Six: Composed
Characters: Count Bleck
He stood up there, waiting, alone except for Nastasia. He did not speak to her. He would rather send her away, but was afraid of what would happen if he did. No, he couldn't bear to be alone at this moment.
He rehearsed his speech in his head again. He knew Timpani would not want to hurt him. He would have to goad them to it. He would have to appear to be fighting them in earnest, or else all would be lost.
He would not truly hurt them though. He was the one who must die. He was the one who had destroyed an entire tribe and killed his own father. He was the one who deserved it, not all these worlds he was pretending to crush.
He knew what to say. If Timpani were to speak to his heart, though… He decided he would be honest with her. She deserved that much, and he would still push forward to the end.
The castle shook with The Void's rumblings. He hoped the others were ok. He knew they would be defeated, and he would have rather had them all here. But they wouldn't understand and would try to help him, and it added to the pretense anyway.
After an eternity, the man in red arrived. But he was alone. Had something happened? He pushed down his concern and his real soul, beginning his tirade with an eerie laugh. "Bleh heh heh heh heh…"
