With the mighty point of steel and holy flame submerged into its head, the creature howled out in pain, loosening its grip on Rose. Soon, its illuminated body burst into bright yellow flames as it collapsed onto the ballroom ground, shaking the area with a loud thud. Dead. Granted, it wasn’t a particularly powerful creature, but hopefully one that would derail them for quite some time. The dark form of Marianne shook her head and sighed.
“Oh well. Don’t worry about the offer Rose. There’s plenty of time to reconsider,” she said ominously. Skipping over to the center of the room again, she smiled as the invisible creature soon became accessible to the mortal eye. As its corpse continued to burn, large scales could be seen attached to an elongated form.
Indeed, it was a Basilisk.
“Interesting creatures they are,” Marianne commentated. “Why, I suppose-”
“How dare you speak as if we’re worthless! And you actually want us to pay for your help?”
Marianne turned around slowly to set her single seen red eye on the fuming form of Faira. Smiling innocently, she payed no heed to the closing distance between the human and herself.
“Why Faira, whatever do you mean? I’m only trying to help,” she offered up kindly.
“You know I’ve had enough of this place, enough of you!”
“Well, I’m afraid I can’t help you rid yourself of either problem my friend,” Marianne answered back casually, even as the shadows around her began to close in and Faira began to transform. The dark dressed girl narrowed her eye.
“Oh my…how interesting…”
“You want payment? I’ll give you ‘payment.’”
The crimson-eyed girl did not struggle as tendrils of black ensnared her in their grip, slowly crushing her small frame. When the pillar of flame arose up as well, a wide grin made itself known on the girl’s visage.
“Shadows and fire? Oh yes, I was right after all! You truly are a very interesting girl Faira! All of you really! Why I could-”
A sick squelching sound filled the area as the darkness holding Marianne in place penetrated her abdomen. Eyes glazing over, the girl coughed up blood onto her black dress. As the pillar came closer, she made no attempt to escape. Instead, she gave Faira the shadow of a deranged smile…and soon she was engulfed by the tornado of fire.
Moments passed, and it was over. Nothing remained but a charred corpse on the ground, lying in its own pool of blood. It was over. Their host was dead.
“….oh my. That’s really bad for me, isn’t it?”
Marianne’s voice came from directly behind Faira. If the human were to turn around now, she would see the girl that had been murdered before them all in a relatively new condition. But…what? She had just been…what?
As if to answer these questions, a multitude of pale arms erupted out of the first Marianne’s blood. With a torrent of multiple giggling, they dragged the dead Marianne further into the blood, consuming her whole until nothing remained. Soon, even the blood had formed into itself, leaving no traces of her existence.
“Oh, that was very scary what you did there Faira! But you really should control your temper a little, ok?”
This time, Marianne took a step towards the human. Immediately the area around Faira’s figure became cold, colder than ever before, and frigid enough to put out any remaining patches of flame and darkness.
Smirking, Marianne tilted her head slightly.
“I understand you’re scared and want to get out, but please try to understand, hmm? You need to have better control. I’ll let this slide for now. But if you try something like that again, well…”
The enigmatic girl leaned in now, her breath as icy as winter. With a free hand, she parted the bangs covering her left eye, revealing a pupil that was a rich purple. Something about that eye…it was both horrific and familiar at the same time…who, or rather, what was she?
If you ever do that again…I will not hesitate to end your story. And not the peaceful kind too, no. I’ll take you to the highest building I can find, rip out your entrails…and then hang you with the spare pieces.”
Marianne immediately backed away, the heavy aura quickly fading.
“Ok?”
She was back to a bright and cheery smile. Walking over to the Basilisk now, she placed a palm on its corpse.
“I’ll be taking this then.”
The same trick from before occurred. Pale appendages rising up to take the thing into who knew where. It was just all sorts of morbid. She glanced at Faira one more time.
"Just remember dear Faira. You can control shadows...but my darkness goes deeper than that. Oh, I should use that in a book sometime! How interesting..."
“Oh well. Don’t worry about the offer Rose. There’s plenty of time to reconsider,” she said ominously. Skipping over to the center of the room again, she smiled as the invisible creature soon became accessible to the mortal eye. As its corpse continued to burn, large scales could be seen attached to an elongated form.
Indeed, it was a Basilisk.
“Interesting creatures they are,” Marianne commentated. “Why, I suppose-”
“How dare you speak as if we’re worthless! And you actually want us to pay for your help?”
Marianne turned around slowly to set her single seen red eye on the fuming form of Faira. Smiling innocently, she payed no heed to the closing distance between the human and herself.
“Why Faira, whatever do you mean? I’m only trying to help,” she offered up kindly.
“You know I’ve had enough of this place, enough of you!”
“Well, I’m afraid I can’t help you rid yourself of either problem my friend,” Marianne answered back casually, even as the shadows around her began to close in and Faira began to transform. The dark dressed girl narrowed her eye.
“Oh my…how interesting…”
“You want payment? I’ll give you ‘payment.’”
The crimson-eyed girl did not struggle as tendrils of black ensnared her in their grip, slowly crushing her small frame. When the pillar of flame arose up as well, a wide grin made itself known on the girl’s visage.
“Shadows and fire? Oh yes, I was right after all! You truly are a very interesting girl Faira! All of you really! Why I could-”
A sick squelching sound filled the area as the darkness holding Marianne in place penetrated her abdomen. Eyes glazing over, the girl coughed up blood onto her black dress. As the pillar came closer, she made no attempt to escape. Instead, she gave Faira the shadow of a deranged smile…and soon she was engulfed by the tornado of fire.
Moments passed, and it was over. Nothing remained but a charred corpse on the ground, lying in its own pool of blood. It was over. Their host was dead.
“….oh my. That’s really bad for me, isn’t it?”
Marianne’s voice came from directly behind Faira. If the human were to turn around now, she would see the girl that had been murdered before them all in a relatively new condition. But…what? She had just been…what?
As if to answer these questions, a multitude of pale arms erupted out of the first Marianne’s blood. With a torrent of multiple giggling, they dragged the dead Marianne further into the blood, consuming her whole until nothing remained. Soon, even the blood had formed into itself, leaving no traces of her existence.
“Oh, that was very scary what you did there Faira! But you really should control your temper a little, ok?”
This time, Marianne took a step towards the human. Immediately the area around Faira’s figure became cold, colder than ever before, and frigid enough to put out any remaining patches of flame and darkness.
Smirking, Marianne tilted her head slightly.
“I understand you’re scared and want to get out, but please try to understand, hmm? You need to have better control. I’ll let this slide for now. But if you try something like that again, well…”
The enigmatic girl leaned in now, her breath as icy as winter. With a free hand, she parted the bangs covering her left eye, revealing a pupil that was a rich purple. Something about that eye…it was both horrific and familiar at the same time…who, or rather, what was she?
If you ever do that again…I will not hesitate to end your story. And not the peaceful kind too, no. I’ll take you to the highest building I can find, rip out your entrails…and then hang you with the spare pieces.”
Marianne immediately backed away, the heavy aura quickly fading.
“Ok?”
She was back to a bright and cheery smile. Walking over to the Basilisk now, she placed a palm on its corpse.
“I’ll be taking this then.”
The same trick from before occurred. Pale appendages rising up to take the thing into who knew where. It was just all sorts of morbid. She glanced at Faira one more time.
"Just remember dear Faira. You can control shadows...but my darkness goes deeper than that. Oh, I should use that in a book sometime! How interesting..."
