It takes Amadi quite a while to locate Melanie, she could certainly move fast when she wanted to. But once he noticed the trail of mutilated bodies leading into the forest where they live, it made things a little bit easier. He runs through the trees, following a path of blood and glitches, until he comes upon a clearing. Melanie is sitting down amongst a pile of bones. Amadi steps forward, "Melanie...Why are you doing all of this? You don't need this much to survive...you know this..."
"...I shall tear everything to shreds for Her...!"
"We don't kill for anyone, never..."
"What a load of silliness...isn't this what we were meant to be? Is killing not what we were made to do?" In an instant, Melanie dashes at Amadi with an intent to maim; she goes in for a tackle, but Amadi blocks the attack, "We don't hurt the innocent, Catherine! You know that better than anyone!"
"Not anymore...!" Melanie breaks through and slams Amadi into the dirt, "I'll start with you--N̨҉͟a͢͡-̕͘-͢͜͞t͢҉͝h-̧-̵҉-̛a-͜-̶͡-ń̶͞-̢̨-̶͝-͏̸͘i̢e͡҉-̧-̧̡l͏͜͡l̸l͞l͡--̛҉-̧-- then all of DreamWorld will be devoured!" Melanie chomps at Amadi, trying to land any sort of killing blow on him. He throws her off, making her roll across the ground and into a tree. Amadi immediately regrets this, he calls out to her, "I don't want you to hurt yourself. 'Cause that's what will happen if you decide to do all of this...please...just stop. I love you, and I miss you." Instead of retaliating, she curls up on the ground for a moment as the glitching gets worse.
"S̠͕̳t̡͈̪͍͙̩̫͠a̢̪̞͖̥̟͡ͅy͍̗ ̹͖͇̭̳̖͚̝̟a̳͇̥̕ẁ͉̜̬͎͎̮͚̭ą҉̹̹̘̤͖̭̥͓ͅy҉̙̞͖̪ ͚͡f͖̗̪̦̜̗̹r̨̫̳̲̱ơ̥̩͟ḿ̬̭̤̝̤̰̤͠͠ ҉̙͇̪̩̘̻̗͡m̨͖̞͙̦̱̳ͅe͔͉̻̩͔̻͕͠.̟͖̘̫̰̗͓̤͝.̘͚͍̰͈͟.͉̫͎̤͈͉̬̭́"
She gets up and runs away but Amadi follows her with determination. Eventually, she begins to glitch so much that she's unable to move; she can't go on anymore and simply collapses on the ground, "I must keep going...it's what we're meant to do...I...must..." Amadi shields himself from the corruption and approaches her, "No...not anymore, Sister...we don't need to do that anymore...we have each other...that's all we need." Melanie curls up into a fetal position, and Amadi sits next to her and holds his hand out. As she carefully takes his hand, the corruption begins to fade away from the area. There's a moment of silence before Melanie uses her other hand to pull up her scarf and hood over her face, "...M-...Monster...am I...a monster? Am I a villain? I am one...aren't I?" Amadi moves closer to her and pulls her into a hug, "No...no you're not. You're ok. Don't worry about it."
Four down, two to go.
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FantasyThis is the story of Straus Kurai, a young man who accidentally finds himself in a position of Godhood. As a Creator he is free to make whatever his heart desires...or so it would seem. The Multiverse is ruled by an iron fist, one that values "Purit...