Chapter 7
Lust rolled, moved her piece, and frowned. She'd landed on Wrath's property and she was a little short on funds.
"One hundred," Wrath told her.
As if she'd forget. She smiled.
"Well of course Wrath," she agreed, leaning on one hand.
She reached for the one hundred on her pile with her free hand. At the same time, with her other hand, she shot her fingers out, skewered a hundred from the bank, and brought it back. She was just handing one hundred to Wrath when he stopped.
"Lust, you just took out more from the bank," he said.
Suddenly Greed and Envy turned to them, a lot more interested. Greed leaned over and started looking at Lust's money. Oh great. Greed had been good at the math in this game so far.
"What?" Lust asked, playing innocent for a few more seconds. "I don't know what you mean."
"You took out the money you owed me," Wrath explained. No doubt he'd seen it with his ultimate eye. "You were cheating."
"She's been cheating the entire time!" Greed shouted. "She shouldn't have this much!"
"What?!" Envy exclaimed. "Lust, I thought you were the one we could trust with the bank!"
Well, she'd been caught for sure now. "You all sound so surprised," she said.
Really. Wrath and Greed were somewhat understandable. They were new, or at least this Greed was. They hadn't known her long enough. But Envy should've seen this coming.
Wrath leapt up and stabbed Lust through so fast she didn't have time to react. But she did have a regeneration advantage. She shot her fingers out, and Wrath had to get out of the way fast. He let go of the sword he'd stabbed her with as he jumped away. This didn't last very long as he just drew another.
Envy leapt up to fight too, but Greed, not one to miss and opportunity, tripped them. Actually, Greed seemed ready to fight everyone in the chaos, also trying to land a hit on Wrath and Lust. Envy jumped and grabbed the wires on the ceiling. They were probably planning to drop down on Lust, or maybe Greed. They were kind of annoyed with him now. Lust just stabbed Envy in the side though, making them let go.
The door to the room opened.
"Lust I need you to-" Father started.
He stopped as Envy fell backwards, landed on him, and slammed them both into the concrete. Envy was rather heavy after all. This got everyone else to stop and stare with at least a little fear in their eyes.
And this, Father thought a little wearily, is why I should never get off my chair. Next time I send Pride, like usual.
The silence around the remaining players was getting awkward. Well, not for Sloth. He'd slept through this whole thing.
"Well," Greed started. "Good thing the old man was already here for Lust."
They'd decided she was disqualified for cheating, and were continuing without her. Wrath made a noncommittal noise, but Envy nodded.
"So, who gets her property?" Greed asked.
"Whoever beat her," Envy replied. "Or did you forget that already?"
"I know how to play monopoly," Greed snapped. He probably knew better than the others, thanks to his tendency to hang around humans. "But no one did defeat Lust. We found out she was cheating. It's not the same thing."
"I found out she was cheating," Wrath corrected.
"You're not getting her property!" Greed yelled.
Envy was perfectly content to sit there and watch them argue, or maybe even side with Wrath, until he remembered Wrath already had a lot of squares and didn't need Lust's too. Envy would lose for sure.
"Just put them back in the middle," they said with an eyeroll.