Post The Book

Y/N

Y/N's house
Saturday, 14th September 2024 (9:15Pm)

I walk back into the living-room, my wrist now patched up, and itching from the disinfectant. I suppose that's a good thing. I refrain from scratching it or picking at the band-aid - instead my eyes fall on Bill. Who is on my couch, messing with the remote, eye glued to the TV.

I look to the TV, seeing him sift through every option in the Netflix horror movie catalogue.

"Wow these are all terrible" he says, I guess he noticed me very clearly standing in the doorway.

"There's nothing good on here" he follows up.

I hum in agreement, still a bit dazed, trying to wrap my head around everything. I mean this is insane.. there's a demon sitting in my living-room. Insane.

Another silence ensues, nothing but the slight noise of the TV.

Bill speaks up again, "You've been awfully quiet since we got here" he turns to glance at me, his disembodied voice still trippy, as if coming from around him rather than directly from him.

"Something on your mind?"

I shake my head, though I am lying. There's just too many things on my mind to name one coherent thought.

"Really? Nothing?" His eyes switch back to the Tv, I watch as he switches the HDMI/channel. I watch as he flips through 'No Signal' signs.

"Nope.." I mutter.

Finally, he flips to a channel which works, it must be some old cable I forgot about, or that I had set up for family to watch - they're rather picky, and football season goes crazy.

I watch as a cartoon-ish theme plays with some melody in the back.

'Episode one! The Return Of Ducktective.'

Says a posh voice, from the TV.

Huh..?

I watch for a moment. "What on earth?"

Bill looks at me, "You haven't watched the first season?"

I shake my head.

"Wow, you really are uncultured" he laughs, and I find myself awkwardly shifting my weight before he pats my couch.

"Come, sit down"

I make my way and sit down on the couch beside him, looking at the Tv, still a bit tense as I rest my hands between my knees, messing with the band-aid on my wrist.

For a moment the Tv just plays, giving a small recap of how the last season ended - which was actually really sad.

Ducktective sits in a massive armchair before a fire as he speaks to his human assistant - talking about how he 'regrets what he did'. I have no idea what is going on, really.

But from what I gathered, something happened between him and his twin brother.

Suddenly the door in the show is kicked open, and there stands another duck. "Brother!" The captions say as the duck quacks.

"How did you find me?" The captions read.

"I solved your clues, your time's up" the other replies.

In a way, this is entertaining to me because it reminds me of myself. I've kind of developed a knack for mysteries since my time in Gravity Falls.

"You know" speaks up Bill, causing me to flinch, I was actually kind of getting into the show.

"These two kind of remind me of a pair of twins I used to know" he says, motioning a hand to the Tv.