There exists a phrase
.
-Murder becomes habit
.
That habit, it does not go
.
-Murder, becomes habit...
.
※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※
.
'What the?' -Julius' shoulders trembled [Why Subaru!]
.
Subaru: [... ... ... ...]
.
Subaru just continued to sit there in his cocoon, arms and legs obstructing his
line of sight completely.
.
Tch! 'At least look at me when you're killing me Subaru! Fuck this!' Biting his lip,
Julius drew in his breath. [RUN!] He asserted, immediately grabbing onto Echidna's
hand he waded through the dark and called to the others once more:
.
[Miss Ram! Miss Emilia! HURRY!]
.
Ram: [He's right Emilia-sama! Come on!]
.
Grabbing Emilia's hand, Ram too made a break for the doorway to the stairs;
Emilia seemed to act only as dead weight as she just stood there looking back
and forth. Ugh! Irritated, Ram tightened her grip [COME ON!] she urged.
.
Emilia: [But what about Subaru!?]
.
Ram: [LEAVE HIM! SHE'S NOT TRYING TO KILL HIM!]
.
Emilia: [Ugh fine!]
.
Immediately picking Ram into a fireman's lift with incredible ease, Emilia lunged
forth taking 4 metre strides with each leap towards the door. Passing through
the archway she turned half the steps to ice and skated down the large spiral
staircase at a rapidly climbing speed nearly reaching 60mph, having to skid her
way down the last few steps to lose her momentum.
.
Shaula: [Ohhh we're playing hide and seek are we? Ufufufufu, I love this game
so I guess I'll give you time to hide] Saying this, Shaula covered her eyes and
began counting at random.
.
Shaula: [2…3…5…7...]
.
Julius: [Come on Echidna!]
.
[I- huff I'm trying. Huff] Echidna wheezed. Being dragged by the hand of Julius
at a pace she simply couldn't keep up with. She heaved shallow breaths trying
to boost her energy, but it only made her feel more sick as she had begun fighting
down the need to throw up.
.
Echidna: [I...haa- I can't….]
.
Julius: [You can! Please bear with me!]
.
'Come on Echidna please!' Julius prayed, as he pursued another matter
.
'My buds, come to me, please. In? Nes?
.
He got no response. 'At least give me a light, something?'
.
Nothing
.
Ugh!
.
Making it towards the dark staircase, Julius challenged the first few steps but-
.
[AH! Ffffffffff~!] Echidna coughed and spluttered, she scrunched up her face
and shut her eyes tight, warm teardrops had begun to well up in them. Having
tripped down a step still wet from the now melted ice Emilia left behind, Echidna
twisted her ankle and broke her elbow against the stone staircase.
.
Julius: [Echidna! Are you okay!?]
.
[Owww.. I'm- Im fine Julius… please just leave me here…] She whimpered.
.
Julius: [What! No I-]
.
Echidna: [-PLEASE Julius…]
.
Julius looked in her eyes as she had cast her gaze towards him. Begging now
with the tears painting her cheeks
.
'What is this..? Echidna please...'
.
Echidna continued: [I can't anymore Julius, ever since Priestella I've felt this
way.]
.
Julius: [Felt what, what's wrong Echidna please! Let me help you! Tell me
these things!]
–—―–—–—―–—
Echidna: [We can't anymore, Julius, I'm sorry. Me and Ana, we're just too tired;
The stress of all this is just too much…]
.
.
.
Echidna: [We just can't….]
.
Shocked, Julius looked on at her. 'Had she already resigned herself for this?'
.
Echidna: [Please Julius. If you have any better chance of surviving without me
as baggage, do so….]
–—―–—–—―–—
'I….' [I can't leave you here… and go on without you.] He confessed. Kneeling
down to meet her eye level, Julius skimmed his middle and forefinger across
her face, catching a tear and letting it run off. Gently he wrapped her in a soft
hug and picked her up in a princess carry. Echidna could only stifle the pain that
wished to voice itself, and continue sniveling into his jacket. She was utterly
ashamed of herself, further curling herself into a ball in his arms. She hoped no
one would see her like this.
.
Julius just continued and started slowly walking down the staircase step-by-step.
Without a shred of urgency.
.
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.
Emilia: [What now Ram!?]
.
Ram: [I'll go get my Sister and the ground dragon, can you set up traps of
any kind?]
.
Emilia: [I can't.]
.
Ram: [Then wait for the other two and help them. We'll meet up again by
the dining room to begin heading towards the stairs to the ground floor.
Hopefully we can escape through the main door, If that doesn't work we'll
need to try the underground catacombs that I traversed with Subaru on
are way here, but that's definitely a last resort!]
.
[Gotcha.] agreed Emilia, kneading her tensed cheeks and relaxing her
frown. Ram faded into the darkness as she turned her heel and fled down the
enormous hallway that rivalled a cathedral's interior.
.
Emilia turned back to the staircase archway leading up to Taygeta
'where are they?'. Should I go look for them? They've been a while.
.
Pitter-patter.
.
Hearing footsteps from the staircase, Emilia immediately paused,
keeping a watchful gaze at the entrance. Slowly, the noise grew as the footsteps
drew closer;
.
.
Ughhh. A strong scent of blood filled Emilia's nose. She covered it up with her
sleeve while keeping a watchful gaze.
.
.
A tall figure began to peek around the corner marching at their own leisure;
The very slight luminance of the hallway unveiling them from the darkness.
.
Emilia: [Julius?]
.
Julius: [Hello, Emilia-sama..]
.
Emilia: [What? What happened to Echidna!? By jove!]
.
Julius could only awkwardly smirk in response to her concern and old way of
speaking. Looking down he examined his candidate: The two bones in her
forearm had pierced the skin of her wrist, poking out as they were exposed
to the cold air. Blood had been running down them and trickling onto her
pure white dress that was now stained with red splotches. It looked grave
but Julius thought the most damaged thing was her expression. He could only
meekly smile at what she was signalling with her behaviour.
.
[She….] Julius paused to take another look at her and sighed [She's alright,
please just let her be…]
.
[O-oh… Oookaaay.] Emilia replied while slightly hurt, turning down her ears.
.
Julius: [About before Emilia, I'm sorry]
.
Emilia: [Its alright Julius. Anyway Ram says we neeeeed to meet her at
the dining hall and start heading down to the first floor.]
.
As she relayed that Emilia turned back to start heading in that direction, Julius
began following her at his own pace whilst taking care not to disturb Echidna's
arm.
.
※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※
.
At the speed they were walking, by the time Emilia, Julius and Echidna arrived
at the dining room, Ram was already sitting there anxiously waiting for them
with Patrasche that carried Rem on her back.
.
[Well I'm glad to see you guys have been taking a rather lax attitude.] Ram spat out,
frowning at Julius.
.
Julius glared back at her. [Ram…] he cautioned in a hushed tone.
.
Ram could only heed the advice and turned around, motioning them to follow her.
.
Ram: [Well unlike you guys, I intend to make this quick so they'll be no stops, first
we should-]
.
[OHOHO READY OR NOT~, -HERE I COME~!] The jovial shout of Shaula sounded
out with a very booming reverberation. Ram, nor Julius or anyone could see her
but the call didn't feel like it echoed around the tower but instead seeped directly
into the room they were standing in.
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—Holding their breaths, a silence persisted until
Shaula's shout subsided. Haah. However once they regained their breathing the
silence continued.
.
–
–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—–—―
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―
[Alright, lets make our move] Ram declared in a hushed tone. The three of them
inching around the corner of the door way.
.
.
Left.
.
.
Right.
.
.
'Were clear'
.
Zipping her eyes about the place Ram returned her gaze back to the others ready
to resume.
.
'Eh?'
–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—
Ram slowly raised her hand pointing her finger behind Julius, With a look of pure
terror on her face.
.
Julius turned around and his heart stopped.
.
Just a few feet away from Julius was Emilia looking up at the ceiling: With a
colossal needle perfectly,vertically impaling her. The butt of the needle was sticking
out of her mouth with her jaw stretched down to her collarbone, the pointy end of
the needle had far extended past the gap between her thighs and had been firmly
planted into the carpet as well as the stone floor past the carpet. As the needle had
still retained its initial twang from the force of which it had been thrown, it took a
while for its vibrating to subside. Emilia's legs had been spasming in place
the entire time.
.
In the dark, quiet space the only noise that had since rung out was the leaking
urine Emilia's torn bladder that had been repeatedly dripping onto the floor.
.
Drip. Drip. Drip...
.
Julius: [We –—―–—We need to split up...] Looking at Ram who soon robotically
returned his gaze, Julius let out a dire call: [RUN!]
.
Ram nodded obediently and led Pastrashe by the reins down the left hand side
of the corridor. Julius had turned to the right and shielded Echidna as he ran
towards the opposing corridor, leaving Emilia all alone...
.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM, BOOOOOOOOOOOOM, BOOOOOOOM. Several quaking
sounds roared out behind them. CRACK. Shaula had soon burst through the
ceiling of the dining room feet first; landing squarely on Emilia's shoulders
resultantly ripping her body in half. Two parabolic arcs of half-elf blood painted
a pair of red wings on the floor beneath her, soon followed by the thud of Emilia's
body(s) hitting the ground.
.
As the dust settled Shaula got up, inspecting the corpse directly beneath her.
Her upturned eyes squinted as an eerie crescent smile managed to crawl itself
across her face.
–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—
[Found~ you~~~] She whispered, batting her eyelashes.
.
Her breath smelt unpleasant.
.
※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※
.
Haah... haaa.. Haah... haaa..
.
Haah….. haa…. Haah...
.
Haa… Haah….
.
Haa..
.
Ram continued sprinting….
.
Haah...haa….
.
Frightened out of her mind she at least managed to make it round the corner.
.
What do I do, What do I do, What do I do, What do I do, What do I do,
What do I do, What do I do, What do I do, What do I do, What do I do.
.
-ack. Ripping out a few split-ends to wake herself up, Ram bit her lips to mask
the pain and directed her gaze to her twin sister resting on the back of Patrasche.
.
Ram: [Patrasche you can understand me, so I want you to take Rem
and head to the exit. Out of the desert if you can. I'll try to find a way out so
leave me here.]
.
Patrasche simply nodded after giving her a guilty look and rushed off down
the staircase to the ground floor. Swift decisions aiming for the best logical
outcome, an outcome in the best interest of Roswaal and Emilia. Ram decided
it was not one of these times to employ them and just go with her gut. Looking
at the back of Patrasche as she sprinted off, she could only be more relieved with
her decision.
.
Phew Watching them leave Ram sighed and sprinted toward the other side of
the hallway leaving a trail of the fabric from her sleeve as bait. Once it was set
she double- backed on herself and rushed through the door of a room halfway
between the staircase and where she just was.
–—―–—–—―–—
Once again it was silent.
.
Ram treaded lightly around the large bedroom searching for a hiding spot.
'I suppose I just have to wait for Barusu to regain his senses' She thought
'that or….'
.
.
.
…. or….. ugh! What can I do!?
.
SLAM!
.
Kicking the desk in front of her, the wooden leg split making it collapse
onto its side. One of the draws opened at a slant revealing some sort of
diary. Curious, Ram knelt down and picked it up, naturally sitting on the
bed behind her as she opened it.
.–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―
My Dream Journal:
.
"Mmmm Mmmmph! Master mmm we can't. Not like this-"
.
Master: "Come here you dirty sow, I've been hungry for your boobs these
past 400 years."
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–
THUMP. Immediately closing the book, Ram threw it back into the draw
with enough force for it to tear in half. Oddly enough though the book
proved indestructible.
.
'Disgusting…. But I can guess who's room this is, Crazy Bitch.'
.
'I need to get out here before anything else, if she comes back I'm done for….
.
or she will..'
.
.
.
...I'm sorry, Emilia-sama. You. you didn't deserve that.
–—―–—–—―–—Tch!
.
'What could I….' Ram rested her elbows on her knees and tightly gripped
her face, suppressing the sobs that really wanted to escape 'I couldn't do anything'.
.
Nothing
.
[Why?] she sniveled.
.
'You're no Miss. Ram.'
.
Hearing those words again, Ram's nose became runny, as she silently wept.
.
.
.
–—―–
–—―–—–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–Click
.
The clacking of someone's high heels broke out
.
Click. Click. Click.
.
Ram jolted her head forward staring at the door, wiping her nose she urgently
looked everywhere else for a place to hide
.
'Shit!'
.
Immediately, she hid in one of the bedside curtains at the far end of the room,
and waited for the sounds to stop.
.
Click. Click. Click.
.
But queerly, rather than becoming louder, the clacking of heels only ever
became faster.
.
Click. Click. Click. Click Click Click Click Click Click ClickClickClickClickClickClick
ClickClickClickClickClick ClickCli-ClickCli-ClickCli-ClickCli-Click-ick-ick-ick-ick-
ickickickickickickickickickickickickickickickickickickickickick-
.
It became so grating that Ram covered her ears in the curtains, blocking it out
.
But some sounds still seeped through-
.
.
.
.
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—[Hello Ram-chan~]
.
Badump Badump Ram's heart rate began to climb higher, but she still stayed
hidden hoping she was just hearing things and that no one was actually there.
.
.
.
.
.
–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—
[Why is my book on the floor Ram?]
[... ... … …. ...]
[Did you read it?]
[... … … ..]
[Ah! What happened to one of the pages!]
[... …. ..]
[How could you!]
[... ...]
[This is one the memories me and Master will soon share!]
[...]
[Why Ram! WHY RAM! WHY RAM! WHY RAM! W-!]
–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—
[come to think of it.]
[... ... … ... … ..]
[You weren't very nice to Master earlier.]
[.. … ... … ..]
[You even tried to kill him. How scary~]
.
Badump Badump Badump…..
.
[Found~ you~~~]
.
Whoosh hastily rushing out of the curtains Ram sprinted towards the door
at full speed.
.
-MMMMPPHFF!
.
All the momentum she had when running had stopped dead as she was
pulled back by something she was caught on. Regaining her senses, Ram found
herself caught on the curtain that was now gagging her mouth.
.
Shaula: [Now now Ram not so fast.]
.
Behind her Shaula held one end of the curtain that had been wrapped across
her face and hugged her other arm under Ram's armpit, tightly gripping the
opposite shoulder.
.
Shaula: [Oohoho what's this, demon form? Now that's interesting]
.
An orb of sharp wind centred around Ram abruptly began to whirl, desecrating
the entire room.
.
–—Other than Shaula who was fine
.
Shaula: [Too bad master taught me well~.]
.
Ram froze in place as a terrible jolt shook all of her organs. Straining her
eyeballs to look up at her horn, going cross-eyed whilst doing so, she saw
Shaula's third and fourth finger penetrate the crater in her forehead.
.
MMMPPHFF! MMM MMPHFF!
.
Ram's horn transformation was abruptly cut short as the rebound of it
nearly exploded her brain. Shaula separated her hand from the wound
and evaded the blood spraying out at her. Pulling back Ram's head
with the curtain lodged between her teeth, Shaula swung her across
the room using the momentum carried over from her dodging the blood.
.
–uuuf! 'What the-' Ram's head struck the face of the brick fireplace side on,
knocking her out.
.
※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※
.
Haah….. haa…. Haah...
.
Haa… Haah….
.
Haa..
.
Julius continued sprinting….
.
Haah...haa….Uuf!
.
Echidna: [Aghkk!]
.
Tripping up beside the wall, Echidna who Julius was carrying had her exposed
bones scraped across the bricks and pillars causing them to thresh about the
interior of her arm. The bleeding that had slowed once again erupted.
.
Julius: [I'm sorry are you alright!]
.
Echidna: [–—―–—]
.
Julius: [Echidna?]
.
Echidna: [Huh? Yes Julius?]
.
Completely out of it, Echidna replied.
.
At this point she was simply going off adrenaline, but now her head was
getting fuzzy. Only registering half of what happens at any given moment
she just relaxed her eyes and let them close.
.
Julius: [Echidna?]
.
.
.
.
–—―–—
–—―–—–—―–—
Julius: [Echidna!?]
.
Echidna: [I'm not dead, don't, worry...]
.
Julius: [Thank god…]
.
Echidna: [Hey Julius?]
.
Julius: [Hmm?]
.
Echidna: [Can we stop to rest… and just wait this out?]
.
While asking this Echidna gestured towards an empty room to their left.
.
Julius: [–—―–—–]
.
Weighing his options, and they were very limited at that, Julius looked at
Echidna and sighed once more
.
'Nothing seems to be going right recently'
.
Julius: [Alright.]
.
Relaxing his face Julius smiled toward Echidna, who weakly smiled back as
they entered the open room.
.
Julius: [The green room?]
.
Realising where he was Julius placed Echidna on one of the empty beds
and drew up a chair to sit next to her.
.
Watching the spirit of the green room envelop Echidna, Julius was relieved.
.
Hmmmmmm~~. The minor spirits had a soft hum to them as they each
gathered around Echidna, now glowing a soft green.
.
'Haah…' Dazzled by the sight of it Julius let his awe escape his mouth
as it slowly began to lift the corners of his lips into the first genuine
smile he had put on in a while.
.
'Is this the first time I've ever been alone with her since she had
forgotten about me?' Julius wondered.
.
'...even I forgot for a second there that she no longer remembers me…'
Tsk!
.
It was a very hard ordeal for him as he held his appearance above all
else. If they had forgotten his devotion what was he. What was he to
them. A poser just filling the gap they now have; And they accept him,
but only out of their own obligation to do so: It was not simply his
burden anymore, everyone he knew also carried the weight of it the
second he brought it to their attention.
.
-Their lives would've been better off if they simply forgot that they forgot him-
.
But he didn't forget. Subaru didn't forget. It was one of the odd things
about him that made him both miraculous and frightening. How did he
remember him and why was it him who remembered him. Julius certainly
felt like if he had to pick someone who remembered him Subaru would be
the very last person on that list.
.
'But at least I know what he thinks about me' He thought
.
However.
.
'What does Ram think about me? Probably not a fan, I'm guessing.'
.
'What did Emilia think of me?' Probably not a fan either,
damn acting like Subaru is a fast-track to becoming unpopular'
.
But still..
.
'What did Beatrice think about me?'
.
'What did Meili think of me'
–
–—―–—–—―–—
'How did Anastasia feel about me?'
.
'How does Echidna feel about me?
–
–—―–—–
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—[Huh?]
.
Julius felt a soft hand grasp his own. Looking down he saw Echidna
deeply staring back into him, her eyes were crystal clear.
.
Echidna: [What's that expression on your face for Julius?]
.
Noticing just now what she meant, Julius immediately wiped off the
disgraceful waterworks and looked away.
.
'She can't see me like this' he thought.
.
'It's pathetic' he thought.
.
'I'm pathetic' he felt.
.
Echidna: [Julius….]
.
Julius: [–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—Echidna?]
.
Echidna: [Yes?]
.
Julius: [How do you feel about me?]
–—―
––—–—―–—
–—―–—–―–—–—–—―–—–—―–
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–―–—–—―–—–—―–—Huh!?
Immediately glowing red from his very blunt way of addressing it, Echidna
opened and closed her mouth many times in surprise.
.
Echidna: [Ah–—―! Well I–—―—!]
.
Julius: [Echidna..]
.
Echidna: [I- I can't speak for Ana, but I assume she-]
.
Julius: [Not Anastasia-sama]
.
Echidna: [Huh?]
.
Julius: [How do you feel about me?]
.
Once again shocked, her blush only grew deeper as she was at a complete
loss for words.
.
'How do I feel…?' She thought.
.
Echidna: [I- It could just be that Ana's head's all dizzy–—―–—! But I.
I like you, Julius.]
.
'What?' Julius paused.
.
Catching the possible ulterior meaning, Julius turned back to face her as she
was biting her own lip, looking like she wanted to chew her own face off.
.
Seeing Julius looking back at her after saying something so embarrassing she
grew hot and looked away
.
Julius: [You do?]
.
Julius stuttered, wracking his brain for the true meaning.
.
–—―–—–—―–—
.
Echidna: [I do.]
.
Shooting a re-take Julius asked once again:
.
[And by like you mean-]
.
Echidna: [YES YES YOU IDIOT! 'BY LIKE THAT'S WHAT I MEAN' IS ALL IT
COULD MEAN WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION LIKE THAT!]
.
Echidna immediately hid her face in her hair as she wanted to bury herself,
what's worse was Julius continued rubbing it in.
.
Stunned with his jaw hitting the floor, Julius had to use his own hand just
to stop his mouth from gaping.
–—
–—―–—–—―–—–— [I like you too.]
Julius choked back in reply. He relayed this whilst clenching his fists and
closing his eyes.
.
.
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—[Julius.]
After a long silence Echidna called his name. Opening his eyes Julius found
her slowly standing up off the bed to face towards him. Slowly, Julius also
stood up to match her.
–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—[Echidna.]
.
Echidna, looking up at him, decided to gently close her eyes and wait.
.
Seeing this, Julius drew his face nearer and nearer towards hers.
.
Slowly and slowly drawing nearer, Julius too had shut his eyes.
.
Drawing nearer and nearer…
.
Until…
.
[CLANG!]
.
He felt her touch.
.
Confused, he opened his eyes; But found out he couldn't open his eyes.
Instead he tried to move his head, but found that he couldn't move his head.
Trapped in darkness, Julius had remained in that moment forever.
.
.
.
A large needle had impaled them both.
.
.
.
A collateral shot piercing both of their skulls, the needle lifted both their
bodies off the ground before impaling itself against the wall a few metres
ahead of them at a rising angle.
.
Sss~ A sizzling sound rang out as the heat on the needle had begun boiling
their faces before permanently fusing them together. Now tightly conjoined
at the head, both Julius and Echidna slowly slid down the quaking needle before
tumbling to the floor with a pathetic thump.
–—―–—–—―–—–—
–—―–—–—―–—–—
They now lay there forever: forever kissing.
.
※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※
.
GHHHHH!
.
Ram jolted up from her unconsciousness, forcing air to her lungs. Having
recomposed herself she eyed her surroundings: Ceiling. Walls. Floor. No Shaula.
.
'But why am I looking at the ceiling?' She wondered.
.
Looking down to her body her face grew pale.
.
–—―–—–—―–—–—Oh.
.
No arms, No legs. Just a head.
.
Her arms were cut off. SLASH.
.
Her legs were ripped off. RIP.
.
.
.
—―–—–—―–—–—[OHOHOHO~ RAM~-CHAN~]
.
Shaula's voice rang out as she turned past the doorway and swaggered into
the room.
.
Shaula: [Awww, look at you~, aren't you just too~ cute.]
.
Ram: [—―–—–—]
.
Shaula: [Don't worry little Ram! loooook what I got~!]
.
Ram: [—―–—–—]
.
In her left hand lay a heavy chain and in her right lay a large belt attached
to that chain.
.
'Why.' Ram questioned
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Shaula: [Now normally I'll be lenient and kill you kindly but since you tried
to kill master, I can't let that go~]
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Why is this happening. What is going on. No-arms-no-legs? Just a head and
a body. Ram lamented at what she is now reduced to.
.
'But, my body.'
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-You're no Miss, Ram-
.
—hk.
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'Why' sniffle, 'Why?'
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Shaula: [Aww, don't cry Ram-chan you poor thing~. You didn't need those
limbs anyway, being my dog suits you better, a bitch like you was born for
the task~.]
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'Why?'
.
-You're no Miss, Ram-
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Shaula: [It's not like you had much feminine charm to begin with little Ram~.
Don't worry about it too much, you haven't lost a whole lot!]
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-You're no Miss, Ram-
.
'Am I.. That bad'
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Shaula: [No one ever fancied you anyway Ram, don't stress it, it was a stretch
to call you a girl in the first place~.]
.
-You're no Miss, Ram-
.
'I was just a bitch?'
.
'Never a girl?'
.
-You're no Miss, Ram-
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Ram: [—―–—–—]
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Shaula: [No one would have ever loved you in that way, Ram-chan.]
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Ram: [—―–—–—]
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Shaula: [Now cheer up pet! Here, I'll help you put on my present~!]
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Ram: [—―–—–—]
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Click! The belt was tightly strapped in place, attaching Ram's torso on a
chain to be dragged around. 'Why?' Ram had long since given up on that
question, she didn't need to know for the facts still stood: She was never
a girl, she lost nothing but her limbs. No one ever loved her apart from a
dumb cat, but even that was just a childish fascination. No love behind it.
No one truly loved her, so she had in fact lost nothing.
.
'I'm sorry that I'm not Echidna, Roswaal-sama.'
.
Losing the light in her eyes, Ram gave up on fighting. She was just
obediently placid.
—―–—–—Like the dog she is...
.
Shaula started strolling at an idle pace, towing Ram behind her.
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Shaula: [Come on little nugget-chan~! Speed up]
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Yanking the chain forward, Ram was flung forward and then choked back as
the chain reached it's full extension. Flopping back on the floor like a fish; Ram
just lay there emotionless.
.
Shaula: [We need more enthusiasm from you! Look! There's a fly on the wall
go fetch IT!]
.
Following her words Shaula immediately whipped up the chain and SLAM.
Smashed Ram against the wall, leaving an imprint of her teeth.
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Falling back down Shaula continued: [Oh there's another one!] SLAM.
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These events repeated themselves over and over.
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SLAM/CRACK
Ram's skull cracked.
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SLAM/CRACK
Ram bones snapped.
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SLAM/SPLAT
Ram's lungs were squished.
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SLAM/SPLAT
Ram's liver had torn.
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SPLAT
Ram's intestines unraveled.
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SPLAT
Ram's heart popped.
.
SPLAT
—―
—―–—–—
—―–—–—―–—–—―
—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—―–—–—SPLAT.
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Shaula: [Phew, worked up a sweat that did! Sorry Ram-chan, Master's
waiting for me!]
.
Carelessly discarding the chain, all that now lay attached to it now were
a bloodied pulp of organs loosely affixed to a rib cage.
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Ram was left there alone in that room. Forever alone, she would never
find someone who loved her back.
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Subaru: [I'm sorry, I promise to bring you all back.]
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Hi again. I should say that this chapter does not reflect in anyway how I feel about Ram, just thought it was a cool concept.
I plan on taking this past Arc 7 I can't guarantee ANY upload schedule, I'll just have a crack at it whenever.
Thanks for reading this far if you did, I hoped you liked the first 3 chapters and leave a comment if there's something that I could include.