It was still quiet… It had already been four weeks since Tom Fog's death… actually, even longer than four weeks… They were already on day number three of the fourth week.
Sophie: "(Cough)."
Fiona: "Hmm?….."
Sophie: "Eveningmorning."
Fiona: "Eveningmorning...."
Lina: "You're finally awake."
Sophie: "(Yawns)….yeah….I had a nightmare…."
Fiona: "What kind."
Sophie: "I was pregnant."
Fiona: "(Sweats)….please stop dreaming."
Lina: "Yeah really."
Fiona: "May I know who…...well…..got you pregnant in the dream.."
Sophie: "(Sweats)….Uhm…..It was Meliodas."
Fiona: "Yep….I hope you stop dreaming…and…if you do have a dream….don't tell us…..better yet just don't say you dreamed at all…"
Sophie: "Yeah...yeah...."
She sat down and started eating..
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Sophie: "mmm."
Fiona: "Something wrong…"
Sophie: "…No…."
Fiona: "hmmm….."
Sophie: "mmm…..I'm not hungry."
She stood up..
Fiona: "Hmmm….Sophie?"
Sophie: "…I…I'm gonna go get some fresh air for a bit."
She walked away..
Meliodas: "Fiona."
Fiona: "Master, what's wrong with her?…"
Meliodas: "I'm not completely sure…..Though I do have a guess….today…almost exactly two years ago….Parzival died.."
Fiona: "Ughh…"
Lina: "That…was Miss Sophie's fiancé…right?"
Fiona: "And now she dreams that he got her pregnant…thanks, master."
Meliodas: "(Sweats)..you say that like I could control it…How's it my fault she has dreams like that….huh?."
Lina: "Did you kiss her in the dream."
Meliodas: "Huh?"
Lina: "Because she was pregnant..in the dream."
Meliodas: "(Sweats)..Uhm...Lina….you…don't get pregnant…from a kiss…...Otherwise every couple would have at least ten children per year….where…did you get that from?"
Lina: "Oh...in the comic Chloe gave me…..One kiss and boom you have a child."
Fiona: "(Sweats)…..I'd really like to know how the hell someone comes up with a title like that….I mean….The author or artist must be seriously weird….whoever his daughter is should run away...and whoever marries someone like that should jump out a window….hahhh….I'm going to Sophie."
She stood up.
Lina: "Hmm."
Meliodas: "Parzival...well….he was engaged to Sophie…..but she was the only one who truly loved him…he on the other hand…...well…you could say he wasn't exactly loyal…toward her....That's why Fiona thinks the last person Sophie should mourn over is him...but...well...Sophie believed he would change…..Oh and by not loyal..I mean he drank a lot of beer and gambled often….."
Lina: "But Miss Sophie is pretty."
Meliodas: "hmm."
She was standing on the balcony..
Sophie: "mmm…"
Fiona: "Sophie.."
Sophie: "(Hiccups)…."
Fiona: "I can't believe this…did you drink?"
Sophie: "(Hiccups)...Only….only two...cups.."
Fiona: "Damn it...Sophie..You can't handle strong drinks…."
Sophie: "(Hiccups)…."
Fiona: "hmm..give it here.."
Sophie: "mmm.."
She handed her the bottle….Fiona threw it away..
(Krach)
Unknown Person: "Hey..who threw that!"
Fiona: "Oops…..Too far."
Sophie: "(Hiccups).....mmmm."
Fiona: "What's wrong with you..since when do you drink?"
Sophie: "(Hiccups)…..No idea...(Hiccups)….."
Fiona: "mmm.."
Sophie had unbelievably sad eyes.
Sophie: "(Hiccups)…..Every...time someone means something to me….(Hiccups)…..something terrible happens…...(Hiccups)….Why…can't it happen to me instead...(Hiccups)…."
Fiona: "Hmmm.."
Sophie: "(Cough)….."
She slowly collapsed to the floor.
Sophie: "(Hiccups)..damn..drinking was a bad idea.......(Hiccups)…..I'm ...a bad girl...(Hiccups)…"
Fiona: "Hahh."
Fiona sat beside her..
Fiona: "It's okay…..sometimes….it's okay to make mistakes."
Sophie: "(Hiccups)….I wish…..Howgarts...(Hiccups)...had taken my emotions the way they did yours back then..(Hiccups)...Can we...(Hiccups)..switch places…"
Fiona: "Sophie….."
A little drool ran down….Fiona wiped it away with her handkerchief.
Fiona: "Good grief….Now take care of yourself..never thought I'd see this...hmmm."
Sophie: "(Hiccups)…..I want mom.."
Fiona: "huh?…"
Sophie: "(Hiccups)....Mom...always...hugged me....when I was sad…...(Hiccups).....even...before she died when she got shot…..(Hiccups)….she hugged me with her blood...(Hiccups).....and gave me one last head pat...(Hiccups)...…..(Hiccups)…..Dad…..(Hiccups)...where is he......(Cough)…...He would've carried me then and kept doing it...(Hiccups)..until I laughed….and ...(Hiccups)...stopped crying..."
Fiona: "hmmm…"
Sophie: "….mmm.....I should've ….been with them too....life can really..(hiccups)..be cruel."
Fiona: "mmm.....I think….it's especially hard for you…you were just a child when you lost your parents..how old were...you?"
Sophie: "(Hiccups)...….three...four….five...or something…...anyway...(Hiccups)...before I…..started school....mmm...."
Fiona: "Hmm."
Sophie: "Can you please …..give me water...Fiona.."
Fiona: "Sure.."
She stood up for a moment and walked toward the water basin.
Crane: "(Fiona!)"
Fiona: "Huh!..ugh!"
She saw Sophie trying to jump off the balcony.
Fiona: "Sophie!"
She ran quickly and caught her.
Sophie: "…mmm….what are you..doing…"
Fiona: "…..What the hell are you doing!"
Sophie: "Fiona...please...(Hiccups)..just let me...(Hiccups)...nobody...would even...(Hiccups)..miss me…...or love me…..(Hiccups)...it's ..torture….to leave me like this...(Hiccups).."
Fiona: "Ghhh...Come back to your senses already."
She pulled her back and both fell to the floor.
Sophie: "mmm….ouch.."
Fiona: "hahh...damn it..Sophie…"
Sophie: "….Sorry....Please..don't be mad….at me...mmm….."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "…mm...….Mom?….Mom..where are you….Mom?"
Fiona: "Ughh…..Sophie….huh?"
She looked at the beer..it was red like blood….and it was all over Sophie's hands...it had triggered her trauma from back then.
(Memory)
(Bang...Bang..Bang..Bang)
(Splash)
Sophie: "hhahhh...."
Mafia Member: "Hehehe..just leave her...she only died because of her...hehehe….One point...."
As the mafia member laughed..Sophie's mother slowly moved.
Sophie: "Huh..Mom.."
Sophie's Mother: "Sophie...….Sophie…..hhhh...My child..my child.."
Sophie: "Mom!"
She slowly walked toward her…..the blood kept pouring out.
Sophie's Mother: "(Bleargh)….."
The blood splashed onto Sophie's cheeks and hands..
Sophie: "Mom?"
Sophie's Mother: "Everything will be alright..my...little girl."
She hugged her..
Sophie: "…huh…."
Then she collapsed dead onto the floor.
Sophie: "…ughh......Mo….mom?…..hahhh...hahhhh…"
(Pump!) (Pump!….(Pump!)
(Krach)
Sophie: "…I'm..I'm...I'm cold..I'm….cold...….hahhh..hahh."
She clung to herself...…
Sophie: "I'm cold...I'm cold…"
(Wshhhhhhhh)…
A Loki spirit.
Sophie: "huh!"
Loki Spirit: "Your parents...died because of you...because you were a naughty child...and you still have your mother's blood on your hands and clothes...I will curse you.....hehehehehe.."
(End of Memory)
Sophie: "Mom?"
Fiona: "Sophie…..What's wrong with you.."
Sophie was still on the floor….and looked like she was searching for something…..
Sophie: "Mom."
Fiona: "Huh?....ugh."
She found something….it was...a small doll.
Fiona: "Does it belong to….her?"
She handed her the doll.
Sophie: "huh…."
Fiona: "Here…...Sophie…"
Sophie: "oh…..oh…..there you are...Mom.."
Fiona: "Hä?"
She took the doll.
Sophie: "…hehehe…."
Fiona: "Sophie….you're scaring me..what's wrong with you?….."
Meliodas: "Forget it…"
Fiona: "huh?"
Meliodas: "…hahhhh…...This is probably...a very severe trauma…..No matter what happens...remember your trauma too, Fiona…..Even though you're so serious...you also had an episode once...remember?….during the Tom Fog mission you suddenly started searching for your old teddy bear….remember?."
Fiona: "Yeah...I was…...16 back then…"
Meliodas: "Hmmm...yeah…...But…..with Sophie….it's also probably because….well...that thing there isn't fucking beer.."
Fiona: "huh?"
She smelled it.
Fiona: "Ughh….Herbs?…"
Meliodas: "Yeah…..I keep them inside beer bottles….She must've found one and drank it…those herbs...well..how should I put it….they amplify emotions and make you sluggish almost like alcohol...Except….well….they're actually only meant for sleeping and you're not supposed to take too much.."
Fiona: "You could've warned us beforehand..ugh…"
She walked over to Sophie.
Sophie: "huh..(Hiccups)..this isn't mom."
Fiona: "Sophie….."
Sophie: "Where is she...(hiccups)…..why does everyone always leave me....am I really such a bad girl.."
Fiona: "Hahhh.."
She held Sophie's head and pulled it gently onto her shoulder…
Sophie: "Huh….Fiona?"
Fiona: "Shhhh….easy…..easy….I'm here….I know...I can't replace your mother...but let me at least help you a little."
Sophie: "….I'm so sorry…..(hiccups)…...this is so ….(Hiccups)...embarrassing......I'm really..(hiccups)…...hopeless…..mmm...(Cough)….(Cough)…"
Fiona: "hmm...…"
Sophie: "mmm…."
Fiona: "Hahhh…."
She stroked her head.
Sophie: "Even though...I'm...the older one.."
Fiona: "That has nothing to do with it...you're only a few months older than me….Two...I think...so…"
Sophie: "(Cough)….."
Fiona: "….By the way, there wasn't any beer in that bottle."
Sophie: "Yeah...I..heard...(Hiccups)…..But it tasted better than beer….."
Fiona: "(Sweats)….everything tastes better than that poison......Next time...find someone to talk to….."
Sophie: "…but that's boring….I have to be there...for the others…...how am I supposed to….help people or convince them….like this…(Hiccups)….that'd be lame."
Fiona: "Then show me."
Sophie: "mmm…..I bullied you when we were kids.."
Fiona: "We were children back then….you were always there for me...you took the cigarette away from me ...and threw it away together with the whole pack….so..now I'll help you this time ...I have to be there for you…."
Sophie: "mmm..."
Fiona: "To me you're like a sister….."
Sophie: "mmm…..(Hiccups)..a sister who isn't cool?"
Fiona: "(Smiles)…...The best person you could have as a detective partner…..you're caring….you like everyone…..You look after everyone….."
Sophie: "mm…."
(Grrrr)
Fiona: "hmm?….Looks like someone's hungry."
Sophie: "(Blushes)...sorry…."
Fiona: "It's okay..what do you want Hmm?…."
Sophie: "…mmm….a steak…"
Fiona: "Coming right up…..Master….make one."
Meliodas: "(Sweats)…..of course you can't make it yourself."
Fiona: "Unfortunately I only have two hands…..besides I can't cook...that's why I'm single….so go."
Meliodas: "Lina...you do it, I can't cook either."
Lina: "Okay.."
Fiona: "Make it without blood...Yeah Sophie doesn't like blood in meat….And please use lemonade…."
Lina: "Sure.."
Meliodas: "Hmph."
Sophie: "mmm...what about you.."
Fiona: "Hmmm…..I already ate....But remember this, Sophie….it's okay...to cry…..that's what my master told me back then..when I had a similar…..emotional breakdown…"
Sophie: "mm…."
Fiona: "So ...after eating...let's watch a movie, okay?….."
Sophie: "Can I choose?"
Fiona: "Of course...I don't know much about movies anyway….."
Sophie: "Mmm….How about..Comedy.."
Fiona: "Yeah…."
Sophie: "mmm...then I'll have...(Sweats)..something...my favorite actor is in it too."
Fiona: "Oh..is it the one you had a crush on in school."
Sophie: "(Hiccups)...yeah....Ricky Raichmond…..(Hiccups)...…..man...why couldn't I dream it was him who made me a mom."
Fiona: "(Sweats)…...Now I'm wondering if she's saying this because of the herbs..or because….she really means it…"
Sophie: "Hmmm......You're warm…..I didn't expect that."
Fiona: "Sorry…..I'm made of blood and flesh and not of...snow….or something.."
Sophie: "mm…..I'm scared..Fiona.."
Fiona: "hmmm?"
Sophie: "Scared...that someone….will die in front of me again….I don't want that…"
Fiona: "hahh…..believe me...me too….me too…...I...don't want anyone important to me to die either…...That's why….I was really angry earlier..you tried to kill yourself."
Sophie: "I meant someone important.."
Fiona: "Exactly….we've known each other for so long, you've been in my group for quite a while now and we've become really close friends….so….of course you're important to me.."
Sophie: "(Hiccups)…...Oops..sorry...….."
Fiona: "It's okay….mm….luckily...I have other clothes.."
(Some hours later)
Lina: "Here..please enjoy.."
Sophie: "ughh.."
It was a large steak.
Lina: "I went out specifically to buy it…..Enjoy it…..the whole thing is yours."
Sophie: "(Sweats)...I can't eat all of that alone...Fiona…..Since we get along so well….and….well...you said yourself I'm like a sister to you...Would you eat with me?"
Fiona: "Sure….if that's what you want."
Sophie: "Of course I want that….I'm not mean after all."
She sat down…
Sophie: "You too Lina."
Lina: "Huh?...me…"
Sophie: "What do you think Fiona...She cooked it...besides...she's family too."
Fiona: "…mhm."
Sophie: "Actually all of us here….Every single one of you....Well..except I'm not sure about Siegfried."
(Meanwhile)
Siegfried: "(Achoo)...ahhh...."
Sternlicht: "Are you okay?"
Siegfried: "I have the feeling someone's talking about me…."
Sternlicht: "If it's a woman...then only because she doesn't like you."
Siegfried: "Thanks for the kind words...I'm older than you."
Sternlicht: "So what?."
(Meanwhile)
They ate...After the meal...they watched a movie….
Sophie: "This one..with Ricky Raichmond….It's called Castle Of The Crazy Doctor.."
Fiona: "For once give me a normal fucking title…"
Lina: "(Sweats)..it can only be annoying when Miss Fiona says stuff like fucking…"
Sophie: "Hehehe….Actually let's watch this one instead...also with Ricky Raichmond….It's called Journey Into Neverlaugh….It's about a world where nobody is allowed to laugh, but he doesn't care and keeps making jokes."
She started the movie...they sat down on the couch..
Sophie: "hahhh...look how hot he is."
Fiona: "(Sweats)…..that..guy..is..supposed to be Ricky..Sophie..you're into older men."
Sophie: "(Sweats)..Uhm….Sometimes….just imagine what he's like when he touches you…...Hahh….He's welcome to undress me."
Fiona: "(Sweats)….Now she's back to being her old movie-addicted self..well hopefully the movie is funny."
(A few seconds later)
Actor: "No..no I mustn't laugh or I'll die...Hahahaha….urk!"
(Splash!)
Sophie: "Hahahaha...his head exploded."
Lina: "Ughh.!"
Fiona: "mmmm!"
Both stared with wide open mouths.
Lina: "What…...is..this...are you sure…..this is comedy.."
Fiona: "Mmm…..no idea..how the hell is this only rated 12?….."
Lina: "Well..that's not blood...but it's still brutal."
(Splash)
Sophie: "Hahahahahaha…"
Ricky: "So….what did the tiger say when the giant elephant stepped on his tail…..Meoowww!"
Actor: "Ugh..hahahahaha….No!"
(Splash!)
Lina: "pfff...okay..that..was good."
Fiona: "…Yeah….would be better without the head….explosion."
Ricky: "Do you know why deaf people never date blind people….because the blind can't see sign language...hahahahahahaha.."
Actor: "aaarghh..!"
(Splash)
Ricky: "One more…...do you actually know….that women...are more perverted than men?…..have you ever read their romance novels...…?…..No....well….when I saw that….this happened."
His eyes popped out of his skull like in a cartoon.
(Booing!!)
Actor: "aaarghh."
(Splash)
Ricky: "They're good at hiding it..while men instead..they're direct, they say..damn...I'd love to see her naked or in my bed....but hah..whoever watches this damn boring movie with a budget not even worth ten thousand coins ….probably doesn't need stuff like that..hahahahaha…."
Narrator: "The end...Thanks for watching!"