprise at the voice's sudden comment. As it was, he had known this thing for as long as he could remember and thus, he had come to expect it to say something whenever it wanted. He stayed perfectly still, no matter how startled he was.
- What? -
- The pass watchers, she didn't volunteer information about that. -
"Oh yeah," he began saying after hearing the voice speak, suddenly remembering he was rather curious about that "What about the pass watchers? Why was everyone so afraid of them if they just came in to check their passports?"
"Right, you're probably pretty confused with how Nicolas almost passed out back there" Rose mused, taking a glance at the conductor "It's not the fact that they come to check the passports that gets everyone nervous. It's what they'll do if they think you're suspicious."
Shit, that sure sounded ominous "... What do they do?"
Nicolas, looking considerably less pale than he had been a few minutes before, spoke with a distressed frown on his face "They send you to prison. It's said that they'll torture you 'till death because they think you're hiding some kind of secret. Only sick bastards can be pass watchers."
Rose sighed when Yakko turned wide eyes to the conductor "Basically, even if you have no reason to be suspected, you can still end up being tortured in one of the prisons, or, well, so they say. The good thing is that the pass watchers have a predictable schedule- they usually just stop the train twice a day at specific times, and everyone makes sure to board their train at least an hour earlier or later... but recently they've changed the schedule and with the element of surprise, they could get anyone at any time. It's like being in a cage with a lion and waiting to see who it eats first."
"So we're... constantly in danger?" Yakko felt a shiver go down his spine, but Rose gave him a small smile that slightly calmed his fears.
"Don't be too worried, in the case that either you, your brother, or your sister have to go to one of the other towns you'll have a special passport with you, courtesy of the princesses. As long as you have those, nobody's going to get pulled out of it, much less you guys."
"But what about everyone else?" He knew he couldn't expect everyone to be saved, at least not yet, but he couldn't help but hope that something could be done.
As expected, Rose merely looked down and her ears lowered a bit in sadness "We can't be everywhere all the time. The only thing we can do is try to change how things are little by little, and fight for a brighter future."
"You're actually considering adding this snotty brat to your team?" Nicolas scoffed, crossing his arms, failing completely at reading the somber mood. Yakko felt his eye twitch in annoyance.
Okay, this guy was pissing him off, and he wasn't about to let anyone walk all over him. He still had his pride and nobody would trample it if he had anything to say about it. With that in mind, Yakko glared at the man, who looked surprised at his sudden change in demeanor.
"Funny how the guy insulting someone for no reason is calling me a brat. I'd say you're the one who needs to grow up, mister weird moustache."
"What-! I do not have a weird mustache!" Nicolas fumed, his face red from humiliation and fury as Rose snorted loudly next to him, hiding a smile behind her hand, an expression of mirth on her face "I don't!"
"Yes you do."
"I don't!"
Yakko smirked. Ah, here came the opportunity to put the skills he'd learned from the animated geniuses to the test.
"You do."
"Don't!"
"Do."
"Don't!"
"Don't."
"Do! Wait-"
Nicolas held a confused expression for a moment as Yakko grinned at him, relishing in the moment when the man yelled out a curse at him and pulled his hair in anger at the realization that he'd been fooled with.
"You just got Looney Tune'd" Yakko chuckled. Rose then slapped his back as she giggled and he couldn't help jumping slightly in surprise at the contact.
"I have no idea what you just said, haha, but watching Nicolas lose his shit is hilarious" the blonde still tried to keep her laughs quiet with a hand to her mouth, her other hand patting him on the back, though the pats were a lot softer than the first one.
Yakko still wanted to tell her not to touch him, but he was too concentrated on getting the funny mustached man angrier to care too much right at that moment.
"Don't laugh at me!" the man complained to Rose as he stomped his foot on the floor of the train, and Yakko only smiled sarcastically as Nicolas gave him more material to work with. What a baby.
"Now you're throwing a tantrum. Yup, I'm totally the child around here."
Rose practically started slipping from her seat she was laughing so hard, Nicolas looked about ready to slap him across the face, and a few warners on the train actually let out a few chuckles. Even the voice laughed.
- Hey, all those seemingly useless classes actually paid off; who knew you'd actually get to Looney Tune someone. Also, your timing was impeccable. -
He beamed at the praise.
- Why thank you. -
- Heh... You're welcome. -
The air in the wagon became lighter now that the tense conversation had been replaced with humor, even though Nicolas was still fuming beside him. Yakko felt accomplished.
"Also-" He was about to give the guy a few more reasons to remember him as the most annoying being on Earth, but at that moment, the train decided to stop in its tracks.
"Oh thank Christ, if I had to put up with you for a second longer I would've lost my hair!" Nicolas quickly opened the door to the train as everyone began to step out, a loud voice in the intercom saying that they were getting off in the city of Aphrodite.
Rose stood up to follow the rest of the warners out, still trying to calm her giggles, and Yakko followed her reluctantly. He'd actually been having fun annoying the man.
While Rose jumped off onto the platform, Yakko stayed at the edge of the train.
Nicolas snarled at him "Get off you brat."
"I forgot to add that your hat is ugly."
"Off!"
With that, the angry conductor pushed him onto the platform and closed the doors, most likely hoping he would never have to see his mug again, and the train's engine gave a whistle as it signaled that it was going off.
"How rude, is that how they treat tourists around here?"
Rose snorted as Yakko stood up and dusted himself off, having landed bottom first onto the platform's floor when Robert had pushed him. He huffed at the harsh treatment, but wasn't too upset because he'd been victorious in the end.
"Don't pay too much attention to Nicolas. He's always an ass to the new recruits" the blonde sent him an amused smile and she made a gesture for him to follow her down the stone steps that would take them to the actual town.
"I will say you made the ride... interesting. I have a feeling it will be hard to get bored around you."
Yakko walked next to Rose on the gravel, his head held high at the compliment. Rose gave him a look that was probably telling him not to get too full of himself, but he pretended he didn't see it "Well, my job used to be to entertain people. I'd be upset if you got bored around me."
The conversation died and a comfortable silence bloomed from its ashes, following them along their trek through Aphrodite.
The city was, if he were to say it, pretty. While Artemis had a sort of Medieval motif, Aphrodite was built more like a French countryside town. The houses were still practically stuck to one another, but these were all made of brick and tile for the roof. The cobblestone ground and the narrow streets were still there, but in Aphrodite there were flowers and trees growing in practically every street they passed, making the town livelier when compared to Artemis.
"Let me guess, this is the more rich-people town."
"Look who guessed right again" Rose easily confirmed his suspicions, sliding her eyes to the right to catch the sight of a few warner children chasing each other and laughing in happiness as they played.
Yakko looked to his left and saw an older woman watering her front porch's plants, and when she caught sight of them, she waved with a smile. He gave a surprised wave back and turned his attention back to Rose.
"Everyone seems so much happier here. It's a little jarring."
The difference between the two towns was glaringly obvious, and yet after seeing how miserable the warners in Artemis were, to see even a few warners in Aphrodite looking so relaxed and happy was surprising. Surprising, but welcome.
"Aphrodite is the smallest town in WarnerStock, and also the one where most of the people are wealthy enough to survive. Next is Athena, the town where half of the population is healthy and the other half loiters around the streets. Finally, we have Artemis, which is the poorest town nowadays" Rose sighed, looking up at the sky as if remembering better times "Artemis used to be the richest town."
"And then the previous king was overthrown, huh?"
"Yeah..."
A strange sadness engulfed the air around them as they continued walking down the colorful street. Yakko smelt the scent of freshly baked bread from the bakery they passed, a smell that overpowered the scent of flowers that was around the town for a moment. His stomach growled in response, reminding him the only thing he had eaten that day was an apple, but he silenced it. Rose would probably treat them to a big dinner later, and if not, well, he wasn't the type that complained about being hungry when half the population was starving.
He heard music from a group of musicians playing in a small plaza they passed by. He also spotted a toy shop, where several warner children were pressing their tiny excited faces against the display window to see the new gadgets they could buy. He found it odd that some of the things he saw on display in a few shops looked incredibly technologically advanced, but other things had simply not been upgraded, like the train. He supposed that this society valued the advancements of different things, and didn't care for some others. Interesting.
- ... If you're done talking with Blondie here, I'd like to speak with you a bit. -
When the voice spoke, he only hummed curiously to question what it wanted. It had been quite chatty when he'd first woken up, but now that it was the afternoon it hadn't said much.
- You still think it's a good idea to stay here? -
Of course it would ask him about that.
- We don't really have a choice. At least they're offering us shelter and food. -
- I know, but... -
- You're still skeptical? If you thought up any other options I'm all ears. -
He was actually not being sarcastic about that, he was honestly open to any and all suggestions. He was also a little desperate to find his siblings a way out, despite how calmly he was trying to take the situation.
- We could try being on our own. -
- We'd die in a week, you heard Rose. There isn't anyone crazy enough in this country to employ three kids with no experience. We don't even have skills. -
- You wouldn't need the job. -
- Then what would we do? ... Are you suggesting we steal from people? -
An embarrassed pause.
- ... Well... -
- Seriously, no. Aside from the obvious morality issue, we'd probably get caught. -
The voice answered with conviction.
- You wouldn't. I'd help you. -
- How? You're just a voice, it's not like you can do anything. -
There was a beat of silence.
- I can do more than you think. -
What did it mean by that?
Yakko sighed. He probably shouldn't look too much into it; the voice just liked being cryptic every once in a while.
- I can't bet on you when I barely know anything about you. -
This time the voice grumbled under its breath and Yakko could tell it, begrudgingly, agreed with him.
- ... Well, it's your choice in the end. And no matter what you choose, I'll always support you... Uh, just so you know. -
The voice sounded a bit bashful as it said that, and admittedly, the words brought a small smile to Yakko's face. No matter how harsh the world got, he knew he could always count on his siblings and on the voice. Even if it was just something that his subconscious had come up with, it was calming to know it was always with him.
He really hoped it would change its mind about not telling him its name. If he could call it something other than "the voice", that would make him feel like it was actually another person, like he actually had a friend that stuck with him through highs and lows.
"It's getting dark" Rose interrupted his thoughts as she came to a stop in the middle of the street, looking up at the sky. Yakko looked up as well to see that, indeed, the sun was setting.
"Are we there yet?"
"It's just around this corner."
Sure enough, she turned at the corner on the street, beckoning him with one hand before disappearing from view behind the house situated at the very end. Yakko quickly followed her, going to the next street- before stopping in place.
In front of him was a large black gate which's opening led to a narrow path with trees at the sides. There were tombstones all around the ground and a few flowers here and there.
It was a graveyard. Rose had taken him to a graveyard.
He opened his mouth to ask her why, but after thinking it through for a moment, he decided to close his mouth. He'd already learned that some questions were totally useless. If Rose was going to tell him at all then she'd do it on her own.
Instead of questioning why they were in such a dismal place, he followed her inside.
The princess dodged tombs as she walked, taking care not to step on any part of the rocks as a sign of respect for the dead. She also avoided the flowers, which Yakko supposed she just didn't want to trample. They made the graveyard creepily beautiful.
He followed in her steps through the grass, passing more tombstones than he could count. What unsettled him wasn't the fact that they were in a graveyard- The reason why he was creeped out was because he felt uncomfortably calm in the silence of the night... Or should he say, the silence of the dead.
It was already sunset, and he was tempted to ask Rose if they could turn back, mostly because he wanted to go back to bed, but also because he didn't want to be in a graveyard in the dark. However, he didn't say anything, merely continued to walk in her steps to the far end of the field.
Rose stopped in front of a big mausoleum, which looked like it belonged to a very important person. Upon looking at the inscription carved in the stone, the person turned out to be one "William Warner".
"This is the grave we had made for the previous king."
With a frown, he looked at her "But you said they never found the body."
In response, she gave him a smile and gestured to the huge tombstone, opening the gate to it "We use it for... other purposes."
Having said that, she entered it and beckoned him inside.
He did a double take at her "Uh..."
"Come on, we don't have all day."
Oh hell no, he was not about to go into a grave at night.
Yakko gave her a worried look as he shook his head, staring at the grave as if a zombie would open the door to the coffin he saw in there and attack Rose.
She wasn't being serious, was she?
The princess put a hand on her hip and let her weight rest on one of her legs, giving him a deadpan look in response.
She was serious.
"Are you more of a scaredy-cat than I imagined? I told you, there's no body, it's not like we're desecrating the dead. I wouldn't do that."
- You're not seriously going in there, are you? -
Rose rolled her eyes at his silence and turned around to face the coffin. She moved away from it so he could see that on the inside of it, and from there, he could see a set of stairs leading down into the dark unknown.
Once he had admired the interior of the coffin for a bit, she jerked her head to tell him to follow her.
Yakko sighed.
- Apparently I am. -
The voice sighed with him.
- This is getting crazier by the second. -
Not having any other choice, he cautiously walked inside the mausoleum, only to jump when Rose closed the gate behind him.
"There better be something amazing down those stairs" he complained as he followed Rose into the coffin, and she closed the lid behind her, giving him a satisfied smirk as they walked downwards.
"If by something amazing you mean your brother and sister, then yes, there's two amazing things waiting down these stairs."
Yakko froze in the middle of the stone steps. Slowly, he turned his head around to stare at her with a horrified expression.
"You took my siblings to a graveyard and led them down a coffin!?"
Rose only groaned in annoyance and pushed him forward in response "I take it back, it's gonna be real annoying to have you around."
WarnerStock's kind of really fucked up, huh?
