Crimson Dust: Shattered
Tears fall down my cheeks /I was used in the end... Why did I trust him? Why did I continue living to make him proud when he didn't even care? Why...
...I always try my best...
...I always look into peoples eyes...
...I don't care if nobody likes me...
...It's not my fault I'm unable to answer questions...
...I'm not stupid...
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...Should I just die and be done with it?/
I clutch my fist, ready to log off when-
„Dust!"
-I hear people coming my way. I turn to them with a dead expression and tilt my head to the right.
„I heard what happened from Zui" Prince tells me „Are you okay?"
„...Maybe? I don't know..." I answer indifferent.
„You don't know? How is that an answer, Dust!" Flower complains to me.
I look away from them „It doesn't matter..."
„What doesn't matter?" I hear a very familiar voice ask and see Dictator behind me, wearing a confused gaze.
I turn my head „It doesn't matter..."
„Of course it d-" Yulian yells when an arrow pierces her.
Everyone gets into a defense stance while Wolf heals Yulian. A player with bow and arrow shows up.
„Why did you shoot her?!" Prince shouts angry.
„Because I don't like you lot. You will die, too" the player replies with a huff.
/Just because of that...? For something so stupid you intent to kill someone?/ Anger builts up within me „LEAVE!"
The other are surprised at my shout.
„Dust, calm down. It's not good to be angry" Doll tells me in worry.
„NO! I'm done with people trying to use me and disregarding life! I'm done with it!" I shout as loud as I can.
I glare at the archer with a murderous face and mutter only one word while I point my staff at him „Die..."
The archer is enfluged by fire and screams in agony while he is slowly being eaten by the flames. The others with expection of Dictator stare at me in awe, their mouths wide open.
„W-Wow... What an awesome move!" Wen compliments.
„Yeah, totally! How he went up in flames!" Jing cheers but I hardly hear it.
My vision swirls and I touch my forehead, at least I think I do. I stagger a bit backwards until I bump into Dictator. I can hear voices which are possibly wondering if I'm okay but my blurred sight is only focused on Dictator until my body feels light and hot at the same time, everything goes completely black.
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„Dust? What's up? Are you okay?" I ask with increasing worry.
„Hey, Dust!" Doll calls out and the other follow her.
The priest/wolf comes up to me „Can you lie her on the ground? It doesn't seem like she logged off, I'm going to check her over"
I do as he says /She definitly didn't log off but something feels wrong.../
Wolf finishs checking her over.
„Is she alright?" I wonder.
„To be honest: I don't know, there's nothing that I could heal. She seems kind of unconscious but not completely..." Wolf seems to be at a loss of words.
„I... might have an idea..." Kaikishoku pipes up with an unsure expression „Dust told me that she once discovered something... weird... in Second Life and went to check it. She left that matter to someone else afterwards but looked into the one who created the game: Long Dian.
After she found the right password she looked into some of the companys secret files. They stated that someone made experiments using the game. Players would be trapped within the game with no way of getting back.
Dust explained all of it to me and I can say that she's in a... similiar position..." he looks away.
Prince looks at him wide-eyed „What do you mean?"
„She's dying. Her anger just now must have been the trigger, she's on the verge of disappearing. She problably won't become trapped but die either way. If my guess is right then her 'soul' is shattered and trapped in the game" Kaikishoku explains with discomfort.
„So we will need to find the parts of her soul?" Jing wonders and Kaikishoku nods.
„But how do we find them?" Prince wonders.
Kaikishoku averts their gaze until he looks at me who seems uncertain of what to do „Will you help?"
„I will" I assure and closes my eyes„I can't let someone die in here"
Kaikishoku looks relieved.
„So where should we start searching?" Zui asks Kaikishoku.
I open my eyes „I guess her whole 'soul' is still in her body, even if it's shattered. I can temporary merge my code with hers and search for them but it's dangerous for both sides"
„Is there a way to help?" Flower wonders.
I nod „Dusts body could have problems on the other side. Someone will need to watch over it and make sure she is alright"
„I can arrange that!" Kaikishoku exclaims „I will send Clock a message, she knows where Dust lives!"
I smile relieved „Do that"
Ten minutes later, Clock reassures that she arrived. Everyone went into Infinite City meanwhile and lied Dust down on a bed.
„You will save Dust, right?" Doll questions me anxious.
I look at her confused and then smile „Of course. I will save her"
Doll looks at me with a soft smile „You really love her, don't you?"
„L...ove... her...?" I watch Doll bewildered.
