Chapter 8
December 20, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Ace liked to take girls home, and that's why he had two bottles in his kitchen. In one there is ordinary water, and in the other there is water with substances that cloud consciousness and because of them a person ceases to control himself. They couldn't be distinguished, and Ace could tell which was which only by their location. Ordinary water stood next to the kettle, and water with substances at the stove. Accordingly, nothing foreshadowed trouble, but Peter decided to show Eric how he could juggle bottles and without hesitation took these two bottles and began to juggle. Ace came into the kitchen and took the bottles out of Peter's hands and gave him peroxide and bandages instead. The thought immediately flashed through Ace's mind, and now how would he figure out which bottle contained ordinary water and which one did not.
Ace: "Peter, you'd better not juggle bottles, but worry about the wound, can you handle it yourself?"
Peter: "It's okay with me, just a scratch, and you're causing a panic."
Eric: "No, seriously, you're bleeding, can I help you?"
Peter: "If that's what you want, then keep it." Peter handed the bandages and peroxide into Eric's hands, and Eric immediately began to treat and bandage his shoulder with a wound.
Ace: "Okay, Eric, you can bandage Peter for now, and I'll make you some tea, which one do you want?"
Eric: "Okay, what kind of tea is there?"
Ace: "Well, according to the classics, black, green, I also decided to try red, some kind of milky, white and blue, so of course people complicate it all."
Peter: "Hmm, let me try blue, which I think is the most unusual."
Eric: "I think I'm red, but they call him karkade, don't they? Ace, which one are you going to take?"
Ace: "It says karkade, well, I think I'll take black according to the classics, do you want to add lemon, lime, mint or not add anything?"
Peter: "Then you can add valerian to your tea, because after what they did to us there, I lost all my nerve cells."
Eric: "Yeah, that was terrible, then will you add mint to me?"
Ace: "Peter, there's no valerian, what do you want to add from the list?"
Peter: "If there is no valerian, then nothing is needed."
Ace: "That's great."
Ace took out a bag of black tea and two strainers for brewing red and blue tea from the cabinet, since they were not in bags, but scattered. At the same time, Ace put the kettle on so that it could boil. After 5 minutes, the kettle boiled and Ace poured half a cup of boiling water for each of them, because he knew that none of them drank water at this temperature. During this time, Eric managed to stop Peter's bleeding and bandage the wound. Ace's hands started shaking because he didn't know which of the two bottles contained regular water, the chance was 50-50, but he tried his best to hide it. Ace took the right bottle, because it was closest to him, and topped up the remaining volume of boiling water in the mug with cold water. So Ace put three mugs on the table where Eric and Peter were sitting, silently staring at each other with glassy eyes.
Ace: "Well, the tea is ready, Eric, here's your red karkade tea with mint and Peter, here's your just blue tea."
Ace sat down at the table with them and there was complete silence, everyone drank their tea and silently looked at their two friends. So Peter decided to start a dialogue by calling out to Eric.
Peter: "Eric, can we tell him what was going on there?"
ERIC:" You can only do it if that's what you and Ace want."
Peter: "Ahem, Ace, are you interested in learning this information?"
Ace: "I don't mind, but if you think it's necessary, I'll stay out of it myself."
Peter: "Well, then listen..."
Peter began to tell the story of how he and Eric were taken away, tortured for more than a week, and then delivered.