22 Jan 2024, 00:13
I'm Not Made Of Money...
Octavius felt his soul drop as he floo'd into his own house. The house in which his ex husband had agreed to hand over as he had found another place to live, to reside. But no. It must've been a lie. It had to have been a lie. It was bullshit.
That agreement, all for nothing. He entered the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of beer. He was going to figure out what to do no matter what it came down to, damn them all to hell.
Well, not his kids. His kids didn't deserve this. His kids deserved to have a family that is actually doing well with financial stability. Sadly since the divorce about 10 months ago, his finances shot through the ground and not through the roof.
In other words, he was fucked. Octavius took a swig, steadily chugging the bottle of beer. He ignored the bitterness and instead focused more so on his hate for his ex.
He wished his Ex husband could've just died.
A knock on his door.
Octavius grumbled, dropping the beer bottle and allowing it to shatter. A man wearing sunglasses and a tuxedo that was neatly pressed had a somber look on his face. "Your ex is dead. He had no family, no one for us to talk to. He left you in his will and his sons. However the will was recently updated so, sadly I cannot say you get the leisurely items that were once for you, because you know-- the divorce."
Octavius felt his heart sink lower than he thought it could go. He nodded, taking the paper from the man and bidding him farewell.
Octavius saw that he only got a measly knut for the reason of his divorce and that Joseph basically wished he could've outlived him. Right. So his ex was a monster. Lovely.
He continued reading on. Clark got a plastic crown because no one was the king when the real king walked into the room, referring to Clark. Simon got a muggle contraption (dvd) that had a picture of a man wearing a shiny outfit that had the letters ELTON on the back as well as a 1 because he was number one in Joseph's eyes, because Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids... a reference to Joseph's opinion on having Octavius as the father. And Ben got a candle that was basically burnt out because Joseph stated that while he'd have his attitudes and while ben was a bit of a hot head, he had a short fuse.
So everyone got shitty things. Looks like his ex was nothing more than Ebenezer Scrooge. Then at the bottom, it stated that he wished to be buried in a coffin for his death. Octavius grumbled. "I'm not made of money..." He thought for a second. Cremation could work but that still cost money. No, he would donate the body to science. Let the forensic teams get a use out of a stingy man.
He wrote a small note to his brother on the howler, practically yelling at him but trying to make it seem like he wasn't mad at him but more so frustrated. It would depend on how it was taken by his brother, no matter how it would go.
"ADAM! I'M BROKE NOW! CLARK DONE DRAGGED ME THROUGH THE DIRT AND SHIT AND NOW GUESS WHAT? I'M BROKE! GET ME OUT OF THIS HELL! PLEASE! I PROMISE I'LL GET A JOB SOON AND PAY YOU BACK IF YOU CAN COVER MY MORTAGE THIS MONTH!"
He ended the howler, allowing the family owl to deliver it to his brother. Yes, technically he could've walked it over to his brother or at least just simply talked to him about it but who cared? Now a howler to his son.
"CLARK WILLIAM BAIRD! MY EX IS DEAD AND YOU GOT JACKSHIT! YOU DONE MADE POOR! KEEP BREAKING THINGS AND I SWEAR I WILL PULL YOU OUT OF HOGWARTS SO FAST YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BLINK! I WILL PERSONALLY ENSURE THAT YOU NEVER TALK TO ROADKILL OR ANYONE AT HOGWARTS EVER AGAIN! BREAK ONE MORE THING AND IF I HEAR ABOUT IT, YOU WILL BE GROUNDED FOR ALL OF ETERNITY! I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD IF YOU KEEP UP YOUR MISCHIEF, YOU'RE DONE FOR!" He took a breath, now acknowledging Simon and Ben. "Hey dearies, please report back to me the minute Clark breaks something. By the way your father died. You two also got jackshit. I told you Joseph was a stingy man."
He adjusted the volume of his voice again, practically turning it up. "CLARK BAIRD! I WILL COME UP WITH PUNISHMENTS TO KEEP YOU IN LINE IF I HAVE TO! WE KNOW THAT DETENTIONS DO NOT WORK WITH YOU! AND NOW I'M SUFFERING DUE TO YOUR STUPIDITY! MAN UP, BEHAVE, AND DO BETTER! Oh, one more thing. "IF YOU EVEN GET SO MUCH AS AN EXCEEDS EXCELLENCE OR BELOW, I WILL BE PULLING YOU OUT ONCE AGAIN AND TUTORING YOU AT HOME! THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO BE DOING SO HORRIBLY WHEN YOUR BROTHERS MAKE GOOD GRADES! I KNOW YOU'RE SLACKING DUE TO YOUR MISCREANT WAYS, AND I WILL TERMINATE THEM! If its the last thing I do, it will end."
@Logan Baird as Adam Baird
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