Ch.11 ~ Ahraune's Ultimatum
Queen Ahraune sat in her throne, rubbing the cool glass of the hour glass with her index finger. "How beautiful…", she mumbled to a servant nearby. "Blood is such a mysterious and dazzling liquid we produce."
"Quite so", the servant replied, stepping into the light. "Lady Ahraune, I often wonder why you waste your energy with a fool such as Seizm"
These words angered the woman, and she clenched her fists with such rapid force that her long sharp nails drew nails from her pale flesh. She watched as jasper drops of insanity trickled down her palm and then flicked it onto the servant's face. "My… Imener, this glass of death is beautiful, but I believe that you… You look much better drenched in this sweet blood. Dare to question my decisions again, and you will find yourself in such a position."
He looked up immediately with an expression of fear, but hid the raging emotions inside of him. If infuriation got the best of him, he would indeed soon be drenched in "sweet blood". "Heh forgive me for my words then. I should have never imagined ever doubting you. How long will you wait for Seizm?"
Just as Imener finished his sentence, the green eyed man returned in his usual swirl of dry smoke. "The Lady of the Omega has arisen, as has her memory of her mission."
The Queen's dry black lips curved slowly into an unsavory smile. "Yes?", she mumbled, urging him to continue.
"She is Experiment O…she remembers Orpheus…", Seizm broke up abruptly as he watched the woman smear the blood on her palm onto a mirror. Standing up, she glided sinisterly towards him with the bloody mirror held in front of her. The smile had vanished, and was replaced by a macabre expression on her face.
"No, Seizm. I will have no more of this. She has arisen, but we already KNEW who she was. I care not what she has discovered of herself. I WANT THE MOON DESTROYED WITH ORPHEUS IN ITS PLACE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!", she screamed holding out the mirror. "LOOK! LOOK AT YOUR BLOODY REFLECTION. THIS IS HOW YOU WILL LOOK, WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU! GO BEFORE MY PATIENTCE IS CUT!"
He cringed slowly, with his eyes shut tight. He said nothing, for he knew one word would cause him to literally lose his own head. Ahraune's penalties were exotic and gruesome. The deaths were long and painful, with no signs of remorse or clemency. Without saying a word, Seizm bowed his shuddering body down with deep respect, and then vanished.
When he left, Ahraune thrust the mirror to the ground with a loud crash and looked up at Imener. "Send someone from the ghost fleet out.", she mumbled to him. "He needs to be watched over. Meanwhile, you find me the Moon Princess. I have a more appalling plan for her."
The man's face lit up with a shallow smirk. "Very well then", he replied. "Very well…."
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Queen Ahraune sat in her throne, rubbing the cool glass of the hour glass with her index finger. "How beautiful…", she mumbled to a servant nearby. "Blood is such a mysterious and dazzling liquid we produce."
"Quite so", the servant replied, stepping into the light. "Lady Ahraune, I often wonder why you waste your energy with a fool such as Seizm"
These words angered the woman, and she clenched her fists with such rapid force that her long sharp nails drew nails from her pale flesh. She watched as jasper drops of insanity trickled down her palm and then flicked it onto the servant's face. "My… Imener, this glass of death is beautiful, but I believe that you… You look much better drenched in this sweet blood. Dare to question my decisions again, and you will find yourself in such a position."
He looked up immediately with an expression of fear, but hid the raging emotions inside of him. If infuriation got the best of him, he would indeed soon be drenched in "sweet blood". "Heh forgive me for my words then. I should have never imagined ever doubting you. How long will you wait for Seizm?"
Just as Imener finished his sentence, the green eyed man returned in his usual swirl of dry smoke. "The Lady of the Omega has arisen, as has her memory of her mission."
The Queen's dry black lips curved slowly into an unsavory smile. "Yes?", she mumbled, urging him to continue.
"She is Experiment O…she remembers Orpheus…", Seizm broke up abruptly as he watched the woman smear the blood on her palm onto a mirror. Standing up, she glided sinisterly towards him with the bloody mirror held in front of her. The smile had vanished, and was replaced by a macabre expression on her face.
"No, Seizm. I will have no more of this. She has arisen, but we already KNEW who she was. I care not what she has discovered of herself. I WANT THE MOON DESTROYED WITH ORPHEUS IN ITS PLACE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!", she screamed holding out the mirror. "LOOK! LOOK AT YOUR BLOODY REFLECTION. THIS IS HOW YOU WILL LOOK, WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU! GO BEFORE MY PATIENTCE IS CUT!"
He cringed slowly, with his eyes shut tight. He said nothing, for he knew one word would cause him to literally lose his own head. Ahraune's penalties were exotic and gruesome. The deaths were long and painful, with no signs of remorse or clemency. Without saying a word, Seizm bowed his shuddering body down with deep respect, and then vanished.
When he left, Ahraune thrust the mirror to the ground with a loud crash and looked up at Imener. "Send someone from the ghost fleet out.", she mumbled to him. "He needs to be watched over. Meanwhile, you find me the Moon Princess. I have a more appalling plan for her."
The man's face lit up with a shallow smirk. "Very well then", he replied. "Very well…."
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