Star-crossed
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Thread Topic: Star-crossed
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"I just want you to know that I'll be staying here. Mr. Kholer says he's having difficulties trying to find someone willing to house me. That means I'll be seeing you more often, unfortunately, but as long as it's not 24/7, I suppose it could work out. Just do me a favor and interact with me as little as possible. Okay? Okay. Cool." Calipso gets up from the table and disappears around the corner, leaving the kitchen.
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I glared crossly as she left, unable to think of anything to say. "What cheek! Perhaps that alone is the reason on it being so difficult, brat.", I grumbled to myself, cleaning up their mess. Now, for all of my kindness that I'd show, I tend to get irritated when mouthy individuals are as imperident as this one. After setting their leftovers in a tray, I had a bit of time to think on what to say or do next. "This child needs some manners taught to them. I am not their family, nor will they see me as. I'm unsure if my unwavering kindness will be enough..", I sighed, glancing at my watch and talisman. "Whatever you're doing, I hope you're okay, hon."
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Later in the day, Zacharius returns home, dragging a sack along behind them. A knock at the door rings out as Calipso is dashing around the living room, waving a sheet like a banner. She drops the sheet and opens the door, letting Zacharius in.
"Ah, thank you, sweetheart. I forgot my keys." Aries sets the sack down by the front door and then makes their way into the living room.
"What's that," Calipso asks.
"Dirty weaponry. I clean it for a bit more silver," Zacharius replies, looking around. "Where is Revelation?"
Calispo shrugs. "He's in his room. I think he hates me."
"Hm?" Uncertain what to think and shocked by the words that fall from the child's lips, Zacharius at once makes their way upstairs. Aries goes down the hallway and into their bedroom to find Revelation asleep with a cup of water beside him. "Oh?" To Aries' surprise, Revelation is sleeping yet again. "This isn't like you. Honey, are you okay?" Zacharius taps Revelation until he awakens. "What happened?" -
Feeling rather groggy, and stretching a bit, I sat up to look them in the eyes. "Hey, hon. I don't hate the child. I just.. I don't know. I fear something is off with them. Have you noticed that they've been... hostile towards me? As though I did something to them. I took them out for ice cream a few days ago, tucked them into bed, and read them a story until they fell asleep.", I began, shaking my head slightly whilst I continued. "They ran off before you came back, and that's when I was.. reprimanded for my 'actions'. Fast forward to this morning, I made them pancakes after you left, and they said a rather jarring few things to me." I explained all of what they said with a look of pure disdain, and sat back on the edge of the bed, feeling rather discontented. "And that's what happened.", I finished, glancing at the cup of water on the night stand.
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"You don't look too well," Aries says, concerned as they kneel over the bed. They notice the cup next to Revelation. "That IS water, isn't it?" they ask, growing suspicious of a possible alternative. "Oh, of course it is. I know you wouldn't be that careless. Calispo does seem a bit odd towards you, though."
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I shrugged as I looked towards the window, feeling everything begin to get slightly fuzzy. "May need a new pair of glasses.", I thought. I felt a tiny bit sick, but I overall felt pretty okay. "How was your expedition today? I made leftovers in the tin-" Before I could continue, I looked around, covering my mouth with my hands. I bolted towards the restroom and expelled what was my breakfast, flushing the latrine and leaving, shaking a bit. "This feels familiar.", I winced standing beside them.
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"Honey," Zacharius exclaims in horror. "You look so pale. I think you must have a virus or something. Here, you lie down and I'll get you some soup. Don't worry about Calipso," they nudge, gently pushing Revelation to lie back down. For a moment before Aries exists the room, they stand by Revelation's bed, holding his hand. With an inward emotional struggle, Zacharius pulls themselves away from Revelation's side and goes downstairs to start on some soup.
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"Damn it. I was just fine a bit ago. What the hell has taken over me?!", I groaned as I lay back, burning up more and more. "Where is the child?" I then saw a shadow in the hallway and in stepped... "You.", I growled in disbelief, a rather villainous smirk placed on their face. To be honest, I felt tense, pained, and in confusion. "Did you have something to do with this?!"
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"Revelation, are you okay?" the teen asks. "Why would you think I did something to you? While your pain pleases me, you're much too unimportant for me to waste my time on poisoning you." Calipso pauses, putting her finger to her lips. "Well, maybe I did...SO I CAN GET THIS!" she shouts, springing onto the bed, pinning Revelation and snatching his talisman off. "THIS is why excorlix won't kill you, isn't it?! I'll destroy it AND you!" Pulling out a dagger from underneath her cloak, Calipso drives the tip for Revelation's chest, but he grabs her wrist, stopping the blow, and flings her off the bed. "Stay still so you can die," she shouts, lunging at him again, but he swiftly jumps out of bed before she reaches him.
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"You brat!", I growled as I had to quickly think of a way to get my talisman back without harm to myself. This.. child.. They seemed familiar with their ferocity and determination to kill. "What is wrong with you?", I shouted as I felt a small device in my pocket, thinking of a plan. "They're going to kill me if I don't, so this is do or die.." Thinking quickly, and rather bluntly, I let the child come closer and stab me in the ribs before pulling the device out from within. "Are you shocked?", I asked as I grabbed it and jammed the device into her side, sending concentrated electricity into both them and myself, as we both fell with a thud. I made sure to knock the glass down to alert them to this situation before I lay against a wall.
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"Heh," Calipso chuckles, a bit weakened. "I can take a stab. The question is can you?!" she shouts, springing up and lunging at Revelation with a dagger, but right as the dagger is a breath away from Revelation, a shadow coils around the teen's wrist and snatches her hand back. "H-hey!"
"What are you doing," Zacharius shouts, taking form behind Calipso. They wrestle the teen to the ground.
"Let me go!" she shouts, swinging the dagger close to Zacharius' face.
"Revelation, run," Aries warns, struggling to hold Calipso down.
"You idiot," Calipso shouts. "You can't run from me! You'll die as you made my uncle suffer!" She quickly turns the blade of the dagger to flash the reflection of the light directly into Zacharius' eyes.
"Aaagh!" Aries hisses and falls to the floor, blinded as Calipso slips away and goes after Revelation. -
Now running from this.. demon, I tried to make my way downstairs with a stain of crimson growing larger on my shirt with the utmost caution. "Gotta call the commander. Tell them the news about this child.", I thought, applying pressure on the wound. I broke out of my thoughts as I heard the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps, looking for a place to hide, spying a closet with a hidden pathway. Thinking quickly, I quietly opened the door and closed it, hiding behind a fake wall that was barely noticeable. For the first time in my life, I was afraid.
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"Where are you," the menace teases, slowing down and creeping towards the closet. "Hm," she huffs, stopping in front if the door, "I guess you escaped..." Calispo yanks the door and charges inside but is immediately knocked back with a powerful slash of a sword. "Agh!" she screams, hitting the wall of the hallway and landing on the floor. Out from the shadows of the closet, golden eyes glow.
Zacharius then emerges from the closet, swinging their sword to their side. "That's enough out of you."
Calipso attempts to stand up, but the blow from Aries's sword combines with the strike from Revelation leaves her weakened. She falls back down to the floor and drops her dagger, lying there in pain.
Zacharius glances back over their shoulder as Revelation emerges from behind them. "You go find Captain Kholer. I'll be right behind you." Aries kneels down and picks up the teen, slinging her over their shoulder and snatching the talisman back from her. Aries then returns the talisman to Revelation and casts a spell to bind the child with a shadowy rope. The two then head out to find the captain. -
After looking around town for ten minutes, I finally spotted them amongst a crowd of soldiers. "Hey! Kohler! We've got something, or, someone for you! And we've a tale to tell!" I ran up to them, but since I was different, I immediately had a blade drawn up to my throat. "Whatever it is can wait. I don't have time to meddle with whatever current thing you've-" They then noticed Aries and Calipso. "What did you do?!"
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With a scowl, Zacharius sharply scores the soldier. "Revelation did nothing, now move out the way."
The soldier looks to Aries with disgust, but Zacharius' eyes say "try me." "Hmph," the soldier scoffs, stepping aside.
"Kholer," Aries calls in masked distress, "Calipso is a child assassin, I do believe. She tried to kill Revelation. Her reason is yet unknown, but she can't stay here."
"Oh? I'll take her for investigation." Captain Kholer reaches out for Calipso.
Zacharius releases the weakened girl from their shadow grasp, handing her over to Kholer, but as they do, Calipso suddenly reaches into her pocket.
"NO," Revelation calls out, reaching for Zacharius, but in the blink of an eye, Calipso snatches out a dagger and swings it at Zacharius in an attempt to land a fatal blow just as Kholer takes her from Aries' hands.
In a moment, everything slows down. Zacharius leans back away from the blade as their golden eyes shrink in horror. Their eyes lock with Revelation's as they then fall away.
"Ulbritch!" the captain calls in concern, quickly yanking the dagger out Calipso's hand.
The whole assembly watches Zacharius as they stand with their bangs covering their face, head tilted towards the ground. A drop of red falls to the grass. Holding their hand over their forehead, Zacharius slowly lifts up their head, trembling as they stare lifelessly into Calipso's eyes.
Calipso grins.
Losing his composure and sensing the pure evil in her eyes, Revelation turns to Calipso and snatches her up by the color, shaking her. "What did you do?!"
"What you did to my uncle," she replies with a growing smirk.
Zacharius's eyes quickly turn to a dull grayish color. Lips quivering, they force out two quiet words. "My...heart..." Zacharius collapses but among the soldier's, Kase catches them.
"You're next," Calipso retorts.
"Enough out of you!" the captain snaps. He tosses her to the ground in front of the soldier's. "Lock her up in a cell and don't take your eyes off her."
"Yes sir," the soldeirs reply, marching off.
Kase stands in shock, holding Zachairus in her arms. "Zach," she cries out, holding back tears.
"Get Zacharius to the hospital immediately," Kholer orders, growing a sinking feeling.
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