on the other side of Murdoch, in a dark cavern, there were two people, both with masks.
Towering over even the tallest of humans, The first one had disproportionately long limbs, its clawed hands down by its knees, and sewn rather haphazardly to the pale gray skin of its torso were four mismatched human arms, along with two human legs sewn just below their knees.
And right below their impossibly black hair, there were three unevenly placed emerald-colored eyes, pupils the shape of diamonds, observing the cave exit silently.
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The other one seemed more like a human woman, taller than usual, but nowhere near the other.
She was also wearing a wooden mask with antlers.
They seemed to be waiting on something, or perhaps, someone.
The fire someone made started flickering, but then it nearly exploded.
They heard high laughter from outside the cave.
‘Ha ha ha! i definitely spooked you guys right?’ they heard a female-sounding voice say.
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the woman with the antler mask chuckled a bit, then said with a smile: ‘Fareleo, you know i can sense anyone within ten feet.’
‘Oh, right.’ Fareleo said, obviously bummed.
‘‘sides,’ the tall gray Doramar said with a gravelly, deep voice, ‘We got duties.’
Fareleo got annoyed now, saying: ‘Yeah, yeah, i know. Where do we get orders from anyway?’
‘We don’t talk ‘bout Him, instead we should get to our destination, d’you have the ingredients?’ The Doramar said.
‘Of course i do, here’ Fareleo said, handing them the bag of stuff he’d gotten.
‘Good’ The masked woman said, ‘Because this is for all our sakes, this will make it easier for us to accomplish our tasks.’‘Yeah, should be ‘nuff.’ The Doramar said after looking in the bag.
Being forced to walk towards the castle doors, Dori felt tired, she had endured endless slurs, whips and hits.
Dori knew that the only way to escape was to embrace who she used to be.
But she knew she couldn’t do that, she was to be married after all, so Dori had to wait patiently for a hole in her kidnapper’s defenses.
But until then, she had to wait and play along.
Dori walked through the door and got pushed to her knees.
‘Dori Katzli,’ The man on the throne said with a thick northern accent, ‘You know Theos Ilios does not like people who betray him. Still that is what you did. Why?’
Dori kept silent, not wanting to speak to this man any more than she needed.
Haru, who had just entered the room, saw Dori and rushed to the man on the throne and whispered something in his ear.
‘Hmm,’ The man said, ‘i will consider it. Show Dori Katzli to her room.’
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Then Haru told Dori, with an icy tone in his voice: ‘Follow me.’
Dori wasn’t sure what to think, the last time they talked was right after Haru had saved her from the gang of drunks.
She wasn’t sure what to think of that last sentence she said to her.
‘Maybe i should keep you.’ Haru had said.
This was so conflicting for Dori, because she knew she loved Boomy, and she would never love this… thief!
But she also couldn’t deny that that had also been what she was, before she met Boomy.
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Dori and Haru had arrived at the door to Dori’s old room, and apparently nearly nothing had changed since she last saw it, 2 years ago.
She had joined this godforsaken place when she was only 12, and spent 6 years here, until being sent to a mission that would take her across the country.
Haru turned to the door and gave Dori a side-eye look.
‘This was your room right?’ Haru asked.
Dori still did not speak, which got Haru irritated.
‘RIGHT?’ she asked again.
Haru checked if there was anyone nearby, the pushed Dori against the wall next to the door, ‘I swear to god, if you do not talk, i will make you.’
Dori, shocked, had her eyes open wide, then asked: ‘Well, w-why do you wanna talk?’Haru took a deep breath and said ‘Nevermind.’
Haru could feel herself cringe at the fact that she could not even talk to her normally, but why couldn’t she?
She sighed.
Was it perhaps just the fact that Haru liked mischief? or was there more to it?
She knew she couldn’t, with Dori going to be married, and Haru herself in a relationship as well.
Now Haru was aware of her thoughts, she felt the need to slap herself
Still though, what was this feeling?
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Haru decided to take a walk through the forest, which had always helped her clear her mind before.
This time, something seemed off about the forest.
There were small trails of fire, and large footprints of something non-human.
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