"Uncle Splender, New guy, what took you two so long?"

Sally's question was pretty nonchalant despite coming across to me as rather aggressive when me and Splendor had stepped into her bedroom. "Oh nothing Sally dear. Just a little mishap with my Offendy-Brother—(Y/N) got to meet him for the first time!"

Sally turned away from her bear and glared at me and Splendor with furrowed eyebrows. I was really expecting her to make some sort of sass-ridden comment, but instead the ghost girl blinked and refocused back on setting up her little tea party table.

"Okay Uncy, bring the tea stuff and sit down. Uncy you'll sit next to Valorie."

Sally points to the space beside a huge stuffed rabbit she had sitting next to her teddy bear. The purple rabbit looked to have rips and tears in multiple spaces and one of its eyes was taped up with a huge "X" over it. Sally turned to me and snapped her fingers, then pointed at the space next to a smaller, weird stuffed animal. It looked like it had a tiger's head and a cow's body.

"You'll sit next to Ginko."

"My names' (Y/N) by the w—"

"Uncy can you pour the tea out now?"

"Of course my darling child⁎⁺˳✧༚!"

I heave out a loud sigh and slowly waltz over to the spot next to the tiger-cow, hesitantly sitting down.

Once Splendor was done pouring out tea in everyone's cups, the tall man sat down enthusiastically and gently pet Valorie the Rabbit's head, "Looks like we're all set up!"

"Good," Sally clapped her hands together; it was the first time I've heard her voice go above a monotonous, cold tone so it caught me off guard. "now that everything is put together, let's talk Politics! The government is corrupted and they're hiding all the evidence that aliens exist!"

'Oh shit what the hell? I hate politics. What's a lil' kid doing wanting to talk about Politics at a tea party anyways?' I thought, not surprised Sally would bring up something outrageously out of place anyways.

"Hey—um, Sally..." I nervously interrupt the little girl as she had just started snapping about the Canadian Government. She turned on me without a word, and I tried to smile at her, "so...what kind of tea is this...?"

"...I dunno aren't you the one that went to make everything with Uncle Splender?"

She kinda sounded annoyed that I'd interrupted her.

I sigh heavily and slump my shoulders, "Fine never-mind...sorry for interrupting."

"It's [Tea name], (Y/N)."

Oh cool, I actually liked that type of tea. I nod my head at her and slowly pick up my cup, taking a small sip.

Eventually, Sally and Splendo had randomly started up a conversation about different types of bread, and I listen intently for some reason. He and Sally rambled on together like very close friends; it reminded me of how tight me and Splendor were when I was a little kid. Seeing him and Sally conversing now sorta put a smile on my face, but also made me a bit sad as I thought of the good old times...

Of course as I began dwelling of the past, thoughts of my parents came up and then the disaster with the fire replayed in my brain as well. I sat rigid at my seat; my grasp tightened on the cup of tea as I think back to the desolate remains of my old home.

I must have really zoned out at that point, and my absence in attention might have been quite noticeable, because it took both Splendo and Sally to shout out my name before I snapped back to the present reality.

"Wh-What?" I stammered, blinking at them. "Do you not like the tea? Did Jeff poison yours?" Sally asked, her head tilted at me in confusion. "No no, I'm fine-sorry about that," I respond, shaking my head and letting go of my cup of tea. Splendo and Sally both look at me for a while before slowly easing back into their conversation.

"Ya know what...I'm just gonna stop at the bathroom real quick. I'll be back," I mumble awkwardly, standing from the small table and heading off for the door in Sally's room. "Hurry back, otherwise you'll miss the good part of the conversation⁎⁺˳✧༚!" Splendor called out, and I rolled my eyes as I walked out.

There's nothing interesting in a conversation on bread...

I shove my hands in my pockets and walk around the hallway for a while trying to recall where the bathroom was. Did Splendor even show me where a bathroom was? I can't remember....

Once again I ended up getting so lost in thought that I wasn't paying any attention. I didn't see the very tall fellow approaching my direction in the hall, and when we eventually collided, it caused me a great shock.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" I roared at the top of my lungs, immediately expecting to have run into OffenderMan again. But no, when I look up I realize that it's another Splendor-being, however this one is one I've never encountered. I had to look way up to see his 'face' (which...he didn't even have one).

The only featured thing on this fellow's 'face' was a pair of glasses which made no sense to me at all because he lacked eyes. He also wore a light colored striped sweater-vest and beige khakis along with brown dress shoes. I immediately guessed he was a Slender Brother, based off of his height and his lack of a face.

The man's facelessness creased as he 'glanced' down at me, and I immediately picked up an aura of annoyance. "Reckless twat. Who might you be, wandering around so carelessly?" He scoffed shifting his glasses upwards on his 'face'.

"Oh uhm—my names' (Y/N). I was brought here by your brother, Splendor...Man...?" I was starting to grow nervous by how increasingly judgmental his aura seemed to be getting, and I awkwardly tugged at my shirt collar.

"I um—I'm sorry...about running into you, I-I-I was just—just you know... lost in thought...?"

"Thoughts of what, exactly?"

"Uhh....thoughts of bread?"

If this damn slender had eyes, I'm telling you he would've rolled them so far back and I would've died because of it. I was so fucking embarrassed standing before him at the moment, and I had no idea why besides his strange aura.

The slender crossed his arms and flashed some sort of sassy pose as he 'glared' me down. I felt myself growing more and more miserable by the second, and wanted nothing more than to run and hide in a fucking dumpster. However, the judgmental silence coming from him was starting to get to me and my stupid ass decided it was a good idea to continue running my mouth.

"Yeah bread...that's what Splend-o and Sally were talking about at this uh...tea party we were having. I-heh-actually I thought it was pretty funny th—"

"Woman, please. Don't tell me you attended a tea party with that attire?" The man suddenly snapped, cutting me off completely. "Er—well yeah, this is what I've had on—"

"Your clothes are covered in dirty soot and it is ripped in numerous places. Your hair is an absolute mess and...did you even take notice of any of this???"

"....No...not really."

This tall man pinched the area that would be the bridge of his nose and heaved a deep sigh. He then looked back down to me and shook his head, "I can't even buh-ring myself to look at this nonsense. Ugh, you need a new makeover right away."

"...I mean, a change of clothes might be nice but I think makeover is just a bit too much—"

"Sweetie, stop talking. Please, you're embarrassing yourself. What you need is to go all out; make yourself look like the stunning creature you are beneath those hideous, absolutely tasteless clothes!"

"....Hey."

"Mayhaps you could do with a trip to my glorious wardrobe, wherehence you will leave with a more fitting look," The man said, now motioning for me to follow him with his finger as he began to walk off "Come thing, I insist. I refuse to stand here and watch you look like a complete drab in my presence."

Now, not only am I ashamed beyond words, but I am pissed and I already hate this guy. He turns back around seeing that I hadn't followed him. He snatched my arm and began dragging me downstairs and towards wherever his room was.

I had to admit, he's still a lot better than OffenderMan, but this one is annoying as hell, and he sounded highly arrogant and like a complete narc. I also dreaded the fact that he says I'm going to get a 'makeover'. What the hells' going to come out of that?

I look down at my sooty hoodie and jeans and I frown. It wasn't that bad of a style, was it? Apparently, this nameless man thought so because he was so ready to get me to change...

...Wait a minute, I hadn't even gotten his name—

"Uh...slender thing? What's your name."

"Educate yourself, human thing. My name should've been the first you learned upon stepping in this building," He chided, "my name is TrenderMan, Lordé of Fashion and all things Trendy~!"

'Kill me now.'

This 'TrenderMan' quickly pushes me into his room and I hesitantly look around. My eyes immediately widen, as I'm blown away by the sight I'm met with. He's got a whole heaping variety of clothing and materials in his room; it almost looked like an actual department store. "Holy shit..." I mutter, and Trender gives a haughty stifle of laughter, as if he already knew his room was 'all that'.

He sashays past me into his room and then turned to give a slight bow, "Welcome to my domain~a room filled with the latest, most up to date and eye-popping trends and style! Everything stocked to suit your modernist needs."

"...Cool," I simply reply, and he seemed a bit unpleased with my response. "Humph. Come here thing, let's see what we can do to make you look...hmm, sparkling," He huffed, putting emphasis on the work "sparkling".

Oh no.

"I don't do anything...sparkly—what does that even mean??" I say quickly to TrenderMan.

I don't know if Trender had heard me or if he was purposefully ignoring me, because he was already shuffling through his numerous racks of clothes, occasionally taking out, examining, and putting back some.

I sigh and sit down on a leather bench seat that was placed in the corner of the room and watch TrenderMan as he prods through his infinite storage of clothes.

After a while of waiting—and by this point I was nearly falling asleep on myself—I suddenly get jolted up to my feet by a tendril and I blink in alarm to look up and see TrenderMan standing before me. He's got a heap of clothes held in his arms. "A horrible time to be sleeping in the middle of a fashion crisis, human thing," He jeered, releasing his tendril from around my torso and shoving the heap of clothes into my arms, "off you go, into my dressing room. You can try these all on and see which suits you the best."

"This is too much," I say, muffled by all the clothes.

"Don't back sass me thing, just go ahead and try them on!"

He suddenly grabs me again with his tendrils and I'm getting dragged to what I assume is the dressing room.

Once he placed me in, he slams the door shut and I'm left standing there with the clothes. I sigh heavily and rest all the clothes on a side bench. I stare at them and slump my shoulders. I may as well get this over with and change into something different so TrenderMan could get off my case...

»»————-　➴　————-««

"Thank the gods, you finally look like an actual human rather than a walking dead corpse... "

I curl my lip trying to hold back any hostile remarks as TrenderMan claps his hands together upon my exit from the dressing room with my new clothes on. Out of all the things given to me, I felt I looked best in the combination I was wearing now; it suited me pretty well, I had to admit.

[Feel free to choose your own clothes.]

"...I have to admit, these look pretty good. Thanks Trender-Slender," I say with a slight grin, dipping my head a bit. "I shouldn't have doubted you."

"Insane to even think you would doubt me, the King of your wardrobe..." He scoffed and placed a hand on his hip.

'Such a sassy slender.'

"Now thing, you can take yourself back to the little tea party you were attending and not offend everyone present in the room," He exclaimed, suddenly reaching and grabbing my hand and then pulling me out of his room. "My names' (Y/N)..." I utter, allowing the tall trendy man to drag me behind him.

"Ugh, don't worry, we'll get you a new one of those later."

"..."

We finally make it back to Sally's room, and TrenderMan abruptly pushed me in first, all decked out in my new clothes.

Sally and SplendorMan halt their conversation to glance over at me, and both of them stare for an uncomfortable period of time.

"Yeesh, say something already..." I snap after a while, crossing my arms over myself. "Yes, what do you have to say about my newest project?" Trender also crossed his arms, "when I tell you this one was a challenge, I mean it!"

SplendorMan suddenly slapped his hands against his cheeks and gasped aloud "My little (Y/N)⁎⁺˳✧༚!! They look absolutely wonderful!!! Oh you did such a fabulous job with her, Trendy-Brother!"

Sally, to my surprise, seemed to smile at me. She flashed me a thumbs up and nodded her head in approval, "Noice, new guy."

I smile genuinely this time and step up to them, "Thanks you gu—"

"Thank you, thank you, you're both too kind~!" TrenderMan interrupted me, suddenly pushing me aside and taking a bow before the two. I glare at TrenderMan as he continuously "tHaNk yOu tHaNk yOu"'d while bowing and Splendor just kept clapping and probably inflating his over-fucking-sized ego even more.

Sally just sat there slowly visibly growing annoyed with TrenderMan's overdramatized reaction and returned to focusing on her stuffed animals.

I just stood there constantly shifting my gaze between TrenderMan and SplendorMan and questioning how on earth did I end up having to live with a bunch of cartoonish bean poles.