It's said that when two men pass through a trial together and overcome it, a new bond is formed. A sort of brotherhood thing.
Behind us was Miss Gloria, pushing my drunk ass while Josh lead the way.
[Warning! Warning! Host is currently intoxicated.]
[Host is a liability to the current mission.
Reason: A drunk man can't tame his tongue. ]
[Taking Precautions...]
The red warning words flashed in front of my eyes as my hands stretched forward, trying to grab one or two.
"Can't you see the letters, they are red and big!"
"The only letters you would be seeing is your suspension letter." Miss Gloria pushed me forward as Josh slowly lead the way. I'm pretty sure he was also drunk, but he didn't care. When did brutes care about their actions. Of course he got us into this mess. Did he ?
Suddenly I stopped and turned towards Miss Gloria with a huge smile on my face.
"You look beautiful today !"
"Boy! If you don't move forward now, I swear to God..."
"Alright, alri..." I remembered what she did to Rapheal and quickly turned around.
I felt a tug on my shirt as I lazily looked at Josh. He winked at me with a crazy smile as I wondered how he wasn't drunk for a brief moment.
[Precautions completed.]
[Minus two points from one of your stats. Never get drunk on a mission, it ruins your reputation as a thief. ]
[HEIST SYSTEM]
[TITLE: Crook]
[Titles can be upgraded and also comes with rewards. The higher your title, the more Heists & bigger heists you can pull off. ]
[HEIST LEVEL : 1]
[Points: 0/100] Get up to 100 Heist points to progress to the next Heist Level.
[HEIST POINTS : 0]
[CLASS: THIEF]
[Stats]
[Strength : 12]
[Agility : 12]
[Endurance : 7]
[Mortality: 12]
[Stealth : 17]
[Intelligence: 11]
[Charisma: -9]
[SYSTEM FEATURES]
[Gifts][Unavailable]
[Shops][Locked]
[Recruit System][Locked]
[QUIRKS] [None]
[To unlock your system features, complete one or more missions.]
My eyes cleared as the drug instantly disappeared from my body system. I stared at the current status, my Intelligence was down by a point and my Charisma now had an extra Minus point. Look at that.
I turned towards Josh, " Fuc..." He quickly pushed a pill into my opened mouth, which instantly dissolved on my wet tongue. Miss Gloria was oblivious to his action as she knocked on the principal door twice and we all stepped in. It tasted like peppermint, with an afterflavour of mettalic like one was tasting blood in the mouth.
"We stick together." Josh said to me with a wide grin that screamed I'm happy to be here!
"No shit." I replied like I had a choice.
"What's it Miss Gloria."
The short bald head man whom I was meeting for the second time today stared at the three of us with slight irritation. I'm pretty sure Miss Gloria could sense his demeanor towards us after we walked in, but she didn't care and went on to rat on us. You wouldn't call it snitching though, since she was simply doing her job. And now was the time for the real snitching as the principal faced us with a cliche question.
"Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
I looked at Josh and I could see the eagerness in him to speak, and my mind screamed at me saying : stop that boy!.
Immediately I stepped up, my voice louder than usual.
"Sir, it was simply just vitamin water."
The room was silent as even Josh gave an incredulous look, but one could see the wide smile on his face screaming ; that's my boy!.
Miss Gloria was having none of it as she held the cuffs of my shirt and lifted me up.
Damn a future Heist Master like me.
"Say that shit again boy!"
"Miss Gloria, language please." The principal said as he looked quite uninterested to intervene in this scenario, not bothering to tell her to let me go.
I raised my hands up, as I waved it around, showing my helplessness. I wasn't smiling like Josh was, I didn't need to get her riled furthermore by my antics.
"Vitamin water made you drunk?" She looked me in the eyes as I returned her stare.
"It was too sweet ma'am." I couldn't help it.
She let go of me and turned towards the principal.
"Their breathe stinks of alcohol. " She said.
"So you expect me to put my nose into their mouths, Miss Gloria, ehh?" The principal asked sarcastically as he fervently continued searching for something. She glanced at us with narrowed eyes upon hearing our muffled laughter.
"No sir, not in. Just close to it."
"Goddamn it woman ! You supposed to be in the kitc....Where is my fucking tray!" The principal screamed as he grabbed a hold of his absent hair, his hands falling right on his smooth bald head.
"Language sir"
Miss Gloria said to him as he stared at her with narrowed eyes. If looks could kill this would have been her gone too soon one year anniversary.
"Oh God!" He moaned, his legs tapping the floor insistently.
"I heard he answers prayers sir."
"Huh ?" He turned towards her with an arched eyebrow.
"God sir. Perharps you should pray to him for hair."
This shit is about to go down!.
I think the only thing that could beat this silence was the moment of silence for a dead person. I and Josh stared at Miss Gloria with shocked eyes. Her face was not of shock, but pure joy, like the afterglow of a woman experiencing her first oragasm. What's this feeling ?
We simultaneously turned to the principal and his was pure shock and disbelief. Like that moment you hear something and you try to denial that you did, but it just keeps ringing in your head.
"Damn!!"
His gaze of fury and malice slowly settled on us as his head moved like a rusty old clockwork. We watched in slow motion as a huge smile formed on his face starting from the centre of his lips, to the ends of his mouth. The joker smile.
We knew what was that as simultaneously our laughing faces turned to that of worry and concern. For a split second I wondered if we were going to experience the five stages of grief.
Suddenly he turned towards Miss Gloria and with a smile thanked her for her recommendations.
"I will go on my knees tonight and pray to the Lord for more strands of hair.." I and Josh stiffled our laughter .."...I will also pray for you my dear teacher for not only recommending a new hair solution for me but also addressing issues like this boys".
The laugher ceased and the smile disappeared from our faces once again.
"Alright boys by school closure, pick your letter from my secretary downstairs and report here tomorrow with your parents. You all are dismissed. "
We both filed out of his office as a piece of information suddenly hit me, I was an orphan.
"But sir, I don't have a parent " I called out, my left foot preventing him from closing his door. Suddenly he opened the door his bald head aiming for my own head in a head butt as someone pulled me away quickly from the impending danger. The door slamming inches away from my face.
"But sir, I don't have a parent. But sir, i don't have a parent. what should I do, find one for you? " I heard him mimic me before I slowly walked away. It hurts to be an orphan, but I was used to it.