I didn't expect this fucking monologue from him at this point. At any point, really. When I was on the verge of replying to him, I heard huge banging of the door. We rushed to the entrance of the warehouse and saw the girls standing by the door. They seemed fine but something was off-putting about them. Starting with their faces which were completely nonplussed and agitated. But Shawn felt everything was fine.
"So, it's done!", Shawn exclaimed and gave out a sigh.
No, dude. It was far from done.
"Nope", Rose affirmed my thoughts.
"Why? What happened?", Shawn asked.
"Andre, will you come in for a second?"
I looked at poor ignored Shawn. I didn't have to know his life history to know that this was one of the worst weekends of his life. I went in and left the door open partially. Perhaps he would like to eavesdrop.
I saw the girls take a big sigh. After the sigh, their body parts i.e their heads, necks, hands and legs seemed to float in air, loosely connected to each other to make a human body. I couldn't really see the differences until I focused deeply on them as something seemed really different. But when it hit me, it hit me quite hard. Although, I had negative thoughts but there was a thin layer of hope.
"What the fuck?", I asked.
Lily took the soggy printed paper kept on the apple box drained with blood, crumpled it and throw it hard at my face. I dodged it and looked at them dumbfounded.
"Why would you fuck up again?", Lily asked.
"We had no choice, believe me. Searched the whole fucking city and the internet. But what exactly has happened to your bodies?"
"Our bodies have tried into a mechanical piece of junk covered with flesh and skin", Rose said in a low voice.
"Why are you speaking so softly?", I asked.
"Adjust your voice box", Lily said.
Rose began fiddling her adam's apple.
"Hello?…hello? It's good?", Rose asked.
"A little bit lower", Lily said and Rose again adjusted her voice by rotating her Adam's apple as if it was some volume adjuster.
"This is fucked up", I said.
"It must have happened due to the printed shit. Fake paragraph, fake body. Simple", Lily said, aligning her wafting head with her hands in sync with the rest of the body.
"Where is the Rexus switch?", I asked. Rose took it out of her skirt pocket and handed it over to me. I took the switch and stared at its diamond shine. But this couldn't resist the cornor of eyes to catch the glimpse of Shawn eavesdropping on us.
"Should we use the Rexus switch again?", Lily asked.
"I don't know, maybe we should check with Lucifer first", I said.
"We?", Rose asked.
A large stomping sound is heard outside as Shawn fell down. The girls look towards the door and immediately realise what was going on.
"Shameless", Lily said with a lack of emotion.
"Why are you suddenly speaking like a robot?", I asked.
"I don't think you have adjusted your emotional volume", Rose said.
"How does one do that?", Lily asked.
"Go to the brain, click on settings and then go to emotional volume. Then just click on the box beside the 'Standard robot volume' and tick the boxes beside the 27 emotions listed".
"That's mad!", I exclaimed.
"Was that piece of shit eavesdropping?", Lily asked in proper rage after fixing.
"He was eavesdropping the last time as well", Rose added.
"Would you please be a bit respectful towards him? I mean, okay, he was a bit persistent towards Rose. But Rose loved him at some point as well. And trust me, if he wasn't there you guys were stuck as words for your whole lives", I said.
"Why are you getting so worked up about him? And all of this is happening because you are a dumbfuck who can't even do a simple job properly", Lily said.
I immediately snapped at her.
"Shut up! What do you even think of yourself? You think you can just say whatever in whichever way you like and fucking get away?"
"Don't try to cover up for your mistake. I sometimes think about mom and dad, you know, Rose? They decided to bear three children only to have atleast one loser dumbfuck boy in the house".
"SHUT UP, you bitch! That's what you are, a stupid motherfucking bitch. And you know what? If Rose wasn't in this situation with you, I wouldn't have even bothered to reconvert you. You just aren't worth it. You aren't worth being a human."
Both of them stared at me as if they were looking at a stranger. Lily became silent. Her eyes were moistened by the tears which she inarguably stopped midways but her face radiated rays of anger and grief. Rose was shocked as well but I could see a coating of disappointment over her shocked face. A sudden air of guilt wafted through my conscience. But somebody had to tell her in her style for her to know.
"Hey Andre!", Shawn entered the warehouse smiling,"Have you seen my philosophy book?"
I looked at him and saw the face of someone who now understood the wrath of asking the wrong questions at the wrong time.
"Fuck off!", Lily shouted,"Don't you have any self fucking esteem? At all?"
"I am just looking for...", Shawn tried to speak as normally as possible, his smile shaky as hell.
"Please go away, Shawn", Rose said.
"I am sorry, guys but the book is very important to me. Andre, can you come out for a second?"
I suddenly understood what he was trying to do; he was trying to pull me out of this devastating situation. Before leaving, I looked briefly at the girls, trying to communicate a slow apology. But of course, I wasn't entirely sorry at that point of time. The reason why you feel guilt is because you react. The reason why you react is because of what's inflicted on you, which is essentially the other person's mistake. That's what life is. You end up getting filled with guilt indirectly due to others' mistakes.