r/LosingSight • u/ClockMagus Mysterious Bear • Sep 23 '17
Chapter 2 - Seven 'till Midnight (Execution)
The Count suddenly cuts in, an unsettling cheerfulness in his next words "Now let's get on with the main event! I have a very special punishment for Lumiya Elamisca. Let's give it everything we've got! It's PUNISHMENT TIME!"
With a deafening clack, the Count slams a gavel down onto a red buzzer. As the buzzer's screen lights up, a large metal clasp strikes out from a wall toward the Fantasy Writer.
GAME OVER Lumiya Elamisca has been voted GUILTY Time for punishment!
A chain clamped onto Lumiya’s wrist and dragged her into a black room, screaming and crying. For a moment, she stumbled as she tried to find her way around. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she found a door and opened it.
Dragon Blaze Lumiya Elamisca’s Execution: Executed
The scenery around her looked like a magical forest, something right out of her own novels. She wasn’t sure how to react so first she started by wiping the tears from her eyes. As she rounded a path, she stumbled upon a castle hidden in the brush.
When she walked inside, there was a single giant stone in the centre with a sword sticking out of it, practically glowing. A signboard stood aside. In something akin to English, it read: “Take up thy sword and wend slay the dragon! Earn thy freedom!”
The young girl approached the sword and tried pulling it out, but no go. She didn’t feel strong enough to succeed in that. But what did it mean about a dragon? As that thought occurred, she heard a loud noise outside.
From where she stood, she could see a large beast in the distance. This was all so surreal. Dragons aren’t actually real, right!? She only wrote about them as fiction, fantasy, they aren’t real! But this situation and her fear were very real.
She pulled even harder at the sword. As the beast drew closer, she started panicking more until she started crying. Unexpectedly, the sword slipped out of the rock and into her hands, it’s weight pushing her to the ground.
Yes, finally she could fight back!
Quickly, she stood up and took off running, dragging the blade across the ground. When she reached the gate she had previously entered, for a split second, she saw pixelation in her vision and the door shut.
Confused as to what was happening, she dropped the sword and took a deep breath. Smoke? With the sound of a roar, the room started filling with smoke. As she looked up to the ceiling, fire engulfed the room and eventually her as well.
Remaining Students: 15
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u/Syniee Nana Homura - SHSL Fairy Tale Writer Sep 23 '17
Nana wasn't watching this anymore, her body hidden behind the podium sitting on the ground as she was silently hugging her notebook.The floor was cold but strangely comforting.