Post #2775876 in Denouement, a roleplay on RPG

Special Episode: The Glaive

It was in the dead of night that Doll made her excursion to the lower levels of the East Tower, a small care package in her arms. Normally, something like this was forbidden, but their new Director was allowing it, for the time being. Echo had yet to go on trial, it would be tomorrow when they would put her on the stand. “Echo?” Doll whispered, her sister laying facing the wall. The airlock hissed open and Doll stepped into the cell, sealed inside. Echo sat up slowly, sniffling; it was clear she had been crying. “I came to give you this, to make it a little more like home.” A certain stuffed bear sat atop the pile of belongings. “Why did you come?” Echo whispered, wiping her eyes. “Because I’m your sister,” but Doll had never been exactly fond of the littlest King. Melody had warned her of the signs of abuse, but Doll had looked away.

“Why did you kill him Echo?” Doll asked, setting the basket down.

“I didn’t mean to.”

“None of that, why did you do it?”

“Director LaFleur gave me a knife, she told me to do what I needed to.” There was a recorder in the basket, listening in on their conversation, not that Echo knew. “And what was it you needed to do?”

“Protect them.”

“And what did you do?”

“I-I killed them!” Echo wailed, her eyes red. “Alastair and Director Harway, I killed them! I didn’t mean to, but when I took the knife, all I could think about was driving it into them!” A cursed knife, that’s what the witch; Zinnia Evernight, had told her. “Echo, the allegations are serious this time. That’s the third human you’ve killed.” Her breath hitched in her throat, both sisters knew what this meant, of course. “I don’t want to die,” Echo whispered, choking on her tears. “You’re not going to die, I’ll make sure of that.” Doll stroked her head, distracting Echo long enough to turn off the recorder.

She really was a terrible big sister.

That conversation was supposed to be private, but Doll did as she said, she made sure that Echo was not put to death, instead, jailed indefinitely by Director LaFluer’s orders. She left the trial feeling sick to her stomach, she was a horrible older sister. “Why did you do that?” Silence asked softly, she knew of course, she was on guard duty that night. She was not meant to hear the conversation, “Echo is a danger to all humans,” Doll repeated numbly. Silence stepped forward, Prey clinging to her hand. “You don’t really believe that, do you?”

But Doll did not answer.

She sat in her room, the one she and Prey shared, wondering where she had gone wrong.

Silence sat on the roof, her glaive clutched against herself. She was still so small, this time being just after the Second Impact. She had not seen nor heard the footsteps behind her. “Hello there child,” a woman cloaked in black smiled. She had a scar down on her eye and held a stick in her hands. “Who are you?” Silence asked, rising to her feet. She had been contemplating what she would do if Prey ever turned against her. “That’s not important, but I need your stick, you see, it’s very important.” Silence was instantly on edge, “Director LaFluer told me not to give it to anyone, ever.” Her limbs stiffened, could Prey sense her distress?

“I’m here on LaFluer’s orders child,” the figure smiled, she muttered a few words, black snakes trailing from her stick. “What are you doing?!” Silence yelped in alarm as the snakes bound her, covering her mouth. Her eyes glowed, she dropped her Glaive, which rolled, the woman lifting it, admiring the weapon in the light. “I’m going to borrow this, don’t worry, I’ll return it eventually.” She pat Silence’s cheek, then disappeared into the night. Silence thrashed against her bindings, attempting to free herself. “Silence!” Prey yelled, Doll following behind her. “What happened?”

Doll sliced through the snake around her mouth, Silence coughed, slumping into Prey’s arms. “I lost it-“ she wretched, “the Glaive, that woman took it.”

“What woman?” Doll asked, kneeling down with a bottle of water.

“I-I think she was a witch.”

Snippet #2775876

located in The Kingdom, a part of Denouement, one of the many universes on RPG.

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