SOULTALE | By ShadowNTS

(Chapter III) Twisted fate.

As you cry over fathers soulless body, you can't help but doubt this world, and yourself too. You thought life is guaranteed in the town of Kindness but it was just a fairytale, wasn't it.

???: ⱠØØ₭ ₳₮ ɎØɄ, Đł₴₳₱₱Øł₦₮₥Ɇ₦₮. ł ₮ⱧØɄ₲Ⱨ₮ ɎØɄ'Đ ⱤɆ₳₵₮ ฿Ɇ₮₮ɆⱤ ₮Ⱨ₳₦ ₮Ⱨł₴! ₩Ⱨ₳₮ ₳ⱤɆ ɎØɄ, ₩Ɇ₳₭?!
RHT: Who are you? What do you want?!
???: *sigh* I feel bad just looking at your pitiful state. Oh right, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Charoline, and I'm a spirit.
RHT: A spirit? How?
CHAR: When a person dies, their soul shatters into a million pieces, but...
RHT: But what?
CHAR: If a soul is strong enough, it can keep living as a spirit who can only be seen if they allow it.
RHT: So that means...
CHAR: I'm afraid not. This poor human soul is weak.
RHT: *sob* why me?
CHAR: The world is unfair to certain people, and that eventually leads to, well, this. But you're strong, your soul resonates powerful within you, but no, instead you ignore it.
RHT: No, you're wrong. I'm just a weak girl who can't even defend herself. After all, the knight protects us.
CHAR: The same knight who protected him? The same knight whose motto is kindness but to this day, no citizen of this town is truly kind?
RHT: No...
CHAR: ₮ⱧɆ ₴₳₥Ɇ ₭₦ł₲Ⱨ₮ ₩ⱧØ ⱠɆ₮ ɎØɄⱤ
₣₳₮ⱧɆⱤ ĐłɆ ₳ ₥ł₴ɆⱤ₳฿ⱠɆ ĐɆ₳₮Ⱨ?
RHT: Those bastards... they'll pay!
CHAR: What will you do?
RHT: ł'ⱠⱠ ₭łⱠⱠ ₮ⱧɆ₥ ₳ⱠⱠ!
CHAR: Perfect. Now wake up and continue.

The world fades to black and you wake up on fathers body. You fainted from all the crying earlier. You think about the dream you just had. After a bit, you get up and walk out of the church and head to the police station to report that father is missing. When you return home, your mother is very worried and asks where've you been. You tell her that you were looking for father and found him nowhere. A couple days pass by and the police find and bury father. The days go by normally and you try to not think much about what happened. The nightmares start appearing less and less. A week passes by and things seem to return to normal. No one was talking about father anymore. That fact disturbed you but nonetheless tried to avoid any more thoughts. The Kind Knight is going to give his condolences today in front of the public about father today so you head to the square. Seems like a lot of people attended. You manage to squeeze yourself in the crowd enough so you can hear the speech. The knight approaches the stage and speaks.

KND: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to give my condolences to the fathers family. He was a kind and caring man, and he was smart too. I was in school with him when I was still a child. One time I hadn't studied for a test and I was going to definitely fail, but he offered to help me study in the lunch break. Let's just say it worked. I got a B on that test. I thanked him so much, he started to be annoyed *chuckle*. But now he's in a better place, but I've got something else to say. The police found some evidence on fathers body, fingerprints. Those fingerprints belonged to a teenager. I couldn't believe it but there was too much evidence, so I have to say this. I declare, from now on, Rhett Murdar is wanted and will be sentenced to prison for murdering an innocent man. If you see her, report to the authorities immediately. That's all I had to say. Conference concluded.

You can't believe your ears. They've framed you for his murder, for the murdering of your father figure. You snap back from shock and push your way out of the crowd and run into the forest without being noticed. You rest yourself under a tree. Your life, normal at first, has gone completely downhill.

CHAR: Told you. These trash excuse of an organism accuse you for something you haven't done.
RHT: This has to be a joke, there's no way.
CHAR: Welcome to the harsh reality buddy.
*RING*
RHT: My mom texted me to go home.
CHAR: It's an obvious trap, the police is probably there waiting for you.
RHT: No, my mom couldn't do such a thing.
CHAR: Trust me, they are scumbags, all of them.
RHT: I'm going.
CHAR: Uhh, idiot.

You stand up and promise yourself it'll get better. Home isn't far away from here.

END OF CHAPTER III
"Twisted Fate"