this won't change my opinion of you
tika <3
Poison Master
Scout
11-05-2021, 05:43 AM
![[Image: daqb2ha-264d41d0-8bab-4611-883a-0e44d490...uxghdWN4CY]](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c1f51a87-d4ad-4797-bf3f-287feb70d165/daqb2ha-264d41d0-8bab-4611-883a-0e44d4909871.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2MxZjUxYTg3LWQ0YWQtNDc5Ny1iZjNmLTI4N2ZlYjcwZDE2NVwvZGFxYjJoYS0yNjRkNDFkMC04YmFiLTQ2MTEtODgzYS0wZTQ0ZDQ5MDk4NzEucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.sVUEhpH_psiyI5__yx27CGkLjdL-t9Z4-uxghdWN4CY) Just as the last syllable left her lips, a literal swarm of fireflies flew right toward her face. Out from around the hooded figure and latching on her face, Audra found herself unable to move. No matter how much she willed her legs to make them move, they wouldn't. She was frozen in place, eyes watching in horror as the small bugs began to peel her right eyelid open. Her breath caught in her throat as it went dry, tongue swelling to the point where she almost couldn't breathe. The heart in her chest drummed so fast she thought it might burst from her ribcage. This wasn't supposed to be how it went. Feeling each individual leg pick and scratch at her eye was excruciating. How was this not what he wanted? Didn't he enjoy playing games? Playing tricks? Getting what he wanted? Didn't he want her to suffer in exchange for a prize? Isn't that how it worked? Tears began to well in her left eye as she felt the horrible pain of her ocular nerve being severed. How could this have happened to her? She'd never hurt anyone in her life before. All she'd ever done was sacrifice herself to help others. How was this fair? Her one eye rolled back in her head as her knees buckled under the pain. Audra's stomach threatened to empty itself once more as they finished severing. Sweat drenched her coat and her whole body felt weak. She couldn't scream, couldn't make any noise. It was too much. Her whole body felt like it might explode. Why were they doing this? A small whisper of air fills the now-empty socket as her lone eye rolled back to consciousness. Had she passed out? Blinking a few times, the fireflies still held on as they creepily turned her taken eye to face her. Horror turns her crystal-encrusted face a pale shade of green. The one pretty honey-brown eye fades to black. Bile slides up her throat as she forces herself to keep it down. Uncontrollably shaking, Audra tries to shake her head as they move back toward her. No, no, no. They can't do that. But they did. Sliding the dead, blackened eye back into the socket as easily as they had taken it out, tears begin to slide down her cheek. Finally, she is released from their grasp and she crumples to the ground. Sobs wracked her body as she allows the stomach bile to come up now. It covers her paws as the wretched figure in the cloak rasps at her. Except, his words were wrong. She hadn't been greedy before. She'd followed the rules and gotten a terrible deal. She didn't want more, she had wanted to play a game. Because isn't that what he wanted? Had she had it wrong this whole time? Just as quickly as he appeared, he was gone. Curled up on the ground, the dreamlike mist dissipating with the figure, Audra finally finds her voice. "I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED!" Her sore voice screeches into the air as she rolls onto her right side, hiding the dead eye. The sobbing, the pain, it won't stop. Her body hiccups as she fights it all. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen. Minutes pass as she lays in the grass, hoping Avantika hadn't disappeared either. When everything does finally subside into something bearable, Audra looks up through the tears. A shuddering sigh heaves through her body as she frowns, turning her chin toward the one wolf she cared about most. "Tika, I-I d-did something r-really bad," she whispers, one paw reaching up to touch the socket where the blackened eye now called home. While her crystals were still safe inside her pouch, she doubted she could ever use them again. After this, the firefly man would undoubtedly never come calling to her again. That she would be glad for. Realization began to sink in as the right side of her view was now dark and not just because the sun refused to rise. Swallowing back her feelings and everything else, she is afraid Avantika won't like her anymore. She would be even more useless now. Not only is she small, weak, and more defenseless than ever, she was now half blind and unsure of the world. How was this worth living anymore? |
audra's companions are to be assumed next to her unless stated otherwise