Crimson Tears
By Li Mai
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Chapter 1 : The Town
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Her expression was cold. She had no feeling, it was obvious. She was just there for entertainment. To tell people what they wanted. There to make the horrid feel better. She was just a toy to them and somehow she knew it. Somewhere inside of her she knew that, but was still as cold as she usually was. This was her existence.
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Tasuki was walking through the village the bandits were thinking of pillaging. The streets were almost bare. It was a small town. There were a few shops and a few restaurants, but there wasn't much else. He looked around, listening to the sounds of anyone nearby. So far he had only seen 5 people, and they were all elderly men. He could hear the sound of his boots lightly hitting the ground. He began to whistle. It was so boring. Why did the men ask him to check out the village? Why not someone else? I mean he was the leader of them and all. He figured he was just stuck with it. It gave him a chance to get some air. He began to think of how they would destroy the village, the whole thing in his mind.
Suddenly he stopped walking. His mouth went wide open when he saw the long line of men outside of one little house. "What the hell." he said softly to himself. He watched as they would go in and out. An old woman would come and get them when one left. He walked up to the line of men. He went to one of them and hit him on the arm. "What the hell's goin' on here?" he looked puzzled. The man removed his hat and crushed it in his palms. He glared at the young bandit. He looked as if he wanted to kill him. Little did he know Tasuki was there to see it to be the other way around. Tasuki glared back.
"What do you want here kid?" the man growled.
"I'm on my way to Mao Fai.I've stopped through here." Tasuki thought of the town he was talking of. He didn't remember if it was real or not. He had had to make up towns for his bandits many times.
"Well.okay." the man grimaced. "You don't know what this is?" Tasuki shook his head. The man pointed to a sign at the front of the house. It read: Amazing Girl Will Tell Your Fortunes For Free. "People usually end up paying them though..," Tasuki was intrigued. He barged to the front of the line, pushing anyone he needed to out of the way. He got many replies from angry people about his actions. He didn't care; he had to check this city, right? He might as well check everything. He pushed the man at the front out of his way. The heavy-set man sent death glances at him.
"I've been waiting here all day you punk! You get out of the way!" Tasuki didn't move. "I told you to move your ass!" Tasuki reached for the tessen at his side. Suddenly the old woman came out from the small house. She looked at the two men and coughed.
"Excuse me, sirs, but which one of you is going?" she said feebly. Tasuki smacked the other man.
"Me!" he yelled. He barged into the small house. The woman got in front of him.
"Let me take you to my daughter," she said. "She is the one you'll want to see for the reading." They walked down a hallway that seemed to go on forever. Tasuki was getting impatient. He looked at the simple walls. They were white.so was the floor.and the ceiling. Everything was white. But he kept walking on. Then the old woman stopped in front of a pair of sliding doors. She gently pulled them open. "Here we are. Ming Te I have another man who wants to see you!" She walked into the blackened room, leaving Tasuki outside the door. "You may come in young man." Tasuki stepped into the room and sat in a chair the old woman offered.
"This is my daughter," she said, "Ming Te."
By Li Mai
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Chapter 1 : The Town
~
Her expression was cold. She had no feeling, it was obvious. She was just there for entertainment. To tell people what they wanted. There to make the horrid feel better. She was just a toy to them and somehow she knew it. Somewhere inside of her she knew that, but was still as cold as she usually was. This was her existence.
~
Tasuki was walking through the village the bandits were thinking of pillaging. The streets were almost bare. It was a small town. There were a few shops and a few restaurants, but there wasn't much else. He looked around, listening to the sounds of anyone nearby. So far he had only seen 5 people, and they were all elderly men. He could hear the sound of his boots lightly hitting the ground. He began to whistle. It was so boring. Why did the men ask him to check out the village? Why not someone else? I mean he was the leader of them and all. He figured he was just stuck with it. It gave him a chance to get some air. He began to think of how they would destroy the village, the whole thing in his mind.
Suddenly he stopped walking. His mouth went wide open when he saw the long line of men outside of one little house. "What the hell." he said softly to himself. He watched as they would go in and out. An old woman would come and get them when one left. He walked up to the line of men. He went to one of them and hit him on the arm. "What the hell's goin' on here?" he looked puzzled. The man removed his hat and crushed it in his palms. He glared at the young bandit. He looked as if he wanted to kill him. Little did he know Tasuki was there to see it to be the other way around. Tasuki glared back.
"What do you want here kid?" the man growled.
"I'm on my way to Mao Fai.I've stopped through here." Tasuki thought of the town he was talking of. He didn't remember if it was real or not. He had had to make up towns for his bandits many times.
"Well.okay." the man grimaced. "You don't know what this is?" Tasuki shook his head. The man pointed to a sign at the front of the house. It read: Amazing Girl Will Tell Your Fortunes For Free. "People usually end up paying them though..," Tasuki was intrigued. He barged to the front of the line, pushing anyone he needed to out of the way. He got many replies from angry people about his actions. He didn't care; he had to check this city, right? He might as well check everything. He pushed the man at the front out of his way. The heavy-set man sent death glances at him.
"I've been waiting here all day you punk! You get out of the way!" Tasuki didn't move. "I told you to move your ass!" Tasuki reached for the tessen at his side. Suddenly the old woman came out from the small house. She looked at the two men and coughed.
"Excuse me, sirs, but which one of you is going?" she said feebly. Tasuki smacked the other man.
"Me!" he yelled. He barged into the small house. The woman got in front of him.
"Let me take you to my daughter," she said. "She is the one you'll want to see for the reading." They walked down a hallway that seemed to go on forever. Tasuki was getting impatient. He looked at the simple walls. They were white.so was the floor.and the ceiling. Everything was white. But he kept walking on. Then the old woman stopped in front of a pair of sliding doors. She gently pulled them open. "Here we are. Ming Te I have another man who wants to see you!" She walked into the blackened room, leaving Tasuki outside the door. "You may come in young man." Tasuki stepped into the room and sat in a chair the old woman offered.
"This is my daughter," she said, "Ming Te."