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【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#0C94CC ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #CC0C2E】
|| Azalea|| Nano.ripe ||
Sanctuary? Who would have been so naive as to believe that? What was waiting for Elise was a full on interrogation at the hands of none other but her half brother himself. "Who are 'those who slither in the dark'? He would ask. "How did you get so badly injured if it was Serenity and Mercedes that kidnapped Winter?" He wanted the truth on everything and Elise was forced to obey. "P--please stop! I don't have the energy to keep acting right now!" She would wail, wanting to go back to her room. It was just so tantalizingly close but he was barring her from her happiness. It was cruelty, it was inhumane! "Stop going out at night. I'll figure out the sluthers." Claude shook his head, making a smile. "I sent a letter to the Chrysanthemum, about a wish for a compromise. I hope they'll respond."
Would they? Elise wasn't so sure. And as she returned to her room, she saw Ame there, pouting at her. "You're supposed to save her, why did you just walk away so casually?!" Ame beat her fists against Elise's cast and she sighed. Was she not going to have any peace and quiet at all today? Was there no freedom for her to just be left alone in her room? "And what did you expect me to do?" Ame's eyes lit up and she waved her arms in the air. "You could have fought them! Drench their weapons in water so they can't attack! Steal her away! Be a hero!" Ame swooned at the thought and Elise wondered what it would be like to punch a little rain girl. "Remember, if you take too long, you'll melt into water!" She didn't want to, but she couldn't just pick a fight with the Chrysanthemum so overtly like that.
Elise was pushed to the ground. "How dare you protect Winter! She's a danger to us all!" Some of the students grouped up and were targeting her now. Why was this happening? Well, it was because of the new feed on the news, revealing Elise von Hresvelg as the hero that saved Winter when she was kidnapped, as someone sympathetic to a national risk. Obviously, the Chrysanthemum Howler was still spreading counter stories, marching a campaign to talk about the pains and suffering Winter faced daily, but it was a battle and no side was truly winning yet. "You think just because you have money you'll be safe from the blizzard?!"
Her ruby eyes burned like a slow fire, her lips creasing downwards under her breathing mask. "I would appreciate if you didn't put your commoner's hands on me." She muttered. Claude wasn't here, he was hard at work at a meeting with the Minister of Childcare, working with Angela to come up with new terms for Winter's daily life. Minister Angela MacMillan would be trying to figure out a soft hand approach with the Government instead of trying to abruptly force their hands. Someone slapped her across the face. "Don't look down on us just because we aren't as amazingly rich or smart as you!" Elise tried to pretend that she found this funny. "Oh? Are you attacking me or complimenting me?" Mercedes and Serenity walked by then. "Hey, maybe-" But Mercedes pulled Serenity's hand away. "Don't bother, she's still our enemy." She muttered to her friend. They still hadn't forgiven Elise's betrayal, which Elise would argue, wasn't a betrayal in the first place.
So, why was she even bothering attending school like this? Why not just drop out and live in her room forever? Wouldn't that just be so nice? It's not as if 012 could burst in and beat up students, that's one surefire way to get re-erased, that's for sure. She knew he was around, but keeping carefully out of sight. If anything, Elise needed to find a way to get in contact with the slitherers. They knew her secret - and she needed to silence them. "Elise? Where's your textbook?" The teacher asked, seeing that she wasn't reading along as history class started. "Don't need it." She went up to the white board and scribbled the answers to the daily questions on the board before limping away. This was a waste of time, she already knew everything without needing to spend hours listening to stupid kids try to figure things out.
Instead of wasting time sitting around, Elise was going to see if she could find anything out about the Slitherers.