From the Moas Proctoris Times, January 21, 4100 (Page 1)
Angel Irene Vile-Surfeit: Becoming Unsettled Again?
For some, her actions were purely instinctive and appropriate for a parent while, to others, they were unacceptable and suspicious. Behaviorists, who have examined both photographs and video taken during the early afternoon hours of January 20, all say that Angel Irene Vile-Surfeit, the youngest daughter of our ruler, Master Vile, was acting like any other parent should after finding herself, and her family of four sons and one daughter, surrounded by photographers and news reporters and after finding that one of the throng surrounding her had separated her from one of her children. Regardless of what the behaviorists say, many are wanting to know what's going on with the woman, and her children, and how life is under her roof.
Yesterday, just before twelve-noon, two vehicles were seen as leaving the residence that's owned and resided in by the TazirVile Lajoshu Surfeit family; while some of the folk who've remained gate and fence-side, with hope of seeing and catching photographic and video evidence of the newly returned Surfeits, remained at their station there were a few who got into their cars and then followed the vehicles. The whereabouts of the two vehicles were known for all of thirty minutes before both were noted as being teleported to a different location. The ones who were following the two vehicles were forced to turn about and then return to the gate and fence—while the people returned to their prior station fine they didn't remain there; after learning that Angel Irene Vile-Surfeit, and her four sons, and EshalVile Eskara Surfeit, who's Mrs. Vile-Surfeit's adoptive daughter and the biological daughter of Bespe Rakaduc, were in Calalron Mall, which is one of the largest malls in Apalix City, which is located thirty-five miles from Mr. Surfeit's residence, they took the trip there to see them. Trouble, it is said, occurred right after they were seen.
"They were eating lunch when we found them... along with all being present, they also had a trove of Goblins around them." Zlurokk Kryyot, one of the photographers who was there to witness what happened, said when questioned on the happenings in the mall. "I'd say around ten or so Goblins were seated at the tables around them... there was no sign of Mr. Surfeit with the group."
It wasn't until later that it was discovered that TazirVile Lajoshu Surfeit, the Universal Mate of Angel Irene Vile-Surfeit, and the biological father of three of her four sons, was on Ssaavoo, a planet in the Bula Galaxy, which is currently in his possession; while the man was dealing with rioters, and trying to return order to the governments on the planet, his wife, and their children, were dealing with a mini-battle of their own. From what video and photographic evidence has shown, one of the Goblins seated around the family stood after seeing a small group of photographers and news reporters approaching the area where the family was dining at—the same man called in several of his group after seeing that the ones that he had gone to intercept and then escort from the area weren't doing as he wanted them to do.
All four of Mrs. Vile-Surfeit's sons acted nervously, but remained in their seats as the Goblins took care of matters in making the ones who were trying to question them to back off; Mrs. Vile-Surfeit, and her children, seemed to of done some shopping during their trip—an assortment of bags was noted as being either beside them or hanging from the backs of their chairs by the men and women who were there to question them. After peace in the area where the family was in was restored, the Goblins returned to their post; when the group was done in eating their lunch, which is presumed to of come from the nearby restaurant of Ne'Flav Pizzaria, they stood then made as to leave the area—it is here where the chaotic events happened.
"We did as any other in our profession would in following them... several of us got close enough to attract the attentions of the Goblins, who were surrounding the family. After two of the Goblins' attention was gained, my friend ran forward... towards the younger of her [Mrs. Vile-Surfeit's] sons. The Goblins, and she, went crazy after that happened." Hojizah Haern, a reporter from the Y'kbor News, who was there to witness the events that unfolded between the family, the Goblins, and the photographers and news reporters, said.
Witnesses to the event claim that LazeerVile Zuluduz Surfeit, the youngest son of Mrs. Vile-Surfeit and Mr. Surfeit, was separated from the group by the reporter who rushed into the group, who's name is unknown and isn't being disclosed. The Goblins were fast in surrounding Mrs. Vile-Surfeit and her remaining children; somehow in the mayhem, the youngster that was separated from the group was missed by all of them. When the boy's mother went to retrieve him, the Goblins prevented her from doing so, which caused her to fight them—Mrs. Vile-Surfeit's violent actions occurred after she got loose of her party then reached her young son's side. Lazeer, it is said, was surrounded by reporters and photographers, and was an emotional mess, at the time that he saw his mother coming for him.
A camera was broken; Mrs. Vile-Surfeit has been reported to be the cause of two or three broken noses and one of the reporters gained a broken arm—camera footage shows him as holding his arm out to her, and standing in her way, before the event happened. The man who's arm was broken did file a report for domestic assault; after the events on what happened were investigated, his charge was dropped. No other charges were placed on Mrs. Vile-Surfeit.
"That man deserved what he got—he was standing in front of her son, who was scared half to death, and he prevented her from going to him." Niiwa Sayklon, one of the patrons who was in the mall at the time, said while being questioned. "I was there, and I heard him yell for her to not come a step closer—she told him to step out of the way, so she could go to her son, and he came back with a no. With his arm being raised towards her, I'm pretty sure that she took him as a threat to both herself and her child."
After retrieving her son, she and her other sons—Bile Vile (sired by Master Vile, who claimed Mrs. Vile-Surfeit through Family Law as a wife), LhaklarVile Closhu Surfeit, and HazaarVile Tlair Surfeit—fled the area. The second they were out of the mall, the Goblins split up—presumably to find them and to take them home. Miss. EshalVile Surfeit was taken from the area by one of the men who stayed behind to look after her.
It wasn't until some hours later that the family was found and then removed from the city.
From the Moas Huround, January 22, 4100 (Page 1)
Fight In Park—Mrs. Vile-Surfeit Spotted Fighting A Goblin?
The ones who were in Apalix City's Klilm Park received a shock after noticing the happenings between Mrs. Angel Irene Vile-Surfeit, the daughter of our ruler, Master Vile, and the wife of both Master Vile and TazirVile Lajoshu Surfeit, and the Goblin who ran up from nowhere. After noon-hour on January 20, Mrs. Vile-Surfeit, and her four sons and one adoptive daughter, were seen as being in Apalix City's Calalron Mall and, due to events that occurred after the family were being escorted from the area that they were dining in, a majority of them ran off to, it's presumed, calm down and get away from the ones that were causing them grief. Several hours after escaping the Goblins, who are said to number at around ten, and who are said to be their escorts for the day, they were approached by one of their former party—the meeting, more so for the Goblin than for Mrs. Vile-Surfeit, did not go well.
"They weren't really hiding or anything—they were sitting, in plain view, under a Desert Ostin, that was in the far southern corner of the park." a witness, who wishes to remain anonymous, said of the events that she saw. "The Goblin ran out from nowhere... when she saw him, she ran out from under the tree then started fighting him. Her sons did nothing but stay under the tree the entire time they were fighting."
The Goblin, after receiving two to three injuries, was run off; no sooner was he run off before being replaced by two others who, unlike the one who was injured, didn't go forward to retrieve the family right after seeing them. It took all of twenty minutes before Mrs. Vile-Surfeit allowed for one of the men to come near her, and then near her sons. She, and her sons, were removed from the area a couple of minutes after the man approached them; though questions have been asked, and reports on domestic assaults have been filed on her and then thrown out after the presiding judge saw the evidence, she, and they, haven't been seen since.
"I'll base my anger, and what all demotions I give out, on what I'm told in the next ten minutes." TazirVile said after throwing the two newspaper articles to his desk. He gave each of the ten Goblins, who were standing before him, a fierce eye-balling before sitting back in his chair. "When I left here, I gave an order for all of you to look after my wife and children—I put my trust in you and this is what I get in return? What were you doing when Lazeer got separated from the group—standing there, picking your noses and counting the clouds? I could of lost my wife and sons!"
"Sir, with due respect, I apologize for what happened six days ago. I was leading everyone out of the area when it happened; of the ten of us, only eight formed as tight a circle as we could around them." Eldass was fast in picking his words carefully; though it didn't look it from his front-side, his hands were laced behind him. "Ahggen Negol and Luad Zaanzek were the ones who weren't in the circle, sir, but they had a reason for this—they were trying to keep the reporters and photographers back. Of the ones with us, it was Koftu Bojus who left us hanging—and it was he who caused all of what happened on the twentieth, sir."
"Sir, that is a lie." Koftu Bojus, a large Goblin who had very light blue skin, powder blue eyes, and blue-black hair, said in his defense. Koftu ran his hand down the front of his dark blue tuxedo jacket before going on. "When I saw that the reporters and photographers weren't going to back off, and that Mr. Zultoa wasn't trying to hurry everyone along, I decided to take your wife and sons from the area. Young Master Lazeer ran off before I could stop him and your wife took after him."
"That, sir, is a huge lie." Homsi spat politely. He gave Koftu Bojus a glare before turning his gaze towards his employer. "Koftu did not take to leading anyone anywhere—after the reporters and photographers grabbed Ahggen and Luad's attention, then that one guy ran in, Koftu shoved your son. It was this that caused him to be separated from the group." he let what he said set in on the man that he was talking to before going on. "Your son was very upset over being separated from his mother, and over finding himself as being surrounded by people that either had a camera or a microphone in their hands. Your son's hysteria, coupled by his not being with the rest of us, is what caused your wife to get violent."
"What Mr. Modulovich says is true, sir." Luad Zaanzek, a very muscular Goblin who had light brown skin, dark brown eyes, and very red hair, said. "I and Mr. Negol did break out from the group but only to make the reporters and photographers back off—while I didn't see Mr. Bojus shove your son I did see him try to trip your wife when she was going to retrieve him."
Homsi and Koftu Bojus locked eyes; if not for their employer being in the area, they would of started fighting one another. It was a very well-known fact by all of their co-workers than they didn't like each other—the cause for this was also very well-known.
Koftu was just a hundred years in on working for TazirVile Lajoshu Surfeit; while around the man, he was somewhat pleasant and professional while, when the man was away from him, he was outrageously unpleasant and was either slow and sluggish or plain refused to work. Koftu lived in the next county, in a house that he was pretty far behind in paying the mortgage of, and he had a wife and a young son—these two, latter things didn't matter much to the man; he wasn't very faithful in his marriage. Koftu liked both genders, but it seemed that he preferred men over women—this assumption came from his habit of chasing after his male co-workers. Of the men that he had chased, the most notable was Olok Gzujus, who he had chased for all of three weeks before finally finding himself as being turned on and then asked what he wanted.
Eldass had heard a melody of tales from Olok's brother about how many times Koftu had lied to Olok on certain things that were either happening, about to happen, or had happened in his life. Koftu, during week one of his and Olok's brief relationship, said that his marriage was failing and that he was getting a divorce; during week two of the relationship, the man said that he was already divorced from his spouse; while, in the third and final week, he said that he was single and had never married legally. After three weeks of lies, and abuse, Olok broke the relationship off then put as much distance between he and his former partner as he could—it was from Olok that they knew what they did about Koftu Bojus.
"He's the son of Szayot Bojus and Bonyita Yashmhum; along with having three sisters, who have two or three kids a-piece, he has a very alcoholic uncle. He's married to a woman by the name of Velveecia Glodolett; their son, Zeylo, is just fifty-nine years old."
Koftu had spent a total of two hundred and seventy-five years in Pronghorn Academy of Sorcery and Magic—but not for the reason that he had told most of their co-workers; according to the man, he stayed an extra seventy-five years to attend a few more classes and gain a few more smarts. In reality, he had been a trouble-maker during his schooling days. His grades had been poor; he had gotten more than twenty detentions; and he had been suspended twice, and nearly expelled once. Most of his teachers had passed him to get him out of their classroom. After graduating from the school, he had pressured his father into enrolling him at Miliant's Academy, where he had been given the prompt boot from no more than ten years after walking through its doors. After being expelled from Militant's Academy, Koftu pressured his father into sending him to Staffer's Academy—before walking through the doors, his father sent him to a doctor to be checked out. After being told that he had a slight mental problem, that caused him to lose control of his temper very easily, and that caused him to not concentrate as well as one should, he had been put on some medicine.
The meds prescribed to him had done the trick in evening out Koftu; along with getting good to halfway decent grades in Staffer's Academy, he also stayed out of trouble. Like most everyone who went to the school, he started looking for work right after graduation occurred.
"He did several, low-paying jobs before being approached by Rilam Salirok—the man employed him as a bodyguard, and as a truck driver."
He did very little in being a bodyguard, but he had sure played a good part in driving Mr. Salirok's sheep, pigs, and chickens to the building where they'd be processed for meat. The man worked for Mr. Salirok for all of fifty years before finding himself as landing "the job of an opportunity". Mr. Salirok, a longtime friend of Mr. Surfeit's, had heard that his friend was in the market for a bodyguard and had turned his attention towards Koftu—the man had no more learned about the man's job transition before heaving a sigh of relief.
Koftu had claimed that he was a most excellent employee for Rilam Salirok, and that he was quite surprised over having him turn him over to the man that he currently worked for; Olok, after the relationship between the two of them was broken off, looked into the claim and had found that it was nothing more than a bunch of bananas.
Along with being known to arrive long behind schedule with the livestock that Rilam desired to be turned into meat, and being noted as being a heavy-duty drunk, he had done plenty of mouthing off at his employer and had caused a lot of fights between himself and his co-workers.
Unless he had a mind for one of his male co-workers, or had an out-of-the-blue friendship with someone, Koftu was a rather mean man with almost everyone. He had already been noted as slapping several of his female co-workers around, and tripping, or shoving, his male co-workers for no reason; whenever Mr. Surfeit wasn't around, or wasn't at home, the man increased his abuse and also tried to take control of the house and its inhabitants. If he wasn't giving out orders, or throwing his fists or feet at everyone, he was trying to evict the ones that lived under their employer's roof. The hard feelings between Homsi and Koftu started on the afternoon of July 12, 3412—with Homsi accompanying Mr. Surfeit on one of his searches for his wife and sons, Koftu tried to seduce his wife into bed. When the woman refused his advances and seduction, he reacted by placing the eviction notice on her and her husband's door—a quick call to Homsi on what was going on had taken care of that matter, and had also gained Koftu a sworn enemy for life. Master Tazir had reprimanded Koftu, and had cut his pay and sent him on a few-week vacation, but he hadn't fired him.
After Koftu returned from his vacation, he set in on trying to dethrone Homsi from their employer's Most Trusted Circle. While the man hadn't succeeded in doing that he had succeeded in becoming a member of the few-member Circle that was their employers.
"Makes my blood boil every time I hear about it." was what Homsi said whenever the subject was brought up.
The same went for Eldass, who wasn't all that favoring towards Koftu or towards how he had gotten his position in their employer's Circle. Eldass and Homsi had been given the honor of being in their employer's Circle by hard work and by being available to speak to; Koftu, instead of doing either, had lied about working his can off and had stalked Master Tazir for close to eleven months before being awarded his ill-begotten title.
After being awarded the status of being the third member of their employer's Most Trusted Circle, Koftu had smiled wide before going on in trying to get Homsi either demoted or fired. More than a hundred lies were spun on Homsi and his "activities" before Master Tazir silenced the man and then said for him to not try anything in overthrowing his decision in having Homsi as one in his Circle—the man had done the same after Koftu started going after and doing the same with Eldass. Of the hundred years that Koftu had worked for TazirVile Lajoshu Surfeit, he had been in the man's Circle for less than twenty-three; though ending his attempts in getting his two co-workers removed from the Circle, or demoted or fired, he still detested them.
Homsi and Eldass, long before Koftu became the third member of their employer's Circle, had already started distancing themselves from him; up to six days ago, they hadn't worked around or in-incognito with the man in a long time.
The two had hated every minute of having to work alongside the man and the man seemed very mutual with this.
"Except for Homsi and Eldass, everyone out of the room." TazirVile said while motioning for everyone to leave. After everyone did as they were told, he eyed the two men who remained in the room. "Between the two of you, tell me what happened on the twentieth, and why I wasn't told about it sooner than now."
Eldass gave his younger co-worker a passing, unconscious glance; he saw that Homsi was contemplating the issue on juicing the story that he was to tell up a bit and, while a little unnerved by this, he knew that he wouldn't do so. While Homsi was known to spin a lie here and there he was also known to be a right truthful guy and to keep certain stories as-was. It didn't matter if they could get their "competition" fired or demoted to being a normal employee—he had plans to stick to the facts right before opening his mouth.
The smile, that wanted to bubble to the surface, was fought and quite well after Homsi started the tale on what happened; his friend and co-worker started relaying all that happened from the beginning—from when their employer walked his family out to the awaiting, and relatively newly purchased, vehicle that was parked before the house.
"I want you six to have a good outing, and to not worry a lick about what's going on here or about what I'm to do for the next week." the man said after leading the members of his family to the parked Caddy-Lyca limo.
The priest had been called, and was expected to be at the house in less than twenty minutes; even after all that occurred that morning, he hadn't had a chance to pack a suitcase or even to brief his staff on what they were to do during his presumed week of absence. With the riots on Ssaavoo and Axalwen being what they were, and with everything being in such upheaval on the two planets, and starting to grow hairy on the two other planets that were also experiencing riots, he couldn't stay home or deal with their issues while being in his office or behind his desk. Seeing as he couldn't be with his family during the outing, and was to be a no-show for the next four to seven days, he had appointed some of his employees who were in his security detail to look after them and to help them during times where stress would or might be encountered.
After tracking his family down, then gathering them around himself, then leading them to his office, he had introduced Luad Zaanzak, Ahggen Negol, and Tautal Evaunoo to them. The three men were very pleasant, and knew their jobs well, and had assured him of their looking after his family; he felt very safe with putting the care of his family in their, and in the rest of his and his wife's Circle's, hands.
Hazaar had slept for thirty minutes after he left the Pet Room then, after leaving the room, and going to his own room, he had slept for around three hours before getting up. His arms were checked, cleaned of any infections that were noted as being present on them, then re-wrapped right after he woke up. While leading his family to the two cars, he found that his secondborn son was being rather mouthy towards them for their action of "holding hands in public" and for "being affectionate in public". He couldn't help but laugh at the boy; Temperamental phase or not, and being a hot-head or not, Hazaar had his moments where he was outrageous.
"Alright now, everyone in." he said after opening the door to the limo and then gesturing for everyone to get in. His sons hesitated while his wife and daughter were quick in getting into the car that was before the one that was owned by Tautal Evaunoo. "Boys, come on now. Time to go."
The boys looked at one another, then shrugged their shoulders before getting into the car. After speaking his I-Love-You's, then closing the door, he turned to acknowledge the men who were to accompany his family. Last minute instructions were given before he motioned for them to get into the cars; Eldass, Homsi, Koftu, and Zshon got into the car that his family was in while the rest of the men got into the other one.
When they were off on their adventure, he remained where he was; a sense of dread flowed through him all while he was waving goodbye to them, and a good chill ran down his spine after he saw them as going through the gate. After ten seconds, he shrugged this feeling off then turned to go back into the house. He was to stay in the house while the priest blessed it then he was to go right for Ssaavoo—the saying said that a conqueror's job was never done and, for him, that was very true.
"So... Mr. Modulavich," Angel said after Homsi drove the vehicle out of the property and then down the road. "You planning on driving for a little while or are you teleporting us to our destination right away?"
"A little drive, to see the scenery and get in some fresh air, will be done before I teleport us to Apalix City." Homsi replied politely.
"Look forward to that!" Eshal, who had the window seat of one of the limo's seats, said.
"Monsieur Modulavich, must you make that decision? In order to beat the crowds, we should get there faster." Koftu Bojus said.
"Think you, like the rest of us, know that malls are always crowded—doesn't matter what time it is... they're always crowded with people."
"How is Madame Angel in crowds? Do you know how her kids are in public? It's best that we get there at a faster pace than what we are, Homsi." Koftu Bojus went on.
"My boys are very well behaved in public," Angel said. "Homsi, if it's too much trouble to drive to Apalix City, you can teleport us now."
"No trouble at all, My Mistress." Homsi responded. What he said next only Eldass heard; with his sitting beside his co-worker, he had front-row seats to whatever he said under his breath. "Why don't you shut up and let me handle things, Mr. Bojus? We don't need your pushiness today."
To pass the time, Angel asked to use Eldass's cellular. She conversed with Luad, Ahggen, and Tautal for a bit—getting to know them, and gaining a little bit of assurance on their being appropriate for the job given to them—before giving the phone back to its owner. In her opinion, Luad Zaanzek was a rather nice man; along with having a rather squeaky, mellow voice, and quiet demeanor, he had no issue in speaking with her or on answering her questions. Ahggen Negol, a very big Goblin, who stood five foot, two inches tall, and who had dark green skin and eyes and very dark brown hair that was cropped rather short, sounded a little on the bi or gay side, but she didn't mind that; he, too, was nice and had no issue in answering her questions or in talking to her. Tautal Evaunoo, a lean-bodied Goblin who had light purple skin, dark brown eyes, and who stood nearly five feet tall, had a thick accent to his tough-sounding voice but even he was nice. After speaking to the three men, she turned her attention to the one who was sitting across from her.
"So, what's your name?" she asked. The man did nothing but give her a cold and forboding stare. After a few seconds passed, she asked him the same question; in all, it took her two more times before he spoke to her.
"Koftu Bojus." the man said in a snappy, snob-like manner. He said something behind that which she didn't catch—Zshon sure caught it though; Mr. Zultoa was fast in turning on the man, and in talking to him in a language that she couldn't understand.
Seeing as Mr. Bojus seemed very reluctant to talk to her, she stopped trying to pass the time away by getting to know the four who were with her and her children that she didn't know. In all, it took five minutes before Lhaklar moved in his seat; he reached into his front left pants pocket, then removed something that was silver, and bracelet-like in appearance. Zshon's attention was automatically drawn to the item that her son had in his hand.
"Sir, what is that?" Zshon asked.
"A music ring," Lhaklar replied. "You put it around your wrist then press the button that's on its top. The music, that you've downloaded on it, is played afterwards. It has two, small speakers built into it that can be removed and then used as headphones."
"You shouldn't of brought that with you, sir." Koftu said. "You will lose it."
"No won't." Lhaklar returned.
"Sir, it'll fall from one of your pockets—it's one of them things that'll tie us up." Koftu insisted.
"It won't fall out of my pocket." Lhaklar said. The structure of his voice said one thing, which his mother was fast in detecting—he was annoyed.
"Mr. Bojus, leave my son be. Lhakie, you listen to your music." Angel said to them. A clicking sound, that came from the man across from her, was heard; while she didn't know what was said, or if anything was said, she had a feeling that a sort of derogatory word had just been used in reference to her. This caused her to feel uneasy about the man.
Zshon nodded his head after being told what the item that the oldest of his employer's biological sons had on him and about what his employer's wife had said to Koftu; Koftu, to him, was already getting on his nerves. Along with calling their employer's wife a Cunt, he, just now, had called her a Bitch, which was very uncalled for—she was being very nice and polite with the man and he was regarding her in this way? He had a feeling that the afternoon was going to be a long one for him and for everyone in their group.
Young Master Lhaklar started listening to his music; Miss. Eshal, and Hazaar, looked out the window; Young Master Bile, who was sitting on the other side of Koftu, did nothing but stare at his mother; and Young Master Lazeer, who was sitting beside him, took out a small book, which looked to revolve around jokes, from his back pants pocket then started reading it. Mistress Angel divided her time between looking at Koftu and looking out the window. Everyone was quiet, peaceful, and to themselves for all of fifteen minutes before Koftu spoke.
"Fifteen minutes of driving should be enough, Homsi. Teleport us. Now!"
"Bug off, Koftu."
"Pick up the pace, Modulavich!"
"Don't spit in this car, Bojus!" Homsi barked.
After another fifteen minutes passed, Homsi teleported the car; the one behind them did the same thing a few seconds later. In all, it took Homsi ten minutes to find a building to park in and then to "guide" Tautal to where they were parked at. When everyone was out of the two cars, and when the two cars were locked up tight, Homsi went over to his employer's wife then took her to the side for a chat.
"Mistress," Homsi said after getting her alone. While everyone was busy in working their kinks out from their muscles and bones, he reached into his tuxedo jacket for the envelope that he had been given that morning. "Once we get moving, I want you and your children to stay in the center of us—my co-workers and I are to form a circle around you six, and I'm to lead you to Calalron Mall. You and your children are not to leave our circle while we're moving, okay? When you and your children are shopping, we'll divide ourselves so that each of you has one or more of us accompanying you—only when you're using the bathroom, or are in the changing room, are you to be left alone, okay?"
"Gotcha, but do us a favor in not pushing us around but so much." Angel responded.
"Course not. Only when it's absolutely necessary will we do that—when your safety's in jeopardy, or when people that aren't desired to be around you are nearby, and won't go away, will be be a bit pushy." Homsi relayed. He gave the envelope to his Mistress then he led her back to the group.
The envelope contained $1800; she split that evenly between herself and her children before relaying all that Homsi had told her. After telling them what Homsi had told her, she heard the word for everyone to form around them. For some reason, the men who formed a circle around them started checking their belts and coats right after the circle was formed.
Most of the men had two phones, in conveniently placed holsters, on their belts; Eldass had a small, portable weather radio, which looked to be quite handy and expensive, on him. It looked like everyone had a sort of hoverboard on them too. After everyone checked their belts, the eyes of the group turned to Koftu, who was being a bit slow in doing as everyone else was. After everyone's eyes were turned on him, a gasp was heard.
Luad, Ahggen, and Tautal were bodyguards, and, according to her husband, so was Koftu; what she saw took her breath away. She had never seen such gear on a person before and she bet that her sons, and most of the men in their group, hadn't either.
The Burst Laser pistol, an all-silver gun that had a thin, light blue stripe on its side; a Kel-Tech pistol, that shot silver bullets that were laced with an agent that made one grow dizzy or disoriented; a normal pistol, that fired normal bullets; a knife, that had a wooden handle and a five-inch blade on it; and a stun gun was what the man had on his belt. The two cellular phones were normal while everything else wasn't—while Luad, Ahggen, and Tautal had a gun and a knife on their belts, they didn't look abnormal; she became even more uneasy after seeing the excess weaponry that was on Mr. Bojus.
"Suited up well for the occasion... a bit too well, if you ask me." she thought after seeing all of what Koftu had on him.
After Koftu was done in checking his belt, and its numerous items, they started off. Homsi did as he had said he would in leading them while everyone else stayed firm around them.
"Koftu had all of that on his belt? Both of you saw it, or was it just one of you?" TazirVile asked after hearing what he did. After hearing the list of items, that were on Koftu's belt on the day of his family's outing, he sat upright then swallowed hard.
"Yessir, both of us." Eldass responded.
"Mr. Bojus is one of my bodyguards so I guess—" TazirVile stopped; he reached into his striped, dark blue tuxedo jacket then removed his cellular. With the stylus, he typed out Exasivoor Chente's work number then waited. Only when his call was answered did he speak. "Mr. Chente, you checked Mr. Bojus on the day of the twentieth, right?... What weaponry did he carry on his person on that day?... Uh-huh... Mhmm... So, just a gun and two cellular phones?... Did he have a knife on him?... The gun that you saw, was it a Burst Laser or a... It was a Kel-Tech?... Uh-huh, just a Kel-Tech and two cellular phones?... Thank you, Mr. Chente."
Eldass winced after the look, that spread across his employer's face, was seen; Master Tazir was raging, and it was being expressed towards one man and one man only. Mr. Bojus, it was quite apparent, had been caught as having fewer weapons on his person during Mr. Chente's check of him than when he had been outside of the mansion—when the man entered the Pet Room, he neither left it nor made as to leave it, so he had either hid his extra weapons by using a spell or had hid them somewhere in the house.
His employer said nothing for a few minutes; he swallowed a few times, then cleared his throat once or twice, before waving his hand. The signal was given for Homsi to go on in telling him the rest of the events that happened on the twentieth of January.
"Eldass," Homsi said to his co-worker. His co-worker was fast in turning to look at him. "You take it from here."
In all, it had taken him just five minutes to tell half the tale of what happened on that dark day; he was exhausted, nonetheless of the time spent telling what he had. If he found himself as retaining his job, he'd rest later.
Though the intent in his telling his employer the excess weaponry that Koftu had had on his belt was purely innocent he was hoping that his honest and very innocent move did something to cause the man, who was a serious thorn in his side, to either be demoted or fired from the job. The house, and the ones who both lived and worked in it, would benefit without him being around to "brighten" their lives.
Unlike Eldass, who had simply listened as he told the events of what happened on that day, he had relived it from its start to finish. He was quite sure that the "reliving" part, for his friend and co-worker, was about to begin as he took the torch to telling the rest of what happened on January 20.
"Anyone have to use the bathroom before we do anything in the building?" Angel asked after she, her children, and the Goblins reached their destination. Eldass was fast in taking one of the store's conveniently placed pamphlets up from where it was and then giving it to her. "Thank you, Eldass."
"Madame, everyone should of used the bathroom before leaving the house." Koftu Bojus said.
"We've been sitting in a car for a while, and I don't think me or any of my sons have used the bathroom since we ate breakfast." Angel returned.
"Should of used it a long time ago, Ma'am."
"Koftu, down now." Eldass said. While what he said was said in a calm way, he was rather annoyed, and growing a little angry. "As a matter of fact, Mistress, I do require a quick bathroom trip."
"Same here," Eshal said.
"Ditto," Bile said.
Another pamphlet was taken from its slot and then looked at; he found where the nearest bathroom was then led his group to it. He, Kohl, Luad, Miss. Eshal, and Young Master Bile used what was available for the building's patrons to use before leaving and then going to where the rest of their group was; Mistress Angel retrieved several of the pamphlets herself then said that, while they were to have sessions where they'd be allowed to shop in a "solo" way they were also to spend seventy-five percent as a group. The children, after giving their heads a nod, went to look at the pamphlets after hearing how the outing was to be handled—while Koftu was quiet about their staying together as a group he was very vocal about the children being allowed to go off on their own; it took both he and Homsi to reel the man in. After Koftu was reeled in, Mistress Angel said for her daughter to pick the first store for them to visit.
Miss. Eshal, after a few seconds of studying the pamphlet, picked Shejni's, which was a store where nothing but feminine clothes was sold at. Everyone went to the store, which was nearby, then waited as she browsed that various items that were on its shelves and then made her purchases. When they left the store, Miss. Eshal had a single bag, that had two dresses in it, on her person.
Young Master Bile was told to pick the next store that they'd visit, then his brothers, in order of age, were given the reins in making the decision on where they were to go. When all of the children had shopped in their first store, and had a bag or two on their persons, it was decided that they'd "split up"—while Mistress Angel, and her youngest son and daughter remained with Homsi and Koftu, the rest of the group went their separate ways. The Young Masters were gone for all of fifteen or twenty minutes before returning; as expected, they had two to three new bags on their persons. After the boys returned, Mistress Angel decided to go off on her own—she took him with her, so her solo trip wasn't really solo.
They were gone for all of twenty-five minutes; when they returned to the group, his Mistress had three bags in each of her hands. Clafor's, a store where nothing but perfumes were sold, was where they went first; Siklu's, a store where nothing but feminine recreational clothing was sold, had been their next stop; Aolaka's Collectors, a store where nothing but model kits and other buildable items were sold, was where they went to next; and then Doshe's Jems, a store where nothing but jewelry was sold, was their last stop. Of the four stores that they went to, his Mistress spend the most in Aolaka's Collectors and Doshe's Jems—Young Master Lazeer's birthday was coming up, so she had done some shopping for him for that occasion; the rest of her shopping had been done with her interests in mind.
After doing nothing more than walking around, taking in the sights and smells, and doing their best to ignore Koftu's increasingly annoying antics, Mistress Angel decided to put the shopping to a temporary stop for lunch. After spending ten minutes of looking for a place to sit and enjoy a meal at, they found a small area where there were some tables and chairs; after taking a seat, then getting their bags arranged, their Mistress asked them which of the area's available restaurants they should order from—Kohl was the one who suggested that they place an order with Ne'Flav Pizzaria, a restaurant where just about any sort of pizza was made and then placed for order.
"You fine gents wish to join my children and I for pizza?" the lovely, and very generous, woman asked.
"I believe we can deal with ourselves just fine, Madame." Koftu said in a rude tone of voice.
"Mistress, we appreciate your offer." Eldass replied. He eyed Koftu hostily before going on. "We would be honored to j—"
"Ma'am, the money that Master Tazir gave to you and your children is meant for your and their use. Not for us." Koftu interrupted Eldass. "We can deal with our lunch period just fine without any assistance from you."
"What!" Kohl Zolwin exclaimed. "Mistress, don't listen to that fool! We're honored to be given your offer."
"As do I." Luad Zaanzek said.
Koftu was fast in pouncing on them; he said that they needn't let their employer's wife "pamper" them, or offering them the option of a meal, and he also said that she needed to concentrate on herself and her children's needs over theirs. Kohl and Zshon were the loudest of them when it came to fighting the man while Homsi and, rather surprisingly, Tautal were the next loudest in the bunch. Seeing as fighting wasn't ideal for his employer's family to be seeing, or becoming involved in, he led Mistress Angel, and her children, to a different table, that was a distance from where the fighting was, then went off to the restaurant for one of its menus. Upon his return, he saw that the fighting was over and that everyone had taken a seat at one of the tables—Zshon and Homsi were seated at one table; Tautal, Losal, and Ahggen were at another; Kalach and Kohl were seating at the one that was to the right of the one that their employer's family was at; and Luad and Koftu were seated at the one that was before theirs. When he returned, he gave the menus out then went to sit at the table that Zshon and Homsi were at.
Young Master Bile ordered a pepperoni explosion, a pizza that had more than three times the amount of pepperoni's on it; Young Master Lhaklar ordered a cheese and sausage pizza; Young Master Hazaar ordered a triple cheese pizza; and Young Master Lazeer ordered an onion and chili bomb pizza. Miss Eshal was the only one of the family to order a plain cheese pizza while her mother placed an order for a pizza that had olives and Mozzarella cheese on it.
Except for Koftu, who claimed that he wasn't hungry, the rest of them made their various orders on what they'd like to eat; the orders were taken to the restaurant, then were placed, then were paid and then picked up, and then were taken to the ones that had ordered them.
They ate around a quarter of what they had ordered before the outing went sour.
"The papers got it wrong on how many reporters were seen before we got up to leave the area. In three papers, it says that four news reporters, and photographers, were seen as approaching us when it was really only one." Eldass continued.
Ahggen Negol, after seeing the man coming towards them, and after seeing that he had a camera in his hand, got up to intercept him. There was no fight or fuss expressed between the two; they just spoke to one another before Ahggen escorted him from the area. The Young Masters, while looking nervous about what was going on, continued with the chore of eating their pizzas while their mother and sister didn't look to be fazed by what was going on. After Ahggen returned to the area, they went on in eating their meal—when more people, with either cameras or microphones in hand, appeared, it was decided that, for the best interest of their employer's family, who looked to be growing a little antsy over having the area nearly surrounded by people, they should get up and then leave.
After the bags were retrieved, and then everyone was accounted for, he started leading them from the area; with the reporters and photographers yelling, and either trying to gain their attention or getting their attention, they weren't able to keep what was to happen next from happening.
He nearly had them out of the area when one of the reporters charged into their circle.
"And that's when everything happened." Eldass went on. "Ahggen and Luad left the group, to make the the news reporters and photographers back off, while we formed as tight a circle as we could around your wife and children. After Ahggen and Luad left the group, Koftu stepped behind your youngest son then gave him a shove."
Homsi's heart skipped a beat as his co-worker came close to being in the homestretch; as Eldass had said, the newspapers had gotten it wrong on how many news reporters and photographers were there and it had also gotten it wrong on some of the events that happened between Koftu and the woman who was married to his employer.
After being shoved from the group, two news reporters had grabbed and then thrown Lazeer to the wall; while trying to return to the group, and keep his cool, the reporters had badgered him with questions and the photographers had taken picture after picture of him. Mistress Angel was a frantic mess after her son was separated from her, and after she saw what was happening to him—instead of simply calling out to him, and staying with the group, she had made the motion to leave it and go to her son.
Koftu, instead of letting her pass, had grabbed her by the wrist and then yanked her back; after she tried to leave the group again, he grabbed and then shoved her. A shove-for-shove thing happened between the two of them before the woman's fist was thrown. Mistress Angel, after slugging her fist into Koftu's shoulder, had found herself having to fight him—the two exchanged blows for all of ten seconds, with most of their employer's wife's going to Koftu's shoulders and face and with Koftu's going towards her hips and chest, before Mistress Angel gave a growl-like sound; the fist to the gut, then the fierce shove, that she gave the man had done the trick in getting him to back off and for her to be free in going to her son. When she left the circle that was formed around her and most of her children, he and Eldass, Losal, Kalach, Zshon, Kohl, and Tautal had closed in closer to the family and then watched as she made her progress—the gasp, that came from them, had been loud enough to attract the ones that were in the Heavens; Mistress Angel had only gone two steps from the group when Koftu rushed towards her and then kicked his leg up.
She went sprawling to the floor; after doing a turn on the floor, she got up then continued on towards her son. He wasn't totally aware of what happened next because he had been having a moment—the Young Masters were in their tight circle one second and then were rushing towards their mother and younger brother the next; Miss. Eshal had tried to go with them but had been barred at the last second from doing so.
After reaching the throng of people, who were surrounding her son, she gave a single warning before going to business in being violent with them. Some of the people stepped away willingly while others had turned their cameras and microphones towards her—a total of five people had been swung at, so the papers had probably gotten it wrong on how many broken noses were gained on that day, and two people had been kicked at too. The one who trained his camera on her, then had the nerve of grabbing her by the arm, had been knocked out cold by her swing—and his camera had also been destroyed too.
In total, there had been around twelve or so people with cameras and microphones milling around Lazeer; if there had been less around him, or less people causing everyone in the group grief, the event that happened on that day would never of happened. Miss. Eshal had been spoken or written of none—the papers, and news stations, were just concentrating on her mother and brothers.
" 'Mam! Mam, mam!' "
" 'Mistress Angel!' "
" 'Mam!' "
With Eshal yelling in the way she was, he had gone partially deaf in his right ear for all of twelve hours before the ability to hear returned; like the papers said, Mistress Angel had caused one of the reporters to receive a broken arm—and, like Niiwa Sayklon said, he had deserved what he had gotten. He did nothing but stand before the woman; his arm was raised, and he told her to back off, which she refused to do. After the man followed her, all while holding his arm out to her, and then took a step towards her young son, who looked to be elated and patiently waiting for her to get to him, she reacted by jumping at him. The arm, being in her way, was snapped. After she, and her three sons, reached Lazeer, she hugged him; she looked to be about to return to the group when Koftu was noticed as going towards them. With her former altercation with the man being known, and probably being played back in her memory banks, she turned and then ran off with all four of her sons following behind her.
"She saw Koftu as a threat..." TazirVile said. "Is that what you're telling me—that Koftu was perceived as a threat?"
"Yessir. She saw him coming then decided to run off." Eldass replied.
"What happened next?" TazirVile asked.
"The photographers and news reporters left the area. I told Tautal to take Miss. Eshal home then I said for us to split up and then find her and the boys." Homsi answered.
"We wanted to find her fast, sir, so we broke into groups of two to do so."
"Er, well except for Mr. Bojus. He went off on his own to find them." Eldass started chuckling after saying this. "And it just so figures that he was the one who found them."
"It was a long search, that took up most of the afternoon. At around the time that the spheres were setting, we received word from Luad and Ahggen on their whereabouts—while they found them, they were chased off. Your wife was pretty upset after seeing them and decided to keep them at a distance. When we found out where they were, we went to their location as fast as we could." Homsi said.
"It was Homsi who got her to calm down. He said for us sit and wait it out for a bit—so she would calm down, sir. After twenty minutes passed, he got up then went to her. It was he who led her, and her sons, from under the tree and it was he who teleported them home." Eldass said.
With their employer being so busy on Axalwen and Ssaavoo, he hadn't been able to read any newspapers or watch any of the news; with all that happened between January 20 and yesterday, they hadn't been able to place a call or send a text to him, telling him what happened and giving him a possible warning about how "changed" his wife and sons were after what they experienced.
Young Master Bile and Lhaklar had refused to leave the level that their rooms were on; Young Master Hazaar refused to have anyone near him; and Young Master Lazeer, for five straight days, had refused to leave his mother's side. Hazaar had done more than mouth off at anyone who dared to come near him, and he was refusing to eat in the dining room, and Lazeer just about broke out in the shivers after any sort of sound occurred behind him. Bile and Lhaklar, while looking to be coming around, weren't yet over what they had experienced on the twentieth of January. Most everyone in the mansion was giving them a wide, and quite respectful, berth while there were a few who were downright against giving them the respect and space that they needed to get over what they went through.
Really, after escorting the family into the house, then up to the house's second level, it hadn't surprised them that they locked themselves in a room and then stayed there for nearly all of the rest of that day. Except for Duru and Cyla, Kuruk and Dara Dara, and Master Vile, everyone had gone on with the day as if nothing happened.
They told all of this to their employer then snapped their mouths shut; what was to happen next was totally up to the man who they worked for.
"Thank you, gentlemen, it's been—"
TazirVile paused for a second; Homsi and Eldass became almost like stone before him. Where they about to be fired? Was the conclusion to what their employer was about to say, but that had stopped saying, going to be a pleasure having you work for me but I think your time's up? Homsi gave Eldass a look; his friend and co-worker had just as much as he on the line right now. Eldass had just learned that his wife was pregnant; while the house that the Zultoa family lived in was paid for, he had spoken about going out to get a loan so he could build onto it. If he was fired, he'd be shunned by their society and he would also not be able to do as he had planned with the house and, thanks to their having the Zultoa surname, his family would also be shunned and, quite possibly, have to split up from the constant stress that was put on them thanks to their being shunned by their society.
Homsi's stomach fluttered a few times before settling down; if it had gone cold, he would of known that something bad was coming. Some people knew when bad things were coming, or were around the corner—he was one of them people and, sometimes, he did relish and detest it.
"Mr. Modulavich, you can head yourself down to the house's larger kitchen—Mr. Volvio, I do believe, needs a hand with the dishes. There's a lot, so you'll be busy for a while. Do the kitchen floors, and then the floors on the first level, afterwards. Tell Mr. Khrelan that he is to bring me the mail that's accumilated since my absence." TazirVile said before turning his gaze towards Eldass. "Mr. Zultoa, my wife is said to be in the Red Room; you're to be her personal shadow for the day. Tell Zshon that he's to head down to the pier—he's to check for issues with it and then repair all that he sees. Luad, Tautal, and Ahggen are to go with him. Best tell Mr. Zolwin and Mr. Speelin that they're to go to the boathouse while you're headed to the Red Room—they're to run a check on everything, to see if its in good shape and can last against what it was purchased for."
"Yessir." Eldass said. He suppressed the relieved gasp that he wanted to emit; he could well of been fired but, instead, he was retaining his job.
He and his co-worker bowed then turned to leave the room. Before they had chance to open the door, then go out into the hallway, their employer's throat was cleared. After hearing that sound, they stopped then turned around.
"Mr. Modulavich, will you be so kind as to tell Mr. Bojus that he is to report to me at once. I do believe we need to have a little chat." TazirVile said. Homsi came close to smiling from ear-to-ear; he had a feeling that a certain someone named Koftu Bojus was about to be given the pink-slip of doom.