what the season gave me / kruwill
Jul 23, 2023 17:33:00 GMT -5
Post by pogue on Jul 23, 2023 17:33:00 GMT -5
G A M B L E
Krueger stumbles through the woods, away from the feast and the sound of Leo's cannon echoing through the clouds. He'd seen her life fade in her eyes before he'd fled, and the thought of it has carved itself into his memory so deeply that he fears his soul- what's left of it, is bleeding.
By the time he makes it back towards where they'd came from the bag is soaked in the remnants of his own blood, dripping poisonous droplets onto the ground below. He collapses after what feels like an eternity of walking forwards, no pixies to nag him and no soul left for whatever that thing was that wanted them to stake their claim.
Legs tired, arms weak, he pushes up against the dying flesh of a forgotten tree and feels it give slightly underneath him and the ghosts he carries with him. There are eyes that begin to form around the surface of the wound already, singular clumps of tissue that he's used to seeing sprout along the gashes and cuts he's sustained in the arena so far. He knows what's to come, even as he pulls his needle and thread from his bag and begins to close it.
He'd carved his name into Leo's body and watched her die. Even now, her cannon echoes in his mind, again and again and over and over until the soft droning of dying life around him begins to fade, if only slightly. It's almost a relief, then, when he hears the familiar crunch of footsteps to his left, eyes widening and thread hanging from deep seated wound.
Almost, a relief.
Fight or flight runs through his veins with a vengeance, open palm clamoring into the dirt as he searches for his spear. The only true relief, he's discovered in this arena, is the icy feeling of steel between his fingertips. It's why he's resolute in the way he stares towards the approaching figure and points towards it with the tip of his spear, ready to face his demise or theirs.
"Better be you, Hush." He says, just loud enough for the other figure and the ghosts to hear.