Maya was lost in the Fog. But her body knew the way.
She spent all of last night exulting in the burning blood. Its healing. Maya had never sustained such injuries before, she never knew how intense the process was. In the midst of her enthrallment, a dangerous temptation started to form: what if she got hurt again? Throughout the night, she fantasized about killing the pigs that stabbed her. But not before sustaining another cruel injury. Then, the healing would taste even better...
By morning, said temptation was gone. Not fully, but dulled enough to focus on what was important - revenge. Now, a dead sentry at her feet, the thirst was all-consuming. She checked his person, only to find a small beheaded doll. Pfaw! She scoffed at the thing, thinking how the enemy had expanded their parameter.
The Fog however, revealed all.
The forest around her was grey, in contrast with the red the last time she ran through these woods. She saw red dots getting closer on all sides. Her heart pounded, pounded for their blood. She saw the path: hide, stalk, kill; hide, walk, still. That branch over there is my best vantage point. She would perch on that branch in wait, the sentries would draw closer and she would leap -
She ran between two dots, towards the manor that halted her last pursuit. Maya understood her last folly to be her bloodthirst. Finish the culling, then indulge. It was nearly impossible to direct the Fog's will. Unless there was a promise of even greater bloodshed, of course.
"So I was pissin' on 'er, right? Alll arroundd -"
"Wait, wait, wait. You was pissin' on 'er?"
"Ay I was! I took 'er by the hair you see -"
"That don't sound hygienical, Ed..."
"What was that now? You usin' dem fancy words on me won't work, ya see. I -"
Maya's blade slit the guard's neck in two. The blood blinded the other, he went for his eyes rather than for his belt where his bell hang. She gave him a shallow cut, deep enough to make him squirm. They adjusted their patrols... Maya would be impressed if she wasn't so bloodthirsty.
There were two decapitated dolls in the corner. "Your superstition didn't work, piggies!" The dolls were everywhere this time around. If it wasn't for her ultimatum, she would probably play around with the swine a bit. She smeared some blood on these, curious to see the piggies' reaction.
Maya could hear the pounding now. Louder and more demanding. The Fog seemed to close in around her, although she knew that to be a figment of her imagination. Viktor had made that very clear. Maya found herself in a study, holding a guard gurgling her last words, she let the body drop and felt the pound, pound, pound. The entire room was red. Red. But it was not enough. She twitched in anticipation as she reached for the door knob to her quarry. On the ground, the guard still gurgled. Maya kicked her to stop, she did. Maya opened the door.
And found an empty room. Impossible. The fog had never let her astray, it couldn't, there were supposed to be two bodies in this room. The pounding confirmed that! Two bodies!
Maya screamed, her teeth feral, her mind gone - knocking over anything and everything she could find. Her pray was gone. The Fog had lost her. She smelled the air, sniff, sniff. Bore her teeth as she opened a cabinet, sniff, sniff. Something was...
A doll,
Blackness and shouts. A struggle. The sweet taste of blood. The Fog, clear and red. So much red. More shouts. More blood. And more, more, more.
Until blackness turned to shadow. Smothering her.
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Not sure about that ending. ๐ Hey! We're trying out stuff here, that's what this is for! Don't judge! (actually do judge, and judge harshly please, any feedback is appreciated ๐)
Anyway, life has been a tad hectic recently so these haven't come out as fast as I wished. But we still young and last I checked still in tact and unbombed. (what?) I'm sure nobody cares or minds. ๐
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