The Boy and the Crows//A Bench Trio Novel

Chapter 8

3rd person POV:

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"Okey Slime... today is very big. You know what you need to do?" the man in the beanie asked as he tightened his tie. 

"Yes, Quackity from-" the slime began.

"You don't need to say that, Slime. Just call me sir."

"Yes, sir!"

"Now, you remember what they look like, alright? I'm sure they'll show up early."

"Ok!"

"And not only am I going to win this election, but I am going to help the king and thwart this attack."

"Me too, me too!" 

"Alright, now get up there and get to work, alright, Slime?"

"Ok, sir!"

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Tommy exited ran up to the stage, the others following slowly.

"Look, look!" Tommy shouted as he pointed to one of the workers on stage who was radioing to someone. 

"Yes, Toms. A person."

"I wonder what he's talking about..."

"I don't know. Can we get some ice cream?"

"We don't have a ton of money though. We need to spend it wisely."

"Like on merch?"

"N-no! How dare you accuse me of that!"

Ranboo and Tubbo giggled as Tommy got flustered at the statement. 

"Hey! You guys!" someone shouted from the stage. Tommy looked up to see the runner for vice president, one and only, Slime. 

It was like Tommy was feral. 

"Can you come help quick?" the man asked.

All three of them climbed up on stage but Tommy was the first one up. He was practically buzzing with excitement.

"I need you to..." The man listed several things that needed to be done and they all fit the boy's expertise, although Tubbo didn't want to participate. 

They hung light fixtures, tested microphones, pushed things into place and a ton more than the stage crew should've handled but no one pressed into it too much.

They each completed them pretty quickly. So they were led to a backstage area with tones of snacks. 

All three of them scarfed down on the snacks while everyone stared, disgusted. 

This place was probably for workers only so that might have been considered trespassing. But Tommy decided it was fine because Slime had invited them.

Slime stared at the boys from afar, studying their features thoroughly.  

"If you guys are done I can-" the slime began happily but Tommy interrupted with, "I'm almost done!"

After they had stuffed their face, they were lead to a small waiting area with two doors leading to two different places. The slime told them to wait and just walked away, leaving them together.

A man walked out of one of them and he had ram horns that looked like they were over half of the size of his head. He was dressed in a suit with a bottle of something in his hand. He had mutton chops, that didn't look very groomed but he didn't seem to care.