The Fisherman

2. The Party

The walk towards the Hermit house was uneventful. A cool breeze took over the air, with the pines swaying in the light wind. Over the lake, the sun is setting, getting the last of its sunlight lightly bouncing off the water. A few birds play their song for the last time as they sit in the trees, ready to retire until the day.

Fruit reaches the gate, where the house is brightly lit up from the each window, and all the outside lights are on as well. The silhouette of people linger as they pass by the windows.

Even the fence lanterns were on, making the property the center of attention for miles.

Fruit presses the button attached to the gate.

After a short while, Ren comes out the front door with a bottle of wine, half empty. He looks like he has been having the time of his life, with a part of his shirt off his arms. He looks, to say the least, drunk.

"Fruity B! My boy! Let me let you in. It would not be a fun party if... you know... weren't able to get inside, right?" He smiled, drunkenly.

Fruit laughed, playing along. "Yeah... it wouldn't be very fun."

The gate opened, and Fruit slipped inside, before Ren slammed the gate closed. Fruit didn't flinch, though he was a bit taken aback by Ren's recklessness.

As they were walking toward the house, Ren turned to him with a smirk.

"You... want some of this?" Ren flashed the half empty bottle of red wine to him.

"Uhh... maybe... but not yours. You cant have that one." Fruit laughed.

They reached the front porch, and Ren opened the front door to the large house.

"Come on in!" Ren beckoned him to come inside.

Fruit smiled and walked inside, and immediately hit hard by the smell of foods.

It seemed outside like every light was on inside, and it truly seemed like that was the case. Fruit walked through the living room doorway, and found a bunch of the hermits, 6 of them to be exact, doing some sort of board game.

He also saw some cooked fish on one of the side tables, most likely his. The sight made him feel great.

"Hey Fruit!" said the blonde girl sitting on the edge of the couch.

"What's up False, I haven't seen you for a while!" False was known to be a hard working individual, and it was no surprise she would be planning projects in her free time. But she was having fun tonight.

The rest of the hermits gave their greetings to their visitor, all of Iskall, Tango, Etho, Scar, Joel, and Mumbo.

"Hey uhh... Fruit, Grian would kill me if I don't tell you to visit him. He is in the kitchen."

"Thanks Mumbo, I'll go to him." Fruit was about to turn around, but Mumbo spoke again.

"And if you want, you're welcome to play with us. We are playing Deception!" Mumbo's face turned into a wide grin, with his mustache perking up.

"Uhh... what is that, exactly." says Fruit, not exactly knowing the board game they are playing.

Mumbo points up to the wall, where a large piece of paper is hung saying, "Deception, a game made by TangoTek."

Under the title is a list of rules, and theres a lot of rules. 50 of them to be exact. Fruit looks a bit overwhelmed.

"Uhhh... it looks fun, but I'm good, thank you." He waves to the hermits on the couch, before leaving the room.

The dining room also has two people, with a speaker planted on the dining table. Ren and BDoubleO are sitting there, both of them downing alcohol and eating what almost looks like nachos.