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❝Forgiving someone is easy, it's trusting someone again that's hard.❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
In that moment, Flo seemed so overwhelmed by the fact that they had won that even Echo could feel it. The happy feeling washed over her, making her head spin in a not entirely unpleasant way. "I told you we'd do it!" Echo grinned, her fangs on display once more. "Hey, don't kill yourself, we only just met!" Echo didn't want to be blamed for this one too. She glanced up at Melody to make sure that they saw it too, that this human was weak and could keel over at any second. Melody gave Echo a prodding glance, the kind that said to take care of it. How could she though? They didn't form the contract yet so Echo could perform no healing on the sickly human. Maybe it was just a cold? Echo heard that humans were weak and susceptible to things like that. Demons could get colds too, they were much worse than human colds and it was a lot rarer to contract one.
Echo could feel Flo's happiness, it was coming off of her in waves. In truth Echo wasn't sure what to think, it was beginning to effect her head. "I-I hope so too," Echo was at a loss. Never before had she been paired with a human that was actually happy to see her and stand beside her, one that wanted her to be her friend rather than her servant. A warm bubbly feeling started up inside of her and Echo thought she was going to be sick. Was this supposed to be happiness? Why did people like it? The strange sensation made her feel like she wanted to scream and vomit all at once. Melody nearly gave it away, but quickly fixed her slip of the tongue. Hopefully Flo wouldn't suspect anything and know that with just one call she could make the rest of Echo's life hell. "I haven't gotten to fight like that in years!" She said instead, wanting to change the topic.
It was time to form the contract and seeing as how both girls were already bleeding, there was no need to prick their fingers. Melody used samples from both of their blood to smear over a piece of parchment, which burned up quickly. The contract mark appeared, for Echo on her chest, she wasn't sure where it was on Flo. "I am bound to your service," Echo knelt in a slight bow, as was customary. "As part of the custom, you can choose a new name for me," Echo's previous names had all been stupid, some people, like Melody, had gotten lucky and had gotten to keep their name. Since Doll had basically been partnered since she was born, Christopher had picked her name. "You don't have to," Echo added quickly, making sure to imply that she would prefer if Flourspar didn't.
Three stripes, a certificate, Echo was surprised that they had made rank 3. "I guess I'm not as rusty as I thought," she stretched her now bandaged shoulder, that was going to be sore in the morning. Her assumptions had been correct, Flo was sickly, as was evident by the fact that she was sleeping in a hospital. "That sounds aw-" Melody stomped on her foot, making Echo yelp. "Awesome-I was saying awesome," Flo could no doubt tell she was lying. "I'd rather be out there," she mumbled, wanting to leave this place already. Melody and Flame didn't seem keen to let her leave though and she could bet her hat why.
"I'll see you tomorrow, or something," Echo watched her bubblegum pink hair fade from view before laying back on the floor. "Ugh, it's such hard work having a human," Melody nudged her with her foot. "Come on, let's get you back to your room."
"You mean prison?"
"Did you forget? You're contracted now Echo," her eyes lit up at the realization. "The North Tower?" Flame dropped a key into her hand. "Room 295," before he could finish Echo was already bounding out of the training center and towards the North Tower to her new room.