2 years:
The moment of the truth was there, a time after so much work was done, as the walk around the backdoors stage was something that she needed to do by herself. Not before doing one last look in the mirror, staring at her own eyes, she clearly saw the nervousness that she felt before such an event couldn't help. After so much work and sacrifices being made. She was ready, with everything she worked. Now it was her time to shine.
"AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER HER INCREDIBLE ALBUM, MOTHERFUCKERS HERE COMES VEROSIKA MAYDAY." The announcer called as the whole group of demon fans stared to cheer her name, as she walked towards the stage by passing Pig Demon who seemed to be smoking a cigar, smiling widely as the newest pop star was ready to take the stage.
Verosika walked as the ovation from hundreds of demons clearly would make her brag. But with the microphone in front of her, she decided to show her moment.
"Before start. I'm glad for your good choice of music towards selecting and buying my prized album, the first song of the album I created based on a true story, and the advice of a wrathian woman who taught me an important lesson in my life." Verosika decided to dedicate the first song, to the person who helped to create her first successful song. " NEW RULES BITCHES."
The crowd became crazy as the song started to play, as Verosika still remembered how the second day in the middle of the rainstorm was.
The morning progressed as the rain still filled the environment of Wrath Ring, trying to annihilate all the possible demonborns lurking around the streets of Wrath. The sound of the storm was still unsettling as the whole house seemed to be still protected inbounds.
The sound of the frying pan cooking something was what would make the seductive succubus nostrils get a bit of a good smell before waking up. Noticing that she was still with her head over the table, the soreness over her neck indeed wasn't something to wake up with only that part of her body sore.
The slight headache over her head, probably due to a hangover from the previous night, was usually what would have made her stomach turn, but then she glanced over the table, a glass of what would be a green liquid with orange foam.
"Oh, Ah'm glad you woke up. Drink the glass up before you have breakfast." A voice made the succubus stare around and see that the imp who was the matriarch of the family was already on the stove and preparing for the whole family what would be the breakfast at that time. "Ah'm doing some pancakes. And butterin' some bread to make them on the frying pan. Which one yah want?"
Verosika knew that she needed to drink something or the hangover would be a headache to her for the whole day, by drinking out without thinking twice, the creature of lust never thought she would want so much to vomit, and yet relieved at the same time. It was a nasty drink, but somehow was also a clean slate for her.
"Thanks," Verosika replied as she felt relieved, until she noticed that she was still holding a blanket over her body, and in front of her, another imp which she passed the night drinking and talking was still sleeping.
"Oh don't mind him, he is goin' wake up soon. So, pancakes or buttered bread?" Lin commented as she placed in front of her guest, trying her best to not look smug towards everything that happened on the day prior. She wanted to savor the idea of how both of them were clueless about everything.
Verosika stared at the plates when she decided to point at the pancakes which looked so appetizing at that moment.
"Alright, now, for yah..." Lin smiled or at least grinned when she placed a good cup of milk in front of the imp who was still knocked out, and by using her spoon, she placed a brownish powder towards the milk and started mixing, and with a plate of buttered bread, she was now can entertain herself. "Moxxie wake up, Millie is playin' with your tape mix again."
"Bitch, touch it and die." Moxxie rose up from his seat and was extremely furious until he noticed it wasn't the imp he was expected to threaten. "Ma?"
Moxxie enjoyed a good part of his own breakfast as he carefully since he was still with a bit of hangout, and Verosika was also having a great time with her own breakfast. Until the duo started hearing footsteps, which made them glance to the other side, only to find a hair messed long long-haired imp who seemed to be still on the waking-up stages, but her own mind was grumbling noises.
"Hmm,ah, hum, nom, man..." Salie May walked towards the table and glanced while glaring towards the succubus, just then scoffed and went back to see around the table.
"Good mornin' for yah to Sallie. there is buttered bread and a cup of milk coffee for yah." Lin said as she already could guess the grumbling her own child was giving, it was a greeting and already demanding her own breakfast.
"Mhmm. Ma." Sallie said as she started to see Moxxie and Verosika already eating their own breakfast.
"Yar' welcome. Now eat it." Lin smiled as she turned her head towards the stove and let the kids enjoy their own time of breakfast.
Sallie buttered to see the duo still having a good time in the morning, she decided to be petty and she knows how to make Moxxie pissed off at her on the breakfast... The boy of her family always sacred a good breath and butter and a chocolate milk breakfast, but he always hated to mix up both. She was smiling with herself.
Moxxie was munching his own bread when he saw Sallie May tiredly raising her own buttered bread which was pure, it was great, it was perfect, and then she took her coffee with milk, which was also a good thing to drink in the morning, and then...
"What the fuck? Noo... don't even think of that." Moxxie narrowed his eyes as Sallie May slowly and without making eye contact with him, started dipping the bread inside of the coffee with milk a few times. Which made the imp in front of her, nausea... By seeing his own sister raising the wet monstrosity and slowly eating the tip of the bread which was now pure grease and whatever fuck that was. And slowly did that, until she had finished. Just by the end, she gave a stealth burp which was the succubus she noticed in her nose, it was a putrid smell that she could swear that even made her eyelids burn, the smell of sulfur in the air. "Yah bitch."
"Ah try."
Verosika could see the fire between their eyes, as they were ready to start a huge fight in the morning. But then she just ignored when next to her was nobody else than Millie who was just munching her own pancakes.
"AHHHHHHHHHH." Verosika jumped when she never saw where the other imp came from.
"Morning Vee." Millie waved as she was already pouring more apple cider towards her own breakfast, and watching the fight in amusement. "It's crazy that it has been years since Sallie did that to Moxxie, he must really be pissed right now."
"It's just bread Moxxie, Ah like this way." Sadie could see Moxxie was on the verge of trying to kill her. And she really wanted to give more reason to make her brother mad.
"DO YOU LIKE IT? THEN PUT YOUR DICK INTO YOUR COFFEE AND THEN LET A GIRL SUCK IT TO SEE IF SHE SUCKES IT. IT'S AN ANARCHY, YOU HAVE NO SHAME? " Moxxie tackled and started to get into serious fighting with his own sister, while Verosika still watched the imp boy really in berserk into trying to kill the other imp. "ARE YOU CRAZY SADIE? CRAZY! IT LOOKS LIKE SHIT, IT'S SHIT."
"Moxxie, Sallie, stop this stupid fight at once." Lin decided to finish the whole fight as she grabbed the horns of both imps and raised them in the air, which made the duo still trying to beat each other, but both of them ignored the warning tone from their mother as they still got into the fight, until something unexpected took the attention of the duo... Moxxie and Sallie May turned their heads toward the window, and their eyes went wide open when finally they noticed.
"The rain stopped." Salie May commented, making Lin turn her head on the window and release both imps. Moxxie quickly took his plate and started to eat the remaining food and drink from the cup the quickly as possible.
"Oh, the rain stopped? Fucking finally, I thought the news said it would be raining during 3 days nonstop." Verosika asked but then she noticed the whole family of imps actually hushed their time of eating, since even the matriarch herself was eating from the frying pan that she used to make her breakfast.
"It's because it will rain again. We have probably one hour more or less." Moxxie commented as he went on the sink and took a good splash of water on his face, he did it to make himself fully awake. "Gotta go. Need to buy food for Betsy."
"Go quickly and come safely," Lin said as the young boy imp nodded his head to her and rushed towards the outside.
"Wait, do you mean that in one hour the rain will be back in full force?" Verosika noticed that every single of the girls, prepared themselves as they went directly on the outside.
"Millie, take the eggs from the chickens, Salie May check if some of the animals are fed. Ah'm going to harvest some fruits and legumes. We need to go quickly." Lin instructed as every single one of the girls went ahead. While leaving the succubus not aware of what's going on. "Oh sweetheart, if yah want to help. Yah can help me to harvest for dinner today."
Verosika stared as she wanted to ask what was about, but since she was there she just shrugged, unaware that she could have used the time to actually go to her car and prepare her stuff to make sure she was ready to leave. But without gas, she couldn't even turn the car on.
"Pa, Ah'm goin' to the butcher in the other side of Wrath Ring... wha? Where are yah goin' pa?" Moxxie who seemed to put his fingers on his mouth to whistle, noticed that his father was holding two empty gallons...
"Gas station. Need to prepare the girl's car when she has the new opportunity in case that it gets weaker the rainstorm tomorrow." Joe replied and the little imp nodded his head in understanding.
"Makes sense, but remember to return quickly, we cannot waste time." Moxxie and Joe gave a nod to each other before they both whistled hard. And from the stables of the farm, the duo of father and son watched a trio of horses, every single one of them wearing bones and their manes showing nothing more than pure blazes. A duo of male and female with black and purple flames around their manes, while one stallion seemed to have a green fire mane and bugs around the neck.
"Pestilence, let's go to the butcher. See yah pa. YAH" Moxxie tipped his hat to his father, before using his trusted horse to go quickly towards the direction of the butcher.
Joe's mustache twitched as he hummed, until he placed the right equipment towards his couple of horses, and wagon, he used the rope to make both his horses gallop quickly.
"Morticia, Gomes. YAH." The deep voice and yet strong enough to make both horses obey diligently the owner of the farm. Like speed demons, the horses quickly went in the direction of the gas station to fill the gas tank of the sports car that needed to be prepared for their guest.
Both matriarch and guest remained washing some of the legumes from the harvest, as they could clearly see the rain coming back with full force, Verosika now understood how terrible would be trying to run away from such a trap, but not knowing how long it would take until the storm comes back.
Feeling saddened for not being able to return to her apartment, she let out a sigh, which wasn't unnoticed by Lin who seemed to understand how difficult must be for such a young girl.
"Is everythin' alright?" Lin asked which surprised the succubus who just remembered that she was helping the imp to clean up the vegetables.
"Well, wish I could say it was, but these days has been a dog shit pile on me." Verosika tried to be polite and make the imp back off from trying to bother in her life.
"Do your parents know that yar' fine?" Then the said question made Verosika's eyes widen open in surprise, and not just a second later she suppressed a laugh.
"Ha, that's funny, I'm mean, not really, I haven't talked to them since I first left my house and tried to reach success." Verosika still remembered that while her parents were supportive of her dreams, she still remembered how her father was telling her that she was too young to live in independence. But then she reflected that it had been a long time since she indeed had talked to them. "But, I didn't leave on bad terms, nor they are against my dreams..."
"Did yah call them when it was holiday's or to tell that yar' bein' okay?" Lin insisted as she could see the succubus acting stubbornly towards something important. An giving a glare at the girl who was trying to avoid her gaze to her. She took her hand and both walked towards the wall where a telephone was ranging between the spices section. "Call them."
Seeing that the imp wasn't asking, Verosika couldn't help but sigh angrily and stomp her head.
"Fine. But at this hour I'm sure that they would be probably having sex right now. So I will blame you if I heard their moans between the call." Verosika said angrily, while Lin smiled at the succubus. Gulping a few seconds before pressing the numbers, she felt anxious and for some reason afraid of calling them.
Seconds seemed to be like an eternity when it came about waiting for the call to be accepted by the other side. Until...
"Hello..." A voice could be heard from the other side of the telephone, as Verosika tried to find the right words and find enough courage to actually say it.
"Hey dad..." Verosika said softly as she heard a surprising sound from the other side. "I'm just calling because I want you and mom know that I'm fine... and even if I struggle a bit, I can't take it, so you don't need to be worried about it."
The silence on the telephone was enerving, but Verosika's eyes went wide open when she heard the voice.
"I know you can, you are a Mayday after all... You can do this, we are already proud of you." The male voice said those specific words, but sounding with so much pride in it that it really felt like a refresh towards Verosika's mind, as her eyes started to tear up.
"Okay, now I gotta go now. I know that you and Mom are enjoying your time, so I just want you to tell her to not be worried about me... Bye Dad." Verosika still tried to compose herself and quickly turned off the telephone not just before seeing the motherly smile of the imp matriarch who nodded her head towards the succubus. Verosika couldn't help but when after giving back the telephone, she smiled at her gratefully. "Thank you..."
"Told yah, parents worry about their kids. Ah would be worried sick if Ah didn't know what is happenin' in their lives... Sometimes bein' in seclusion is lonely, and true families must stick together..." Lin gave a lesson, which Verosika nodded as she took it with the deep of her own heart. "Now, help me to put these potatoes on the oil, Today Ah'm cravin' for some French Fries."
"I like the way you think," Verosika said as she herself wanted to make a good snack to enjoy in the night.
A male incubus remained to stare at his own telephone, surprised to receive a call from someone who he never could have guessed to even remember him in the first place, he remained staring at the telephone in amusement since he couldn't remember when was the last time he actually talked with Verosika... And hearing her voice after what would have been so long, he doesn't have any fucking idea of what he was feeling at that moment.
"Who was that Nicholas?" A seductive female voice asked as the very handsome incubus was staring at his own telephone.
"It was Verosika, she looked like she is in deep shit." The father guessed as he gave a sigh, but not before grinning to his lovely wife. "But she said she is fine, and she is safe. So that's what matters. "
"Oh, I'm so glad that she is okay. I thought she wasn't able to contact us... but should we do something to help her?" The wife asked in concern, but seeing her husband shaking his head, she knew that she couldn't.
"Heleonor. She said she can take it. And I know she can do it... she is a Mayday after all." Nicholas said as he gave a hot kiss to his wife, which made her purr. "I know that she has your determination, and my instincts said that she is in the right hands right now. She is independent now, and I'm so proud of her."
Heleonor purred, as she felt so proud of her own daughter until a mumble was loud enough to interrupt both of the couples who then turned nearby them, which was another succubus who was all dressed in BDSM and was gagged up with tight ropes. The duo forgot they were in the middle of a sexual roleplay. Nicholas decided to take the gag off their partner who was panting.
"Sorry, I got distracted," Nicholas said as he was in a mod of being dom, but the telephone call made him forget that they were about to have sex.
"NO, NO, I mean... I heard the call... and I always thought vanilla was pretty lame... but this actually turned me on so much, that I think this is my new fetiche." The succubus replied, as she never felt so wet on her place, and now she wanted to try something. "Can you talk more about how proud you are of her and how you love your wife, while you do it with me? I think this wholesome moment really becoming addicting to me, and I want to have sex with it."
Both Nicholas and Heleonor looked at each other in surprise, as they looked both intrigued and yet interested in a new kind of roleplay. So smiling among themselves, they decided to have some new fun that afternoon.
As the time working in the kitchen, Verosika usually would be bored into working without some kind of sound as Lin seemed without talking for a while, but it didn't take a while until she started to hear a humming from the imp matriarch.
"Hum... that's a nice catch tune," Verosika said as the mother of many imps looked at her surprised.
"Oh, sorry, Ah tend to keep hummin' to remember my personal rules," Lin replied as she finished cutting the potatoes, which made Verosika raise her eyebrows at her.
"Personal rules?" Verosika asked confused while Lin ruled her eyes.
"It's somethin' Ah create for me in case Ah have to remember my priorities in whatever occasion which happened in mah life, Ah created rules for everythin' ..." Lin sounded proud, which made Verosika roll her eyes while she couldn't help but tease a bit the woman.
"Ha, I wouldn't be surprised if you create rules for bad breakups." Verosika was having more fun when she heard a knife being stabbed over the table. Which made the succubus shut her mouth.
"Did yah have a terrible breakup?" Lin said, and surprisingly Verosika didn't feel hostility from her, but also something she seemed to be outraged to hear about. "Tell me what happened."
Verosika would have denied that, but she then noticed the said knife was showing her reflection.
"It's not a big deal, just my ex who took my credit card and just put me in huge debt and got scammed. I beat the shit out of him and I'm completely over him." Verosika said but then she saw the eyes of the imp who seemed not believing in her words.
"No yar' not. Write it down and read it out. Here is yar' rules:" Lin said as she took her knife and stabbed some potatoes. But without thinking twice, she hummed the tone once again. " One, don't pick up the phone... You know he's only calling 'cause he is drunk and alone."
Verosika felt a huge surprise when she heard the voice of the matriarch actually singing one of the rules, and surprisingly she could see that it was the truth when she got into one of her memories about times that she heard Blitzo calling her when he was drunk. Mostly for her to pick him up...
"Two, don't let him in." Lin gave the new rule which she pointed the index finger in the middle of Verosika's chest, as she was pressing another point for the succubus to understand. "You'll have to kick him out again. Three, don't be his friend, you know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning."
Verosika felt the rules striking inside of her own heart, as she imagined the entire pattern of events happening, and now by learning the rules, she understood her mistakes, but what it took her was a mercy kill and something that she would never forget...
"And if you're under him, you ain't getting over him." Lin finished as the image of the matriarch of the family of farmers becoming what would be one great teacher in the succubus life.
2 years later:
I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
Verosika sang as the entire group of demons seemed to be shouting her name, as the chorus seemed to be dancing sensually, and Verosika was literally pointing at the screen with the photograph of her ex, and she kept reminding herself of the new rules and the newest song she created, inspired by a good imp who taught her how to be powerful. So she decided to sing the second verse.
I keep pushin' forwards, but he keeps pullin' me backwards
(Nowhere to turn) no way
(Nowhere to turn) no
Now I'm standin' back from it, I finally see the pattern
(I never learn, I never learn)
It was literally Verosika showing all her emotions, as she literally was trying to make the other demons and her fans to see that she was talking against her own heart, and then with the newest determination she wanted to destroy everything her ex created for her, and she wanted to become even more powerful after what her ex destroyed to her.
But my love (love)
He doesn't love me, so I tell myself
I tell myself, I do, I do, I do
As the time she sang, she tried to keep mixing feelings, until she sang the chorus, as she remembered exactly the expression Lin had shown her when she sang the rules to her.
One: Don't pick up the phone
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two: Don't let him in, you have to kick him out again
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the mornin'
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him
The screen showed pictures of her ex imp boyfriend, and how she smashed the phone, while some photographs of her kicking him out from their previous fights before they broke up, but also she showed a forbidden rule to never trust the same person who screwed her life ever again.
I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
I gotta tell them to myself
Practice makes perfect, I'm still tryna learn it by heart (I got new rules, I count 'em)
Eat, sleep and breathe it, rehearse and repeat it, 'cause I (I got new, I got new, I...)
Verosika reminded herself as she wrote down the said rules when she got home, something that she kept every single day alone in her apartment, and she used it as a way to survive her life and create an album of success.
One: Don't pick up the phone (yeah)
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone (alone)
Two: Don't let him in, you have to kick him out again (again)
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the mornin' (bed in the mornin')
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him
The chorus sang as Verosika freestyle herself as doing sensual poses, and was ready for the final. She felt that she was helping the same poor demons who suffered the same as her, boys and girls, and she wanted to teach them the rules and how to make them survive to keep their lives going. The same way Lin did to her.
I got new rules, I count 'em
I got new rules, I count 'em
(Whoa-ooh, whoa-ooh, whoa)
I gotta tell them to myself
I got new rules, I count 'em
(Baby, you know I count 'em)
I gotta tell them to myself
Don't let him in, don't let him in, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't be his friend, don't be his friend, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't let him in, don't let him in, don't, don't, don't, don't
Don't be his friend, don't be his friend, don't, don't, don't
You gettin' over him
At the time the song stopped, Verosika just gave a smile to the crowd who were in ovation and in deep cheers of excitement.
"My name is Verosika Mayday, and go fuck yourselves." Verosika smiled as she gave the middle finger, and left the stage with the crowd shouting their love toward the succubus who just gave a slight smile, and thanked the matriarch who helped her so much.
As she smiled remembering the rest of the crazy day on the farm. And how much she was annoyed on the second day.
Millie and Sallie passed the time working hard to finish their tasks and finally were able to make everything ready before the rain came back, since they were sweaty from all the hard work, each girl had a good time preparing their own shower to make sure that they were refreshed to resume their day, probably watching television or even playing some cards. Something that they would normally do in cases of rainy days.
Verosika decided to stay on the couch as she seemed to be exhausted from the hard work of quickly helping the harvest before the rain.
But to her surprise, seeing Moxxie carrying what would be dozens of piles of meat with him, made her question if they were going to have a barbecue on the house. She felt that the entire place seemed to be enjoying even in the terrible rainstorm happening around.
But then seeing the patriarch of the family actually carrying two gallons of gasoline, made Verosika happy with hope on her face.
"Ah'm goin' to place the gasoline inside yar' car, Ah think for tomorrow when the rain is in a break, yah could get ready to leave this farm. But Ah wouldn't recommend for yah to go alone since yah probably would get lost." Joe spoke to Verosika, which made the succubus actually take a back, from hearing Joe speak for the first time.
"Ah, thank you." Verosika smiled as she finally could find a way to leave, and be able to be at her own apartment.
"Alright pa, already fed Betsy, now she is happy for the whole thunderstorm. That was a close call." Moxxie came in the middle of the room, and he felt already dirty from the grease and blood that he had to bring from the butcher. "Ma took some good meat, and she is goin' to make a good stew for tonight. Now Ah need just to take a shower and relax for the rest of the day."
Moxxie walked upstairs, which made Verosika look with a catty smile on her face, while the duo of sisters looked at each other in their own understanding.
At the time Moxxie finally was up, Joe then glanced at the girls.
"May the best win. Now go." Joe then turned his back on, as he could see that the whole challenge was set. All that he needs to do, is take a good beer brew and watch the fireworks happening. He knows for sure that today will not be boring for him... but for his son though.
3 hours later:
It's pure madness, whatever Verosika tried somehow, those two motherfucker bitches always found a way to null every single work she did. She tried to have a fun time with him inside a shower, the water was so cold that it wouldn't make them even comfortable to be on the shower when she tried to blow him in the bathroom as well, a group of rats invaded the same bathroom making her shriek and jump away, while the other imp who has no freaking clue on what is happening just rolled his eyes, and simply directed them to go outside on the woods.
When they were in deep cottage, somehow when she tried to have a fun time with the imp, she always felt some kind of shitty smell in the air, and it was so awful that it made her lose her lust, it was unbearable, and when she tried to find the reason... it was canned... Cans full of shit, which made her weirded out, and have to understand that indeed, they weren't kidding when they said that they wouldn't allow anybody to have sex.
But that didn't stop Verosika, and neither did the imps. Every single time she tried to adapt, tried to think ahead, but the more she tried, the more sexually frustrated she felt towards not popping the cherry of Moxxie, who just couldn't help but have enough.
Instead of shouting or even trying to get into a fight, Moxxie simply in his silence, slammed the door, while surprising the whole house who was watching the trio of girls fighting.
And by irony, Moxxie's silence was the loudest scream that the group of imps and succubus could hear from him. Since his original nature would be to be loud like the family, a silent Moxxie is the most worrisome one.
Lin tried to get up from the sofa to go after him but a hand held her shoulder, it was Joe who decided to go after the imp who decided to be alone in the basement.
After minutes of walking around the basement, Joe twitched his mustache after noticing that his own boy was looking around for something.
"Come on, where is it? Ah swear that Ah let flask with the pills around here." The patriarch started hearing the mumblings of Moxxie who seemed to be moving box after box and trying to remain not stressed, but from every failed attempt, the loud sound of boxes being launched and more angry remarks could be heard. "Fuck, maybe ma found it and already launched away. Ah can't believe it... two days it's going to be madness. Hangover and not with pills, and this stupid bet, this day is gettin' fuckin perfect."
Joe walked after the boy who seemed to be disappointed and accepting that he was going to need to be another day in abstinence. And for the imp to keep trying, to find a way to avoid any kind of interaction with the family, Joe raised his hands and was about to touch his shoulder.
"Ah'm fine Ma, yah don't need to worry about me." Moxxie turned his head annoyed just to be surprised that instead of being the matriarch of the family, in her place was actually the man in the house. The person who took him from the crash took him as his own... "Pa."
Joe remained quiet, and seeing how the boxes were messed around, and how his own son seemed to be more jumpy and possibly in pain in the head... He remained quiet, but his actions spoke louder since with his one hand he took from his jacket pocket. A pair of Greedy Cigars, imported for the sin of Greed himself Mammom and gave one for his own son.
Moxxie stared with his mouth wide open, and hesitantly accepted, as the duo walked further into the basement, which was far deeper than the actual house property. There was something like a good open area where they could watch the rain without being able to be hit by the devious lightning.
Taking a match with him, Joe lit up for both him and his own adoptive son. Both watch the wild thunderstorm creating a good time for both of them. Moxxie took a good drag, as the black smoke was enough for them to appreciate the main things that both men of the house do when they want to be alone for a few minutes.
Joe knowing that his son had a lot on his own mind, still wanted to give a good comfortable zone for his son to enjoy and appreciate the little things they were doing together until he was ready to explain what was up on his own mind. What usually passed like one minute, actually ended up like 2 hours of two imps smoking cigars and appreciating the silence of each other.
"It's stupid," Moxxie commented as he watched the breeze affecting the entire sand over their own farm, as the patriarch raised his own eyebrows and waited for an explanation. "Ah'm so tired of everythin', Ah'm tired of bein' angry, Ah'm tired of bein' sad, Ah'm tired of being angry... "
Joe remained quiet since he wanted to know the further thoughts of his own son. Knowing that deep inside of each of them all, has some terrible thoughts, but as a good father he is... he knows exactly what his own son needs at that moment.
"Yah're bored," Joe replied which made the imp look at him surprised. Knowing that most of the time when Moxxie was having troubles inside of his own mind, actually was because he couldn't find a way to entertain himself as all the worries and sad thoughts get back when he doesn't sleep well. Joe took from behind his pocket, what would be two knives. Which made Moxxie stare at him in surprise. "Let's have some fun."
*Knife stab*
"OHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." Millie shouted as she always loved to see both her brother and her own father have their own aim knife competition. Around in one part of the storage, I saw nothing more than a wall with a target with a skull in the middle, and many stuck knife marks. Salie May and Lin were clapping as the whole group of imps and succubus were also drinking whisky and enjoying a good game time.
Moxxie launched with his best precision marking the middle of the eye of the skull, while Joe without much effort also targeted the middle of the other eye of the skull.
Then Moxxie proceeded to use his tail for a surprise knife launch on the middle of the nose. Joe did the same thing with his own tail. Then Joe launched another knife in the middle of the skull. Which made everyone jump in surprise and cheer loudly.
"Come on Joe, show Moxxie who is the man of the house." Lin cheered as the Millie and Salie May were also munching their own popcorn.
"Moxxie show pa who is the sharpest knife." Millie was cheering for her twin since Moxxie was also enjoying a good time with the competition.
"I have to confess, never thought something simple like that could be entertaining." Verosika while never understanding the fun of the wrathians, she had to confess that the family cheering for a little aim competition was indeed something she never thought she would enjoy passing the night with the family. And enjoying the whole group having fun, she could understand that sometimes simple things like that would create the best entertainment.
"Yeah, Ah kinda forgot when was the last time Moxxie and Pa had a good match just like right now." Sallie agreed as the duo watched another knife hitting the target. "OHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO."
Mark after mark, Moxxie, and Joe every single time was doing one challenge more difficult than the other. Until Moxxie was so happy showing his competitive side, and Millie made fun of trying to raise even more competition side of.
Moxxie then took a knife, and with a dry laugh, he smiled at himself. And looked at his own father.
"Yah know what pa, Ah'm going to do yah a favor," Moxxie said as he slowly decided to make this a very good show... He looked at his knife and then decided to do something to make the game even more fun. "Ah once knew a man called Joe."
Moxxie raised his knife and pointed at Joe which made him raise his eyebrow at him. While Lin started to giggle.
" Ah love poetry," Lin commented as she could see Verosika raising her eyebrow and see what Moxxie was planning to do.
"And for me, this man was the epitome of a pro." Moxxie decided to rhyme, even by playing with his own knife. By spinning with one of his index fingers. "He was great with a sharp knife... but terrible in the bed in the night."
"OOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Both Millie and Sallie shouted as the provocation Moxxie did to his own pa.
"Ah'm hurt," Joe commented bemused, and Moxxie smiled at him.
"But to think he can beat me," Moxxie every single sentence, steps even farther away from the distance of target, as he feels even more confident with his own poetry. "DREAMIN' HE'D DEFEAT ME."
The group stares even more amused as Moxxie looked more cocky and smiling victorious of the next move.
"Ah' have to say Pa Joe, but yar' bein' a moron," Moxxie said as he turned his back to the aim, as the whole group looked confused. And by seeing the reflex on the knife, Moxxie smiled. "Oh yeah..."
And with one movement the whole group jumped away as the knife was launched from that distance, with Moxxie not even looking at the target, and then for the most ridiculous way... It hit directly at the middle of the forehead of the skull.
"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Millie, Sallie, and even Verosika cheered as it was clearly a victory of the thespian who was bowing from their claps. "IT'S OVER, IT'S OVER."
Joe remained quiet and raised both his hands in surrender. Knowing that his own son indeed deserved the win on that night.
At the time Verosika was enjoying a good portion of her drink, and watching the imp boy taking his hat off, she could see the wilderness of his hair, as the good sweat around his face was being cleaned from a towel. His wild nature and yet a kind-hearted boy towards her family... Something that made the succubus realize that her heart skipped a beat. Which made her eyes widen open.
"What the..." Verosika said as she saw the victorious smile of the boy and when he simply glanced at her, she couldn't help but feel her cheeks burn a bit and decided to remain in control. "What the hell is going on? I just met him yesterday, and I'm acting like I'm just a teenage girl who just got a crush after a breakup."
Verosika shook her head, as she composed herself, she was still smiling for the handsome imp who...
"wait, what was that thought?" Verosika tried to remain firm on her emotions, but when she glanced at the imp again... she couldn't help but finally mutter the words. "oh god damn..."
After a good hour of them enjoying what would be a great dinner together, it seemed the rain didn't even seem to be bothering them anymore. It was something that usually would enerve the imps, or other hell-borns around Wrath Ring, but that night, it seemed just like any other night. They ate dinner, watched television for some shows, and then when Verosika least expected... she was already in bed... usually she thought breakups would leave terrible marks, which would make her sore and sour for weeks or even months... But for once on that day, she seemed to forget that she was indebted to so many souls, but she just closed her eyes, and let that be the worries when she woke up on the next day or when she was in her apartment. She said for her parents she would be fine and she was a Mayday, so she knew that she got this... but also she felt so happy to talk and relieve her parents of them getting worried about her.
In one day she never thought she would learn so much about them... and possibly more about herself. These 2 days have been a whole storm of emotions to her, and she couldn't help, but at the end of the night, sleep with a smile on her face.
