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He yelped and jerked his hand back, bite marks sealing themselves with red-dyed ice. Okay, that's it. "I don't see why you'd still hold me back at this point. Say goodbye to your extremities." I reached for the bars, but froze before I could. GodDAMMIT, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING!

2016-01-14 09:39:02

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She laughed. "YOU CAN'T EVEN HURT ME WITHOUT NEEDING SOMEONE ELSE! YOU /ARE/ A PATHETIC /TWIG/!"

2016-01-14 09:40:25

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He quickly wound me up again. I shook with rage. That's. /It/. I reached through the bars, grabbed her by the hair, and slammed her head against the metal. Then I moved my hand to her mouth, reached in and grabbed her tongue, immune to the biting, pulling on it sharply. I raised my axe and brought it down.

2016-01-14 09:42:40

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She felt the pain of her hair being pulled, hitting the bars, a hand in her mouth.

Then extreme pain as her tongue was no longer there.

She let out a shrill, pained, banshee-like scream.

Clarenz went wide eyed. /Holy shit./ Did he just cut her tongue out?

2016-01-14 09:45:41

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Blood dripped off the blade and spattered my hand and scarf. ....did I just.....I......Seculus stared in disbelief, then winced and glanced away. I looked down and jumped a little, dropping the tongue I'd been holding up until it was separated from her body. Oh my god. /Oh my GOD/. I -- I mean, I've hit her before, but -- did I just make her /mute/? -- ...this can't be real. I wouldn't do something like.........it felt................weirdly good. Seculus terrified gaze went to me and he took a step back. Oh, calm down, I'm not going to attack /you/. He didn't.

2016-01-14 09:50:04

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Ivory managed to get a nap in while Ren showered. She woke up in the throne room, and wandered the halls. Who would be here today? The question was answered as she turned down the hall and heard a high pitch scream. What the fuck? She made her way towards it. Heels clicking against the ground. She stopped once she hit something that looked like a dungeon.

And stood still at what she saw.

2016-01-14 09:54:29

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I heard heels clicking. I glanced over and froze. .....Ivory's here. And I'm standing here. Bloodstained. Ah. Ahhh. Ahhh/hhhhh/...! The momentary violence high left as quickly as it came and the axe fell out of my shaking hand, skidding across the stone floor with a clang, sparks sent flying. I backed away from them, and from Ivory, and from all the blood from Lucinda's mouth pooling by the bars.

2016-01-14 09:58:14

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Well, it looked like no one wanted to explain what the hell just happened. There was /one/ way. She looked to Clarenz, and her hand became a fist. "Talk. /Now./ Before I break /your/ wrists next."

Clarenz stumbled backwards. He didn't know who was more fearsome with this point. "Lucinda was harassing Madison and Seculus so he cut her tongue out!"

2016-01-14 10:03:14

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Oh god, oh god, and just when she forgave me, what have I /done/? I hurt someone, not only hurt, I /permanently disfigured someone/! Even Lucinda, even....cautiously, Seculus approached me and put a hand on my shoulder, avoiding the stains on my scarf. His grip was firm; he wasn't about to let me near the axe again, no matter what my thoughts might imply.

2016-01-14 10:07:02

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"Oh really now?" She walked over to Lucinda, and reached out to take her wrist. Like she was going to examine her tongue. Lucinda smiled. See? Even Ivory can see you only break things.

Ivory's expression turned serious.

"Be lucky it was just your tongue, bitch."

She instantly froze her wrist to the metal bars, turned around, and went back upstairs.

2016-01-14 10:10:51

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Wha-- Seculus blinked, and a look of relief crossed his face. He led me by the shoulder back towards the stairs, after her. No axe. Maybe another time. When I was more...stable? I can't argue that I am... But is it really a good idea to leave it near them? They can't reach it through the bars, he thinks, at least, it'll be fine. No it won't. She's right, for once. I only break things... He frowned, looked at me, then pointed at himself and raised an eyebrow. Well, maybe, but, I.... He shook his head and kept walking, kept moving me forward.

2016-01-14 10:15:24

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She wasn't thinking. Would it be better if she was? Probably. Ignoring the two males behind her, she moved up the stairs, and went inside the first room she saw, which happened to be a study.

2016-01-14 23:36:26

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I don't know. Should we follow her? ....does she want us to? Not my choice, apparently. Seculus drove us both after her. My hands were still shaking, and I tried to wipe the blood staining my hand onto my pants. I failed. He closed the door behind us.

2016-01-15 00:08:09

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She sat down in the only chair, and gathered her thoughts. Mind still basically blank.

2016-01-15 00:14:48

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I didn't think anything of her empty mind, but it seemed to scare Seculus. ....just how mad is she? She has every right to be. I fucked up. I fucked up so bad. Probably ruined any amount of trust she had in me. "......I'm sorry. I'm so, so, so sorry...."

2016-01-15 00:15:57

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"Don't apologize." She finally spoke, voice serious. "She deserved it."

2016-01-15 00:16:40

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"Not /that/ much. Nobody deserves that."

2016-01-15 00:17:23

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"Madison, she could drop dead right now and I'd say she deserved it."

2016-01-15 00:18:13

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I pulled off my scarf and tried to scratch the blood off. "W-well, yes, I know, but I...still...."

2016-01-15 00:20:25

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"I know."

2016-01-15 00:23:47

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"................" ".....are we sure they won't kill each other down there? Or do we care?"

2016-01-15 00:24:52

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"Would be better for me if they did."

2016-01-15 00:26:04

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"I may go get the axe anyways, just so they don't get their hands on it." He looked at me. Yeah, yeah, you can leave me alone, I won't..........you think I'd do that? .......no.......I............would never...................

2016-01-15 00:27:29

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"Do whatever you want, I guess."

2016-01-15 00:29:33

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"I suppose I will then....are you alright?"

2016-01-15 00:30:32