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Post by Midnight on Sept 28, 2008 12:02:11 GMT -6
[Anna:]
"You can help if you want, it doesn't matter to me," I said distantly. My mind was already replaying Shunji's death. Just a bunch of shattered images. The clearest, however, was the moment I hugged him. I shook my head at the thought. It was a random impulse, nothing more. At least, that's what I told myself.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Sept 28, 2008 12:40:42 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
I looked up at Anna. "Is something wrong?" I asked, noting the distant look on her face. I decided I'd go with Anna; I didn't like the look in her eyes... It scared me. "Come on," I said. "Let's get this over with."
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Post by Midnight on Sept 28, 2008 12:45:56 GMT -6
[Anna:]
"Hm? Yeah, I'm fine," I lied. I started walking, but my feet felt like lead. I stopped talking, but that gave my memories free reign to flutter about my mind. I sighed inwardly. Things never seemed to go my way.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Sept 28, 2008 12:56:30 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
I followed her silently, letting her think. I forced myself to look at the ground and not at the boy she had over her shoulder. 'Are you really fine, my friend?' I thought, glancing at her out of the corner of my eye. Maybe it would be better if we ran; we could find somewhere...
No. We couldn't run; I had too many friends in Zhol to just leave. What would they all think? A lot of people ran from the Kingdom each year; I didn't want to be one of them. I loved the Kingdom, but I despised the rulers. Luck had sure played a rotten trick on me, making me the daughter of the cruel king. Only my guard had made me realize that my father was corrupted; it was because of him that I hadn't been dragged back to the castle kicking and screaming.
I continued to let my mind wander around the pleasant memories of my guard as we walked through the scorching desert.
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Post by Midnight on Sept 28, 2008 13:02:02 GMT -6
[Anna:]
I kept my eyes focused on the ground, looking for spots that would be easy enough and safe enough to bury Shunji in. The stench of blood was making me dizzy, though. I felt my body begin to sway slightly as I walked. I knew if talked, my words would be slurred. So I just ignored it and kept walking.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Sept 28, 2008 13:05:42 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
"How much farther should we go? We're pretty far from the Kingdom already," I said, turning around. I couldn't see the familiar towers of the Sunny Castle; we were very far away from home. "If we go much farther we won't be able to get back to Zhol before nightfall."
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Post by Midnight on Sept 28, 2008 13:10:40 GMT -6
[Anna:]
I nodded. I had found a good spot, anyway. I trudged over to a darker spot, hidden among some dunes. I carefully put Shunji on the ground, but now I could see his face. A thorn of pain pierced my heart and I had to look away. I began digging into the ground, trying to get it deep enough.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Sept 30, 2008 13:43:47 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
I dropped into the sand, helping Anna dig the hole. "This is going to take us forever," I gasped, trying to keep the sand from underneath my nails with no avail. The sun was dropping slowly in the sky; it would be dark soon, and the temperature would drop severely. Neither of us was dressed for chilly weather.
"We...have to...hurry," I said between digging handfuls of sand out of the hole.
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Post by Midnight on Oct 4, 2008 9:01:26 GMT -6
[Anna:]
I nodded and began to dig even faster. After a while of silent digging, the hole was finally deep enough. It was so cold that I just rolled Shunji into the hole. I covered him with dirt and stuck the sword in the ground as a make-shift headstone.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Oct 4, 2008 9:26:50 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
I watched as my dearest friend buried the boy. Sure, he had wanted to die, but it still felt wrong that we had killed him. We shouldn't have the power to say whether or not someone dies because of what they did. It wasn't fair. "We should head back," I whispered after a few moments of silence.
I considered taking the sword so nobody would find him, but the least he deserved was a marker on his grave.
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Post by Midnight on Oct 4, 2008 10:07:08 GMT -6
[Anna:]
"Yeah," I said quietly. I stood up and stretched my stiff legs. Brushing sand off my knees, I started walking. I couldn't look at Shunji's grave anymore.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Oct 5, 2008 11:25:41 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
I followed after Anna, afraid to speak. I didn't look back at the boy's grave as we walked away, not wanting to remember the gruesome scene. "What do we do now?" I whispered, looking at my friend.
I didn't think either of us would ever be the same after what we just went through.
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Post by Midnight on Oct 5, 2008 13:22:12 GMT -6
[Anna:]
"We go back to the city. I'll have to sneak in so that no one will see all of this blood." I tried to rub most of the blood off but it was dried and caked on my clothes. I shook my head sadly, trying to shake off the desperation in Shunji's eyes as he begged us to kill him.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Oct 5, 2008 19:36:16 GMT -6
[Rayourr'i:]
"You're right." I looked at her clothes, wishing I hadn't left my shawl back in the city. I glanced at the sky; the sun was setting fast. "Let's run," I said, taking off across the sand. If we were out here when it got too dark, we'd freeze.
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Post by Midnight on Oct 6, 2008 15:52:23 GMT -6
[Anna:]
"Alright." My stiff and cold legs moved a little faster. I started running, but the air was already becoming cold. I was starting to see my breath billow out.
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