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Request: KaixSkylorxLloyd Doomsday Cult based on the Alan Walker song 'Tired'.
Requested by: Haha, no one! ;)
Warnings: Three-way ship, if you're uncomfortable, then don't read it.
Pairings: Kailor-Greenflame (Greenkailor, I think)
WARNING: This story includes a romance between three characters. If such material makes you uncomfortable, this is your warning to leave now. Thanks ;).
A/N: Heads up, you should probably watch the music video for 'Tired' before reading this, as it's not a songfic, and it will likely make little sense otherwise. Also note that this is kind of based on The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
Also, Skylor's story during dinner is based on my story 'Merry Christmas From Chen's Island.' You don't need to read it, but I'd appreciate it if you did. :D
Tired
Lloyd's world was grey.
It had been like that for weeks now, from the sky, the earth, the buildings of Ninjago City, even the clothes he and the other Members wore, that covered their faces and shielded their identities. Everything was shades of grey.
Skylor pulled an abandoned fishing harpoon from the sheath on her back and looked around, suspicious. "You're clear, Lloyd." She hissed under her breath. "Take it."
Lloyd nodded and pulled a screwdriver from his bag. Turning to the base of the light pole, he jammed the phillip's head screwdriver into the screws, wrestling them out. He glanced anxiously as he tore off the cover of the electrical panel.
Skylor glanced at him. "Sheesh, you're really tense. Try and relax, Lloyd. Just get the converter."
"Easy for you to say," Lloyd mumbled, clipping a pair of wires. "You're not the one who's going to get electrocuted if they fail."
"Focus," She advised, twisting her harpoon around. She and Kai had found it at the docks while searching for scrap metal, and it had quickly become her preferred weapon. Lloyd disliked the sharp, hooked point. It looked like it would really, really, hurt to get hit with.
As he worked, Lloyd's mind wandered to Kai, his other lover, who was currently back at the Building with the other Members, preparing for the solar flare that was about to hit. The converter he was looking for was going to help power a box of drones, the machines the Members had been creating for years, and they would store themselves away from thousands of years for future generations to find.
This was all part of Wu's plan. Wu was the leader of the group, and he was rather firm in many cases but kind. He was the one who rescued Lloyd from his abusive father and absent mother. And this was the greatest thing Lloyd could do to repay him. To stick to the Plan.
The flare would undoubtedly kill all of them, but with Wu's plan, some of the technology would survive to the next generation.
Pulling the converter from the light pole, he shoved it into his bag and buttoned it up. "I'm done," He looked over at Skylor, who was fingering the gold ring on her harpoon. It had taken Lloyd weeks to scrounge up enough metal for it, but when he had watched Kai pound it out and fasten it to Skylor's harpoon, something happy had bubbled inside of him.
The same thing happened every time Kai kissed him or he snuggled with Skylor, or when they compared the rings on their hands.
"Ready to go?" Skylor asked, still holding her harpoon in her left hand, but she offered Lloyd her right, which he took.
"Yeah," He answered as the two of them made their way back to the Building. "Hey, Skylor, are you worried about the solar flare?"
Skylor squeezed his hand comfortingly. "Should I be? If we follow Wu's Plan, we don't need to worry, right?"
"I mean, about yourself?" Lloyd asked, glancing at her ring finger, where one of her two ring tattoos rested against his hand. The tattoos were a tradition. When people wished to be wed, tattoos were given to all parties. Lloyd had two tattoos, one for Skylor and one for Kai. Both of them also had two tattoos, just to show that they were all one big group of lovers. It was a special thing, as group marriages were not common.
Skylor fingered her harpoon and glanced suspiciously at two hustlers who were stealing what looked like an old refrigerator. As soon as they passed, she spoke. "Sort of. I mean, no one really wants to die. But if that's what has to happen, I mean, I'm not opposed to it. Does that answer your question?"
"Mmmm… not really," Lloyd answered, looking at his nails. He sighed heavily. "It's just… I don't know what to do anymore. I'm… scared."
Skylor looked at him for a long moment. "I… don't know what to tell you." She sighed almost as heavily as him. "Maybe you could talk to Kai when we get back?"
"I'll do that," Lloyd realized that Skylor had a hard time expressing emotions, as she had a hard childhood, but he was still grateful to her for helping.
As the two of them emerged from an alleyway, Lloyd looked up at the sky, watching the spreading orange cloud across the horizon. The solar flare was coming. He checked his watch. Sure enough, they had about twelve hours until it hit.
Skylor looked up at it as well, awe on her face. "It's kind of beautiful, isn't it?"
Lloyd smiled. "Yeah. I could watch it all day."
She laughed in response, tugging on his hand gently. "We don't have all day. Kai needs that converter if he's going to finish the Project."
Lloyd smiled again, following her into an alleyway between buildings. The whole city was deserted, mostly because of people trying to escape the Flare. He could undoubtedly feel a warm sense of excitement rise in his chest as they neared the building. His monkey-brain/primal instincts were screeching at him "We get to see Kai! Kai! Kai! Kai!"
Skylor hopped into the open window of a deserted insurance building, holding out an arm and helping Lloyd up into the cool interior of the building. Together, they made their way through the destroyed cubicles and shattered glass, before finally finding the stairwell.
Together, they found their way to the roof of the building, then, using a pair of long PVC pipes, they climbed across three more buildings, eventually finding the abandoned shell of Borg Electronics in front of them, a few long fishing ropes stretching to the lower floors of the building. The Members didn't use the higher floors, as they were rather unnecessary, instead, everything from the Mess Hall to the Sleeping Quarters, to the Control Room, and even the Forge were located between floors three and seven.
As they entered the abandoned but well-kept building, Skylor reached for Lloyd's hand, looking for comfort. Lloyd took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. Skylor wasn't usually claustrophobic, but the cramped quarters of Borg Electronics made her nervous.
Suddenly, she paused, just outside of the bright blue-gray light from the sky. With a scared sigh, she gripped her head.
Lloyd tugged her closer. "You okay?" He whispered, his voice barely carrying in the cool tunnel.
Skylor noded, taking a few deep breaths. "Yeah, just… my dad…" She squeezed her eyes shut tighter and reached out with a free hand into the darkness, feeling the open air. Taking another breath, she opened her eyes and led the way down the tunnel.
"Why do you always do that?" Lloyd asked as they squeezed past two Members. "And… you've never told me about your dad."
"Yeah…" Skylor trailed off. "When I was… really little, my dad would sometimes lock me…" She swallowed. "In a closet. When I misbehaved."
"Sky-"
"It's stupid, I know, but if Kai's allowed to be afraid of water, and you're allowed to be afraid of snakes then-"
"SKY!" Lloyd pulled her hand to get her attention. She looked up at him with mildly surprised eyes. Lloyd sighed. "Look, I don't think it's stupid. I think it's completely valid that you're afraid of something."
Skylor smiled at him slightly, pain still brimming in her eyes. "Okay?"
They began walking again.
"Look," Lloyd sighed. "I'm serious. It's okay to be scared of stuff. I'm scared of stuff. Kai's scared of stuff. Why would it be reasonable for you to not be scared of something?"
Skylor sighed. "I… don't know. I guess your fears seem a lot more… concrete… I guess. It seems reasonable for you to be scared of snakes. But not… small spaces."
She sucked in a big breath of air and blinked slowly. "Just… forget it, okay. We're going to die in twelve hours anyway. It doesn't matter anymore."
"Hey," Lloyd reached over to give her a side hug, stopping them in the process. "It matters to me, and it matters to Kai too. Alright?"
Skylor wrapped an arm around his shoulders, gently prying him off her. "Okay, Green Bean. Let's go find Kai."
As they descended towards Floor Three, the pair passed more and more people. Their sister-in-law, Nya, and her boyfriend Jay walked past them, Jay carrying a freshly molded Wu-Cru insignia in his gloved hands. Nya gave Lloyd a fistbump as they passed since there was no time to stop and chat.
Scurrying after them was Karlof, one of the smiths who had first created the boxes that would house the project. He was carrying three massive plates of steel. Right after him came Stevie and Tyler, both struggling under the weight of a massive box of tools, but as they dragged themselves along, another Member, Chamille, ran to help.
Lloyd and Skylor entered the surprisingly-empty forge, filled only with a few random ovens and tools, as well as several workstations, only three of which were filled. Moving past the first two workers, Lloyd and Skylor came upon Kai, who was currently welding something together. Pausing for a break, he set his blowtorch down, lifted his mask, and wiped his brow. Looking up, Kai spotted Lloyd and Skylor standing at a reasonable distance. His face immediately lit up and he grinned, dropping his tools and running over to embrace them.
Kai snatched up Lloyd first, hugging him tightly while lifting the shorter boy off the ground. Lloyd could feel Kai plant a hello kiss on his cheek before he was set down. "First Spinjitzu Master I missed you guys!"
Skylor got a hug directly after, this time getting the chance to hold onto Kai for a little while, before he reached out, snagged Lloyd's thin waist, and dragged him into the hug as well. Lloyd sighed with happiness, and inhaled deeply, smelling Kai's molten-iron smell and Skylor's almost natural scent intermingling into something that smelled like home.
All three of them finally pulled away, and Kai arched his back, stretching. He smiled at Lloyd with his handsome smile. "Did you get the converter?"
"We did," Skylor answered for Lloyd. "It's in his bag."
Lloyd nodded, grinning, as he pulled out the converter. "Is this the right one?"
Kai took it from him and looked it over. "Yeah, this is great. I'm gonna put it in. You guys want to hang out?"
"Sure," Lloyd answered, looking over at Skylor, who had grabbed two of the random chairs against the wall. The two of them sat down, with Lloyd in between Kai and Skylor. Kai handed him a mask to shield his face (it didn't fit).
Using the blowtorch, Kai loosely welded the Converter onto the base of the box. Finishing neatly, he pulled his mask off. "That should do it."
"That's… it?" Lloyd asked. "You're not gonna attach the wires?"
"Engineer's job," Kai answered with a shrug. "I'll take it up to them later."
"I got it," Skylor jumped in. "You two spend some time together. I'll take it up to floor four."
"Really?" Kai asked, smiling.
Skylor shrugged. "We only have twelve hours left. I'll see you guys at dinner."
Kai made eye contact with Lloyd, smiling. "Okay, if you're sure." He pulled off his thick synthetic-leather gloves and handed them to Skylor, who pulled them on and picked up the box, grunting with the effort.
"Do you need help?" Lloyd looked over as Skylor adjusted the heavy box.
"No," She answered. "I got it. You guys have fun."
She met Chamille at the door, and the two of them headed towards the staircase. Kai and Lloyd watched them go before turning back to one another.
Kai stretched. "You wanna head upstairs? I could use a shower."
Lloyd yawned slightly. "Sounds good to me. How long have you been working on that anyway?"
Kai rolled his eyes playfully. "I only pulled two all-nighters." His face became more serious as they took the only working elevator up to floor six, the floor with several rooms and bathrooms. "In all seriousness, I'm glad it's over, though."
Lloyd couldn't help but add 'so will everything else' afterward in his brain, but shook his head, trying to forget the morbid thought.
"Hey, Lloyd? Are you okay?" Kai pulled Lloyd into a side-hug as they walked down a hallway. "You zoned out for a minute."
Lloyd shook his head again. "I'm fine, just thinking."
"About…" Kai trailed off but nodded towards the window.
Lloyd bit his lip as they entered their room. "Yeah. About death." He sat down on one of the floor pillows and rubbed his midsection, trying to rid himself of the sick feeling all through his torso. "I just… I'm…. I'm so scared."
Kai pulled another pillow over and sat down beside Lloyd, pulling his partner into a hug. Lloyd sniffled, then buried his face in Kai's chest. Kai snuggled him tightly. "Hey, if you want, we can take some sleeping pills and be asleep when it happens. That's what Jay and Nya are doing."
"I… I don't really want to do that," Lloyd confessed. "It feels too weak for me. I want to be awake when it happens."
Kai rubbed his back, massaging Lloyd's shoulders. "I think Skylor wants to watch it happen. Not that what she wants has anything to do with you, but…"
"Yeah," Lloyd pulled back a bit, but rested his ear on Kai's chest, listening to the brunette's steady heartbeat. "I… I just… never thought…"
"You'd get to pick how you'd die?" Kai asked. "Yeah, me neither." He sighed. "To be honest with you," He sucked in a deep breath, muttered something about 'oh, what could it hurt' and spoke again. "I'm scared too. Cursed Realm, I'm scared for you and Skylor. I'm scared for Nya and Jay. I'm scared the Plan won't work. But… we're still going to die, no matter what we want to happen."
Lloyd wriggled a bit. He sighed deeply. "You're worried about the Plan?"
"Duh," Kai shrugged. "Why shouldn't I be. I've spent upwards of six weeks on that dang machine. That's time I could've spent with you and Skylor. Time I could've spent with my sister, or mourning my parents. I'm just as scared as you are. Skylor is too, she's just… stupidly good at hiding it."
"Did she tell you she's claustrophobic because of her dad?" Lloyd asked, switching the conversation. "Like how he used to lock her in the closet when she misbehaved."
Kai laughed bitterly. "I actually met the old snake. Yeah, he was a son of a grundle. Poor Skylor."
"What if…" Lloyd started, as the idea sprang to his head. "What if we were outside when the Flare hit?"
Kai looked at Lloyd, thinking heavily. "Well… we'd probably be burned alive. It would be quick, yeah, but it'd really hurt. Why?"
"Just curious," Lloyd answered. "I was thinking… we could go up on the roof and watch the flare hit. I… I think that's what would be best for all of us."
"You think?" Kai asked, pouring two cups of lavender tea, handing one to Lloyd and taking one for himself.
"I… kind of want to watch," Lloyd admitted sheepishly. "Not to mention I think Skylor would be a lot happier dying in the open air rather than inside. And we could bring some photos of our families if you want."
"Huh," Kai took a long drink of his tea. "That could actually be really cool. Wait," He looked down at himself. "I still have to shower, Lloyd. Are you gonna be okay here?"
Lloyd smiled. "Yeah. I was thinking of taking a short nap if that's okay. I'm… really tired."
"I get it," Kai answered, standing up and stretching. He took a final sip of tea before he left the room, entering the bathroom that connected to their room. Lloyd smiled when he heard the rush of water and Kai's happy humming.
Opening a dresser beside the bed, Lloyd pulled out his sleep clothes, a short-sleeved shirt and loose pants made from green imitation silk by his great-aunt, Mystake. Though most of the members wore gray or white while asleep, Lloyd was allowed green as long as he never wore it around other members.
The whole purpose, Lloyd thought as he washed his face and hands in the washbasin, was to provide a sense of equality among the members. Kai and Skylor both wore gray and white, although Skylor preferred lighter colors. Lloyd laid out Kai's gray pants just in case Kai wanted to join him before he crawled into bed.
Falling asleep was hard. Lloyd stared at the ceiling, waiting for the familiar slideshow of images to begin playing through his mind. He remembered his father, who he was afraid of his entire life, then he remembered his mother, who, though she was often absent, never made it unclear that she still loved him. Brad and Gene, his friends from grade school, sprang to his mind next. He'd lost contact with them after he graduated early from secondary school in order to move in with the Members (They'd been smaller back then, living in a few cabins at an old church camp Wu had purchased). Lloyd had lost contact with his grade-school buddies, but a part of him would always wonder what happened to them. Would they get away? Would things turn out for them? Who knew. Not that it mattered, but he couldn't help but wonder.
Next, his thoughts wandered to Kai. Kai and his sister Nya had arrived at the camp a few weeks before Wu relocated everyone to an abandoned motel right outside Ninjago City. Lloyd had felt instantly drawn to the sibling pair. Kai's loud, confident personality and good looks attracted a lot of Members, but out of all of them, he had chosen Lloyd to befriend. As with any healthy relationship, theirs started with a simple friendship.
After Kai, Lloyd's thoughts always wandered to Skylor. Kai and Lloyd had been the ones who recruited her after they found her on the docks. She had gladly joined in order to escape her abusive father and druggie family. Together, she grew closer to Kai and Lloyd, and for a while, there was a weird instance of courtship, where Skylor was courting Kai and Lloyd at the same time, while Lloyd was courting Kai and Kai was courting Lloyd. Finally, however, they realized that together, they were happier than whenever they were apart.
Lloyd had grown drowsy in bed at this point, his eyes beginning to shut, but he could still feel Kai crawl into bed with him, smelling like a bar of *Pigeon Soap as he lazily looped an arm around Lloyd to pull him closer. Lloyd wriggled a bit until he was comfortable against Kai's bare chest (Kai overheated a lot while sleeping). Finally, his mind wandered to the wedding.
It had been done in proper Member fashion. Wu had initiated it, and together, Kai, Lloyd, and Skylor had all taken a drink of the sacred Lover's Tea, and once their rings were tattooed on, they were announced married. Together, they were given their own room, and even a larger bed than most married couples (as there were more of them). Lloyd still considered this to be the happiest day of his life and was happy to remember it before he dozed off.
"Lloyd?" Kai whispered, shaking his lover gently. Lloyd blinked, opening his eyes to see Kai standing over him, shaking him awake. Lloyd looked up and yawned heavily. Kai smiled at him softly, happiness glittering in his brown eyes.
"What's up?" He asked though it was slightly unintelligible because of the yawn. "Is it… time? Are we gonna…?"
"It's time for dinner," Kai clarified. "Here, get dressed," He motioned towards Lloyd's ornamental robes, which were a pale, milky color with gold edging and a green belt. Lloyd pulled off his pajamas for what was going to be the last time, and, sneaking a few glances at Kai's chest, pulled on his robes. Kai was already dressed, and so he led the way downstairs to floor five, where the meeting hall was.
As soon as they entered, Skylor waved them down, and they went to sit beside her. Kai was next to his sister, and Lloyd was between him and Skylor. Food was being passed around, and it was a feast. Juicy cuts of meat, sweet exotic fruits, perfect fillets of fish, crust bread… it was the best meal Lloyd had ever seen, certainly better than the plain pasta and gloopy oatmeal they normally had.
Before anyone could dig in, however, they all waited for Wu to make his statement. Standing before the members, he smiled at all of them. "Members, I have exciting news. Today, we have finished the final stages of the plan!"
A cheer went up, with lots of whistles and clapping. Lloyd cheered loudly, the rush of being part of something bigger filling his body.
Wu waited until the cheers quieted down before continuing. "Now, as this meal will be our last, our cooks have prepared a lovely array of dishes for us. May the cooks please stand up?" A few people around the room stood, as well as a boy across the table from them Lloyd recognized as Zane. Wu smiled fondly, almost nostalgic. "May we give them all a hand?"
More cheering. Lloyd caught Zane blushing hard at being given attention. He also saw his friend holding hands with Pixal, a girl in the medical department.
As the cheers died down a second time, Wu leaned into the microphone. "You are permitted to eat."
Bustling started immediately afterward. Dishes were passed around a bunch, and Lloyd tried as much of everything as he could. Kai's sister, Nya, passed her brother a plate piled high with Brazilian Cheese Bread.
"Remember when mom used to make these?" She asked as Kai took eight.
"I remember dad burning them," Kai answered, offering them to Lloyd, who took one. "That was hilarious."
"The best part was he drove us to **Frita's afterward," Nya answered, kind of telling the story to everyone around them as well. Lloyd listened happily. Nya was a great surrogate sister and listening to tales of them as children were always happy.
Skylor passed him a plate of salmon sushi. "Try it, it's good."
Lloyd didn't like raw fish, but after all, this was his last meal, so he grabbed one anyway. "It is?"
"Yeah," Skylor answered. "My dad used to make this all the time when I was little. Remember when they took meal requests a few weeks ago?"
"Oh, yeah," Lloyd answered, passing the sushi to Kai, who continued passing it, too enthralled in a story he and Nya were telling about some incident involving a flaming tire and absurd amounts of gasoline. "Do you think they have any sweet pork dumplings?"
"I can see a steamer basket," Skylor answered, passing a dish of roasted carrots. "So, yes, I would suppose so. Are they your favorite?"
"Yes," Lloyd answered, taking a plate of tortillas and passing it. "They're great."
Skylor smiled at him, passing the steamer basket, and Lloyd helped himself to three before passing it to Kai. "Did anything funny happen to you, since everyone is discussing family stories?"
"Eh," Lloyd shrugged. "I'd have to think." he poked Kai. "Kai?"
"I have one," Kai grinned. "Once, when Nya and I were two or three, Nya really didn't want to sit next to the campfire at a neighbor's bar-b-que, so she threw her flip-flop in the fire."
"In my defense," Nya jumped in, interrupting Kai. "Our neighbors were a pair of really creepy twins, and they totally deserved to have their fire pit smell like burnt plastic for the next year."
"What about you?" Kai asked Skylor, and she thought for a moment.
"I guess it would have to be the time I climbed the Christmas Tree," Skylor answered, taking a bite of sushi.
"Wait, you climbed a Christmas tree?" Nya asked, eyes wide with respect. "I have got to hear this!"
Skylor smiled. "I was maybe… eight… and we had a gigantic tree, like, twelve feet tall. I coaxed two of my cousins into climbing it with me, and it fell over on us. We weren't hurt, but I got yelled at."
Kai grinned. "That's really funny. Did your dad have to apply child-repellent afterward?"
Skylor shook her head. "No, but we stopped having such a large tree."
Lloyd smiled and took a bite of his dumpling. He swallowed before speaking. "My mom says that I used to run around naked when I was little."
Kai folded his arms, looking stern. "How come you never do that around us?"
Lloyd blushed heavily, looking away from Kai. Leave it to him to make a joke like that.
"I don't see you doing it either," Skylor retorted, smacking Kai lightly.
Kai grinned at her, giving a weird half-bow. "I did not realize what you wanted, m'lady."
Skylor rolled her eyes but smiled at him anyway.
Pixal, for the first time, added something to the conversation. "What's everyone doing tonight?"
"Jay and I are going to sleep," Nya answered with a shrug.
Jay nodded with a yawn. "Yeah. I'm exhausted. You?"
"We're going to be in the kitchen," Zane answered for both of them, but Pixal backed him up with a nod. "It's somewhere important to us. Kai?"
Kai glanced at Lloyd, then at Skylor. "We were thinking of… going out on the roof, but…"
"Sounds good to me," Skylor answered, looking relieved that her final moments wouldn't be trapped under thousands of tons of rubble. She squeezed Lloyd's hand under the table, and he smiled at her.
"Neat," Nya nodded. "That's gonna be so cool."
Kai grinned proudly. "I was Lloyd's idea." Just because Kai had no problem bragging about himself meant that he also had no problem bragging about everyone else to literally anyone who would listen. Lloyd found this hilarious.
A chime silenced the bustling room as a clock at the front displaying the countdown flashed rapidly. One hour left. Lloyd's heart jumped into his throat as the realization hit him that this was real. This was actually happening. They were all going to die.
The next few minutes were blurrily numb. He abandoned his meal as everyone soberly got ready to die. Kai and Nya hugged each other, and Skylor and Lloyd each got to hug their sister-in-law as well. Kai pulled a small package from his pocket, which Lloyd realized was his album of family photos. Skylor led the way towards the stairs, as the nearing flare had destroyed the electronics. For several long minutes, they all climbed the stairs, going higher and higher until they reached the roof.
Lloyd took a long inhale as they approached the side, and together, they sat down. Skylor on one side of Lloyd and Kai on the other, then, they looked skywards.
"It's… oddly quiet," Skylor pointed out. "There aren't any birds or wires or anything."
"I was expecting it to be windier," Lloyd added. "This is kind of… disconcerting, in a way. I mean, I know we're gonna die, but… I'm still scared of it."
"Hey," Kai spoke softly. "We're right here. Not to mention we'll all see each other in the departed realm. I can't wait to see my dad and mom."
Lloyd nodded. "I can't wait to see Mystake." He poked Skylor. "You?"
She shook her head. "I hope my family rots in the Cursed Realm. You guys were the best family I ever could have asked for. Better than my dad."
Lloyd smiled at her, and Kai spoke up. "I'm glad we could do that for you."
Skylor sighed happily. "I'm glad I got married to you two."
Lloyd nodded, and Kai smiled painfully. An odd lump grew in Lloyd's throat, and he fought not to cry as he checked his watch. "Two minutes left."
"I love you guys," Skylor whispered, squeezing Kai and Lloyd tighter.
Lloyd sniffled. "I love you two."
"I love you two so much," Kai swallowed painfully. "I'm sorry we have to end like this."
"It's not your fault," Skylor and Lloyd said at almost the same time. They blinked at one another. Lloyd looked up at the flare, watching the bright orange, green and pale purple orchid-shaped blossom in the sky.
As it moved around in a bright circle, Lloyd suddenly felt at peace. Skylor and Kai gave him a final hug, and then Lloyd watched as the flare hit.
Beauty bled into pain before darkness crept across and all went black.
A/N: Well, that was a… surprisingly depressing ending. Anyway, hope you enjoyed and I will see you guys with the next installment!
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**Yes, this is a reference to Animal Crossing. Frita's name in Japan is Wendy's.