Venno Rapter ~ A Hellish Series ~ Series 1

Father's Instinct (Story 13 - Part 5)

With Venno: 

It had been about a week after Venno’s dad finally returned, and the Skeletal Viking had decided to stay in the casino for a few days to help decorate the room he would be sharing with Queen Pin before heading back home to Hellis with her. 

The Voodoo Doll had decided to stay for those few days, wanting to make sure that Thorn didn’t mess up with her favorite decor while also letting him put what he liked. 

To say the least, the two had very different style favorites that somewhat worked together, just like back at home. 

Queen Pin liked modern and stylish, the Voodoo Doll having the opportunity to find everything she liked at the store. 

Thorn had gained more of a liking for the classic Viking kind of style during his time MIA, the Skeletal Viking having brought everything he had that was back on the Island of the Sea of Dead. 

Venno smiled as she walked down the hall, on her way to see how her parents were doing since they were leaving for the train station to head back home in just a few hours. 

Knocking on the door, Venno waited patiently before the door opened, revealing Queen Pin.
“Hey, Venno. What do you need?” asked Queen Pin, opening the door and allowing her oldest daughter to enter. 

Venno stepped in, the Velociraptor looking around and seeing the mixed style of modern and viking together, giving the room a nice appeal. There were two cat beds on the floor beside the sofa for Stella and Karlson, one pink and one blue, and a large cat tree for the two with plenty of cat toys scattered around the room for them. On the other side of the sofa was what appeared to be a tall skinny tree with a few good branches that Thorn’s Thunder Falcon could sit on. 

Since a lot had happened at the time, no one had even thought about asking how Thorn had come to meet the Thunder Falcon, the creature remaining respectfully silent. Eventually, Thorn finally did mention it, how he came across the loyal Thunder Falcon on one of the first few nights on the island ever since he left, having rescued the bird who had an injured wing after a really bad fight it had gotten into with something.

“Just checking your apartment and seeing how you’re doing. It looks nice” said Venno, smiling. 

Queen Pin smiled and nodded, but then frowned. 

“Thanks, but there is one thing that we don’t seem to be in agreement with” muttered the Voodoo Doll, crossing her arms. 

Venno tilted her head to the side, confused by this. 

“What is it?” asked Venno, curious as to what it was. 

Queen Pin just gestured for her to follow, the Velociraptor doing so, the two heading into the dining room. 

“Venno, what do you think?” asked Thorn, the Skeletal Viking sounding happy and proud when he saw Queen Pin and Venno enter the dining room. 

The Skeletal Viking was sitting in an armchair covered with fluffy brown fur, the headrest having what appeared to be three stone horns on one side while the other side had three real ones connected with a single chain between them. 

Venno was silent as she stared at the chair, unsure of what to think of it. 

“It’s…nice, dad” said Venno, smiling as she chuckled nervously, glancing over at her mother to see that she appeared to be glaring at Thorn. 

“I said no, but he really loves that chair. It’s one of the things he brought with him from wherever he had been staying for the last few months” explained Queen Pin, frowning.