A/N: Hello, boys and girls! ladies and gentlemen! and all other folk from across the board! today I bring to you another Steven Falls chapter! give it up for Chapter Four, everybody! I hope you all enjoy it!

A Triangle in the Stars
Chapter Four: A Glimpse Underneath the Mask

Sadie was sitting on a blanket at the pier, still kinda setting up the picnic. She heard some footsteps against the grass, looked up and noticed Steven, and smiled, "Oh, hey, Steven." She then looked confused when she didn't see her coworker or Steven's new friend, and asked, eyebrow raised, "Where's Lars and Bill?"

"They're still putting up posters and giving out flyers. I... I wanted to help you," Steven offered, smiling. "And also... I wanted to talk to you."

"Oh. I see. And thank you," she smiled back, and then tilted her head. "About what? or who?" She had this small inkling that he wanted to talk about Bill Cipher.

What he said next confirmed it. "My friend. Bill. He's... well... I don't know what to think of him. He's cool, but weird," he shrugged. "He made it rain on Lars, too."

"So he did," Sadie couldn't help smirking at this. She, moreover, turned out to be right. But, despite what Steven was saying, she could tell something was wrong. She frowned a little, "What's wrong though? you have that face on.."

"Bill is... strange. He knows all sorts of weird things, and he stole Lion's teeth and tried to give them to me as presents."

Her eyes widened, "That really is strange.." she got up and started setting out the other blankets, thinking about the weird triangle. "And you said he washed up here?"

"Yeah, as a statue! he didn't glow or even talk for a while. He had a cut across his eye... so I took him in. I know, it seems kinda foolish, but the Gems aren't there, and... yeah..."

Sadie sighed, "You're doing the right thing... I guess... but be careful, okay, Steven? something about him rubs me the wrong way..." she was halfway finished with laying out the blankets at this point.

Steven frowned, thinking on this for a while, before he decided to save that thinking for later. "You need any help with that?" he reached forward to help her.

She smiled, "Yeah. Thank you."

But she couldn't stop thinking about Bill. She hoped nothing bad would come of this...

Bill had dispelled the rain, for the most part. It was still sprinkling on Lars. He didn't want the posters to get really wet, after all, only because he wanted to humor Sadie. He otherwise couldn't care less about this whole thing.

He magically took some more posters and plastered them on poles, walls, and other upright objects. Lars looked over, seeing the papers diminishing in number. He smirked a little. The demon glanced over at Lars, frowning slightly, before he looked across the town again. The one good thing he could say about this town was that it wasn't a stupid hick town like Gravity Falls was. People here were actually competent, and that was just him feeling their auras.

Lars walked steady, crossing his arms. Smiling at some people as he walked, trying to look cool, to put on that big bully act that he always did. He glanced at Bill, who was kinds cramping his style, "Hey, can't you actually look like something normal, maybe?"

Bill shot him a glare, stapling more posters up, "Heh, like I'd ever do anything for you. I know what you really want. Besides, I don't want to form into some sweaty skin puppet."

"Whatever," Lars shrugged, but couldn't resist to add, "but you're still a one-eyed dork."

"Don't make me shock you again, kid. Cause I'll do it," the demon threatened, gesturing to the raincloud still above Lars's head.

Lars looked up, a little fearful for a second. He bit his lip, "Fine, whatever." He rolled his eyes and looked away from the triangle. The demon saw that fearful expression and grinned, but said nothing. He offhandedly wondered why Lars wasn't dead where he stood after all this time. It wasn't like he cared or anything.

He sent several more papers flying towards a separate set of walls and poles. He made a slight point about barely talking to anyone, except Lars, here. He just didn't quite feel like it yet. Lars completely ignored Bill, and walked a bit ahead of him, to give the illusion that they weren't travelling together. The demon noticed, and casually levitated next to him again. He chuckled mischievously, keeping an eye on the dwindling pile of papers from time to time too. Every time Bill tried to float next to him, Lars would slow down or speed up in an attempt to rid himself of the nacho. Usually the former.

"You can't keep away from me, kid! I'm onto you!" and then he caught up somehow and latched onto Lars's arm. He grinned up at him, "Besides, we're supposed to be working together."

"Yeah, well, you're throwing off my groove!" he snapped, glaring down at the dorito. "Get off me! you're almost as clingy as Steven!" he tried to literally throw Bill off his arm, shaking it as hard and as fast as he could.

Bill laughed, hanging on. As much as he detested this physical contact, the enjoyment of getting under a person's skin and making them as uncomfortable as possible took precedence.

"I don't think you'll want to do that, donut boy... if you throw me off, you're as good as maimed."

And then suddenly that raincloud got darker. Lars groaned, "You know what? fine. Let's get this over with already!" he started to walk faster, on the side of the sidewalk Bill was on, so no one would see him.

"Good," he grinned, and then frowned. "Trust me, I don't like working with you either. The quicker we get this done, the sooner we can part ways after the picnic. But I can't promise you won't see me again."

He took more papers and tossed them at the walls, each of them magically stapling. A few almost hit a passing human, but he hardly cared about that. Besides, it was all about raising awareness, and, if it took getting a poster stapled to a part of your body, then that's what it took.

A/N: So, that's that! this time, I was Sadie, and Ace was Lars. And I took Bill, and she took Steven, just in case you all forgot. I hope you enjoyed. X3 And, by the by, I'm starving for some discussion... so if you could leave a lengthy review I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!