>>6346083Every fresh uncertainty sends another spike of pain through your head like a burning railroad spike–this… it can’t end like this, you think as your throat grows narrow and scratchy, you could’ve brought those Teksouls with you, right? But then you wouldn’t be stealthy… and Rezzie–is she okay? Would they sound the alarm if she was captured?!
Time, you think as a ragged wheeze leaves your lips, you just… you just need some more time-
“OI, uh… M-Master Rhaevus!”
Their voice is muffled from the door’s thickness and your rapidly-diminishing senses, but you’d recognize it anywhere: it’s one of the guards!
“Y-you alright in there, mate? You’re uh… usually a bit louder and…” You can’t see it, but you’d bet every Bell you have that the guard’s looking to his counterpart for assistance right now! “A-and, um… Oh, the guy with ‘em! Can you let us know if Master Rhaevus is okay?”
“Y-yea!” His associate finally adds with equal amounts of confidence, “And, um, are… you’re okay too, yea? Do… do you usually get all quiet-like when youse um…”
The walls are closing in around you–it won’t be long before they investigate, that much is certain–you just… you just need…
<span class="mu-r">”...A boost?”</span>
… Oh <span class="mu-i">brother</span>, here we go…
<span class="mu-r">”It’s always the Swoos, isn’t it, pard?”</span> Remarks the devil in your head as a dizzy spell brings you to your knees. <span class="mu-r">”Remember last time? Ahh, makes me all nostalgic~”</span>
Ignoring him for now, you shamble over to the still-statuesque siblings and start to hiss some orders: Stay… stay in the pool, you wheeze as their collective eyes continue to bore a hole through your head, a-and… and when they see an opportunity…
A sudden pang of dryness in your throat strangles you mid-sentence! W-when they see an opportunity, you croak, <span class="mu-i">RUN</span>... g-get out…
If the girls have any objections to your plan, they don’t raise them. They’ve been in the manor longer than they have, reasons your Swoos-addled brain, meaning they might know the way out better than you do!
“S-sir?”
You’re about to respond when your eyes meet with the ones staring you down… and once you lock eyes with the green-eyed girls, you can’t look away.
<span class="mu-r">”Hmm…” RED</span> purrs as you jaw slackens, <span class="mu-r">”These are TT’s sisters, right? Or ‘Ruusdi’ or whatever?”</span>
They are, of course–one look at their eyes was all it took–but once the devil mentions it, an image forms in your head:
Tzah-Tzie… but not like you remember her. Her probing, mischievous eyes now blank and wide like a fish… her melodic voice rendered silent… that fiery spirit that you’ve grown to care about so much in just a few days…
<span class="mu-i">Gone.</span>
>CONTD. 