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originally posted in:The New Dojo
5/23/2017 9:49:02 PM
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"Well w-w-why w-w-would weeeee......" The leader scarecrow seemed to slur its speech as suddenly all of the dancing began to slow down. Then, all the scarecrows heads went limp as suddenly a whisper seemed to fill the air. The whisper was that of a man and he seemed to be speaking some odd language...
English
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Arianna silently sheathed her sword, while Isaac merely stood still, sputtering as if attempting to speak, yet failing. Arianna sighed sorrowfully, as she had predicted that it would come to this: Isaac did not. "...I-I'm sorry." Arianna said, kneeling next to the scarecrow, as she futilely held its hand. "...Felix did this, and we were forced to... God. I'm so sorry.." Arianna went silent afterwards, closing her eyes as she thought of something merciful. "...If you want, I can...end the pain. Make it quick, if you...if you think that's alright."
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The crow looked at Arianna for a moment with its blank expression. Then, with its free hand, it reached down to its side and grabbed the ocarina from its pocket and handed it to Arianna. "C-can you...give that to Zane, please? And...the other instruments...to Rorek and his sister? Please?" It asked Arianna with weak breath.
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Arianna opened her eyes and looked upon the ocarina, silently nodding as she took it with her free hand. "I shall. I don't know Zane very well, or his son, but...I'll get these to him." She smiled, pocketing the ocarina and sighing. "...Is that all, then?"
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"Y-ya...that's...it. Hehe." It let out its weak laugh as its head fell limp to the side. It hummed the song the two had heard from before, but then it faded away until the room was silent...
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Once Arianna had made sure that the scarecrow had finally died, she sighed, letting his hand fall limp as she let go and rose up, facing Isaac solemnly. "Get the Instruments. And get your kamas. We're killing a Coldbourne - or torturing him to death, I don't care at this point." Isaac gulped, as he grabbed his kama, the tambourine and the horn and pocketed each, although he was forced to hold the tambourine. He'd find a safe place for it...later. "...Do you think that's it, here?" Isaac muttered. "Dunno." Arianna sighed once more, shaking her head in disgust.
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Isaac suddenly felt a sensation of thirst come over him as his vision beat a blood red. It only lasted for four seconds before it subsided but it had surprised him.
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Edited by Weeaboo Of War: 6/1/2017 12:39:35 AM"F-Fuсk!" Isaac gagged in surprise, as Arianna immediately jolted to his side, holding him up. "Isaac? What's wrong?" "N-Nothing, it's.." "Bull. Tell me. You never swear unless something's wrong." "...Red flashes, feelings of thirst - is this the infection? I-I can't succumb to it, not now, I need to survive for Pan-" "Isaac. Calm down." Arianna sighed, forcing her brother to look at her. She shook her head, letting go after a moment. "...When we get back, we'll cure it. If it is the infection...when did it start?" "W-When we came in..." Isaac murmured, while a dreadful thought came to his mind: issuing out the blood from his clawed arm, or amputate the wound entirely. "Should we amputate, o-or.." "What? No!" Arianna shouted in surprise, knowing that Isaac still had blood manipulation - or at least, some form of it. "We can't take that chance, it would be.." "Ari, if it's an infection, we have to!" Isaac yelled back, sighing as he considered his options: he wouldn't last long if the infection was already spreading, and it had already begun to effect him mentally. Either these were the beginning symptoms... ...or Isaac was already doomed.
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As the two spoke, Ari saw light come through the massive set of doors past the doors to the throne room. Presumably, that was the entrance to the castle.
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Arianna sighed, lifting Isaac up and leading him to the entrance. Isaac meanwhile had begun to scour through his blood, attempting to discover any forms of infection that he had contracted - specifically, where he had been clawed. Manipulation of the liquid allowed him to do so, really.
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Edited by Inflatablepants: 6/1/2017 12:49:10 AMHe discovered anomalies in his blood stream. It was as if his blood was being eaten away at by some form of micro-parasitic creatures that were reproducing by the thousands. It was isolated to his lower arm but he saw that it was slowly making its way up to his shoulder.
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"A-Ari, it's spreading through my arm-" "...Hang tight, Isaac.." Arianna muttered, pushing open the doors and breathing in the air. Isaac was sweating now, his entire being was shaking, as he gulped and carried on.
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As the two kids stepped outside, they saw the bright blue sky shine down on them. There were no more dead in the streets, and everything was quiet. They stood in a courtyard as they exited from the front of the castle.
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"...We got this, Isaac. It'll be fine." "...If I ever seem like I'll hurt you, or anyone, o-or... ...just kill me. Please. Promise me." "I-" "Promise me." "...Fine. I promise." The two said no more, the conversation finished with Isaac's last sigh. The two carried onwards, searching for the entrance from where they entered via boat.
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Edited by Inflatablepants: 6/1/2017 1:11:20 AMThey found the docks, which were all but a wreck with destroyed boats and blood splattered everywhere. However, they found a functioning boat. After an hour of trying to start it, the two were off, out towards the sea.... And their final trial. [spoiler]end of chapter 29[/spoiler]
