mother, mother i’m sorry please save me
rewarded as arrogance deserves, that blustering fool
i, of course, will surely be
i’m sorry for tricking everyone, someone please
don’t leave me to die
my dear child, is that you? hold on i’ll be right there
bloodstarved beast,
here i will strike you down
everyone, where did you go
don’t leave me here, don’t leave me behind
forgive me, catherine, for what i have done
the torrent of souls swirls unceasing
cursing in its
fear
hatred
pain
despair
they wished for a hero
someone to save them
save those lives stolen from them
together, this stained soul
shall seek that ever-distant happy ending
Day 0 - Night (3/3)
Kita Ward - SRH Bonded Warehouse
The ritual, as far as Yugou can see, simply ends.
A flash of red light, a surge of energy, and then nothing. Unceremonious, anti-climatic. Just him and an empty warehouse, silent to the point you’d think that something had gone wrong. He can sense no magical energy released from the ritual, and all he was left with was the awkward silence of the warehouse.
Had something gone wrong? Had this been an elaborate joke? As far as he could tell, despite the fireworks and light show, nothing had come of the ritual. A ‘Servant’, they called it, the thing that should have come forth. But there was nothing there.
Seconds pass. He looks around the warehouse, still completely empty. Shipping containers, knocked over crates, random litter like soda cans and plastic bags, but nothing else. And then he sees movement out of the corner of his eye, as his eyes scanned the warehouse.
Back in the circle. Someone standing there who hadn’t been a second before.
A girl.
Mousy brown hair. Innocent eyes. Was this it? No, it couldn’t be right. Servants, as one knows, were heroes of legend. Larger than life, greater than myth. Anyone with even a casual association with the spiritual side of the world would be able to sense one just from their presence alone, the weight of that greater existence. But something was wrong.
The girl cocks her head, seemingly confused. A slow blink. “Ah. Hello?”
Because this girl, as far as he can sense, is a completely ordinary human.