xandria{f}..............caine{m}
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"I envy you."
"Darling, why is that?"
"You have that handsome set of wings in your back. You can go anywhere you'd like."
"Yes, that's true, but you know how the queen is, always trying to get them from me. One time she tried to chop them right off."
"Yes, but look at me. I could use a pair of wings. I'm missing a leg."
"Not an entire leg."
"Yes, but it still makes me a cripple."
"Well, I could get you one of those wooden legs, those 'peg' things, but then everybody'd run around calling you a pirate."
"...a pirate?"
"Yes, those nasty men who run around pillaging little seaside villages such as ours."
"Well, yes, but they're free from the bounds of johnny law, and they have ships, that act like those wings of yours. Taking you where ever your heart desires."
"Don't go rambling on about those no good hoodlums- they're stinky, bad men, and that's all they'll ever be."
"...yes. That's what they are."
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I lit the fuse, and tossed the smoke bomb through the shattered windows of the house, waiting for it's residents to be driven out. A woman and a child rushed out, coughing violently. I drew my sword, when I was taken aback- the woman had... wings. "Xandria." I murmered, dropping the sword. And the child- no. It couldn't be. Atop the child's shoulders, sat little stone wings. "Xandria." I said louder, kneeling next the the fallen pair. She lifted her head, her eyes clouded with debris. "...Caine?" Her expression turned cold, and she grabbed her child, hugging it close. Tears welled in her eyes. "I remember, years ago... I loved you." I reached out for her, my heart filled with woe. "Xandria, I- I still love you." She shook her head, setting the child down. "I don't."
It happened all so quickly- I barely had time to process that she had grabbed the cutlass off the ground, let alone defend myself. With a determined scream, she plunged the weapon into my chest, twisting it this way and that. Each time she twisted, a sickening crunch of ribs would sound, and a gush of blood would pour out of my mouth. After a few minutes of watching me suffer, she was satisfied, and grabbed the child and left me to die.
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"Mama?"
"Yes, Ruben?"
"Tell me the story of Papa again."
"Dear...."
"Please?"
"Alright. Well, a very long time ago, I loved your father very much. We were very happy. But one day, he made a very bad choice."
"And what was that?"
"I think you know, sweetie."
"He became a pirate!"
"Yes, love. He became the Captain of his very own ship. Do you remember it's name?
"The Ocean's Disgrace!"
"Very good. He was a very fearsome man, your father. He had many men's blood on his hands."
"I know what happens next!
"Do you now?"
"Yeah! He was raiding our town, and then he tried to kill you! You begged for our lives, but he said no! So then you took his sword, and sent him off! Hey, Mama?
"Yes?"
"How come he isn't a pirate anymore?"
"Well... I don't know. Maybe he had a change of heart."
"Okay, Mama."
"It's nearly dark out. Go on, now."
"Okay. I love you, Mama. I love Papa too. If you ever see him again, will you tell him that?"
"Sure, I will Ruben. Sure, I will."
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Fail fail fail fail fail fail. ;_;
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