A Victorian Love Story

Chapter3: A night in Blazes

Sir Pentious's Airship

Tony look at Sir Pentious for a minute before he answered back to the rather old fashioned snake. "My name is Tony, I hope you don't mind me asking why or how I got here?" The snake got closer to the wolf and smiled, his big sharp teeth and fangs brought Tony's immediate  attention. "Well, you sssee eh, You were sssorta on the ground asleep. I figured you wouldn't mind too much." Tony looked around and sighed "Well uh..thanks Mr. Pentious I don't know how I could pay you back but I can try to get something eventually." Sir Pentious thought for a bit, as much as the egg-bois try their best for their boss man, they were infuriating at times. "Hmm, Are you good at mechanicssss?" Tony tilt his head, he had worked on vehicles before but nothing professional. "Um, somewhat, I'm a musician not much of a mechanic. But I can do my best." He twirled his fingers while Pent squinted his eyes.

"Well...We'll come up with sssomething later, Would you like to join me for a cup of tea?" Pentious offered his hand. Tony cautiously  took his hand and got out of bed. He looked for his jacket which hung on the coat hanger. With that out of the way, the two headed for the lounge room. "How big is this place? I've never seen a building in this style ever." Sir Pentious chuckled and looked at the pictures on the wall. "It isss indeed rather large, but I use every inch of it. Asss for the style..letsss just sssay it comesss from a familiar time." The by nodded and looked at the pictures as well. Most were of himself in various styles of clothing. His favorites were the ones that were cropped really badly with other demons. One caught his eye unlike the rest, there was a T.V in a suit and a Moth dressed like an Elton John Impersonator. "Can I ask you who these two are? I've never seen them before. Not to say I've been here long either." Pent picked up the photo and sighed "Itsss me with two overlordsss named Vox and Valentino. We're very good chumsss." Tony smiled a bit, this snake was clearly an attention seeker and past his prime.

The two entered the room an old Gramophone sat in between two big fat chairs. Tony looked around, a big furnace laid in the backdrop side by side with massive bookshelves full of old books. Tony sat down in one of the chairs, it was comfortable but it was just too old fashioned for his eyes. Sir Pentious slithered away to make some delicious herbal tea. When he came back, Tony was looking at the books on the shelves, they were old classics. The ones you'd find in the back of a library that no one reads or notices going missing. Tony picked out a book and blew the dust off it. "How to be a Victorian? That must be his era..would explain his outdated attire." Sir Pentious say the tea down and tapped Tony's shoulder. "Tea'sss done Tony, It'sss one of my favoritesss." Tony put the book back and sat with the snake and took a sip of the tea. His tail wagged uncontrollably, the taste was exquisite, the man certainly knew his tea.

Pent curled up on the chair across Tony. He took a nice long sip, humming an old tune from his younger years. Tony finished his tea and looked at the snake curiously who in turn, did the same. "Tony, is there sssomething on your mind?" Tony looked down at his empty cup and responded "Are you a fan of music? I once was, heh, I wonder what exactly I can do in this world..if anything." Pent sat his cup form and slithered to Tony's side and held his hand. "It's a cold world out there. Even for those asss cool and evil asss me. You have to have Hope. Even if it seems impossible, that's how anyone becomes successful here."

Tony looked down and grinned. "Then I'll be sure to meet you there at the top hehe" Pent giggled along and slithered to the bookshelf. He took out an old record and slithered back to the Gramophone and played a song. The snake danced the best proper dance he could. Tony wagged and joined in, the two danced hand in hand for what seemed like forever. Finally the lounge was filled with a new sound. A loud knocking interrupted their dance together. Sir Pentious turned off the music and opened the door. An eggboi looked up at Pent nervously "Mr. Bossman? There is a person at the door, they're looking for you." Pent looked back at Tony and then at the egg. "Let them in but don't let them explore the house. If they ask, I'm using the bathroom. Understood?" The egg-boi put his thumbs up and went to the door.

He used a step ladder to open the door, It was a black spider, the egg-boi was about to speak but the spider walked in anyway. "Where's Sir Pentious? I know he's here if you're all here." The egg shut the door and responded "M-Mr. Arackniss, Bossman is using the restroom, we must give him privacy." The spider looked down on the egg and scoffed "Don't lie to me, you're a worse liar than he is. Now show me where he is or I'm gonna eat an omelette for lunch today!" The egg shield his face and nodded. He led Arackniss to the lounge room, Tony and Pent were still dancing. Tony held the snakes hand close to his chest and smiled ear to ear. After a minute Arackniss cleared his throat causing Pent to drop Tony on the floor with a pained grunt.

"A-Aracknissss you're back ssso early? What'ssss the problem?" Arackniss looked at Tony and back at Pent. "Bathroom eh? Who's this exactly? Why were you dancing?" Sir Pentious put his hat back on and turned off the music. "Arackniss, this is Tony, he's new here, we were simply having some fun." Arackniss looked at Tony who got back up to his feet and walked over. "H-Hello there, It's a pleasure to meet you Sir." He offered his hand, Arackniss just squinted and looked into Tony's red and blue eyes. "Why are you dressed like Furry Freddie Mercury? You trying to bring attention to yourself so early? This isn't exactly a forgiving place for such bright colors and clean fur." Tony chuckled a bit and responded. "Oh darling, there's no need to worry, I'm just a musical prostitute my dear~" Arackniss couldn't help but chuckle at that smart remark. "Pent we have to talk in private, and it can't wait until morning." Pent nodded and told Tony to relax, then the two left.

(Chapter 3 done baby! Hope you're all having a fun time so far, look towards more in the future!)