Oh Beans

I have no self-control and need a resolution on this lil conflict. This contains spoilers for The Adventure Zone: Balance: Story and Song

Warnings: (Panic, anxiety, arguing, lotsa spoilers)

Words: 1,768

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A couple of months had passed since that day. The day that one hundred years had been revealed and danced across the minds of every plane and every existence, and the day that the Hunger, John, was finally defeated. For many, it was a time of celebration. For six birds, it was a time of betrayal, and war, both with the Hunger and with themselves. For the final bird, it was a day of repentance.

Since then, the world changed. Lucretia, the final bird, labored away at tedious paperwork. After that day, she spent her time converting the Bureau of Balance, into the Bureau of Benevolence. Instead of collecting relics of mass destruction, she and her friends would spend as long as it took rebuilding towns that faced destruction at the Bureau, the bird’s, and the Hunger’s hands. Believe it or not, however, doing this was time-consuming, and contained a lot more paperwork than she originally thought.

Lucretia loomed above a small packet, working at it furiously, completely focused. Her hand dug into her grayish scalp, that had been shaved recently, ridding her of her short, white hair, a far cry different than her shoulder-length, pale hair that she had on the Starblaster. She just found it easier to work without the distraction.

Suddenly, there was knocking on the door to her office. Her focus was broken and her pen slipped out of her hand, crashing onto the polished, white tile floor, and echoing throughout the room. Hanging her head in shame, Lucretia stood and walked to go get the loud object, while shouting out “Come in!” Cringing at how her voice echoed, she realized that maybe she should put in a rug or a bookcase. Just something to absorb the noise.