Chapter three
Biffle's POV:
I was still rather shaken from the look that Sigils gave me when i refused to go see Lookumz. Sure, it might have happened long ago, but it was not a look that I would soon forget. I decided to put on the Molto Vivace from Beethoven's 9th Symphony to help ease my nerves. Unfortunately, it didn't help very much. I still could not get the intensity of his gaze out of my head. 'What the fuck?' I thought. Why did I choose a piece with such an intense beginning? Now, the thought of his burning rage has been further implanted into my mind. 'Maybe Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony will help me instead…' It actually did do a pretty good job of helping me & I wondered why i hadn't picked this piece first. Pretty soon, Sigils' gaze was driven out of my mind for the time being, though I couldn't help but wonder for how long.
I sighed as my thoughts turned to Henwy. I had been hoping that we could have a fresh start, but I had not seen him since the meteor strike. I try to see the best in people and give them 2nd chances. After all, people can only change when given the chance to become a new person. Maybe the next time I see him, he'll be a completely different person! As my heart is filled with joy and anticipation, I summon my blue French horn and start playing a section from Richard Strauss's 1st Horn Concerto. I had always loved this piece. It always did a very good job at calming me down, even now.
"Biffle," Sigils said.
"Yeah," I said.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, yeah, just lost in thought."
"Ok, well, we should get on with this dinner party."
"Ok."
I thought I saw Sigils' eyes flash yellow as he turned away from me, but when I took a second look, they were the normal green. 'That was weird,' I thought. I could have just been imagining things, since earlier I was just thinking about how I haven't seen Henwy in a long time. That warm yellow color, bright like the would be a dream come true to see him again! But there's no time to reminisce over friends. Even though this dinner party will be a joyous occasion, I must stay alert and keep an eye out for the bank time ago, I had been hired as a detective by Alxton to investigate the robbery that had happened at his bank. I had been hoping to use this dinner party as a ruse to out the bank robber so I could tell Alxton who had robbed his bank. According to the evidence, the two most likely suspects were Zud and Sigils. I really hoped it wasn't not Sigils, not my Sigils. There was no way he could do such a thing, even though he was a redstone genius. He and I had been together for 10 years. He was my one and only, my reason for living. That was why I still felt guilty for abandoning him.
Sigils' POV:
I was really hoping that my plan would work. Ever since Henwy possessed me all that time ago, I had been having really evil tendencies. I had robbed Alxton blind, & it felt so damn good. I was really hoping that my plan to rob him at this dinner party would work. I was addicted to diamonds, & I wasn't afraid to admit it. All of a sudden, I heard a shout of "I'M HERE!" & Jerome came running up to the mansion. A thought popped up in the back of my head. "That traitor has the nerve to show up at this dinner party." I was very confused as to why I suddenly saw Jerome as a traitor. I took a few deep breaths to calm down & greeted him with a smile. I needed to not worry about my inner thoughts & just focus on the dinner party. Besides, Jerome was my friend. He would never betray me…or so I thought. Now Biffle, on the other hand, broke my heart when he left me behind. I can't wait to get my sweet, sweet revenge and make him suffer, just as I have suffered. I still could not get over the fact that he had originally refused to visit our dying friend. I couldn't help but wonder, yet again, what was wrong with him.
"BIFFLE DID WHAT?!" the Henwy demon inside me screamed.
Jerome's POV:
I could've sworn that I saw Sigils' eyes flash yellow, but as the sun was setting at that moment, I thought it was just a trick of the light. Even so, I still wanted to make sure Sigils was ok.
"Sigils, you good?"
Sigils smirked at me and whispered softly in my ear. "I will be feeling wonderful after tonight!"
Not only were his words off-putting despite how hot his voice sounded, but the frequencies playing in the background seemed… different. I had to suppress a bit of a shudder.
LATER:
"Hey, Alex, where did you find this marvelous water?" Sigils asked.
"Oh, I found it at a waterfall, where, curiously, there was a sign that said something about Lookumz being a great friend or something like that."
Sigils somehow was able to pull off looking shocked & angry at the same time.
"Wait, is Lookumz dead?" Alxton asked.
"Yes," Sigils said, cold fury in his voice. "Why else do you think the sign was up?"
I was glad that Sigils' anger wasn't directed at me, because frankly, he is scary when he's angry.
"Um," Alxton said, pale with fear, "well-"
"You know what, I don't care right now, but rest assured that we WILL be talking about this later."
Why did I think I was safe from his wrath? I hope he forgets this conversation so I don't have to make myself forget the aftermath later.
Sigils' POV:
I had to consciously work to calm myself down. It was only the fact that I would be robbing him blind that kept me from laying into him with all my anger. Besides, I had to save all my anger towards Biffle so he can see how much he has truly hurt me and all of his friends. Couldn't believe I dated the guy. My mind trailed off as I fantasized about him bleeding to death as I ripped him to shreds. He's pissed me off for the last time. In the past, I had tried so hard to put up with his nonsense. But he's made too many excuses now. He should have apologized properly, or at least make one of those half-assed apologies like he always does. I couldn't wait to grab him by the neck and shake him!
I had almost kissed Jerome out of spite, but he ran away screaming before I could fully kiss him. I should've remembered that he was straight & already in a relationship, but I just wanted to spite Biffle. For some reason, I was so hurt by the rejection that I cursed Jerome with a curse that would turn him into spaghetti when he died. It was a curse of my own invention that I created to help fight against England.
"Dude, why are you splashing your stew everywhere?" Jerome asked. "Are you ok, Andy? Ahhh! Why am I blind?"
"I'm blind too!" Blushi shouted as chaos ensued.
Poor Alxton & Biffle…oh well, this lottery was dommed anyways, even if I hadn't planned to rob it as Biffle was always bound to mess something up.
Whoops I didn't mean to take out my anger on my food. And mine was the only good stew! Everyone else's was poisoned. Why was I so angry? Normally, I was fairly level-headed. I pushed those thoughts out of my mind as I put on the final movement to Mahler's Titan Symphony & pressed the button to activate the TNT in the diamond vault. I decided to do it right as they revealed the vault for maximum effect.
BOOM! The mansion shook with the explosion. I held back my laughter as I watched everyone run around. They were all trying to escape through the massive hole in the mansion. Surprisingly, Biffle failed to escape and got injured by the pillagers. Admittedly, I did feel just a little bad that that happened to him, but I was too angry with him & Alxton to fully feel bad.
LATER:
I was going to the mansion to collect my stuff when I encountered Biffle. Crap, I should've remembered that he would come back to check the mansion after everyone left. I tried to claim that I only came back to collect my stuff, but even as I was saying that, I could see that it wasn't working. Thankfully, I had one more card to play as I pulled out a book.
"Hey, Biffle, do you know what this is?"
"It's a book."
"This is the favor that you owe me, & right now, I'm going to use it. You will not tell anyone that it was me."
"Awww crap."