you should be h̲e̲r̲e̲ { frankel } blitz
Dec 31, 2016 10:51:16 GMT -5
Post by D6f Carmen Cantelou [aza] on Dec 31, 2016 10:51:16 GMT -5
I kneel by a bookcase at the far corner of the room. My skeletal fingers snatch a book from it's home. I stare it, blankly for a moment before becoming intrigued by the intricate looping which covers the front. I trace it with my fingertips and imagine what this book has been through to find itself in my hands—my touch getting lost in the swirls as I trace the same route for a fourth time.
It is covered in a sprinkling of dust that covers the sides of the pages, I bring it to my mouth and blow. The air becoming littered with tiny specks of grey as I exhale.
Cross-legged, I sit on the floor. There was not anything criminal amount my actions, but the silence in the room is deafening, and I feel as if creating a stir in the dark serenity would put me on death row. I turn my head towards the invisible guard stationed behind me and give him a nod of approval. Imaginary: he stands in a full suit of iron and protects me from losing myself even further and spiralling into a unwinnable war of the streets.
Contemplation as armour, I cradle the decrepit book in my arms and move to sit in the deep green chair which acts as a shelter from the crawling eyes of the above. Here I rest and reign: every inch of my kingdom exposed to my vision providing me with strength, despite the stone walls crumbling to a simple dust. I do not breathe the air of a feigned criminal any more, I have become a child.
A child who is starved of a brother. He should be here.
The book I pull is one of religion and Ripred and for a second, I refer back to my older self; the girl who shamelessly stood at the foot of this figurehead, a slave to His words. But here, I find myself blank: no emotion or hope coming with the tales.
If Ripred couldn't save my brother, who can He save?
Footsteps, and I'm then accompanied by my own blood.
"Oh, Daniela." I say, eyes bleeding to her from across the room. "I didn't know you were still up."