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pentagram city, the hellish place was peaceful for one day. There was still killings going on, there is always going to be; it’s just that it felt quiet. The city was usually flamboyant and hard to take your eyes off of but it was different, the city was basically shouting at you to not look anymore closely, not pry at it.
Everyone knew what happened that day, it was not secret that the overlord of television wiped out 2% of sinners, not enough to make a riot about but enough to make the atmosphere around the city silent.
The Vee tower. The home to three overlords. The place where everything was busy and moving around, was desolate and stood still like an unmoving wall that had been through thousands of wars.
On the couch Velvette sat, looking at the floor, legs crossed. In the middle of the couch there lad vox’s head, a glitching mass. You could cut the tension in the room.
“It was only a bit of an overreaction” vox says to a completely empty room, vox jumps towards velvette who’s 0 focused on her phone.
“Bit of an Overreaction, bloody hell Vox you almost wiped out half of the fucking city!” Velvette says she swipes her phone screen up.
“The city is still intact.” Vox musters out drom the couch.
“That’s not the point Vox. We would have ended up dead too.” Said the fashionista whose words put salt into the wound. she had her eyes glued to the phone.
Another silence follows after Velvette says that.
“Say where’s Val?” Vox says to an empty void of silence.
“He’s covering the press after your big fuck up” the doll doesn’t look up from her phone screen, turning her body away from Vox.
“your letting him do it?” Vox says tiredly. His voice bland, almost like a sigh but with more intensity.
“He has better rep then both of us combined, so don’t be pissy” Velvette scoffs. Moving away from Vox more.
You could hear a pin drop, the walls blended together at some point, warping and moving around.
Vox can’t remember how long it has been but the silence was broken by Val entering the building in an irritated manner.
“Speak of the sinner there he is, what was the hold up?” Velvette said as she turned to face the moth who was standing in the room from her right.
“Ugh, you wouldn’t believe the crowds who came to ask questions about the future of Voxtek” Valentino said as he moved Vox away from Velvette making room for himself. He spread out his wings and his upper half relaxing as his legs took up most up the space at the other end of the couch.
“Wait why are you talking on behalf of Voxtek. That’s My company.” Vox said as he tried to jump on Val’s legs. As Vox said that the other two Vees broke out into laughter.
“Voxtek belongs to you, HAHAHA do you hear this shit Val!” Velvette laughs along side Val; cackling like hyenas.
“I Don’t hear shit doll face, maybe it was the ghost of wanting to blow up the fucking city!” Val and Vel laughed together harmoniously.
“Ha,ha real funny guys…” Vox said as he was staring daggers into their eyes.
“do you hear that? He wants to be taken seriously!” Vel smiled in a smugly manner. She looked away from her phone screen and picked up the remote controller carelessly.
“What do want to watch babe?” Velvette leaned on arm of the couch her position more comfortable and relaxed.
“Sigh….I don’t know some shitty stand up comedy?” Val says tiredly leaning onto Velvette.
“How about that shark documentary?” Vox suggests as he tries to get in their line of sight.
At the same time Velvette and Valentino let out a sharp “No” when Vox suggested that.
Vox’s screen became dimmer. “Come on why not?” He says like a whinny child.
The other vees don’t answer him. They just continue looking at the Tv screen.
“Did someone forget that he’d tried to blow up the fuckin’ City?” Velvette scoffed as she scrolled through the opinions of shitty over-the-top Comedian’s
“Can we please stop talking about it!” Vox demands as his head jumps around like a hot potato.
“Aw Voxy is insecure about his little estallido” Valentino mocks him actually responding to him face to face.
“Can I trust you to be with the..” Velvette lazily slouch’s up from the couch and sharply turns to look at Vox. “Glorified TV baby?”
“Where are you going?” Val says from below her on the couch; taking up the room that Velvette had just exited from.
“I’m going to get some surgery shit. You want some?”The doll says.
“Who I am to say no to coke?” The moth playfully answers back as he takes up all of the couch.
“Sweets tino!” Velvette barks at Val as she looks at him with annoyance.
“You mean Candy” Vox gets under her skin.
“Same thing and for being a prick you get the black licorice is on clearance.”
Valentino laughs at the comment as Velvette walks out of the room into whatever store she can find this time of day.
What could he say. That was the thought that pledges Vox’s mind. He tried small talk with Velvette and Valentino was a whole different beast, Vox never knew what he was thinking. It was a dangerous tango that either one could trip up and fall from power.
Vox fell.
He fell.
But.
they picked him up from the boot straps and ran far away. Velvette has spoken to him but Val hasn’t spoken to him directly, only making jokes at his down fall to Velvette but
now it’s just the two of them.
In a quiet room.
Vox’s head in his lap laying on the couch.
On top of Val.
There was no noise but it was so noisy.
And none spoke but they’re breathing.
Until Vox made the first move.
“Can we speak. About anything?” Vox whispered.
“…”
“Val, please you’re my busines-“ businesses partner it isn’t what we are. Isn’t it? I mean it’s what we were but we aren’t anymore.
I don’t have a business.
We surely are still business partners Even though I have no business but Val. Val does, he has my business that means we are still business partners. Why I’m crying we are only business partners. Business partners we are just business partners if he has a business then I have a business, making us business partners. Still isn’t over we are business partners.
I’m still Val’s business partner I can still be with Val, only for benefits of course! Why I’m crying? Whats more manly than being with a Man? And is it really a man if they wear a dress sometimes? And share a same bed with me because it’s cheaper, Val’s neck fluff is almost like a pillow, SO so that’s means that we are just business partners. We are just business partners. Nothing more. nothing less.
“mi amor?” Valentino says softly. stopping Vox’s racing mind.
Vox’s was shaking In Val’s lap.
Oh my god.
“ye-yeah?” Vox says his voice glitching, Vox hates when his voice starts glitching, it makes him sound weak and pathetic when he’s trying to be admired by all it’s annoying to him.
“You’re shaking. Baby.” His voice calmly Val sits up to face Vox Looking directly in his eyes.
“Ah it’s just an error” Vox says to Val. The tension is relax. It’s relaxed.
Valentino pulls in Vox with his top hands and gets nestled in Val’s neck fluff a mushy, warm, hug. It’s almost like after the fall, Val slowly pulls him up. Vox can rise again but for now he is dimmer.
A couple of hours later Velvette slowly opens the creaking door into the Room, her hands full with greased bags of paper.
“What the fuck happen when I was gone?” Velvette points to the sleeping vox on an awake Valentino chest.
“I could ask the same shit to you!” Val says to Velvette.
“I decided to get some sloppy fast food. Now why is Vox on your chest, did you make up with him” Velvette says as she throws the food down.
“Nah, we just had a good time.” Val lies to Velvette’s face.
“Ewww I how can you do that Vox’s is just a bloody head-actually, don’t answer that.” Her voice filled with disgust. Val makes space for velvette to sit down.
Val picks up the remote controller with his bottom right hand and turns the Episode on.