Caught up in strings InkxError

Chapter 16

Jasper's p.o.v.

Aaaand there came Encre, bursting through the door. "Now where can I- Oh! Lord Jasper. Sorry for interrupting whatever you did." he said, clearly embarrased. "Please, you can just call me Jasper." I said as I stood up. Encre smiled at me before looking around for something. "I know this might sound...strange, but I need to hide away from Fallacy." he said as he made the situation even more awkward. I patted the seat of a chair, motioning for him to sit down. He gave me quite the confused look. "I'll explain." I said as I fell back on to the bed. He nodded slightly and sat down on the chair. "You are...safe here. Fallacy won't break into the room like you just did. He RESPECTS my privacy." I said. I smirked at Encre's regretting look. "But it's fine. I know Fallacy can be horrifying sometimes."

"Oh no, no. It's not like that. He is just-how do I say this-hungry?" Encre sighed. "I understand." I chuckled.

After that, we just sat in silence for a few minutes. It was awkward, it really was. Encre broke the silence. "Do you have some pencils or paper?" he asked me, and I pointed to a cupboard. "There."

He stood up and opened the cupboard, grabbing a stack of paper and a pencil. He sat down on his chair again, and started to doodle something. "Do you know how to draw?" he asked me as he looked up from the sheet of paper. "I draw a little, but I don't think I'm very good at it." I said. Encre stood up and sat down beside me. I felt the bed dip slightly. He shoved a piece of paper in my lap and gave me the pencil. "May I see you draw?" he asked me politely. "Of course." I smiled at him. I started scribling at the paper.

Fallacy's p.o.v.

I had stopped searching for Encre, since I basically knew where he was. It seemed like he was  having fun talking to Jasper. I didn't want to interrupt them, since I wanted Encre and Jasper to get to know eachother better.

A walk in the garden calmed me down. The wind was making the grass flow in a soft manner. The smell of the roses floated softly around me. I sat down and looked at a white rose. One touch, and it would be red.

I looked around at the other roses. Where I had placed my foot, there where red roses. A few of them even had blue at their tips. I gently put my hands on the white rose in front of me, and it slowly faded into red. It started at the bottom, and it took a few second until the last white spots turned red. Bloody red. I removed my hands from the rose and stood up. I wanted to test something later, but I needed Encre for that.

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Encre's p.o.v.

"Try to hold your hand steady. We don't want shaky lines, don't we?" I said as I held Jaspers hand carefully, drawing the lines with him. He had his tongue stuck out of his mouth, and he seemed to focus really hard. Almost to the point I had to ask him for a little pause. "Try to relax. If you focus too much, you will press the pen too hard down on the paper. Look, you are almost making a hole." I told him.

It knocked on the door, and I almost ruined the drawing as I jumped a little. "Is it-" "No, it's not Fallacy." Jasper cut me off. Suave entered the room and bowed. "The food is ready." he said. "Is it already lunch?" I asked Jasper. He seemed to distracted to answer me. Probably because of Suave.

"Well, let's go then." I said as I grabbed Jasper carefully by the arm, dragging him out of the room. Suave followed us.