Red Equals Passionate
[A glimpse becomes a look; they could not be more different but they still balance each other out. GenesisxRosso; drabble series]
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters or the FFVII franchise. I also do not own Sakine Meiko or VOCALOID.
A/N: Another song-inspired piece, this time it's the Vocaloid song Hitobashira Alice, or "Human Sacrifice Alice". There are many versions of the song but the story is the same; you can find it on either Youtube or Nico Nico Douga. In short, you have to be familiar with the song to understand the drabble. PS: , you will get your prompt I just need to work out how to interpret that moment in a drabble.
Human Sacrifice Alice
The video was fascinating to behold, the story it told relatively easy to follow and helped along by the images.
That did not change the fact that it was also creepy.
The first Alice was gallant with a sword in hand.
She skipped off into the woods and into Wonderland…
The person in question was a young woman, clad in a white turtleneck, a red dress thrown over it, and a pristine white apron. She held a beautiful sword in her hand, a red spade branded on the back of that same hand. Genesis watched the video with genuine interest. A friend had insisted he check out the video link and while he had gone through the trouble of doing so, the most he knew about these character was that they were vocal synthesizers—false voices made to imitate the real ones.
Cutting one and anything that blocked her path.
Up until the earth was soaked with red to show her wrath…
The "First Alice", was supposedly named Sakine Meiko, and was Wonderland's first visitor. He watched as Meiko cut herself a path through a field of flowers, leaving a red path in her wake as she moved through the woods. Genesis remained silent, pausing the video to focus his attention on the image of Meiko's white silhouette moving further into the sinister forest.
The description was familiar to him, perhaps too familiar for comfort; it did not help that the character was always depicted in red clothing either. An image of her flashed through his mind: she was training.
The training room was exactly like the one in the ShinRa building, though it seemed to Genesis that the chamber down here was larger than the one above. Right now the image projection showed a beautiful cloudless sky over a grassy plain. The peaceful image was somewhat ruined by the sounds of fighting and death-cries in the background.
Genesis clicked on PLAY again.
Such an Alice was to be trapped inside the trees.
A criminal locked away forced to beg on her knees…
Genesis closed his eyes briefly, recalling that the person he was thinking of right now had also been locked away for the major part of her life. The ex-SOLDIER could still hear her voice, demanding freedom, to be let out even if it had to be the first and last time she saw the sky.
Now the video showed black thorny vines closing in around Meiko, the ends slowly transforming into hand-like appendages that began grabbing at her legs, arms or dress. Eventually one black hand covered her mouth and another took hold of her sword hand, forcing Meiko to drop the precious, bloodstained weapon.
The last he saw of her was that same hand, red-painted nails as bright as the blood trickling down the hand before it rose upwards, leaving only the sword and red path as the only signs of her existence.
Other than the path she made while cutting in the wood.
No one knew she existed and she was gone for good…
Genesis closed the window displaying the video link and opened up another, clicking on a random link.
Anything to forget the First Alice and her eerie similarity to Rosso the Crimson.
A/N: Timeline and Rosso's presence are up for speculation: a) She could be alive and living with Genesis but is just not around at the moment of the drabble or b) She is dead and the video evoked thoughts of her in Genesis' mind, making this post-DoC.