The Boy of Three

Chapter 20

The Sam one.

Ted: Sam, is it just me or is this place getting messier?

Sam: Nah, that's just you, mate.

Ted and Sam are in Sam's room, working on English homework together.

Ted: I dunno man, you've got a shit ton of boxes full of... I dunno, tech stuff.

Sam: You know I make all of my support items, right?

Ted: Where do you get the materials?

Sam: Made a song for it.

Ted: You have a song for everything huh?

Sam: No, I don't have a song for... let's say, creating human life.

Ted: I mean, it'd be weird if you did.

Sam: Right.

The two continue to do their homework while quiet lofi music plays.

Two hours later, May walks in to see Sam throwing one of his disk-shaped support items into Ted's head.

May: Sam! Did you just kill your best friend?

Ted: I don't like how calmly you said that.

Ted says poking his head around where Sam is standing to look at May.

May: Oh, you're alive. That's nice.

Clone: Hey, hey, hey! I'm not even dead!

Sam: Damn, I didn't throw it hard enough.

Clone: No it would've hit the brain of anyone unlucky enough to cross your path.

Sam: Then, why are you still standing?

Sam then noticed the thin string of Ted's black and white fire.

Sam: He's supplying it with Inergy so it stays instead of poofing away. Effectively making it almost immortal. With how stupid he acts I forget he's got the third-best grades in the class

Ted: So, May, what do ya need?

May: Oh! I came up to ask if you were staying for dinner.

Ted: Hm...

Ted: Theo, I know you're doing villain stuff. But could you do me a favour?

Theo: Uh, can't right now Ted. Currently tied up with something.

Ted: It's a Centipede Beastwoman innit?

Theo: ...no.

This is gonna be a joke later on but Theo is really into Centipede Beastwomen, like, caused a curse on his entire bloodline into them.

Ted: Well you have fun with all those legs.

Theo: I... ugh... will.

I guess you could say he's getting more into Centipede Beastwomen if you catch my meaning.

Sam: Oi! Ted! You staying or leaving.

Ted: Oh, uh, I gotta make a call real quick.

Ted vanishes in a swirl of black and white, appearing outside.

Ted: Hey, Aunt Rose. Can I stay at Sam's for dinner?

Aunt Rose: Oh, well I actually wanted to not eat alone tonight.

Ted: So that's a no?

Aunt Rose: Yeah that's a "no".

Ted: Aww.