22 Bad Kids, Playing One* at the Ball (1/2)

The next few days were peaceful until the day before the ball when tragedy struck.

”Oh noooooooo!” Bea screeched and jumped on Albus.

”What hap- oh noooooooo!”

Furvus walked in plugging his ears with his fingers, ”What are you two screaming abo- no! No! No! No! This can't be happening!”

They were all squirming and squealing when they heard a low growl. ”What did you lot do this time?” As if they were all linked, they turned slowly only to turn pale when they saw Gladys standing in the doorway. ”What did you break?” His seemingly justified question and low rumble sounded like their death sentence. All three broke out into a cold sweat and exchanged eye contact in the short time that they could.

In agreeance, Bea was kept back while Furvus was sent forth as a martyr with Albus for support. ”Big bro! How's your mask coming along?”

”I told you I finished it yesterday. Are you dumb? Have you still not finished yours?” Gladys looked at him in disbelief and disdain before switching to suspicion. ”You told me you stayed up last night and managed to finish a couple hours ago.” While Furvus was busy lamenting as he bit his tongue, Albus tagged in, ”We just wanted to make sure you chose an animal that matches you y'know? It'd be pretty bad if your face didn't match your methods y'know? It would be bad. Really bad.”

”Why are you so nervous Albus? Forget it, you probably think I chose the wrong animal or you think I'm mad that you got Furvus of all people to ask me.” He sighed slightly and answered her arbitrary and suspicious activity, ”I chose a bear and made it so that it changes type depending on the circumstances.”

As the three spoke, Bea his something behind her back and in her pockets while slowly backing away towards the window. ”Bea!” She jumped and looked at Gladys, ”Yes love?”

”Come here. All of you are acting suspicious.” She gulped and tried to deflect. ”I can't go over to you! You'll display some PDA in front of the other two while playing with me?” She even tried pouting to boost her attack.

Sadly, she was up against a boss who was immune at that moment. ”If you don't come here, I'm going over there. If you still insist on dodging me, I'm locking all three of you in here and you'll miss your precious ball.” Gasping at his super effective threat, she resigned. ”I'll go over there. You two can die with me as well.”

She didn't let him react before exposing what was in her hands. Her slightly chubby face had tears streaming down and blood flushed cheeks. ”I'm sorry I broke it! I didn't mean to!”

He was puzzled until her saw one of his precious blenders broken. His grey eyes became flat as he looked at her. ”If sorry and not meaning it were defensible, then we wouldn't need punishments.”

”AHHHHHHHHH!” x3

…Please hold…

Gladys exited the room looking only slightly appeased while the broken blender lay in his hands sadly. Inside the room, all three were shaking. Furvus was sweating blood, Albus was massaging her slightly swollen wrists, and Bea was repeating ”I will not use others things in reckless experiments without supervision.”

It was quite tragic and comedic at the same time. It was humorous since all three had ”Bad kid” written on their foreheads and a sign in front of them saying, ”We can only eat bitter cucumber today.”

When Neutrum asked Gladys why he chose cucumbers, he told him about how a woman with freckles told a young girl that her attitude was so abysmal that she should marry a cucumber since her beauty will fade as she gets older leading her husband to abandon her for someone more beautiful**.