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Eddie grabbed the perfume from Eyes’ room. He needed to smell good for the upcoming Prune Con!!! He went to his own room (the jailcell) and sprayed the perfume on him. It smelled like lilac and orange. Sadly it hurt his skin a bit. Or his lack of skin??? His muscles.
Anyway he got the perfume and stashed it in his bedroom, but later Eyes went to his room, to his makeup desk where he kept his jewelry and skincare stuff (he has a stiff skin care routine) and brushes to tame his ponytail and perfume… perfume… WHERE’S THE PERFUME??!?!!?! He searched everywhere in his room for it. He prayed to the All-Seeing Eye to help him find it, but to no avail. Firstly he suspected Guppy because Guppy hated him and would absolutely do something so petty such as stealing his perfume. He looked around for Guppy and found him sorting some stuff in the meeting room.
“Guppy.”
“Oh Eyes I didn't see ya there!” Guppy spoke cheerily to Eyes but he didn't like Eyes at all. It was a façade so that they didn't kill each other for a good ‘nother while…
“Yes, clearly… I must ask you- did you take my perfume?”
“Why no I didn't.”
“Are you sure? Lying is a sin, you know.”
“Yeah, I'm sure. And I'm not part of your church.”
“Mmh,” Eyes hummed, unsatisfied. “Alright. You may return to whatever you were doing…” He left and went to Eddie's room. Later Eyes could investigate Guppy's room but for now he'd ask Eddie. Eddie was in his room drinking pop.
“Eddie… would you care to talk?”
“Yaaah?”
Eyes entered Eddie's room. “Do you know where my perfume went?”
“Mmmmm I dont knoww…”
“Are you sure, Eddie?”
“Mmmh…” He snickered.
“Eddie.”
“Sorry Eyes… I needed it for PruuuneCon.”
“Give it back now.”
Eddie grabbed the perfume from behind the toilet. Under his mask, Eyes made a disgusted expression, but he took it.
“You know what time it is now, Eddie.” Eyes stood menacingly over Eddie.
“Mhmm…”
Eyes rolled the sleeve of Eddie's wool argyle sweater up. He laid his hand firmly on his wrist, then dug his fingernails in.
It burned, horribly, so so horribly. In his youth, when he had skin, Eddie remembered having gotten bitten by a fire ant. He compared this pain to 1 million fire ant bites. He cried.
“Quit whining,” Eyes snapped.
Neither of them knew of Guppy’s presence behind the door. He heard everything. Eddie's terrible crying, Eyes’ abrasive scolding.
Guppy had had enough.
Later, Guppy approached Eyes in his bedroom. “Hey, Eyes?”
Eyes was reading a book while laying in his ‘bed’ (an old cot that was falling apart). He looked at Guppy. “Yes, what is it?”
“I just think, it'd be better if you treated Eddie like a human being.”
“I do, what are you talking about?”
Guppy’s cheerful demeanor fell suddenly. He yelled, louder than his usual scolding. “No you don't! You poke him and push him around like a punching bag!”
Eyes flinched at his unexpected yelling. “I do not.” He then looked away.
“Dang it! What the fuck is wrong with you!? Why do you love abusing these elder folks so much!?!??!”
“I don't abuse Eddie. I'm protecting him. Helping him. Saving him!”
“That's it!”
Guppy pulled out a knife. He knew it was against all he was taught to do. He was supposed to protect, not kill…
But at this point, Eyes was killing everyone's spirits. Breaking them down and manipulating them. Guppy knew, Eyes would never leave Eddie alone, or anybody for that matter, unless he was dead.
Eyes got off his bed and stood up. “What are you doing?”
He second guessed himself. Plenty of thoughts raced through his head in just a second. He couldn't just kill someone… That's horrible! He’d be a murderer. No, no. Eyes would be the death of both Eddie and Guppy. But, goodness, how sad would Eddie be to hear Eyes was dead?
No. Guppy plunged the knife into Eyes’ chest.
Eyes gasped and pushed Guppy away, then clutched his chest. “How dare you!” He pulled his own knife out of his utility belt and lunged at Guppy.
He stabbed Guppy in the shoulder but was quickly overthrown. Guppy pinned him to the floor. Eyes tried to push him off while yelling at him about heresy or something. Guppy stayed firmly kneeling on top of him, then stabbed him in the throat. Over and over and over.
Over and over until Eyes’ body lay still, only with the occasional twitch. Blood covered the floorboards and sunk into the cracks. Guppy had blood all over his blue jumpsuit. Thankfully it was not a rare nor suspicious sight nowadays.
He felt guilty. Not for hurting Eyes of course, but for hurting someone Eddie saw as a friend. He thought about what to tell him, trying to formulate an excuse in his mind. He soon did and walked back downstairs, well not before bandaging up his shoulder. Eddie was in his room still, playing with Spiffo and Furbert.
“Hey Eddie! We're gonna go on a road trip!” Guppy popped into his room, wearing a smile.
“Oh yayy! Can Furbert and Spiffo come?”
“Of course bud. Why don't you bring everything? Maybe we'll find a new place to stay.”
“Okayyy…”
They soon got into their half broken down car, Guppy in the driver's seat.
“Guppy where's Eyes?” Eddie asked, noticing finally that Eyes wasn't there.
“I- I'm sorry bud… he- he left.”
“Where did he gooo?”
“I… I dunno. Y'know, he never cared about us, Eddie… I think it's better that he's gone and found someone else to bother.”
“But I need the punishment…”
“No, no you don't. You're a good guy, Eddie.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“... Can I have this perfume in the glove compartment???”