Kay covers his eyes, trying hard to alleviate the heavy atmosphere. “Oh really, well I didn’t mind how it looked before; put the latter back where you found it”.
"Yes ma’am”. Ven picks himself back up as he surveys himself for any sustained injuries. Thankfully just some scraps on his right leg and arm. Peggie closes the curtain back up but leaves the window open. Ven looks over at the flowered Kay that comes out of the bed and proceeds to give hand signals. Ven with a confused expression continues to stand there attempting to decipher his movements.
Many failed attempts later, Kay picks up a pebble from the flower bed and chucks it with much force toward the window. It hits the curtain and flies into the kitchen. Ven even more confused mixed with anxiety changes his sight from the pebble over to Kay who made his way back to the bed. Kay signals to keep going as Ven turns his attention back to the window as he kneels down to clutch the latter.
The curtains swing back open followed by a shocked expression from Peggie that brings her attention back on Ven. “Did you throw that rock?”
“No of course not! I was about to move the latter!”
Peggie’s spooked expression turned into curiosity as she began to survey the garden with her eyes. Ven glanced at Kay who continued to show him the signal to keep going. He then understood to stall her attention. Ven stands back up and steps in between the latter, clipping his foot over its rails as he trips over it, diving back onto the cement.
“Agh, agh, it hurts. My leg hurts.” Peggie panicked as she rushed through the kitchen to the back door into the garden with her house slippers still on. She kneels down next to Ven as she checks the injury. “How badly does it hurt?”, says Peggie. ”A lot”, as he clutches his “injured” ankle.
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Kay quietly raises himself from the plants and briskly walks over to the back door on his left. He continuously eyes Peggie to make sure she doesn’t notice him. Ven exchanges glances as he continues to exaggerate even further. Kay enters the kitchen and begins to pick up the pace.
He passes through the boiling pots and past the out of date kitten calendar as he makes a sharp left into a dimly lit hallway. He turns right to ascend the stairs. Thanks to the skylight, or rather the horribly patched up roof that left a gaping hole covered by a clear curtain, Kay was able to prance up the light up stairs skipping steps as he hurried. He then opened the first door to the right as he rushed through jumping over the futons covering the floors. He made it to a large wardrobe located in the corner back of the room.
The wardrobe doors opened bringing into light a huge pile of clothes stacked on top of each other. Kay pushed the pile towards one side as he reached out to grab the hilt of a large claymore sword. He pulled it out and swung it over his back adjusting the strap. The sword was long and sturdy, almost a third of Kay’s size.
It had a black handle and black sheath to match. Kay then turned his attention to a pile of books so beautifully arranged on the other side of the room. He once again hopped over the futons reaching the books. He took the top few books off the pile, uncovering a hollowed out area behind the pile; around four inches, enough to fool Peggie into believing it was normal. Kay stuck his hand in pulling out a decent sized bow that matched the claymore in color. He leaned it against the wall as he placed the books back. Kay took the bow and scavenged a nearby pile of clothes for arrows.
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“Ven your ankle looks fine now but it might swell up if you don’t ice it right away, let me get you some ice.”, explained Peggie. Ven with a worried glance clutches Peggie’s hand, “NO…. I don’t think it’s that bad, I just need to walk it off”. Ven sits up and tries to stand as he wobbles about.
Peggie rushes to support him from the side. A whistle of a success song notifies Ven of Kay’s advances through the house. He must have finished, Ven thought. Ven attempts walking about with Peggie’s assistance.
“I think I’m okay.” His movements improve with each step. “Alright, if you think you're okay.” The sound of water boiling over the pot to the fire sounds off like an end of the year fireworks show. Peggie panicked as she yeated Ven back onto the cement and rushed to the source.
Ven stood back up, “No don’t worry about me, I’m fine.” He dusted himself off and dashed over through the wooden fence to the outside alley. Ven turns and sees Kay come out from the front door making his way to him. He smiled wide when seeing Ven, “Your acting was so lame, I’m surprised Peggie bought it.” “Whatever, it worked, didn't it.”
"That’s true.” Kay turned around as Ven unstrapped the sword from him and fixed it onto himself. “Well, we got everything right?””Think so, let’s go.”
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