Behind Bars

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'Wowzers... last day was quite wild,' you thought as you were already on the third floor, getting ready to go down to those 3 again. Today, guards were even more suspicious of you, probably wondering how you are still alright after a day down there. It wasn't too bad, but Herobrine sure was annoying. You HOPED and PRAYED to all the gods of Aether and Nether that you won't be assigned to the floor with him. No. Your luck sucks as you already guessed.

You sighed to yourself, checked your stuff before closing the locker, and headed out of the room. The same 3 guards that worked on the 3rd floor nodded at you, greeting and wishing you luck with that one small gesture. You nodded back and quickly headed down the stairs. Actually, somewhat excited today. Probably because you wanted to prove to Herobrine that he's not the one in charge anymore. And after another 10 minutes, walk down those giant stairs, you were finally here.

"Helloooooo? Girlie?" A quick silence followed his greeting, "smells like you. " he said and once again leaned his face just against the cell window, his nose sticking out again. You walked over to his cell first and booped his nose, making him growl at your gesture. "Don't do that." "Then don't stick your nose out like that." You told him, "Well, how else am I supposed to let you know that I'm alive?" he was actually quite an idiot as you guessed. You heard him let out a low grunt, and he once again walked so close that his nose was sticking out. "You're doing this on purpose," you said and walked over to cell one to finally actually see someone in there. They were quite tall, completely black like abyss with white eyes, and some white marks. They seemed to be sitting on the bench.

You tilted your head in confusion before you saw them look away from you, not interested in you at all. Herobrine only snickered, probably knowing that this would happen. "Shut it, gremlin." You waved him off and headed towards the second cell. Surprisingly, the second cell was showing signs of life, too! There was sitting a weird... thing? Entity? It actually looked more like someone dressed in towels just to look like a ghost, but you could swear you saw at least one red eye peek to look back at you.

You walked back to your desk, placed the stuff that was allowed on your job that you took from home, and decided to announce to the trio: "Sweet. So I'm here with a living shadow, ghost cosplayer, and the worst comedian ever. " You heard the first two let out some annoyed sounds and Herobrine snickering. Guy finds everything to be a joke. "And we're here with a female guard. That's the most humiliating thing to me, " Herobrine said, clearly offended by how you called him. "Roll with it, that's all," you said and opened your textbook to write or doodle in it. You were bored, so that was something.

A hour passed and all three of them were surprisingly quiet... except for Herobrine trying to make a joke once in a while. You checked the clock. Just in time because you heard a knock on the door, and all three seemed to shift and listen. Another knock. You stood up and walked over to the door. While you were going there, someone knocked again, and Herobrine, who probably was dying to make this joke, said: "So rude. They had to knock three times to take your attention. " Good for you that you were just passing his cell, and you had a chance to bang on his cell window to make him shut up. You opened the door to see that black-haired officer from the third floor and packets of food for the trio and you. "Thank you." You nodded and him and took the food. He smiled at you and bowed slightly before leaving.

Immediately after you closed the door... "Who was that guy? Your boyfriend?" Herobrine asked, once again close to the cell window. You rolled your eyes, wondering how he even saw him and took their food out of the packets. The packages included breakfast, lunch and dinner for the prisoners, and a whole other packet with your food. Now you understand why when you entered today they asked you to fill the papers which asked about your food preferences and if you're allergic to anything. You decided to give the guy in the second cell food first. He seemed more chill.

...his cell was the closest one to your desk

As you took the food, you stopped for a second... 'I'll have to open their cell windows... ouch...' Which didn't seem like the best, especially with Herobrine. You were sure that this freak of a comedian would bite your hand off. You sighed and decided to go for it and try at least. Cell window gaps, when open, were around... from the top of your head to your collarbone. You got the key out of (wherever you were hiding it in. Idea: shoes/socks? That's kind of secure, and you'll see someone trying to get it) and open his cell window. He didn't react at all. He just sat there. You shook the packet a little. "Man, please at least take the thing, or I'll have to drop it." No reaction from him. You huffed in annoyance and dropped it carefully on the table that was nearby. At least he didn't try to break any of your bones. Yet.

Time for the shadow guy. You opened his cell door and gave him the packet. He politely took it and then tried to break your fingers by giving your hand the most tightest grip possible. You were able to shoo him away by closing the cell window. He didn't want to pinch his fingers. You breathed out quietly so none of them would hear and stood there for a second, looking at the last cell and the packet of food.

"Are you gonna give me food or what? I'm starving here. " said his cocky voice. "Drama is just not your thing. Shush it, " you said and, with a quiet sigh, walked over to his cell. You could see him grinning behind the window. "Saved the best for the end, hm?" He said with the most smug smirk."More like the worst for the last, but oh well, " you opened his cell window. You froze for a second, surprised that he hadn't tried anything yet. He just stood there. You carefully gave him the packet and he took it. As soon as he took it, he yanked your hand to him, and you were almost face to face with him. "Who do you think you are being so sassy and confident around those who killed thousands, if not millions? You're not safe behind the bars too" he gave your hand a tight squeeze yet seemed to slightly calm down after letting this out at you. You grabbed your rod that was just on your waist and smacked him lightly, which surprisingly was enough to make him pull away. He growled and placed the food on the table. You closed his cell window.

You were once again sitting and reading the newspaper in silence. Almost silence. You could hear 2 of them still eat their stuff and Herobrine folding the paper bag. A few seconds later, he threw the ball out of his cell. You sighed and rolled your eyes. "Y'all won't get lunch if y'all keep biting and breaking my hands," you growled, which made Herobrine chuckle. "What else did you expect? For us to behave?" He giggled with his low voice. "I will be looking forward to my lunch," he said with the most sinister grin ever. You really didn't want to give him that lunch if he meant lunch. And not you.

You noticed that the guy from the second cell was sticking his fingers out. Herobrine seemed to notice that, too. You listened closer and heard that they were talking on some unknown to you language. The guy from the second cell seemed mad, and Herobrine was cocky. As soon as they didn't hear you flip pages, they went silent. "What language is that?" You questioned, not getting up from the chair. You checked the clock, and oh well, it's lunchtime. You grabbed your food and placed it on the plastic plate. Oh, it was f/lf (favorite lunch food).